<TITLE>14. Par 149-159</TITLE>L-149 And then that old thing might have come to her, "You know, the pastor will put you out of church if you go down there and get mixed up in something like that." But that didn't stop her. She was still persistent. She was going anyhow. Why? She had struck faith. Faith is going to do it. I don't care what others think; faith does it.

L-150   Finally, she made her way through all these obstacles, and she arrived at Jesus. Now, seemingly, all of her trouble was over, she arrived at Jesus; but, it wasn't, it was just starting.

L-151 Many people would say, "Well, if I know Jesus..." Yes, we see that every night. See, He comes right with us, each night, proves Hisself to be here, but still we come back the next night, with all of our troubles again, you see. See? Is that right? Now that's right.

L-152   She arrived at Jesus. She'll perhaps maybe... If she hadn't had that kind of faith, the first discouragement after finding Jesus, why, she would have been... she would have blowed up, and went back. But, you see, faith won't do that. Faith won't turn it loose. Faith is persistent. It holds right on. Now watch, she had all confidence and faith in this Man. Now if she had just been mocking, or just saying, "I'm going down and give it a try, I'll see what He's got to say. If He says something against our creeds, we'll--we'll just leave. That's all." But she come to get something, and she was determined to stay there till she got it. There you are, that's the person; like the queen of the South, we preached on the other night.

L-153   Notice when she got to Jesus. Instead of getting a welcome, she got a turndown. Now when you... What you think of the people today would get to that spot and be treated like that? Jesus told her right quick. After she come through all these barriers, and finally... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] she said...

L-154 She come to Him. And she run up to Him, to worship Him, and said, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on me, my daughter is variously vexed with a devil. And I've known that You're the great Healer, and I come to--to ask You to help me." He just ignored her. Looked at her, walked on. Oh, my! She was a little more than our modern Pentecost; my, they'd have turned up their nose and walked back, said, "I don't have to do that." But not that woman. She had faith. She stayed right there.

L-155   Now she went after Him again, "Lord, can't I just have?" And she wasn't thinking about what she had come through. She wasn't thinking about what she would have to go through. The only thing she knowed, she believed if she could get Him to say so! That's all she needed to know, if He would say so! She knowed it was working on others, why wouldn't it work on hers?

L-156 You fight every inch of the way. God, down in Egypt, give Palestine to the Jews, but they fought every inch of the way! God told Joshua, "Everywhere the soles of your feet rests, that I have given you." Footsteps meant victory, possession, and just as far as you can climb into the Kingdom of God. If you just want to climb a little piece, and say, "Well, I believe I may not have to go to hell, but I believe that I'll be saved at the end, if I join church," you ain't got much ground yet. But every promise in the Bible is yours, but you'll have to fight every devil guard away from it, with a two-edged sword, and claim it for yourself. Be persistent, walking right into it.

L-157   Now she got right up to the very God Himself. And He ignored her. And she run after Him, crying. She was persistent. "Lord, help me," she said. She worshiped Him, said, "Help me!"
Listen at that rebuke. "I'm not sent to your race." Oh, my!

L-158 Then a lot of them would have got up, said, "Well, I guess He wasn't sent to us. This revival don't. Guess I'll go away."
See, Jesus knowed she had that kind of faith. See?

L-159 And another thing He said, "Your race is only a bunch of dogs." Whew! My!


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