<TITLE>05. Par 13-15</TITLE>L-13 There's something about when you have been with a group of people where Jesus is; it's so hard to depart from that people. There's something that just welds us together, as we set in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. What a feeling it is for people to congregate together in that fellowship with the Lord Jesus. And that's what they had enjoyed that day.
And thousands were standing on the bank, five thousand or more people, and they were waving good-bye. And as it is with fellowship, we just can't hardly leave one another.
And we used to think of the old song we used to sing at the church years ago when I was pastoring a little Baptist tabernacle at my city, Jeffersonville, Indiana. We used to sing this old song.
 Blest be the tie that binds
 Our hearts in Christian love;
 The fellowship of kindred mind
 Is like to that above.
 When we asunder part,
 It gives us inward pain;
 But we shall still be joined in heart,
 And hope to meet again.
Many of you's heard that old song. It's a famous, old song of the church, been cherished down through the years.

L-14 And as they waved good-bye to the ones that was on the bank, and as the little ship on the still waters floated its way out into the sea, dark begin to steel across from the other side towards Gadara. And they were... The shade falling into the water, the little ship was almost out of sight from the disciples, or the people on the bank, as the disciples went out into the lake.
I believe it must've been quite a little bit, maybe say, ten minutes before anybody spoke any more words. As the little ship drifted along in each apostle, with a--a oar just and rotating just in time.
And there we learn a lesson too. On this little ship sailing over life's solemn main, that we are going on, if we'll just pull together, the ship will move much better.
If the Baptist, and Presbyterian, and Pentecostal, and Assemblies of God, and Church of God, and all will just pull together, the little ship will certainly move smoothly.

L-15 And as they moved the little ship towards the other shore, their destination, it must've been the young John, he was the youngest among the bunch, that brushed back the shaggy hair from his face, and waited just for a moment as he rested upon his oars. The brethren waited and wondered what he was going to say. Then he must've turned with something like this, and said, "Brethren, I am as more than ever convinced tonight, that we're not following some sort of a religious fanatic. I am more sure than I ever was in all my life that we are following the true Son of God. I was more convinced today than ever."
"As a little boy, I used to love to hear my mother read of the great Jehovah, Who was God of power, Who could do miracles, and speak things into existence, and create by His own Word. And my mother used to tell me, 'Sonny, all things was made by God, and He just spoke it into existence.'"
"And then I used to love to hear that story when our ancient people come out of Egypt forty years in the wilderness, how Jehovah led them. And when they got hungry, Jehovah just rained bread down out of heaven. And as a little boy, I used to think, how I'd like for Jehovah to rain some of that Angel food down now. Because it said, 'It was wafers with honey.' And I would be glad to get it."


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