<TITLE>08. Par 26-28</TITLE>L-26 Watch. Here comes the Word, the preacher. "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word." Listen at Elijah. "Go, seek God first. Bake that little cake and bring it out to me. For THUS SAITH THE LORD, the meal will never cease, neither will the cruse run dry until the day that God sends rain on the earth." Amen. You see it?
Then with the last sustaining of life she had, she laid it on the fire of the cross and sought God first, brought the hoe cake out and give it to Elijah, and he ate it. I'd like to have one like that, wouldn't you? And he ate it. And she went back and dipped out a big hoe cake out of a barrel, enough to make one for her son and eat until the rain come. Why? God sent His preacher. "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word." The invitation's give out.

L-27 Now, as soon as the invitations was give out, then the excuses was made. Oh, yes, one married a wife, and the other one bought some oxen. You know the story.
That's the way it is today. God made the supper ready, sent the preacher to preach the faith. What happened? "Oh, I can't go because I'm a deacon in another church. I just couldn't do that."
"Well, I couldn't go because it would lower my prestige." Your prestige...
Then "Oh, I couldn't go because I don't believe them old holy-rollers that's acting like that. I'll just... I--I'm going to live my life."
The excuses was made. "Oh, it's too straight. I wouldn't want to do that."
Excuse and say, "Well, I'm so tired when I come in at night. I can't go to church." That's excuses today.
"Oh, I'm afraid that husband wouldn't like it."
"I'm afraid my wife would kick me out of the house." She ought to if that's the kind of man you are. That's right. But there you are: excuses made. Many of them we could name: excuses.

L-28 Now, then the--the servant come back and said, "Lord..." That was down from Luther on down to Wesley age. All kinds of excuses made. "Oh, well, we got other things to do."
But then, when the servant come back and said, "I done all this and they got all excuses." Watch what he said to the preacher now.
"Supper's already fixed." Amen. It's already past time. Said, "I want you to give the supper call now. Leave them alone, they won't come anyhow."
But go out and start a healing campaign. Bring in the lame, the blind, the halt. And everybody hollers today about healing campaigns to get a crowd. "What's the matter with you, preacher?" That's the light of the Bible. That's right. "Go, get the lame and the halt." That's the last call before the coming of the Lord according to the Bible. Go out and call a healing campaign. Miracles and signs and wonders will be done. And bring them in 'cause I'm--I'm going to have My table set full." Amen. "I've made it. I've killed My fatlings. I'm going to have a real supper and you go out and bring in the lame, the halt, the blind, the afflicted." Brother, that's a meal call.
Divine healing is the program of today. That's God's last call, is Divine healing. And then these fellows that wouldn't accept it and set back with their big old dry theology, tries to say that we put Divine healing in the paper to get a crowd. Jesus said to. Amen. Oh, that would make a Baptist shout if he had the same thing. That's right. Divine healing is the order of the day.


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