<TITLE>03. Par 16-27</TITLE>L-16   But remember, that water bug was a water bug when the net went over him. The influence of the meeting was what caught him. The snake was still a snake, the Gospel net just pulled him in. And the scavenger fish was a scavenger fish, the turtle was a turtle, the crawfish was a crawfish, see. But the real fish was a fish, to begin with. So He knows which is, because He has their names on His Book, put there when the Lamb was slain before the foundation of the world.

L-17   We are here to try to do our part. Now Brother Vick has been over on the corner, casting the net, for many years. Other ministers has been on other corners, casting the net. I come to weave my net with you brethren, so that we can just make a great big cast, and just keep pulling, like fishermen on the corners of the lake. One of these days, the last fish will be taken from the lake. Fishing will be over then. Let us seek out God with all of our hearts, pray and be sincere as we see this hour approaching.

L-18 Now, tonight we're going to pray for the sick. We give it out. I believe Billy... I didn't get to talk... Did he give out prayer cards? Those... Yeah. Well, go... Fine. That's good. All right.

L-19   We, last night, we were going to build up for tonight, for a prayer service. And then I thought maybe take a night or two, just for the preaching. And we'll see how many hasn't received the Holy Ghost. And that's the main thing, see. If you--if you get... If you are healed, God will heal you, sure. He already has done it. You just have to believe it. But if you're, you will get sick again if you live long enough, perhaps. But when you're saved, that's different, see, that. See?

L-20 And now we're going to say this one thing because there is sometimes strangers come in, that maybe in the meeting, maybe never seen a healing service. And many times they try to tack that word onto you, "a Divine healer." But there is no... There is only one Divine healer, that's God. And, frankly, there is only one Healer, that's God.

L-21   Now, doctors don't claim to be healers. They're not healers, they don't claim to be. What if I went out and broke my arm out here, and went in and say, "Doctor, heal my arm, right quick, I--I've got to finish my work"? He would say, "You need mental healing." Well, that, that would be true. See? Now the doctor can set my arm, but God does the healing. If I cut my hand, I say, "Doctor, I cut my hand, heal it right quick for me." He can't do that. Only thing he can do is wash it out; if it's widened up, he can sew it; but God has to heal it.

L-22 See, nature has to develop cells, life. Life has to put that together. The body has to produce calcium, and so forth, and has life itself. Calcium won't heal. It's life. See, there is no medicine that heals. Medicine only keeps clean while God heals. See? There is no medicine heals.

L-23   If I should cut my hand, and fall down dead here, see. If you would take me to the doctor, and--and say, "Would you heal this man?"
He would say, "Why, he is dead."

L-24 All right, then you say, "Let's sew it up. And you've got some medicine that'll heal that hand, haven't you?"
"No, we haven't."

L-25 See, if they sew me up, and give me an embalming fluid that would make me look natural for a hundred years, and give me a shot of penicillin every day, and put all the salve on that place, it certainly would not heal. Why? Because that life has gone out of it.

L-26 Well, then, which is the healer, medicine or life? Now you tell me what life is, and I'll tell you who God is. See? God is life. See? You are...

L-27   We said last night, "We have so much of the mechanics, and not the dynamics." Now, my body is the mechanics, but my body will not operate without the dynamics, the spirit. See? And the spirit operates my body, brings it in control.


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