<TITLE>10. Par 33-35</TITLE>L-33 And then, these crowd rushed, out and they screamed at Him, and this, that; then finally he said, "What's going on? What is wrong? What is wrong here? What's all this rush about? What's all the noise?" No one was paying any attention to him.
And I believe... Let's think it was a nice little believer on the Lord Jesus, maybe a little lady stepped down, "The poor old fellow..." And you know, people that follow Jesus, have sympathy for people like that, followers of Christ. Stepped down, picked the old fellow up, and said, "Sir, have--have they pushed you off of the rock, here?"
"Yes, miss. What's going on?"
"Oh, you don't understand?"
"No."
"Well, did you ever hear of Jesus of Nazareth?"
"I don't believe I ever did," said Bartimaeus.
"Well, Jesus of Nazareth is that great Prophet that Moses said would be raised up among us of our own people. He's passing by. Oh, if you could've seen Him, I'm sure He would've restored your sight."
"Oh, where's He at."
"Oh, He's about a hundred yards or two, down the road."
He raised up. "Oh, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Have mercy on me."
Some of them said, "Oh, shut up. You make so much noise you give me a headache." The rest of them around here, hollering also, 'Shut up.'"
"Oh Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me."
I don't believe He could've heard his voice. There's too much screaming and going on. But he knew that if He was that Prophet of God, He could be touched. I believe, maybe he slipped down and said, "O Lord God, please stop Him. Please Lord, be merciful to me while mercy is passing by." And Jesus stopped, looked back.

L-34 I believe it. The woman touched His garment. He felt virtue go from Him. That's the same Jesus, just a few days later. His--not his--his screaming stopped Him, but his faith stopped Him. And the Bible said, "Jesus stood still." Oh, brother, when a faith of a blind beggar can stop Him still in His tracks, a man that was setting outside the gate, excommunicated from--from a what we'd say, "Society," and he was a beggar and poor and ragged, and blind, and miserable, but his faith stopped the Son of God.
What was on the Son of God? He was on His way to Jerusalem to be crucified for the sins of the world. The whole weight of every sin that was ever committed in the world, laid upon His precious shoulders. His head was in the air. Over ripened fruit and vegetables was being throwed at Him. "Away with such a man."
Others hollering, "Hosanna, Hosanna."
The other one hollered, "Come, raise the dead. Show us something You can do." Such a confusion as that, but He kept His face towards Jerusalem. He knew He was going there to die for the people that was crying for His Blood.

L-35 Could you imagine what that was? His own children crying for the Father's Blood. That's exactly right. And then, with all that upon His shoulders, with all that facing Him, and He knowed He come to do that, yet, the cry, and the prayer, and the faith of that one old blind beggar stopped Him still in His tracks. And He turned around, and He said, "Your faith has saved you." Oh, my. "Thy faith has saved thee."
I can hear some of them say, "Be of a good cheer. Be of a good cheer." He goes on down the road. He stands. He said, "What did He say to me? What did He say now? "Thy faith has saved thee." Standing, looking... After while, he begin to see his fingers. Something was happening. His faith was being confirmed. Your faith can stop Him tonight. In the great rush, the coming of the Lord Jesus, and all that there is, there's not a person in here too poor, or too ragged, or too insignificant; you're not too low in morals or life, but what you can stop Him right where He's at now, and He will stand and call you.


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