<TITLE>03. Par 9-12</TITLE>L-9 Christ died to save every lost person, no matter what creed has done for them. That's always tried to be my approach to--to the people: is to be a public servant of Christ to whosoever will (See?), just--just to whoever it may be. I'm here to serve. He's never drawed a line for anybody for me to pray for. He never said, "Now, these are Methodists; don't pray for them. These are Catholic; don't pray for them." He just said, "Pray for the sick children." So that's--that's all. So they're--they're... And I just want to... That's the way I do it.
That's the reason I don't take sides with nobody. I just believe the Word and just stay right with the Word. And any level thinker will know that that Word is right. It's just got to be right. See? And I don't put any interpretation to it. I try to just read it the way it reads, then say the same thing.
That's confessing. "Confess" means the same thing, like, "He's the High Priest of our..." Well, King James puts it "profession." But "profess" and "confess" is the same thing. See? So then "to confess," that means "to say the same thing He did." "By His stripes I am healed." I'm confessing. See? I am confessing the same thing that He said. See? I'm making a confession. That's what it is in court. You have to say the same thing. Now, I am... To my great High Priest, for He sits at the right hand of the Majesty to make intercessions upon my confession.

L-10 So you see, before God can do anything for you, you first have to believe it and confess it. He cannot work, cannot do one thing... I tell you, no wonder people are scared of Divine healing. I say this reverently and brotherly, but there's been so many hoax that's called Divine healing (You see?), that's scared the people off.
Just remember, where is the scarecrows? Under the best apple tree. That's right. It's always a meal ticket. If you want to find out where the best apples are in the orchard, just find where all the clubs, and sticks, and scarecrows, and everything's around. They're trying to keep them away from that tree. And that's exactly what the devil does.

L-11 I remember one time years ago, I got a lesson on that. How many knows what a groundhog is? What part of Kentucky you all from? I was... There was an old sinkhole, and I'd planted some... Now, it's really the... The name of him is woodchuck, but we call him a groundhog. He's a--he's a really an American, because he's all over the nation. And he's a fine little animal--a little vegetarian. And he's a mean little fellow too.
So one day I was planting some butter beans, and so... I had these butter beans planted. I could not get them planted. That little old groundhog would come right down the row, eat them all up, and go back in his hole, and set back there, I guess, and pick his teeth, and look at me. So I thought, "I'm just going to scare the daylights out of that guy."

L-12 So honest, I'm... My wife, setting here, could tell you I'm quite an artist, you know. So I drawed me a picture of a big hideous-looking face. And anything that I'd draw any way would be very hideously, so I--I draw... (Thank you, brother.). I drawed the picture of this great big face and put me some butter beans down in the sack, and tied it, drove a staub down in the ground, set it up there. And so, I put it right in the row where my butter beans was planted.
Out of the hole came the little old groundhog. And I got back there and looked through my binoculars to watch him. He came out of there and looked all around to see if I was anywhere. And he didn't see me, so he started down eating butter beans. He got right up against that sack. It was a quiet day. The wind wasn't blowing.


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