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A >IT GOES TO FOREIGN NATIONS !ND ) ALWAYS TRY TO COME
AND SPEAK A LITTLE TO THE PEOPLE )>"ROTHER "AXTER AND THEM TAKES
UP THE OFFERING !ND ALL THE MONEY IN OUR CAMPAIGNS HAS BEEN A VERY
STRANGE THING )>3O HAPPY TO> >THAT ) CAN SAY THIS HERE BUT
THE 'OSPEL OF *ESUS #HRIST IT HASNkT BEEN A MEAL TICKET FOR ME )F )
THOUGHT THAT WAY ABOUT IT AND THATkS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE ) HAD )kD
GO BACK HOME GO BACK AND GET ME A?MY JOB BACK AS A STATE GAME
WARDEN OF )NDIANA AND GO TO WORK
) PREACHED TWELVE YEARS BACK AT 4ABERNACLE AT *EFFERSONVILLE
WITHOUT ONE PENNYkS SALARY OFFERINGS OR ANYTHING ) WORKED AND IT
WAS IT )F IT WAS SOMEWHERE NOW THAT ) COULD GET>.OW THIS SEEMS
VERY STRANGE "UT IF ) KNEW THAT WHILE ) WAS IN #HICAGO IF ) COULD
GET A JOB>.OBODYkD HIRE ME EXCEPT MAYBE OUT HERE WITH A PICK
AND SHOVEL ON THE STREET )kD DO WHAT ) HAVE TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF
MYSELF .OW THATkS NOT JUST TO BE HUMBLE THATkS FROM MY HEART 3EE
!ND ) COULD RELAX MYSELF MORE "UT SEE "UT THEN IN THESE KIND OF
MEETINGS YOU CANkT DO THAT YOU GOT TO STAY CONSTANTLY WITH 'OD TO
KNOW JUST WHATkS GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT MEETING
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B &OR REMEMBER ME>)N THE LARGER SERVICES WHERE WE SET
TOGETHER THEREkS CRITICS THEREkS EVERYTHING 3ATANkS WAITING FOR ONE
FALSE MOVE THEN OF A>%VERYTHING THAT HE CAN JUST PIN RIGHT ON
THAT 3EE 3O THATkS>) MUST BE CAREFUL
*UST THINK FRIENDS IN THE MEETINGS THAT PASSED WHAT IF IT
WOULDNkT HAVE BEEN JUST EXACTLY TRUTH ,OOK WHATkD TAKEN PLACE
-ANY OF YOU HAS READ MY BOOK BACK THERE CALLED l-AN 3ENT
&ROM 'ODm 9OU SEEN THE TESTIMONIES AND SO FORTH 7HAT WOULD
HAPPENED IF SOME THOSE CLOSE PLACES WHERE CRITICS MANIACS AND
EVERYTHING RUN RIGHT TO THE PLATFORM AND SAY l2IGHT THIS HOUR )kLL
SLAY YOU )kLL TAKE MASH EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODYm 7ELL
ABLE TO DO
IT>-INISTERS SHRANK AND RUN FROM IT 3TAND THERE AND SEE !LMIGHTY
'OD STRIKE THEIR LIFE AND THAT PERSON FALL TO THE FLOOR> >
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THE PEOPLEkS MINDm !GENTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND MOST OF THE TIME
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PREACHERS RUN TO THE PLATFORM SAY l.OW THATkS PSYCHOLOGY 9OUkRE
ONLY READING THE PEOPLEkS MINDm "UT YOU SEE POWER OF !LMIGHTY
'OD MOVE COME DOWN AND MOVE THAT THING BACK 3EE WHERE IT>
3WEDEN &INLAND !FRICA WHEREVER YOU GO THE OPPOSITIONkS
ALWAYS THERE 3ATAN 4HATkS THE REASON MANY PEOPLE>9OU DONkT
KNOW HOW )kD LIKE TO COME AND VISIT WITH MANY OF YOU ) LONG TO DO
THAT BUT IN THIS CASE>.OW ) CANkT COMPARE MY LIFE AND TELL YOU TO
LIVE THE WAY ) DO 3EE ) HAVE TO LIVE THE WAY (E WANTS ME TO
% D .OW ) EITHER CAN BE THE SERVANT OF MAN OR THE SERVANT
OF 'OD )N ORDER TO BE THE SERVANT OF 'OD ) MUST ABSTAIN .O
MATTER HOW MUCH ) LOVE YOU ) MUST ABSTAIN FROM PEOPLE )kM NOT
AN ISOLATIONIST 9OU DONkT KNOW MY HEART HOW ) LOVE PEOPLE "UT )
HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE IN ORDER TO STAY WITH 'OD .O MATTER
WHO THE PERSON IS EVEN MY OWN PEOPLE>-Y OWN BROTHER DROVE
UP HERE THE OTHER DAY MY WIFE SETTING IN WITH THEM "Y THE WAY MY
BROTHER> >!ND MY BROTHER IN FLESH 3AID l9OU HAVENkT BEEN
IN MY HOUSE FOR YEARSm -Y MOTHER CRIED AND SAID l"ILLY WHY DONkT
YOU VISIT THEM m "UT )>4HATkS MY MOTHER BUT ) LOVE HER "UT THE
REASONS>
4HEREkS A LADY SETTING IN THIS> >THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS
MY WIFE ) PROMISED 'OD AND HER THAT ALL MY AFFECTIVE LOVE WOULD GO
TO HER FOR THAT PART AS A WOMAN ) PROMISED THAT
.OW IF ) GO DOWN THE STREET AND A?A YOUNG LADY COMES ALONG
AND SAYS l!RE YOU "ROTHER "RANHAM m l9ES SIRm l7HY ) LOVE
YOUm 7ELL THE FIRST PLACE IF ) THOUGHT ) LOVED?HAD LOVE FOR THE GIRL
IT WOULD BE FALSE -Y FIRST DUTY IS THE LOVE THAT ) PLEDGED TO MY WIFE )
MUST THINK OF THAT FIRST 4HATkS FIRST 4HEN )>.O MATTER HOW MUCH
) THINK HERE ) KNOW IT CANkT BE RIGHT BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE RIGHT FIRST
)F ITkS CONTRARY TO THAT ) MUST TAKE THIS FIRST 4HATkS WHAT ) PROMISED
'OD !ND THATkS THE WAY IT IS WITH TRUTH AND THE 'OSPEL AND #HRIST
AND PEOPLE ) LOVE PEOPLE WITH ALL MY HEART BUT MY FIRST LOVE IS TO
#HRIST -Y FIRST DUTY IS TO (IM 4HEREFORE ) MUST SERVE (IM 9OU
UNDERSTAND DONkT YOU
% E !ND THIS MISSIONARY OFFERING )kVE TRIED TO SPEND THE
MONEY>.EVER TOOK A OFFERING IN MY LIFE NEVER TOOK A OFFERING IN
MY LIFE
) REMEMBER ONE TIME ) TELL THIS SOMETIMES -Y WIFE GETS AFTER
ME SO SHE JUST MIGHT AS WELL READY TO GET AFTER ME AGAIN TODAY jCAUSE
HERE IT IS
2IGHT AFTER WEkD BEEN MARRIED ABOUT TWO YEARS 9OU KNOW THE
DEPRESSION TIMES WAS HARD )>7E JUST COULDNkT MAKE ENDS MEET
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$O YOU EVER GET THAT PLACE 7E ALL HAVE ) BELIEVE YOU HAVE !ND )
WAS A GETTING ABOUT OH ABOUT SIXTEEN EIGHTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK AND
CHILDREN TO TAKE CARE OF AND EVERYTHING ) THOUGHT l-Y WHAT WILL
) DO m 3O ) SAID l9OU KNOW WHAT )kM GOING TO TAKE AN OFFERING
TONIGHTm
3HE SAID l7ELL )kM GOING OVER TO WATCH YOU DO THATm )kD
NEVER TAKEN ONE BUT SHE SAID>
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F 7HEN WE BUILT THE LITTLE CHURCH RIGHT IN THE TIME
AND ) BORROWED THE MONEY TO PUT IT UP AND ) NEVER TOOK AN OFFERING
ONE TIME ! LITTLE BOX ON THE BACK OF THE CHURCH SAID l)NSOMUCH !S
9E (AVE $ONE 5NTO 4O 4HE ,EAST /F 4HESE -Y ,ITTLE /NES 9OUkVE
$ONE )T 4O -Em ) NEVER TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT WAS THERE BUT WHEN MY
PAYMENTS COME DUE IT WAS THERE 4HATkS THE LIFE OF FAITH 9OU TRUST
'OD FOR IT 3EE JUST WHAT ) DID
!ND THEN ) REMEMBER THAT NIGHT ) WENT OVER AND ) WAS GOING
TO TAKE AN OFFERING .OW NOT CAUSE THE PEOPLE WOULDNkT GIVE TO ME
3URE THEYkD DIE FOR ME "UT THEY>)F IT WAS NECESSARY THEY WOULD?
THEY WOULD DO THAT "UT ) DIDNkT WANT IT ) WAS YOUNG AND WORKED
HAD A JOB 2EST THEM WAS WORKING WHY NOT ) 3O DIDNkT INTERFERE
WITH ME MUCH IN MY MINISTRY SO ) WENT AHEAD
"UT ) REMEMBER THAT NIGHT ) SAID TO THE>l7ELL FRIENDS m
) SAID l) KINDA HATE TO SAY THIS BUT )?) KINDA HIT A SNAG )?)?)?
)>7EkLL TAKE UP AN OFFERINGm ) SAID l"ROTHER 7ISEHEART WOULD
YOU GET MY HAT m 4HEY DIDNkT HAVE ANY COLLECTION PLATES l7ILL YOU
TAKE MY HAT m
3AID l9ES SIR "ILLYm !ND HE LOOKED UP AT ME KINDA STRANGE
WENT OVER AND GOT MY HAT ) LOOKED DOWN THEREkS A LITTLE LADY BY
THE NAME OF 7ARE SETTING RIGHT CLOSE> >! LITTLE OLD MOTHER
HAD> >LITTLE CHECKERED APRONS ON THE POCKET ON THE INSIDE OF
THE APRONS 9OU KNOW HERE ON THE SIDE 9OU KNOW WHAT )kM TALKING
ABOUT SOME OF YOU MOTHERS 3O ) SEEN HER REACH DOWN PULL THIS LITTLE
APRON BACK AND GET OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE POCKETBOOKS THAT SNAPS ON
THE TOP 9OU KNOW 3HE UNDONE THIS LITTLE POCKETBOOK AND BEGIN TO
FUMBLE AROUND WITH THEM NICKELS IN THERE -Y ) COULDNkT TAKE THAT
4HAT WOULDkVE HAUNTED ME THE REST OF MY LIFE ) TOOK THAT POOR OLD
THINGkS MONEY ) LOOKED AT HER AND GREAT BIG LUMPS SWELLED UP IN
MY THROAT !ND ) SAID l.OW FRIENDS ) WAS JUST TRYING YOUR FAITH )
DIDNkT MEAN THATm ) SAID> >-Y WIFE SETTING THERE LOOKING TO SEE
HOW ) WAS GETTING ALONG 9OU KNOW
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G 4HEREkS AN OLD MAN (EkS USUALLY AT EVERY ONE OF THESE
MEETINGS AROUND HERE ) DONkT KNOW WHETHER HEkS HERE OR NOT (IS
NAME IS *OHN 2YAN .OT THE *OHN 2HYN THAT HE WAS BLIND )TkS
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ANOTHER *OHN 2YAN 9OUkD THINK HE BELONGED TO THE (OUSE OF $AVID
HE WEARS LONG HAIR AND LONG BEARD !ND HE WAS AT THE (AMMOND
MEETING AND THE :ION MEETINGS (E MAY BE HERE SOMEWHERE FOR ALL )
KNOW
(E COME DOWN TO SEE ME 3O HE RODE A BICYCLE DOWN "ICYCLE
PROBABLY COST HIM THREE DOLLARS )T WAS A?IT WAS A REAL>9OU KNOW
!ND HERE HE COME DOWN WITH THAT LONG HAIR BLOWING THE BEARD ON
ONE SIDE COMING DOWN TO SEE ME 7ELL ) THINK IT BACKSLID WHILE HE
WAS DOWN THERE
.OW THATkS A MOUTHFUL FOR A "APTIST TO SAY ISNkT IT "ACKSLID
"UT HE>4HE BICYCLE DID ANYHOW !ND HE STOOD UP AND SAID
l"ROTHER "ILL YOU CAN JUST HAVE THAT THINGm !ND HE HITCHHIKED BACK
3O HE GIVE ME THE BICYCLE !ND AFTER ) WENT HOME THAT NIGHT
THE WIFE SAID l) THOUGHT YOU WAS GOING TO TAKE UP THAT OFFERING m
.OW -ONDAY ) THOUGHT l7HAT AM ) GOING TO DO NOW m
) WENT AND GOT ME A CAN OF PAINT FOR ABOUT FIFTEEN CENTS AND )
DOCTORED UP THE OLD BICYCLE AND PAINTED IT AND SOLD IT FOR TEN DOLLARS
$IDNkT HAVE TO HAVE?HAVE THE OFFERING AFTER ALL 3O>.OW THAT>
"UT JUST FEELINGS THAT ) COULDNkT TAKE>) KNOWED THAT POOR
LITTLE OLD WOMAN WAS GOING TO DROP IN THEM PENNIES AND THINGS
MAYBE SHEkS BEEN SAVING THAT FOR SOMETHING ELSE !ND ME A YOUNG
MAN AND HER SIXTY
FIVE YEARS OLD OR SOMETHING ) COULDNkT DO THAT
3O WE TRY TO DO THE SAME WAY /UR SERVICES IS NOT TO BUM
PEOPLE FOR MONEY )F EVER ONE TIME ) EVER HEAR OF ONE OF MY MANAGERS
BEGGING FOR MONEY THATkS THE END OF THE MANAGER 7E DONkT HAVE NO
MORE MANAGERS LIKE THAT j#AUSE WHEN 'OD DONkT SUPPLY MY NEEDS
OUT HERE (E WANTS ME TO GO HOME !ND SO WE?AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER
VISION
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H 3O )kM?)?)kM NOT VERY GOOD AT THAT "ROTHER "OZE
)kM>) SEE )kM?)kM PROBABLY TOO CLOSE TO IT ) REMEMBER THE FIRST
ONE OF THOSE THAT ) EVER TRIED TO TALK THROUGH ) WAS SCARED TO DEATH
) NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THAT ) WAS AT A 0ENTECOSTAL MEETING AND
THEY HAD JUST INVITED ME TO THE PLATFORM ) DIDNkT KNOW HOW CLOSE
AND ) WAS SCARED OF THE THING !ND ) WAS LOOKING AT IT AND GETTING
BACK AND?AND IT WAS OVER HERE AROUND -ISHAWAKA ;"ROTHER "OZE
SPEAKS?%D= 9ES !LL RIGHT
.OW ;"ROTHER "RANHAM SPEAKS TO SOMEONE?%D= 9ES SIR )T
PROBABLY IS jCAUSE ) SURE DONkT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT )kM?)kM SURE
OF THAT !LL?ALL RIGHT
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3AY YOU KNOW MONEY PLAYS A BIG PART AFTER ALL DOESNkT IT
BROTHER ) WAS SURE TO GET IT DONE NOW 4HATkS FINE 4HANK YOU
BROTHER 4HATkS VERY NICE
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J .OW THIS AFTERNOON WHILE WEkRE?ARE HERE>"ROTHER
"AXTER SAID l7ELL NOW "ROTHER "RANHAM FOR A MISSIONARY>m
.OW ) COULDNkT>) COULD> >)F IT HAD TO COME TIME FOR ME TO
TAKE UP AN OFFERING FOR THE ,ORD ) COULD DO IT "UT ) COULDNkT DO IT FOR
MYSELF
"UT HERE NOT LONG AGO THERE WAS A GREAT SUM OF MONEY -ANY
OF YOU HEARD ABOUT IT WAS GIVEN TO ME AND ) REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT
) COULD HAVE MADE ALL OF YOU HAPPY JUST PICK THROUGH> >NOW
AMONG US>! MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 3EE ) EVEN
REFUSED TO LOOK AT IT 3EE 4HEY PACKED AN ARTICLE OF IT IN THE PAPER
"UT )?) DIDNkT WANT IT )T ISNkT MONEY ! MAN THAT GETS HIS MIND ON
MONEY POPULARITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT HEkS SURELY ON THE OUTSIDE
4HEREkS THREE THINGS )kVE NOTICED IN READING HISTORY THAT WRECKS
A MINISTERkS LIFE FROM THE START ONE OF THEM IS MONEY THE LOVE OF IT
4HE NEXT IS POPULARITY 7HEN HE THINKS HEkS SOMETHING WHEN HEkS
NOTHING ANYHOW !ND THE NEXT IS WOMEN 4HATkS RIGHT
-AN TAKES MONEY WOMEN POPULARITY 4HATkS BEEN THE THREE
MAJOR THINGS THAT 'ODkS HAD TROUBLE WITH (IS CHILDREN -ANY OF THE
OTHER THINGS THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT TOO "UT THE MAIN THING IS WHEN
'OD BEGINS TO BLESS A BROTHER AND GIVE HIM SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE
THAN?OR SOMETHING ANOTHER TO HELP THE PEOPLE THEN THE MAN BEGINS
TO THINK l3EE WHO ) AM m 2IGHT THEN HEkS ON HIS ROAD DOWN
9OU WANT ME TO TELL YOU HOW TO GET UP 'ET DOWN 4HE WAY UP
IS GO DOWN (E THAT HUMBLES HIMSELF 'OD WILL EXALT )S THAT RIGHT
(E THAT EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE MADE ABASED
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K .OW TO SPEAK IN THE AFTERNOON LIKE THIS>)?) AM NOT
A?A PREACHER 7HEN ) COME BEHIND "ROTHER "AXTER AND 3TARR AND
"ROTHER "OZE THESE OTHER MINISTERS SETTING HERE WHO ARE MEN WHO
ARE EDUCATED AND MY LITTLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL EDUCATION DONkT GO VERY
FAR ) TELL YOU
!T &ORT 7AYNE MEETING ) NEVER WILL FORGET IT ) WAS OUT THERE
JUST A PREACHING AWAY 9OU KNOW AND ) COME BACK BEHIND THE
CURTAINS AFTER THE SERVICE WAS GO TO REST UP ) WAS TOO WEAK TO WALK
BACK !ND THERE WAS A FINE SCHOLAR WALKED UP TO ME SAID l"ROTHER
"RANHAMm SAID lYOUR GRAMMARkS TERRIBLEm
) SAID l9ES SIR ) KNOW THATm ) SAID l) JUST HAD A SEVENTH GRADE
EDUCATION -Y FATHER HAD DIED AND ) HAD TO TAKE CARE OF TEN>m
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l/H THATkS NO EXCUSEm (E SAID l-Y m SAID lTHE MISTAKES
THAT YOU MADE TONIGHTm 3AID l9OU SHOULD?YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER
GRAMMAR THAN THAT 4HE CROWD THAT YOUkRE SPEAKING FOR m SAID lWHY
ITkS A DISGRACEm
) GUESS HE WAS PART OF -R 7EBSTER YOU KNOW SO ) SAID l7ELL
SIR m ) SAID l) KNOW THATkS RIGHTm ) SAID l"UT>m
(E SAID l7ELL YOU COULD TAKE A?A CORRESPONDENCE COURSEm
) SAID l9ES SIR "UT YOU SEE OTHER TIMES m ) SAID l) WAS>)
HAD TO TAKE CARE OF A BIG FAMILY AND EVERYTHING AND NOW TO MAKE
ENDS MEET m AND ) SAID l!ND NOW m ) SAID lTHE ,ORDkS WORK IS SO?
