<TITLE>06. Par 44-53</TITLE>L-44 Look at Samson. When he found... The lion run out to kill him, and he slew the lion when the power of God come upon him, slew him with his bare hand, just probably pulled his jaws apart. A little, bitty, curly-headed shrimp, about that high, little, bitty, old fellow, scrawny looking on the street, seven little locks hanging around his head like a little sissy, and he was no more than a little sissy until the Spirit of God come upon him.
Now, it wouldn't be hard to believe that a great big giant could slay a lion with his hands. I believe he could do it. But what's the funny thing was, this little bitty fellow done it.
But the Spirit of the Lord come upon him, and he slew the lion, threw it over to one side. And bees built their hive in there. And Samson... The sweetest honey he ever eat come out of that carcass of that killed lion. Is that right? Why? He overcome it with the power of God.

L-47 And if you've got something you want to eat some sweet honey from, just overcome it with the power of God. That's right. Watch how good it is. Oh, my. Pass by... Maybe you've been a drunkard, and yet, every time you smell whiskey or beer, or something, you want to drink it. Overcome it by the power of God; and pass by one time and see what a feeling you got in your heart, when all the thing's dead and gone then, all finished. Oh, my, that sweet honey you get out of it...
Now, these people had really overcome. On the day of Pentecost, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. The powers of God was upon them. They had gifts given to them to speak with tongues and everything. They were just having a marvelous time, and the Church was on fire.

L-49 Now, I'll approach from another little standpoint here, from Stephen during this time, till I get back to my original text again, if I can. Notice, there's a man by the name of Stephen. He was not one of the apostles. No, he wasn't. He was just a deacon. But, oh, brother, he got something in his heart. He couldn't stand still.
That's the way every man is when he gets It in his heart: just can't stand it, my, he's got to tell somebody.
And here they was, out on the street, holding a revival, and just having a glorious time. Why, it was like a house on fire in a high wind. You just couldn't stop him. That's all.
So they picked him up, down on the street, and throwed him in the Sanhedrin Court, said, "Brother, we'll fix that guy. We'll stop all this fanaticism." And they put him in jail till the morning. The Sanhedrin Court met, maybe a half a million people or more, gathered out there. They pushed little old Stephen out there.

L-53 But when he come out, brother, he come out, and his face shined like an Angel. Brother, I don't imagine, like a light shining, but it shined with a countenance that knowed what he was talking about. I don't imagine an Angel would be maybe like a shining, a light or something shining. But it meant he shined with this, that he understood what he was speaking about.
The Bible said that he had boldness, walked out there, stern, and said, "Ye men of Israel..." Standing by hisself, like a lamb amongst ten thousand hungry wolves gnashing for his blood. Said, "You men of Israel and all you of Judaea, and so forth, and fathers. Let it be known unto you, the God of Abraham... The God of our fathers appeared to Abraham, brought him up out of Chaldea, give him the promise of this land. And--and to him brought in Jesus Christ, Whom you, by wicked hands, has crucified and slayed."
And when he got through with saying that, he said, "Oh, you stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. Like your fathers did, so do you." Oh, my. I'd like to hear that sermon on a recording. Brother Beeler, wish we'd have got that one. Yes, sir.
He said, "Oh, you stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always do resist the Holy Ghost. Like your fathers did, so do you." Brother, that wasn't pulling any punches (was it?), when he knowed his blood would be shed like that.


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