<TITLE>20. Par 70-73</TITLE>L-70 You know, it wasn't actually... If you know the oriental custom, a woman of that type should never approach a man in the market place. That's right. Not till this day in India, and different places. No, sir. The men wouldn't even hear her. Look at her. She's marked a prostitute. They'd turned their back, no matter what she said.
But what? They couldn't ignore her. They couldn't ignore the woman. Why? She had a hold of faith. She had a message. They couldn't stop her. She said, "Come see a Man Who's told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah? Isn't this He?" And the Bible said the whole city believed because of the woman's testimony.

L-71 The little woman with the blood issue, she was persistent. I imagine she seen all the--the denominations standing there, and she pressed right on by them. One said, "Wait a minute. Where are you going? Aren't you John Doe's wife up there on the hill, that he just swapped that team of horses the other day to pay the doctor?"
"Yeah, but he couldn't do me no good."
"Well, you're too frail. You'll get tramped on down there in that bunch of people. Listen at them. They're nothing but a bunch of fanatics that's Galilean backwash. They don't even belong to an organization. All He does is tear up our churches. Go on back up there. I'll call your pastor." She just ignored it. She was persistent and went walking on. "Well, you're too weak to go to the meeting." That didn't stop her a bit. She was going anyhow. Little pale cheeks, she's going anyhow, going anyhow.
Maybe her husband said, "Get back up there on the hill where you belong," See?
"You are my husband, and I love you. But I must touch Him," Walked right on past it.
Here stood a...?... and she passed another line of people. They said, "The days of mir..." [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] And the bishop come around like this, said, "Hey, we heard you done miracles. Let's see you do another one." Another one stepped in this way, that way.
Finally she thought, "How am I going to do it?" But you know, faith always finds a way to do it, like the Syrophenician woman. Faith finds a way to touch Him. If you don't believe it, you get to praying right now, and see if your faith don't find a way to touch Him. Faith finds the way. And after while...

L-72 Reminds me of--of Abraham Lincoln. They'd shut him out, great man. He said, "How you going to get in?"
He said, "I'm going to trust God."
Said, "They're going to close the doors in your face."
He said, "I'll still trust God."
So when all the senators answered... They was going throw him out on this measure that they was trying to vote against. And so... They knowed Abraham Lincoln was for it. He had such a pressure, and such a--a status before the people that he could put his point over. And they wouldn't let him in the door.
And when they got up and begin to call the names, they called different ones and different ones, and there was Lincoln's seat empty. Said, "Abraham Lincoln?" Down through the chimney, said, "Present."

L-73 Faith finds a way. It might be down the chimney, but it'll get there. What difference does it make, so it arrives? Faith finds a way. It may be crawling, may be singing, may be shouting; whatever it is, it finds its way, moves right on.
She'd try to touch, and blocked off and blocked off. Finally, she just stooped down, and reached over, and touched His garment. Jesus turned and said, "Who touched Me?" Why? She had perseverance. She touched Him.


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