<TITLE>17. Par 166-179</TITLE>L-166 His Word said He's already done that. But the thing of it is, is, to make Himself known that He's here.

L-167   Now, if He appeared to us in a physical body, looked just exactly like Hofmann's Head of Christ at Thirty-three, and blood running out of His hand, and so forth, nail scars all over Him, I wouldn't accept it. No, no. No, no. When He comes, Hisself, "Every eye shall see Him, every tongue shall confess Him; and as the lightning cometh from the East unto the West, so shall it be." See? We don't believe these cults and clans. We believe God is the Word.

L-168 But He embodies Himself, taking your body and my body, and gives you gifts, gives me gifts, and through these gifts He makes Hisself known. That's the secret Food. No matter how much He would make Hisself known by me, you've got to believe It, you've got to have a gift of faith, too, to believe It. Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] And now if He will manifest Himself in that manner, will you believe Him? ["Amen."] With all your heart, you'll believe Him? Oh, how wonderful, just waiting on Him, just waiting to see what He says.

L-169   Here is a man standing here. I've never seen him in my life, as I know of. Looks like a good, strong, healthy man, and he probably is, I--I--I don't know. But he is standing there. Now, I could go lay hands on that man and pray for him, ask him if he would believe. He could stand here and tell me, say, "I--I--I want you to pray for So-and-so. And I got--I got fallen arches. I got a headache, constantly. I got ulcers in my stomach," or something. He--he, I don't know. He could say any of those things.

L-170 I'd say, "All right, sir, brother. I'll lay my hands upon you and pray for you." That would be perfectly all right. That's exactly what we've done all down through the age. Is that right?

L-171 But, remember, Jesus said it would be different just at the time of His Coming, like it was in the days of Sodom. And the Man that came up, had His back turned to the tent where Sarah was, and He said, (not "Abram," now) "Abraham."

L-172 See, he was Abram, the day before. But he met a vision, and the Lord told him that, "I'm going to change your name."

L-173 And here is the Lord, Himself, in the form of a man, eating and drinking with him. Said, "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?" S-a-r... r-a-h; not S-a-r-r-a.
He said, "She is in the tent, behind You."

L-174 Said, "I'm going to visit you, according to My promise twenty-five years ago."

L-175 And Sarah kind of laughed to herself. He said, "Sarah laughed in the tent just then, saying, 'How can these things be?'" Is there anything too hard for God? See? Nothing. No, sir.

L-176   Now He said, Jesus promised that, "He, the Son of man," which is the Word, (do you believe that?) "would come in the last days and would reveal Himself in the time that the world was like Sodom and Gomorrah." You believe that's right?

L-177 Before we have one prayer, some of you out there pray and see if the Son of man is still the same yesterday, today, and forever. Just ask if He is, say, "Lord, the man don't know me, but I know that You're the same yesterday, today, and forever," see if He tells you that.
Yes, sir. Now raise up your head just a moment.

L-178 It's behind me. It's a child. It's burning up right now with a fever. It's a little girl. You're from out of town. The child has a stomach trouble. It did. Just believe.

L-179 Now, is that what He said He would do? I never seen that person in my life. God in Heaven knows that.


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