<TITLE>17. Par 172-186</TITLE>L-172 Now if He was standing here tonight, with this suit on that He gave me, there could not be... If you would say, "Heal me, Lord," He could not do it. He has already done it. See?

L-173   But now what if somebody of you say, "Could Jesus be in Birmingham, then, tonight?" Yes, sir. He promised He would. "How would He be here, in the form of what?" The Holy Spirit, that's what He is, same yesterday, today, and forever. He's in the form of the Holy Spirit.

L-174 Now I wish I had time to inject one more thought here, but I probably won't. Let, let me get it, just right quick. Will you, will you suffer with me a few minutes? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] I don't want to keep you too late, and miss your buses.

L-175 Jesus said, in Saint Luke the 16th chapter, or 17th chapter, "As it was in the days of Lot, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." Did He say that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]

L-176 Now watch what it was. He was reading the same Bible we was reading, Genesis 22 or 19, 20, right along in there. Notice, He was reading the same Bible. Watch the setting of Lot. Oh, what a sinful nation it was, what a sinful place! Look what we're in today.

L-177 Look what He said, "A--a--a--a sinful and adulterous; wicked, adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And they'll get it, the sign of Jonah raised from the dead; or raised from being as good as dead, in the belly of the whale for three days and nights. Son of man, the resurrection sign, this adulterous generation would receive the resurrection sign."

L-178   Now Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Lot." Notice the setting. There was two Angels down there amongst the Sodomites, preaching, two great messengers. There was One stayed with Abraham.

L-179 And them that went down with Sodom down there, they done signs. By what did they do? Preach the Gospel and smote them blind. Their own preaching made the people blind. If that wasn't a modern Billy Graham, I never seen one. Never had a messenger yet, in all the ages, that his name ever ended with -h-a-m, to the church. Remember, we've--we've had a Moody, Sankey, Finney, Knox, Calvin, so forth, Billy Sunday, but never a -h-a-m until this time; -h-a-m, "father to the nations." It's there now, see, down there. Look at Sodom's setting.

L-180 And, remember, there was a Man stayed up with them up there, which Abraham called Elohim, God. Watch what he, how he knowed He was Elohim. He said, "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?"
Said, "She is in the tent, behind You."

L-181 A hundred years old. Said, "I'm going to visit you, according to the promise I give you, at the time of life," the other twenty-eight days. Been looking for twenty-five years, now." Sarah is ninety and he's a hundred. "I'm going to visit you according to the time of life."

L-182 And Sarah went, "huh," to herself, in the tent.

L-183 He said, "Why did Sarah laugh, that 'huh,' in the tent, behind Me?"

L-184 Abraham called Him, "Elohim," God manifested in a human flesh. Eating a--a calf, drinking the milk from the cow, and eating bread, corn cakes; and God manifested in human flesh.

L-185   Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man," when God would again manifest Hisself in human flesh.

L-186 And, remember, that was the last sign. Abraham had seen sign after sign after sign. But here was God, this time, manifested in flesh, and could tell what Sarah was thinking about, behind Him. That knowed it was the Word, because the Word discerns the thoughts that's in the heart. See? Get it? Raise your hands if you do. [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] All right. See? Now, that was the last sign.


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