<TITLE>10. Par 34-36</TITLE>L-34 And there was some throwing, perhaps, overripe tomatoes or vegetables at Him. "Away with Him."
And others saying, "Hail the great Prophet," some for Him, some against...
I can see a bunch of priests say, "Say, you that can raise the dead. I've got an old mother died up here, a good religious woman. Come, raise her up. Let me see you do it." Sure. That's what the devil always does. When you hear people talking like that, know they are of the devil.
The devil, when he met Jesus, he said, "If thou be the Son of God, do a miracle here before me, and let me see You do it, and I'll believe You."
When they tied a rag around His face one time, some Roman soldiers, and hit Him on the head with a stick, said, "Now, if you're a prophet, tell us who hit you and we'll believe you." He never opened His mouth.
When He was on the cross they said, "If thou be the Son of God, come down off the cross and do a miracle here before me," the high priest stand, yelled at Him, "and we'll believe you." See?
They want things their way. You have to come to God's terms. What's the matter with the Church today, they want their way. You stand still and watch God's way. He knows what's best. Who can interpret God, better than Himself?

L-35 And here was this blind beggar. He listened; he said, "What's the matter?" What was it? He was thinking on those things. The great, mighty power of God, when It appeared. It was those on their road from Jerusalem to Emmaus that was thinking about Jesus when He walked out and talked to them all day. You've got to think about it. You've got to believe it. You've got to accept it, not go out to the pool room all night one night, and go to church the next day. Not go out and fuss, and steal, and cheat, and have temper, and fuss, and fight with your neighbors, and proselyte, and everything, then go to church and expect something to be done for you. You've got to live for God. You've got to be in His Presence with your shoes off and your eyes closed in His Presence, with reverence and recognition of His Being, with love for all.
That's the reason we don't see no more going on than what we do. You got to meet God on His terms, not on yours, on His.

L-36 Notice, as Bartimaeus said, "Who did you say that was went by?"
"It was Jesus, that great Prophet of Galilee."
"Who is He?"
"Oh, they claim He's the Son of David, you know, the Messiah was to come."
Quickly the spark caught in his heart, and he screamed, "O Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me." There you are.
Get that out of your minds the days of miracles is past. God's just the same tonight as He ever was. Get it out of your mind that these things that teachers teach you that there's no such thing as--as a baptism of the Holy Spirit. We got a lot of mockery. That's right. But we got a real Holy Spirit too. We got bogus dollars. They only make the real dollars good. Certainly.


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