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- Lee Stoneking at Because of the Times 1987, second part: the heritage demonstrated. The Joel prophecy sounds at the head of a run of healing testimonies — a dying child healed at Anaheim and found again in Oregon, a woman who walked out of her wheelchair — faith is activated in the present tense, the pattern cases are retold, and the message closes in a first-person prophetic word and an altar call.
- **Testimonies: the miracles of this past year.** The Joel prophecy sounds at the head of the testimony movement — this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, the Spirit poured out upon all flesh — and the call is for preachers who get off the podium and go after people. Then the reports begin — the Oregon camp meeting first, and behind it the Anaheim story: a three-year-old boy dying of leukemia, his body already failing, whose mother had driven twelve hours to bring him; Bill Harden led the preacher to her, he prayed over the boy, and the boy was healed.
- **The boy again, and Esther.** At the Oregon camp meeting the boy's mother stood at the side door with the same boy, now six years old and the picture of health, and grabbed the preacher's arm as he came in; later, in the altar crush, the boy tugged at his pants leg, was lifted over the altar rail onto the preacher's lap, and there received the Holy Ghost, speaking with tongues, while the whole district that knew his story watched. Then Esther, a woman confined to a motorized wheelchair, who was first to the altar every night: told by the doctor that she was dying and must be put in a nursing home, she begged to be taken back to the campground — and when the saints began to sing 'his truth is marching on,' she stood and marched, and that night walked out of the building and left the wheelchair empty at the altar.
- **Activating faith.** Something is building in this place tonight. He prays for a child not yet born whose unborn baby the doctors said was deformed, and declares against the decree. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, in the power of the name that is above every name. Faith is not a souvenir of the heritage; it is activated now, in this place, tonight.
- **More testimonies, the prophetic word, and the altar call.** The Landmark testimonies from Stockton, the teenager whose crooked back was straightened, the boy whose cataracts disappeared — and the pattern cases retold: the little man with the withered hand, told to stretch it forth, and Lazarus, called out of the grave with his grave clothes still on him. Then the first-person prophetic word stands in his own voice — you are not your own, you are bought with a price; the things that I did, and greater, shall you do — and the altar call goes out on Queen Esther's pattern: as she presented herself to the king, present yourself, and you will have it.
Scriptures: Joel 2:28
Scripture index: Joel 2:28.
Transcript
place Hallelujah Jesus I have seen some of the greatest miracles of healing in all the years of
my Ministry this past year and I'll tell you where it's happening it's happening in the churches that are holding the line because friend of mine you can come from anything to this and we all have but you cannot go from this to anything else because there is nothing else to go to when you have come to this it's the end of the line it's the end of your religiosity search it is the end of your theological discovery when you have come to this you have arrived this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel that in the last days saith God I will pour out my spirit upon All Flesh what we need in our day is preachers doing more than just preaching as we have heard so eloquently and so gloriously done we do not need Bible school graduates coming and doing a little sermon at or whatever and tying up their throat and waiting to be taken out to eat we need somebody to get down off this Podium and this platform and get into the audience where they are and go after them in New York state we fight devils in New York state I need somebody that will go over the Pew and get a hold of them and drag them out of that area and try to help them to find the reality of a resurrected Christ whose name is Jesus of whose kingdom there shall never ever be an end we need ministers in our day who will get a hold of God and go after them and be fearless and fear nothing or no things I am a preacher but first and foremost I am a minister he called me to minister to the ales and to the ills of others I am facing today who are going to be mightily used by God before this thing is over I am facing women today and there are men behind me who are going to be mightily used by God before this thing is over I saw one of the most tremendous miracles last summer in the Oregon camp meeting was one of the greatest camp meetings ever been in and the reason it was is because the people were in one mind and one Accord 1,500 people they did not fellowship at the back they CL I watched them they climbed over pews and they laid hands on each other and they ministered to each other I didn't know this then the first night but after the first night service service is over several had received the Holy Ghost we went out to eat and brother Johnson said to me he said brother Stone King do you remember do you remember a little boy that you prayed for that was dying of leukemia at the general conference in Anaheim I said yes I do he said did you ever hear the end of that story I said no I didn't and I don't hear the end of lots of stories because I pray for many people and I never know what happens to them but at the end of that conference that one service that night Bill Harden came to me and he said brother stoning there's a mother over here who has brought her baby all the way to this conference he's 3 years old I'm giving you some details now and he is dying with leukemia he said would you come and pray I said you'll have to lead me to to her I don't know where to go brother Harden led me around to this woman here was a woman holding a little boy the baby body was already beginning to disintegrate he could not even open his eyes the mother with one arm was holding that baby and