<TITLE>08. Par 67-81</TITLE>L-67 That moon and sun stood still until Joshua fought his way through, with Israel, and avenged themselves upon their enemy. Why? It was in the line of duty.

L-68   Now if you'd go out here and say, "Mountain, move! I want to show you I can do it." It won't do it.

L-69 But if it's in the line of duty, when God has commanded you to do something! Like He said to Moses, "Why cry to Me? Speak to the children."

L-70 People today is crying all the time, "Lord, what next, what next?" Just speak and go forward! That's right. God has commissioned us to do something, let's do it. Don't stand around and think about it, say, "How can it happen? Well, this is that." Makes any difference; if God said do it, do it anyhow. He is still the God of miracles.

L-71   Joshua, it certainly was a paradox when that sun stood still. I was talking to a--a scientist in school one time, and he was a Bible teacher. And he said... I referred this to him. I said, "I thought you said that the--the earth turned around, see, and--and the sun stood still?" I said, "What about the Bible you just tell us was the truth? God... Joshua said, 'Sun, stand still.'" Well, he couldn't answer that one.

L-72 But the sun did stand still. It didn't make any move, you see. That's actually the earth stopped. And now you say...
He said, "The earth stopped."

L-73 I said, "You said, 'If the earth stopped, it lost its gravitation and everybody would fall off of it.' Now what are you going to do?"

L-74 It's a paradox. Amen. God stopped the entire earth from turning, amen, because a man said, "Stand still there, till I fight this battle through." That's a paradox. Amen.

L-75   It was a paradox when all the armies of Israel was backed up in a corner, and they were afraid of some great big prehistoric-like giant standing there, by the name of Goliath. And there the armies of Israel, well-trained Saul, head and shoulders above the rest of his army, and shaking in his boots. Nobody was able to meet the challenge of this man of that day.

L-76 There come a little, ruddy-looking, stoop-shouldered kid up, weighing about ninety pounds, with a piece of sheepskin draped around him like that. He said, "Shame on this army of the living God; stand here and let that uncircumcised Philistine defy the armies of the living God."

L-77 When the word came to Saul, Saul said, "You're nothing but a youth, and he is a warrior from his youth. And you're a kid, and look what he is. Why, you couldn't go against him."

L-78   But what did he take? He never took a spear, he never took a sword, but he took a slingshot. And only one place could hit that giant, that was right in the forehead, where his armor dropped down over his face to hide his eyes. And that rock, and a long distance from that fourteen-foot needle spear he had in his hand; was all out as long as it was, could have picked up little David and done anything to him, and hung him in the tree, as he threatened to do, and let the birds eat his carcass.

L-79 But what happened? There was a paradox, when God took a ruddy little man that wasn't very much to look at, at all, not even a trained soldier, just a kid that had faith in Him, and put the whole country to shame. God did it by a paradox.

L-80 Amen! He is still God, tonight, of a paradox, just the same as He was then.

L-81 He put the whole army to riot. They saw that, and begin to run and take off, because that they seen that in that little fellow was a faith in a God Who could change all nature, do anything He wanted to do, when man would believe His Word. Certainly. I believe it was a paradox.


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