<TITLE>10. Par 33-35</TITLE>L-33 Bartimaeus said, "What they talking about?" First thing, somebody stumbled over him, said, "Hey," kicked him with his foot, said, "What're you doing setting here? Hey you, up there, you, with Your head up in the air, you who heals the sick, let me have a little talk with you."
Bartimaeus say, "What...'Who heals the sick'...? A-kind sir, would somebody tell me Who this is passing by? What's all the--what's all the commotion about? I am a blind man. Can you see?" Somebody beat him this way. "A-a...Who is this? Who--Who passes?" And somebody else hitting him, finally knocked him down. He picks up his old ragged coat, and begins to feel, put it around himself.

L-34 And finally a kind lady laid her hands over on him. She said, "Kind sir, blind man, nobody seems to pay any attention to you. Maybe you don't understand, that the great Prophet of Nazareth passes by.
"Who is this prophet of Nazareth?"
"Why," she said, "sir, don't you know? He is the One Who was promised by Moses. And Isaiah said when He comes, the blind would see and the lame would leap like an hart, and so forth, and He claims to be this person. You don't know Him?"
"No. Where is He?"
"He's just passing by."
"Oh, Jesus, Thou Son of David." Hallelujah, faith caught hold, "Have mercy on me."
"Oh," she said, "you can't make Him hear you; there's too much going on. He's quite a ways down the road now. You can't make Him hear you, but have faith in God. You know I heard of a... Here a few days ago, a woman touched His garment and run out in the audience. And you know what? They tell me that He even felt it. And her faith had touched Him. And you know, I also heard that a man named Philip come to Him and brought a man named Nathanael; He even knew who he was. He even knew where a fish was that had a coin in his mouth. And he went and paid the tribute to keep them quiet so He could preach.
"You mean then, lady, that maybe my faith... I have faith; I've been thinking about the Bible. I got faith. Oh, Jesus, Thou Son of David, God Jehovah, let He--let my faith touch Him. Oh, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Have mercy on me."
One of them said, "Oh, make that fellow keep quiet, standing thereby... He's done too far down the road." Not too far for Him; He's never too far but what He can be touched.

L-35 "Oh, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me," And that blind beggar's faith stopped Jesus in the middle of the road.
Stopped; turned around, "Just a moment." Listened to where it was, and way back over there, said, "Bring him here." Amen. I like that. "Bring him here." Oh, my... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Jesus just stopped on His road to Calvary. If that blind beggar's faith stopped Him on the road to Calvary, how much more will your faith stop Him tonight, when He's trying to get to your heart?
And He turned around. He said, "Thy faith has saved thee, receive your sight." He turned and goes on. What had happened? God has provided a lamb for that blind man's eyes. God's provided Lamb for blind Bartimaeus' eyes.
That same Lamb's provided tonight for you. It's provided for anything that you have need of. And He's passing this way. And He's the High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of your infirmities. Let us pray.


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