<TITLE>17. Par 63-66</TITLE>L-63 Women, there was only one woman in the Bible that ever painted her face, and that was Jezebel. And God fed her to the dogs. So if you see a woman wearing that, you can say, "How do you do, Miss Dogmeat?" That's exactly what God called her. He fed her to the dogs. Exactly right.
What we need today is a house cleaning for the Kingdom of God. Right. Yes. And I was going to go over and pray for that poor girl. If she'd been washed up, and let her hair grow down, she'd have been a fine looking young woman. And I started to go over, pray for her, and here come two more. I said, "I better keep still. I--I don't know. Something's happened since I've been out here."
And then, I noticed it all around everywhere now. What a... Oh, my. How can this thing go on any longer? God forbid them to do that. Yes, sir.

L-64 Now, back to our subject. That morning Zechariah said, or blind Bartimaeus said, "I was setting there listening, and I heard a noise come out the street, and everybody was tumbling over one another. And I heard the priest that had told me the days of miracles was past." He was the head of the association down there. He said, "I heard him say that morning, 'We're going down to stop this nonsense. We're not going to have no such a meeting as that around here.'" You know, the--the devil takes his man, but not his spirit. God takes His man but not His Spirit too. Remember that.
"So when he come out there, said, 'We're going down to... ' We... I heard that same priest coming out and saying, 'Say, you who can raise the dead, we got a whole graveyard full of them up here. Come up and raise one for us. We'll believe you.'"

L-65 He don't clown for nobody. Remember, when them Romans had Him in the courts that morning, they put a rag around His face, over His eyes, and hit Him on the head with a reed, and said, "Tell us who hit you. If you're a prophet, we'll believe you." You know He knowed who did it, but He don't clown for the devil. He does His works to magnify the Father, He said. And His--and His own Spirit today don't do to clown. He only magnifies God to bring His Word to pass.
Jesus said He did these things that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophets. And today He does those things to fulfill what He promised He would do. He don't have to do it, He could let you go on in without it, but He promised to do it. And that's what He's doing.

L-66 But Blind Bartimaeus, John went on with his testimony. "Blind Bartimaeus, he said, 'You know, I didn't know; I never heard of Him. The first thing you know, the people were being staggered, and I was knocked down and everything. And I said, 'What's all the noise about? What is all the noise? I--I just don't understand. What's all the noise?'"
"'And finally a nice woman said, 'Oh, fellow, what is the matter?'"
"Said, 'Lady, who--who... What's all the noise about? I'm blind. I can't see.'"
"'Oh, have you never heard of the prophet of Galilee?'"
"'No, ma'am, I haven't,' he said."
"'Well, Jesus of Nazareth. You--you know, you're a Jew.'"
"'Yes.'"
"'Well, you know our Bible tells us, our Scrolls, that the Lord our God is going to raise up a prophet like Moses. And He's going to do like Moses did.'"
"'Yes. I know that. It'll be the Son of David.'"
"'Oh, that's exactly right,' said the young... 'I am this man's disciple.'" You know, all the disciples of Christ always wants to have pity on those who are blind and those who are needy. A meeting can come to the neighborhood, they'll go get every sick person they can, to bring them in. See? They'll do... Every sinner that they can get, they'll always want to show mercy.
"And this young lady said, 'Why, He is that Prophet of Galilee. He passes by, and...'
"'You mean He is the Messiah?'"
"'Certainly, He's the Messiah.'"
"Then he said, 'Where is He?'"
"'He's about a square... Now, that's where they point you, where He was at, about a city block down the road.'"


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