<TITLE>15. Par 167-178</TITLE>L-167 That's the way it is with God, when not trying to study from some newspaper standpoint, some theological standpoint. But fall in love with Him, get down and really get Him in your heart, "the love of God shed abroad in their heart by the Holy Ghost," then go to reading the Bible and you'll see It coming right out between the lines. See, you know what He is saying. He never said that right out in the Word. Jesus thanked the Father because that He had "hid those things from the eyes of the wise and prudent." Now, no one else could read my wife's letters like that, 'cause I love her that way, see, and that's the way she writes to me. That's the way God writes to you. It's between the lines, you read It.

L-168   Here she is now, Sarah, sure, went down there. Could you imagine little grandma, you know? And all them pretty girls down there in--in the Philistine company, in country Gerar. And here is Amalek there, he's a fine-looking young king, and he wants to get him a sweetheart, so he looks all around. They're pretty, and everything. But he sees grandma coming, you know, shaking, nervous, coming along, he said, "That's the one I've waited for. That's her!" Said, "Oh!"

L-169   And Abraham said, "I pray thee, Sarah, you show this kindness to me. You are fair to look upon, you know." Said, "When you get down there, you say I--I'm your brother, and I'll say that you are my sister. Cause, if you don't, they'll kill me and take you."

L-170 See, you couldn't have two wives at the same time then, see, so then we... She couldn't have two husbands, rather, at the same time. One of these days, I'm going to preach on that. Then, you talk about The Serpent's Seed stirring something up, you wait till this comes out. Wanting to know... Well, now, remember.

L-171   Then we find that when seen that coming, little old grandma like that, Amalek feel in love with her, and went and took her to be his wife.
Think of that. See where it turned them back? Sure, He had to.

L-172 This Bible, love-letter, is something God writes to us. "He has hid It from the eyes of the wise and prudent, and He'll reveal It to babes such as would learn." He hide...

L-173 He hid His coming. He hid Jesus from the Pharisees, them students of the Scripture. We ain't got nothing like them today. No matter how student they was, they didn't recognize Him. He was hid. The Bible said He was.

L-174   And, you know, the Bible said the clergy of this day would be hid the same way. "Heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, and despisers of those that are right. Having a..."
You say, "That's communists." No, no.

L-175 "Having a form of godliness, but denying the Power thereof; from such turn away." See? That's right. "This is the sort that goes from house to house, and leads silly women laden with divers lusts," so forth. Notice.

L-176   Now we find Abraham down there. And Amalek comes over, said, "That's the one I've waited on, all time." So he had his girls to come get her and take her out there, and, oh, maybe fix her all up, and make her look like some queen of some sort. And that night...

L-177 I want you to notice here God's grace to His prophet. This might choke just a little bit, but it's the Truth. No matter what It looks like, you look at this what the Bible said.

L-178   Now I can see Amalek, he thinks, "Tomorrow I'll marry this beautiful Hebrew girl. And she is over in the chambers over there now, and my maids are perfuming her and making her hair pretty, and fixing all up." Now could you imagine an old ninety-year-old woman getting fixed up like that, to marry a young king? So we find out, she's getting this beautiful Hebrew girl all fixed up. And he takes his bath and--and lays down, and stretches out his feet, after saying his prayers. And laid down, said, "Oh, my!"


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