KEEPS ME SO BUSY m ) SAID l) DONkT HAVE TIME TO?TO TAKE ITm
(E SAID l/H THATkS NO EXCUSEm (E SAID l) HEARD YOU TONIGHT
OUT THERE SAYING j!LL TO YOU PEOPLE THAT COME BY THIS POLEPIT TONIGHT
BELIEVING WILL GET HEALEDkm
) SAID l9ES SIR 7HAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT m ) DONkT KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE
!ND HE SAID l7HY YOU SHOULD NOT SAY jPOLEPITkm SAID lYOU
SHOULD SAY jPULPITkm (E SAID l4HOSE PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU
MORE IF YOU SAID jPULPITkm
"UT HE PINCHED ME A LITTLE TOO HARD 9OU KNOW 3O ) PUT MY
HAND OVER ON HIS SHOULDER ) SAID l"ROTHER ) DONkT MEAN TO HURT
YOUR FEELINGS 3EE BUT THEM PEOPLE OUT THERE DONkT CARE WHETHER
) SAY jPOLEPITk OR jPULPITk 4HEY WANT ME TO PREACH THE 'OSPEL AND
PRODUCE WHAT )kM TALKING ABOUT 4HEY SEE *ESUS #HRIST THATkS ALL THEY
CARE ABOUTm 4HATkS RIGHT> > 7ELL NOW )>4HATkS THE REASON )
DONkT SAY )kM A MINISTER OR A PREACHER
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M 7HEN ) WAS A LITTLE BOY MY FATHER WAS A?A RIDER AND HE
USED TO FOLLOW RODEOS AND SO FORTH AND RIDE FANCY RIDING (E WAS
A GOOD SHOT WITH PISTOLS AND ) USED TO SEE HIM TAKE OUT A ROW OF
CANS JUST TAKE THOSE LITTLE BITTY CANS LIKE THAT AND THROW THEM OUT
LIKE THAT AND TAKE TWO GUNS AND JUST KEEP ROLLING THAT CAN 7HY
) COULDNkT HIT A LARD CAN LIKE THAT WITH A RIFLE SO IT>3EE WHAT A
DIFFERENCE IT WAS !ND A RIDER WHY HE COULD JUST>)kVE SEEN HIM
RIDE TILL THE BLOOD WOULD FLY OUT OF HIS NOSE AND EARS !ND ) THOUGHT
l7ELL MY THATkS>(E>m
7HEN ) GOT TO BE A GOOD SIZED BOY ) SAID l)kM GOING TO BE LIKE
MY DADm 3O WE HAD AN OLD PLOW HORSE THERE ) JUST LIVED IN )NDIANA
MOST OF LIFE 7E HAD AN OLD PLOW HORSE THERE IT WAS ABOUT FOURTEEN
YEARS OLD !ND PLOW WITH THE OLD THING ALL DAY AND WE HAD AN OLD
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WATERING TROUGH CUT OUT OF A?A LOG $ID YOU EVER SEE ONE OF THEM
WHEN YOU CUT THE OLD LOG 7ELL LOOK AT THE COUNTRY FOLKS HERE WOULD
YOU -Y THATkS FINE 7ELL )kLL TAKE OFF MY?MY COAT AND MY TIE NOW
% N 3O THAT?OUR OLD WATERING TROUGH DOWN WHERE THEY HAVE
TO PUMP THE WATER 9OU KNOW /NE OF THE KIDS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO
PUMPING A HALF HOUR ALMOST BEFORE THE TIME WAS UP TO GET ENOUGH
WATER TO WATER THE HORSE
3O WEkD GET BEHIND THE BARN SO DAD COULDNkT SEE US !ND )kD
SLIP IN AND GET HIS SADDLE 9OU KNOW AND THROW IT ACROSS THE OLD
HORSE AFTER WE WATERED IT PULL THE HARNESS OFF THE GEAR !ND THEN
)kD REACH GET ME A HANDFUL OF COCKLEBURS AND STICK THEM UNDER
THE SADDLE 9OU KNOW AND PULL DOWN THE GIRTH #LIMB UP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS OLD HORSE WITH THIS STRAW HAT 9OU KNOW !ND THE
POOR OLD HORSE SO OLD AND STIFF AND TIRED HE COULDNkT GET HIS FEET OF
THE GROUND (EkD JUST BAWL !ND WHEN HEkD STAND THERE AND BAWL
!ND )kD TAKE MY HAT IN MY HAND AND )kD HOLLER AND SCREAM AND MY
BROTHERS ALL SETTING AROUND ON FENCE POSTS ALL OF THEM SETTING THERE )
WAS A COWBOY -Y ) REALLY COULD RIDE 4HAT POOR OLD HORSE WHY HE
WAS LIKE RIDING A ROCKING HORSE OUT HERE WOULDNkT BE AS BAD
% P 3O WHEN ) GOT TO BE ABOUT EIGHTEEN ) THOUGHT l7ELL
)kM OLD ENOUGH NOW )kM GOING OUT WEST TO BE A COWBOYm 0ROBABLY
SEEN TOO MANY MOVIES !ND SO )kD WENT OUT WEST !ND ) LANDED
IN !RIZONA JUST AT THE TIME OF A RODEO 7ELL ) WENT DOWN ) HAD
A LITTLE MONEY AND )kD GO BUY A PAIR OF CHAPS 3O THEY HAD TO FIND
A NICE BIG PAIR 9OU KNOW !ND ) PUT IT ON ME LIKE THAT *UST A LAD
ANYHOW 9OU KNOW THERE WAS ABOUT EIGHTEEN INCHES OF LEATHER
HANGING OUT ON THE GROUND WHEN ) GOT ,OOKED LIKE ONE OF THESE
LITTLE BANTAM CHICKENS 9OU KNOW WITH THEM FEATHERS DOWN BEHIND
ME LIKE THAT ) THOUGHT l7ELL THEYkRE TOO BIG HERE IN !RIZONA FOR US
+ENTUCKIANSm
3O )?) GOT ME A PAIR OF ,EVIS AND WENT OUT CLIMBED UP AROUND
THE CORRAL FENCE WHERE THEY WAS RIDING THE HORSES AT THE RODEO
!ND ) HEARD THEM SAY l.OW THE NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE +ANSAS
/UTLAW (EkS GOING BE RODE BY 3O AND SO AND CARRY ON LIKE THAT THE
CALLER WENT BY ) LOOKED ALONG SIDE OF THAT FENCE THERE AT ALL OF THESE
DISFIGURED COWBOYS 9OU KNOW THAT SETTING UP THERE WEATHER
BEATEN 9OU KNOW ,OOKED ALL ALONG THEM ) THOUGHT l4HATkS WHERE
) BELONG UP THERE WITH THEM GUYSm 3O ) CLIMBS DOWN AND GETS UP
THERE AND SETS ON THIS CORRAL FENCE 9OU KNOW WITH JUST ,EVIS ON
A HAT BOTH EARS HANGING DOWN TOO BIG FOR ME 3O ONLY COST ABOUT
A DOLLAR NINETY FIVE CENTS SO IT WASNkT VERY MUCH 9OU KNOW 7ELL
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) THOUGHT ) WAS A REAL COWMAN jCAUSE )kD RODE THAT OLD PLOW HORSE
9OU KNOW AND ) THOUGHT l) CAN DO THAT TOOm )kD NEVER SEEN A REAL
OUTLAW RODE 9OU KNOW
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Q 3O AFTER A WHILE THEY WAS RUNNING THIS HORSE RIGHT INTO THE
CHUTE LIKE THAT THE BULL PEN !ND WHEN IT COME OUT THIS FELLOW WAS
STANDING THERE CATCH
AS
CAN AS HE DROPPED DOWN IN THE SADDLE THERE
AS THEY GIRDED THE SADDLE ON !ND ) HEARD THAT HORSE SCREAMING AND
BAWLING AND SPITTING ) THOUGHT l/H OH 4HAT AINkT THAT OLD PLOW
HORSE THAT ) HAD AT HOMEm
7HEN HE JUMPED OUT OF THERE THIS FELLOW JUMPED RIGHT IN THE
SADDLE HE MADE ABOUT TWO SIDE WHEELS LIKE THAT AND DONE A SUNFISH
AND SADDLE MAN AND ALL WENT OUT 7HEN HE HIT THE GROUND THE PICK
UPS GOT THE HORSE AND THE AMBULANCE GOT THE MAN 4HE BLOOD WAS
RUNNING OUT OF HIS NOSE AND EARS AND EVERYTHING (ERE COME THE
CALLER BY SAID l) WILL GIVE ANY MAN FIFTY DOLLARS WHO WILL RIDE HIM
THIRTY SECONDSm
7ELL )>#OME RIDING DOWN THROUGH THERE SAID l!LL RIGHTm
!LL THEM COWBOYS SETTING ON THE FENCE>3AID l) WILL GIVE ANY MAN
FIFTY DOLLARS WHO WILL RIDE HIM THIRTY SECONDSm 4HAT WOULD BE LIKE
OFFERING TWO THOUSAND TODAY NEARLY "OY THAT FIFTY DOLLARS SOUNDED
AWFUL GOOD (E LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND SAID l!RE YOU A RIDER m
) SAID l.O SIRm 4HAT WASNkT NO PLOW HORSE
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R 4HATkS THE REASON NOW WHEN ) TALK ABOUT>7HEN )kM
HOME AROUND THE CHURCH SAY l9OU A PREACHER m
l9EPm
"UT WHEN ) GET OUT AROUND THESE PREACHERS LIKE THIS SAY l9OU
A PREACHER m
) SAY l.O SIRm
.O "UT ) DO LOVE THE 7ORD OF THE ,ORD AND ) LOVE TO WORSHIP
(IM ANYWHERE WHEN WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP AROUND THE 7ORD OF THE
,ORD .OW A FEW LITTLE TEXTS THAT USUALLY ) USE OUT LIKE THIS (OME )
GO INTO THE "IBLE TEACHING THE /LD 4ESTAMENT AND .EW AND SO FORTH
NOT IN> >'REEK AND (EBREW BECAUSE ) DONkT KNOW IT )TkS JUST
THE WAY ) SEE IT HERE AND THE WAY THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL REVEAL TO ME
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S 4HIS AFTERNOON IF THE ,ORDkS WILLING )kD LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE
TEXT HERE -AYBE )?SOME OF YOU HERE MIGHTkVE HEARD ME PREACH ON
IT )kVE PREACH ON FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT LITTLE SUBJECTS AROUND OVER THE
COUNTRY SOMETHING LIKE THERE OF l#OME AND 3EE A -ANm ) USUALLY
USE THAT SOMETIME 4HATkS>l4HE 7OMAN !T 4HE 7ELL m AND
USUALLY TRY TO APPROACH IT IN A DIFFERENT MANNER SO THAT EACH TIME
ITkLL BE DIFFERENT ! LITTLE TEXT LIKE THAT BECAUSE ) DONkT WANT TO GET
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TOO FAR OFF ON THAT SIDE jCAUSE WHEN ) GO BACK TONIGHT TO TAKE BACK
THE SERVICES ITkS A DIFFERENT ANOINTING AND IT UPSETS ME SOME TIMES
3EE
3O OR l"ELIEVEST 4HOU 4HIS OR?OR l&OUR 7AYS OF 3EEING
'OD m OR l4HEN (E #RIED m OR LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT
3O THIS AFTERNOON ) WANT TO READ OUT OF 3AINT *OHN THE?THE?OF
THE>l%VEN .OW ,ORDm
% ) WANT TO READ OUT OF 3AINT *OHN THE TH CHAPTER !ND THE
READING OF THE 7ORD 'OD WILL PRODUCE THE RESULTS BY THE READING OF
THE 7ORD $ONkT YOU BELIEVE THAT ) HAVE SPOKE ON THIS SOMEWHERE
BEFORE MAYBE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOMEWHERE HERE OR SOMEWHERE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY )F ) HAVE )kM GOING TO TRY TO APPROACH IT IN A
DIFFERENT WAY ,ETkS TAKE THOSE>
!ND NOW "ROTHER "AXTERkS THE ONE DOES THE PREACHING ) JUST
COME DOWN )T KINDA RELAXES ME A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN FOR
TONIGHT
% 4HE TH CHAPTER OF 3AINT *OHN AND LETkS BEGIN ABOUT THE TH
OR TH?TH VERSE LETkS SAY AND READ JUST A LITTLE PORTION THERE OF
THE 3CRIPTURE
.OW "ETHANY WAS NIGH UNTO *ERUSALEM ABOUT FIFTEEN
FURLONGS OFF
!ND MANY OF THE *EWS CAME TO -ARTHA AND -ARY TO COMFORT
THEM CONCERNING THEIR BROTHER
4HEN -ARTHA AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT *ESUS WAS COMING
WENT AND MET HIM BUT -ARY SET STILL IN THE HOUSE
4HEN SAID -ARTHA UNTO *ESUS ,ORD IF THOU HAD BEEN HERE
MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED
"UT ) KNOW THAT EVEN NOW WHATSOEVER THOU WILL ASK >'OD
'OD WILL GIVE IT THEE
*ESUS SAID UNTO HER 4HY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN
-ARTHA SAID UNTO HIM ) KNOW THAT HE SHALL RISE AGAIN IN THE
RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAY
*ESUS SAID UNTO HER ) AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE HE THAT
BELIEVETH IN ME THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE
>WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE
"ELIEVEST THOU THIS
3HE SAID>9EA ,ORD ) BELIEVE THAT THOU ART THE #HRIST THE
3ON OF 'OD WHICH SHOULD COME INTO THE WORLD
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.OW LETkS BOW OUR HEADS JUST A MOMENT SPEAK TO THE !UTHOR
OF THIS "OOK
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,ORD *ESUS -ASTER OF ,IFE 'IVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS BY 4HY
GRACE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE SAVED NOT BECAUSE OF OUR MERIT BUT
BECAUSE THE GRACE OF 'OD HAS BEEN SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE
(OLY 3PIRIT !T ONE TIME WE WERE ALIENS CUT OFF FROM 'OD 'ENTILES
WORSHIPING DUMB IDOLS "UT IN DUE SEASON #HRIST DIED THE )NNOCENT
FOR THE GUILTY TAKING US TO THE &ATHER !ND NOW WE ARE SONS AND
DAUGHTERS OF 'OD )T DOES NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE LIKE BUT
WE KNOW WE SHALL HAVE A BODY LIKE (IS FOR WE SHALL SEE (IM AS (E IS
,ORD HOW WE GROAN IN THESE BODIES TO BE CLOTHED UPON WITH
IMMORTALITY TO BE CLOTHED UPON WITH (IS 3PIRIT THAT SOMEDAY>
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7E KNOW THIS THAT IN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND
GOATS COULD NOT TAKE AWAY SIN )T ONLY COVERED SIN !ND THE LIVING JUST
WAITING IN?IN PARADISE FOR THE DAY THAT SIN SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY "UT
WHEN *ESUS CAME THE 3ON OF 'OD THE -ESSIAH (E TOOK AWAY SIN
(E DIVORCED IT NEVER COVERED IT (E TOOK IT AWAY 4HEN NOW SINCE
THEN IF THIS EARTHLY TABERNACLE BE DISSOLVED WE HAVE ONE WAITING
IN GLORY WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE 0RESENCE OF THE &ATHER THERE TO BE
CLOTHED IN IMMORTALITY /H IF THIS EARTHLY TABERNACLE IF IT SHOULD BE
TAKEN AWAY THIS AFTERNOON>"ORN IN SIN SHAPED IN INIQUITY COME
TO THE WORLD SPEAKING LIES SINNERS BY NATURE THEN 'OD HAS REDEEMED
US AND REDEEMED OUR SOUL AND HAS A BLESSED BODY WAITING FOR US
THATkLL NEVER BE SICK EVEN ABOVE TEMPTATION A BODY LIKE (IS OWN
GLORIOUS BODY THEN WE SHALL SEE (IM AS (E IS
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.OW &ATHER WEkRE APPROACHING 9OUR 7ORD 4HEREkS NO MAN
WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE "OOK OR TO LOOSE THE 3EALS THEREOF "UT THE
,AMB WHICH WAS SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (E WAS
WORTHY !ND (E CAME AND TOOK THE "OOK OUT OF THE RIGHT HAND OF
(IM AND OPENED THE "OOK AND LOOSED THE 3EALS !ND NOW MAY THE
(OLY 3PIRIT COME AND GET ON THESE WORDS THAT WEkVE JUST READ !ND
MAY 9OU SPEAK TODAY AND GO RIGHT OUT OVER THIS AUDIENCE HERE AND
MAY THE (OLY 3PIRIT GIVE TO THE #HURCH JUST WHAT WE HAVE NEED OF
FAITH
0REPARE A SERVICE FOR TONIGHT ,ORD -AY TONIGHT BE THE GREATEST
SERVICE NOT BECAUSE OF US HERE BUT BECAUSE THAT 4HOU ART HERE -AY
IT BE THE GREATEST SERVICE THAT THIS 0HILADELPHIAN CHURCH HAS HAD SINCE
