<TITLE>04. Par 30-38</TITLE>L-30   I said, "Now, the platform is open, and let the man that can come here and give him his sight... Let the God, that the true God, the One that made him in the first place, that created his eyes, let Him come and restore his sight, and I'm ready to--to be a follower of that religion." Nobody said a word.

L-31 I said, "I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that I'm using telepathy to understand what's the matter with those people, and so forth, and telling them what they are, who they are. I can't even read their name; have to spell it out. Can't pronounce it. Can't even speak their language. You call that psychology. If it is, I don't know one thing about psychology. And you are masters of it. Let that master of psychology come and give the man his sight then. See if psychology can restore the sight to a blind man." That was still a quiet audience. Nobody said a word.

L-32   I said, "Why ain't you saying something? Surely there's a God somewhere. All, all this, everything going on, it proves there's a God somewhere. Who is He?" I said, "The reason that you're not saying nothing, because you can't do it. And neither can I. But the God of Heaven, Who raised up His Son, Jesus Christ, Who I am His witness, has showed me a vision that this man is going to receive his sight. Now, if He doesn't do it, then I'm a false prophet; run me out of India. But if He does do it... Right here, you people who are Mohammedans, here is your priests standing with their robes. Here is Buddha, and different ones. You see your leaders, how still they are? They say nothing. But I speak. I saw a vision of the man, is going to receive his sight, and is going to do it now. And if he doesn't, then there is something wrong, I'm a false witness of the Bible and of Christ." Everybody...

L-33   I said, "How many of you here will receive Him as your Saviour if God will restore the sight to this blind man?"

L-34 And everywhere you see, just black hands up, as far as you could see. Well, it was estimated, five hundred thousand people. That's a half a million. So that's many, many times more than probably is in Tucson. So there they where, was setting in one place.

L-35 I drawed, asked the man to come near me. I put my arms around him. They don't interpret the prayer. I said, "Lord God, this is a challenge to my own faith. But right here, in the time where all these heathens are around here, aren't You still the same God that You always was?" And I said, "Now it's Your reputation at stake. I'm only saying what You said. And since a child, You show me visions, and I've never seen one fail. Now You show me the man would receive his sight. I call for his sight, in the Name of Jesus Christ."

L-36 And the man let out a great big scream. And the mayor of the city was setting there, run, grabbed him and hugged him. The man could see as good as I can or anyone else. Then, I seen thousands times thousands.

L-37   Friends, I don't want to say this critically, but we have failed to carry out the program that Christ sent for us to do. See? He said, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel." Now, He didn't say build schools. He didn't say build churches. Which, they are all fine. But we've put all of our time to building schools and churches and denominations, which has played a part. But that isn't what He said. "Preach the Gospel, and these signs shall follow them that believe." In other words, to preach the Gospel would be to demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit. And there is where we have failed.

L-38 The church needs, tonight, not a soft hybrid something, soft and flabby like the church is, just make a confession, be baptized, and you're--you're a Christian. To be a Christian is self-denial. "Deny yourself. Take up your cross. Follow Me daily." Today it's so soft, and people call themselves Christians. When, it used to mean death, to confess Christ, and you had to depend on Him daily for everything you had need of.


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