<TITLE>01. Par 1-9</TITLE>64-0409, The Identification Of Christ In All Ages, National Guard Armory, Birmingham, AL, 87 min
L-1      I certainly deem this a grand privilege to be here tonight. It's my first time ever being here in this fine city of Birmingham. Oh, I've wanted to come, many times. But it just seems like it works around, and the Lord has His Own set times for things, so that's how He has worked it out. We are grateful for this time, and for these fine sponsors.

L-2 And now tonight is kind of... We always have kind of a--a get-acquainted night. And, you know, when you're in a building like this, where there is... hasn't been used for church services, I don't suppose. I understand it's an armory. It's probably just probably drill, and play games, and so forth. It isn't like coming into a church. Where, I believe that in church you have the Spirit of God is there, and seem like just a sacred feeling. But when you come into a place where there is amusements, and sometimes some carrying on, then it seems like it's hard to get started for a while, until we get acquainted with each other. And, then, all of us being strange, one to another, it makes it kind of... Well, we look and wonder. But if we just try to get that away, just as quick as possible.

L-3 And--and just remember we're here to serve the Lord Jesus. We're here to do what we can, everything that we can, to further His Kingdom. And I'm putting my efforts forth. And I--I can't do it alone. It'll take your help with my help, and with God's help, and with Him we'll be able to see the glory of God come down and visit us. And that's what we're well wanting, that's what we're here for, is a visitation from God.

L-4   Now we're not many in number, and we don't have too big a crowds. We won't stay very long. And another thing, I... my Message is mostly to the full Gospel people. It's on them basis, although everybody comes.

L-5 We pray for the sick. And we don't claim to be a healer or somebody can heal someone. We believe that there is only one healer, that's God. But we believe that He ordained man to pray for the sick, and we do that. We pray for the sick. And the Lord has been gracious to us, to answer our prayers, so many time. And we, around the world, we've seen, well, just multiplied thousands times thousands of people, crippled, afflicted, blind, lame, halt, healed. And we're just believe that we just... that, "He is wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed." And we believe that that's the benefit, that's the privilege of, to believers.

L-6 Now, it isn't to unbelievers. People say, "Well, I--I don't believe that can happen." Well, it'll never happen to you. Just--just you just settle that, it'll never happen to you. But it will to those who believe, for it's only to believers.

L-7 Now that doesn't make us a healer, no more than preaching salvation makes us a Saviour. We--we know that there is one healer and one Saviour, and that's the selfsame Person, Jesus Christ. We're here to glorify Him to the people.

L-8   Now, a revival isn't exactly adding new members to the church. A revival is reviving that what you've already got. And sometimes I've wondered what a revival is for.

L-9 This may sound a little strange, for a stranger to you, to say this. But I was standing by the lake shore, one day, in Lake Michigan. I was watching the waves, how they come in and went out, and they would leap. Oh, it was heavy winds a blowing, and--and the waves would dash way in the air, and churn up-and-down, and roll in and come back out, and roll in again. I thought, "My, what a revival!" But, you know, there is no more water in that lake than it is when it's perfectly normal and quiet. That's right. It's just got the same amount of water. See?


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