<TITLE>05. Par 21-23</TITLE>L-21 One day there was an old blind beggar setting by the walls of Jericho, no doubt, dreaming in his heart of the days gone by when there were great men in the earth that took God at His promise. And thinking back to a little boy when he used to lay on his young Jewish mother's arms when she kissed him, and his little eyes as bright as the stars in heaven, how he could remember of seeing the great stars at night, how he could see the flowered hills of Judaea, hear his mother speak of the stories that when the great Joshua stood just beyond the walls of Jericho there, and met the Captain of the Host of the Lord. How that God made the Jordan stand still one day while He displayed His power to bring the people into their positioned place. How he loved to hear those stories of the Shunammite woman and the little dead baby, when God made death stand still, hold its peace until He could show that "I am the Resurrection and Life." Makes everything obey Him. He loved those stories.
And as he set there thinking, "Oh, that's been many years ago."
And a noise came by. And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth goes by."
God wanted to display His love to a blind beggar. God wanted to show that howling mob that He was just the same yesterday, today, and forever. And the Bible said that Jesus stood still and said, "Bring him here." God stopped His own Son to stand still to display His power. If God had to stop His Son to stand still to display His power, in this flusterated age that we're living in, how much more should we stand...

L-22 [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] To show to the people to fulfill the Word, not that He had to, but the Word might be fulfilled. God wanted to fulfill His Word, and to seal the Messiahship of His Son.
There was a man dead, buried, laying in the grave, stinking. The skin worms was crawling through his body. All hopes was gone. But I see a little figure Who said there was no beauty in Him that we should desire, straighten His little stooped shoulders and said, "I am the Resurrection and Life," saith God. "He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die." Said, "Believest thou this?"
She said, "Yea, Lord, I believe that you are the Son of God that was to come into the world."
Upon the confession of that faith, and her faith in the Son of God, God was going to display His power. And a man's soul that was four day's journey, somewhere out yonder in the space, He made the death angel stand still while He raised that man again to life; and corruption knew its Master. And a man had been dead four days stood on his feet and lived again. God made death stand still. Not only that, but in this resurrection He proved His Messiahship.

L-23 This world's getting more nervous; the church is nervous; it's tottering like a drunk man coming home. That's right. But one of these days she's going to have a nervous prostration, sure enough. But God will make everything stand still, even till time will stand still and blend into eternity when He comes to receive His Church. I'm looking for that day, that holy blessed hour.
My brother, sister, this old America, this Chicago has received shake after shake. The church has been sent mighty men, the Velmer Gardners, the--the Oral Roberts, the A. A. Allens, and the different ones that's crossed, and the Billy Grahams, has crossed the nations, and God has proved His power when He can get man stand still long enough and look into that Scripture and get the denomination ideas out of their head. God's proved His power that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.


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