<TITLE>21. Par 198-211</TITLE>L-198   I want you, everyone, to be real reverent just for a few minutes. In this crowd of people, there is men and women sitting here, no doubt, who are sick. How many is sick and afflicted in here, raise up your hands, just say, "I am in need of God"? Just raise up your hand right now, "I'm in need of God."

L-199 Now, I don't know very many people. I know these three boys sitting right here. I know Mr. Dauch and his wife sitting there. I think, I think this is Sister Moore. I'm not sure. Is that right, Sister Moore? Outside of that, I guess that does it, for Brother Mike and the platform. That's as far, as I see, that I know.

L-200 But the Heavenly Father Who promised, and in this day He would vindicate Himself in this age, just exactly the way He did at Sodom. Did He promise it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Manifest Himself! Do you believe that? ["Amen."]

L-201   Now if you will pray, and by faith! Now don't try to reason, "How can I touch Him as the High Priest?"

L-202 Now, the Bible said, the New Testament, "He is the High Priest right now. He continues the High Priest after the order of Melchisedec. He is the High Priest forever. There is no other High Priest but Him. No other mediator between God and man, but the Man Christ." That's right. He is the only One, and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

L-203 Now if He remains that same High Priest, and the Bible said, "We can touch Him by the feeling of our infirmities," like that little woman did that touched His garment, your faith can touch Him tonight and He'll act the same way, in human flesh, like He did when He was in human flesh there at--at Abraham's oak. Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."Ed.] He promised He would do it. Now just pray, anybody that has a need. And I--I...

L-204   It's like I said, a gift is not something that's like you take a knife, and if you want to cut this with it, you can cut it; or you cut this, you can cut it, or whatever you want to. That's not a gift of God. See? No.

L-205 A gift of God is some way you have of getting yourself out of the way. And gifts and callings are the predestination of God. "Gifts and callings are even without repentance." You are born with it. A little gear that you pull yourself over in, but you cannot step on the pedal. See? God has to operate it. You have to get yourself out of the way.

L-206 Your faith can operate it, not mine; yours. Mine just takes it out of the way. You believe with all your heart that Jesus Christ lives today.

L-207   Don't lean to your own understanding, you say, "Well, now look, I--I'm in serious shape, brother. You don't know me. I've been in this wheel chair. I've been..."

L-208 I don't care what you've been, and see if God won't come down and do exactly like He did when He was here on earth in a physical body. He'll do it in your body, in my body, together as a unit believing in Him. He'll do it because He promised He would do it.

L-209 Now don't lean to what somebody say, "Oh, that's--that's mental telepathy," that they call It. Said Jesus was the same thing. They said He was a fortuneteller, "a devil." But He was the Son of God, because He was according to the promised Word of God.

L-210   Now, as I said, our--our places, we don't have to have that, to come up and lay hands on people. We laid hands on them last night. But the only thing you have to have is faith, and then recognize. By faith you accept it, by faith. Not--not by anything that...
Don't say, "Well, now how can it be done?"

L-211 If I could tell you how it was done, then it wouldn't be no more faith. I don't know how it's done. I don't know, but I believe it. I--I don't know how--how God saves a sinner, but He does it. I don't know how God does any of these things, but I accept it. He, He does it, and that's the way. Because, I can't explain it. Now, well, I... Never will be explained. No one can. Because, if you do, then it is no more faith.


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