with the other hand she was worshiping she was worshiping God she had driven 12 hours one way to bring that baby to that service the doctors have said he's only got a short time to live take him anywhere you want to take him because he's dying enjoy him as long as you can the baby was practically unconscious the body was beginning to deteriorate Bill Harden you stood there and you prayed with me in that conference in Anaheim for that baby and I felt the power of God that the power not the joy but the power that mother trembled and shook I never knew what happened in a restaurant after the first night service in that c meeting brother Johnson said would you like to hear the story I said yes he said brother stoning that mother and that baby they're from my district he said that baby was totally healed from that moment on that baby sat up and took nourishment and the hemorrhaging stopped I said is that child in this conference is that child here in this camp meeting he said yes they are I said I want to see that baby I want to see the baby
bring the child to me and of course it was the child is now six years of age the next night I walked through the side door to come to that platform the mother stood there and that child and they grabbed my arm and they said this is [name redacted] [name redacted] I got down on my knees I took that little boy in my arms and I pulled him to me he was the picture of Health a little bow tie a white shirt a sport jacket his hair come back his eyes dancing with life and an attestation and a testimony to the fact that there really is a man called Jesus who is able to do anything who is able to do all things and that nothing shall be impossible to them that believe that little guy put his arms around my neck and I worshiped God for truth and went onto the platform on Wednesday night there was such a move of the spirit there was a man who had Polio he had braces on his legs and with crutches he came down that middle aisle toward the end of the preaching Faith gripped his heart and his soul and he came walking down that aisle when he got to the front as he raised his hands the crutches fell to the side and he began to worship God and speak with tongues all of a sudden without the aid of the crutches he turned and he began to walk and when he began to walk the people be to worship the power of God came in that place and things were just Every Which Way all of a sudden I was walking through this this tangle it was a tangle this tangle at the altar and I felt this tug of my pants leg I looked down here was this little boy [name redacted] [name redacted] I said buddy what are you doing down here you're going to get trampled in all of this let me get you out of here I he said I'm all right he said did that man really walk without crutches I said buddy look at him can you see him going he said yes I said come on let me get you out of here I lifted him over the altar Rail and put him on my lap I said would you like to have the Holy Ghost he said oh no no not me he was afraid I said but would you just let me pray for you I put one hand on that little guy's chest and one hand on his back and I started to say oh Jesus give him the Holy Ghost just because I want it and that little guy bent double and he burst out speaking with tongues when I when I went to the pit and said [name redacted] [name redacted] has got the Holy Ghost the whole District knew that boy they knew his story he sat there speaking with tongues it was at that point a girl whose name was eser who was confined to a wheelchair who had a motorized wheelchair who was in that in those Services each night Esther was the first one to come to the altar in a motorized wheelchair every night she was the first one to get to the altar when that man walked and [name redacted] received the Holy Ghost I watched this crippled woman I watched her with her own hands with no little effort begin to pull and rip apart the leather braces on her wrist and her fingers she ripped them apart while we stood and watched her and she threw them to the floor and with no little effort she struggled and pulled on the arms of the wheelchair until she stood and when she raised her hand she was speaking with tongues and when the people saw that the glory and the power of God came into that place we prayed for her she sat back down they took me out to eat like we do I did not know the rest of the story that night but you see Esther Esther was staying in a tent on the campgrounds sister Mangan that was sleeping in the grass and she was crawling from the grass to the wheelchair and she was coming to that meeting that's more than some people will do who are not crippled there are some of us who would not sleep on the ground and walk to hear the word of God but this did she did and she was the first one to the altar each night but after that episode of her standing in the night the women found out she was in a tent on the ground they moved her into the lady's dormatory and they so they could help her and that night in the women's dormatory she had a seizure and they called the paramedics and they came they came and they rushed her to the emergency room at the local hospital the doctor took one look at her he said this woman is dying I'll give her two weeks at the outmost 6 weeks he said you need to put her in a nursing home immediately please put this woman in a nursing home don't take her back to that crowd it will only aggravate and agitate this condition and this situation but Esther had enough Consciousness about her to hear this conversation and with no little effort she looked at those Pentecostals who had accompanied her and she said please please don't take me away from the people of God please don't take me away from the presence of God take me back to the campground take me back to the
