<TITLE>17. Par 202-217</TITLE>L-202 Now I'm going to ask everybody in here now. We'll be done in about ten, fifteen minutes. I'm going to ask everybody in here to remain in your seat, that wasn't called. Be real reverent, quiet. Be persistent now.

L-203   Let's give you another little story. One time, there was a woman. Jesus had... His fame had spread abroad over in Gadara, and a little woman came down; or, not in Gadara, it was another country. And she had heard of Him. She had a blood issue. She come to the meeting where Jesus was at, at the seashore, but she couldn't get to Him. And so she said within her heart, now listen, within her heart, that, "If I can touch His garment, I'll be made well." Remember the story? Now, she slipped through and touched His garment.

L-204 Now what happened? Jesus turned and said, "Who touched Me?"

L-205 Why, Peter rebuked Him. Just think of that now, while they're seeing if they're all there. Peter rebuked Him. He said, "Lord!" Something like this, "Why, people will wonder if You're in Your right mind."

L-206 Why, everybody, "Hello, Rabbi! Hello, Prophet! This is the young Prophet of Nazareth? This is the Galilean Prophet? Hello, there!"

L-207   "Away with such a Man," said the priests and all of them. "Get away from Him, everybody."

L-208 But he held on just the same, she did. She said, "If I can only touch His garment!" She did.

L-209 Then Peter said, "Well, You make people think You're out of Your mind."

L-210 He said, "But I perceive that I've gotten weak." How many knows that? Virtue, which means "strength," has gone from Him.

L-211 And He looked around over the audience until He found the woman. And when He found the little lady, what did He say to her? He said, "Thy faith has saved thee." Told her of her blood issue, that she had been saved. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-212   Now how many believes that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, raise up your hand. How many knows that this is the Truth? In Hebrews 3, says that, "Right now He is a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities." How many knows that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-213 Well, if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever,... Only, He is not, in physical form; when He returns like that, time is over, He'll take the Church with Him.

L-214 But He is here in the form of the Holy Ghost, to come into me and into you, and perform His same works. He said, in John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall He do also." Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-215   And if the Word is in us, and we're telling the Truth, and it is the Word that He promised for today, then isn't the Word of God "sharper than a two-edged sword, and a Discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart"? Does the Bible say that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Was not all the prophets could discern the thoughts in--in the people's mind? Is that right? ["Amen."] Why? It was the Word that was in them, God's Word for that day. See? That's how they were vindicated. That was their credentials. None of them belonged to an organization, not one, never did. Their credentials was their ministry.

L-216   God said, "If there be one among you, who is spiritual or a prophet, and what he says comes to pass, then hear him, for I am with him. But if it don't come to pass, well, don't hear him." And it must not just be once, it must continually all the time; from prophets.

L-217 There is a gift of prophecy, that's in the church, which is to be examined by the--by the examiners, before it can be told to the church, of course. "Let it be before two or three judges, and then it's told to her."


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