<TITLE>07. Par 23-26</TITLE>L-23 They put a rag around His face one day--some soldiers--and they hit Him on the head with a stick, and said, "Now, you prophesy." (The devil, what was hitting Him.) Said, "You prophesy. You tell us who hit you and we'll believe You. Tell us who hit you. Got a rag around Your eye." Jesus never opened his mouth, nor said a word.
The Jews upon the cross... When they had Jesus on the cross, said, "Now, if Thou be the Son of God, perform a miracle here before us. Pull Your hands loose and come down, and we'll believe You to be the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus don't listen to the devil. Never said a word. See?
So when you see somebody that says, "Let me see you perform a miracle," remember, it's the devil.
When He come into His own country, they said, "Now, we see here about You healing over in that country, we heard about the healing over there. Let's see you do something here among us; let us see it."

L-24 And Jesus marveled at their unbelief, and many mighty works He could not do. Takes your faith too because of why? The lack of His power? The lack of God's will? The lack of faith, unbelief. Because of your unbelief, He could not do it.
Here the disciples, being defeated, and right in the midst of their defeat, down the mountain come the most lovely Person that ever walked on the earth, the Lord Jesus, the Son of God.
Still weak, perhaps, from under that great anointing when He was taken into a vision there and foresaw... Peter, James, and John foresaw the Coming of the Lord, foresaw the order, how that Elijah and Moses would come first, then Jesus would come. They saw Him, then was the first coming, Elijah and Moses; and then turned back and saw Jesus only, when He comes, and--and after the Millennium.

L-25 Notice, in this, the first thing you know, some of them out here, Pharisee Jones and them, say, "Well now look, there comes this guy. This is the chief man of all of them. He is the one that started all of this here move." So we'll go over and see what he's got to say."
So when the disciples saw the Lord coming, they knowed He could do it. So they took off for Him. And when they all gathered around where He was at, what did Jesus say? He walked over to that bunch of Pharisees with their collars turned around... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...?...
Oh, you poor dishwater preacher. What's He going to question you on at judgment? You'll stand the same way before Him.
"So what are you questioning him about? What's all the fuss about? Why do you questioning these, my children?" Oh, my, I can see Him look around on them.
And one spoke up, said, "Sir." I see He's just an ordinary Man, yet to him. Said, "Sir, I brought my child to Your disciples." Said, "He has a foul spirit. He is dumb, froths at the mouth, falls in the fire and water." And said, "I brought him to Your disciples to cure him, and they couldn't do nothing about it."

L-26 I can see Pharisee Jones, the pastor, "Yep, couldn't do nothing about it, so I'm going to bring him to You." And said, "The disciples couldn't cast him out, so I bring him to You. If You can do anything about it--if you can do anything about it--if..." You get it? "If," Oh, my. "If you can, do something about it now."
Jesus stood and looked around, said, "Bring him here." And when they brought the child up, now the devil showed off. That's the way the devil does. He likes to show off. Yes. He throwed this kid in a worse fit he ever had. He fell right on the ground, to try to scare Jesus.
When he fell on the ground, begin a froth on the floor, or frothing before the disciples, they got a little scared. But you're not going to scare Him, brother. The devil throwed this kid into a real spasm. He fell on the ground and pined away, and frothing and rolling around on the ground having a, just...?... 'cause he knowed his time was at hand.
Jesus looked at the child. He said to the father, said, "How long has he been this way?"


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