campground and so you know how Pentecostals are they scooped her up and they took her back to the campground and they prayed for her in the women's dormatory and God touched her and her pulse Rose and her heartbeat returned and she was all right she was the first one to the altar on Thursday night she was the first one to the altar and the spirit of God was moving and things were happening and people were receiving the Holy Ghost I felt impressed of God to go down to her and I did and I prayed a certain prayer and I walked over here to help some young man receive the Holy Ghost and as I was praying for him there was a terrible explosion behind me but there have been a lot of explosions in this situation so it was nothing new so I just sort of looked around to see what was going on there was just a terrible confusion hands were waving and everything feet were kicking and I was trying to get this boy through the holy ghost that didn't want to leave him but I had friend there from the Northeast and she was already up on a on a Pew yelling and waving her hands this Bunch down here was on they were all on pews like Spectators waving their hands the preachers were on the platform they were all waving their hands and going at it and she said to me brother Stony you need to see this I said well what is it she said well come and see so I left the boy I got on a Pew so I could look over all of a sudden the spirit of God had touched Ester and she stood to her feet and her hands straightened and she began to walk she began to walk by the power of the spirit of the Lord and when she began to walk the Saints and the preachers began to fall in behind her and they made a Highway open for her and the Saints began to sing his truth is marching on his truth is marching on and as they sang it was one of the greatest things I have ever seen she led a victory march around that whole Auditorium and she left the wheelchair empty she came marching down this aisle she went to another woman in a wheelchair chair and she tried to pull her out she wanted her to walk also she wanted her to get out of that wheelchair let's clap for just a moment because there is something building in this place tonight and today something explosive is in this place Hallelujah Hallelujah Jesus that night when the service was over Esther walked out of there and they left the wheelchair empty at the altar it was awesome the next morning she got up she dressed herself showered herself and she walked into the dining room and sat down ate breakfast like a normal person she was in the morning Bible study that brother Jesse Williams taught she was waving her hands and taking notes and worshiping God she showed up Friday afternoon for choir rehearsal she sang in the choir on Friday night she danced in the spirit in that service and on Saturday morning she was in the kitchen doing cleanup Beauty to break camp and they left the wheelchair empty at the altar I am telling you today that the power of God is upon us to do signs and wonders and miracles that we have got to break out of all of this people the real issue is not our modesty and our Holiness and our standards I've heard that till I am sick of hearing that it's not that the reason we don't have Revival is not because of the way we look and the way we Act and the things we don't do the reason we're not having Revival is because we don't have a hold of this power I'm talking about right here we don't have a hold of this I believe brother Usher we can have it all I believe we can have all of it we can have the modesty and the Holiness we can have the presence of God we can have the truth and we can also have signs and wonders and miracles it's not that that is holding us back it's that we do not have a hold of this power this power of God and the gifts of the Spirit in our lives Hallelujah you may be seated the spirit of God is in this place and the gift of faith is in this place say that the gift of faith is in this place say it again the gift of faith is in this place and because Jesus is here anything can happen anything can happen not because I am here but because he is here it's not because I am who I am but it is because he is who he is Jesus is here and because he is here anything anything can happen in this place tonight now everyone say now there are people here with deformities in your body there are people here right now who have difficulties with your spines there are people here right now who have got
things wrong with your neck there are some people here that cancer is already beginning to fester in your bodies and down the road someplace there will be a prognosis and a diagnosis but I'm here to tell you that one greater than all the prognosis and all the diagnoses there's someone greater here today whose name is Jesus he is the same yesterday today and forever he has never changed and because he is here suddenly where you are an angel can slip up to you and just simply touch you and just simply take a hold of your hand and everything can be made all right in the power of the name that is above every name even the name of the resurrected one whose name I reiterate to you in your hearing is the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth who is alive forever more and forever more and forever more oh Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah they say they say that this wonderful expectant mother has got a deformed baby in her womb I know somebody who can perform surgery without making an incision I pray for you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth let this fetus be healed in the name of Jesus Christ in the name of Jesus so be it unto you in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus now do you believe that do you really believe that we cannot go through the motions we cannot go through the motions we got to believe this thing Hallelujah that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's it that's what I'm talking about right there that's what I'm talking about right there that's what I'm talking about the power the power the power of God Hallelujah Hallelujah hallelu Hallelujah Jesus Hallelujah Jesus Hallelujah Jesus Hallelujah I I'm I'm almost finished just stay on your feet but while all of this is going on and while God is touching you with faith and angels are in this place ministering to you I just came from Stockton California the last night of their Landmark convention there were over 3,000 people there they were jammed in every direction there was a woman in the balcony that the spirit of God went to and she had been in an accident in September she was