<TITLE>07. Par 56-63</TITLE>L-56 The Bible said, "He was a man full..." Full of what? Full of foolishness? No, sir. Full of theology? No, sir. "He was full of the Holy Ghost." That's where all these great, fine qualities laid, because he'd been filled. The world had been pushed out, and the Holy Ghost was in him. "He was a man full of the Holy Ghost." My. Stop him? You couldn't do it. There was no stopping him. He was burning up, brother. He had to preach the Gospel. And he preached the Gospel and done miracles and signs.

L-57 And after while, when they gnashed upon him, drug him from the courts, and took him out there, and slayed him... And they throwed clods and rocks at him, till they mashed him to death. Standing there was Paul, give witness of it, and when Paul looked down and seen Stephen dying, Stephen looked up and said, "I see the heavens open. I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God."
Paul looked down. I imagine he scratched his head, and thought, "What's happening?"
He said, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
And fell asleep in the arms of God, rocked. Why? He never felt another rock from that time on. God rocked him to sleep in His arms, just like a mother would her suckling babe. God carried him on the bosoms of Christ to the throne of God yonder where he's in peace, and numbered among the martyrs, with a martyr's crown there tonight "immortal," standing among men. That was Stephen, filled with the Holy Ghost. That's right. The clods just lost their feeling, the big rocks as they was hitting against his head, God rocked him to sleep. The Bible never said he died. The Bible said he fell asleep. Amen. That's the way Christians die. Amen. All right.

L-60 Now, they was having a great time. That report come back; like Brother Neville said, awhile ago. Not just kind of puffed up the apostles, and so forth. They had to do something about it. Right on off they went again, just as hard as they could go, preaching the Gospel. Peter and John, two ignorant, unlearned men, passed up through the gate called Beautiful.
My, the devil said, "Well, now, they're just out there preaching, so it won't hurt anything." Then all these people believe in preaching, everything.
But when they passed through the gate called Beautiful, there laid a man. The Holy Ghost said, "Peter, that man can be healed. He's got faith." When he perceived he had faith to be healed, he said, "Stand up on your feet." And he picked him up, and held him till his ankle bones received strength. And away he went, leaping and jumping, and praising God. You know what? That caused more trouble than all the preaching they ever did do.

L-63 Brother, you just let something on the phenomenal side start, and watch how every rogue hound in hell go to hollering at him, craving blood. Is that right? True.
I'll tell you, Peter preached a sermon on the day of Pentecost, and three thousand souls were saved. The devil never even moved out of his bed. That's right. "Oh, well, let them alone." See?
But he passed through the gate called Beautiful the next day, and healed a man crippled from his mother's womb, and all hell turned loose on him (That's right.), throwed him in the jail and kept him there overnight. Yes, sir. Put him into prison, the inner cell there, because the phenomenal. The devil said, "I can't let this thing get started now, Divine healing. If they do, they really will knock my props out from under me." That's right. "Cause, I might fool them around with a little theology once in a while. But I sure can't fool that real Thing that comes out and the people see it done; I'll just stop this before that other group gets on the--the scene."


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