<TITLE>07. Par 29-31</TITLE>L-29 I got a little old Scofield Bible that was given me several years ago, and down here is the maniac of Gadara. Now, I can talk from either one of those the Lord wants me to. So we'll read something about the maniac from Gadara, just for a few moments and see what the Lord would have us to know in here. Mark the 11th, Mark the 5th chapter.
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of Gadara.
And when they were come out of the ship, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could tame him, no, not with chains:
Because that he had been oft times bound with fetters and with chains, and chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
And always, night and day, he was in the mountain,... in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
But when he saw Jesus far off, he ran and worshipped Him. (That was strange, wasn't it?) He ran and worshipped Him,
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with Thee,... Thou Son of the most high God? I adjure Thee by God, that Thou torment me not.
For Jesus had said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
And He asked him, What is thy name? And he answering, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
And he besought Him much that He would not send them away out of the country.
Now there was nigh unto the mountain a great herd of swine feeding.
And all the devils sought Him--besought Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Now, may the Lord add His blessings to the reading of this Word. Shall we just bow our heads while we pray?

L-30 Now, our kind heavenly Father, we thank Thee this afternoon for mercy. We thank Thee, that Jesus, Thy Son, has redeemed us from sin and we are now Thy children. And we pray that Your blessings will be upon us. Forgive us of our sins. Many are setting here, Father, perhaps, just come in today. Some of them are in dying condition. Unless they can get to You, they will perish here on earth.
And, Father, we need them. They are believers. And I pray that something may be said in the reading of this Word, or something may be said by Thy servant, that will cause them to have faith in the vicarious suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who redeemed them from this sickness. And may this be a great evening--or day of service.

L-31 And give us an outpouring, the exceedingly, abundantly tonight. May the power of God be here to make the blind to see again, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, the cripples to walk. Lord, we pray that You will manifest Yourself to us in a great way. And love us and care for us, Father. For we ask it in the Name of Thy dear Child, the Lord Jesus. Amen.
Now, I'd just like to think of the Lord Jesus. Always, I like to put all the emphasis I can on Jesus. Someone said not long ago; it was over here in Illinois, another city, said, "Brother Branham, you just say so much about Jesus. You brag so much on Him."
I said, "Well, He's worthy of all the bragging I could do, or anybody else could do."
Said, "Well, you just--you just don't... Why don't you talk about some of the other characters of the Bible?"
I said, "He's about the only One I know anything about, is-is Him."


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