<TITLE>09. Par 24-26</TITLE>L-24 So we find that God called Abraham. Was he a--a special man? No, just an ordinary man. And was he a young fellow, ready for service? No. He was a seventy-five year old man, 'fore God ever called him. So you see, God's no respect of age, or ability, or prestige, or... God just calls whoever He can call. And so, then we find that God told him to separate hisself from his kindred and his people, and... But he failed to do that, and God never blessed him until he obeyed exactly what He said do.
Now, couldn't we not type that and make a message out of it tonight, to the Pentecostal church? Until we completely surrender ourselves to God, in obedience to all of His Word... God don't give us the Holy Ghost and say, "Well, I got it. That's all there is to it." No, sir. He give you the Holy Spirit for action, for Word, for service. Until we obey, hunger in our hearts... There's enough Pentecostal people setting right in here tonight, to start a Pentecostal revival through this country here, that would--it would certainly do things around here, if we'd just get the fire burning good, you know, and get the high wind blowing from heaven, like rushing mighty wind, something would take place.

L-25 So then, we left Abraham, last night, when he had been turned back to a young man. I'm not going to ask you if you believe that or not. But I--I believe it myself. But that doesn't make it right. But something happened to Sarah and Abraham. We know that, don't we? Something happened, because he was sterile, and she was not fertile. And they were a hundred years old; he was, and she was. And how would a man fall in love with a hundred year old woman? I just can't... Now, someone said, "Oh, they lived longer in them days."
My brother, read the Scripture there, it said, "They were both well stricken in age." They were old. And we find out, that not only that, but his strength was renewed, and she become back to young, beautiful woman; and Abraham had come back to a young man; and they were enjoying life. And remember, as soon after they left, there at Gerar, Sarah became a mother, and bore Abraham a son. Aren't you so glad that we're going to turn back? I don't what to say here; I'm so happy about that. I know I'll--I'll promise to let you out a little early, but something's on my heart. I just got to say it.

L-26 Now, I want to make this clear before I say it. I believe that gifts and callings are without repentance. Now, the Bible says that. See? There's nothing you do; it's something God does. See? No man... You--you say, "I sought God, and sought God." No, You did not. God sought you, and sought you. It wasn't you seeking God. It's God seeking you. See? That was the beginning, man trying to hide, God calling, and Jesus said, "No man can come to Me, except My Father draws him first. (See?) All the Father has given Me, will come to Me."
Now--now notice. Since I was a little, bitty boy of about two--two years old, I started seeing visions. First vision I ever seen was in a bush, and the Angel of the Lord was in there like a wind, and told me that I'd live near a city called New Albany. I was two years old, living in the mountains of Kentucky, and I spent my life within three or four miles of New Albany, Indiana, two hundred, three hundred miles away. And then, started from there, on down through life, and not one time has it ever been wrong. But this, I don't believe, was a vision.


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