<TITLE>08. Par 28-31</TITLE>L-28 "How do you know that you're going to have this baby?"
"God said so, that settles it." Oh, wouldn't that be wonderful to have Abraham's children all around? What a wonderful thing it would be. Years passed, ten years. "Sarah, feel any different?"
"Not a bit, Abraham."
"Well, glory, we're going to have it anyhow; God said so. That settles it. Just keep the pins laying up; it's coming. Don't you worry. It'll be right there on time. It's just going to be a greater miracle now, after this."
Then we can't wait from one day to the next, hardly, from one night to the other one to be prayed for. And yet, God said that we are Abraham's seed and are heirs, according to the promise. Then the Spirit was on Abraham, surely is not in the church, or something's wrong. Abraham's seed, the covenant was made with him, and with his seed after him, forever. What a promise. Oh, how I love that blessed Word of God.

L-29 Abraham had to separate himself from his kindred. Many times it causes you to separate from your unbelievers. "Oh," say, "I got saved last night, but you know, Martha the one I run around with, she says she believes that's a bunch of holy-rollers." Watch out, sister, you're on dangerous ground. You'd better separate yourself from that old, unbelieving, bridge club you're attending. That old, social, card game that you're attending, you'd better separate yourself, and come out from amongst the unbelievers. Certainly.

L-30 God wants separators; the world wants mixers, some young Hollywood sheik, that combs his hair back, and perfumes his nose, and walks around the little, "Ahhh-men" sign, that goes a swimming, and plays cards, and buncos, and things like that, permits all that, and won't tell the church the truth, tell the women they can dress like they want to, "That's all right, that's old fashion." He just hasn't become the seed of Abraham yet.
I'd rather have someone preaching in my church, that didn't even know his ABC's or knowed split peas from coffee. If he knowed Christ in the power of His resurrection, I'd rather have him, than all the students and scholars that these incubators could hatch out in their theological machines. I don't mean to be rude by misstating facts. We want men and women who know God, separating themselves from unbelief.

L-31 Many times and every time, that a man ever done anything that's worth anything, he walked alone with God. But we think we have to have some great something around us to secure us. The believer has, that company of angels, the Holy Spirit is encompanied about. The angels are encamped; they don't move; they stay right with them, those who fear the Lord. They watch for every move.
One time a prophet was down at Dothan, Elisha, and the Syrians had come in, compassed the whole walls around. And when Gehazi got up and looked out, he said, "Oh, look at the Syrians."
And Elisha, the old prophet, rubbed his eyes and looked around, said, "Why, there is more with us, than there is with them."  Gehazi looked around and said, "I don't see nothing." Maybe many of you didn't last night, but that old colored lady did.
Said, "Lord, open this boy's eyes." And when God opened his eyes, all around that old prophet was angels of fire, and the mountains was on fire, and chariots of fire. Sure, he walked out there and smote them blind, not physically blind, spiritually blind. They couldn't understand it, "You say you're looking for Elijah?" Said, "Come on, I'll show you where he's at." Led them right into ambush. Oh, yes.


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