<TITLE>16. Par 61-64</TITLE>L-61 So Bartimaeus, they said, had a--a lamb that led him. He said, "That's all I got to give, Jehovah, but I love my little girl so good. If You'll just let her get well and not die, tomorrow I'll go to the--the temple, and I'll--I'll give You that lamb for a sacrifice." The little girl got well.
The next morning he was on his road taking the--the lamb up to the sacrifice. And said the priest come out, and said, "Where goest thou, Bartimaeus?"
He said, "Oh, priest, servant of God, I go up to the temple to give my lamb for a sacrifice." He told him the story of his little girl being sick and said, "I offered Jehovah... When He healed my wife, I offered the doves. Then when my little girl got well, I told Him I'd give Him the lamb."
He said, "Oh, Bartimaeus, you can't offer that lamb. Here, I'll give you money, and you buy you a lamb from the changers out there, the pens. You buy a lamb. I'll give you the money to buy it."
He said, "Oh, priest, that's awful kind of you. But I never offered Jehovah a lamb; I offered Him this lamb." There you are, brother. I'm sure you get the spiritual application there. "I never offered Him a lamb; I offered Him this lamb."
"Why," he said, "Bartimaeus, you cannot offer that lamb. That lamb is your eyes."
He said, "Oh, priest, if I'll be true to my promise to Jehovah, Jehovah will provide a lamb for Bartimaeus' eyes." That's what He'd done. He provided a Lamb. On this cool spring morning, Jehovah had provided a Lamb for blind Bartimaeus' eyes.

L-62 Let me say this to my waiting congregation tonight: That same Lamb is provided for you tonight. "He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquity: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; with His stripes we are healed." And our faith tonight can bring that same Lamb of God right down in our midst to perform the same miracles and signs that He did before Jericho and the rest of them. You believe that? Let us pray.

L-63 O Lamb of God that take away the sins of the world, I come to Thee now with all my heart for these sick people. They wait patiently, many of them standing, their limbs aching. But Thou art God, You will reward them.
They have laying here handkerchiefs and little parcels of goods; I lay my body over them in the Name of the Lord Jesus, asking that You'll send Your power and blessings with them, healing every sick person that these represented--to that little fevered baby waiting for this one, to that poor old, blind daddy setting there tonight in that little house with that white cane beating against the door. Oh, Jehovah, go out through the midst yonder, Lord, and heal them. Thou art God.
There's many yonder in that--in the hospital waiting; a sick person dying, all hopes is gone. Thou art still Jehovah God. They could not come to the meeting, but Thou can go to where they are, Father. I pray that You'll grant it so.

L-64 I pray that Your mercies rest upon the peoples now. Grant the healing of every sick person that's here, the salvation to every soul that's lost, the baptism of the Holy Spirit to every believer, that this meeting might close in a great climax with the Lamb of God leading them into paths of righteousness to the great healing fountains of God's mercy, to the great salvation pools of His Holy Spirit. Grant it, Lord.
I commit them to Thee now, with myself, that You might show Yourself, that our faith tonight, as the blind beggar that we have just talked about, can bring the Presence of the Lamb of God in our midst to show the same sign that He did when He was here. And all the people will believe You, Father. I--I trust with all my heart as I commit ourselves to Thee, waiting on Your Spirit to confirm the Word that's been preached with signs following. Amen.
I love Him (Worship Him now.), I love Him,
Because He first loved me
And purchased my salvation
On Calvary's tree.


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