<TITLE>31. Par 288-298</TITLE>L-288 And the Sound that you hear this morning is right, because it's the Word of God.
The Hebrew children at the fiery furnace, how did they know they'd be delivered? They said, "Our God's able to deliver us." He'd never done it before. "He's able to deliver us from this fiery furnace. But, nevertheless, we are certain that He's able." No uncertainty about that. "We just knowed His will, but however, we're not bowing to your image."
"We're not going out on that party. We're not going to smoke them cigarettes. We're not going to drink that liquor. We're not going to tell them lies. We're not going to commit adultery. We're not going to run out on our wives any more, our husbands any more. We are certain, God can deliver us."

L-291 "Well, if you do, they'll throw you out of the bunco game. They'll throw you out of the card party and ladies' aid."
"I don't care what they do to me. God's able to deliver me."
"You know what they're going to do? They'll call you old fashion, let your hair grow out again, if you do that; then wear them long clothes and act like a lady. You know what they're going to do? They'll call you old fashion."
"I don't care what they do. But God is able to deliver me, and that's the thing I'm after today. God is able to deliver me. That's all.
"Why, if you don't wear shorts this next summer, what's Susie going to say?"
"I don't care what Susie says. I want to know what God says." Because Susie has an uncertain sound. But God's is right. That's a certain Sound." So He did deliver them.

L-296 How certain was Abraham, after waiting twenty-five years, for a baby that God told him that he'd have? Could you imagine Abraham, an old man, good reputation amongst the people? And one day, God spoke to him, said, "Abraham, I'm going to make you a father of nations, going to change your name now and call you Abraham, from Abram to Abraham. And I'm going to call her, from Sarai (S-a-r-r-a) to S-a-r-r-a-h, 'princess,' and I'm going to change her name. And now you're both... Let's see, Abraham, you are seventy-five, and she's sixty-five. You've been living with her since she was about sixteen, seventeen years old, 'cause she's your half sister. And you've been living with her all this time; and you married her when she was just a little girl. And yet you've had no children, but I--I'm going to do it. I'm going to give you a--a baby. And do you believe Me, Abraham?"
"Yea, Lord, I believe You."
"Well, now, they're--they're going to say you're crazy."
"Oh, that's all right, Lord. It's okay."
"You tell them you're going to have a baby."
Well, he goes around and grabs Sarah, said, "Honey, you know what, we're going to have a baby."
"What, a baby?"
"Yeah."
"How you know?"
"God said so."

L-298 "Amen. That's right then, honey; we're going to have it. Well, now, you know what I'm going to do? You give me a little money; I'm going down and buy some booties, and going to get some birdeye and some pins. And we're going to get ready for this baby (See?), 'cause it's coming right now. Yes, sir." So down the store she went.
And I hear them go down to the doctor, and say, "Doctor, you know what? Want you to make ready over at the hospital, we're going to have a baby."
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, hum. Uh, you, what'd you say your name was?"
"Abraham."
Hum. Yeah. Yes, sir, Excuse me, I'm in a hurry today. You see?" Goes back, say, "Hey, you better send the authorities out, test that old man's mind. Why, he's seventy-five years old, and that old woman setting out there with a little shawl over her shoulder, like a little grandma, and saying she's going to have a baby. Well, ain't that--ain't that the son of Terah down there, that come down from up in Shinar, up there at the tower? Isn't it--isn't that... Isn't that his son?"
"Yeah."
"Well, the poor old fellow got out in too much sun. He is sun-stroked. He's just a little crazy. (See?) Yeah." But that's an uncertain sound.
But Abraham had a certain Sound: "God said so."


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