<TITLE>14. Par 48-50</TITLE>L-48 Doctor said if I eat one mouthful of solid food, it would kill me. Said my stomach was nothing but one big, bloody ulcer. And I went home, and pop was sitting there. And we had some corn bread and beans and--and you know how poor people live and... And I said (we never had a blessing asked at the table), and I said, "Will you all bow your heads just a minute?" And I know dad looked at me, and mother looked at me strange. I said, "God, I don't know how to pray, but somehow another, I believe You. I believe that You healed me. I've been anointed. And I'm taking Your Word."
Now, mama set me out some barley water and prune juice. And that's all I had--been eating that, and graham crackers for about a year. And mother said, "You're not... What's you going to eat?"
I said, "Some beans and corn bread and give me a piece of that onion."
And--why she had thought I'd lost my mind. She called up the doctor. The doctor said, "It'll kill him. Just as soon as that goes in his stomach," said, "it'll kill him. It'll--it'll give him acute indigestion; he will die."
I said, "The doctor said that, but I have heard. I believe. I have received. And I'm going to act on what I believe." Hallelujah. That's right. I heard it.
I recognized this to be the Word of God, this Bible. It come out of the Bible: "The prayer of faith shall save the sick... Ask the Father anything in My Name, I'll do it." That's what He said. I recognized it was God's Word; it was God speaking to me, so I went into action. Oh, my, what took place.

L-49 Sure. That's what Elijah done. That's what Moses done. That's what Noah done.
John the Baptist, after he'd been a--recognized as a prophet amongst the people... Oh, you know, they thought John was a good prophet too, until he recognized Jesus and said He--that that illegitimate born Child (so believed among the people), that that Fellow was the Messiah.
Why, Jesus got out there and begin to lambaste them priests and everything, and... Why, he said, "Why, John, you'll have to take that back." Said, "Well, that Man's just tearing down all of our community here. Why, He's saying there's going to be a baptism of Spirit come and all those things like that. And the sacrifice is going to be done away with, and all those kinds of things."
And John s--answered this: "He that said to me in the wilderness, 'Go baptize with water,' said upon Whom thou shall see the Spirit descending and remaining on, He's the One that'll baptize with Holy Ghost and fire." Amen. He said, "That's all I'm doing. I heard that Voice in the wilderness. I recognized it was God. And I went and baptized. When I seen that Spirit come down and remain on Him, He's the One that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire. I'm only acting on what God said do." Amen. Yes, he seen. He heard. He recognized. And he went into action.

L-50 That's what the church needs. We hear it. We recognize it, but we're afraid to go into action on it.
That's what's the matter with the sick. Last night here, well the Holy Spirit was baptizing the place over. I said, "Put your hands on one another. You--how many believers?" Everyone put up their hands. "Lay your hands on one another." Then you ought to go into action after that." Praise God, just step right out and say, "This is it." Go into action. That's all.
You say, "Well, I--I had to take so many pills." Oh, well, you did, but not now. See? Go into action on it. Believe it with all your heart; just keep on going, no stopping place.


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