<TITLE>09. Par 40-44</TITLE>L-40 Oh, she begin to tell him. He said, "Well, isn't that the Son of David that's been promised?"
"Yes." That was enough to set his soul afire. It was his first opportunity. We've had many opportunities through this last week. But that was his first opportunity to ever come in contact with Jesus.
And he raised up. Now, the street runs just about the distance of the end of this arena here from the wall. And thousands of people swarming around Him, some hollering and screaming and others praising Him... And he screamed, "O Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

L-41 Now, Jesus could not have heard his voice. It was too far back. If you were ever there to look and see where it happened... And another thing, with all that howling mob He couldn't heard it. But what was it? Jesus stopped and stood still. And He turned around. It wasn't his voice that stopped Him. It was his faith that stopped Him.
An insignificant beggar trying to be pushed back... Jesus stopped and said, "What would you that I would do for you?"
He said, "Lord, that I might receive my sight."
He said, "Receive your sight, for thy faith has saved thee."
And as they go on down the street, I can see old blind Bartimaeus standing there looking for his fingers. He said, "He told me. I take His Word. I believe it." And the mob went on. After while he begin to see his fingers. And he begin to follow the Lord rejoicing, because he had received his sight.

L-42 Sometime ago I read a little story (It may be fiction, and it may not.) about blind Bartimaeus. They say that he set by the Jericho gate. He was a married man, had a wife and a little girl. And this little girl at the time of his healing, was perhaps, about ten years old, little curly headed girl, just chubby enough to be lovable.
And he had never seen the little child because he had been blind many years. And they say he had two little turtledoves, and they would do little enchantments, turn over each other, little tumbles, so that it would attract the attention of the tourists.

L-43 If he didn't have something to entertain the tourists, like it is in India and different places... There's a little monkey or something, the monkey gets a stick and beats the man, and it attracts attention so he can beg.
And blind Bartimaeus' little pigeons turned over each other so that it would attract attention to watch the accuracy of those little doves, or little doves, making a little flip, jump over on their feet again. And one night his wife got sick. And the physician could not do anything for her. And he felt his way out along the side of the house, and he said, "O Jehovah, if You will be merciful and spare the life of my wife, I'll give You my two turtledoves."

L-44 And his wife got well. So he goes and offers the turtledoves for an offering. Sometime later, he had a lamb. And in those days, the lamb led the man, just like the--the blind man--like the dog leads the blind man today. And... But lambs did it then. They trained the lambs to lead the man. And blind Bartimaeus, how he got back home of a evening, was hook his lamb on his hand, and the lamb would go home, and he would lead his way, lead him back to his home.
And his little girl got sick. And she had an awful fever. And the doctor came and said, "Well, Bartimaeus, I don't think there's anything that I can do for her."
She kept getting worse. So he went out into the night again, knelt down on his knees, and he said, "God, if You'll heal my little girl, I'll give You my lamb."


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