<TITLE>18. Par 74-76</TITLE>L-74 Abraham, a farmer, seventy-five years old, probably been a heathen, come down from the Babel and tower where they had all them superstitions up there, and so forth. But one day while he was working out in the field, he heard a sound, and it was a certain sound. Twenty-five years later, with no evidence that sound would ever be made manifest, he believed it just twice as much as he did at the beginning. There you are.
God said, "Abraham, you're going to have a wi--going to have... Your wife's going to have a baby. And--and she's sixty-five years old now, and you're seventy-five, but I'm the Lord. I--I'm going to take that baby and through that make you a father of the nations of the world. I'm just going to make you a father of many nations now." And after while He met him and changed his name and called him from "Abraham,"--"Abram," to "A-bra-ham," give him part of His Name, "Elohim." And so... 'cause He was a father, made him a father of nations...

L-75 Now, Abraham just kept believing that promise. First month, second month, fir--first year, third year, fifth year, twenty-fifth year, and he still believed it. And the Bible said that he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong, giving praise to God. See? He heard a certain sound. No matter how long it takes, that don't have nothing to do with it. It's the sound that's right, no matter what it is. Whew. Oh, if you could just get that, church, it'd all be over. I'm telling you. Things would be different if we could just get that (See?), that certain sound, that it's God. How do we know? He said so. "How do you know, Abraham, you're going to have this baby by Sarah?"
"God said so."
"Well, looky here, she's sixty-five."
"I don't care if she was sixty a hundred. No matter what it is. God said so, that settles it."
"I guess you if it... Oh, I... Well, I come around next year and see how--how that baby's getting along. After nine months I--I'll be back to see your baby."
"It might not be here in nine months. I believe it will. But if it ain't here in nine months, it might be the next nine (See?); it'll be here."

L-76 Years passed; years passed. "What about it?"
Just got stronger and stronger, saying, "Glory to God. God said it. Oh, I couldn't disbelieve it if I had to...?..."
Whew! I happened to look around here to see Brother and Sister Kidd setting here. Why, he said... Not long ago, I... A doctor made a sound; that old man was dying. See? And I liked to burnt the tires off my car to get up here to say good-bye to him. When I got up there in the room one morning, the Holy Spirit said, "No, he ain't going to die." See? Here he is. I heard he's gained twenty-five pounds. My, my, my. So you see, that it's a certain sound. See? It's a certainty; if God said so, it's so.


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