<TITLE>19. Par 78-82</TITLE>L-78 You know what? The devil seen them out there without Him, and he looked up over top of the hill, and he said, "There they have gone off without him, and now's my opportunity."
Now, I say this with love, brethren. See? I wonder if that isn't the situation tonight. Since the revival has been on, the great prosperity of the church, we've built new buildings; we've been in big programs; we've done everything big that could be done; and trying to compare with the Lutheran, Methodist, and Catholic, getting more members in all the time. I wonder if our big program, if we haven't went off without Him in our excitement.
They were so excited, they didn't constrain Him. They went off without Him, and that's the devil's opportunity to start on a man. So he come down with all of his force. He said, "I've got them now without Him, so I'll sink them out there on that sea." And he begin to blow his breath out of the skies.

L-79 And he's begin to blow it again. "The days of miracles is passed. It's all emotion. It's all fanaticism. It's all this, that, or the other."
And the little boats are rocking hard, you know, without a sail. The boat become waterlogged, the oars broke, the mast pole of the tent broke in two, and the winds had whipped it, and tossed it around. Looked like all hopes was gone that they'd ever be saved.
But you know what? When He sent them away, you know what He did? He climbed the highest mountain there was out there. Higher you go, the further you can see. So He climbed up on the mountain so He could watch them.

L-80 And when He died at Calvary, and He commissioned His disciples to go into all the world, and "these signs shall follow them that believe," He climbed from Calvary to a past the sun, moon, and stars, plumb on up a past the Milky White Way. He went till He passed heaven. The Bible said He sets even above heaven, looks down upon heaven. He got there so He could see all over the universe. And His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He's watching tonight.
No matter how much tossed about we seem to be, how many oars is broke, how much all hope is gone, He's still watching. "I'll never leave thee or forsake thee."

L-81 Oh, in that time of crisis the revival was over, and the boat was waterlogged, and looked like everything was gone, all hopes was gone. And here He come walking to them on the sea, walking upon the sea. Strange--walking on the sea... And the strange part about it: the only thing that could help them, they was afraid of it. It looked spooky, looked like a spirit. And they cried out for fear.
That's the same thing today. The only thing that can save us is the Bible, and God's promise, and the Holy Spirit with us. It looks spooky to people, and they cry out for fear. But here come that sweet, calm little voice: "Be not afraid. It is I."

L-82 And I believe tonight, if He could walk in upon this meeting tonight, performing His miracles, and you wonder what takes place... "What does that? What kind of a trick is it? Is it a--a--some telepathy? What is it?"
He'd scream back to you, "Be not afraid. Be of a good cheer. It's I," fulfilling the promise that He said He would do.
But the very thing that could help them, and the only thing could help them, they was afraid of it.
And today, it's the same thing. They're afraid to take a hold of the Holy Spirit. They're afraid to believe God's Message. They're afraid to believe the Holy Spirit when they see it working among them. They'll say, "Now, wait a minute. I don't know whether it could be for me or not." It's for whosoever will. Healing's for everybody. Salvation is for whosoever will come, anybody.
"Be not afraid. It is I." It's Christ. He is not dead; He's alive for evermore, and has the keys of death and hell. And there's nothing can harm. Do you believe that? God remains God. If He ever was God, He's still God. Do you believe that? Amen.


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