<TITLE>11. Par 29-31</TITLE>L-29 And about that time the Pillar of Fire that led the children of Israel, never appeared before him, but smacked him right in the face and knocked him off his horse. Amen. Begin to wallow around him, looked up, and it was so bright around... The same Pillar of Fire, a Light that shined down stronger than the sun in its--middle of its heat. Paul shook his head.
He said, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?"
Said, "Lord, Who is it I'm persecuting?" What a difference.
God said, "Now, you see what I'm going to do to him? I'm going to make him--I'm going to make him a vessel; I'll make him serve Me." God's got a way of doing things, you know.
So He said, "Now, rise, stand up on your feet and go down to the street called Straight." That's a good place to take a new convert. And... Said, "Go down to Damascus and... street called Straight."
Now, I can imagine Paul going into somewhere there, and said, "Lady, oh, my heads a hurting. My eyes, I can hardly see a little flash. And I'm in such an awful fix." Got a little room, and rented it, over there in the hotel, and got in there. And all the day, he prayed, saying, "Lord, Jesus, I'll just tear up these old letters that Ananias give me. I--I don't want to know no more about them. I want to know more about You, Lord."

L-30 And there was an old preacher down there, who saw visions by the name of Ananias. See? The faith that was once delivered to the saints, how did he get it? See? The Gospel had been preached.
And Ananias saw a vision, and he saw a man named Saul laying in a house, rolling, and tossing, and crying, and going on. The Lord said, "Ananias, go down there in the street called Straight, and lay your hands upon him, that he get his sight back again, and be healed and receive the Holy Ghost?"
What is it? God appeared in a vision to Ananias. The faith that Jesus brought, the--the results that come with it, was produced on the Church. Said, "Go on down now, lay your hands on him, and he will receive the Holy Ghost and receive his sight."
God still reveals to people, "Go, lay your hands on this one, tell this one, speak to this one, go over here to that one." You see it every night. Amen.
Said, "Go down and lay your hands on him."
He said, "Lord, I've heard about this fellow." Said, "He draws out, threatens, and we hear he's got letters from the high priest."
God said, "Behold, he prayeth."
When he come out of the vision, I can see him wiping his eyes and getting hisself back normal again, reached and got his Bible, as it was, his Script, and put it under his arm, and here he goes down the street.

L-31 Looking down the street called Straight, said, "Now, let's see. I seen in that vision a house that looked a certain way. Where is he?" He goes on past the city park, down a past the court house, on down past the synagogue, walking along. And over there, he said, "Oh, that's it. That's the place I saw in a vision." Goes up there and knocks at the door, opens up and goes in, here laid old Saul in there, rolling, and tumbling, and praying.
He walked up to him and said, "Brother Saul (Amen.)... Brother Saul, you see a vision coming down, didn't you? The Lord Jesus appeared to you, up there."
I can hear Saul say, "How do you know it?"
"Why, He appeared to me down here, and told me all about it."
That's the faith that was once delivered to the saints. He said, "He met me down there and told me, 'Come up here and lay hands on you that you could be healed,' and also, that you might receive the Holy Ghost; for He's chose you.'" Oh, my. There you are.


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