<TITLE>02. Par 4-7</TITLE>L-4 Now, we never come to visit you to represent any certain denomination of church. We didn't come to--to represent a healer in ourselves; we just come to have fellowship. We didn't come to make any differences between denominations; we come to--not to tear up but to weld up that which has already been tore. So that we--we don't represent any church. And we love every one of them. And I know this is the headquarters of two of those great big Churches of God, which is known internationally. I've met their brethren around the world, practically, from these fine churches. And it's a very... That makes your city what it is, to have these fine big churches around here and their...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...?...
Bit of help along, with the things that you've taught and contended for so long, not to preach a new faith, but to earnestly contend for that that's been preached. That's all we're trying to do. Now, the Lord bless you.

L-5 And now, to... Each time, I try to make this on the first night a little introduction; and I don't speak very long; and we pray for the sick. Now, I'd just like to explain so it can be understood... And I think the recorders picked it up, that in praying for the sick we do not come to say now, that we could heal anyone. I--I hardly think that would be Scriptural from the way I see the Bible. I think that Divine healing, the practice of Divine healing, is not a practice of trying to heal someone, but it's trying to represent that blessing that was freely given to all at the--at Calvary where Jesus... There "He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we were healed."
So Divine healing is something that's in the past tense. And I have heard people say that they met men who claimed to be Divine healers. I've never met one yet. But if there is such, or a person would claim such, I would be kindy to doubt the man's word; because Divine healing is something that's already been done; it's a finished work; it's a product of Calvary. It's a product of what Jesus died to give you the privilege to accept by your own individual faith in Him.

L-6 And we have had many things that we realize... And if they're in a mixed audience like this, there's all kinds of people with different ideas. And Divine healing has, many times, been misrepresented. So has the Gospel in every means has been misrepresented. And every true thing has been misre--misrepresented.
We find that in the virtues of life and everywhere. And so you have to take the pro and con, the--the law of average. You have to have the day to know how to--have the night, rather, to know how to appreciate the day. You have to have the--the rain to appreciate the sunshine. You have to have the valley to appreciate the mountain.

L-7 And sin is only righteousness perverted. So if you didn't have sin, then you'd never know how to enjoy righteousness. If we had never been sinners, we'd never know the joy of salvation. Therefore, I believe that when the Lord Jesus comes, and all the great family of the earth gathers together upon the canopies of the earth, and sing the redemption story, "Saved by grace," I believe angels will stand with bowed head, not knowing what their talking about. They'll stand around the circle of the earth with bowed heads, not knowing what we're talking about, 'cause they never needed redeeming. And we know what it means to be lost and to be found. We can appreciate salvation, 'cause we were without it one time. And so you have to have the--the bad to make you appreciate the good.
And I think that's the way it is in Divine healing and the Gospel of... Anyway, it just...You have to have the other side to appreciate the real. That's just what I--I believe.


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