<TITLE>02. Par 11-14</TITLE>L-11 And, you know, time just gets away from us, doesn't it? We just don't have time to look like any more to do things. And time is not waiting for no one. So we must work while we can, because the hour's coming when this generation will go, and there'll be another generation coming, if there is another generation. Truthfully, I say it with all my heart, I don't know when He's coming; none of us does; but truly I don't believe there will be another generation. I believe Christ will come in this generation. I'm don't know what time now; it may be tonight, or it may be ten years from now, or twenty, but I believe He'll be in this generation. I'm believing that. If He doesn't, I want to live just like He was anyhow; 'cause I know that it may be my last day or your last day.

L-12 And then, remember, if we go before He comes, we will be up and in His Presence, or raised before the others are changed. "The trumpet of the Lord shall sound, the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which alive and remain shall be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, and be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air." Look at the order of the resurrection. See, God knows that we long to see our loved ones. And if we got there to meet Him first, we'd be looking around to see if mother or dad and the rest of them was there. But see how, the Holy Spirit in His wisdom? We meet one another first, and then when we get there and sing "Amazing Grace," that's--that's when there's going to be a time of worship. You think I act funny now, watch me up there. It's going to be a wonderful time for me and all of us that--when we get there.

L-13 Now, let's read some out of the blessed old Bible here tonight. Let's turn over to Romans the 4th chapter and read just a portion out of the Book of Romans. I want to read two places tonight out of Genesis and out of the Book of Romans. Now, in the Book of Romans 4th chapter, 17th verse...
As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him who he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was written, So shall thy seed be.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither... the deadness of Sarah's womb:
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
And therefore it was imputed unto him for righteousness.
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Who was delivered for our offense, and was raised again for our justification.

L-14 Oh, how I love that. That's one of my favorite Scripture readings of the Bible, because it's so positive what God was, what He promised and swore that He would do. And now, I chose this subject because that I think that on any meeting, to see the faith that we saw exercised here last night, that not a feeble person among us but what was healed. What the power of God came and what He did... Then I thought, if we could build around something positive, making a--an achievement to a goal, then how wonderful it would be when we could hit that great night or hour of climax.


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