<TITLE>15. Par 158-171</TITLE>L-158 "The prophet said, 'Seven times.'" Right. Until he obeyed the Word, completely! Until you obey It, completely! He had a good man standing on the bank, said, "The prophet said, 'Seven times,' father. See? Just keep on dipping."

L-159 That's it. You don't get it the first night, just dip again the next night. Just keep on till you get--get it.

L-160   Now remember. She was like Rahab the harlot, this little woman was. She had never seen a miracle. She had only heard about a miracle. What will she day in the... do in the Day of Judgment to us? She had never seen a miracle. She was a Gentile. She had never seen, but she had heard. And we both seen and heard, and still doubt. Oh, my!

L-161 She was like Rahab the harlot. When the spies come over, she didn't have to say, "I'll tell you. You bring Joshua over and let him hold a service for me, and I'll see the way he grooms his hair, and the way he talks, and the etiquette he uses at the pulpit. And I'll see whether I can accept him or not." She said, "I have heard that the God of Heaven was with you, and the only thing I ask is to be spared." There you are.

L-162 That little woman was really persistent. She held right on. "Just spare me. I'll do anything that you want me to do." Oh, there you are. That's it.

L-163   This little woman, no matter what the difficult was, she was persistent. Oh! She had the right approach to the gift of God. She had the right approach, humility. She fell down at His feet, and she had humility. She didn't stand up, say, "Now, You wait just a minute. You know we people are Greeks. You say we were dogs. Just a minute here, Sir. Do You realize that we're--we're the masters of art, and we're the masters of so-and-so and such-and-such?" She never thought of that, at all. She just admitted that He was right, and fell down at His feet, and said, "Help me, Lord. I'll just eat the crumbs. If my daughter can't have a whole slice of bread, will You just let her have the crumbs, if she's a dog?" Oh, my! There you are.

L-164 Would we be satisfied with just the crumbs, if the Holy Spirit should reveal to somebody tonight, "You're healed"? Would you be ready just to take the crumbs, or would you want God to walk over and raise you up and give you some kind of a feeling? If He'd just say in your heart, "My sickness is over. You haven't got it no more. I believe that I'm going to be healed, from tonight on," would you take the crumbs? Or, would you want everybody come up and lay hands on you, and pour oil, and go through the regular ritual like that, or are you just looking for crumbs? God will honor that.

L-165   You know, many of the disciples had seen Him after His resurrection. Thomas said, "No, huh-uh, I won't believe it. I--I got to put my hands in the prints, of His nails in His hands and in His side. Then I'll believe it."

L-166 He said, "Come here, Thomas." Said, "Touch Me." And he did.
He said, "My Lord, and my God."

L-167 He said, "Thomas, because you have seen and felt, and everything, you believe."
"Yes, Lord."

L-168 He said, "How much greater is their reward, who has never seen and yet will believe Him!"

L-169   Are we ready? Are we Gentiles like that Gentile woman? Was she an example to all of us, "Just give me the crumbs, Lord"? Just let me hear some man, "I've never read the Word, but tell me that You heal the sick. That crumb will be enough for me. I believe it. Let me hear somebody say, and read it from the Word, that the Holy Ghost..."

L-170 Peter said, on the Day of Pentecost, "Repent, every one of you, be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."

L-171   "Lord, I feel that that's right." That's a crumb. Come on. That's all you have to do. Come.


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