<TITLE>05. Par 44-58</TITLE>L-44   I remember Paul Rader. How many can? Many remember Paul when he died out there. And they called, they had the... Moody Bible Institute, I believe, sent down a--a little quartet to sing for him. And they were singing Nearer, My God, To Thee, you know. And he said... He had a sense of humor, you know. He said, "Who is dying, me or you?" he said. He said, "Say," said, "raise up them shades, and sing me some, sing me some good snappy Gospel song."

L-45 And they got to singing, "Down at the cross where my Saviour died, down there for cleansing from sin I cried!"

L-46 He said, "That sounds better." Said, "Where is my brother, Luke?"

L-47 "Well, Luke didn't want to see his brother die, so he was in the next room."
Said, "Go get him."

L-48 And Luke and Paul travel together, like Billy Paul, my son and I travel together.

L-49 And Luke come in, tried to brace himself up, and took a hold of Paul's hand. Paul reached up and got him, said, "Luke, we've come a long ways together, haven't we, brother?"
He said, "Yes."

L-50 Said, "But think of it! In five minutes from now, I'll be standing in the Presence of Jesus Christ, clothed in His righteousness." Oh, my! That's that.

L-51 Let me go like that. That's it, clothed in His righteousness! In five minutes from the time he was holding his brother's hands, "I'll be standing in the Presence of Jesus Christ, clothed in His righteousness." He squeezed his brother's hands, and went to meet Him. Oh, my, what a day that'll be, them gallant soldiers!

L-52   See, I stand here and talk to you, and all my time is gone, and guess that's the way it goes. Nine o'clock, but I'm going to hurry, tonight, sure enough. Just got just a few little Scriptures.

L-53 I write down Scriptures and know where to refer to it next. Sometime make a... write out a name, and then ask Brother Vayle what it means, 'fore I come in, you know. I might get it out of the Bible here, and he tell me how to pronounce it. And so I lack a whole lot in education.

L-54   But I promised tonight to pray for the sick. And now my main purpose, my--my meetings, is the reason I don't have too many times; once or twice, maybe, during a campaign, I'll bring the people up like I'm going to tonight, without the discerning, because just to lay hands on the sick. Many people believe that. Now, that, that's--that's good. That's the Scripture. See? But you remember, that was kind of the Jewish tradition. See, Jairus said, "Come lay Your hands upon my daughter, and she'll live."

L-55 But the Roman said, "I'm not worth that You come under my roof. Just speak the Word!" Watch what he testified. Said, "I'm a man under authority." He was a centurion. "And I--I say to this man, 'goes' and he go. And this one 'comes,' and he comes." What was he testifying? That just Jesus' Word was enough to heal his servant; He had power over all sickness. "You just say the Word, my servant will live."

L-56 He turned around and said, "I never found faith like that in Israel." See?
Now that's where I try to get the people to believe.

L-57   You know, many people say, "Oh, glory to God, Brother So-and-so laid hands on me, hallelujah, I got well!" That kind of looks like the brother had something to do with it. See?

L-58 Now if you can just recognize the Presence of Jesus Christ, see, and let... It's His hands that counts, see. And just accept Him, then nobody laid hands on you but Christ. See? You touched Him, and His hands touched you, see. And no man gets praise anywhere. It's all the praise... Cause, that's all can be done anyhow. If we take any praise, we are robbing God from it, because God is the One that does the healing.


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