<TITLE>07. Par 21-23</TITLE>L-21 And then one said; maybe it was Bartholomew who said this: "Wasn't we all surprised when we returned from Samaria that day? I noticed the young woman coming up the hill with a sad and worried look on her face. And when they refused to give us bread, and when we returned back and was amazed to see Him speaking to this woman... And she was questioning Him about our religion. And when He said to this young woman, 'Go, get your husband and come here.' And she said, 'I have no husband.' And He said, 'That's true. You've had five, and the one you're living with now is not your husband.' She said, 'Sir, I perceive that Thou art the prophet, and we know when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us all things.' And our Master said, 'I'm He that speaks to you.' What an expression, what a change on the woman's face when she turned and went into the city to tell the men, 'Come, see a Man Who told me the things that I've done, isn't this the One that Moses said would come?'
And did you notice too, that we were so took off our feet, till there was none of us asked any questions, why was He talking to this woman. We just kept still because we were amazed at the power of God working through a Man."

L-22 Oh, it would be a good thing tonight, if we Pentecostal people, and people of all churches, would feel the same way about it. If we would stand in amazement at the working of the Holy Spirit in these days, it would still just dumbfound us. I believe the trouble of it is, that we have seen so much done until it's become a common thing to us.
Like a story I heard once, said a man was going to the sea to take rest, to see the waves, to smell the brine of the salt. And he met an old sailor, and he said, "Where goest thou?"
He said, "To the sea to take rest. I've read of it, and I've longed to see it. But I never have seen it, and my heart is thrilled to know that I'm near the sea. For just a little while and I'll be able to see what I've read about, what I've dreamed about. And how relaxing it will be to me."
And the old sailor said to the man, "I was borned on the sea. I've lived on it for many years, and I don't see nothing thrilling and exciting about it." You see, he'd lived in it so long until it become a common thing.

L-23 I'm afraid that we people have seen God come down in His power and save the lost and fill with the Holy Ghost those who are seeking, and heal the sick, until it's become a common thing to us. We fail to get the beautiful expressions of the Holy Spirit when He brings His power among us, and we see His beauty, watching Him work, knowing that that's the Saviour of our soul, the only real Thing that's left in the world that we can hold to. All other foundations shall be destroyed. All other kingdoms shall perish, but this Kingdom will last forever. Something happened in our nation to thrill us, that they were going to cut the taxes, or something like that, we'd be talking it everywhere; but Christ comes and saves a soul and gives them Eternal Life, and we walk away as if it's a common thing. Heals the sick and we think it's a common thing.


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