<TITLE>07. Par 62-74</TITLE>L-62 And I said, "You see, he might... That whale might not have been able to swallow him, but the Bible said, that, 'God prepared a fish.' It was a special built. God made him big enough to swallow him." See? I--I just felt I'd been a traitor to the Bible if I hadn't a-give my testimony, show the colors, 'cause people stand there laughing. I tell you, it was a different thing when that was said, see, it wasn't so funny, when I said, "You don't know the Scriptures. The Scripture said, 'God prepared a fish.' He made this one special."

L-63   Like a little girl one time, going from church, said she was happy. Her little hair combed back, and she was having a great time, singing the praises of God. The infidel on the corner said, "What you so happy about, little lady?"
She said, "I just got saved, going to Heaven."

L-64 He said, "What's that you got under your arm, that thing they call the Bible?"
She said, "Yes, sir, it is."
Said, "You don't believe that?"
Said, "Every Word of it."

L-65 Said, "Well, I guess you believe that story about the whale swallowing up Jonah?"

L-66 She said, "Yes, sir, I believe it. If the Bible said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it."

L-67 And he said, "Now how are you going to prove that--that the whale swallowed Jonah, any other way but by faith?"
She said, "When I get to Heaven, I'll ask Jonah."
He said, "Then what if Jonah isn't there?"

L-68 Said, "Then you'll have to ask him." So it just went to show what was going to happen, he went the other way. And that about expresses it.

L-69   But I believe that the whale swallowed Jonah. Now, with the hands tied, in the belly of the whale, way out upon the sea, about forty fathoms deep.

L-70 Now you women know, by your little goldfishes. A fish prowls through the water, to find its food. And after it finds its food, it fills its little belly up, he goes down to the bottom of the bowl and rests his little swimmer there. See, he is resting. His swimmers holds him up. And now he is relaxed because he is tired from prowling.

L-71 Let's think this big fish did the same thing. When he swallowed the prophet, he goes down to the bottom, his great heavy weight of many tons, lays down on the bottom now, with the prophet in his belly. And the prophet was still alive. He swallowed him up. And Jonah must have turned over, down in the belly of the whale. And, you know, everywhere he looked, he could see the whale's belly.

L-72   And I have often thought of people, say, "I was prayed for last night, but my hand is no better. I was prayed for, and I don't hear any better." Well, you're looking at symptoms, as long as you look at that. If your pastor prayed for you, anointed you with oil, or whatever system he uses of God's Bible, you must believe it. You got to believe it.

L-73 Now I don't think that any of us ever had as much symptoms as Jonah had, for, every which way he looked, it was the whale's belly. But you know what he said? He said, "They are lying vanities." He is not going to believe it. He said, "Once more will I look to Your holy temple."

L-74   Now Jonah knew that when Solomon dedicated the temple, God a vindicated His Presence at the temple, by coming in as the Pillar of the cloud, and went in and went over behind the Holy Place, upon the Mercy Seat and over the ark, and settled down. And Solomon prayed, "Lord, if Thy people be in trouble, anywhere, and will look to this holy place, and pray, then You hear them from Heaven."


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