<TITLE>05. Par 17-20</TITLE>L-17 Now, I believe that these ministries that we have today across the world, one different from the other one... I was watching Brother Oral Roberts just a few moments ago in the room. (They have a television in the room at the... they had for me.) And I was... I heard them announce that Oral Roberts... And I went over and turned the television on; they did. And I seen Oral praying for a little sick baby from up in Canada, had a bad eye. And I believe the parents was Catholic. And Brother Roberts in his real way of faith, he slammed his hand down on the little baby and prayed for it, and the little baby was healed.
Now, that's a real gift of faith that Brother Roberts has. And we know that Brother Jack Coe, he used to have a little anvil laying by the side of his desk. Somebody come up with the glasses on, he'd take the glasses off and break them up with the hammer, throw them over. Have crutches, he'd take their crutches first, and chop them up, and throw them away; he burnt every bridge. They only had one Jack Coe, you know. The world couldn't stand two at one time. God rest his precious soul; he certainly was a gallant man of faith. One of the greatest I ever seen in my life was Jack Coe. Well, now... And he--he's gone on to glory today. His work was finished and Satan could not have took him till his work was finished. Now...

L-18 Now, there--there are men one different from the other all together. And in the ministry the Lord has given me... Most those men were theologians, great teachers and scholars. Mine is not. Mine's a more of a prophetic message. And the way I teach Divine healing is a work at the cross that has been completed for you and if you'll just only recognize it, you can receive it. Now...
Now, Brother Roberts and those great gallant men... You say, "How do you place their ministry to yours?"
They're using Scripture, "By laying on of hands." Now, that's true; that is a Bible doctrine. How many knows that? "They shall lay hands on the sick; they shall recover." But if you'll just bear with me a moment, I want to show you that wasn't a Gentile commission. No, sir.

L-19 Jairus said, "Come lay Your hands on my daughter, and she'll--she'll be healed." Jewish--Jews always was laying on hands; everything is laying on hands. But watch the Gentile; it wasn't so.
"I'm not worthy that You come under my roof. Just speak the word and my servant will live."
And He turned around and said, "I never seen faith like that in Israel."
There it is. We're supposed to be on a higher level than that was. We're living on the closer of the--of the world's end than we were then. The Gentile way is to believe the Word. That's exactly right--to recognize... Look at that Gentile.

L-20 He said, "I'm a man under authority." He was a centurion, which means that he had a hundred men under him, a Roman centurion. And he--he said, "I'm a man under authority. And I say to this man, 'Go.' and he goes; this man, 'Comes.' and he comes. He has to; he's under my authority. And I didn't even thought myself worthy to come to You, none of my nation. I sent a Jew to You." And said, "I... Only thing You have to do is just speak the word."
What did he recognize there? That every sin, and every disease, and every thing else was under His authority. "Just say 'Go' and it will go."
See what he did? Now, that's what I'm trying to get the American people to see. That it doesn't... You don't have to wait for a special time, for a certain evangelist to come through and to--to pray for you. Your pastor is sufficient. If the pastor isn't there, your neighbor's sufficient. If the neighbor isn't there, your husband or wife is sufficient. And if there's none of them there, just raise up your hands; He's sufficient always. Just wherever you are, believe it; believe it. It's a finished work.


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