<TITLE>16. Par -</TITLE>L-173-147 I seen a man here not long ago, that was born ten years since he... or, not born, I beg your pardon, it was ten years since he had seen any sight. He belonged to a great church, and he lived at Kennett, Missouri. And he had... He was a--was a shoe cobbler years ago and went blind. And the man come on the platform, and the Holy Spirit told him who he was and what was wrong with him, told him how long he had been blind, and told him of some little, dirty deed that he had done. He said, "If God will let me live to get there, I'll make that right." And when he said that, his eyes come open; and this very same Bible, he read chapter after chapter out of it.
He returned to his church and was giving praise. And the pastor told him, "It would have happened anyhow. Why, you just merely got worked up; there was nothing to it. There's nothing to that stuff; it's of the devil."
I challenge anyone to show me one Scripture where the devil can heal. If you'll show me where the devil can heal, I'll prove the devil's your father (and that's right) if you'll do that. It's not in the Words of God. It cannot be proven. And you might... You can want to try it; you're welcome. But that's been met by bishops and everything else, brother, so don't say that.
Look. And that same man got to in his heart believing it. And three months later he was in my services just as blind as he was in the first place. There you are.

L-173-151 So keep out of them isms. Congregate yourself with somebody who believes, associate yourselves. The Bible said, "Yoke yourself not up among unbelievers. Be ye separated," saith God. Come out. The Bible said, "Come out from among them, and be--touch not the unclean things, and I will receive you. I'm the Lord Who stands in the midst of the church." That's right. Come out. Don't associate with such.
But let... Get yourself among some church, some good church, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Campbellite, whoever it may be; it don't make... Where real true believers are in there, they don't care what the church creed says; they go there to meet with their brothers and sisters and worship God together. All right.

L-174-Q-32 32. Last night you spoke of the great multitude that no man could number from every tribe, nation that are--are mentioned in the 7th chapter of Revelations. Did I understand you correctly to say that they are the Bride of Christ?
Yes, you understood me; they are the Bride. Now, if you'll notice, just exactly in Revelations 7, he saw the hundred and forty-four thousand. Now, I'm not accusing you of this, my brother, but the hundred... Usually a Jehovah Witness is the one that believes that hundred and forty-four thousand will be the Bride. And that's an error. John knowed every one of them, and he called them by name. They were every one Jews. He said, "Twelve thousand of Gad; twelve thousand of Zabulon; twelve thousand of Benjamin; twelve thousand of Juda." Is that right? And there's twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve times twelve is a hundred and forty-four thousand. Is that right? He said, "All the children of Israel." John recognized them.


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