<TITLE>08. Par 76-84</TITLE>L-76 And now what time do we get out of here? What time we have to be out of here? [Someone says, "There's no time set."] Say, well, I'll say within fifteen, twenty minutes. Will that be enough? Will it be all right? All right, just a moment. ["No time is set."--Ed.]
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still, stand upon Gibeon; and, Moon, thou in the valley of Ajalon.
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

L-77   Now I'm going to take just a little text from there, because I told you I'm... can't make a speech, but I think you understand what I mean, by now. And I'm here to put my shoulders with you, to help you, to press Jesus Christ. Not press organization, not press persons of the earth; but to press Jesus Christ, Who is the manifested Word of God, God manifested. Not just what someone interprets; God doing His Own interpretation, God proving what it is. He proves what He is. If the Pharisees had just a-seen that, if they could just have read the Scripture where It said these things, they would have seen that God was manifesting His Word by Jesus Christ. He was the Word, and He is still the Word.

L-78   Now this subject I want to take for about fifteen minutes, and I'll try to make my talking... I make tapes, as you all hear, three and four hours. But that's on a subject, see. And in your churches, I try to make my talking, at night, about thirty minutes, so I can have the prayer line, and won't wear the people out, then come back. I'm sure you like that better. I used to stay for hours and get in at eleven-thirty and twelve, and now I try and make my service about forty-five minutes to an hour.

L-79 I want to take the subject here of: Paradox, just the word, a paradox.

L-80 And I didn't know I was going to have the breakfast. Usually we do, but I thought maybe it'd come up about maybe Saturday, or something like that. And Brother Borders told me, last night, late, that it was to be this morning, so I just jotted down a few Scriptures here that I thought I would refer to for a few minutes.

L-81   Now, paradox, Webster says it's "something that's incredible, but is true." That's something that no one can explain. It's out of the realms of the knowledge of mankind, but yet is true. Paradox! And now we find out, that if you would read in--in Hebrews, the 11th chapter and the 3rd verse, that this world itself is a paradox.

L-82   A few weeks ago, in our meetings in New York City, I come out one night from the Morris Auditorium, and we were walking down the street, my son and I. And we--we looked upon the people, and there were just thousands, and man with hair like women, you know, what they call ratted, and--and earrings, and leotards on; and--and white and colored children, you know what I mean, men and women together. And--and they, and they...

L-83 A poor old woman fell on the street, nobody picked her up, just went on. And I helped her get her oranges, and picked up like that, old thing about seventy years old. And--and she looked at me real strange, and went down the street.

L-84 I spoke to a cab driver about it. He said, "Mister, when anybody comes to New York, and acts like they're in their right mind," he said, "we know he's a stranger." See? Said, "Them are good people," said, "but they just get into that swing." Said, "You take a man that comes here, it isn't long till he is in that same condition. He comes in here, try to do everything." Said, "You could lay there and die on that street, in a heart attack, somebody would think you was drunk. They'd never touch you; let you lay there and die." See, they don't mean to be that way. It's just getting in the swing.


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