<TITLE>03. Par 12-17</TITLE>L-12 Now, today I just want to speak on the subject to kind of build up faith. You've got to. If you're building any... If there's ministers here (which there's no doubt there is) knows that when you are speaking to the people you have an atmosphere of preaching for salvation, then you want to make that call to that. And then if you want the atmosphere for healing, you--you get the anointing yourself by the Word of God, and deliver it to the people, and that puts the whole group in the anointing for a certain thing: otherwise, under expectations of certain things. See, we're expecting something.

L-13 And you know, I believe then, to bring that a little higher, that God's got all of His Church now, the called-out remnant of His church, under expectations of His coming. You see? I remember at the gate in His coming, there must've been a tremendous Good Friday when they knowed He was coming to the feast, and expectations. Many of them was expecting Him to be there, to see some kind of a miracle He would perform, or... And others were wanting to see Him. Others wanted to make fun of Him. And it was kind of a--a different passover than had been for a long time, when He rode into the city. Let's us be expecting Him to come to take us home, and then we'll--when He comes this time.
Now, let us bow our heads as we speak to Him. And now, over this audience of people, if there's any request here that would like to be known to God, would you just raise your hand to Him, and, like, "God, be merciful to me. I--I need salvation. I need healing. I want a closer walk with You." God bless you. It's all over the building.

L-15 Our heavenly Father, as we approach Thy throne of grace, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, that One Who brought us this amazing grace, how we thank You with all of our heart for Him Who was without sin and came down and purchased the salvation for us, the unworthy ones, that we being unworthy yet might be brought nigh unto Him by the shedding of His Blood, that He might wash us by the water of the Word and present us unto His Father as a chaste virgin, cleansed, sanctified by His Blood, and made acceptable in the sight of God, washed and ready. As we're thinking of the washing of the Sacrifice, thinking that when John seen Him coming into the water, he spoke and said, "I have need to be baptized of Thee, and why comest Thou unto me?"
He said, "Suffer it, John, to be so." Oh, I love that. In other word, "John, you are the prophet; I am your God. We are the leading men of this day. I know you understand, and so do I understand. But, remember, John, it behooveth us; it's becoming to us that we fulfill all righteousness." John, knowing that the Sacrifice must be washed before It's sacrificed, and He was the Sacrifice, so he baptized Him, the sinless One, washing the Sacrifice before It was presented.

L-17 God, wash our hearts this morning. Wash us with the water of the Word, that we might present ourselves to You. Cleanse us, Lord, from all unbelief, that we might be drawn nigh unto Thee as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, for this is our reasonable service. We thank You for these things. Thank You for every person that's present. Praying that You'll bless the great universal Church of the living God, throughout the nations and around the world. This morning where ministers are standing in the pulpit, I pray that You'll pour out Your Spirit, Lord, in a miraculous way upon every faithful pastor at his post of duty, on the evangelists, upon the missionaries. O God, when I think of them out there, some of them without a pair of shoes on, old ragged pair of trousers wrapped around them, going through the jungle to bring peace and deliverance to those that are away from Christ.


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