<TITLE>02. Par 6-10</TITLE>L-6 And now, sometime ago, talking of values of things, over across the river in Louisville, Kentucky, across from where I live, there was a little boy that was up in the attic of his home. And he was searching through some old relics and things that belonged to the family. And he found an old trunk. And he dug into this old trunk to--happily to see what he could find. And he found a little postage stamp that had turned yellow. It was just about one half inch square.
The little lad looked at it, and he said, "That might be worth a nickel, and a nickel would buy me an ice cream cone." So with the ice cream cone on his mind, he rushed down the street to a stamp collector. And the collector looked at it, and there... He said, "What will you give me for this postage stamp?" not expecting to receive over five cents.

L-7 And he said... After the stamp collector looked at it, he knew it was old stamp, so he said, "I'll give you one dollar for it." Oh, the little lad was very happy. That meant many ice creams. So he sold the stamp for one dollar.
And about six weeks later, the stamp collector sold it for fifty dollars. Sometime later it was sold for five hundred dollars. And now, they claim it's worth a quarter of a million dollars.

L-8 Now, we know that a little piece of paper half-inch square would not be worth even picking up on the street. But it wasn't the value of the paper; it's the value lays in what's on the paper.
And that's the way it is with God's Word. It isn't just the paper that it's wrote on, but it's the value of it, is because it's the Word of the eternal God. And Jesus said, "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My word shall never fail."
Therefore John 3:16, tonight, although small in its portion, holds enough value to save the world. It's got enough value in it to heal every sick person that's on the earth today. It's a pardon to every sinner. It's joy to every weary person. It's hope for the hopeless. It's food for the saint. It's healing for the sick. It's a pardon for those who are troubled. It's a--all these things to you if you receive it as that.

L-9 Sometime ago there was a case. I believe it was in the days of Abraham Lincoln, that a man had committed a crime, and he was found guilty. And the punishment of this was to die by a firing squad.
And some good friend slipped off and went before the president on his knees and begged for the pardon of this man. And Mr. Lincoln, not in his office, made his decision that he would pardon the man. So he just wrote it on a little piece of paper, "Pardon so-and-so. Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States."
He bowed and thanked the man and then rushed quickly to the man in the prison. And he said, "My friend, I have your pardon." He said, "Let me see it." And he presented this little piece of paper.
And the criminal said, "Oh, it isn't enough. If it was a real pardon, it would be wrote off on a great big piece of paper. It would tell why I was pardoned, so you're just kidding me." And he could not be persuaded to take his pardon. And the next morning the man died by the firing squad.

L-10 And then notice, there is a signed document by the president of the United States that says, "This man is pardoned." And it was written the day before his execution. Then it was tried in Federal Courts. And here is the Federal Court's decision: A pardon is not a pardon unless it be received as a pardon.
And that's the way the Word of God is. It's a pardon to those who will receive It as a pardon. It's healing to those who will receive It as a healing pardon. And every Divine promise of God is true, if it be received in the right mental attitool--tude towards It.


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