<TITLE>17. Par 57-60</TITLE>L-57 So they took him up to Saul. And I imagine Saul saying, "I admire your courage, son, but," said, "oh, my," said, "why, you're nothing but a kid, and he's been--he's been a warrior from his youth. You don't know how to use no sword or nothing."
He said, "But look," he said, "I got some experience I had one time. A lion come in." Said, "I herd sheep. A lion come in, got one of my father's sheep, and I--I killed him." And said, "Then a bear come in and got one. I killed him." And said, "Then how much more will God give that uncircumcised Philistine..." See? Said, "A lion took one of my father's sheep and run out." And said, "Then when he did, I went after that sheep and brought him back."
I like that courage, don't you? You know what? There's a many of you sheep out there, there's not a lion, but a cancer or tumor or some devil grabbed you and run out. We're coming tonight (that's right) bringing Father's sheep back. You be ready to yield yourself. The Christ of God is here. He will bring you right safe back to health again. Sickness, afflictions got you, last night, in the wheelchairs, and so forth, whatever. See? Affliction takes you, but Father is here to deliver you, the Holy Spirit.

L-58 David said... "Oh," said, "now you're going to have to have some theological training before you go out there to do that, you know." So he said, "You'd just better take my scholarship so it'll..." So he put his big armor on him like that, and poor little David went plumb down to the ground. He found out that the ecclesiastical vest of Saul didn't fit a man of God, so he didn't want any of his denominational papers.
So he said, "Take that thing off of me. I've never proved it. I don't know nothing about it. But I do know about this." He said, "Let me go with what I got confidence in." And he took that little slingshot and went out there. And God directed that rock and slew that giant. Why? He stayed with God. He stayed on his convictions. That's right. Every true...

L-59 Peter and John, when they passed through the gate called Beautiful, commissioned by God to go pray for the sick, there laid a man crippled from his mother's womb. He said, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I'll give thee."
Said, "What you got?"
"I got faith in Jesus Christ. You got the same?"
"Yes, sir."
"Stand up on your feet then." Amen. Here he goes. They just picked him up then. He'd been wobbling, wiggling. Just kept holding him. Directly he begin to get a little better, and here he went walking right on. Stuck with it--he stayed with His commission. He stayed with the Word.
Jesus, when he was here on the earth, the greatest of all... There was never one like Him, and never will be one. But when Jesus was here on earth, He stayed with the Word. He defeated the devil with the Word of God. The devil said... He was tempting Him, and said, "Why, you know it's written, now..."
He said, "Yes. It's also written..."
He said, "Well, you know I'm a theologian."
He said, "Yes, and I am too."
Said, "Well, it's written he shall give his angels charge over thee lest at any time thou dash Thy foot against..."
"Yes," He said, "it's also written: thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God. So get behind Me." Here he went on. See, the Word of God...

L-60 All true prophets, all true Christians, all true believers, stay with that Word. No matter what anybody says, you stay right with the Word. They say the days of miracles is past. Don't you believe it, for the Bible said He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.
"Why," you say, "we believe that." Well, if He's the same, then He will act the same. He will do the same. When that... What good would it do me to stand here and preach that, if God wouldn't come down and say it's so? Now, you cannot say it's not the Word of God. So it is the Word of God. Here's evidences of others that's proved it. Do you believe it tonight with all your heart? All your heart you believe it? Let's bow our heads then just for a moment.


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