<TITLE>13. Par 148-155</TITLE>L-148 And now how will He be known? How will we know Him? By His nature, what He does, His works. He said, "I am the vine, ye are the branches." Now, the branch bears the fruit, not the vine. The vine energizes the branch. And if the branch ever brings forth, or a vine brings forth a branch, it has grapes on it; the next vine comes out, or branch out of that vine, will have grapes on it. If the first church that come off of that vine, was a pentecostal church, with all the gifts, if that ever really puts out another branch, they'll write another Book of Acts behind it. And that's what they had in the days of the apostles, and the apostolic age never ended.

L-149   Peter said, on the Day of Pentecost, "Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." And as long as God is still calling, the apostolic age still goes on. "For the promise," the promise like it was then, "is to you, and to your children, them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."

L-150   Lord, open our eyes, and let us see that provided Lamb. You promised that the... that You would reveal Yourself in the last days, like You did at Sodom, when the Son of man was being revealed. We pray, God, that You'll grant it now. We are Your subjects, Lord. We are Your vines.

L-151 We're not worthy, we're not worthy to ask for anything; but if we would think about that, then we would be so little, we would be so no good. But, Lord, when I look up There and see there is a Lamb provided for me, there is a Lamb provided, then God doesn't see me, He sees my Lamb. And I know there is nothing wrong with that Lamb. It's already received.

L-152 Now, Lord, let the Word of God manifest Itself in our midst, tonight, that the faith of this Bartimaeus that's in here, every one of them, and the women with the blood issues and whatever it was, and the Simon Peter's, and the different ones that's in here, that's needy, the Zacchaeuses in the tree. Manifest Yourself, Lord, through human flesh. Let Your Word become alive among us, tonight, that we will know and see that Thou art God. And may every blinded eye be opened to the understanding, Lord, that when this great healing service shall start, may every one of them be healed. All these little children, and--and people on crutches, and--and whatever is wrong with them, with the white canes, may they be able to walk out of here like blind Bartimaeus did. He received his sight. Grant it, Father. We ask it in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.

L-153   Now we have prayed. And now--now solemnly now, quietly, believe. Now what I... This little drama, what it is, it's either the truth or it isn't the truth. And Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Now how would you know Him?

L-154 What if some man walked out here now with a robe on, and beard and hair like the artist paints Him, nail scars in His hand, and blood running out of His face? That wouldn't be Jesus. No. He sits at the right hand of the Majesty; when He comes, every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess. But--but how would you know Him? Just any hypocrite could paint themselves up like that and act like that. Sure.

L-155 But how will you know Him? He is when you see His nature, His Word being manifested and doing just exactly what It's always done, then you know that's Him. Is that right? "The works that I do."


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