<TITLE>09. Par 34-36</TITLE>L-34 Abraham went about... I can imagine they made preparations, got everything ready for the baby. And day after day, Abraham would say, "Sarah?"
"Well, Abraham, there's no difference, just..."
"Well, praise God, we're going to have it anyhow." See? Why? He based his faith upon the Word of the Lord. No matter how long it takes, God said it, so that settles it. Oh, if you could only do that.
You in these chairs, on these cots, and on your crutches, and setting here, heart trouble, and cancer. If you could only base your faith, "God said so." That settles it. That's all there is to it. "I am the Lord that healeth thee." That settles it. If doctors.. I happen... The doctors are all right. They do what they can do, but there's things that they can't do. So if it's a past the doctor, then He's the Lord. If... The doctor might help you, just aid nature, but the God has--God has to heal you. Doctor can't heal you, don't claim to. He can set your arm, but God has to heal it. He can pull your tooth, but God has to heal it. See? Sure. Take your appendix out, but God has to heal it. He can't build tissue. God does that. Notice...

L-35 So Abraham knew that he was going to have the baby by Sarah, because God said so. That's a very good basis for faith: God said so. Years past, months past, God just kept on blessing Abraham, and he went on. And Abraham keep testifying he was going to have a child by Sarah. And as days went on, I can... But here's one thing God told Abraham to do that he didn't do. I don't know whether you ever noticed this or not. God told Abraham to separate himself from all of his kindreds and walk alone with Him. And Abraham failed to do that. He took his dad along with him, his nephew, and a little party along.
And if you'll notice, God never did give the promise to Abraham until absolutely, he annihilated hisself from all of them. Is that right? The old man was all right, but he's always a thorn in the flesh. And then Lot, look what he did: always trouble between the herdsmen and so forth. When Abraham got to be a hundred years old and Sarah ninety... Think of it; about twenty-five years or better, they'd waited on the promise, that they was going to have the child. Abraham still believing, "Going to have it anyhow." And instead of getting weaker in faith...

L-36 Now, we, if it don't happen right now, oh tomorrow, we'd say, "You know, I--I... Last night I thought I was healed, but today, I don't know, I feel as bad as I ever did." See? How can God do any thing for you like that? You call yourself a seed of Abraham then? The seed of Abraham don't take that "no" for an answer. The seed of Abraham believes it anyhow, regardless of how you feel. That's right. It's not by feeling; it's by faith.
Jesus never did say, "Did you feeled it?" He said, "Did you believe it?" That's the thing. "Did you believe it?" That's the main thing, if you believe. "All things are possible, not to him that feeleth, but him that believeth." Put the Word where it belongs. Oh, I--I begin to feel religious, right now. Think of it. If we can take God at His Word, believe It, that settles it. God promised it; that's all that's necessary.


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