<TITLE>17. Par 76-80</TITLE>L-76 I want to say one thing before this. Each one of you dear people that raised up your hand, go, see a good pastor right away. Will you promise do that? We haven't got room here to bring people up for an altar call. But promise. The only thing you have to do...
I--I believe in the altar, certainly. I believe in that. But you remember in the Bible, It said, "As many as believed was added to the church." See? I think you ought... A person, it's good for them to come forward, and pray, and thank God, and stand up as a public testimony. I believe in that, all my heart. But we haven't room here to do it.
Now, you promised God that you believed. I took your word. He did too. So now, you go to some church and shake your hand... shake the hand of the pastor, tell him you want to become a member of his church, be baptized.

L-77 Now, just a few moments before we start the prayer line, which we... Actually we started on time; we got twelve minutes, but we won't take it all. I just want to say to the newcomer, now, I do not claim to be a Divine healer. Can you hear me all right? I do not believe there's any man in the world that's a Divine healer. I believe that God is the only One can heal.
How many knows that Jesus Christ never claimed to be a healer? That right? Certainly. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works: it's My Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." And, "The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." Is that right?

L-78 Then Jesus never did one thing according to His own Word, in a way of healing the sick or anything, until the Father showed Him first by a miracle, by a vision what was going to take place. That's His own Word. He couldn't lie. That's Saint John 5:19. "Verily, verily (The word means 'absolutely, absolutely.'), I say unto thee; the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise."
Now, that's inspired, God's own Word. Then look what did He do? How did He declare Himself now to the nation? What was the first thing He done in a way of a miracle as we understand that the people could see? He prayed for sick, laid His hands on them. But a miracle...

L-79 There was a man by the name of Peter; He called him Peter, lately his--or later; his name was Simon. And he was an old fisherman. And his brother Andrew brought him up to Jesus. Now, listen close for just a minute; you'll miss the kernel. And he brought him up to Jesus; and when he come in the Presence of Jesus, Jesus said, "Your name is Simon, but you'll be called Cephas." And said, "You're the son of Jonas."
How many know that? That was a Jew that a miracle was done on. He finally ended up having the keys to the Kingdom in his hand, a man that couldn't even read his own name. The Bible said that Peter was ignorant and unlearned (That's right.), not a student, a ignorant and unlearned fisherman.

L-80 Now, then what happened? There was a fellow from his city by the name of Philip. He got saved too. And he was so enthused till he went around the mountain about thirty miles and found his friend by the name of Nathanael. That's a good sign he got saved; he wanted to tell somebody about it. And he found Nathanael, and Nathanael was under a tree praying. And he said, "Come, see Who we found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Now, this staunch Hebrew, brushing off his clothes, he said, "Now, wait a minute, Philip. Could there be any good thing come out of that city (or that group, that holy-rollers, or whatever you want to call them)? Could anything good come out of there?"
And he give him the best answer any man could. He said, "Come, see. You be the judge."


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