<TITLE>03. Par 9-11</TITLE>L-9 I think we have a Bible here. I'd just like to read a--a Scripture in here just for a minute to get a little start to--before we get into the lesson--or questions, rather.
And this--I'd like to read this, a--a place I found this afternoon. I was riding up, riding with Brother Welch and I--up in the front seat of Brother Sothmann's truck there. And I read something I thought I'd just like to speak of it, just for a few minutes. If I can find it in his... Oh, yes. Here we are.
In the 16th chapter of Acts, and begin about the 37th verse.
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly... (Beg your pardon. That's not just where I want to--just where I wanted to start reading at.)
It's... I was reading a spot in here, just... I'll get it just in a moment. Here we are. It's the 29th verse--28th verse, let's begin.
But Paul cried with a loud voice, and said, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
And they called for a light... sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
And besought--and sought--brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said unto him, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved, and thy house.
It's just one of these little twisting questions that I thought that I would like to speak of just a minute, about "Thy House," being I see you each one so nicely have your house set in order. Your--your children's saved, and--and that's--that's nice to have your family all Christians. Because I... We--we want our families. We each one think of our children. And I certainly can commend you fine people down here, of your lovely children, how you have them all in order and everything like that. I...

L-10 How do you do, sister? And I believe this is a... Wasn't that mother just come in back there? The Lord bless you. I'm glad to see you again tonight. And I believe this is Brother Willie's wife, isn't that right? And that's the boss of the family right there, as I understand, that... Or that's the way it goes at our house.
And to have your house. Now, Paul said here to--to this Roman centurion, when he was... We find out that Paul had been beaten the evening before, commanded by the magistrates and had been beaten, because that he had done nothing evil: He'd been up there preaching the Gospel. And the clergy there had it against Paul, 'cause he'd preached the Gospel. And they said that he was turning the world upside down.

L-11 And he went down the street and there was a little fortuneteller. A woman with a--a spirit of fortunetelling. And she was hired to tell these fortunes. And when they were going down the street, she'd cry after Paul, and say, "They're men of God, who tell us the way of--of life."
And Paul didn't need the devil to assist him in anything, so he just turned around and rebuked that spirit in the woman. And when it did, oh, that caused an uproar. And when they found out, the--the spirit had left her, and she could not tell no more fortunes.
So, the--the one that had her hired out there and was probably taking care of her, why, it caused a great uproar, and they were beaten and put into jail. And I can imagine Paul and Silas laying back in that old buggy jail on the inner courts, way back. The outside, where the best prisoners was kept, was bad enough. But they was on the inside, and when they went way back, they was put in stocks.


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