Now, I want you to notice the arrangements of the Scripture here. First, the blind man. And he just…?…Yea, he said, “Lord, have mercy.” And Jesus said, “I can if you believe that I can.” (Did you get it?) Then He… They said, “Lord, we believe.” So He touched their eyes and said, “Now, according to your faith, be it unto you.” And they could see. Then they brought to Him a man that was deaf and dumb. Now, today, it would been…Why, this man, they—his nerves died in his ears. But Jesus called that deaf and dumb person, a spirit, a devil that had deaf and dumb. Now, that’s what it was. It was a spirit. The deaf and dumb spirit went out of the man. He could speak and hear when the spirit went out of him. You see what I mean? But if you say that today, modern meri—meri—medical science would laugh at you, and say, “Oh, spirits. There’s no such thing as that.” But we Christians believe the Bible. The Bible said, “It was a spirit.” Now, here’s what takes place.

Believe Ye That I Am Able to Do This?, 1950-08-20, Cleveland, OH, §4