<TITLE>23. Par 66-68</TITLE>L-66 Said some time later his wife got real ill. And so the physician came and said, "Why, I believe she's going to die. I don't believe she'll ever be well, Bartimaeus," after waiting on her for a while. And said, "No, I--my medicine won't help her. She's going to die." So he went outside the house again.
And you know these dogs that lead people today? I forget what they call them: seeing-eye dogs. They lead. But the...?... in them days he said lambs that led them. And so Bartimaeus had a seeing-eye lamb. So he said, "If the... Lord, if You will heal my wife, and don't let my precious companion die, well, I'll promise You, tomorrow I'll give You my lamb." And the next day his wife was better.
So he was going up to offer up the lamb. And said the priest said, "Where goest thou, blind Bartimaeus?"
He said, "I'm going up to the--the--the sacrifice to offer my lamb to Jehovah. I promised Him that I would give Him my lamb because He healed my wife."
He said, "Oh, Bartimaeus, thou cannot offer that lamb. " Said, "I'll give you some money, and you go buy you a lamb, and then offer that lamb. Buy that at the exchangers at the--out in the courts."

L-67 He said, "Oh, priest, that is good of you. But I never promised God a lamb; I promised Him this lamb."
"I'll bring somebody else. I'll do a good deed." But what about yourself. See?
"I promised God this lamb."
"I promised God if He'd only show me His Presence, I would believe Him with all my heart. Not Miss Jones would believe Him, but I'd believe Him with all my heart." That's it. You see?
"I promised Him not a lamb, but this lamb."
He said, "Bartimaeus, thou cannot give that lamb. That lamb is your eyes."
He said, "If I keep my promise to Jehovah, God will provide a lamb for blind Bartimaeus' eyes."
On this cool spring morning God had provided a Lamb for blind Bartimaeus' eyes. "Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. "

L-68 That same Lamb is provided for every sinner, for every sick. God has provided a Lamb for our spiritual eyes, and for our physical eyes, for our physical condition, for our spiritual condition. He's Jehovah-jireh that has already provided a Lamb for our blindness, that we might--seeing the world, we might see it no more and look to Him; being sick, that we--we might know that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Let's bow our heads just a moment for prayer.
Is there a sinner here would like to say, "Brother Branham, remember me. I--I--I--I cry out, 'O Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Have mercy on me. I--I--I want to receive my spiritual sight. I want to see You as You are, the true Son of God. Have mercy on me, Son of David.'" Would you raise your hands to Him? God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. Up in the balcony, raise your hand, say, "I want to see Him, I... O Lamb of God, O Thou Son of David. " God bless you, my brother, way back up there in the balcony.


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