“Oh,” you say, “yeah, but I know. But here it is.” Oh, sure, the snakes are there too. Your name is penned unto it. He might’ve marked you for a death with a cancer, with anything else. But refuse to see it. No, sir. “By His stripes I’m healed.” “Testify” means “say the same thing.” If I testify in court, something another, I got the say the thing that I seen. And “testify” means “say the same thing God said.” And I’ve got to say what He said. He said, “By His stripes I’m healed.” And I believe it. Amen. Then I will tell you. Listen to this children. The Word of God will—will defeat Satan anywhere, any place, on any conditions, any time. When Jesus was here He was God. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, but He never used any of His gifts. When He met Satan, He brought the Kingdom of God so low, till the weakest of Christian can use it. When Satan come to Him and said, “If Thou be the Son of God, command these stones…” He said, “It is written.” The Word. He took Him up, tried to whitewash the Word for Him. And Jesus said, “And it is also written.” He took Him up to the top of the mountain, said, he had to look all these kingdoms, “I will give them to you if You’ll worship me.” He said, “It is written.” There it is.

Expectations, 1953-05-07, Jonesboro, AR, §27