<TITLE>18. Par 62-65</TITLE>L-62 Then she met a bunch of women perhaps. And they said, "You know what, deary? Martha Luella (I hope there's not one here by that name. I called a strange name.), you know, Martha Luella, what's going to happen? Your husband will leave you because he's a businessman of the city, if you attend down there where that's at."
What difference does that make? Husband or no husband, she was persistent; she was perseverant. She knowed she had need of Christ, and she was going to see Him, because she had heard that He was a Healer. She was going to see it. Sure.
Might another one... Next one said, "All right. If you go down there, you'll be laughed at. The whole town will call you some bad name. They'll call you holy-roller, or a Pentecostal, or something. If you go down amongst them, you're sure going to be branded."
She was perseverant. She walked right on, brother. Nothing going to stop that woman. Yes, sir.
Then the other one. Here come the priest, was the last. Said, "If you go, we're going to put you out of church and excommunicate you."
That didn't stop her a bit. Faith cometh by hearing. She had a need. She walked right on down. She was perseverant. She was going to see Jesus.

L-63 Now, a lot of people thinks as soon as they see Jesus, it's all over. "Glory to God. I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Now, I'll just lay down and take it easy." You--you're no subject of the Holy Ghost yet. Listen, when you got the Holy Ghost, right--right then's when you hit your trouble. That's when trouble starts. Exactly. That then's when you got to fight. That's what it's give to you for. It's a Sword. That's right. Then's when your fight starts.

L-64 Now, she come till finally she arrived to where Jesus was. Now, she'd fought through every one of these barriers, perseverant. My, here she come, cutting her way through, "Days of miracles past, laugh at you, your husband leave you, put out of the church, whatmore, called holy-roller," or whatmore. She's just perseverant. She comes on. Now, she meets up with Jesus, said, "Now, I got it. Now, I'm in His Presence."
And notice, as soon as He--she met up with Him, she met another disappointment. Yeah. He said, "I'm not sent to your race." Oh, the very God that she was respecting, and what she give up her church and everything she had...

L-65 She had a daughter was very bad, had epilepsy. And she was trying to get to Jesus, 'cause she knowed He'd healed others. So why couldn't He heal her daughter? So she... After she'd left everything she had and got up to Him, then the disappointment, let down again. "I'm not sent to your race. I'm sent only to the children of Israel."
But you know what? That don't stop her faith. No, sir. She pressed right on again. She addressed Him as "Son of David." He wasn't no "Son of David" to her. But when she said, "Lord," that was different. She come in the right way then. "Lord, have mercy on me."
He said... Another thing, He said, "You're nothing but a bunch of dogs. I'm not sent to you." Look what that poor little woman had done, the things she had went through, everything she had to press to get to Him. And then, when she got to Him, He said, "I'm not sent to your race, and you're nothing but a bunch of dogs." Hmmm. My, my.
Still she was perseverant. Sure. Why? She had faith. Oh, after He...


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