<TITLE>02. Par 8-16</TITLE>L-8 But--but it is, ministers give themselves out to the people, and it's good then just to sit down and--and listen to others. Like warming by the fire, we like to sit under each other's fire blaze and warm our hearts with the Gospel that our brethren is preaching to the people. And I am grateful to have this opportunity to do that. And now I'm trusting tonight...

L-9   Billy told me that he gave out prayer cards, totally. And we couldn't get a prayer line up here if we had to. See, you'd have to go out around through there, and through a dark hall, and come up this way. You'd stumble over everything, to get in here. And the afflicted and crippled would be in an awful shape, doing it.

L-10 But we don't know what our Lord may do. He may fall right among us, tonight, and--and heal every one that's here, every sickness. Oh, I would rather see that than all the prayer lines I ever had in my life, just--just to see the sovereignty of God fall among His obedient children. I--I always like that.

L-11   Usually, if you have any personal contact with the people, like of laying on of hands, it could be, I don't think too many would do that, well, they would say, "A certain-certain minister laid his hands upon me, and, glory to God!" That makes the people look at that minister then.

L-12 But if you can just stand here, preach the Word, and let the Holy Spirit heal every one, then it is absolutely just the grace of God. And then God gets all praise, glory, and not a shadow of nothing for no one else. That's the way I, in my ministry, the reason I don't get to too many, unless... Now, last night, we tried to pray for as many as we could. But laying on of hands...

L-13   It's usually in the nights, just maybe the Holy Spirit come right among us and go to manifesting Himself, making Himself known among us. And then by that, I think, it's real, when He can maybe in sovereignty, see. I can't say now, "This man, or this woman, or that child," see. The Holy Spirit moves out on the building and speaks to whomever He will speak. See, that's sovereign. And then that brings the knowledge, because it's a promise of God, and that brings the knowledge of God sovereign, and also brings His Presence down among us. We should see it and rejoice! And no matter...

L-14 You say, "Well, I was crippled in my hand. I was there last night. I--I--I didn't get any better." That don't have anything to do with it. To you, it's already finished. You're not looking at your hand then, you're looking at a promise, you see. And therefore, you can't say, "Well, Brother So-and-so didn't pray the prayer of faith, or so-and-so." It's the Presence of the Lord gave you faith, you see, and then He sent His Word and healed them.

L-15   Now, last night I--I broke my promise again. I'm going to sure try to keep it tonight, if I can. And now somebody said, "You didn't stay on your text last night." No, I--I didn't; because, I'll tell you why. I was going to preach on a subject, now I forget just what, "But God Rich In Mercy."

L-16 And I got to trying to explain how that Paul, speaking there, said, "We who were in past times," one time, some other time than now, "we were dead, and in sin and trespasses; who God has quickened, made alive." Now, see, before anything can be quickened, there has to be something there to be quickened by. That's right.


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