<TITLE>06. Par 18-19</TITLE>L-18 The Word is just such a wonderful thing. I love It. And now, to announce what we'd call for a text, for just a little while. And I... And then read some of the Scripture here for to--to get a context. I'm going to... My text tonight is "God Keeps His Word." And I wish to read from Saint John the 12th chapter and the 35th verse beginning.
I like to hear you all turning those pages and things. I--I like to see a people bring their Bibles to church. And it means that, just if I read His Word... Now, my word will fail because I'm a man. But if I would get no more out of the service tonight than just reading this Word together, we'll be blessed; because we'll feed that much on the Word of God. His Words will never fail. They can't fail. God Himself. At the 35th verse:
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not where he goeth.
While ye have the light, believe in the light... (May I stop here just a moment, and quote that over again.)... While ye have light, believe the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
Now, while I go into the context of this in a few moments, now Jesus had done many miracles as He seen the Father show Him what to do. We got that last night, did we? Nothing but what the Father told Him to do. Now, 38th verse.
That the saying of the prophet... That the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which was spoke, The Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Therefore they--therefore they could not believe, because that Isaiah said again... (Notice that? They could not believe, because Isaiah said, about eight hundred years before this.)
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

L-19 Now, may the Lord add His blessings to this Word. Did you notice here how strange that read? That these people could not believe, because Isaiah a prophet had said so. Did you catch it? Now, do you know that--that the Word of God once spoke, it can never be taken back. And the Word of God is so perfect, till here that John was trying to explain it to the people that Isaiah had prophesied saying, "Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" Isaiah 40th chapter.
And he said, "Again Isaiah says (See?), who has believed our report?" Who believed it, about the Lord Jesus? Who--who accepted it, the report that He was the Messiah? And then he said again over here, Isaiah said, that, "He has hardened their heart (See?), blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, unless they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted." Now, because Isaiah said that, had spoke that about eight hundred years beforehand, that had to come to pass. See how perfect the Word of God is? No matter how much they wanted to believe, they couldn't believe, 'cause Isaiah said they couldn't. See? Now, how...


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