<TITLE>26. Par 116-120</TITLE>L-116 Do you believe? Jesus looked upon the audience and perceived their thoughts (Is that right?) perceiving their thoughts. Now, the Word of God, Hebrews 4, is sharper than a two-edged sword, even a discerner of the thoughts of the heart. Is that right? And Jesus was the Word. You believe that? And He is the Word, and the Bible is Jesus in--in printed form. And it takes His Spirit to quicken those Words and bring them to life again. You believe that? Now, if you will all believe that, and be just as convinced upon the evidence that God promised it...

L-117 Your wife's in trouble. I don't know her. I've never seen her in my life. She's rather heavy-set, and that's right. And she's suffering weakness and everything, but her main thing is menopause. Change of life has made her nervous. That's right. Just believe, and it'll be all right, sister, all your troubles will go.
God in heaven knows I've never seen that woman in my life. But here was this woman here, standing here. I knowed it must be his wife, 'cause I seen him in the house with her. Now, he knows that. Just have faith. Now, never let no one cram nothing in your ears, brother. You believe with all your heart now. Ask her if I ever met her or knew her. No, sir. I never seen her in my life, and God in heaven is my judge, and this is His Bible. But how could this woman here be standing by this man here... and see them going through the house together? See? Had to be his wife. I just waited till I was sure 'fore I said it, because... Sometimes that way sin's called out in the same way. See? But I seen that actually was his wife.

L-118 How do you do? I'm sorry. I just--I just hap--I just happened to turn around there and seen a woman standing by the side of this man, and I--I just had to... I have to do just as He tells me. You see, what... Something real, something to get a hold of. Now, you suffer, you do, sister, with headaches, have real, terrific headaches. You got a burden on your heart, and that's for a young fellow. It's your son, and he's in a backslidden condition and got an infection. If that's true, raise up your hand. Believe now with all your heart, and may the Lord God grant your request. Don't doubt.
I just want to put my hands on you as you pass by. God bless you both.

L-119 I challenge your faith. I challenge it in the Name of the Lord Jesus. You believe that the real Christ, the Son of God, is not dead, but He's with us tonight.
You know what's the matter with the Pentecostal church? Is this: it's seen too much. That's right. One time an old--a poet was going to the sea in England. He'd wrote about the sea, what he'd read in books. He thought... He went down, and he was so thrilled because he was going... (I'm saying this to kind of jerk away that... Too much anointing makes me so weak; I just pull myself out of it.) And so he, going to the sea to... And he met an old salt (You know what I mean.), a sailor coming from the sea. And he said, "Where goest thou?"

L-120 He said, "Oh, I..." the poet said, "I'm going to the sea. I have read about it, and I have wrote about it; I've talked about it. But I've never seen it. Oh, I want to smell the salt water. I want to see the pretty whitecaps dip up, and see the reflection of the blue sky, hear the gulls scream."
And the old salt twisted his pipe a few times, and spit, said, "I was born on it sixty years ago, and I don't see nothing so thrilling about it," spit, and went away. Why? Why wasn't it so thrilling to him? He'd seen so much of it till it become common. And that's what's the matter with you Pentecostal people. You've seen so much of the Holy Spirit, till it's become common to you. One thing like that would set thirty or forty thousand heathens to praying right quick in Africa. That's right. One thing...


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