ITkS BEEN ESTABLISHED -AY THERE BE A SHAKING GO FORTH TONIGHT THATkLL
HAVE THE HOLY 'OD OF HEAVEN TO SET US BACK THERE IN A BIG STADIUM
AN AUDITORIUM SOMEWHERE THATkLL SHAKE #HICAGO FOR THREE OR FOUR
MONTHS 'RANT IT ,ORD
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$O THE EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY TODAY 0REPARE THE HEARTS JUST
NOW "REAK UP THE GROUND GRUB OUT ALL THE GREENBRIERS AND THE
STICKERS AND THE THORNS AND ROOTS OF BITTERNESS AND BRING DOWN THE
(OLY 3PIRIT SO TONIGHT THAT THE !NGEL OF THE 'OD MIGHT SWEEP OVER
THIS BUILDING IN A GREAT MEETING FOR WE ASK IT IN *ESUSk .AME !MEN
4HANK YOU BROTHER
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4O THE APPROACH TO THE 7ORD NOW JUST FOR A FEW
MOMENTS>)kLL TAKE MY WATCH OFF ) DONkT KNOW WHERE THE CLOCK
IS )TkS A>!ND )kLL TRY TO STAY NO LONGER THAN ) POSSIBLY CAN NOW 3O
THAT YOUkLL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO GET READY
!ND MY SON JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO ASKED ME TO ANNOUNCE
TO THE PEOPLE THAT WANTS PRAYER CARDS FOR TONIGHT TO BE HERE AT SIX
OkCLOCK TONIGHT IF POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE PRAYER CARDS THOSE WHO ARE
AFFLICTED AND IN NEED AND TO BE HERE AT SIX OkCLOCK TONIGHT TO RECEIVE
THE PRAYER CARDS
.OW OUR 3CRIPTURE GOES BACK TODAY JUST BEFORE THE>/R THIS
TIME WAS IN THE MINISTRY OF OUR ,ORD (E HAD JUST BECOME VERY
FAMOUS BECAUSE OF 'OD BEING WITH (IM (E WAS A -AN NOT NO
BEAUTY WE SHOULD DESIRE (IM (E WAS?(E WASNkT MUCH TO LOOK
UPON PROBABLY A LITTLE FRAIL
LOOKING &ELLOW !ND THE "IBLE SAID THAT
(E WAS NOT BEAUTIFUL IN THE WAY A BIG SIX
FOOTER LIKE OR SEVEN
FOOTER
LIKE 3AUL "UT (E WAS A SMALL -AN
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4HE "IBLE SAID l7E HID AS IT WERE OUR FACE FROM (IM YET WE
DID ESTEEM (IM SMITTEN?SMITTEN STRICKEN AFFLICTED OF 'ODm "UT
THE WORKS THAT 'OD WAS DOING IN (IM WAS OUTSTANDING THAT THE
PEOPLE KNEW THAT (E COME FROM 'OD
&OR EVEN THE GREAT TEACHER SAID THAT CAME TO (IM BY NIGHT
.ICODEMUS BY NAME 3AID l7E KNOW THAT 4HOU ART A TEACHER COME
FROM 'OD jCAUSE NO MAN COULD DO THESE THINGS THAT 9OU DO jLESS
'OD WAS WITH HIMm 4HEY KNOWED BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT
.OW THE MINISTERS OF THEM DAYS SAID NOW l(EkS A
PSYCHIATRIST (EkS A?(EkS A MIND
READER (E READS YOUR MIND 4HATkS
HOW (E KNOWS WHATkS WRONG WITH THEM PEOPLE (E READS YOUR
MINDm (E DID !ND *ESUS WAS A MIND
READER 4HAT SHOCKED YOU
DIDNkT IT "UT (E WAS (E PERCEIVED THEIR THOUGHTS )S THAT RIGHT
7ELL WHATkS MIND
READING 3EE .OT ONE OF THESE SETTING OUT HERE
ONE OF THESE LITTLE WOMEN SETTING OUT ON THE CORNER TAKING THE PALM
OF YOUR HAND THATkS THE SUBSTITUTE THE DEVILkS GOT SOMETHING TO
IMITATE IT 4HATkS THE BOGUS DOLLAR TO THE REAL DOLLAR 3EE
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%VERYTHING 'OD HAS DONE THE DEVILkS MADE A SUBSTITUTE FOR IT
MADE SOMETHING BOGUS 3EE !ND THATkS THE REASON THE TWO SPIRITS IN
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THE LAST DAYS COME RIGHT ALONG BE FORMAL AND FUNDAMENTAL THEY MISS
THE 3PIRIT ALTOGETHER 9OU SEE LIKE THAT !ND SOME OF THESE ON THE
RADICAL SIDE GO PLUMB OFF INTO ISMS WITH IT BUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD RUNS THE TRUE #HURCH OF 'OD STANDING IN AND FULL OF THE
POWER OF 'OD 4HEREkS WHERE ITkS AT
.OW CERTAINLY EVERYTHING THAT 'OD HAS 3ATAN HAS SOMETHING
TO COUNTERFEIT IT 3EE HE MAKES SOMETHING OFF OF IT !ND *ESUS DID
PERCEIVE THEIR THOUGHTS SO THEREFORE THE GREAT /RTHODOX OF THOSE
DAYS SAID l4HAT 'UY IS THE BEST FORTUNETELLER IN THE COUNTRY (EkS
"EELZEBUB THE PRINCE OF THE DEVILm )S THAT RIGHT .OW THATkS WHAT
THE PREACHERS SAID !ND THE GREAT "IBLE TEACHERS OF THAT DAY SAID l(E
IS "EELZEBUBm
% .OW LETkS SEE WHAT THE DEVIL SAID 4HE DEVIL SAID l(EkS THE
3ON OF 'OD 7E KNOW 7HO 9OU ARE THE HOLY /NE OF 'ODm )S THAT
RIGHT !ND THAT CASE THE DEVILS HAD THE MORE KNOWLEDGE OF 'OD THAN
THE MINISTRY DID )S THAT RIGHT
7HEN 0AUL AND 3ILAS WAS UP THERE AND THEY WAS DOING SOME
GREAT WORKS FOR 'OD THERE WAS A LITTLE OLD FORTUNETELLER RUN OUT DOWN
THE STREET EVERY DAY AND CRIED BEHIND 0AUL 3AID l4HEREkS THE MEN
THAT TELL US THE WAY OF LIFE 4HATkS MEN OF 'ODm
!ND HERE WAS THE PREACHERS SAID l4HEYkRE IMPOSTORS 4HEY
TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 4HEYkRE NO GOODm !ND THE>4HERE
WAS THE MINISTRY SAYING l4HEYkRE IMPOSTORSm !ND THE DEVIL SAYING
l4HEYkRE MEN OF 'ODm 7HICH WAS RIGHT 3EE THE DEVIL WAS RIGHT )S
THAT RIGHT 3URE HE WAS 3O YOU SEE EVEN THEM PEOPLE>
9OU CAN GET SO MUCH ON THE 7ORD YOU THINK l/H THE 7ORD
THE 7ORDm 4HATkS RIGHT "UT THE 'OSPEL CAME NOT IN 7ORD ONLY BUT
THROUGH POWER AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT UNTIL THE 7ORD
IS MADE ,IFE 3EE
7HEATkS ALL RIGHT IN YOUR HAND BUT YOU NEVER GET A CROP OUT OF
IT 9OU GOT TO BURY IT AND LET IT TAKE ON NEW LIFE )S THAT RIGHT
% .OW THE 7ORD IS RIGHT THIS IS 'ODkS WAY OF COURSE "UT JUST
THE 7ORD l4HE LETTER KILLETH BUT THE 3PIRIT GIVETH ,IFEm 3EE WHAT )
MEAN
.OW AND THEREFORE THE ENEMY HAD TO TESTIFY OF 'OD )N (IS
MINISTRY HERE (E WENT FORTH AND THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN !ND THEN
THE CHURCHES ALL CLOSED DOWN ON (IM AND SAID l.OW IF ANYBODY
GOES OVER THERE TO HEAR (IM WEkLL JUST GET YOUR>(AND YOUR PAPERS
IN 9OUkLL HAVE TO GO OUT 9OUkRE NO MOREm
"UT THEREkS SOME PEOPLE BY THE NAME OF -ARTHA AND -ARY
AND ,AZARUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS !ND THEY HEARD *ESUS AND THEY
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SEEN (IS MIRACLES SO THEY DIDNkT CARE WHETHER (E WAS?WHAT THE
/RTHODOX SAID WHAT THE CHURCH SAID OR NOTHING ABOUT IT 4HEY
BELIEVED (IM AND THEY WENT WITH (IM !ND THEY BELIEVED (IM
BECAUSE THEY KNEW (E WAS A -AN OF 'OD 3O (E CAME TO STAY IN
THEIR HOUSE AT?AT "ETHANY
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!ND NOW WHILE (E WAS LIVING THERE WITH?WITH THEM (IS
MINISTRY GOT SO GREAT THAT ONE DAY (E HAD TO GO AWAY FROM THE
HOME 4HEY CROWDED (IM OUT TOO MUCH TOO MANY PEOPLE AROUND
THE PLACE !ND THE PEOPLE WOULD COME TO (IM BY THE THOUSANDS AND
(EkD SLIP OFF AWAY FROM THEM GO OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE 3EE TO BE
ALONE WITH THE &ATHER TO PRAY 4HE CITIES WOULD CALL FOR (IM BUT (E
WOULD GO UP IN THE MOUNTAIN ALONE SEE WHICH WAY THE &ATHER WOULD
LEAD (E CAME TO DO THE WORK OF THE &ATHER 4HATkS WHAT WE OUGHT TO
BE ABOUT TODAY OUR &ATHERkS BUSINESS 4HATkS RIGHT NOT SO MUCH IN
THE SOCIAL RANKS AND?AND SO FORTH BUT IN THE &ATHERkS BUSINESS
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.OW LETkS TAKE THIS WONDERFUL *ESUS JUST A MINUTE AND WATCH
(IS COMING *UST BEFORE (E CAME THERE WAS A>&IRST BEFORE (IS
COMING THERE WAS ANNOUNCEMENT 4HE CHURCH HAD ALL GOT ALL BACK
AND ALL MESSED UP JUST ABOUT LIKE IT IS TODAY !ND ONE HAVING THIS THE
0HARISEES 3ADDUCEES 0UBLICANS ARRAY OH ALL KINDS OF ISMS AROUND
!ND THAT EVEN SOME MAN COME UP AND CLAIMED HE WAS A GREAT ONE
WHO LED HUNDREDS OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND THEY PERISHED 9OU
KNOW THE STORY !ND ALL LIKE THAT>
"UT IT FINALLY COME THE TIME FOR (E TO COME (E>4HE
REMNANT WAS WAITING FOR (IM !ND ONE DAY>,ETkS WATCH
) SEE AN OLD MAN AND A WOMAN WAY PASSED THE AGE OF BEARING
THE WOMAN WAS !ND SHE SAID THEY HAD PRAYED FOR 'OD ALL THESE
YEARS TO TAKE AWAY HER REPROACH AND SHE COULD BEAR CHILDREN AS IT
WAS AN HONOR FOR ANY (EBREW WOMAN TO HAVE A CHILD
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(OW THEYkVE CHANGED THAT NOW )TkS ALMOST UN?A?DISHONOR TO
HAVE A CHILD .OW ISNkT THAT RIGHT 9OU MIGHT NOT SAY AMEN BUT ITkS
THE TRUTH ! WOMAN HAD RATHER PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A LITTLE OLD
SMASHED
NOSED DOG AND GIVE IT A MOTHERkS LOVE OUT HERE THAN TO FOOL
WITH A BABY .OW YOU KNOW THATkS THE TRUTH 7ALK IT DOWN THE STREET
WITH A LITTLE SWEATER ON IT !ND ) SEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLINICS ) EVER
SEEN NEARLY OUT HERE IS A DOG CLINIC ) DONkT FIGURE IT ) CANkT SEE IT
!LL RIGHT !NYHOW THATkS UP BETWEEN YOU AND 'OD
.OW LOOK 4HEN :ACHARIAS WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN A PRIEST !ND
HE COME TO THE HOUSE OF 'OD IN HIS?HIS OFFICE WAS IN THERE TO BURN
INCENSE WHILE THE PEOPLE WERE PRAYING !ND THEN ONE DAY WHILE HE
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WAS BURNING INCENSE THE TIME OF THE PROMISE WAS DRAWING NIGH
!ND 'OD SENT AN !NGEL DOWN TO THE ALTAR $O YOU BELIEVE IN !NGELS
;#ONGREGATION SAYS l!MENm?%D= 9ES SIR
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3OMEONE SAID NOT LONG AGO SAID l"ROTHER "RANHAM YOUkRE
MISTAKEN ABOUT THAT -AN THAT TALKS TO YOUm 3AID l4HAT WAS THE
,ORDm
) SAID l)T WAS AN !NGELm (E SAID l) AM SENT FROM THE
0RESENCE OF 'ODm (E WASNkT THE ,ORD (E WAS AN !NGEL
l/H m SAID lTHATkS ALL MISTAKENm 3AID l"ROTHER "RANHAM
'OD IN OLD TIMES IN THE "IBLE SPOKE m SAID lTHERE WAS $ANIEL AND ALL
OF THEM 9EAH THEY WERE?HAD !NGELS AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT BUT NOT
.EW 4ESTAMENT DOCTRINEm !ND THIS MAN WAS A MAN SAID l7E SPEAK
WHERE THE "IBLE SPEAKS AND SILENT WHERE THE "IBLEkS SILENTm
) THOUGHT l(OW SILENT (E WAS ON MANY THINGS THAT THE "IBLE
SPOKEm ) SAID l$O YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU DONkT BELIEVE THAT
THE !NGELS OF 'OD> m
4HE MAN SAID l.O SIR 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT LEADS THE #HURCHm
) SAID l4HATkS CORRECTLY "UT THEY HAVE MINISTERING SPIRITS SENT
FROM THE 0RESENCE OF 'ODm
(E SAID l.OT IN THE .EW 4ESTAMENT BROTHERm
) SAID l/H YES IN THE .EW 4ESTAMENTm
(E SAID l4HE (OLY 3PIRIT NOT !NGELS THE (OLY 3PIRIT>m
) SAID l,OOK ) WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHINGm ) SAID l)T WAS THE
!NGEL OF 'OD 7HO MET -ARYm
(E SAID l9EAH BUT THAT WAS BEFORE 0ENTECOST !FTER
0ENTECOST m HE SAID lIT WAS THE (OLY 3PIRIT FROM THEN ONm
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) SAID l4RULY THE (OLY 3PIRIT LEADS THE #HURCH THATkS TRUTH
"UT LOOK m ) SAID lDO YOU BELIEVE THAT 0HILIP HAD THE BAPTISM OF THE
(OLY 3PIRIT m
$O YOU BELIEVE IT ALL OF YOU 3URE HE DID 7ELL WHEN HE WAS
DOWN IN 3AMARIA HOLDING A REVIVAL WHO WAS IT THAT SPOKE TO HIM AND
SAID l'O OUT INTO THE DESERT 'AZAm 7AS IT THE (OLY 3PIRIT .O SIR
!N !NGEL OF THE ,ORD SPOKE TO HIM )S THAT RIGHT l'O OUT TO THE
DESERT 'AZA AND SPEAKm
,OOK HOW MANY BELIEVES THAT?THAT 0ETER HAD THE (OLY 3PIRIT
,ETkS SEE 9OU BELIEVE HE HAD THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 7HEN
HE WAS IN PRISON THAT NIGHT AND DOWN AT *OHN -ARKkS HOUSE WAS
HAVING A PRAYER MEETING FOR HIM 7HO WAS IT LIKE A LIGHT THAT SHINED
IN THE WINDOW AND OPENED THE DOORS FOR HIM 7AS IT THE (OLY 3PIRIT
4HE !NGEL OF THE ,ORD
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% (OW MANY BELIEVES 0AUL HAD THE (OLY 'HOST 7ELL WHEN HE
WAS OUT THERE ON THE SHIP FOURTEEN DAYS AND NIGHTS NO MOON STARS
AND ALL HOPE WAS GONE HE WENT DOWN IN THE GALLEY TO PRAY HE COME
BACK UP 3AID l(AVE A GOOD COURAGE FOR THE !NGEL OF 'OD 7HOSE
SERVANT ) AM STOOD BY ME LAST NIGHT SAYING j&EAR NOT 0AULkm )S THAT
RIGHT 4HE !NGEL OF THE ,ORD>
4HE WHOLE "OOK OF 2EVELATIONS WAS WROTE BY THE WITNESS OF
AN !NGEL l) *ESUS HAVE SENT -Y !NGEL TO TESTIFY OF THESE THINGS TO
WRITE UNTO THE #HURCHm )S THAT RIGHT
*OHN FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP THE !NGEL 4HE !NGEL SAID l$O IT
NOTm .OW ITkS NOT *OSEPH 3MITH "UT (E SAID>! TRUE !NGEL WONkT
STAND TO BE WORSHIPPED 9OU KNOW THAT .O SIR (E SAID l7ORSHIP
'ODm
% !ND 'OD STILL HAS !NGELS AND THEY VISIT THE PEOPLE>.OT A
WORSHIP OF !NGELS "UT !NGELIC "EINGS 7HO ARE ATTRIBUTES OF 'OD
SENT FORTH TO MINISTER TO THE #HURCH THROUGH THE PEOPLE /H MY
(OW SHORT WE ARE OF THE REAL APOSTOLIC #HURCH TODAY OF THE BLESSING
7E PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE THERE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE KISSED
THE BLESSINGS OF THE RIMS OF THE CUP OF BLESSING HOW SHORT WE COME
