<TITLE>08. Par 29-31</TITLE>L-29 You men that can't throw down those--that tobacco habit, and that drinking habit, and that gambling habit, you don't want to, because there's a Balm in Gilead.
Setting here, wa--listening to me preach tonight is one of the worst alcoholics that Chicago ever had. A little lady setting here, drunken, batty-eyed wretch, But she found the Balm in Gilead one night. And now she's a mission worker for the alcoholics.
There is a Balm in Gilead. It's for you. There is a Physician in Gilead. But the reason the people is sick, is because they won't receive the remedy.
Think it over. It's not because... Now, at the judgment that God's going to say, "Well, I had no Balm," He's got It. And the prescription calls for, "Whosoever will... It's to you and to your children, to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." There's plenty of Balm if you're willing to receive it. Think of it, while we bow our heads for prayer.

L-30 Merciful God, Who brought back again our Lord Jesus from the dead, raising Him up for our justification, that we might look at an empty tomb tonight, and have perfect confidence in Thy Word to come for this great cure for sin or unbelief... For it is promised by our Lord, that whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe you receive it, and you shall have it. But people needs Thy Balm, the Balm of Gilead poured into their soul, the rich, royal holy Oil of God, called the Holy Spirit. May It saturate every soul here tonight to believe Thee. May they take the prescription that the Apostle Peter wrote out at the day of Pentecost, and bring repentance to their heart, and faith to their soul, that they might receive joy unspeakable and full of glory. Grant it, Lord. Through Jesus Christ's Name, we pray.

L-31 With our heads bowed, I would like to ask this solemn question: How many people present would like to come to that fountain, would want God to put His Spirit so richly in you, like It was in Jesus, so much that you could resist temptation, that you've tasted something so much better than tobacco, something so much better pleasures than drinking will give, so much better pleasures of going to church than it would be to go to a card party... You'd like to have that. You'd love to have it, so you could live free from sin... Not because you're not tempted, but in every temptation He will make a way of escape... Would you like to take that Inoculation? There's a Balm in Jesus tonight. Would you love for Him to pour in upon your soul, like He did those at Pentecost? If you would like to be remembered, raise your hand? And by this, you say, "Lord, I want Your Spirit on me." God bless you. He sees every hand. He knows every intention. He knows every heart.


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