Topic: Visions and dreams

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What could the Lord do for a sick person if He were standing here?

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Now, if our Lord was here I…You perhaps are a sick person. I—I do not know. I can’t tell you that. But if you was a sick person and our Lord was standing here…Now, He…What could He do for you? Nothing but just talk to you. He might lay His hand upon you. Or He would—He would be empowered with a visi...

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Did every healing in Jesus' ministry come through a vision?

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Now, there’s many people healed. Some blind men one time, run after Him through the street. And they come into the house, and He didn’t pay any attention to them. Then He touched their eyes saying, “According to (What?) your faith, be it unto you,” no vision. A woman touched the hem of His garment;...

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How can a dream or a prophecy be tested to know whether it is true?

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And when a prophet had give a prophecy, and they spoke, and wanted to see if that prophecy was true, they put it before the Urim and Thummim. And if the Voice of God throwed the lights on the Urim and Thummim, then it was absolute, the Truth. And if a man gives an interpretation, gives a dream, give...

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Did Elijah call down fire from heaven on his own initiative?

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One time, it happened to be one of my managers, not Brother Baxter, but it was a man who was with us, one of the field managers. And a newspaper had made a very critical statement that was absolutely untrue. I can expect friendly criticism; but the criticism wasn’t due because it was untrue. As long...

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Why did Jesus delay going to Lazarus when He was sent for?

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Now look, Jesus claimed that He done nothing except the Father showed Him by vision. Now, now remember, look at the resurrection of Lazarus: He went away when He knowed Lazarus was going to die, He went away. Course they criticized that. And they sent for Him, He didn’t come. They sent again, He jus...

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Why did Jesus heal only one man at the pool of Bethesda when so many sick were lying there?

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Let this soak in real deep now, so you get it outside too. Listen. Jesus Christ said, “I can do nothing except My Father shows Me first what to do.” Jesus saw visions. How many believes that say “Amen.” [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Now look, at the pool of Bethesda He went through all the crippl...

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What does John 5:19 mean by 'the Son can do nothing of Himself'?

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He did—did not do a thing within Himself until God showed Him a vision of what was being done. That’s His own Word, Saint John 5:19. “Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing: that doeth the Son likewise. And He will show you greater things...

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Did Elijah act on his own when he called down fire on Mount Carmel?

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Then let’s just stop on that Scripture, which we could take it through the Bible, through the prophets, through the ages. And there never was any person did anything without God first showing. The prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel, looked like he just went up there and got angry with the people and cal...

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Does God speak to people through dreams?

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How many in here ever dreamed a dream? Let’s see your hands? Dreamed a dream? Well, there’s at least two-thirds of you. Now, you say, “Well, they all…” No, sir, there’s some people that doesn’t dream at all. Is that right? Some people never dreams a dream. Now, what is dreaming? Let’s take it, in th...

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How does a seer see a vision?

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Then a seer is born in the world, and his whole makeup has come down here, that he does not go to sleep; he just breaks from one conscious to another, and God moves in on that conscious and shows a vision. Now, how many understands what I said and…Now there it is. Now, see, I can’t do it, God has go...

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Why did Jesus pass by the multitude at the pool of Bethesda and heal only one man?

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You say why don’t I heal that little girl? If it was me, I would. See? Why’d He leave…Why’d He pass by that little spastic child, and those crippled, and lame, and halt, there at the pool of Bethesda, and moved right on by them, passed up, many of them standing there, the Bible said halt, lame, blin...

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Did Jesus know Lazarus would die when He left Lazarus' home?

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Then I can see back there in them days, when Jesus went forth and demons screaming, signs a following, it got just about the time where our text begins now, and I want you to notice Him. There He was, and He went away from the home of Lazarus. And as soon as He left the home, sorrows and troubles co...

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Does God reveal everything to His prophets?

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And watch that same prophet, after getting down to Dothan, did not see the…The Angel of the Lord never showed him about Syrians coming out and covering the city over, for God had another way for that. God don’t show His servants all things, but He shows His servants just the Word of knowledge as muc...

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Why was Jesus asleep in the boat during the storm?

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There’s no need of me trying to explain these things friends. No matter how much I would try to explain them; I could never explain them to you. So you just try to understand (See?), and just believe me, that it’s—it’s something that just takes the life right out of you. One time I wondered how that...

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Why did Jesus heal a man with a thirty-eight-year infirmity but not the withered and afflicted?

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Instead of that, going to a man that was just sick, and had lived an ordinary life with an infirmity for thirty-eight years. That looks strange, doesn’t it? You couldn’t hardly understand that. Now, I want you to remember that word, “couldn’t understand it…” if the Scriptures didn’t declare it later...

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Can an angel or a vision be seen by some people and not by others?

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Last night I was wondering how there could be anyone left in the building that wasn’t healed. Now, it may not be visible. Angels of God and visions appear before people, and sometime it’s not for everybody. Is that right? Look at the Magis. They were the only ones that seen that Star. It passed by e...

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What did Jesus mean in John 5:19 when He said the Son can do nothing of Himself?

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Now, the Jews questioned Him. He said, “Verily, verily…” Listen close now. Give me your attention. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself: but whatsoever things He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise. For what the Father does, He shows the Son.” Is that rig...

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Why did Jesus not come when He was sent for to pray for Lazarus?

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Did you notice when Lazarus had died? Jesus, they sent for Him to come pray for Lazarus, He didn’t come, He just went on. Wonder why. He had a vision that Lazarus had to die. So when He went on, if you’ll notice the Scriptures close, He goes on, they sent again, He never came, and on. Then after He…...

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Why did Jesus heal only one man at the pool of Bethesda?

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And the time’s come now for this revival to—to come to a close. And dear Christian brother, sister, with all my heart’s love for you, I don’t know how our Lord Jesus could do anything else to bring your faith to where you should be healed. Is that right? Remember, in the days of His ministry, He pas...

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Why did Jesus pass by crippled people without healing them?

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Jesus passed by the cripples and left them lay there. He said, “I can do nothing except the Father shows Me first.” Is that right? Saint John 5:19. “Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself but what He sees the Father doing.” See? It has to be showed first. Balaam, when he tried to c...