<TITLE>23. Par 254-270</TITLE>L-254 Ninety percent of the world hardly knows nothing about Jesus Christ. Millions dying every year, that never heard His Name. More... It's less evangelized today than it ever was. Sure. Then talk about, "'Greater works,' preaching the Gospel." Certainly not.

L-255   Now, there's prayer cards, I guess, was given out today. I guess they give out prayer cards. And... [Someone says, "Yes."--Ed.] All right. Billy? Not here? Maybe he stepped out.

L-256 Well, have they got any prayer cards from yesterday? Raise up your hand, some was give out yesterday, you got. Well, we'll start with them. Let's see, where did we start? Where we start from yesterday? Number one, was it? Number one to about ten or fifteen? All right.

L-257 Let's change it around, get somewhere else then. We want to get every one of them. But let's change, somewhere else. Let's take from... Let's take the last fifteen of them, from eighty-five to one hundred. Who has prayer card eighty-five? Raise up your hand.

L-258 Wait. There might be two eighty-five's. What was them first ones? A's, wasn't it? [Two brothers say, "A."--Ed.] A.

L-259 A, eighty-five. It's got an A on the card, and an eighty-five. A, eighty-five. Raise up your hand. Prayer card A, eighty-five. Is the lady here? All right. Come over here. Eighty-six, raise up your hand. Eighty-seven.

L-260 Now, if you can't get up, we'll see... The ushers will bring you right up here when your number is called.

L-261 Eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine. Ninety. Let's see, now, there be one, two, three, four, five. Ninety, ninety-one, -two, -three, -four, -five, up to a hundred. Line up on this side over here, up to a hundred.

L-262 Now, if--if they all are not there, and somebody has got a card, now, just hold your card, just keep it. By and by, I'm trying to get you.

L-263   Now, while you're looking this way, now, watch real close now. I want you to pay close attention to what I'm saying. Your prayer card has nothing to do with it, only to line you up here. That don't mean you're going to be healed. You're only healed, not by a prayer card, but by faith. That's right. How many has ever been in the meetings and know that there is ten-to-one healed out there in the audience than what is healed here, up here on the platform? Sure it is. It's your faith. Your faith. This is just get the prayer line started, that's all, get the prayer line.

L-264 Now look. Everyone has been taught this tradition. And I say it to my brothers. And which is all right. It's Scripture. But we want to lay hands on one another. Did you notice that? But that wasn't given to the Gentiles. That wasn't the way the Gentiles accepted it.

L-265 The Jews, remember, Jairus said, "Come lay Your hands upon my daughter and she'll live." That was a Jewish tradition. Is that right? "Lay Your hands upon my daughter and she live."

L-266 But the Gentile said, "I'm not worthy that You'd come under my roof. Just say the Word, that's all. My servant will live."

L-267 And Jesus turned around and said, "I never saw faith like that in Israel."

L-268 He said, "I'm a man under authority. When I..." And what did he recognize? That every disease was under the jurisdiction of Jesus Christ. All He had to do was speak the Word.

L-269 And He's already spoke It. See? And that's what I'm trying to get you people to recognize.

L-270   Now, many people think that you have to wait till some great evangelist like, oh, Brother Osborn... And Brother Osborn is a great evangelist. Brother, Brother Oral Roberts, another great evangelist. And--and Brother Tommy Hicks, and so many of these great evangelists that's in the land today, you think you have to wait till they come by, to be healed. That's not so, not so. Your pastor has the same authority that any of them does. Yes, sir.


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