<TITLE>11. Par 35-36</TITLE>L-35 Now, quickly to our text. Now, we got about ten minutes before the prayer line, fifteen. Notice. A man, Simeon, an old sage, white beard, man with a long hair, was a teacher in Israel. And he was a great man, had a lot of prestige among the Jews. And the Jews was... Just about the condition of the church then, is just about like it is today, kinda cold and indifferent. And they had been looking for Christ to come for four thousand years. And little did they think then, when they was in the condition that they was then, that Christ would come then. But sometimes when you least think, that's when He comes. When you think He isn't coming, that's when He will come.
And then, in this place, the old fellow went around testifying, 'cause one day the Holy Spirit revealed to him that he wasn't going to die until he seen the Lord's Christ. And he went around telling everybody that he was going to see the Christ, before he died.
Now, could you imagine what effect that had on the people, perhaps, the scientists and the doctors, and--and the ministers and so forth? You know what they probably said about the old man? "He had something happen in his head." He's... Look at him nearly now, around ninety years old, and his white whiskers hanging down, old man like he had--is and even David expected to see Christ. Like at him here, saying, that the Holy Ghost told him that he was going to see Christ before he died. Well, that's ridiculous, it brings reproach upon our church. I can just imagine. But he had a real good right to believe it, because the Holy Spirit told him he was going to do it.

L-36 Now, we don't have two Holy Spirits. We only have one, the same Holy Spirit, that was on Simeon, is the same Holy Spirit that's here tonight. Men go, the Holy Spirit remains just the same.
Notice. Then we're going to use the of expectation. Usually you get what you expect to. If you come to church tonight, just saying, "I'm going over there, and I... going over there, to find something that I know that's wrong." Don't worry the devil will show you plenty of it. That's right. You usually get what you expect. If you come expecting to get a blessing from God, God will see that you get it. What you expect... You say, "Well, I don't expect it to be." Well, that's the reason it isn't. You've got to believe it. And you believe it to be right. Look at the right things, examine it right.
Now, Simeon went to--was expecting that he was going to see the Christ. Don't make any difference how much people said he was crazy, that didn't bother him one bit. He believed that he was going to see the Christ. So when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, they didn't have television and radio and press like they have today. And probably if they would, they had it, they wouldn't use it for that. But, you know, God has a way of getting His Message out anyhow, don't you think so?


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