Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Thank you, Brother Frank [unclear name] God bless you. Good evening, friends. Very happy to be here, thanking God for the opportunity of being here, for His mercy, for all that He has did for us. We pray that the meeting will leave an attribute that the revival will never cease until Jesus Christ comes again. That is our deep sincere prayer. May the Lord bless each one of you richly, and give to you the exceedingly abundantly above all that you could do or think. May the Lord give it to you is my sincere prayer.
And I was kind of watching. That's all right. That's okay, just [unclear words]. I'm not shy of camera's, but the reason they don't ... ask them not to take it after the healing service starts... Now, any other night would've been all, see. Now, that's all right. Take as many as you wish. I'm... Anybody thinks enough of me to take a picture of me, while I was... You see? That's all right. I appreciate that. But sometimes when the meeting is going on, when the prayer line is a moving (You see?), that's the thing that...
The Angel of the Lord when He comes near, it's a light. And I watch it flash sometimes over the audience (You see?), and a camera sometimes disturb me, see. When I see that same type of flash, I look (You see?), to watch where He's moving. He will leave me and go out there in the audience, and I'll watch Him stand over someone. It's just like a light. When the light flashes like that, that kind of upsets me, a little (You see?), when it's not Him. But, that's okay. That's all right.

2 If the good Lord willing, we're going over to Battle Creek. How long we'll be there, I don't know. That'll be up to God, anywhere from one night until Jesus comes. I don't know. It's just a set meeting. And wherever He says go, we may be there one night; we may be there two nights. We may be there five nights; we may be there five weeks. I don't know. I never intend to have any routine drawed out, set out: just what the Lord leads, that's what we do, see. I think that's better. I've already found that it's better. But I do want to say this. With all my heart, I trust that God will let me come back to Chicago, to unite with you grand bunch of Christian people for a revival for months to come. I think... I pray that He will.
Will you be praying to that end, that we can get an auditorium somewhere, that it won't be just two or three nights, just so we can set it for weeks, or whatever it is, and from that one to another, way the Lord leads.
I've always wanted to come to Chicago. And a great respects of great men, Moody... Paul Rader and many others, in the days before our ministry. And I...
Chicago really hasn't had a shaking since then. And it really needs a shaking. And it takes the--it takes the supernatural to do it. And so, if the good Lord would happen to tell me to come to Chicago, like He's sending me to India, then He will do it. But if I come within myself, I'd miss it. You see? That's my way. But God's way is a different way. God does all things perfect. Anything that man does, any covenant, or anything else that man enters in with to God, he always breaks it. But when God does it, it's His grace, it's His power, see. God always...

3 In the garden of Eden, He told man, He made a covenant with man not to eat of that tree. But they did it anyhow. But then after that, He said, "I will put enmity." See? "I will." That covenant doesn't break. That's what God did, see. And He turned men and women back to the dust of the earth, from where they come. They go right back. And someday He's promised to redeem that again to its original state. He will do it. Now, God will do it. And that's what we're all striving for, for the good of salvation to lost souls.
And now, I wish to... And sick bodies, I may say. I believe the full Gospel is both for soul and body, see. I don't believe now... Someone was talking here not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, do you tell me that you believe that divine healing is in the atonement?"
I said, "Yes, sir." Yes, sir. And it happened to be a good Baptist brother of mine.
He said, "Do you mean?" Said, "Brother Branham, if divine healing is in the atonement, where do you allow it? To Isaiah?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "Oh, no." Said, "I can prove that's wrong."
I said, "All right."
He said, "Isaiah, prophesied, He took our infirmities, and so wounded for our transgressions, and with His stripes we're..." Said, "In Matthew 8, it says that He took on Himself our infirmities to fulfill that which was spoke of." Said, "He fulfilled it then."

4 I said, "My brother, if He did that to fulfill what Isaiah said, He fulfilled the atonement before the atonement was made. A year and six months before He ever died, or bled for the atonement, see." I said, "Then what... After that what did Peter, James, and John and all the rest of them heal by? After that, what was that in?"
Said, "They were just twelve chosen."
I said, "Now, brother... Just twelve given that power?"
I said, "Oh, no." I said, "You think Philip was one of them? Was he one of the apostles?" No, sir, he was a deacon. And he went down through Samaria and he healed the sick, and devils screamed, and they had a real revival. Is that right? He wasn't one of the twelve." That's right.
And Jesus on His last commission, said, "To all the world," with it. That's right.

5 So, he said, "Well if they... Look here, Brother Branham." Said, "If you would teach divine healing in the atonement," he said, "there would be no more pain. There is no pain, if you teach divine healing in the atonement."
I said, "Now," I said, "do you believe salvation's in the atonement?"
"Yes."
I said, "Is there temptation?" There you are. Yeah. "Is there temptation?"
"Oh, yes, you can be temptation, but His grace is sufficient."
I said, "Yes, there's pain, but His grace is sufficient." That's right. His grace is sufficient.
So it's strange how smart men can sometimes get off the track isn't it?

6 The other day I heard a man preaching, one of the most brilliant preachers, pretty near compare with Brother Baxter. Now you see what I think of Brother Baxter. I think he's a real preacher. And I believe you'll agree with me. That's right. And he had a very fine sermon. And then he got on divine healing. He said, "Sickness is of God." He said, "No matter what we do, we must embrace sickness, and say, 'Oh, that's right, Lord.'" Said, "Then we spit dust in the devil's face by doing that." Said, "When you have arthritis, and rheumatism, and things. Say, 'I love you, arthritis,' or so forth, 'the Lord gave it to me. You see?'" Oh, my.
I'd imagine, just to make a long story short, that same man would get appendicitis, he'd go to the hospital and have it cut out. And if appendicitis is a blessing, why go have it cut out? Don't cut the blessing out; leave it alone; go ahead and die with it, see. So we see that that's wrong, see.