(OW WE BUBBLE DANCE ON TOP OF THE SUDS AND KNOW NOT WHAT THE
BOTTOM IS 4HATkS TRUE
.OW FRIENDS WHEN ) STAND BACK HERE )kM RESPONSIBLE NOT TO
THE AUDIENCE BUT TO 'OD 4HATkS RIGHT !ND MY WORDS MUST BE>)
KNOW THAT ) GOT MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT LISTEN AND WATCH
EVERY WORD YOU SAY SO ) MUST BE WITH ALL MY HEART JUST AS TRUE TO
'OD AS ) CAN BE !ND ) SAY TODAY THAT WEkVE NEVER SCRATCHED THE
SURFACE 4HATkS RIGHT 4HE #HURCH OUGHT TO GET DOWN -Y 7E>)TkS
READING?)TkS LIKE READING AND WRITING AND ARITHMETIC
.OTICE .OW THIS !NGEL CAME (E WAS 'ABRIEL .OW 'OD
SENDS MINOR !NGELS 4HATkS RIGHT PERHAPS THE /NE COMES HERE !ND
SOME PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY PUFF THEIR MIND UP WITH !NGELS AND THINGS
WHO THEY THINK THEYkVE SEEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT 4HATkS JUST THE
COUNTERFEIT
% )F A MAN HAS SEEN AN !NGEL OF 'OD AND MET 'OD HAS
COMMISSIONED?THAT !NGEL COMMISSIONED HIM FROM 'OD AND )T WAS
SENT FROM 'OD ITkLL BEAR RECORD RIGHT DOWN TO THE LINE THAT ITkS THE
TRUTH 9OU BELIEVE THAT "UT IF IT DOESNkT IT ISNkT THE TRUTH 4HATkS
ONE THING YOU CAN DEPEND ON l"Y THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEMm
4HATkS TRUE
% .OW NOTICE THIS THAT THIS !NGEL WAS 'ABRIEL .OW THESE
MINOR !NGELS COME BUT WHEN YOU SEE OR HEAR OF 'ABRIEL COMING
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YOU GET READY FOR SOMETHING MAJOR FIXING TO HAPPEN 'ABRIEL WAS THE
/NE 7HO ANNOUNCED THE FIRST COMING OF *ESUS #HRIST )S THAT RIGHT
!ND WEkRE TAUGHT IN THE "IBLE THAT 'ABRIEL WILL ANNOUNCE THE SECOND
COMING (EkLL SOUND THE TRUMPET OF 'OD )S THAT RIGHT THE COMING
OF THE ,ORD THE !NGEL OF 'OD 'ABRIEL 7HO STANDS AT THE 'ODkS
RIGHT HAND
.OW THIS GREAT 'ABRIEL COME DOWN IN HERE WITH THE PRIEST
SWINGING HIS INCENSE HERE BURNING IT WHILE THE PEOPLE WAS OUT
PRAYING (E WAS STANDING AT THE ALTAR !ND HE LOOKED OVER ON THE
AL?THE SIDE OF THE ALTAR AND THERE STOOD THE GREAT !RCHANGEL )T
FRIGHTENED THE PRIEST !ND (E TOLD HIM ALL ABOUT HIS LIFE AND THINGS
AND WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO 3AID l!FTER DAYS OF YOUR MINISTRATION
HERE GO HOME TO %LISABETH YOUR WIFE !ND SHEkS GOING TO BEAR A
CHILD AND YOUkLL CALL HIS NAME *OHNm
7HY LOOK 4HAT PRIEST NOW SAID l(OW CAN THESE THINGS BE
3HEkS OLDm 3EE
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4HEREkS RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WALKING IN ALL THE ,IGHT OF THE ,ORD
THATkS THE KIND OF A HOME THAT 'OD CAN GET INTO .OW IF YOUkRE
SERVING ALL KINDS OF?OF PARTIES AND BEER AND EVERYTHING IN YOUR
HOUSE 'OD WILL NEVER VISIT YOU THERE 4HATkS RIGHT "UT IF YOUkVE GOT
A HOME THATkS CLEANED UP AND LIVING FOR 'OD WITH PRAYER AND THE
"IBLE OPEN AND A FEW TEAR STAINS ON IT 'OD CAN VISIT YOU 4HATkS
RIGHT j#AUSE YOUkVE OPENED UP A CHANNEL THAT (E CAN COME TO !ND
THERE IS WHERE IT WAS
.OW WHEN 'OD HAD ANSWERED THE PRAYER OF :ACHARIAS AND
%LISABETH IT LIKED TO SCARED HIM TO DEATH OF COURSE (E DIDNkT THINK
THAT IT COULD HAPPEN "UT (E SAID l)kM 'ABRIEL 7HO STANDS IN THE
0RESENCE OF 'OD AND -Y WORDS SHALL BE FULFILLED IN THEIR SEASONm
!ND THEN HE CAME BACK OUT AND THE PEOPLE>(E WAS STRICKEN
DUMB !ND HE WAS GOING TO BE DUMB UNTIL THE DAY THE BABY WAS
BORN
!ND THEN OUT COME :ACHARIAS AND THE PEOPLE>(E BECKONED
TO THE PEOPLE 4HEY SEEN THAT HE HAD SEEN A VISION OR SOMETHING 3O
HE WENT HOME AND %LISABETH CONCEIVED AND HID HERSELF SIX MONTHS
!ND SHE WAS TO BE A MOTHER
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4HEN WATCH JUST DOWN IN .AZARETH THE MEANEST CITY IN THE
COUNTRY WORSE THAN #HICAGO PROBABLY 4HEN PRETTY NEAR AS BAD AS
*EFFERSONVILLE WHERE ) COME FROM 4HEN THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW
WELL THERE A LITTLE VIRGIN ONE DAY ENGAGED TO A MAN ABOUT FORTY
FIVE
YEARS OLD WIDOWER WITH ABOUT FOUR CHILDREN
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7HY SHE WAS COMING HOME IN THE ORIENTAL TYPE 0ROBABLY IT
WAS ON A -ONDAY 3HE WAS PACKING HER WASH WATER ON TOP OF HER
HEAD MAYBE IN A JAR AS THEY DO IT WALKING ALONG !ND ALL AT ONCE
BEFORE HER FLASHED A BIG ,IGHT 3HE>&RIGHTENED THE LITTLE VIRGIN
3HE LOOKED !ND THERE WAS 'ABRIEL STANDING BY HER SIDE 3AID l(AIL
-ARYm /R l3TOPm 3AID l"LESSED ART THOU AMONG WOMENm 3AID
TOLD HER HOW THAT HER COUSIN %LISABETH HAD CONCEIVED IN HER OLD AGE
AND WAS GOING TO BEAR A CHILD !ND SAID THE?THAT SHE WAS GOING TO
HAVE A #HILD KNOWING NO MAN
.OW LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN :ACHARIAS THAT MINISTER
WHO HAD STUDIED THE 3CRIPTURES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AND OVER AGAIN HAD PLENTY OF EXAMPLES 4HERE WAS 3ARAH AND
(ANNAH AND SO FORTH BACK IN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT PLENTY EXAMPLES
(E?HE DOUBTED IT TO BE SO "UT THIS LITTLE GIRL DIDNkT DOUBT 3HE SAID
l"EHOLD THE HANDSMAID OF THE ,ORD BE IT UNTO ME ACCORDING TO 4HY
7ORDm 7HAT A DIFFERENCE
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.OW SOMETIMES YOU CAN CALLOUS YOURSELF 2EADING THE "IBLE
AND JUST LIKE READING A NEWSPAPER AND HAVING ABOUT THE SAME KIND OF
FAITH THAT WOULD YOU HAVE IN ONE THEN YOU CALLOUS YOURSELF 7HEN
YOU READ 'ODkS 7ORD BELIEVE )T JUST LIKE )T SAYS )T IS THERE AND TAKE
'OD AT (IS 7ORD
.OW AS SOON AS SHE READ THIS OR SHE SEEN THIS BEFORE HER AND
THE !NGEL OF THE ,ORD SAID l9OUkRE GOING TO HAVE A BABYm ,OOK
WHAT SHE HAD TO BELIEVE 7ELL SHE HAD TO BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT
HAD NEVER HAPPENED :ACHARIAS DIDNkT HAVE TO>0LENTY TIMES DID
THAT HAPPEN THROUGH THE 3CRIPTURES (E HAD PLENTY OF EXAMPLES "UT
-ARY HAD TO BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT WAS TOTAL IMPOSSIBLE AND HAD
NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE "UT YET SHE DIDNkT STAGGER AT IT SHE JUST SAID
l"EHOLD THE HANDSMAID OF THE ,ORD "E IT UNTO MEm 3HE TOOK 'OD
AT (IS 7ORD
!ND TODAY RIGHT HERE NOW WHILE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD HAS BEEN HEALED IN THESE GREAT CAMPAIGNS IN THIS LATTER
REVIVAL THATkS SWEEPING THE WORLD 2IGHT TODAY RIGHT AT THIS MINUTE
DOZENS AND SCORES OF PEOPLE IN MEETINGS HERE IN THE 5NITED 3TATES
ARE BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW BY THE POWER OF 'OD PLENTY OF EXAMPLES
EVERY DAY EVERY NIGHT !ND YET WE SET AND WONDER l'OD WHY DONkT
9OU DO THIS m AND lWHY DONkT 9OU DO THAT m 4AKE 'OD AT (IS 7ORD
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-ARY SAID l"EHOLD THE HANDSMAID OF THE ,ORDm 3HE STARTED
REJOICING 3HE WAS HAPPY 'OD HAD PROMISED IT SHE KNOWED SHE
WAS GOING TO HAVE THE BABY ) BELIEVE ) SPOKE SOMETHING ABOUT IT LAST
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NIGHT 3HE DIDNkT WAIT TILL SHE FELT LIFE 3HE DIDNkT WAIT TILL SHE WAS
POSITIVE 3HE DIDNkT WAIT TILL ANY VISIBLE SIGN 3HE JUST BELIEVED WHAT
THE !NGEL SAID WAS THE 4RUTH 4HERE YOU ARE
4HE TROUBLE OF IT IS WE QUESTION 'OD !ND IF WE QUESTION 'OD
WE CANkT BELIEVE 'OD &AITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR THE
EVIDENCE OF THINGS YOU DONkT SEE TASTE FEEL SMELL OR HEAR !MEN
) BEGIN TO FEEL A LITTLE RELIGIOUS RIGHT NOW )>!LL RIGHT /H
TAKE 'OD AT (IS 7ORD 3HE BEGIN TO REJOICE AND PRAISE 'OD JUST AS
SOON AS SHE HEARD l&AITH COMETH BY HEARING HEARING BY THE 7ORD
OF 'ODm )S THAT RIGHT ;#ONGREGATION SAYS l!MENm?%D= l&AITH
COMETH BY HEARINGm
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3OON AS YOU HEAR THE 7ORD OF 'OD THAT SAYS YOU CAN BE SET
FREE BELIEVE IT 2EJOICE WITH IT 'OD WILL SHOW THE EVIDENCE AFTER
YOUkVE ACCEPTED IT "UT FIRST YOU ACCEPT IT
#HRIST DIED FOR SINNERS ) BELIEVE IT ) ACCEPT IT ) START REJOICING
'OD WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS BY IT
) BELIEVE (E WAS STRIPED FOR MY HEALING ) BELIEVE IT ) ACCEPT IT
'ODkS WORKS HEALING FOR ME 3EE *UST AS SOON AS ) BELIEVE (E CANkT
HELP ME TILL ) BELIEVE )kVE GOT TO BELIEVE AND CONFESS IT FIRST AND THEN
'ODkS UNDER OBLIGATION TO (IS 7ORD
!ND IF (EkS !LMIGHTY 'OD (E CAN DO ALL THINGS !ND IF (E
CANNOT DO ALL THINGS (EkS NOT !LMIGHTY 'OD 4HERE IT IS !LL RIGHT
.OTICE 7HAT KIND OF A BOY OUGHT THIS TO BE 7HAT KIND OF
A PERSON 'OD KEEPING (IS 7ORD 'ODkS PROMISED TO DO ANYTHING
'OD WILL DO IT
7HEN THE CHILDREN OF )SRAEL WAS LED OUT OF %GYPT 'OD
PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AS THEY JOURNEYED THROUGH THE
WILDERNESS 'OD SAID (E WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM AND (E DID DO IT
.O MATTER WHERE THE PATH LED ANY ENEMY GOT IN 'ODkS PATH IT GIVE
AWAY
) CAN SEE THEM COME UP TO THE 2ED 3EA 'OD HAD (IS MAP
DRAWED OUT WAY (E WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM 4HEY WILL MOVE RIGHT UP
TO THE 2ED 3EA NO WAY AT ALL ACROSS IT (ERE WAS 0HARAOHkS ARMY THE
MOUNTAINS ON ONE SIDE 0HARAOHkS ARMY HERE THE 2ED 3EA IN FRONT OF
THEM -OSES LIFTED UP HIS HANDS 0SALMS SAID 'OD LOOKED DOWN
(E SEEN THAT PATH LAYING THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA 4HERE WAS
(IS CHILDREN RIGHT THERE NEEDING THE PROMISE TAKING 'OD AT (IS
7ORD
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% 'OD LOOKED DOWN THROUGH THAT 0ILLAR OF &IRE AND WITH ANGERED
EYES !ND WHEN (E DID THE SEA?SEA GOT SCARED AND MOVED BACK LIKE
THAT AND MADE A DRY PATH AND )SRAEL WALKED THROUGH ON DRY GROUND
4AKE 'OD AT (IS 7ORD
7HEN THEY CROSSED THE 2ED 3EA THEM UNCIRCUMCISED THOSE
PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE LIKE THE MAKE BELIEVER TODAY TRYING TO DO SO
PERISHED 4HEN A GREAT VICTORY COME WHEN THEY SEEN THE OPPOSITE SIDE
PERISH
-IRIAM GOT IN THE 3PIRIT GRABBED UP A TAMBOURINE AND WENT
DOWN THE BANK DANCING +INDA SHOCKING ISNkT IT $ANCING BEATING
A TAMBOURINE !ND THE DAUGHTERS OF )SRAEL FOLLOWED HER BEATING
TAMBOURINES AND DANCING IN THE 3PIRIT )F THAT AINkT AN OLD FASHION
REVIVAL ) DONkT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT 6ICTORY
4HERE LAID THE DEAD ONES LAYING IN THE BACK THE ONES THAT ALL
THE THINGS HAD BOTHERED THEM>
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TROUBLE /H MY 7HEN THAT OLD PIPE THAT OLD SIN THEM THINGS THAT
SET YOU BACK AND HELD YOU BACK WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE "LOOD
OF *ESUS YONDER AND 'OD HAS CLEANSED YOUR SOUL THEREkLL BE ANOTHER
DANCING PARTY TAKE PLACE 4HE JOYBELLS OF HEAVEN WILL LEAP UP IN YOUR
HEART
4HERE WAS THE LEADER -OSES GOT SO EXCITED 9EAH (E THREW
HIS HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND SUNG A SONG IN THE 3PIRIT 3OUNDS LIKE
CAMP MEETING TIME DOESNkT IT 9ES SIR
% .OW THEY HAD COME AWAY FROM ALL THEIR CROPS 4HEYkD COME
AWAY FROM EVERYTHING THEY HAD ! LITTLE BASKET OF KNEADED BREAD ON
TOP OF THEIR HEAD THEYkD PACKED OUT WAS EATEN NO BREAD NOTHING TO
EAT l'OD HAD PROMISEDm !LL RIGHT
4HEY WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT 4HEY WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
AND THE GROUND LAID FULL OF MANNA 'OD SUPPLYING EVERYTHING THEY
HAD NEED OF 4HERE WAS MANNA LAYING ALL OVER THE GROUND 4HEY
WENT OUT AND PICKED IT UP !ND WHEN THEY BEGIN TO EAT IT IT TASTE
LIKE HONEY /H MY %VER EAT SOME OF IT SOME OF THE MANNA 7HAT A
BEAUTIFUL TYPE
.OW (E SAID l$ONkT PICK UP ENOUGH TODAY ON 3ATURDAY *UST
3ATURDAY ALONE TO LAST THROUGH THE 3ABBATHm (E SAID l0ICK UP JUST
ENOUGH TODAY TO EAT TODAY TOMORROW GET SOME NEWm 4HE TROUBLE
OF IT IS WITH PEOPLE TODAY THEYkRE TRYING TO DEPEND ON EXPERIENCE
THEY HAD ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO 9OU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT
MANNA )T GOT WIGGLETAILS IN IT OVERNIGHT
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!ND THATkS WHATkS THE MATTER WITH A LOT OF OUR 0ENTECOSTAL
EXPERIENCES WEkRE RELYING ON SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WAY BACK
YONDER AND IT GETS WIGGLETAILS IN IT AND GETS STALE 7HAT ABOUT TODAY
4HIS IS THE DAY 4ODAY IS THE TIME !LL RIGHT
.OW ) NOTICE ON THAT 7ONDERFUL>)T SAID l4ASTES LIKE HONEY
IN THE ROCKm $AVID SAID l(OW SWEET IT WASm 4HEREkS SOMETHING
ABOUT HONEY THAT 'OD LIKES
.OTICE $AVID BEING A SHEPHERD THE SHEPHERD USED TO CARRY?
