<TITLE>18. Par 67-69</TITLE>L-67 "Well, He... blind Bartimaeus said, 'You know, I just... I--I... He done passed me.'"
"So many hundreds following Him, and one throwing overripe fruit at Him, and saying, 'Hey, you Galilean prophet. If you're a prophet, do this. Hey, we got a sick man down here. Let's see you heal him.' Others saying one thing, and some hollering, 'Hail the King of the Jews,' and the other one saying, 'Glory to the great God of heaven, Who's raised up the Son of David among us.' And every... Some was singing, 'Hosanna' to the prophet, to the King. Others was making fun of Him."

L-68 That's the way it is. It's always a mixed crowd: believers, make-believers, and unbelievers always conglomerated together. There they are, even when the sons of God come up before God, in the book of Job, it said Satan was setting among them (Exactly right.) when the sons of God appeared in the Presence of God. Certainly. They're always there. Now, here they were there, and one saying one thing, and another.
"And blind Bartimaeus said, 'I remember that the Scripture said that the Son of David, that Moses said that this Messiah, this prophet was to be raised up, would be a prophet. And if He'd be a prophet, He will understand. O Jehovah, have mercy, have mercy. Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.'"
And his faith touched Jesus. Hallelujah. His faith. He'd have never heard him above all that crowd carrying on, some of them shoving him down, saying, "Set still," and so forth. But his faith touched Him. And the Bible said Jesus stood still. I want to preach on that one time, "And Jesus Stood Still."
Yes, Jesus stood still. What was it? The faith of--of a blind beggar stopped Him, and asked him what he wanted. And he said to Him, "That I might receive my sight."
He said, "Thy faith (like He did the woman that touched His garment), Thy faith has saved thee. Receive your sight, because your faith has saved you." He turned, starts on down the road.
Blind Bartimaeus stood there. "He told me I would receive my sight. Here I am." First thing, he seen something move before his hands. There. He could see his hand. Here he went down the road, glorifying God. "You remember that, brethren?"

L-69 Oh, the testimony meeting was just getting stirred up good. Oh, everything was... And you know, the devil happened to look down across the hill and found them without Jesus. They'd went off without Him. That's when the devil had his chance. He said, "Now, I've got my opportunity to sink them, because they'd gone off without their master."
Now, let me say this lovingly, reverently, and brotherly. Don't you think that's just about today? I think it's the same thing, that during the time of this revival, the churches has become nasty-rich. Pentecostals are no more on the street beating a tambourine. They haven't got the spunk to stand out there and have a street meeting hardly, very seldom you see them. That's right.
Instead of having the old God-saved preacher, they got some kind of a intellectual student from some Bible school, trying to pattern after the world. Did not, when Israel wanted to denounce their king, or denounce their King God... And when the prophet walked up before them, Samuel, he said, "You don't..." They wanted to be like the rest of the world.
And Samuel said, "God is your King. God has sent me to be your prophet. Have I ever told you anything in the Name of the Lord but what come to pass? Have I ever begged you for your living? Have I ever took your money?"
"No."
"Have I ever told you anything, THUS SAITH THE LORD, but what come to pass?"
"No, Samuel. Everything you said come to pass just exactly. We believe you to be God's prophet."
"Well, then stay away from your king."
But they said, "But--but we want to act like the Joneses." You see, they wanted to act like the rest of them.


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