<TITLE>21. Par 222-233</TITLE>L-222   And isn't it striking, that, all of the great men that's ever went to the Sodom church out, in the world today, all the great men that ever went out there. There's been a Billy Sunday, a Sankey, Finney, Knox, Calvin, Luther, so forth. Not a one of them ever had a name that's ended with h-a-m, till today, G-r-a-h-a-m. Not another one, any time. That's six letters. Where, Abraham is A-b-r-a-h-a-m, seven, perfect. See? But watch. The Angel that come to Abraham, said to him, "Abraham," not Abram. "Abraham, where is thy wife," not Sarra, but, "Sarah."
And the Bible said, "She is in the tent behind You."

L-223 And He said, "I..." There you are, personal pronoun again. "I'm going to visit you, Abraham," according to the promise that He give.

L-224 Who was that? Dust on His clothes. Eat a calf, drink the milk from the cow, eat butter, bread. Setting there, act like He was dusty and tired. Let... Washed His feet, a Man, looked like. And He said, "Where is Sarah?"
Said, "She's in the tent, behind."
"I'm going to visit you, according..."

L-225 And she was, what you call it, eavesdropping, you know, listening through the tent. She didn't run out like the women today, you know, and have to, you know. But, she, she is listening through the tent, to what her husband had to say. Nowadays, she says what he oughtn't to say. So then she listened like that, through the tent. And when she heard... Not you sisters, no, no; you know better than that. See? But, well, she was listening.

L-226   And she--she laughed, up her sleeve, said, "Me, an old woman, a hundred years old, and my lord, also old, and we'd have pleasure again?" See, as husband and wife, they had ceased, years and years before. "Me have pleasure with my husband again, us have pleasure together?" And she laughed.

L-227 And the Angel, with His... The Man, with His back to the tent, said, "Why did Sarah laugh?"
And she said, she ran out and confessed, "I didn't say."
"But you did." See?

L-228 Now, God would have took her life right there. But he couldn't hurt her, for she's part of Abraham. Oh, we'd be gone long ago, if wasn't part of Christ. All the things that He's done, and we've went around and said, "It's telepathy. It's this, that, or the other." But He can't touch you. See? Wrath can't touch you, because you're part of Christ when you're born again. See? See? He couldn't do, it because it'd hurt Abraham. His promise was to Abraham, and Sarah is a part of Abraham. And the Church is a part of Christ, the Bride. See? He couldn't do it, although her unbelief.   
He said, "But you did."

L-229 The Bible said she was scared. Maybe she was scared she'd lose her membership or something, but, see, see, like today. But--but she was scared.

L-230   And, notice, that same Man give the blessings to Abraham. And a promise, that, if he could find ten righteous souls, He wouldn't destroy it, and vanished before him.

L-231 And Abraham called him Elohim, "the all-sufficient One." Now get your Bible and look. If... "In the beginning God..." See if that ain't "Elohim." And here Abraham, who talked to Him, called this manifestation a Man here, just before the burning of Sodom, that could discern the thoughts in the mind, said it was "Elohim."

L-232 And Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be." Now look who has gone to the church, the denomination. Watch what God is doing amongst the Elect. Just there's the last sign that Abraham ever received, the--the Church called-out, received before Sodom burned. We're in the last days.

L-233   Friends, waken Jesus. "Lord, You made the promise." Don't be afraid. Say, "Lord God, boldly I step out. I wake myself, in here. Wake up, Lord, to my cry. I'm in need. Be merciful to me. I've disbelieved, and forgive me for it. Let me, from now, I want to call You on the scene, for my case."


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