<TITLE>20. Par 70-73</TITLE>L-70 Wonderful, everyone just bowing now. Don't you love this? I don't know how you feel, but I just feel like in my heart, you just feel tear drops on the inside of you, coming down. God's Holy Spirit just moving, He's doing the work. Brother, give me a church like that, that's really broke up, go down to potter's house and be remolded.
Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There's a precious fountain,
Free to all...
Let the audience help sing that now while the penitent ones are the altar asking.
Flows from Calv'ry's fountain.
In the cross, in the cross,
Oh, be my glory ever;
And my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.

L-71 O God, our Father, we come to Thee today, humbly, broken up, the Holy Spirit coming into the Word. Christians are so great, and so grateful to Thee that they have accepted You and been borned again. Thou has ordained this from the foundation of the world. You have declared it. You said, "I have many things to tell you, that I cannot tell you now, but when He the Holy Spirit has come, He will reveal these things to you, and will teach you, and guide you."
We're so thankful this morning for the Holy Spirit that reveals the Word of God. You said, "And He will bring these things to my--to your memory, which I have said unto you, and He will show you things to come." We're so glad that He is with us today. And through the teaching of the Word, and the working of the Holy Spirit has caused Christians to be awakened, caused sinners to come to Thee, backsliders to reconsecrate themselves. Father, they're on the altar.

L-72 Cause the sick and the weary who's been afflicted to come and bow their head to accept healing for their body, knowing that Thy spoken Word is Truth. Everything else will fail, but Thy Word can never fail. Truth... "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
And we come to accept this morning what You have provided for us in Your vicarious suffering, and the atonement at Your death that You made for us. And we freely, Lord Jesus, receive it. We believe the Word of God; we believe that You promised, "He that will come to Me, I will in no wise cast out." O God, what a promise.
No matter what it's for, Thou has said, "When you pray, believe that you receive what you ask for; you shall receive it." Now Father, if we truly believe it, it's settled. We believe it. It is done. Then we act upon our confession that You have did it for us.

L-73 Not that we are worthy; we are unworthy. But through Your unmerited grace that we have through Thee, we believe that the work is finished.
And as these penitent ones, and ones who are coming this morning, consecrating themselves, and to those who are coming for the benefits of the suffering... As David said, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, Who forgiveth all of mine iniquity, my backsliding, and Who healeth all of our diseases..."
That's the benefits of the believer, and we receive it through faith this morning by coming upon the Word of God, which was spoken before the foundation of the world. If it was impossible for it not happen, so is it impossible for us not to get what we ask for if we ask for it with faith, believing. And that lays within our hearts, Lord, to receive what we have asked for.
Jesus, keep us near the cross. When the enemy comes in like a flood, Lord, raise up a standard against him.


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