<TITLE>03. Par 10-12</TITLE>L-10 Heal the sick; give sight to the blind, strength to the feeble, and salvation to the needy. As we read of Thy Word this morning, may the Holy Spirit come, get into the Word, and quicken It to our hearts. Bless those who are to be baptized. May they be filled with the Holy Ghost when they rise from the water, giving glory to God. Get glory unto Thyself, Lord.
And as we gather this morning for the purifying of our souls and our thoughts, may we leave this Tabernacle this morning with a more determination than we ever had to serve You. May we live congregated together, closely woven and bound by the Holy Spirit, until that day when we meet in Your House in Glory around Your Throne, where millions will be singing, "Hosanna, Hosanna." May we all be there without the absence of one. Grant it, Lord. Until that time, keep us healthy, happy, and filled with Your Spirit, serving You. These things we ask in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

L-11 May the Lord add the blessings as we read now in the book of Saint Mark, the 11th chapter, beginning with the 1st verse. And then, after just this little quotation, or exhortation, then I will go to our text. This is reading for what I'm fi--wanting to tell you.
And when they came...
I beg your pardon, I want to begin at the 10th verse to save the time, the 10th verse of the 11th chapter.
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked around upon all things, and now eveningtide was come, and he went out into Bethany with his twelve.
And on the morrow, when they were come to Bethany, he was hungered.
And seeing a fig tree far off having leaves, he came, if happily he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eateth fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
And they came to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrowed the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold dove;
And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
And he taught, saying unto them, It is--Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but you... made it a den of thieves.
And the scribes and the chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all people were astonished at his doctrine.
And when evening was come, he went out of the city.
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
And Peter calling to remember it said unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou did curse: it is withered away.
Jesus answering said unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

L-12 What a gracious promise. And it is absolutely the truth. This stumped me, or as I should use that expression, for a long time. How could that be?
And one time, when I first started preaching here at the Tabernacle many years ago, I run on to the word of "hell." And I run the reference to it many times, and it referred to "hades" in the Greek, which meant "the grave." And I didn't know what to say, because I do not want to be responsible for men's souls at the day of the judgment. So I searched it and searched, until I found what was the truth. For about four or five years, I would not touch the subject of "hell," until I found what was truth about it.


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