<TITLE>08. Par 17-19</TITLE>L-17 Did you notice, that devil was so completely a hold of that man, until he--he even confessed Jesus: said, "We know who You are, the holy One of God. Why cometh to torment us before our time come?" See? He was so completely surrendered to the devil until the devil could use his tongue.
And you know, I like that. I hope this don't hurt nobody's feelings, but we can get so completely surrendered to God till He can use our tongue too to--to speak in other languages, and to preach the Gospel, to sing the Gospel, to speak visions that we're looking at, and the mysteries of God, if we just completely surrender to the power of God. That's all. And if the devil can get a man under His control, and do that, what can God--God do with one, get one under His control? See? So this maniac...
And you notice, when Jesus was crossing the sea, the devil knowed that He was on the road to a great, win a great victory for God. And he tried to drowned Him that night, caused a storm to come up and... But Jesus knowed that God had sent Him, because He did only what God led Him to do.

L-18 Wouldn't that be nice if we had a testimony like that, brethren? "I do only that which pleases God." Wouldn't that be wonderful? Like Enoch walked with God five hundred years and had a testimony that, "He pleased God." He didn't have to die, just went up.
So then, a little afternoon stroll, he just started walking out, and just thought, "Well, I've been on earth long enough, I'll just walk on up." And just started, by faith, he thought, "Well, I been here long enough, so I'm kind of tired of being around here. I think I'll just stroll on up, till I hit the milky white way and just walk on up and knock on the door." So that's what he did. See? By faith he did it. The Bible said so. See? He just got tired staying here. He said, "Well, I'm just going to walk up home, God." just went on up through the air walking. He did that by faith. The Bible said he did.
And so, oh, I--I... When I feel death come knocking around my door, I--I want to have that kind of faith, don't you? Just say, "Well, so long old world. I'm going to walk away from you now." And just start walking on. Just walk right on up, and pass the moon and stars and strike the milky white way, and go on into the sphere's and sphere's, and out of the sphere's, just go on into Glory. That's right.

L-19 And then, we find out that the devil can't destroy God's servant as long as he's in the will of God. So He... We see Him rise up that night, and the devil all so angry, and going to try to drown Him out there on the sea, raised up, and He said, "Why are you so fearful? Think I'd be doing anything 'less I was in the will of God? Why you so scared about? See? What are you worried about anyhow? Why are you all upset?"
That's the same thing He'd say to us tonight, brethren, I imagine. "What are you so scared about?" See? "What's the matter, are you afraid to trust Me?"
He said, "Peace be still." And the winds and the waves obeyed Him, crossed over the sea. Oh, how beautiful. There He got on the other side, and this maniac met Him, and--and when he did, he was going to come out to tear Him to pieces. Then the devil found out that--that was a little more than a Man coming walking up there, with those other twelve men.


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