<TITLE>19. Par 75-78</TITLE>L-75 Notice. Then we find out that He... As He went by, this... said... Some young woman might've walked up and said, "Old fellow, have they pushed you over or what?"
"Madam, could you please tell me what's all the noise about?"
"Oh, the--the Prophet passes by, the Galilean Prophet, Jesus of Nazareth. Have you never heard of Him?"
"No."
"Oh, you're a Jew aren't you?"
"Yes, I'm a Jew. Well, my mother used to tell me when I was a little boy that could see when I played on these Judaean hills, along the Jordan here. And she used to tell me that there would come a Messiah sometime. He'd be the Prophet that Moses spoke of."
"Oh, that's right. That's Him."
"Well, if He is a Prophet, well... O Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

L-76 Now, all that roar, and carrying on, and making fun of Him, and some throwing overripe fruit at Him, and some saying, "Hail to the Prophet."
The other one said, "Away with the hypocrite." He never heard it, but He felt it. And on His... had the sins of the world on His shoulders, going to Calvary to be crucified. But the faith of one blind beggar stopped Him in His track. That's God.
He stopped, just as a woman touched His garment. Bartimaeus had touched it. He said, "Thy faith has saved thee." He... From that--that time, he could see. Why? He had met God. His faith had stopped God. If you're blind tonight, spiritually blind, your faith can stop Him. If you wonder what's the matter with people when they're crying and worshiping God, you think there's something mentally wrong with them. Your faith can stop Him and you'll be a changed person from then on. That's right. Your faith can stop Him. Certainly.

L-77 The maniac in Gadara one time, run out, a maniac who was strong. A lot of people call that man. See what he was, he was a maniac. Some people say, "Oh, he is a man. Look at the muscles he has got." That's not man; that's brute. Oh, I've seen men that weigh two hundred pounds, didn't have a ounce of man in them. A man is not measured by his muscles. He's measured by his character.
Seen a man weighed two hundred pounds, throw a baby out of a mother's arms and ravish her. Would you call that a man? That ain't a man; that's a brute.
This maniac could break chains. They couldn't--they couldn't tame him. He wanted to live in the graveyard. Break chains, just think, because the devil had complete trol--control of him. He was superpower. Because the devil had control. If the devil taking control of the person, can give him superpower, what could he do when God takes control? The lame can walk; the blind can see. The sinner could be made white. The wrongs will be made right when a man meets God. When that maniac met God, he was a changed man from then on.

L-78 The woman at the well, a prostitute, as we spoke of a few nights ago. When she met God there at the well, she didn't know Who He was. He was just a Man. But He looked at her and said, "Bring Me a drink."
And she said, "You have nothing to draw with," and so forth. The conversation went on.
After while, He said, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She said, "I have no husband."
Said, "Thou has said well. You've had five. And the one you're living with now is not your husband."
She said, "Sir, I perceive that You're a Prophet. We know when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us all these things."
He said, "I'm He that speaks to you." She was a changed woman. She met God.
What did she do? She was living by a Fountain, not Jacob's well, but a Fountain in her soul that she could run into the streets. Though she was sinful, she run into the street and said, "Come, see a Man Who told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the Christ?"


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