<TITLE>02. Par 12-20</TITLE>L-12   Our Heavenly Father, we are now coming into the Presence of Jesus, in--in His Name. And we're going to the throne of grace, to ask for pardoning of our sins, 'cause, knowing, day by day we do fail Thee. Every hour of our life, seldom one passes without we have to stop, say, "Lord, forgive me. I--I didn't mean to do it just that way. I should have done it this--this other way." Then, we know, Lord, that You're always so full of mercy and ready to forgive Your children. You listen to their faintest cry. We're so glad that we have an Advocate.

L-13 And we pray, Father, tonight, for this church, for our beloved brother. All these years around here, knowing him, and finding him, his character, a wonderful servant of Christ. How we thank You for a man like that! I... It's such a privilege, Lord, to be among he and his people, and to associate with them, and coming together to fellowship with them, around the Word of God. We pray, Lord, that You'll move in on the high tide, tonight, and will--and will give these blessings. So glad to meet old friends that I knowed years ago in the beginning of the ministry.

L-14 And now, Lord, we pray together that You'll bless us as we assembled ourselves together tonight in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We've assembled for that purpose, Lord, and we pray that--that You'll meet our needs tonight, and answer our requests to Thee, to heal the sick, save the lost, and encourage those who are discouraged. We ask in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.

L-15   Now, we want you, that want, wishes to, tonight, to turn in the blessed old Word, in the book of Saint Matthew's Gospel, the 8th chapter. And we want to start reading from... Setting today, from Matthew, the 8th chapter, beginning with 23rd verse.

L-16 After leaving today, from Brother... or Brother Williams and Brother Jewel Rose leaving from where we were at, I... my mind fell upon an occasion. And so I just reached over... Because, we had been speaking, and the Holy Spirit had drawed real near to us. So just as they left out, I thought, "Oh, my! Now He will surely speak." And I picked up in my mind an instant in the Bible that taken place, quickly turning to it. And I got some little Scriptures to go with it, and drew from it a text, wrote down a few notes on it. I'd like to pass these to you.

L-17   First, let us read now in Saint Matthew, the 8th chapter, and begin with the 23rd verse.
And when he had entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with... waves: but he was asleep.
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? And he arose, and rebuked the wind and the sea; and there was a great calm.
But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obeys him!

L-18 That's quite a striking little text, or Scripture. I'm going to take an odd text from it: Awakening Jesus. Awakening Jesus.

L-19   It must have been a--a hard day for Him. He was tired. His body was worn out. You know, as He went along, the people drew God out of Him. They drew their desires from Him. And when they did... We won't try to go into detail to explain that, because there's no one can do it. How can we explain things that we don't know?

L-20 That's the reason there's no way, at all, of ever being saved until you're ready to accept what you cannot explain. See? You've got to believe. "He that cometh to God must believe that He is." Now, there's no way of scientifically proving that, but you must believe it anyhow. And if you could prove it, then it would no more be an act of faith. And faith... God has so hid Himself until you have to believe that He is, without seeing Him, know that He's there, anyhow. Whether you see it, or not, you believe it. Surely you believe it, anyhow.


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