<TITLE>26. Par 86-87</TITLE>L-86 Now, we don't know these people. I don't know this lady. You look, I suppose, to be quite a bit older, maybe, than I. And I certainly never come here to deceive this poor gray-headed woman. I got a mother at home praying tonight, to who I'm thankful for. No doubt this is somebody's mother.
Now, we meet just exactly like Saint John 4. Here's a woman. You don't know me; I don't know you. Now, we raised our hands. I--I don't know you, and you don't know me. Now, here we are.
Now, when Jesus met a woman that He'd never saw before, at the well of the Samaritan city, public well (it's in a little panoramic, something like this), and they met for the first time. And He spoke to her a few minutes till He found what her trouble was and then told her what her trouble was. And then when He told her her trouble, she said, "Sir, I--I perceive that You're a prophet." She said, "We know that when Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things. But Who are You?"
He said, "I'm He."
She went back and testified and told everybody. "This Man told me my trouble. Isn't that the sign of the Messiah?"
Now, would it be sign of Messiah to you? If He come tonight and... Here I'm a man; you're a woman; we met our first time. If He'd come, tell me your trouble, or something about you that you know I don't know, then if--to make it infallible--if He can tell you something that you have done, something back there what you have done or have been... If He knows what you have been or done, well, why, He certainly can know what you will be...?... Is that right?

L-87 For instance, if like a gift of healing, no doubt but what that gift's all over the building tonight, many gifts of healing. Now, if I brought you up here, laid hands on you, and said, "Hallelujah. Praise God." Some of our brothers have gifts of healing. They'd say, "You're going to be well. Praise God. Go on." That--that's right. I could believe that. Sure. I believe each of them brothers has gifts of healing. I think God will make them answer for the way they use it a lot of times, but I... you know, to make money and things like that. But I--but I believe that it's gifts of God. I believe if they'd be more reverent with them, gifts would be greater. It will be.
But I believe if a man come told you he had a gift of healing and he was a brother in Christ, I don't care what church he belonged to, I'd still say he was a man of God. If he laid his hands on you and said, "I lay my hands on you. You go and you'll get well," I believe that. Sure. But--but you might have just a little bit of doubt whether you was going to get well or not, because you just have to take his word for it.


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