<TITLE>12. Par 116-128</TITLE>L-116 I'm not the Holy Spirit. You're not the Holy Spirit. But if there's anything... He's not the Holy Spirit. But those messages he preaches was not of him. It's the Holy Spirit in him. Is that right? Well, some of these days, this whole, little, old frothy frame of his is going to drop down, but his Holy Spirit and his spirit become one. And as that Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the grave, also brings his body up in the resurrection. You see? So that's the hopes that we have today.

L-117 So well, they all got discouraged, and they went up on the day of Pentecost. And Jesus told them, said, "Go up there and wait."
They seen Him after His resurrection. They thought, "Oh, my, this is wonderful. We see Him raised up."
Even Thomas said, "Lord, I--I..." He said to the apostles, first, "I won't even believe it, 'less I can put my hand in His--in His side."
And about that time, Jesus appeared in the room, said, "Thomas," said, "come here." Said, "Touch My hands. Put your hands here in My side." Said, "Feel Me. Has a spirit got flesh and bones like I got?" Said, "You got anything to eat?"
They said, "Yes, we got some bread and fish over here."
Said, "Give me some of it." And He stood there and eat it, and swallowed it. Said, "Now, does a spirit eat the way you see Me eat?"
Thomas said, "Oh, it's not only my Lord, but He's my God." He said, "My Lord and my God."
He said, "Now, Thomas, because you've felt Me, and you've seen Me, and you've handled Me, and everything, you believe." He said, "How much better is their faith who never has seen Me and yet believe Me." See?
He said, "Now, come out here." He went out. He said, "Now, behold, I send the promise of the Father upon you." Said, "But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until you're endued with power from on high."
He said, "Now, I want you to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel (all the world), and preach the Gospel to every creature." Is that right? He said, "These signs shall follow them that believe; in My Name they shall cast out devils; they'll speak with new tongues; they'll take up serpents; they'll drink deadly things; if they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover." And when He did that, He--He give them their last commission.

L-126 What was the first commission He ever give to His apostles? You like me to read it to you? It's found in the--in the 10th chapter of Matthew. Jesus commissioned His disciples. He said, "Go out, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; as freely as you have received, freely give." Matthew the 10th chapter. Is that right? That's His first commission to His apostles.
His last commission to the apostles... That wasn't only the apostles now. They chose seventy. That right? Seventy had been chosen. And He give the whole seventy, sent them by two's, two and two. He said, "Heal the sick; cleanse the lepers; raise the dead; cast out devils; as freely you receive, freely give. Don't take no money, and a whole lot of changes of clothes and a big suitcase," said, "just take off." Said "For the laborer is worthy of his hire. Don't muzzle the ox that tramps out the corn." Said, "Go ahead." And then they went out and preached. That was His first commission.

L-128 Then, His last commission was, "Go ye into all the world..." Now, if His first commission was to heal the sick and cast out devils, how you going to try to cut off the last commission, which is really more important than the first commission? The first commission was given before Jesus was ever glorified, before the Atonement was ever made. And if Divine healing was the other side of the Atonement, and the Atonement speaking of Divine healing, how can we deny it on this side of the Atonement? Can't do it. Can't do it. It just isn't to be denied. It's the Word of God.


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