<TITLE>06. Par 19-21</TITLE>L-19 And there, setting there... And then he used to think of another great story. His mother was setting on the porch, facing off to Jordan, and she'd say, "Bartimaeus, just right down there, less than a half a mile, just below the ford, in the month of April when all the snows had melted and the river was way up here in the--in the valley, God led His people to the other side, and then opened up the way and come across Jordan on dry land.
And he would think of them stories. He'd say, "Oh, but alas, wonder what happened to that great God? Our priest tells us that the days of miracles is passed. Those things can't happen no more."
That's what's the trouble today. We have too much of that thing that God "was," but "isn't" now. The Bible said He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, just as much God today as He was then, and He always will be God. If He ever was God, He will always be God. He cannot die. He--He cannot get old. He cannot change His mind. He cannot make new decisions on things He's already made decisions on. His first decision was right and has to forever be right, or He made the wrong decision when He made it. See? He has to ever keep with His first decision. He's perfect, infinite, and cannot change. Oh, that's a consolation that we must have. Anybody seeking God must have that firm consolation that God cannot change.

L-20 I can say something, say I'm sorry I said it. I might've been wrong. But He can't say that, because He's perfect, He's infinite. We're finite. We can make any kind of a mistake, but He can't. And if He ever was called on the scene to heal a person, and He healed that person according to their faith, the next time He's called, He's got to heal the next one, and the next one, and everyone that ever comes to Him. If He's called on the scene to save a person, and He saves him upon his faith, everyone that calls with faith, He has to save. That's right.
And remember, when God gives you a call, blessed are you, when you feel God calling, 'cause "No man can come to me except My Father calls him first." It's God knocking at your heart's door. What if He never did knock? Think of it. What a horrible thing that would be. But God gives everyone a chance. You turn it down yourself.

L-21 While Bartimaeus was setting there, all at once he heard the coming of a little mule's hoofs coming down the big cobblestones, coming down from towards Jerusalem. "Oh," he thinks, "This must be a--a rich man coming. About the only way of travel then, was by foot or by donkey. And--and the rich people could ride a mule. He might have said, "This must be a place I can get an alm." So he throws back his arms, running towards the street, or towards the highway, saying, "Have mercy on me, I am a blind man. I overslept this morning. I haven't a coin. My winter's wood is not in. There's no meal in the barrel. Would you please help me?"
And the servant stops the little mule, and he hears a--a gruff voice saying, "Out of my way, beggar. I am the servant of the Lord. I'm a priest from Jerusalem. There's to be fanatic, so-called prophet, in here today, to have a healing service. Out of my way. We're going to take the ministerial association down here and see that nothing like that happens in our city. We don't want none of that down here. We don't have such things as that down here. You'll what? Out of my way, beggar. I must be on my way." And the little mule moved on.


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