<TITLE>16. Par 55-58</TITLE>L-55 It was Paul out in the ocean. (Closing now.) Paul, out in the ocean, obeying the commandments of God. God was having them to sail somewhere. They let loose from the shore, but when God told--told him to tell them. And he told them not to do it, but the shipmaster... They--you know he was a intellectual; he knowed more about the sea than God did. He couldn't believe God's prophet. So he just let loose the ship and started sailing, and it was fourteen days and nights, there was no moon nor stars. The little old ship was water-logged. All hopes was gone. They throwed everything overboard just about, to unload the ship. And it was just--all hopes was gone.

L-56 I imagine Paul was down there walking up-and-down in the galley somewhere, or up in the bulkhead of the ship saying, "Well, Lord, I'll come to you on the ocean, I suppose." Just walking up-and-down and having a good time that night, rejoicing, dragging those chains behind him. And all at once the next morning, here he comes running up on top of the deck, them little old hands chained down, his feet dragging like that with chains behind him, shaking the hands like that, like a man (hysterically), and saying, "Be of a good courage. Praise the Lord. Hallelujah." What's the matter with you boy? That little hook nose Jew up there just a shaking his hands and a carrying on.
"What's the matter Paul?"
"Be of a good courage. Go ahead and eat something. You ain't eat for too long. Been fasting too long now. Eat yourself something. Be of good courage; nothing's going to be lost."
"What you so sure about Paul? What's happened to you? Have you gone out of your head? Maybe you have fasted so long till you become delirious."
"Oh, no. No. Last night the Angel of God, Whose servant I am, stood by me and said, 'Paul, don't you get scared.'" Hallelujah. "He said, 'There's not going to be any life lost.' And I believe God. It'll be just as He told me." What? He heard. He recognized it to be God. And he was in action, before anything took place.

L-57 The moon was just as far away as it ever was. The sun was just as black as it ever was. The stars were still not shining. The ship was just as ready to go down as it ever was. The devil was sitting on every wave with glee in his mouth and shining his teeth and saying, "I'll get him on the next one. I'll get him on the next one." But the Angel beat him there. Oh, my.
Paul heard, recognized, and went into action. Said, "Hallelujah. We're as good as sitting right on the bank right now." Why? God said so. It was all over. God said so. I'm on my road. So, that's just the way it was. That's the way it always is: hearing, acting, and believing.

L-58 Oh, this great time that we're now in... I'm going to say a few cutting things here in a minute, and I want you to listen. The great day that we are living in, all these powers is gripping the world. That's why there's so many nervous people, why everything--the--the insane institutions are filling. Here, there's a grip amongst the people; they don't understand what it is. It's these big powers coming to a head. Looky here. Everything's at the head. Everything's at the end.
Looky here. Let's take for instance, politics, politics in our nation. Brother, if something takes place on this next one, it'll just need about one more wave and that's all. Hm-mmm. That's all. The carnal mind... Oh, my, how that they can do it... Everything's shaping right up exactly according to Scripture. Politics is rotten on every side.


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