<TITLE>18. Par 235-245</TITLE>L-235 And you broke the rules of science, and raised that hand towards the Creator, and said, "Remember me." He will. If you really meant that, He will take you at your word. God bless you back there. Somebody else now before we close? Just going to say a little word of prayer, pray just in a moment. God bless you, sir. God bless you. Somebody else?

L-236   [A sister in the congregation quotes some Scriptures--Ed.] Amen. Of mercies, this little handsmaid rising up under the Spirit, speaking forth a promise.

L-237 Would you--would you raise your hand if you haven't done it? And say, "Just..." That's all I'm going to ask you to do. Just raise your hand, recognize yourself being wrong, and you want mercy. The House is open. "There is a Fountain in the house of David, open for sin and uncleanliness." Will you accept it tonight, someone else, before we close now? It's been forty, fifty hands go up in the building, of men and women, young and old, put up their hands. All right. God bless you, sir. All right.
Let us pray.

L-238   Lord Jesus, I believe that these hands was raised in the deepest of sincerity. You know their objective. You know their motive of doing so. And I pray, Heavenly Father, that Your Divine mercy will rest upon each of them. May tonight be a changing time. May they slide down out of the tree of self-styled Phariseeism. May they slide down out of the tree, before Jesus Christ, and say, "Lord, if I did wrong, I'm willing to make it right." And from this little banquet room tonight, Father, You'll go home with them, too, and dine with them, and ever remain with them through life and all Eternity. Won't You grant this, as I offer my prayer to You in their behalf?

L-239 You said, "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him first. And all that the Father has given Me will come to Me." You promised that.

L-240 And now, Lord God, these are give for trophies of grace and love. They're in Your hands, and no man can pluck them out. With honest sincerity in their heart, honest confession that they have made, that they want to turn from the ways of the world, to the ways of God, for their life.

L-241 Receive them, O Lord, I ask, as I intercede for them, standing before Your great White Throne. By faith we stand there, looking upon the ivory Throne of God, with a Bloody Sacrifice laying before It, making intercessions on our profession. Help them, Father. I present them to You as love gifts, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.

L-242   Now, each of you that raised your hand, I want to ask you to do something for me. I want you to meet some of these ministers here, and tell them that you've accepted Christ as your Saviour, and you want to be baptized, and you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit. And God will grant that to you.

L-243 Now, I was thinking of something else, but we won't have time, because it's--it's just about five minutes the time we should close the place, but we--we appreciate your patience.

L-244 And all your hands that went up, now, I didn't know just where they was at, just everywhere. But when you raised your hand, surely you meant that. You wouldn't raise your hand just to be doing it. If you did, that's hypocrisy. Raise your hand. Don't never do nothing 'less you're really sincerely doing it. And when you make that decision, and down in your heart you mean that you've done it, then walk sincerely with it. God will honor you.

L-245 Say, by the way, did you ever know what happened to Zacchaeus? Would you like to know what happened to him? He become a member of the Full Gospel Business Men's Association of Jericho. Don't you want to join, too?

