<TITLE>02. Par 8-16</TITLE>L-8   The other day, we were detained, Brother Roberson and Brother Woods and myself. And we wonder, "Why?" I was setting there, looking at a map, coming right down, and we drove fifty miles right straight back north again on a road. And I been traveling on the highway since I was about fourteen years old. And I wonder how I ever done it. We were standing there, all three of us. We've all traveled the highways. Looking right at a map, keeping on 130, coming through Illinois, and made a little slight turn, not noticing that the sun was behind us instead of front of us. We was going north instead of south. And first thing you know, crossed the road, I said, "This ain't the right road." Looked down there, and come to find out, we were fifty miles out of the way. Gone right straight back...?...

L-9 Then when we come back, we--we were talking. I said, "You know why? We... The Lord might have bypassed us this way, to keep from having a horrible accident down here somewhere, that might have done something otherwise. We know that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord. That's all we have to keep on mind."

L-10   Now, tonight, we're starting now for a little teaching lesson. And if I'm... I don't think we'll get down, maybe we will tonight, to... This is the great chapter of teaching on tithings, to the church. And it's a great subject, which we could stay on it for weeks and weeks, on that one thing, how Abraham paid tithes to Melchisedec, and whether it's essential.

L-11   Is this fan hurting anybody back there? Would you rather have it off? If it's hurting anybody, blowing in their face, any of the fans. If it is, just raise your hands. And, or just send one of the ushers, send someone up to the brother here, he'll snap it off for you. And I kind of keep it off of myself; I get hot and I get to sweating, then, the first thing you know, I--I'm hoarse. So, it's on you, so it won't bother me in any way. We want you to be comfortable now.
We're not going to try to take too much of your time, but just going to look straight into the Word. And before we do it, let's speak to the author just a moment.

L-12   Now, Heavenly Father, we do not know what's in store. But only thing that we do know, and are persuaded, that good things lay before us. For it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear has heard, neither has it entered into the hearts of men, what God has for them in store, that love Him."

L-13 And we pray that You'll open the windows of Heaven tonight, in Your storehouse, and give us Thy Word, that will be something that's suitable, something to increase our faith as Christians, and make us more--more settled on the Gospel, than what we were when we come in. Grant it, Father. May the Holy Spirit take the Word of God and deliver It to each heart as we have need. In Jesus' Name, we pray, Thy beloved Son. Amen.

L-14   Now, this morning, in leaving the last verse for the 6th chapter, so we can go right into the 7th.
Whither the forerunner for us has entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec.

L-15 Now we're going to read the first three verses, or the first two verses, or the first three verses, rather, of the 7th chapter, so we can get started right off.
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, (there is your tithings); first being by interpretation King of righteousness,... after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Without father, without mother, without descent,... neither beginning... having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

L-16 What a wonderful statement! Now we're going to have to go back in the Old Testament, to dig these great kernels out. And, oh, how I love them!


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