<TITLE>02. Par 10-18</TITLE>L-10   Now this heat's a little hard on me. I kind of got customized to that dry heat out there in Tucson, which is... The humidity here now; our heat there is much hotter than this, but it's dry. Our humidity sometime is one twentieth of one percent, maybe, something like that, just almost like living under an oxygen tent. But here it's got the--the--the moisture in it, and it makes you just kind of feel "all wrung out," as we used to call it. So it's hard on you, so I know that, and you mothers with the little babies and you people standing, old and young, and placed together like you are. And now we are--we are hoping that God will reward you richly for your sacrifice.

L-11   I understand that Brother Roy Borders is here somewhere. I heard him announced, but I guess maybe he couldn't get in. All right. That's the manager of the meetings.

L-12 So now we are also want to announce that one that used to be among us went to be with the Lord this morning, a man, Brother Jackson from Sturgis, Michigan. No one knows how he went or what about it. He was just doing fine, and he just... I think they found him dead, or something. I--I didn't get the full detail of it. And we are very grateful to God that Brother Jackson was a Christian. I haven't seen him for several years, but he set among us and he's one of us. God rest his gallant soul! Going like that, we believe that maybe that it was something, that it was time for him to go. The Lord never warned us of it, or him of it, he just went. That was the way it was. And I want to call his wife just soon as I can, and tell her our sorrow. And we all want to give thanks to God for his gallant Christian life, and what he meant here on earth, and especially to us here in this local assembly.

L-13   Now tonight, I've announced there will be prayer for the sick tonight, and I'll speak more about on the sick tonight.

L-14 But for this time, let's get straight into the Word now, because it's congested and hot. We'll get right straight to the Word. I want to read from two portions of Scripture this morning, lengthy, so that it'll give me a little background on what I want to say.

L-15 And, now, I wish that they would hold the tape, Brother Sothmann and them, before selling it, if possible, and I--I'd like to listen to it before we... before it goes out to the public.

L-16   Now in... I want to read from Philippians, the 2nd chapter, 1 to 8; and Second Corinthians 3, beginning with 6, and reading into the 4th chapter of Second Corinthians, just for a background. Now in Philippians, 2nd chapter, I will read first.
Before reading, let's pray.

L-17   Lord Jesus, Thy Word is Truth. And in this troublesome hour that we're living, nation against nation, pestilence, earthquakes in many places, man's hearts failing, fear, we see the handwriting on the wall. Now, that is in the natural realm, that all the world should see this. But now there is a spiritual realm, also, and we see the great happenings, and we want to speak of them today.

L-18 Bless Thy Word to our heart. We know that there is no man in Heaven or in earth is worthy to take this Book, to loose the Seals, or to look upon It, even. But there was One appeared, a slain Lamb, bloody, that came and took the Book, and was worthy and able to open It. O Lamb of God, open Thy Word to our hearts today, for comfort. We are Your servants. Forgive our sins, Lord. And anything that would keep the Word from going forth with great power and influence today on our lives, take it away, Lord, any hindrance, that we might have full access to all the blessings promised to us through Thy Word. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.


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