CARRY A SCRIP BAG ON THEIR SIDE !ND IN THIS SCRIP BAG THEY PUT HONEY
!ND WHEN THEIR SHEEP WOULD GET SICK THEYkD TAKE SOME OF THIS HONEY
AND THEY WOULD RUB IT ON A ROCK !ND THE SICK SHEEP WOULD GO OVER
GO TO LICKING ON THIS ROCK AND WHILE LICKING THE HONEY OFF HE GOT THE
LIMESTONE OFF THE ROCK AND THE LIMESTONE HEALED THE SICK SHEEP
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7HAT A BEAUTIFUL TYPE TODAY ,ISTEN FRIENDS ) GOT A WHOLE SCRIP
BAG FULL OF HONEY HERE AND )kM GOING TO PUT IT ON THE 2OCK #HRIST
*ESUS AND YOU SICK SHEEP START LICKING NOW AND YOUkRE SURE TO GET
WELL JUST AS CERTAIN AS ANYTHING ,ICK FROM #ALVARY NOT FROM SOME
MANkS HANDS OR SOME SUPERSTITION BUT OFF OF #ALVARY NOT OFF THE
"APTIST CHURCH -ETHODIST CHURCH 0RESBYTERIAN 0ENTECOSTAL BUT OFF
OF #ALVARY THE 2OCK OF !GES ,ICK OFF OF THAT !ND THEY GOT WELL
!ND IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME THAT SICK SHEEP OUGHT TO GO TO LICKING IS
TODAY
.OTICE 'OD SAID l.OW ) WANT YOU TO DO THIS 'O OUT AND GET
SOME GREAT OMERS FULL OF IT AND PUT IT BACK TO CARRY IT IN THE HOLY
PLACE THAT ALL THE GENERATIONS THATkS TO FOLLOW AFTER WHEN THEY COME
IN>%VERY MAN THAT COME INTO THE PRIESTHOOD THAT WAS A SUBJECT TO
THE PRIESTHOOD COULD GO IN AND GET A BITE OF THE ORIGINAL MANNA 4HAT
BACK IN THE HOLY PLACE DIDNkT RECEIVE DETERIORATION )T KEPT ITS FULL
VALUE !ND EVERY PRIEST AFTER BEING ORDAINED A PRIEST COULD COME TO
THE VEIL THEN EVERY ONE COULD TAKE A BITE OF THE ORIGINAL MANNA THAT
FELL ON THE FIRST DAY THAT MANNA FELL 4HATkS WHEN 'OD CALLED THEM TO
GO GET A OMERS FULL OF THE FIRST
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7HAT A BEAUTIFUL TYPE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT ON THE DAY OF
0ENTECOST !S 'OD LED THE #HURCH NATURAL THROUGH THE WILDERNESS
NOW 'ODkS LEADING (IS #HURCH SPIRITUAL !ND OUR MANNA OUR LIFE
SUSTAINING RESOURCE COMES BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT !ND AS SOON AS THE
APOSTLES HAD CROSSED OUT ALL THE FEAR AND DOUBT AND GATHERED IN THE
UPPER ROOM 'OD GAVE THEM THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 7HEN )T
FELL DOWN THAT WAS OUR -ANNA COMING FROM 'OD OUT OF HEAVEN LIKE
A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND FILLED ALL THE ROOM WHERE THEY WERE SETTING
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#LOVEN TONGUES SET UPON THEM LIKE FIRE OUT OF THE BUILDING THEY
WENT INTO THE STREETS AND BEGIN TO PREACH AND TESTIFY 'OD WORKING
MIRACLES )S THAT RIGHT /UR -ANNA>
.OW DID 'OD LAY SOME OF THAT BACK 0ETER SAID IN !CTS
AND HE SAID l2EPENT EVERY ONE OF YOU AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE
.AME OF *ESUS #HRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS FOR YOU SHALL
RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE (OLY 'HOST &OR THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU AND
TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TO THEM THATkS FAR OFF EVEN AS MANY AS THE ,ORD
OUR 'OD SHALL CALLm
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4HEN TODAY IF 'ODkS STILL CALLING EVERY MAN OR WOMAN THAT
COMES TO THE FOUNTAIN FILLED WITH "LOOD DRAWN FROM %MMANUELkS
VEINS AND BECOMES A PRIEST OR A CHILD A BORN CHILD OF 'OD IN THE
+INGDOM OF 'OD HAS A RIGHT TO THE ORIGINAL BAPTISM OF THE (OLY
'HOST NOT A MOUTHFUL BUT A WHOLE SOUL FULL OF THE SAME POWER THAT
FELL ON THE DAY OF 0ENTECOST
)kM NOT EXCITED ) KNOW WHERE ) AM ,ET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
BROTHER 7HAT THE #HURCH NEEDS TODAY IS NOT A NEW MAYOR OF THE
CITY OR A NEW $EMOCRAT OR NEW 2EPUBLICAN PARTY )T NEEDS AN OLD
FASHION 'OD
SENT (OLY 'HOST REVIVAL AND THE "IBLE (OLY 'HOST
BACK IN THE #HURCH AGAIN 4HATkS WHAT )T NEEDS (OW MARVELOUS 9ES
SIR
7HEN THEY WERE THIRSTY THEY SMOTE THE ROCK 4HEY DRANK
FROM THE WILDER?FROM THE ROCK 7HEN THEYkRE NEEDY 'OD SUPPLIED
NEED 7HEN THE #HRIST WAS READY TO COME TO THE EARTH 'OD MADE
ARRANGEMENTS
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.OW LOOK AT LITTLE -ARY (ERE SHE TAKES OFF UP INTO THE
WILDERNESS UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO SEE %LISABETH HER COUSIN *ESUS
AND *OHN WERE HALF?WERE SECOND COUSINS -ARY AND %LISABETH WERE
FIRST COUSINS !ND THEY WENT UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHE DID TO ENJOY
THE FELLOWSHIP OF HER COUSIN
4HATkS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TODAY *UST>4HE DEADEST THING IN
THE WORLD IS THE DEAD SEA WHO TAKES EVERYTHING IN AND GIVES NOTHING
OUT /R IF WE COME TO A MEETING 'OD FILLS OUR SOUL WITH GLORY WE
OUGHT TO TELL FIFTY PEOPLE A DAY EVERYWHERE EVERY DAY TELL ANOTHER
FIFTY ANOTHER FIFTY 'IVE OUT 4HAT KEEPS THE CISTERN CLEANED OUT !LL
RIGHT
.OTICE 4HEN UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS THEY WENT !ND ) CAN
SEE HER AS SHE BEGINS TO APPROACH ) SEE THE WOMAN RUN OUT 3HEkS
SETTING THERE ,ETkS DRAMATIZE THIS A LITTLE ) CAN SEE HER SETTING THERE
A KNITTING YOU KNOW OR CROCHETING OR WHAT THE WOMEN WOULD DO IN
THEM DAYS 3HE SEEN -ARY COMING SHE THREW DOWN HER CROCHET AND
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HER KNITTING 5P SHE WENT REAL QUICK GRABBED HER UP IN HER ARMS
THROWED HER ARMS AROUND HER AND KISSED HER AND SAID l/H -ARY
)kM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOUm ,OVE ONE FOR THE OTHER THATkS ALL GONE
ABOUT NOW .OW ISNkT THAT THE TRUTH !LL GONE>
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7HY TODAY YOU DONkT EVEN KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORkS DEAD TILL
YOU READ IT IN THE PAPER )SNkT THAT RIGHT ) REMEMBER WHEN WE USED
TO BE ABLE TO BORROW MONEY AND EVERYTHING FROM THE FARM THE OTHER
FARMER .OW YOU TRY TO DO IT 9OU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SECURITY )TkS A
SHAME
,OVE THATkS WHAT THE WORLDkS DYING FOR TODAY IS LOVE 4HEY
WONkT NEED TO BE SO /RTHODOX IN YOUR TEACHING 3OME FELLOW MAYBE
THERE WOULDNkT BE TWO OF US IN HERE AGREE UPON THE SAME THING BUT
WE CAN AGREE THIS THAT THE LOVE OF 'ODkS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEART BY
THE (OLY 'HOST ,ETkS HAVE LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER
*ESUS SAID l4HIS WILL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YOUkRE -Y DISCIPLES
WHEN YOU HAVE LOVE ONE FOR THE OTHERm
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.OW HERE NOT LONG AGO ) WAS DOWN IN &LORIDA ) JUST WANT
TO PASS THIS -R "OSWORTH MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM OLD $ADDY
"OSWORTH & & "OSWORTH HELD GREAT MEETINGS HERE YEARS AGO !ND
SOME OF YOU OLD MOTHERS AND DADS REMEMBER HIM IN #HICAGO !ND
WHEN WE WERE DOWN THERE HE JUST>7HEN HE FIRST COME INTO MY
MEETING WE WAS HAVING>) WENT DOWN THERE WITH A LITTLE KID WAS
HOLDING A MEETING 4HEY HAD>(E SAID l(E WAS JUST ABOUT TO GO
UNDERm 3O WENT DOWN AND HAD A MEETING AND THAT NIGHT A $UCHESS
COME UP ) THINK THATkS WHAT YOU CALL THEM ONE OF THESE WOMEN YOU
KNOW THATkS HIGH SOCIETY
!ND SO "ROTHER "OSWORTH SAID l"ROTHER "RANHAM THIS
$UCHESS THAT OWNS THIS ALL THIS PROPERTY OUT HERE WANTS TO SEE YOUm
) SAID l7ELL ) CANkT NOWm
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!ND SO WHEN WE PASSED THROUGH THE TENT THAT NIGHT BACK IN THE
LITTLE PRAYER ROOM HERE SHE WAS STANDING THERE /H BROTHER UNDER
DRESSED AND OVER
PAINTED YOU KNOW 4WO GREAT BIG EARRINGS HANGING
DOWN LOOKED LIKE THE STIRRUPS FOR THE DEVIL YOU KNOW THE SADDLE
SETTING RIGHT BETWEEN HER NECK AND RIDING RIGHT DOWN !ND THERE SHE
SET THERE !ND SHE HAD HER A PAIR OF GLASSES OUT SHE HELD )kM NOT
MAKING FUN OF THE WOMAN BUT NOT ENOUGH CLOTHES ON TO WAD A GOOD
MUSKET SHOTGUN !ND THERE SHE STOOD OUT THERE WITH THESE GLASSES ON
A STICK LIKE THIS YOU KNOW HOLDING IT OUT LIKE THAT 3HE SAID l!RE YOU
$R "RANHAM m
) SAID l.O MAkAMm 3HE SAID>) SAID l)kM "ROTHER
"RANHAMm
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3HE SAID l7ELL ) AM SO CHARMED TO MEET YOUm
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7ELL ) DIDNkT KNOW WHAT THE WOMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT )
REACHED UP AND GOT A HOLD OF THAT BIG OLD HAT?FAT HAND THERE WITH
ABOUT FORTY RINGS ON IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE ) GOT IT ) SAID l'ET IT
DOWN HERE SO )kLL KNOW YOU WHEN ) SEE YOU AGAINm 9EAH 0UTTING ON
A LOT OF DOG 7HAT WAS SHE 3IX FOOT OF DIRT OUT YONDER 4HATkS RIGHT
/H THATkS THE WAY IT IS TODAY (OW CAN YOU EXPECT ANYTHING
MORE WHEN PEOPLE JUST BATHE THEIR SOULS IN ALL KINDS OF CORRUPTION
AND THINGS
l"IRDS OF FEATHERS FLOCK TOGETHERm !ND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE BIRDS THERE IS ARE SCAVENGERS 4HATkS RIGHT
7ELL IF THEY DONkT NOTICE THE OUTSIDE ITkS THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS
4HATkS RIGHT !LL RIGHT
4HERE -ARY RUN OUT AND MET>-ARY WENT> >%LISABETH
AND SHE HUGGED HER !ND SHE SAID l/H MY )kM SO HAPPY TO KNOW
THAT YOUkRE TO HAVE THE CHILDm
3HE SAID l9ES )kM TO HAVE THE BABY 4HATkS TRUEm
!ND SAID l9OU KNOW THE ,ORD APPEARED TO ME ALSOm 3EE 3HE
HAD A BLESSING TO?TO EXPLAIN 3AID l4HE ,ORD HAS APPEARED TO ME
AND TOLD ME THAT ) WAS TO GOING TO HAVE "ABY KNOWING NO MAN !ND
) WOULD CALL (IS .AME *ESUSm
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!ND LITTLE *OHN AS FAR AS WE KNOW HAD NEVER RECEIVED LIFE
%LISABETH SAID SHE WAS SCARED )T WAS SIX MONTHS WITH HER THEN WITH
BABY WITH THE BABY AND NO LIFE 4HATkS SUBNORMAL 4HATkS ALTOGETHER
SUBNORMAL ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS !ND HERE IT WAS SIX MONTHS
NO LIFE
!ND JUST AS SOON AS -ARY SPOKE THE .AME l*ESUS m LITTLE *OHN
RECEIVED LIFE BEGIN TO LEAP IN HIS MOTHERkS WOMB FOR JOY )F THE FIRST
TIME THE .AME OF *ESUS #HRIST SPOKE THROUGH MORTAL LIPS BROUGHT
LIFE TO A DEAD BABY WHAT OUGHT )T TO DO TO A BORNED AGAIN #HURCH
(ALLELUJAH 7HAT OUGHT )T TO DO TO A SICK PERSON 4HAT .AME l*ESUSm
BROUGHT A DEAD BABY TO LIFE
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!ND THE "IBLE SAID THAT *OHN RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY
'HOST OR RECEIVED THE (OLY 'HOST IN HIS MOTHERkS WOMB AND WAS
BORN FULL OF THE (OLY 'HOST (ALLELUJAH 4HERE YOU ARE 2ECEIVED
JOY AND BEGIN LEAPING AND JUMPING !ND THE (OLY 'HOST COME UPON
HIS MOTHER AND SHE PROPHESIED /H MY 4ALK ABOUT SHORT OF THE
+INGDOM OF 'OD 9ES SIR
4HEN -ARY RETURNS BACK AFTER STAYING WITH HER MANY DAYS
,OOK AT LITTLE OLD *OHN WHEN HE WAS BORN l7HAT MANNER OF CHILD
SHOULD THIS BE m
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CEMETERY WHATEVER YOU WANT )TkS BOTH A DEAD PLACE
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! SEMINARY PREACHER PUTS ME IN THE MIND OF A INCUBATOR
CHICKEN ! LITTLE INCUBATOR CHICKENkS TURNED OUT MECHANICALLY THE
LITTLE FELLOW JUST CHIRPS CHIRPS FOR A MAMMY AND AINkT GOT ANY TO GO
TO 4HATkS JUST EXACTLY LIKE AN INCUBATOR PREACHER (EkS GOT READING
WRITING ARITHMETIC KNOWS HOW TO STAND SO PROPER AND BOW HIS HEAD
AND HOLLER lAMENm LIKE A DYING CALF !ND KNOWS NO MORE ABOUT 'OD
THAN AN (OTTENTOT KNOWS ABOUT A %GYPTIAN NIGHT 4HATkS RIGHT 9OU
KNOW ITkS THE TRUTH 9OU MIGHT NOT SAY l!MEN m TO IT BUT ITkS THE
TRUTH 4HATkS RIGHT
/H ) DONkT CARE IF MY BOY DONkT EVEN KNOW HIS !"#kS ) WANT
HIM TO KNOW #HRIST AND FULL PARDON OF SIN AND RECEIVE THE BAPTISM
OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT (ALLELUJAH 4HEY DONkT KNOW SPLIT PEAS FROM
COFFEE 4HAT DONkT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME AS LONG AS HE KNOWS
#HRIST AND THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN
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,OOK AT THIS LITTLE OLD FELLOW AT NINE YEARS OLD TOOK OUT INTO
THE WILDERNESS NOT TO SOME SEMINARY TO HAVE SOME EMBALMING FLUID
PUMPED INTO HIM .O SIR (E WENT OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS AND
THERE HE LIVED WITH 'OD UNTIL HE WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD 9OU KNOW THE
BIRTH OF *ESUS 7EkRE RUNNING SHORT OF TIME SO ) WONkT TAKE TIME TO
REHEARSE THAT 9OU KNOW IT
"UT AT THIRTY YEARS OLD l7HAT KIND OF A PREACHER OUGHT THIS TO
BE m (ERE HE COMES OUT OF THE WILDERNESS NOT WITH HIS COLLAR TURNED
AROUND IN THE BACK AND A TUXEDO COAT?COAT ON EATING FRIED CHICKEN
AND BISCUITS EVERY DAY FOR DINNER .O SIR (ALLELUJAH
(E COME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS AN OLD PAIR OF HAIRY TROUSERS ON
AND A SHEEPSKIN BELT WRAPPED HIM AROUND LIKE THAT "UT HE PREACHED
REPENTANCE
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) CAN SEE HIM (EROD COME UP YOU KNOW LIVING WITH HIS
BROTHER 0HILIPkS WIFE ) CAN HEAR SOME OF THE ELDERS COME OUT SAY
l$ONkT PREACH ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE TODAY NOW 4HEREkS (EROD
SETTING DOWN THEREm /LD *OHN FULL OF THE (OLY 'HOST #OULD YOU
IMAGINE HOLDING HIM BACK WALKED RIGHT STRAIGHT UP IN HIS FACE AND
SAID l)TkS NOT LAWFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE HERm 4HATkS RIGHT 'OD GIVE US
SOME *OHNS
7HY ) SAY TODAY WHAT THE "APTIST CHURCH THEYkRE NEEDING
SOME MORE *OHNS LIKE *OHN THE "APTIST WHO WILL NOT COMPROMISE
BUT WILL PREACH THE UNRICHABLE?THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF #HRIST
"ROTHER HE DIDNkT HAVE NO EDUCATION NEVER KNOWED HE HAD A DAY
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OF SCHOOLING (E NEVER HAD NO DEGREE OF ANY KIND NO "ACHELOR OR
"ACHELORkS DEGREE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT $$ $$ OR
EVER
WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT
9OU KNOW WHAT $$ STANDS FOR $EAD DOG !LL RIGHT (E HAD
NOTHING OF THAT "UT HE TOLD THEM WHERE THEY LIVED AND WHAT TO DO
'OD GIVE US SOME MORE "APTISTS LIKE THAT 4HATkS EXACTLY RIGHT
3TOOD AND SAID l)TkS NOT LAWFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE HERm 4RUE
