<TITLE>16. Par 65-69</TITLE>L-65 I said to my wife some time ago, and some of my brethren, I said, "Have I gone insane? Am I a madman? Why do I keep bawling the people out? Why do I say this?" And I fast. I said, "Fast and pray to get away from it." More I fast, the uglier sin gets. See? It just makes it worse, till, honest, you can't even go out.
My wife wanted me to go with her to a--some kind of a store the other day. I went to the door, and here come a lady through there. I know where the woman goes to church at, and she... It was horrible. I hollered, "Go back, boogeyman. I'll be good." I seen that great, big hair fuzzed out like that, with blue-looking green paint around this way, and down that way, come staggering out through there, looked like a tightened, skinned wiener, out there in them clothes... Oh, it was terrible. That's right.

L-66 I was in a Business Men's breakfast recently over in Los Angeles, and I was standing there waiting for Brother Arganbright to come in. And a lady walked in. I never seen anything like it. I thought, "Oh, my. Look at that poor thing. She... Something wrong with her." So I thought... I--I started to walk away, and I said, "No. I'm a minister; I ought to speak to her. I--I've seen--I--I have seen cancer; I've seen leprosy. I've never seen anything like that. She's all green under the eyes."
And I started... I walked over there. Now, human beings don't look like that, 'less they're dead or something, or cankered. So I went over there, and I thought... You know, I was going to walk up to her and say, "Sister, excuse me. I'm--I'm a minister, and my ministry is praying for the sick. I don't know, but would you like me to have a prayer for you?"
And while I was thinking, here come another one up, and then another one up. First time I'd ever seen it, real funny color over this way, you know, and--and--and blue up here, and green down here. And it was the funniest looking sight and honest-to-goodness, head that big around. I--I never seen anything like it. I felt real ashamed of myself. Why, it's a disgrace. Certainly is. And with little old clothes on like, you know, the slacks, they call them, when the Bible said a woman that puts on a garment pertains to a man it's an abomination in the sight of God. Oh.

L-67 The whole thing must be a stink before God. And how can your heart look upon that, and not be concerned when you see your own nation, your own people, human beings, taken into torment, going into hell; and you can't do nothing about it. Let me scream as long as I've got a voice to scream. I don't care what anybody says; there's right and wrong. I want on the right side when I stand before God. I want to stand and... Yes, sure.
Moses was concerned when he really found out that God was God. He was concerned.

L-68 Jacob one night, you know, he'd left Laban, and he was on his road over... The desire come in his heart to visit his homeland. And now, we find out that he was afraid. He wasn't... He was afraid to meet his brother. So he got down to business before he crossed Jordan, and he prayed all night, and he wrestled with the Lord, wrestled all night. Oh, He said, "I'll not let you go." I like that: hold onto Him. That's right. Stay all night with Him; Andrew did. Stay all night with Him. And he wrestled with the angel all night. And the angel said, "It's coming daylight. I must leave."
He said, "I'll just not let you go. I want something in me that's different. I want something in me that'll change me."

L-69 And you notice, as soon as the Lord blessed him the blessing that he asked for, he was ready then to cross the river and go see his brother. See? Why? He wrestled all night. He stayed with--he stayed with the--with God all night long, and wrestling with God. Now, if he'd just said, "Hey, leave me alone now. I'm tired." See? The blessing would have never come. See? He'd never--never been there. See? But he stayed all night. See? He wrestled with Him all night. Then was ready to go meet his brother the next morning.


<A HREF="P17">Next Page</A>