<TITLE>05. Par 18-22</TITLE>L-18 Father, we're fixing to turn back the pages of this Book. And we read in the Bible where we seen this Book in the right hand of Him that set upon the Throne. And there was nobody that was able to take the Book, or to loose the Seals, or even to look upon. But there came a Lamb that had been slain since the foundation of the world. And He took the Book out of the right hand of Him that set upon the throne. And He opened the Book and the Seals.
We would pray today, Father... We know any man that's physically able to raise his hand could turn the pages of this Book. But there's no one can open It, but that same Lamb. We pray that He will grant it this afternoon, that He will come and open this Gospel to us. And when we leave this afternoon, and the services is closed, may we say, like those coming from Emmaus that day, "Did not our hearts burn within us as He spoke to us along the way?" For we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
The Lord bless you.

L-19 And now, you that keep the Scripture record of where we speak of, if you would turn to the 22nd chapter of Genesis and the 14th verse...
And Abraham called the name of the place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said unto this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
Jehovah-jireh. God has seven compound redemptive names. And Jehovah-jireh is His first, "The Lord will provide a sacrifice." Jehovah-rapha, "The Lord that healeth all thy diseases." And Jehovah, "Thy banner and thy shield," and so forth. He's got seven compound redemptive Names. And those Names are inseparable.

L-20 The night, when that picture was taken you have here now, that's became world famous around the world, of that Pillar of Fire that was standing where I was at. And the... They taken it many, many times, but we wouldn't let it be published until it was authentic.
Like a testimony of some healing. You noticed in the Christian Business Men, the little book that was given out to you here of Christian Business Men Voice, about the dead being raised. We cannot say that 'less there signed certificate by the doctor. See? And that has to be proven before you can put it in print, anything like that, because it's unlawful to do so. So these things are authentic.

L-21 And now, that Pillar of Fire that's in the picture, the night that It was taken, was at--at the Houston, at the San Houston Coliseum. We'd been having about a eight thousand at the music hall. We went over there that night with about thirty-two thousand.
But they'd asked me, for a Baptist minister, to hold a debate with him on Divine healing. I don't debate with people. I don't believe in fussing with people. The Gospel wasn't made to fuss about.
Oh, when I was first ordained to the Baptist church, I thought I was the defender of that faith. So I find out, "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him. And all the Father has given Me, will come." So see, why... You--you--you argue with people, they are set in their ways, or they wouldn't be arguing. So then, you--you just don't make them any better.

L-22 So he wanted me to take one night to debate. And then the--the "Houston Chronicle," or I believe, that was the name of the paper. They wrote it up. And he put a paid ad in there, and said showed what we was made out of. We was afraid to face the Gospel by the Word of God.
So Dr. F. F. Bosworth, he was then about eighty years old; he come up there. And reporters was waiting said what I was going to say about it. And I said, "I do not argue." I... That... I've just got so many nights to be here, and I've got two more nights left. And there's tens of thousands of people here to be prayed for, why would I waste a night just on some critic? Let him go ahead. Jesus said, 'Let them alone. The blind leads the blind, won't they fall in the ditch?'" I said, "Here's thousands that does believe it. Why fool with one that don't believe it (See?) and waste all that time."


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