<TITLE>02. Par 14-22</TITLE>L-14 And many times when you cross up someone in their theology, they'll fall out with you, right quick. But that shouldn't be. I try to... I find friends of mine that's of all different denominational churches, and so forth, I never fall out with them brethren. My, I go to their churches, everywhere they let me come, and speak. But we shouldn't fall out, over little ideas.

L-15   But, you know, if I said anything different than what's in my heart, I would be a hypocrite. And I--I... Far be it! I might have to meet Him someday, as a sinner, but I certainly don't want to meet Him as a hypocrite. But I want to be true. And if I just said, "Well, I'll just omit This because that the rest of them believes this, that," then what kind of a person? You couldn't have no confidence in me, and I couldn't have confidence in God or in myself, when I just so easily compromise.

L-16 Anyone has got to have something that they're sure of. And that's when you can base your faith, is when you're sure. But until you're sure, if there is a question, leave it alone until you're sure.

L-17   Now Billy has probably give out some prayer cards, which I think he... Yeah, I told him to. And I believe he told me, a while ago, that he had. Somewhere along there, I'll call a few to the prayer line, after a while, to be prayed for. And if your card is not called, if... And it is called, rather, and you're not sure that God is the healer and He is going to heal you, it won't do no good to come up here, because you won't be healed. You, if there is one question, you say, "Well, now, if there is something in my life, I really ought to straighten this up," you go make that right, first, and then come back to the prayer line, see.

L-18 Because, healing is the children's bread. We realize that. It's in the atonement, and the atonement first is applied to our souls. And healing has always forerun every message, and it's also been a means to gather people together. And it's a...

L-19 Many people will sponsor a healing meeting, many will come to a healing meeting, or to a song festival, but when it comes to a poor lost soul to get saved, there is not many people interested in that. They just... But that's the main thing. Divine healing and singing festivals, and so forth, is just... As Brother Bosworth used to say, "It's the bait on the hook." And you show the fish the bait, not the hook.

L-20   And that's just the thing, to get the people to listen a while, till you can really present to them your message. God has did that in every age, through every age, there's always been a healing campaign. And if it's a genuine healing campaign, behind that campaign, always, is a message. There never is a sign given just for a sign; it's forerunning a message.

L-21 And I believe the same thing is, seventeen years ago, or eighteen years now, that the Lord sent me out to start praying for the sick. It made a great revival among the people. Many great servants of God has went forth in healing campaigns, and, but the healing campaign, in itself, if you still stay in the same old trend of what you've always was, there is something wrong, that healing campaign wasn't sent from God. It's got to attract attention first, see, get the attention, and then the message.

L-22 Jesus, when He came forth, healing the sick, and so forth, He was a great Prophet to all of them. But when He begin to tell them the Truth, of the Gospel, Who He was and what He come for, then He was--He was not popular after that. And that's the way it's always been through every age, and it will continue that way.


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