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3OME FELLOW THE OTHER DAY ) WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME LADY )
WAS QUOTING A STORY ABOUT SOME LADY UP PLAYING THE PIANO !ND NOW
YOU CAN>.OW THIS IS YOUR OWN BUSINESS 4HATkS UP TO YOU 3EE
"UT THE LADY SHE HAD ON SO MUCH MAKE
UP THAT WOMAN HAD ENOUGH
PAINT ON TO PAINT A BARN ALMOST !ND THERE HE SAID THIS MAN SAID
l"ROTHER "RANHAM THIS IS MY WIFEm 3AID l3HEkS A SAINTm
) SAID l"ROTHER ) DONkT WANT TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS SHE LOOKS
LIKE A HAINT 3HE DONkT LOOK NO SAINT TO MEm 4HATkS WHAT>
9OU KNOW WHAT A HAINT IS $OWN IN THE SOUTH THATkS lA
SPOOKm !LL RIGHT ,ET ME TELL YOU ,ISTEN 4HE ONLY WOMAN IN THE
"IBLE THAT EVER PAINTED HER FACE TO MEET A MAN WAS *EZEBEL AND 'OD
FED HER TO THE DOGS 3O IF YOU SEE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE THATkS SUPPOSED
TO BE SO GOOD AND GOT THE (OLY 'HOST 9OU CAN SAY l(OW DO YOU
DO -ISS $OG -EATm 4HATkS WHAT 'OD CALLS HER IS DOG MEAT FOR
HIM 9OU SEE !LL RIGHT
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,ET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE NEED TODAY IS PREACHERS WOULD TAKE
THE GLOVES OFF AND STAND IN THE PULPIT AND CLAIM THE FULL 'OSPEL OF
*ESUS #HRIST WITH THE POWER AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE (OLY 'HOST
'ET THE PEOPLE>9OU HAVE TO SHAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY AND
COMPROMISE A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY 4HATkS JUST EXACTLY THE WAY THE
,UTHERANS DONE 4HATkS THE WAY THE -ETHODISTS DONE THATkS THE WAY
THE "APTISTS DONE !ND THATkS THE WAY THE 0ENTECOST IS DOING 7HEW
9OU AINkT GOING TO LIKE ME AFTER THIS "UT ) DONkT>
,ET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING )TkS THE MAIN THING )kM RESPONSIBLE
BEFORE 'OD NOW 4HATkS RIGHT ) MAY>) BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE
SOLEMN TRUTH OF 'OD 9ES SIR 4HE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET
THAT HEART RIGHT
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.OW WE ALL LIVE HERE IN THESE MIDDLE EAST?MIDDLE EASTERN
STATES 7E GOT A OAK TREE OUT HERE %VERY YEAR ALL THOUGH THE WINTER
THE OLD OAK TREE PACKS ITS LEAVES JUST THE SAME 3PRING OF THE YEAR
THEREkS THE OLD LEAF ON THE TREE 9OU DONkT HAVE TO GO PICK THEM OFF
*UST LET THE NEW LIFE COME UP THE OLD LEAF GOES OFF 7HEN A MANkS
REALLY BORN AGAIN AND A>HIS HEART WOMAN OR MAN THE OLD LIFE
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DROPS AWAY THE NEW LIFE COMES IN AND TAKES ITS PLACE *UST?JUST LET
THEM GET RIGHT WITH 'OD THEN YOU CAN NOTICE "Y THEIR FRUITS YOU
SHALL KNOW THEM
!ND LET ME TELL YOU MY FRIEND ) BETTER SHUT UP RIGHT HERE
4HATkS RIGHT ) REMEMBER IN MY LIFE STORY THE FIRST LITTLE TASTE THAT
) HAD TO GO OUT ) HAD A LITTLE OLD GIRL AND ) THOUGHT>9OU KNOW
HOW YOU YOUR FIRST GIRLFRIEND /H SHE HAD EYES LIKE A DOVE AND A
NECK LIKE A SWAN AND TEETH LIKE PEARL ) THOUGHT SHE WAS THE PRETTIEST
THING ) EVER SEEN !ND WE WENT OUT WE>A BOY FRIEND AND ) WE GOT
SOME #OKES AND SOME SANDWICH ) COME OUT TO GIVE SOME SANDWICH
TO MY LITTLE GIRL !ND SHE WAS EATING AND THE SANDWICH AND WE DRANK
THE #OKES !ND ) WAS GOING TO RUN THE BOTTLES BACK IN 7HEN ) COME
BACK OUT>4HAT WAS JUST THE DAYS WHEN WOMEN BEGIN TO LOSE THEIR
GRACE YOU KNOW !ND SO SHE?HERE SHE WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE )
LOOKED AT HER ) ALWAYS HAD MY OPINION OF A WOMAN WHO SMOKED A
CIGARETTE AND ) STILL HAVE TODAY )TkS THE LOWEST THING SHE EVER DONE
$ONkT LET YOUR FACE GET RED 3EE $ONkT GET UP AND WALK OUT EVEN
THOUGH YOUkRE GUILTY !LL RIGHT
"UT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING )F 'OD THINKS>)F (E THINKS
ABOUT IT THE WAY THE !NGEL OF 'OD WITNESSES TO ME HERE RIGHT THIS
AFTERNOON ON THE PLATFORM YOUkLL HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING IN THE
GATES YONDER ) TELL YOU WHEN YOU COME UP BEFORE (IM &IRST 1UIT
3TOP ,AY ASIDE THESE> >4HE HOUR OF JUDGMENT IS AT HAND !ND
IF THE VIRGIN -ARY HAD TO GO IN YONDER IN THE UPPER ROOM AND
TARRY TILL SHE RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 'HOST AND COME OUT
STAGGERING LIKE A DRUNK WOMAN YOUkLL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN ANYTHING
CHEAPER THAN THAT 4HATkS RIGHT
7OMEN MEN LISTEN AT ME )kM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH 'ET 'OD
DOWN IN HERE AND (EkLL TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF IT .OW THEN JUST
LOOK AROUND 9OU DONkT HAVE TO SAY>l7ELL ) GOT ITm 4HE FRUITS
SHOW ITkS NOT "UT THATkS>*UST DONkT SAY ANYTHING *UST GO AHEAD
YOU KNOW WHERE YOUkRE AT !LL RIGHT
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.OW LOOK 4HEN ) SEEN *OHN WHEN HE CAME OUT THERE AND
BEGIN TO PREACH MY JUST WITH REPENTANCE AS HARD AS HE COULD PREACH
,AYING AT THE AXE TO THE ROOT OF THE TREE AND EVERY TREE THAT BRINGETH
FORTH NOT GOOD FRUIT IS HEWN DOWN AND CAST INTO THE SEA !ND THEN
NOTICE OR INTO THE FIRE RATHER
4HEN ALONG CAME *ESUS 7HEN (E WAS BAPTIZED WENT
STRAIGHTWAY OUT OF THE WATER AND THE 6OICE OF 'OD SPOKE SAID l4HIS
IS -Y BELOVED 3ON IN WHOM )kM WELL PLEASEDm )NTO THE WILDERNESS
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(E WENT TO BE TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL %VERY MAN AND WOMAN AS SOON
AS YOUkRE BAPTIZED WITH THE (OLY 'HOST IMMEDIATELY THE DEVIL SETS IN
FROM EVERY SIDE )F HE DIDNkT THEN YOU BETTER GO BACK
% 4HEN EVERY TIME WHEN YOU GET HEALED HERE COMES SYMPTOMS
MOVING RIGHT AROUND YOU AGAIN )F IT DIDNkT BE CAREFUL 3EE 3ATANkS
ALWAYS THERE TO DETECT WHAT 'OD HAS DONE
4HEN (IS MINISTRY GOT GREAT AND AWAY (E WENT /UT INTO
THE>4HEN WE COME TO OUR TEXT 1UICKLY NOW
4HEN WE SEE ,AZARUS>(E WENT AWAY FROM THE HOME !ND
AS SOON AS *ESUS LEFT THE HOME SICKNESS SET IN SORROW SET IN !ND
LISTEN #HRISTIANS WHEN *ESUS LEAVES YOUR HOME SICKNESS AND TROUBLE
WILL SET RIGHT IN BEHIND IT 7HEN (E LEAVES YOUR HOME GET READY FOR
TROUBLE jCAUSE ITkS ON ITS ROAD RIGHT THEN 9OU WELCOME (IM INTO
YOUR HOUSE ,ET (IM BE THE UNSEEN 'UEST 3ET DOWN AT THE TABLE
NEVER EAT WITHOUT THANKING (IM FOR IT
) SEE MANY PEOPLE CALL THEIRSELVES #HRISTIANS NEVER RETURN
THANKS JUST AS ILLITERATE AS A HOG UNDER A APPLE TREE ! HOG CAN SIT
UNDER AN APPLE TREE AND THE APPLES WOULD BEAT HIM ON THE HEAD
ALL DAY LONG AND HEkLL EAT TILL HE CANkT GRUNT NO MORE HARDLY BUT
HEkLL NEVER LOOK UP TO SEE WHERE THEYkRE COMING FROM 4HATkS RIGHT
4HATkS EXACTLY THE TRUTH 0EOPLE JUST SO lUNTHANKFUL UNHOLY WITHOUT
NATURAL AFFECTIONS TRUCEBREAKERS FALSE ACCUSERS INCONTINENT FIERCE
AND DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT ARE GOOD TRAITORS HEADY HIGH MINDED
LOVERS OF PLEASURE MORE THAN LOVERS OF 'OD HAVING A FORM OF
GODLINESS BUT DENYING THE POWER THEREOF FROM SUCH TURN AWAYm
4HATkS WHAT THE 3PIRIT SAID IN 4IMOTHY )S THAT RIGHT
% !ND HERE THEY ARE LIVING INTO TODAY AND 0ENTECOST GETTING RIGHT
INTO IT 9OU HOLINESS PEOPLE GOING RIGHT INTO IT JUST HEADLONG 4HATkS
TRUE /H MY 7HAT A SAD SIGHT IT IS 7HAT WE NEED TODAY BROTHER
IS A REVIVAL A STIRRING A BREAKING DOWN BREAKING UP DOWN TO THE
0OTTERkS HOUSE AGAIN
7ATCH ) SEE *ESUS NOW GO AWAY FROM THE HOME ,AZARUS TOOK
SICK .OW THIS IS HISTORY WEkRE TOLD THAT HE HAD HEMORRHAGES OF
HIS LUNGS ) DONkT KNOW 4HATkS NOT THE "IBLE THATkS JUST A HISTORIAN
WRITING 4HAT HE HAD HEMORRHAGES 7HEN *ESUS WENT AWAY FROM
THE HOME THEN -ARTHA AND -ARY AND ALL OF THEM HAD LEFT THE
SYNAGOGUE AND WAS FOLLOWING *ESUS 4HEY SENT FOR *ESUS TO COME
PRAY FOR ,AZARUS 9OU THINK (E DONE IT (E WALKED RIGHT ON AWAY
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AND HE WOULDNkT HAVE COME YOUkD SAID l7HY THE OLD HYPOCRITE )kLL
NEVER GO BACK TO THE 0HILADELPHIAN CHURCH AGAIN )kLL NEVER GO BACK
NO MORE (E DIDNkT COMEm
"UT IF -ARY WOULDkVE THOUGHT THAT AND -ARTHA WHAT A DAY
IT WOULDkVE BEEN .OW HE NEVER ASK ME TO SAY THAT ) JUST SAID THAT
4HATkS TO ANY CHURCH 9OUkVE GOT TO HAVE FAITH IN YOUR PASTOR AS A
MAN OF 'OD )F HE ISNkT?(E ISNkT GET HIM OUT AND GET SOMEBODY
IN THERE THAT IS 4HATkS RIGHT $ONkT STOP THE CHURCH 4HATkS RIGHT GO
ON )F HE ISNkT A MAN OF 'OD IF HE DOESNkT LIVE AND DO AND ACT AND
PREACH WHAT HE SHOULD TAKE HIM OUT PUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN THAT WILL
DO IT
% .OW NOW THEN YOU GOT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE 4HIS IS THE HOUSE
OF JUDGMENT THE HOUSE OF 'OD WHERE 'OD COMES DOWN AND PASSES
(IS JUDGMENT 9OUR PASTOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RIGHTEOUS MAN 4HE
CONGREGATIONkS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH HIM ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
9OUkRE SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT TOGETHER !ND IN THERE
IF YOUkRE NOT THEN 3ATANkS GOT A WAY TO GET IN 9OU GOT A LOOPHOLE
SOMEWHERE SO HAVE EVERYTHING CLEARED OUT
4HEN THEY?THEY SENT AGAIN FOR *ESUS )NSTEAD OF DOING THAT
(E JUST WENT ON NEVER COME OR AND SAID A WORD ABOUT IT (E HAD A
VISION FROM THE &ATHER )kLL PICK THAT UP THERE TONIGHT IF ) CAN (EkD
HAD A VISION FROM THE &ATHER THAT ,AZARUS WAS GOING TO DIE AND (E
HAD TO FOLLOW (IS VISION /F COURSE (E DID (E WENT ON !FTER WHILE
THEY SAID>
(E SAID l/UR FRIEND ,AZARUS SLEEPETHm
7ELL THE DISCIPLES THEY SAID l7ELL IF HEkS ASLEEP HEkS DOING
VERY WELL THEN HEkS RECOVERING (EkS GETTING BETTERm
4HEN (E LET THEM KNOW IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE (E SAID l(EkS
DEAD !ND FOR YOUR SAKE ) AM GLAD ) WASNkT THERE "UT ) GO WAKE
HIMm (E KNOWED WHERE (E WAS GOING TO>'OD HAD ALREADY TOLD
HIM (E FOLLOWED WHAT THE &ATHER SAID DO NOT WHAT MAN TOLD (IM
WHAT 'OD SAID (E KNOWED JUST WHAT TO DO
% ) CAN HEAR SOME OF THEM SAY l(EY 4HAT HOLY ROLLER WAS AROUND
HERE PREACHING $IVINE HEALING !ND OH (E SAID HE GOT SICK WITH
THEM HEMORRHAGES THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A JOB FOR (IM 3EE HIM SLIP
AWAY .OW WEkLL SEE ABOUT THATm !LL RIGHT
4HEN (E SAID l) GO WAKE HIMm
.OW THE FIRST DAY PASSED>'RIEVOUS THINGS HAD COME IN AND
GOT ,AZARUS TOOK EMBALMED HIS BODY TAKEN HIM OUT AND BURIED
HIM IN THE GRAVE !LL HOPES WAS GONE
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4HE SECOND DAY PASSED STILL DARK 4HIRD DAY PASSED CORRUPTION
SET IN HIS BODY 4HE FOURTH DAY HE HAD DONE GONE
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4HEN THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW SOMEBODY COME AND THERE LITTLE
-ARTHA AND -ARY SETTING IN THE HOME CRYING THEN 4HE BREADWINNER
WAS GONE ALL HAD LEFT ,OOK WHAT WAS GONE 4HEYkD GIVE UP THEIR
CHURCH .OW THE -AN THAT THEYkD HAD THEIR CONFIDENCE IN SEEMINGLY
HAD BETRAYED THEM !LL HOPES WAS GONE 4HEIR BROTHER WAS DEAD
4HEY WAS TURNED OUT OF THEIR CHURCH 4HIS -AN WAS TEACHING
$IVINE HEALING AND THEIR?THEIR PASTOR LIKE (E WAS GONE !LL HOPES
EVERYTHING WAS GONE
!ND ABOUT THAT TIME *ESUS COME ALONG 4HATkS USUALLY WHEN
(E COMES JUST IN THE DARKEST OF HOUR )T WAS THE DARKEST OF HOUR
WHEN *ESUS COME ALONG
) WAS LAYING YONDER IN THE HOSPITAL 4HE DOCTOR WALKED IN
LOOKED AT ME (E SAID l-Y BOY YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES MORE TO LIVE
9OUR HEARTkS BEATING SEVENTEEN TIMES IN A MINUTEm $ARKEST HOUR
THEN *ESUS COME ALONG 9ES
)T WAS % (OWARD #ADLE DOWN HERE AT )NDIANAPOLIS LAYING OUT
YONDER ON THE STREET DRUNK FLIES BLOWING HIS MOUTH (E STAGGERED
INTO THE CHURCH WHERE HE HAD BACKSLID !ND THE $EMOCRATS HAD
MADE A BIG RALLY HALL OUT OF IT AND WENT DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT
DRUNK STAGGERED OVER TO THE COAL PILE AND THERE LAID HIS MOTHERkS
PICTURE 4HERE HE PRAYED 4HE DARKEST HOUR HE EVER SEEN COLD DRUNK
PASSED OUT 4HEN *ESUS COME ALONG 9ES
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9ONDER WHEN -AYO "ROTHERS TOLD ME ) HAD A SHORT TIME TO LIVE
*ESUS COME ALONG )TkS ALWAYS THE DARKEST OF HOUR THEN (E COMES
ALONG (EkS ALWAYS DOES JUST AT THE TIME THE RIGHT TIME *ESUS CAME
ALONG
.OW LITTLE OLD -ARTHA SHEkD BEEN VERY DILATORY ABOUT THINGS
BUT )?ABOUT THE +INGDOM OF 'OD AND SO FORTH "UT ) ADMIRE HER
COURAGE !S SOON AS SHE HEARD *ESUS COME HERE SHE WENT JUST AS HARD
AS SHE COULD GO ) CAN HEAR THEM SAY l.OW LOOK AT HER A GOING .OW
HEkS GOES OUT THERE THEY SAY THAT HOLY
ROLLERkS COMING BACKm 3HE JUST
BRUSHED HIM ASIDE 3HE WANTED TO GET TO *ESUS
-ARTHA HAD BEEN READING OVER THERE IN THE "IBLE SOMEWHEREkS
ONE TIME THERE WAS A 3HUNAMMITE WOMAN WHO DID A GREAT FAVOR
FOR A PROPHET 3HE KNEW HE WAS A PROPHET (IS NAME WAS %LIJAH
!ND %LIJAH BLESSED HER AND TOLD HER SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY AT
A CERTAIN DAY AT A CERTAIN TIME !ND THAT BABY WAS BORN WHEN SHE
WAS PASSED THE AGE OF BEARING !ND SHE BROUGHT THE BABY 4HE LITTLE
BABY MUSTkVE GOT A SUNSTROKE OR SOMETHING (E SAID l-Y HEAD -Y
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HEADm (E WAS OUT IN THE FIELD WITH HIS FATHER ABOUT ELEVEN OkCLOCK IN
THE DAY (E SENT A SERVANT IN PUT THE BABY ON THE MOTHERkS LAP !ND
THE BABY LAID THERE TILL NOONTIME AND DIED ,OOK AT THAT 3HUNAMMITE
WOMAN HOW FAITHFUL
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3HE TOOK THE BABY RIGHT UP TO THE LITTLE CHAMBER WHERE %LIJAH
HAD BEEN SLEEPING 3HE MADE HIM A PLACE THERE WHERE HE COULD SLEEP
WHEN HE COME BY 7HAT A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE HIM UP TO THE PROPHETkS
BED WHERE THE PROPHET SLEPT 3HE LAID HIM DOWN ON THE?ON THE BED
3HE WENT DOWN TO THE SERVANT AND SHE SAID l3ADDLE AN ASS NOW AND
GO FORWARD AND DONkT STOP m OH MY lkLESS ) BID YOUm 3AID l,ETkS GO
TO THE -OUNT #ARMEL TO WHERE THAT PROPHETkS ATm
!ND HER HUSBAND SAID l)TkS NEITHER NEW MOON OR 3ABBATH (E
WONkT BE THEREm
3HE SAID l%VERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT ,ET ME GOm ) LIKE THAT
DETERMINATION ) LIKE THAT (ALLELUJAH
l(ALLELUJAHm MEANS lPRAISE OUR 'OD m IN (EBREW SO DONkT?
