<TITLE>19. Par 68-71</TITLE>L-68 And I'm here as your brother; I do not claim one thing, one power to heal. If I did, I'd be a liar. I have no power to heal. And I say with my honest heart; I don't believe there's any person that's got power to heal. No, sir. Jesus gave His apostles power to heal one time, did He? And they failed, and couldn't do a miracle, or couldn't even heal a sick person with all that power. How many knows that? Sure, they failed. They brought the epileptic son; they'd been down there screaming, and crying, laying hands on, and casting the devil out. And the devil just laid there and looked at them. Sure. Jesus said, "How long will I suffer you, bring him here." That's right.
And they failed after ten days before that they'd been given power to heal the sick and cast out devils. They done some, yes. But with that power given to them, special power. But God never promised that to you, Church, that special power He give the apostles, but He promised if your faith would mount up, and He'd called you, that you could see these things, then you should believe.

L-69 Now, the only thing that any man can do towards your healing... If he's a doctor, he might set your bone, but he can't heal it. What if you went to the doctors office, say, "Hey, doc, I was cranking my car, and I broke my arm. Say, heal it for me right quick; I got to go out and finish cranking that car."
I thought you said the doctor was a healer. He isn't. There's only one Healer; that's God. The devil's no healer; the devil can't heal at all. Shows mental weakness when you think that. Jesus said, "How can Satan cast out Satan?" If he could, his kingdom would to be divided; and he couldn't stand. He firmly said that Satan could not cast out Satan. So he can't do it. Satan can't heal.

L-70 You say, "Well, I know a person that's got..." Oh, yes. But people going, thinking they were going to God in doing so. God healed. Yes, sir. But it was their faith, the individual's faith in God that did it, not the witch or the soothsayer, or whatever they went to, or Ouija board, or what you'd call the devil... And that is of the devil; certainly it's the devil. Fortunetellings and all them things are of the devil, certainly it is; anyone knows that who reads the Bible.
But Jesus Christ lives tonight, the Son of God. Did you ever hear of fortuneteller or Ouija board going out and preaching the Gospel, getting the people saved? Certainly not. See? "By their fruits you know them."

L-71 And notice, now if Jesus will come to the platform (I don't say He will, but if He will) and do the same things tonight here at this platform, that He did when He was here on earth in a body of flesh, like mine or yours tonight; if He will perform the same things here at the platform tonight, will every one of you go away from here with a blessed heart, and receive Him, and believe it, and go on accepting Him for whatever you have need of? Would you do it? If you will raise your hands to Him, say, "I will." Thank you, God bless you. May He grant it to you.
Now remember, before we start the prayer line, I do not say that He will. I--I do not say that He will do it. I've been--since I--I'm forty-six, and the first vision I remember seeing is when I was about, well, I was no more then two years old anyhow, when He told me where I'd live and all about it, just exactly. I was just a little bitty boy; He told me just exactly what would happen. They write it down, and it's never one time failed, not one time.


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