<TITLE>11. Par 32-35</TITLE>L-32 Friend, that's what the world wants to see today in you and me. They want something real. How can you get it until you're borned of the Spirit of God and have an experience of it? How can you have faith unless there's something in you to give you faith? Real... Would you like to have that kind of love of God in your heart like that mother deer had for her baby, to display that kind of a love with no selfishness, no greed, no nothing, till when you walk down the street the neighbors would say, "If there ever was a sainted godly woman or man, there it goes"? That's what they want. It's better to live me a sermon than it is to preach me one. Let us bow our heads just a moment.

L-33 O God, as I think back of experiences, how that I've seen great brutal men, ungodly, indifferent, made sweet humble Christians in just a moment of time, because they seen something real. God, grant tonight that every man and woman, boy or girl in here, that has not got that real experience so they can have real faith, may they accept You tonight as their personal Saviour and receive the Holy Spirit what gives faith. "We being dead in Christ," says the Scripture, "we become Abraham's seeds and are heir according to the promise." And Christ was Abraham's Seed, and the Holy Spirit has brought us... Being dead with Him, brings us into the relationship, and by the Holy Spirit, gives us the faith that Abraham had. God, grant tonight that we'll have that faith and that love, that something that Christ means so much to us till it's more than church membership; it's more than hiding behind a religious cloak, or more than anything, as blind Fanny Crosby said, "More than life to me." Grant, Lord, this hour that You're Holy Spirit will speak to hearts.

L-34 While we have our heads bowed, and your head is bowed to the dust where God taken you from, and someday you'll return back to that dust, which way you got your head bowed now... Would you love to have, sinner friend of mine, or backslider, or indifferent cold church member... It's all sin. Would you love to have the love of God in your heart just as rich as that deer had the mother's love in her heart? Would you like to have an experience like that, would let you stand when the last heartbeat's going from your body, and still with loving arms look across Jordan for the Angels to come pack your souls home? Think of it just a moment; it's your soul. God's here that will give you that type of love.
If you want it, would you just raise your hands quietly to Him while I offer prayer for you, all over the building. God bless you, you, you, and you. Up in the balconies, to my right.

L-35 Ladies, you know how you love your babies, don't you? The Bible said, "Would a mother forget her little suckling baby? Yes, she might forget it, but never can I forget you. For your name's engraved on the palms of My hand." You know how you love your baby, don't you? God loves you more than that. Why would you walk beyond the boundaries between mercy and judgment when He loves you like that? Oh, what love that Father had for Adam's fallen race, gave His only Son to suffer and to redeem us by His grace. Look what a love He displayed for us. Can't you display a little love for Him? Would you raise your hand, that much love, and say, "God, here I am. I know that my heart's wrong with You. I profess to be a Christian, but I know right down in my heart, that's wrong. I've just a profession; I do not have faith. I want You to be merciful to me, God."


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