<TITLE>07. Par 22-24</TITLE>L-22 Bartimaeus finds his way back. Now, the sun had raised way up and the shadow of the wall had went back a little ways, so he found him a rock near the gate, feeling around the old stones that--where the walls had fell. And he'd set down on this stone. And he thought, "Where was I dreaming about? My boyhood, when I could see. When I was a little boy. I was thinking of a great Jehovah God, that once was. Oh, surely, God's servant wouldn't act like that. What was that he said to me about a prophet? Oh, I guess I didn't get it." And on... He set down and thought, "Well, you remember years ago, my mother has told me many times, that right down that same road, over those same stones come Elijah and Elisha, arm in arm, going to open up the Jordan."

L-23 Right over the same stones, not twenty yards from where he was setting. One day, two great prophets walked arm in arm to the Jordan. Same road, same stones, "Oh, if I could've lived then. I would've run out there and said, 'Great servants of the Lord God, just ask God. God will hear your prayers.' My eyes will come open (like that little boy standing here last night, born blind). My eyes will come open, and I'll be able to see. And I can work, and--and make a living, and so forth. If... But alas, those prophets are gone. They say there's no more prophets, and there's nothing else left, and Jehovah has forsaken us and there's no more... Days of miracles is past. And He just expects us to live for heaven above. And then when we die, we'll go up there, but there's no help for us any more. And I believe, if I would've went out there to Elisha and Elijah, I would've not been treated by them servants of the Lord like I was by this one, just passed by. I believe they would've considered my case and at least offered a word of prayer for me as they passed by."

L-24 You know, as a servant of God, you ought to watch what you're doing, because you're written epistles, read of all men. You Christians, always be willing to lend a hand or to do something to help somebody make life a little pl--more pleasant for them as they're... You say, "Well, I--I don't have any gift of healing." You don't have to have. At least offer something. Offer a prayer. Do something. Make them feel... Do the best you can by them, anyhow. Never turn a shoulder, a cold shoulder, to anyone, no matter what it is, even if they've mistreated you. Do it anyhow. If you can't do it from your heart, then you ought to come to the altar and stay till that spirit comes in you that from your heart, you can love those who doesn't love you. That's when God will answer your prayer, for as long as there's anything in your heart... "If I conceive iniquity in my heart, then God will not hear me." That's what David said, and that--that's true. He won't hear you.


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