<TITLE>12. Par 34-37</TITLE>L-34 And as He walked along, he cried out, "Thou Son of David, have mercy."
Probably ten--ten hundred or more crying the same time different things. It wasn't--I don't--I doubt Jesus even heared his voice. But what happened, with all that facing Him, the faith of that one man, him in the condition he was, poor, outcast, blind, and a beggar, stopped Him in the middle of His road. The faith of one beggar stopped Him, all that facing Him. Stopped, He looked around to see who it was. He felt that tug of faith pull from Him. Hallelujah.
He's the same tonight. One person's faith in this building, can turn Him and stop the heavens.
One man's faith. He couldn't hear the one who was crying, screaming, but somebody had faith like the woman touched His garment. He looked around over the audience. Looks out and sees that man, said, "What would you that I do for you?" Oh, that just thrills me, to see Him do the same thing right here. "What would that I would do for you?"

L-35 Some of them said, "Now..." The people, probably the lady with the little baby had been healed, said, "Oh, He calleth thee. Be of a good courage."
Now notice, in the condition total blind, setting ragged, poor, He said, "Come here."
How is he coming, immediately reason would say, "Why, Master, you've asked me something to do that I can't do. How will I know how to find You in all that multitude of people over there screaming, and crying, and going on. And--and how am I going to find You?" Reason would have said, he couldn't have found Him, but faith goes into action. That's what we need here tonight: faith to take action. Faith jumps and leaps. "No matter where He is, He's bid me come, I'm going." There you are.

L-36 I can see them little, old, skinny, bony arms go through that ragged garment, reach out to the audience like that, throwing the old ragged garment down, knowing that he'd never need it no more. Yes, sir. His little, old, bony arms reach out like that, here he goes through the multitudes, staggering trying to find Him.
Jesus said, "What would you that I do for you?"
Now, he didn't say, "Lord, I know days of miracles is past. There's no need to meaning that, but I know You're a heavenly Person, so I want to ask You, how beautiful heaven's going to be? What kind of a harps are they going to play up there? A--a--am I'm going to be able to see after I get up there?"
Blind Bartimaeus knew he'd see when he got to heaven. He knew all those things he would get when he got there. But the thing of it was, he had a need then. And he knew that Christ was able to supply it. He said, "Lord, that I might receive my sight."

L-37 Oh, my, no matter what they said, "The days of miracles is past; it can't be done," he said, "Lord, my faith has stopped You. I've got an audience with You. Now, that I may receive my sight."
Jesus never said, "I'll heal you." Jesus said, "Thy faith has saved thee." Hallelujah. "Hallelujah" means "praise our God." He's worthy of all praise. Said, "Thy faith has saved thee." In other words, "If you've got faith enough, in all this multitude of crying, and mixed up, and half believers, and half critics, till I can feeled your faith pull Me to stop Me, that's enough faith to heal you. Thy faith has saved thee."
Well, he begin to rejoice; perhaps couldn't see yet. The multitude went on. Jesus set His face right on going. If--if the man had that much faith, he'd get all right. So He--I can see Him going on down the road, going right straight towards Calvary now. And the multitude keeps going quieter, and getting quieter, and quieter. And I see blind Bartimaeus standing saying, "Now, He told me I was going to get my sight. I believe it. I--I've never seen my hand, but--but--but I believe I'm going to get my sight." After while he said, "I see it now. I begin to see. Here it is. I can see my fingers." And down the road he went rejoicing, praising God that he had received his sight. Sure. Jesus said so.


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