DONkT GET WORRIED ABOUT IT !LL RIGHT
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3HE STARTED OFF 3HE SAID l$ONkT YOU SLACK UP 9OU DRIVE NOW
$RIVE THIS MULE JUST AS HARD AS HE CAN GOm 7HEN SHE GOT CLOSE TO
-OUNT #ARMEL SHE KNEW ONE THING THAT 'OD HAD GIVE HER THAT BABY
!ND THE CLOSEST REPRESENTATIVE ON EARTH SHE KNOWED OF WAS %LIJAH
(IS PROPHET 3HE DIDNkT KNOW WHY 'OD TOOK THE BABY BUT SHE KNEW
IF SHE COULD GET IN CONTACT WITH THAT PROPHET jCAUSE 'OD WAS IN
THE PROPHET l!ND IF ) COULD GET TO THAT PROPHET )kLL FIND OUT WHY
MY BABYkS DEAD (E WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME IT WOULD COME !ND )
KNOW THATkS 'ODkS PROPHET !ND IF ) CAN ONLY GET TO HIM ) MAY HAVE
TO DRIVE HARD AND ) MAY HAVE TO DRIVE A LONG WAYS "UT IF ) CAN GET TO
THE PROPHET HE CAN TELL ME WHY THIS BABYkS GONEm
3O HERE STOOD THE PROPHET 'OD DONkT ALWAYS TELL (IS PROPHETS
EVERYTHINGkS GOING ON 3O %LIJAH WALKED OUT TO THE DOOR AND 'EHAZI
WAS WITH HIM AND HE SAID l4HERE COMES THAT 3HUNAMMITEm 3AID
l3HE LOOKS WORRIED 3OMETHINGkS WRONGm
(E SAID l'ODkS KEPT IT FROM ME ) DONkT KNOW WHATkS THE
MATTERm 3O HE SAID WHEN HE SEEN HER COMING SHE GOT UP CLOSE (E
SAID l)S ALL WELL WITH THEE )S ALL WELL WITH THY HUSBAND )S ALL WELL
WITH THE BABY m ,ISTEN TO THIS
l!LL IS WELLm 'LORY 9OU KNOW YOU AINkT HARDLY GOT ENOUGH
ROOM UP HERE TO PREACH RIGHT NOW
,ET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING l!LL IS WELLm 7HY 4HE BABY A
CORPSE HER HUSBAND WRINGING HIS HANDS AND WALKING THE FLOOR AND
HER HEART BROKE l!LL IS WELLm (UM
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% (ER FAITH WAS IF SHE COULD GET TO THE PROPHET 4HATkS ALL WHAT
SHE NEEDED TO DO l) FOUND YOU %LIJAH 9OU ARE 'ODkS REPRESENTATIVE
'OD IS IN (IS PROPHET !ND )kVE COME HERE NOW )kM SATISFIED THAT
'OD WILL REVEAL IT !LL IS WELLm 3HE RUN UP AND FELL DOWN TO HIS FEET
'EHAZI THOUGHT l(EREm (EkS SUPPOSED TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM
HIS MASTER (E JERKED HER UP
3AID l,ET HER ALONEm 3AID l(ER HEARTkS GRIEVED !ND ) DONkT
KNOW WHAT ITkS ALL ABOUTm
4HEN SHE BEGIN TO REVEAL TO HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED .OW
WATCH (E SAID l'EHAZI TAKE MY STAFF AND YOU GO FORWARD GO TO
THE BABY )F SOMEBODY SPEAKS TO YOU DONkT SPEAK BACK 3OMEBODY
SALUTES YOU DONkT SALUTE THEM 3OMEBODY SAYS j(ELLOk DONkT SAY
NOTHING TO THEM 'O STRAIGHTm
% 4HATkS WHATkS THE MATTER TODAY 7HEN WE GOT A -ESSAGE WE
STOP FOR SOCIAL AFFAIR FOR DINNERS AND PARTIES EVERYTHING LIKE THAT
AND LITTLE STITCH AND SEW AND TALK ABOUT -ISS 3O AND SO .O WONDER
WE CANkT GET NOWHERE ! MAN THATkS GOT 'ODkS -ESSAGE l,ETkS GO
FORWARDm !LL RIGHT
l"UT TAKE MY STAFFm %LIJAH TOUCHED THAT STAFF %LIJAH KNEW THAT
ANYTHING HE TOUCHED WAS BLESSED 7HY DO WE LAY HANDS ON THE SICK
7HY DO WE ORDAIN THE ELDERS BY LAYING HANDS ON THEM %LIJAH KNEW
WHAT HE TOUCHED WAS BLESSED ) THINK THATkS WHERE 0AUL GOT TAKING
HANDKERCHIEFkS FROM HIS BODY 3EE
0AUL KNOWED THAT WHATEVER HE TOUCHED WAS BLESSED )F THE
PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE IT THEY SAY THAT YOU GET THE SAME BLESSING JUST
THE SAME AS HE PRAYED FOR THEM AND LAID HANDS ON THEM WHATEVER IT
WAS
% !ND %LIJAH KNEW THAT THAT STAFF WOULD BE BLESSED (E SAID
l'EHAZI PUT MY STAFF IN YOUR HAND HOLD IT BEFORE YOU AND GO
FORWARD NOW !ND DONkT CHECK FOR NOTHING !NYBODY SPEAKS TO YOU
DONkT SPEAK 9OU GOT A COMMISSION NOW 'O TAKE THIS STAFFm
4HAT WAS ALL RIGHT 4HE HANDKERCHIEF WAS ALL RIGHT "UT THAT
3HUNAMMITE WOMAN SHE DIDNkT KNOW WHETHER 'OD WAS IN THE STAFF
OR NOT BUT SHE KNOWED 'OD WAS IN THE PROPHET 3HE SAID l!S THE
,ORD>m
(E SAID l'O ON WITH HER NOWm
% 3HE SAID l!S THE ,ORD LIVETH AND YOUR SOUL LIVETH )kLL NOT
LEAVE YOUm /H THERE YOU ARE l)kM GOING TO STAY RIGHT HERE RIGHT BY
YOUR SIDE YOU GOT ME ON YOUR HANDS NOW UNTIL WE KNOW ABOUT THISm
(E SAID l'O ON WITH>m
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!ND 'EHAZI WENT AHEAD SO HE GIRDED UP HIS LOINS AND STARTED
OFF WITH HER (ERE THEY GO 4HE WOMAN WITH THE PROPHET HER HEARTkS
DESIRE GOING ON DOWN
%LIJAH SAID l) DONkT KNOW (E AINkT TOLD ME NOTHING ABOUT IT )
CANkT TELL YOU )kLL GO DOWN THERE THENm
(ERE COME 'EHAZI BACK 3AID l$ID YOU LAY THE STAFF ON HIM m
l9ESm
l7AS ANY SIGNS m
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l.O LIFE (EkS STILL ASLEEP (EkS STILL DEAD (EkS GONEm 3EE 4HE
WOMANkS FAITH WASNkT IN THAT )T WAS IN THE PROPHET 3HE KNOWED
THAT>7ELL IF SHEkD HAVE BELIEVED THAT 'OD WAS WITH THE STAFF IT
DONE THE SAME THING "UT SHE KNEW 'OD WAS IN (IS PROPHET
3O THERE?HERE WENT %LIJAH !LL THE NEIGHBORS HAD GATHERED
AT THE DOOR AND THEY WERE WEEPING AND SCREAMING AND MOANING
AND CARRYING ON LIKE THAT /LD %LIJAH WALKED INTO A BUNCH LIKE THAT
7ALKED IN PULLED THE DOOR TOGETHER SHUT THE DOOR 4HERE LAID THE
LITTLE CORPSE MANY MANY HOURS HAD BEEN DEAD PROBABLY REAL LATE
IN THE EVENING %LIJAH WALKED UP
AND
DOWN THE ROOM /H MY
(ALLELUJAH 7ALKING UP
AND
DOWN THE ROOM WALKS OVER>(E KNEW
'OD WAS IN HIM (E LAID HIS BODY ON THE BABY PUT HIS LIPS AGAINST ITS
LIPS HIS NOSE AGAINST ITS NOSE HIS FOREHEAD AGAINST ITS FOREHEAD (E
HELD HIS BODY THERE NOT PRAYER PUT HIS BODY (E LAID THERE
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!FTER WHILE HE FELT HIS FLESH WAS GETTING WARM 'OT UP 7ALKED
AGAIN /H MY 5P
AND
DOWN THE FLOOR TO AND FRO A HOWLING OUTSIDE
AND THE SCREAMING AND CARRYING ON %LIJAH WALKING>7ALKED BACK
AGAIN THROWED HIS BODY ACROSS THE BABY AND THE BABY SNEEZED SEVEN
TIMES 0ICKED HIM UP SAID l#ALL THAT 3HUNAMMITE NOWm 4HERE YOU
ARE
!ND NO DOUBT -ARTHA HAD BEEN READING THAT 3HE KNOWED
IF 'OD WAS IN (IS PROPHET SURELY (E WAS IN (IS 3ON (ALLELUJAH
l-Y BROTHERkS DEAD BUT LET ME GET TO THE 3ON OF 'OD )kLL HAVE
CONSOLATION WHEN ) GET THEREm 3HE RUNS RIGHT UP
.OW LOOK ,OOKS LIKE SHE COULD UPBRAIDED (IM ,OOKS LIKE SHE
COULDkVE SCORNED (IM 3AID l7HY DIDNkT 9OU COME TO MY BROTHER
7HY DIDNkT 9OU COME WHEN WE CALLED 9OU 7EkVE GIVE UP EVERYTHING
TO FOLLOW 9OU 7E LEFT THE CHURCH 7EkVE LOST ALL OF OUR PRESTIGE IN
THE CITY 7EkVE DONE EVERYTHING !ND WHEN WE SENT FOR 9OU TO COME
TO PRAY FOR 9OUR OWN BOSOM BUDDY 9OU REFUSED TO DO ITm 3EEMED
LIKE SHE HAD A RIGHT TO DO IT )F SHE WOULDkVE DONE THAT THE STORY
WOULDkVE NEVER BEEN WRITTEN
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)TkS YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT 9OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS 'ODkS
$IVINE GIFT WILL PURCHASE JUST WHAT YOU ASK FOR $O YOU UNDERSTAND
/H HOW )kD LIKE TO STOP RIGHT HERE "ROTHER "OZE AND PUNCH THAT FOR
ABOUT A HALF HOUR BUT ) CANkT DO IT 9OUR ATTITUDE 'OD CAN SEND A
GIFT AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU>$EPENDS ON WHAT ATTITUDE YOU TAKE
TOWARDS IT
,OOK AT THEM WHO SMOTE (IS FACE AND SPIT ON (IM AND
EVERYTHING WAS NO VIRTUE THERE "UT A WOMAN THAT BELIEVED IT WAS
TOUCHED THE HEM OF (IS GARMENT WAS HEALED )S THAT RIGHT !LL RIGHT
$EPENDS ON WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT 'OD SENDS IT )TkS YOUR ATTITUDE
TOWARDS ANY $IVINE GIFT DETERMINES WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT
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3O THERE>3HE KNEW !ND SHE RUN RIGHT UP TO (IM ,OOK
AT HER ) LOVE THIS 3HE RUN RIGHT UP THIS YOUNG BEAUTIFUL *EWISH
MAIDEN FELL DOWN UNTO (IS FEET AND SAID l,ORDm 4HATkS WHAT (E
WAS 4HEREkS YOUR TITLE ) BELIEVE 9OUkRE THE ,ORD l,ORD IF 4HOU
WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE MY BROTHER WOULD NOT HAVE DIEDm
,OOK AT THAT !LL THE DARKNESS ALL THE DOUBTS ALL THE FEARS
EVERYTHING HAD PASSED AWAY SHE WAS WITH *ESUS THEN 3HE KNEW
IF (E?IF 'OD WAS IN (IS PROPHET 'OD WAS IN (IS 3ON !ND THAT
WAS 'ODkS 2EPRESENTATIVE THEN )S THAT RIGHT 'OD HAS ONE MAJOR
REPRESENTATIVE ON THE EARTH AT A TIME (E HAD ONE %LIJAH AND AS
SOON AS %LIJAH WAS TAKEN THEN %LISHA COME 3EE /NLY ONE MAJOR
REPRESENTATIVE 9OU KNOW 7HO (IS MAJOR 2EPRESENTATIVE IS TODAY
4HE (OLY 3PIRIT THATkS (IS 2EPRESENTATIVE
.OW IF YOU CAN GET TO (IM THIS AFTERNOON AND FEEL (IM BLESS
YOU OH OH SOMETHINGkS GOING TO HAPPEN 4HERE YOU ARE 3OON AS
YOU FEEL (IM?FEEL (IM TOUCH YOU ONCE IN YOUR BODY AND IF FAITH
CONFIRM THERE l9ES ) BELIEVE ITm 3OMETHINGkS GOING TO TAKE PLACE
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3HE FELL DOWN AT *ESUSk FEET SHE SAID l,ORD IF 4HOU WOULDkVE
BEEN HERE MY BROTHER WOULD NOT HAVE DIEDm
.OW JUST AS THE 3HUNAMMITE WAS TO THE PROPHET SO WAS -ARY
TO THE 3ON OF 'OD 3HE RECOGNIZED (IM TO BE THE 3ON OF 'OD 4HATkS
WHAT (E WAS 3HE RECOGNIZED (IM AS THE ,ORD 4HATkS WHAT (E WAS
.O MATTER WHAT THE OTHER THINGS WAS (E WAS THE 3ON OF 'OD
3HE SAID l)F 4HOU WOULDkVE BEEN HERE>m )F SHE COULD ONLY
FIND FAVOR WITH (IM NOW SHE WOULD GET WHAT SHE ASKED 4HATkS THE
REASON THE 3HUNAMMITE WOMAN WOULD FIND FAVOR WITH %LIJAH 3EE
3HE KNEW THAT WAS 'ODkS REPRESENTATIVE THERE AND IF SHE COULD JUST
FIND FAVOR WITH HIM THATkS WHY?THATkS WHAT THE CASE RIGHT THEN HAD
TO BE SETTLED l.OW IF ) CAN JUST FIND FAVOR WITH *ESUS THAT SETTLES THE
CASEm
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.OW THIS AFTERNOON IF WE CAN JUST FIND FAVOR WITH THE (OLY
'HOST THAT SETTLES THE CASE 4HAT DOES IT RIGHT THERE )TkS 'ODkS
2EPRESENTATIVE l9ET A LITTLE WHILE AND THE WORLD SEE -E NO MORE
YET YOUkLL SEE -E )kLL BE WITH YOU EVEN IN YOUm &IND FAVOR WITH
(IM AND WATCH (IM CALL YOU THROUGH THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT WITH
YOUR SICKNESS AND WHATEVER IT IS &IND FAVOR WITH (IM AND WATCH THE
THINGS TAKE PLACE IN THE CHURCH TONIGHT OR EVEN NOT TONIGHT BUT RIGHT
NOW RIGHT NOW
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/H SHE GOT TO (IM AND SHE SAID l)F 4HOU WOULDkVE BEEN HERE
MY BROTHER WOULD HAVE NOT DIED l "UT LOOK l-Y BROTHERkS DEAD OUT
HERE ,ORD (EkS BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS 3KIN WORMS IS CRAWLING IN AND
OUT OF HIS BODY #ORRUPTION AN AWFUL SMELL HAS SET IN (EkS DEAD (E
STINKETH OUT THERE IN THE GRAVE )F 9OUkD HAVE BEEN HERE HE WOULD NOT
DIED "UT EVEN NOW ,ORD WHATEVER 9OU ASK 'OD 'OD WILL DO ITm
3HE HAD A LITTLE FEELING DOWN HERE SOMETHING WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN $ONkT YOU BELIEVE THAT l%VEN NOW ,ORD WHATEVER 9OU ASK
'OD 'OD WILL DO ITm
