<TITLE>10. Par 79-85</TITLE>L-79 El Shaddai! He said, "I'm El Shaddai, Abraham; I am the strong One. You're an old man. You're a hundred years old now, your strength's all gone; but I am your Strength. Your hope's all gone; but I am your Hope."
Oh, you suffering now, and out here with cancer and stuff, can't you see where your Strength comes from? Not from the surgeon's knife, but from the--God's Word! "I am your Portion. I am your Strength. You draw your strength from Me."
Not disregarding the surgeon now; he does his part; that's up to him. But God is the Healer. No surgeon, no doctor, no medicine ever heals. No, sir, they haven't got one medicine that'll heal. Now, any doctor will tell you that. They got aids, but God is the Healer. They might cut a gash in your hand, but God has to heal it. They haven't got nothing to build tissue; if they could, they could build a man. So you see, God is the Healer. You can set a bone, but God has to heal it. God's the Healer, "I'm the Lord that heals all your diseases." And you can't make God's Word lie; It'll come right back to the truth every time, just right straight back. You can't make It lie.

L-82 Now, they say the Bible contradicts Itself. I've asked, and told men I'd give them a year's wages on the field, if I could, everything that I can do, to show me one word in the Bible that contradicts the other one. That's right. It's not there. It's because your carnal mind looks at it the way it does. The Holy Spirit's the Interpreter of that Word. That Word is true, set together. It's all there like a jigsaw puzzle, but it takes the Holy Spirit to put It together to make It the picture of God's redemption and His blessings to His people. Amen. It does not contradict Itself. There's not one Scripture, not one verse of It contradicts the other one. If it is, it ain't worth the paper it's wrote on, it's deceiving. God doesn't deceive. God is true, just, holy, honest. He's God.

L-83 Now, when Abraham got this word, that, "I am El Shaddai. I am your Strength-Giver. Your wife, her womb has done dried up; she's forty years a past menopause, your body is as good as dead; but I'm El Shaddai." He just brought Ishmael, you know; but He said, "That's not him. No, he'd be a great man. He's going to beget so many princes. But the one that I made the promise with, is between you and Sarah." That's it. Amen. Abraham felt real good.
He said, "Now, I want to tell you something, Abraham. I'm going to change your name." He said, "You're not no more to be called Abram, but Abraham." "Abram" means "high--high father." But Abraham means "father of nations." And S-a-r-a-i no more; she's S-a-r-a-h, Sarah, "princess." Changed their name... What a--a changed name. Something taken place because they're... See, there's got to be a change before things happen. He could not give them the child as long as their name remained that.

L-85 And you cannot be borned again as long as your name remains off the Book of heaven. You might put it on every church, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, packing it from place to place, fussing with all of them; but it'll have to be put on the Book of heaven before anything can be taking place, and new creation can come. Before new life could come, their names had to be changed. You may have to change yours too, off of some of these man-made books to the Books of heaven.
"There, your name is no longer Abram, 'high father,' but it's Abraham, 'father of nations.' No more Sarah--Sarai; but Sarah, 'princess.'"


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