<TITLE>05. Par 23-27</TITLE>L-23 Now, Jesus never... You know, John was in prison and Jesus knew that. So He never give him a book on how to behave himself in jail (or--or something like that), or tell him some rules and regulations of the campaign. He just said, "Stay and wait till the service is over. Then go tell what you saw."
So when they seen the lame walk, the blind seeing... And I can just imagine seeing our Lord stand there, as the disciples went up over the hill, and He watched them. He turned around and said, "What went ye out to see? Did you go out to see a--a reed shaken with the wind?" Not John. No, no. Not John. You wasn't pushing him around from one place to another. Said, "But what did you go out to see, a man with his collar turned around, you know, in fine clothing, things?" Said, "They kiss the babies, and marry, bury the dead. They're with kings' palaces."

L-24 That's... they don't know... They--they fool with a penknife. They don't know to take a two-edged sword, stand out there at the battle front where you fight demons, and things. That's not that kind of a man. Said, "You don't... That wasn't what you went..." Said, "What did you go to see? A prophet?" Said, "I say unto you, greater than a prophet." He was. He was a messenger of the covenant, and he was greater than a prophet. He bridged those together.

L-25 Now, we find our Lord then in His work, that He claimed to do nothing of Himself but what He seen the Father doing. He gave all praise to God, thing that was unnatural, supernatural. Every armor that we have, brother, all of our armor is supernatural. We--we... Nothing natural that we have. We must believe it.
What is the fruit of the Spirit? Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, meekness, gentleness, patience. Now, you go down to the drugstore and buy me a quarter's worth of patience. I need it. Five dollars worth of love, I could stand a lot of that. See? See, it's the unseen something. That's our whole armor. We stand in the unseen world looking at the unseen things. Yet, to us, we see them, because our faith detects them and says it's there. See?

L-26 And when Jesus... One day a sickness came in a family of His friend, and He went away. The Father had told Him to go away, 'cause He said (Saint John 5:19) He did nothing till the Father showed Him, not the Father told Him, but showed Him. And He went away.
And the lovely sisters of Lazarus sent to Him and said, "Come pray for Your friend. He's sick." And instead of going to that lovely friend, and helping them in the time of need, after they'd come out of their churches and everything to be His disciple, He ignored the call and went on. Then when they sent again, instead of Him responding to that call He went further.
Now, looked like that would've--would've tore up anybody. See? But when faith takes a hold of something, there's--there's no hindrance to that. It'll stay right there. See?

L-27 Now, when He returned, finally He said, "Lazarus sleepeth." That's the way He knew it.
But the disciples said, "Oh, if he sleeps, he's taking a rest, he's doing good."
But He had to to tell them in their language: "He's dead. And for your sake I'm glad I wasn't there. But I go wake him."
But when Martha saw it, that He had come into the city, she went to Him and said, "Lord, if You would've been here my brother would not have died. But even now, whatever You ask God, God will give it." See?
And He said, "Thy brother shall rise again."


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