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/H HOW ) WISH TO 'OD THAT EVERY CANCER
RIDDEN PERSON
HERE EVERY ONE WITH HEART TROUBLE EVERY ONE WITH ANY KIND OF
DISEASE>-AYBE YOUkVE SEARCHED THROUGH EVERY DOCTORkS OFFICE
THERE IS IN #HICAGO NEARLY -AYBE YOU BEEN TO EVERY CLINIC YOUkVE
BEEN EVERYWHERE WHATEVER IT IS l"UT EVEN NOW ,ORD WHATEVER 9OU
ASK 'OD 'OD WILL DO ITm l%VEN NOW>m
9OU SAY l"ROTHER "RANHAM THE DOCTOR SAID ) COULDNkT LIVE BUT
JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER "UT EVEN NOW ,ORD WHATEVER 9OU ASK 'OD
'OD WILL DO ITm 0RAYER CHANGES THINGS )S THAT RIGHT
3AY l"ROTHER "RANHAM ) CANkT WALK THEY TOLD ME )kD NEVER
WALK NO MORE "UT EVEN NOW ,ORD WHATEVER 9OU ASK 'OD 'OD WILL
DO ITm 4HERE YOU ARE ,OOK THEN SOMETHINGkS GOT TO HAPPEN
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3EE ) LOOK AT *ESUS (E SAID l4HY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAINm
/H MY
3HE SAID l9EA ,ORD HE WAS A GOOD BOY A GOOD FINE *EWISH
BOY (E WAS A GOOD MAN (E NEVER DONE WRONG (EkS DONE ALL
THINGS HE BELIEVES 9OU AND SO FORTH ) KNOW HEkLL RAISE AT THE GENERAL
RESURRECTIONm
,OOK AT (IM 4HE "IBLE SAYS NO BEAUTY WE SHOULD DESIRE (IM
A LITTLE FRAIL STOOPED OVER LOOKING &ELLOW "UT HE STRAIGHTENED (IS
LITTLE 3ELF UP AND SAID l) AM THE 2ESURRECTION AND ,IFEm (ALLELUJAH
(E IS NOW /H l) AM THE 2ESURRECTION AND ,IFE (E THAT BELIEVETH
IN -E THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE 7HOSOEVER LIVETH AND
BELIEVETH IN -E SHALL NEVER DIE "ELIEVETH THOU THIS m
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3HE SAID l9EA ,ORD ) BELIEVE THAT 9OU ARE THE 3ON OF 'OD
WHICH SHOULD COME INTO THE WORLDm 3OMETHINGkS GOT TO HAPPEN
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'ET 'OD ON YOUR MIND NOW 'ET SETTLED DOWN (ERE YOU ARE
3HE WAS AT THE 0ROPHET OF ALL PROPHETS )F THE 3HUNAMMITE WOMAN
STOOD BY A PROPHET WHICH WAS BORN HERE IN MORTAL FLESH AND SO FORTH
THAT PROPHET %LIJAH AND KNEW BY HIS SIGNS AND WONDERS AND HIS
PREDICTIONS THAT HE WAS A PROPHET AND THE 3HUNAMMITE WOMAN GOT
WHAT SHE ASKED FOR SO COULD -ARY 3HE COME TO (IM 3HE CALLED (IM
l,ORDm 3HE KNEW WHO (E WAS 3HE SAID l) BELIEVE THAT 4HOU ART THE
3ON OF 'OD THAT SHOULD COME INTO THE WORLDm
4HEREkS A CONFESSOR THEREkS A BELIEVER WITH A IMPOSSIBILITY IN
HER HEART FOR (IM TO DO BUT SHEkS RECOGNIZING 'ODkS GIFT 3HEkS
RECOGNIZING 'ODkS -AN (IS 3ON SHEkS RIGHT AT THE SPOT %VERY ONE
OF THEM COGS ARE MOVING RIGHT IN LIKE THAT TO EXACT PLACE 3OMETHING
HAS TO TAKE PLACE
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l) BELIEVE THOUGH HEkS DEAD HEkS ROTTENING OUT THERE IN THE
GRAVE HEkS BEEN DEAD FOR FOUR DAYS ) HOLD NOTHING AGAINST NOTHING )
DONkT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT NO MORE 9OU ARE THE 3ON OF 'OD THAT WAS
TO COME INTO THE WORLD AND ) BELIEVE WHATEVER 9OU ASK 'OD 'ODkS
GOING TO DO IT /H MY
3AID l) AM THE 2ESURRECTION AND ,IFE (E THAT BELIEVETH IN
-E THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE 7HOSOEVER LIVETH AND
BELIEVETH IN -E SHALL NEVER DIE "ELIEVETH THOU THIS m
3HE SAID l9ES ,ORDm
l7HERE HAVE YOU BURIED HIM m (ERE (E GOES /H &OUR DAYS
BEFORE THAT THAT FUNERAL PROCESSION A FEW LITTLE *EWS BROKENHEARTED
CRYING *ESUS CRIED AS (E WENT DOWN TO THE GRAVE )S THAT RIGHT
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(ERE NOT LONG AGO A FINE READER OUT OF A CERTAIN CHURCH COME
TO ME AND SHE SAID l"ROTHER "RANHAM YOU PUT TOO MUCH BRAGGING
ON *ESUSm
) SAID l"RAG TOO MUCH ON (IM ) CANkT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
(IMm > >
3HE SAID l/H HE WAS JUST A MAN (E WAS A PHILOSOPHERm
) SAID l(E WAS 'OD IS 7HO (E WASm
3HE SAID l/H NO (E WASNkT DIVINE "ROTHER "RANHAMm 3AID
l(E WASNkT DIVINEm
) SAID l'OD WAS IN #HRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO (IMSELFm
3HE SAID l/H IN A MANNER OF HIS LOVE AND SO FORTH HE WAS
'ODm
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) SAID l.O (E WAS *EHOVAHm 0EOPLE TRY TO PUSH (IM AROUND
SAYING (EkS JUST GOOD MAN AN ORDINARY MAN (E WAS THE DIVINE /NE
'OD MANIFESTED IN THE FLESH SEEN OF ANGELS PREACHED ON RECEIVED UP
INTO THE HEAVENS SETTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE &ATHER #ERTAINLY
(E WAS 'OD (E WAS MORE THAN A MAN (E WAS A 'OD
MAN (E
WAS -AN IN FLESH BUT (E WAS 'OD IN 3PIRIT 4HATkS WHAT (E WAS
'OD COMING DOWN TO SUFFER TEMPTATION AND MARTYRDOM TO TAKE SINS
UPON (IMSELF THAT HEkD PASSED ON THE HUMAN RACE BEARING OUR SINS
(IMSELF
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3HE SAID l) CAN PROVE TO YOU BY THE "IBLE IF YOUkLL JUST OPEN UP
YOUR MIND THAT HE WAS ONLY A MANm
) SAID l$O IT BY THE "IBLE AND )kLL BELIEVE ITm
3HE SAID l7HEN HE WENT DOWN TO THAT RESURRECTION OF
,AZARUS>m SAID l/N HIS ROAD DOWN THERE HE CRIED WITH THE REST
THE PEOPLE 4HE "IBLE SAID j*ESUS WEPTk !ND THAT PROVED THAT HE WAS
A MORTALm
9ES ) SAID l(E MIGHTkVE CRIED 4HATkS TRUE /N (IS ROAD DOWN
TO MEET ,AZARUS (E WAS HUMAN AS FAR AS HUMAN IS CONCERNED )N (IS
FLESH (E WAS HUMAN BUT IS (IS 3PIRIT (E WAS 'ODm ) SAID l(E CRIED
4HAT WAS A -AN CRYING (E WAS -AN WHEN (E WAS CRYING GOING
DOWN TO ,AZARUSk GRAVE BUT WHEN (E STOOD THERE AND STRAIGHTENED
THAT LITTLE FRAME UP AND SAID j,AZARUS COME FORTHk !ND A MAN
THATkD BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS COME TO LIFE AGAIN THAT WAS MORE THAN A
MAN 4HAT WAS 'OD SPEAKING THROUGH THEREm (ALLELUJAH 'OD WAS IN
(IS 3ON 4HAT WAS 'OD SPEAKING THROUGH MORTAL FLESH #ORRUPTION
KNEW ITS -ASTER "ELIEVEST THOU THIS
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(E WAS -AN WHEN (E WAS UP THERE ON THAT MOUNTAIN THAT
NIGHT COME DOWN AND LOOKED ALL AROUND THAT LITTLE FIG TREE THERE AND
THERE WASNkT NOTHING TO EAT (E WAS HUNGRY (E WAS A MAN WHEN (E
WAS HUNGRY "UT WHEN (E TOOK FIVE BISCUITS AND TWO FISHES AND FED
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WAS MORE THAN A MAN THAT 'OD IN THE
-ANm (ALLELUJAH
(E WAS A MAN WHEN (E LAID ON THE BACK OF THAT LITTLE BOAT
THAT NIGHT WHEN TEN THOUSAND DEVILS OF THE SEA SWORE THEY WOULD
DROWNED (IM 4HE LITTLE OLD STORM COME UP AND THE LITTLE BOAT
PITCHING LIKE A BOTTLE STOPPER OUT THERE ON THAT LAKE LIKE THAT $EVIL
SAID l7EkLL DROWN (IM TONIGHTm
(E WAS SO TIRED VIRTUE HAD GONE OUT OF (IM ALL DAY FROM
PREACHING AND HEALING TILL (E WAS SO TIRED THE STORM DIDNkT WAKE
(IM UP "UT WHEN THE DISCIPLES WOKE (IM (E WAS A MAN LAYING
THERE SLEEPING 7HEN (E PUT (IS FOOT UPON THE BRAIL OF THE BOAT
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SAID l0EACE BE STILLED m THERE THAT WAS MORE THAN A MAN 4HAT WAS
'OD SPEAKING THROUGH (IS 3ON (ALLELUJAH 9ES IT WAS "ELIEVEST
THOU THIS
% (E WAS A MAN WHEN (E CRIED UP THERE AT #ALVARY l-Y 'OD
WHY HAS 4HOU FORSAKEN -E m (E DIED LIKE A MAN BUT ON %ASTER
MORNING (E ROSE BREAKING THE SEALS OF DEATH CORRUPTION RISING TO
ASCEND TO THE &ATHER ABOVE SHOWING THAT (E WAS MORE THAN A MAN
(E WAS 'OD IN FLESH "ELIEVEST THOU THIS
4HE "IBLE SAID *ESUS #HRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND
FOREVER "ELIEVEST THOU THIS ! WOMAN WITH AN INFIRMITY OF HER FLESH
WITH A BLOOD ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS TOUCHED THE HEM OF (IS GARMENT
AND HER BLOOD ISSUE STANCHED STOPPED IMMEDIATELY "ELIEVEST THOU
THIS
% *AIRUSk DAUGHTER WAS DEAD !ND ) CAN SEE (IM CROSSING THE
RIVER COMING UP THERE (E SAID l)kLL GO UP AND PRAY FOR HERm
!ND HERE COME A MESSENGER SAID l9OUR DAUGHTERkS ALREADY
DEAD DONkT TROUBLE THE -ASTERm
,ITTLE *AIRUSk HEART BEGAN TO FAIL !ND THOSE DARK EYES OF *ESUS
LOOKED AROUND AND SAID l$ID ) NOT SAY j&EAR NOT 4HOU SHALL SEE
THE GLORY OF 'OD km (E WALKED INTO THAT DEATH CHAMBER WHERE THOSE
PEOPLE IN THERE (E SAID l3HEkS NOT DEAD SHE SLEEPETHm
/H THEY SAID l4HAT FANATIC AROUND HERE>m
(E SAID l0UT THEM OUTm 7HEN (E PUT THEM OUT OF THE ROOM
WALKED OVER AND (E WAS POSSESSED OF THE POWER OF THE (OLY 'HOST
THAT COULD SPEAK IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE !ND ALL THESE EARTHLY THINGS
WOULD FAIL (IM AND (E SPOKE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE OUT THERE AND
SAID l4ABITHA m THAT WAS l$AUGHTER ARISEm !ND FROM THE SPIRIT
LAND WHERE A GIRL HAD BEEN LAYING DEAD AND GONE LAYING ON A COUCH
(E SPOKE A WORD INTO SPIRIT LAND AND THE GIRL THAT WAS DEAD STOOD ON
HER FEET AND LIVED AGAIN (ALLELUJAH (ALLELUJAH "ELIEVETH THOU THIS
(EkS HERE TODAY "ELIEVEST THOU THIS
% !BOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO STANDING THERE AT 'REENkS -ILL )NDIANA
) WAS OUT THERE TROUBLED AND BOTHERED BY VISIONS AND THINGS THAT A
SUPERNATURAL POWER SPEAKING OUT OF BUSHES AND MINISTERS TELLING ME
IT WAS THE DEVIL NOT TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT /NE NIGHT THERE A
,IGHT FLASHED ACROSS THE FLOOR AND A -AN COME WALKING TO ME WITH
(IS ARMS FOLDED SAID l) AM SENT FROM THE 0RESENCE OF !LMIGHTY
'OD TO TELL YOU THAT YOUkRE TO PRAY FOR SICK PEOPLE !LL THESE THINGS
WOULD HAPPEN YOUkLL KNOW THE SECRETS OF THE HEARTS AND SO FORTH
!ND IF YOUkLL GET THE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE YOU AND BE SINCERE WHEN YOU
PRAY NOTHING SHALL STAND BEFORE YOUR PRAYERm "ELIEVEST THOU THIS
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) BELIEVE (EkS HERE RIGHT NOW ) BELIEVE THAT THIS FEELING THATkS
MOVING THROUGH THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW LIKE A MILKY WAY COMING OVER
THE BUILDING ) BELIEVE THATkS THE SAME (OLY 'HOST THAT FELL ON THE DAY
OF 0ENTECOST "ELIEVEST THOU THIS
) BELIEVE DOWN IN YOUR HEART ITkS A MOVING JUST ABOUT TO MAKE
YOU EXPLODE RIGHT THERE ) BELIEVE THATkS THE (OLY 'HOST TRYING TO
GET IN THIS AFTERNOON "ELIEVEST THOU THIS ) BELIEVE (EkLL HEAL EVERY
PERSON HERE RIGHT NOW "ELIEVEST THOU THIS ,ETkS RAISE OUR HANDS AND
GIVE (IM PRAISE (ALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH
,ORD *ESUS WE ARE> >7E THANK 4HEE FOR 4HY GOODNESS
/ 'OD WE BELIEVE THAT 9OUkRE HERE 7E BELIEVE THAT 9OUkRE MAKING
READY A PEOPLE /H COME ,ORD *ESUS HEAL THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE 3END
THE (OLY 'HOST THROUGH HERE / 'OD FLOW LIKE A RUSHING MIGHTY
WIND UP AND DOWN THESE AISLES 4OUCH EVERY HEART FEEL THE FAITH IN
*ESUS #HRISTkS .AME (ALLELUJAH (ALLELUJAH> >
6/)#% /& '/$ 2%#/2$).'3
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