<TITLE>04. Par -</TITLE>L-6-1 And I thought of that; I've turned over in the Bible and read it. I thought, "Truly, Lord, that's right. But this don't belong to Caesar; this was Yours; it--it wasn't Caesar's. If it'd been mine, and I'd been--had to pay more taxes or something, well that'd been different. That... It belonged to Caesar, but this--this is Yours. (See?) And it--it didn't belong to Caesar in the first place."
You know, He's always got the answer in the Word. I just read a little farther, and He said, "Say, Simon, haven't--haven't you got a fishhook in your pocket?" See? "You always carry a little fishhook and a string. And I just made a deposit this morning in a fish bank down there at the--at the river, you know." Said, "He... I made a deposit. And the banker will certainly give up what he's got. Just go down there and throw the hook in the river; and when you get up to the bank, open his mouth (You see?), and he'll--he'll give out the coin. Let's not offend them. Don't bring offense to them. (See?) Go pay it, Simon; that'll be for Me and you."
I thought, "True, God, You've got fish banks and everything else across the country. I don't know how it'd be done."

L-6-4 But we went down; I got the brothers right here in the church, that's stood on my note. And I put a note in, and got the forty thousand dollars, and paid it off. I went home. I wanted to know the way I wrote that check if they'd ever come back on me again. I said, "This is to say that I'm free from all taxes." Whoever endorse that one, they sure going to be in a mess after that.
I kept calling back the bank to see if they'd do it, and finally Bob told me; he said, "Billy they did it."
And I went in and put my arm around the wife; I said, "Honey, I'm free."
What a feeling to be free. And so I can pay it back now, they made it real easy on me. I can pay it back at four thousand dollars a year. Now, I--I can't loaf any more, folks; I got to get out and go to work. So I--I got... It take me ten years to pay it back and if--if the--Jesus doesn't come. And when that--when He does, all the debts are settled then anyhow. You see? And so then a... So I hope that you all, I... Your prayers... And tonight, I'll continue on with something just a little to that. But your prayers is what helped me. Thank you so much. God bless you. No matter where we ever at, I'll never forget that.

L-7-1 Tonight, if the Lord willing, I wish to state some of the facts that I know. And be sure to come. Now remember, "Sirs, What Time Is It?"
Now, we're going to... I believe they got a full schedule for the rest of the--this week. And Monday night is the--services today, and tonight, and Monday. Monday night is the watch service. And--and then, that gives you Tuesday, New Year's day, if you're out of town, can go back home. And we'll have some fine ministers here now for that meeting... we... A great group of fine speakers. And everybody will be speaking at intervals down on till midnight; and sometimes they take Communion, if it's in line. I don't know whether they are this time or not. Right as... Where they're whooping and hollering, and shooting, and drinking, and going on, we take the Communion (Amen.), start the New Year's right with a Communion.


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