an excruciating pain she was headed for the neurologist and the neuro neurosurgeons and they had already prognosed and diagnosed but while she sat in the audience Jesus had heard her prayer he had seen her there was a hand that came from nowhere it put itself upon her head she thought a friend of hers was praying for her but the hand began to push her head back but she was not able to do and she opened her eyes and there was nobody standing there and she knew it had to be God and it was God and the pain vanished and left her body there was a man they rolled a man down in a wheelchair to the altar this man came down to the altar in a wheelchair and they gathered around him I never went near him but the Brethren got around him and they began to pray all of a sudden he shot to his feet but what the congregation did not see was at the appointed time in the spirit there was an angel either side of that man that just simply lifted him up just got a hold of that man and pulled him up out of there you'll find Angels down here dancing with this woman you'll find them ministering wherever the Miracles are taking place that man shot to his feet he looked so surprised and he began to walk around and when he began to walk he pushed that wheelchair out of that meeting he pushed it out I was walking down the a jammed aisle I mean it was Jam full of people and all of a sudden I was trying to get through and I was passing a bunch of men and one man just shoved another man right to me I me he just shoved him to me and he yelled this man needs the Holy Ghost he was a stranger and mean eyeball to eyeball that I've never seen before and someone screaming say he needs the Holy Ghost I said sir do you want the Holy Ghost do you believe in the Holy Ghost have you heard about it he said said yes I said do you want it he said yes I said here it comes I put my hands on his chest he fell backwards speaking with tongues if I have the story correct he was a Baptist preacher if I have the story correct he was a Baptist I'm saying to you I am saying to you that that spirit is in this place today it is in this place today it is in this place today that Spirit that Spirit of power power power not Joy but Power I hear the sound of weeping
I went from there to Northern California brother Underwood Church in yba city we had a conference one pastor's daughter came to the altar who had been in pain for 6 months the pain suddenly vanished a teenage girl whose spine was crooked from scoliosis God straightened her spine that teenage girl be to dance in circles on that platform when the people saw it Faith raised so high God moved in that place this is how important this is that I'm telling you about there was one preacher who came to me who confessed to me he had always been against the moving of the spirit and a lot of demonstration he had always been against the gifts of the Spirit and all this business he said but brother stoning something has happened to me something has happened to me in this meeting he went home on Sunday night his people were so fired up with faith and what they had scene that they got into a demonstration of worshiping and the power of God swept through they broke out the back doors they told me and the Saints ran around the building outside and they baptized five in the name of Jesus Christ that night because I'm saying to you that God is wanting to get loose in Bill Harden's church just a few weeks ago there were a lot of Miracles that happened but one boy just in the audience a cataract disappeared from his eye just simply disappeared from his eye people today there is something in this place you know where it is this is my last statement to you they did not like what Jesus taught they did not like his theology they did not like his Doctrine they hated him for it but they could cope with his Doctrine they could cope with his teaching they could explain it away because you see he was not ceremonially garbed the way they were he was just sort of you know out in the countryside he didn't look like them or act like them they could handle that but there was one thing they could not handle they couldn't handle it on the Sabbath day when the little man with the withered hand came into the presence of the master of the universe This Man Called Jesus said stretch forth your hand and he stretched forth a withered hand and he pulled it back and Jesus Jesus made the boys in the temple look bad they couldn't compete with him they had their sermons they had their programs they had all the rituals they had the buildings they had everything they had the platform they had everything they had it sewed up but they could not compete with this one who stood in front of a tomb and said Lazarus come forth and he that was dead came walking out of the Grave they could not compete they could not compete wake up Pentecostal preacher we've got it all but when you begin to lay hands on and they begin to walk out of wheelchairs and throw down crutches I'm telling you they cannot compete with us out there they cannot compete they cannot compete they cannot compete and that is what God is trying to tell us in this hour for I have chosen you to speak you are not your own you're bought with a price I I don't give you the choice to remain silent when I put my call upon you I have ordained you to obey me you are not your own because I have called you out of a world of Darkness you can't say what you want to say and please me you do my will it is because you hear my voice and fear me and obey me not because you have been ordained of men I have ordained you to this gospel I have chosen you apart for myself if you will obey me then you will do the things that I did and greater things than you than this shall you do follow me believe me speak the word and let me back you up sayeth the Lord I will stand with you and I will honor your word let us clap our hands and lift our voices to the presence of the
Lord as Queen Esther as Queen Esther presented herself to the king so I ask of you today if you are interested in the power of God would you come as they begin to sing and present yourself to this of the hour you'll have it hallelujah hallelujah
Scripture references as spoken: Joel 2:28.