<TITLE>01. Par 1-11</TITLE>64-0415, Christ Is Identified The Same In All Generations, Mckay Auditorium, Tampa, Fl, 91 min
L-1      You may be seated. I certainly deem this a grand privilege, to be here tonight. As far as I know, this is our first time we ever been in--in Tampa for a meeting. I've always looked with great anticipation of coming here to visit with you. Such a lovely place, and so nice people that we... as we meet them on the street. And we have... I've always thought there would be a fine meeting here. And so we've understood recently that we were coming here, so we've been praying and waiting for this grand opportunity. It's finally arrived.

L-2 Now we're not, won't be here very long, just the four nights and Sunday afternoon. And we're trying to put forth every effort we can, to--to magnify Jesus Christ and to help further His Kingdom; trusting that when we leave, that--that each one will receive benefit, every church that's taking a part. And not only that, but all the churches throughout the country will be benefited by our stay.

L-3   And I'm sure we'll be benefited by visiting you, and talking with you, and preaching to you, and praying with you. And we're here to see how many souls we can get saved into the Kingdom of God, and then also to pray for the sick people that's sick and needy.

L-4 We don't try to take a doctor's place, now, because we're not a doctor. We--we just claim to pray for his patient, that God will heal it. And so I'm sure he'd appreciate that. And so now our--our...

L-5 What we try to do in these campaigns is exalt Jesus Christ. And that's, I'm sure, will not offend any of you when we try to exalt Jesus Christ, for that's what we're here for.

L-6 Now, every Christian, every believer has longed to see Him, to have some way to contact Him, and to get more of Him, believe Him more. And that's what we're here to do, together, to see if we can't pull together and believe the Scriptures for that purpose.

L-7   Now, my brethren here, the ministers, shaking their hand, I--I certainly glad to see this bunch of ministers that's sponsoring in this campaign. And I'm not here to--to bring anything new, but just to lace my net with theirs.

L-8 You know, Jesus said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man that took a net and went to the lake, and cast it in, and, when he drew the net in, he had all kinds in this net."

L-9 Now, we're fishermen, then. And there just so many fish in that lake, that God wants. And when the last fish is out, it's all over then. Now we don't know when that last fish will be taken out of it. And now I'm here... One net, we'll say, will reach so many feet, another net will reach so many feet. Then if we put all of our nets together, I'll lace mine with theirs, we can reach out a little further and maybe, in that, can get a hold of some that we could not have got a hold of otherwise.

L-10   We all believe in the Coming of the Lord, that His Coming is soon at hand. We believe It's at hand now. We don't know just what time it'll be that He will arrive. In view of this, we want to put forth every effort that we know how, to further the Kingdom and get that last person saved into the Kingdom. And when the last one is saved, there will not be--there will not be one extra. It'll just be just so many. And when that last one is brought in, the Body of Christ is completed, the Rapture will come.

L-11 And so we are longing for that day, to get out of this place where we're at here now, for it's certainly a--a pesthouse, we know that, full of sickness, disease, and disappointments, and troubles. And, my, who would want to stay here, when there's such a better Place to get to?


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