<TITLE>12. Par 37-40</TITLE>L-37 And there, He said, "Abraham..." Put Abraham to sleep to show that he--he had nothing to do into it. "Now, Abraham, you haven't got one thing to do into it."
And then, before he went, a horrible darkness, showing death, every man through the valley of the shadow of death. Beyond that was a smoking furnace: every man deserves to go to hell. But beyond that went a little white Light. And that little Light went right between each one of those covenants--each one of those beasts, like that, every one that was cut together. Each one was sacrificial beast, except the turtledove and the pigeon.
Now, if you'll notice, the turtledove and pigeon, the reason it wasn't cut apart, because a turtledove and pigeon represents Divine healing. The covenant was broke from grace, from law to grace, but the covenant of healing lasts always. From always to... There's no cutting it apart at all. That's right.

L-38 Now, He made the covenant. And notice, He went between those, proving, showing to Abraham what through his seed He would do, Christ Jesus, in the years to come. That He'd make a covenant through Christ to the Gentiles, for every man in the world. Everybody that would come, this covenant would be... It's with you tonight, unconditionally.
If you become a Christian, every redemptive blessing of God belongs to you. It's your personal property. You got a right to claim it. If you let Satan push you over in the corner, well, that's up to you. But, brother, stand up there toe-to-toe with this Scripture, and say, "It is written." That's right. That's the way your Lord did it.

L-39 Any man, I don't care, you might be a weak Christian; you don't need people coming through with gifts of healing; you don't need these things. The only thing you need do, is take God at His Word, and stand toe-to-toe with Satan; you'll defeat him on the ground.
Jesus brought it down to that picture, when He... Satan said, "If thou be the son of God, do this."
Jesus said, "It's written, Man shall not live by bread alone."
He took him somewhere else, said, "If thou be the Son of God, cast yourself down. Perform a miracle here before me." That spirit still lives you know. "Let me see you do it; I'll believe it. You jump off this building here and show me you can do it, and I'll believe you're the Son of God."
He said, "Satan, it is written." Right on the Word of God.
Took Him up on a mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment, said, "These belong to me." So you see where the kingdom of the world belong to? He said, "I... These belong to me. I do with them what I want to. If You'll worship me, I--I'll--I'll give them all to you."
He said, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone. It is written, Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God." And He kept showing the Scripture to him, and defeated Satan with the Father's Word.
And any man or woman tonight if you're here sick and needy, stand toe-to-toe with Satan, and say, "It's written, 'By His stripes I'm healed.'" Stay with it and watch what happens.
There'll be a difference around Macon here with the sick folk. Take God at His Word. He will do it.

L-40 Now, in this covenant... When he made the covenant with Abraham there... Now notice, in the Old Testament... Now, when we make a covenant with one another here in America, how do we do it? We walk out and shake one another's hand, say, "Let's shake on that." That's the way we make a covenant.
Down in Japan, when they make a covenant, they take a little salt and pitch it on one another, like that, to make the covenant.
But in the Orient, how they make a covenant, they kill a beast. And they stand between this beast, the pieces of the dead body, and they write out their covenant, whatever they make, sign their name to it. They tear it in half, give it to one man, the other man keeps the other half. And then they take an oath over this dead beast's body. If either one of them breaks this covenant, let them be as the dead beast.


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