<TITLE>09. Par 30-33</TITLE>L-30 Now, Jesus when... Just one more statement, if you please just a moment. When Lazarus died, wasn't it strange that when Lazarus got sick--before he got sick that Jesus turned and went away from home? His buddy... I can imagine hearing the critics say, "Oh, and there you are. There it is. See there's something happening right here where we can see it done; looked what happened."
Away He went going away from home. And then after Lazarus got so sick, perhaps the doctors gave him up. They sent... Martha and Mary sent for Jesus to come back and pray for Lazarus. Did He do it? He just ignored it and went on. Strange isn't it.
He went to another city. They sent some more messengers, "Tell Him to come, pray for Lazarus, at the point of death." Jesus just ignored it and went on. Your pastor do that, oh, my. See?

L-31 But notice after so much time... Here it is now; listen. After so much time, Jesus turned knowing that the time the Father had showed Him that would be fulfilled. He turned to the disciples, and He said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth."
Said, "Why, if he sleepeth he doeth well."
He said, "He's dead. And for your sake I'm glad I wasn't there."
'Cause they'd been saying, "Heal him, Lord; do something for him." See?
"I'm glad I wasn't there, but I go wake him." Amen. The Father had showed Him what was going to take place. Look at Him there at the grave when He prayed at Lazarus grave, He said, "Father I thank Thee that Thou has heard Me already. But for these that stand by I say it." Just acting out in drama what God had showed to Him by vision, for He said, "I do nothing except the Father shows Me first."

L-32 That was the faith that was delivered to the saints. Did the saints keep it? Certainly.
Peter upon the housetop, a Jew self-styled, had nothing to do with the Gentiles, wouldn't eat their meats and so forth. But the Lord appeared to him in a vision, and told him to rise, and go forward, doubt nothing. That right?
Saul of Tarsus with letters in his pockets, going down, bearing out threatenings against the church, all around and hail them into the prison houses... On his road down to Damascus was struck off his horse by a Light that stand in front of him, a Pillar of Fire, hung out in front of him. And It shined like the sun in its might. And Paul fell from his horse.

L-33 They led him down into the streets, and he laid there praying and fasting. Way down in the city was a man contending for the faith that was once delivered to the saints by the name of Ananias. One day while he was praying, a vision came before him, said, "Go up there in the street called Straight, ask for a--a certain place, and go in and lay your hands upon Saul, that he might receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost."
He said, "Lord, I hear what great things that man's done; I'm afraid of him."
He said, "Behold, he prayeth." I can see Ananias rise to that, vision start down to the main street, and go by the fountain looking for that house where he'd seen in the vision. When he come to it, he went in, said, "Brother Saul, even the Lord that appeared to you on the road, knocked you off your horse, sent me that I might lay my hands on you, and you receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost," the faith that was delivered to the saints. Amen.


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