<TITLE>18. Par 54-55</TITLE>L-54 Jesus was asked by the devil to perform a miracle when He first got started, said, "If thou be the Son of God, perform a miracle here before me." Now, that devil hasn't died. And he even gets in churches, even in preachers.
"Now, perform a miracle here before me. Let me see you do something; I'll believe you, you divine healer. You great miracle worker, if you're the Son of God, make these stones bread; let me see you. I'll believe You."
He got in the Pharisees, said, "If thou be the Son of God, come down off the cross and we'll believe you."
A Roman put a rag around his eyes, and hit Him on the head with a stick, and said, "Prophesier, tell us who hit you. Prophesy now, prophesier." God don't clown for nobody. He never opened His mouth. No, He never said a word. He didn't feel any virtue. But the woman that approached Him right and touched His garment, she got virtue. She got her desire. This other guy was condemned; he went to hell for it, no doubt. What's the difference? It's your attitude, what kind of an environment you create around you by your belief or unbelief. So get away from all your superstitions and create around you an environment. That's the difference. It's the environment that makes the difference.
A hen should lay over her egg to hatch it. But put it in an incubator under the same warmth condition, it'll hatch anyhow. It's the environment that makes the difference.

L-55 Now, Jesus goes down into this pool. You go down some steps into it. And in there, there was a trouble of water. And once in a while, an angel come down and blowed it back up and made a troubled water. You, living here by this river know what a troubled waters are, surely: the current going one way, and--and waves coming another. And it was coming from these spouts that run down, then it come waving back. Ever who's stepping in first, got healed of what disease they had, if they had faith to believe it. Many criticized it, make fun of it, but the Bible said it was an angel. And I believe it. God always makes a way.
Jesus come into this pool and there laid people that was lame, blind, halt, and withered. That's right, brother. Here's what the Bible said. Look at that mess: arthritis, blind, mothers with waterhead babies, all kinds of affliction. And here comes the Son of God, just a few days after that woman touched His garment, walking right through that crowd. Where's all that compassion? Never touched a one of them. He looked around until he found a man laying on a pallet.
Now, we southerners know what a pallet is. You have to use a different word up north, 'cause they don't know what a pallet is. I was raised on one: a pallet.
And He looked around till He found this pallet laying there, and a man laying on it. Maybe he had prostate trouble. He'd had it thirty-eight years. It was retarded, wasn't going to hurt him, wasn't going to kill him. And Jesus come to that man after passed all those lame, blind, halt, and withered, and said, "Wilt thou be made whole?" Now, that's the Scripture: Saint John 5. Just start reading. Said, "Wilt thou be made..." Why not the blind man, "Will thou be made whole?" Why not the crippled man, "Will thou be made whole?" I'm bringing this for a point. He healed the sick and afflicted, but I'm just making this to show you why Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.


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