<TITLE>17. Par 54-56</TITLE>L-54 Now, you're on one side or the other tonight. You're either on the side of the world that would not believe it, if you seen it, or you're on the side that can see it and rejoice because God has raised up Jesus from the dead. Did the disciples do it? Peter was on the housetop, and he saw in a vision to go to Cornelius' house. Acts 10:49. Is that right? All right.
Let's see if... There was a fellow by the name of Paul. He was a great man (Saul first), and he was persecuting the saints that were contending for the faith. So the Lord struck him blind. And he was laying in a street called Straight in a little inn. And there was a man down there who saw visions, by the name of Ananias. And he was in prayer one day, and the Lord gave him a vision and said, "Go up in a street called Straight and find a man named Saul; lay your hands on him that he might receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost."
Why, he said, "Lord, this man's a persecutor. He--he don't like us. I know he's a religious man, but he hates us. And I've heard of the great things he's done."
He said, "Behold, he prayeth."
And here he come by a vision, and found the house, up past the public square, over through the--by the fountain, and found the house that looked in the vision, went in, laid hands upon him, and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Who appeared to you..." Not Saul telling him, but him telling Saul... There you are, the faith that was once delivered to the saints. "The Lord that met you in the way, has--has sent me that I might lay my hands on you and you receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost." Paul...

L-55 Don't never doubt His Word. In Acts when he would let loose from Crete and was out on a sea fourteen days and nights and no hope at all that he'd ever be saved. A hundred and eighty men out there and he had chains on his hands and on his feet, going to Rome to be offered up, have his head cut off... And out there, and all hopes that he'd ever be saved; prayer and everything else had went. But nothing would take place. Paul was a saint. Jesus was alive from the dead.
And Paul went down in the gallery to pray. After while this little Jew come out, throwing his hands and said, "Be of a good courage, every one of you," the sea still a roaring. Said, "For the Angel of God, Whose servant I am, stood by me in a vision, and It said, Paul, fear not; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God give all of them that sail with you, to you. Howbeit the ship must be wrecked on a certain island. Wherefore, be of a good courage." Amen.

L-56 What? A vision. The Spirit of the Lord in His Church. Now, listen, friends, that was... We could take hours at it. But what kind of a faith was presented to the saints through Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ said, "The same things that I do shall you do also." Along come the apostles and did the same thing. What's happened? What went with it? What did He do? What was Jesus' last commission? "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel. These signs shall follow them that believe; if they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover." And great signs and wonders was to take place.
What happened to it? Our schools taught it out. We laid it aside. We adopted something else, education. Education's a wonderful thing, but Jesus never did say to be educated. Seminaries are wonderful, but Jesus never did ordain the church to make a seminary. Churches are wonderful to build, but Jesus never did tell the people to build churches. But He said, "Preach the Gospel to all the world." And that we failed to do.
What is the Gospel? Well, you say, "Here it is in the Bible." No, no. That's part of it. That's the Seed. But Paul said, "The Gospel came to us not through word only, but through power and demonstrations of the Holy Spirit." The Word's all right...


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