<TITLE>22. Par 76-79</TITLE>L-76 "And think, when Joshua was fixing to encamp, encircle these walls around Jerusalem, on one of the stones that I'm now setting on... One day when he was out looking around, watching the walls around, why there come... He seen a Man standing with His sword drawed. Joshua, the warrior, great general, pulled his sword, run towards Him, and said, 'Are You with us, are You with the enemy?'
"He said, 'I'm the Captain of the host of the Lord.' Joshua threw down his sword, took off his helmet, and worshipped at His feet.
"Oh, if I could've only seen that great captain. I would've said, 'Great Captain of the host of the Lord, I'm a blind man. Have mercy on me.' Oh, how He would've done it if it had been... But alas, the days of miracles is past."

L-77 How little did he know, that not a hundred yards from him stood that same Captain of the host of the Lord, for He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He heard a noise. Something strange everywhere He's at, there's noise goes on.
People said, "You make too much noise." This is the quietest place you'll ever live in. If you go to heaven, even the Angels are singing day and night, "Holy, holy, holy unto the Lord." If you go to hell, it's weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. This is the quietest place you'll ever live.
And there, when Jesus come by, somebody pushed him down and so forth, and run over him. He went by.
And I can hear the ministerial association, all standing out there say, "Hey, they tell me you're a prophet. They say you raised a dead man. We got a graveyard full of them up here. Come raise one for us, we'll believe you." See, God don't clown for nobody. No, no. He could've... But His precious head set towards Jerusalem and Calvary; bearing the sins of the world, He walked on--overripe fruit throwed at Him and everything else.

L-78 And somebody pushed him right out. I imagine it was a young lady come up, said, "Sir, what's the matter, poor, ragged beggar?"
He said, "Lady, I'm blind. And there's somebody just passed by here, and they were screaming one thing and another. What was it?"
"Sir, I'm one of His disciples. Have you never heard of the young prophet of Galilee?"
"No. What young prophet?"
"Well, you know our law promises that when... There will come one day a Messiah, and the Son of David is coming. And when He does, you know, the great prophet..."
"Oh, is that Him? That's Him? Then He's raised up?"

L-79 He couldn't have heard him with all that noise, thousands. If you go there at Jericho and see where he was setting, and where Jesus was when He stopped, it's impossible for Him to hear him.
But his faith stopped Him. "Oh, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me."
With all the screaming one thing, and another one, "Hail the prophet. Hail the Son of God."
And the other one saying, "Away with the impostor, Beelzebub, fortuneteller," so forth, all that mixed crowd.
But his faith...
And the Bible said, "Jesus stood still." Oh, I hope to preach before I leave here on "Jesus stood still." Oh, my. Someday time will stand still. And He stood still. His faith touched Him, one little old blind beggar. He turned around, and He asked, request what he wanted. And he said, "That I might receive my sight."
He said, "Your faith has saved you." Hallelujah. From that time on he could see. Why? He met God.


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