<TITLE>10. Par 34-37</TITLE>L-34 Now, watch this. Abraham had Sarah to get all the things ready to have the baby. He didn't know when it was going to come. God don't tell you just when your healing's going to come, but He promised to give it to you. See? He said now... Abraham said, "Now when--when are we going to get this baby?"
"Now, that's none of your business. You go on. I told you. That's all you have to do is know that I promised it, and I'm good as My Word."
"Well," Abraham said, "Hallelujah, I believe it," and away he goes, going around telling everybody he was going to have a baby, him and Sarah, him seventy-five and her sixty-five. Could you imagine it?
What? walk up to a doctor today. Old man take his sixty-five year old wife in and say, "Well, doc, I want to make arrangements for the hospital." Well, you know they'd think he was crazy, and any man that'll take God at His Word is considered crazy to the world. It's foolishness to the world. But notice Sarah believed it, too, with Abraham.

L-35 And they said, "Separate yourself." Oh, there's the time. That's what's so contrary to the world today. You know every... The people wants good mixers.
When you call for your new pastor at the conference, you vote for some little jellybean (excuse that expression), but some little fellow that's a mixer. "Oh, he is kind; He goes out. He takes swimming kids--all the kids out swimming, and--and oh, he has sociable parties; and we have some dinners in the basement, and--and we... He always lets out early, don't speak over twenty minutes, so we can see the new Molly-Dolly on the television," and so forth like that. That's the kind you want. That's right.
You want mixers, but God calls for separators. The Holy Ghost called for Paul and Barnabas to be separated. Oh, yes. You want some fellow that looks like a Hollywood movie star with locks like a girl and act the same way. You know a lot of people look for those kind of people: collar turned around, a frock-tail coat on a carnation, and, aw, you know what I mean.

L-36 I went to hear a preacher here not long ago, and he changed suits twice while he was preaching. God... Oh, my. Look, friend, I'm just old fashion enough not to believe in this Hollywood revivalism going around today. I like the old fashion, backwoods sky blue, sin killing religion that don't whitewash, but washes white, makes a man clean. That's right. We need back to the good old Saint Paul's revival and the Bible Holy Ghost again, not a supper room but an upper room. That's right. Back to the Bible.

L-37 You know, man chooses after the eye. God chooses the heart. One time there was a man going to be anointed for king to take Saul's place. The prophet went up with a--a big gourd full of oil to anoint one of Jesse's children. Jesse being a man, he said, "Sure. I got the boy to do it. He's seven foot tall. Bring him out." How nice he'd looked with that crown setting on his head, his priestly robes and things around him. "Oh, he will make a real king for Israel."
Brought him out and the prophet said, "All right. I'll anoint him." Here he runs.
God said, "I've refused him."
He said, "Well, I got one just a little bit shorter than he is. Perhaps he will be the one. Oh, he's straight shouldered and how he is." Said, "He's the one." Said, "I'll bring him out."
Prophet said, "I'll anoint him."
God said, "I've refused him." He went on till he got six of them out. God said, "I refused every one of them."
He said, "Have you got another one?"
Said, "Yes, a little old skinny, scrawny thing back yonder out herding the sheep."
Said, "Go get him and..."
Said, "My, surely God wouldn't mix something like that."
But He said, "I've chose him. Pour that oil on him." Amen. God looks at the heart. Amen.


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