<TITLE>06. Par 61-70</TITLE>L-61   And now we'll have Mr. Skeptic to come up next, to testify. Mr. Skeptic takes the stand. And he says that he'll tell the truth. He claims that he is a believer. And he said he had been sick for a long time, that his ill effects from a great disease that he had had. And then he heard someone testify on the street, of having a godly pastor. And this pastor of this church preached and said that, James 5:14, "If there be any among you, sick, let them call the elders of the church. Let them anoint them in oil and pray over them. The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and God shall raise them up. If they did any sin, it shall be forgiven them. Confess your faults, one to another. And pray one for another, that your effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

L-62   And he said that he went up there, as a believer. He wants to tell this court this, that, "I went up there with all sincerity, and I had this so-called godly pastor of this church, that many claimed that, when he anointed them with oil and prayed over them. And the pastor said, hisself, that God answered that Word, and that Word of James 5:14 was true. And there was many testifying that it was true." But he went up, and the pastor, godly man, anointed him with oil, according to James 5:14, prayed over him. And that has been six months ago, and he hasn't had any results, at all. He's just as sick as he was at the beginning.

L-63 So, Mr. Skeptic says that That cannot be true. "Mark 16 is not true, and neither is John, is--is James 5:14. It is not true, because that God fails to keep His Word. If this be the Word of God, then God fails to keep His Word, 'cause, with sincerity, as a believer, he went and let the pastor, that the others claimed they were healed by, anoint him and take him through the same motion that he did the others. And, six months ago, and hasn't had one bit of results of any time. Therefore, he also wants to bring indictment against God, for putting such rashal promises in His Word, that He won't stand behind."

L-64 Getting quite a case here, aren't we? Let him step down, Mr. Skeptic.

L-65   Now, the next witness is Mr. Impatient. He's a rascal. Now he's going to step up, and he's going to give his testimony. And he takes the stand, that, one day while reading Mark's Gospel, the 11th chapter... Not 16th, now. The 11th chapter, the 22nd and 23rd verse, that it reads like this, "You say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you have said shall come to pass, you can have what you've said. And when you pray, believe that you receive what you ask for, you shall have it."

L-66 He said he's been lame in his feet, walked on crutches for about twenty-five years. And when reading this Scripture, and had been taught by his--his pastor, that all Scripture was given of God and was inspired. Therefore, if he said to this mountain, "Be moved," and don't doubt, but believe that what he said would come to pass, he could have what he said. And when he prayed, to believe that he receive what he asked for, it would be given to him.

L-67   Now, he says he prayed, and with all sincerity. And said that he'd be able to lay his crutches down and walk away from that place. And he, honestly, with all of his heart, he believed that what he had said was right. And he... That would been almost five years ago, and he's just as lame as he ever was. "Now, if God then," he says, "would keep His Word, then why don't He keep his Word?"

L-68 Now, I'm only giving three passages of Scripture there, or three witnesses, but I'm going to let the prosecuting attorney call some more. Now we'll let...

L-69 Mr. Unbeliever, he testified. Mr. Skeptic, he testified. Unbeliever testified; Mark 16. And Mr. Skeptic testified against John, or James 5:14.

L-70 And Mr. Impatience, he testified against Mark 11, Jesus Himself speaking. And Mark 11:22 and 23, he testified against that. Now we're going to ask Mr. Impatience to step down.


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