<TITLE>20. Par 84-87</TITLE>L-84 Abraham--you know what he did? He entertained one day. (I forget; it's right about the 16th, 17th... No, about the 19th chapter, I guess, of Genesis.) He entertained one day a bunch of Men until he was thoroughly convinced Who They were. He raised up his eyes when he was sitting out there under the tent. He seen three Men coming, dusty clothes: looked at them. He was...
Some little funny feeling come upon him that Them was Men that was a little different from other men. So he run out to Them and said, "Won't You drop by, and set down under the oak," and said, "and take a little rest? And I'll fetch You a little water, and I'll wash Your feet, and--and I'll give You a piece of bread. And then You refresh Yourself, then You can go on Your journey." See? What was it? He wasn't just going to let the opportunity pass by. Don't you do it tonight either. See? He was going to hold that opportunity.

L-85 Now, he said, "You set right here now, and I'll go in and bring the water out." He washed Their feet, you know, watching. Said, "I'm almost positive I'm right."
He went over to the next Fellow, and looked Him over you know, and washed His feet, dusted the dust off His clothes. Told Sarah, said, "Now, get some bread ready right quick." And told the servants, said, "Get that calf that I just slew," said, "make some chops. And now, we're going to feed these Men. "
He kept washing. Said, "Now, I'm pretty sure. I'm almost positive." And so then after while.
It went on a little while. And They set down, and eat. Perhaps when he got ready, had got through eating...

L-86 They kept looking towards Sodom. And after while One of them spoke out, and said, "Abraham" not Abram, now; just a few days before God had changed his name, "Abraham, where is Sarah?" not S-a-r-r-a, but S-a-r-a-h, Sarah. "Where is Sarah, thy wife?" How'd He know his name was Abraham, and how'd He know he was married? And how did he know he had a wife, and how did he know her name was Sarah? And how did he know it had been changed from Sarai to Sarah, and him from Abram to Abraham?
Abraham said, "Oh, my. That must be... I've seen Him in Spirit, but this must be Him." He... And Abraham said, "She's in the tent." And the Bible said that the man had His back turned to the tent. Said, "She's in the tent back behind you there."
He said, "Abraham, I'm going to visit you according to the time of life. You've waited for twenty-five years now for this. You're ninety years old, or a hundred years old, and she's ninety. And now, we're--I--I'm going to visit you now, and bring--you're going to have this child that I promised you (oh, 'I,' the personal pronoun)--I promised you."
Abraham said, "I know it's so now. I know it."

L-87 But Sarah, back in the room, she didn't understand. She said, "Hmph," laughed, said, "Me, an old woman here, nearly a hundred years old, will have pleasure with my lord," and said, "him being old too? How could we ever be as a family any more?" Said, "We couldn't do that." Said, "It just couldn't happen." And she laughed within herself.
And the Man with His back turned to the tent, said, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying that this thing couldn't be done?"
Then Abraham knew. Then Abraham knew. Then Sarah knew. And she came forth trembling, said, "I never said..."
Said, "Yes, you did say it."
Oh, then Abraham was convinced that it was God, called Him "LORD," capital L-O-R-D, which is "Elohim." Not just a myth, He was God. He was setting there. Said, "Oh, I..." He was thoroughly convinced that that was God.


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