<TITLE>14. Par 58-62</TITLE>L-58 Now, could you imagine an old man eighty years old, white whiskers hanging down, real white hair hanging around his shoulders, and saying that he wasn't going to see death until he saw Christ. Why, David looked for Him; the prophets had looked for Him. But here this man says that he isn't going to see death until he sees Christ.
Well, I imagine the folks said, "He's just a little bit crazy." See? But God's always got a remnant who will believe Him, that's led by the Spirit, that will be called crazy. Do you believe it? "Blessed are ye when men shall say all manner of thing against you."

L-59 And notice him. And I see him going around about, just telling the people. And some say, "Oh, he's a little bit off, the old fellow is." But one day... You know, news scattered slow then. They didn't have telephone, television, and what we have today. And probably if they'd had that on news, they'd criticize him. That'd have been just about the way they'd done it. They'd have criticized him. So they... But anyhow, message traveled slow.
And eight days after Jesus' birth, He was taken up to the temple. And he's going to offer the peasant's offering for the cleansing for the circumcision of baby, the purifying of the mother.

L-60 And while they was standing in the row out there waiting for the circumcision, someone way back in a little room, and old priest back there by the name of Simeon, setting there reading the scroll, "All we like sheep have gone astray. The Lord has laid upon Him, the iniquity of us all," and reading like that.
The Holy Spirit said, "Simeon?"
"Yes, Lord."
"Stand up."
"Yes, Lord."
"Start walking."
"Which way, Lord?"
"You do the walking. I'll do the guiding." Amen. That's the way He does it. "You do the walking. I'll do the guiding."

L-61 Here he comes walking out with his... great... Let's say it's Monday morning. And oh, there's hundreds of little babies are borned every night and they have to... There's mothers stand every day in the line for the circumcision of the child and the offering of purification.
Down along the line, out here stands a little virgin. A lot of little babies with little fine needlework and little pink dresses on, real pretty little things you know, and here stands a little fellow down there with a little virgin. Some of them say, "Hey, say, did you here the scandal? You get the gossip? There's that woman and here's that baby that's borned illegitimate. Her and Joseph is not even married yet. And there she's got that baby. Uh-huh, I told you. Uh-huh. I know it." See? That's the devil. There it set. "And so keep your way back. Get way back from her." That's the way they do yet today. "Just stay far away from that crowd as you can," they say. See? So they get back.

L-62 And there she's standing. But, little Mary with a little veil over her face, she knew who's baby that was. And every man that's borned of the Spirit of God, he knows where he's standing. I don't care what the world says. He knows what he's cradled in his heart, or her heart, whoever it is. They know what's there.
No matter what the world says, you can call them anything you want to. You'll never shake them. That's right. For he that's borned of God does not commit sin, unbelief. See?
Now, and while they're...?... here comes Simeon out coming right down along that row, hit that row and comes right down and stops in front of that Baby, reaches over and takes It out of the mother's arms, the tears running down his cheeks and dripping off his white beard. He said, "Lord, let Your servant depart in peace according to Thy Word, for my eyes has seen Your salvation."
Oh, my. That same Holy Ghost leads tonight. Do you believe that? He's the same Holy Ghost here tonight.


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