<TITLE>13. Par 148-157</TITLE>L-148   I said, "Oh, my, lady, is that your argument?" I said, "That's a weak one." She said... I said, "True, He was a Man when He was weeping; but when He put His little body in motion, pulled His little shoulders back and said, 'Lazarus, come forth,' and a man that had been dead four days, and was rottening in the grave, stood on his feet and lived again, that was more than a man. That was God."

L-149   He was a man, out here in this boat that night, when He was out on the sea, where ten thousand devils of the sea swore they would drown Him. That little old boat tossed about like a bottle stopper out there on the stormy sea. He was a man, tired, sleeping. But when they awakened Him and called Him on the scene, He put one foot upon the brail and looked up, and said, "Peace, be still," and the winds and the waves obeyed Him. That was more than a man. That was God.

L-150 He was a man when He come down off the mountain, hungry, looking on a tree to find something to eat. He was a man when He was hungry. But when He taken five biscuits and two fish, and fed five thousand, that was more than a man. That was God in that man.

L-151 Every person that's ever amounted to a hill of beans, has been people who believed that. Right. Poets and whatmore believed that, that God was in Christ, reconciling Himself to the world.

L-152   And now Christ is in the Church, reconciling the people to God. He promised to do it. It has been written, that, "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever." You believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] I believe it with all my heart, that He's just waiting now to be called on the scene. Now the only thing can call Him on the scene, is for us to awaken Him in ourselves, call Him on the scene.

L-153   He was the greatest gift that God ever give the world. "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son; whosoever believeth in Him will not perish; have Eternal Life." Watch God and His gift. Now, the people used God's gift.

L-154 A little woman, one time, she believed that, that He was the manifestation of God in flesh. And she said, "If I touch His garment, I--I--I'll be made whole."

L-155 Now, she touched His garment. And He turned around, and said, "Who touched Me? See, virtue, strength, has gone from Me." She touched His garment. That was her using God's gift. See? He got weak from that.
But when He went away from the home of Lazarus...

L-156 Remember, Saint John 5:19, Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." Remember, Jesus Christ never performed one miracle, never did anything in the way of the supernatural, until first He saw a vision on what to do. How many believes that to be the truth? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Saint John 5, "Verily, not what I hear, not what somebody tells Me; what I see the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." Now if that isn't so, then the rest of the Scripture isn't so. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself; but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son. The Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." In other words, He just acted out, done what God told Him to do.

L-157   Now, remember, when He went away from the home of Lazarus, He was gone several days. Lazarus got sick, and they sent for Him. He didn't go. Two days later, Lazarus got sicker. So they sent for Him again, He still didn't go. Then when the appropriated time, the Father had showed Him would happen, Lazarus died. And He turned, when Lazarus died, said, "Lazarus is dead, and I'm glad for your sake I wasn't there." They'd be wanting Him to pray for him, and so forth. He just done what God told Him to do, what He saw, a vision. See, He had seen a vision on what to do. "But I go wake him." Hum! There you are.


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