7 No, every one of them that says that, rushes to the hospital as hard as they can when they get sick. They get out here in an accident, and break their leg, or something another, away to the hospital right quick. First thing you know, as soon as they get a little cramp in their stomach, call the doctor. Well, if it's a blessing, why, do something to... Well, then, every medicine, every hospital, everything else, every remedy on the earth is a curse to God then. See? Wouldn't that be horrible? My. See?
So, you can just get a little too far, on either side of the road, don't you believe so? I believe in an old-fashioned, godly-sent message, right straight down through the middle of the road. The isms is on both sides. That's right.
He said, "There'll be a highway."
And a lot of people say, "That's the highway of holiness." Huh-uh.
The Bible said, "There shall be a highway, and ('and' is a conjunction) and a way, and it shall be called, the way of holiness (not the highway), the way of holiness." That's the middle of the road, the way in the highway. The Lord bless you.

8 Brother Baxter just told me, he'd taken an offering for me, a few minutes ago, a love offering. Some of that is a portion of your living, something that you was to live on yourself, something that God gave you, and you divided it with me. I love you for it. I thank you for it. And I pray that God will repay it to you a hundredfold. And I believe that He said in the Scripture, "Insomuch as you have done it unto the least," that would be me, "of my little ones, you have done it unto Me." And may that blessing return.
"If you receive a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, if you receive a prophet in the name of a prophet," you receive ... whatever, "if you just receive one of these little ones, only in the name of a disciple, you'll not lose your reward."
And now, in that what I have to have to make my living, and just handkerchiefs, and aprons, and things, that I send out and anoint thousands a week, going all over the world... Now, I'll have to use some of it on that, because there's not enough money comes in into my office there in letters, to take care of it. It's an awful expense. And I have to use that. Outside of that, I put it right over in missionary offering, go right straight to Africa and India, where I have a vision to go and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the unsaved.
And then, at the day of rewards are given out, God standing there, I hope I'm standing near with my hands up screaming, to see Him place the crown upon your head. And be crowned as His jewels in His kingdom. The Lord bless you now.

9 We're glad to be here. God bless Brother Boze. And he tried faithfully. Now, you members here, I know you're not all members here, but, he certainly did his part to get us to come here to Chicago. He went to expense. He called; he prayed; he... This little church went to prayer and everything to get us to come here, for this purpose, that we might come to represent Jesus Christ to this community.
A man, and a church with that much sincerity, the community is indebted to visit them people, and talk with them, and pray with them, and to be their brothers and sisters. That's right. See? It wasn't for their good. It's for the good of the community and everybody around. Now that's very nice. That's real Christian gentlemen. The Lord bless them richly is my prayer.
And now, someday if the Lord is willing, I will return to Chicago for a few months to hold a revival. Now, all right, see. I was just waiting for the photographer, making those little remarks until he come, so they could get the picture before I broke in on my service.

10 Now, while he's making ready, I suppose, Brother Baxter whispered to me, he and the boy there, and telling me to hold off just a few minutes, on account of the... That's why I wanted to talk like this to you. And now, you pray for Brother Boze, for all these other ministers. And live true to your church, if you go to a real good Gospel, full Gospel church, you live just as true to God... You don't have to live true to the church, if you live true to God, you will be true to the church, see.
We believe God is in His Word. And the Word is in us. That makes God in us. Is that right? If I become a son of God, if I become a son of God, I am an offspring of God.

11 I have a little blond-headed girl setting back there of six years old. She's my sweetheart. And you know what? You couldn't hurt that child without hurting me. See, that's my baby, see. I love her. And I got another little fellow at home, just about--a little over a year old, she's just trying to talk. And she really makes a try. And she goo-goo, gaa-gaa, just as hard as she can. But you couldn't--you couldn't hurt that little child without hurting me, see. And if you love... I'd rather you'd love that child, than to love me. If there had to be love for one or the other, you love my child instead of me. And I think any fatherhood's like that.

12 And what is fatherhood? Is an attribute of God. Then if we be God's children, then God wants us to love one another. In doing so, we love God. Is that right? We love His church.
All right. Are they just about, [A man says, "Yeah. They are over there."] All right, sir. I guess they're... [A man speaks to Brother Branham.] That's all right. Now, just... waiting just a moment to get the pictures taken for in there (You see?), and going into the service.
Now, how many of you are expecting our Lord Jesus to do a great work with His people here tonight? Let's see your hand. How many of you is praying? Let's see your hand. Now, if you'll pray, if you'll pray, and believe with all your heart, just the simple story of the appearing of this supernatural One... And as I was trying to speak this afternoon, you'll draw from it, when you believe in it. Is that right?
If Jesus was standing here, the Son of God, He could do no more for you than what He can right now, when you believe it, when you believe it. Faith...

13 Some of them come up to Jesus, one time... Do you believe He was a prophet? Well, they put a rag around His face one day, and smote Him on the head, and said, "If You be a prophet, tell us who hit you, and then we'll believe you." Jesus didn't clown for no one. He had the will of the Father to do. But yet, He stood and told a woman her sins. He told... He knowed where there was a fish at had a coin in its mouth. He knew where two mules was hitched, where two ways met. Is that right? See? He knew those things, but He didn't clown it for people, see. It was too divine. It's the Father's will.
And now, tonight you might be setting there just for curiosity, and saying, "Well, Brother B... I just wish you'd turned around tell me something." God will never do that.

14 But you get real deeply sincere, and say, "Dear Lord, You know my condition. And that would help my faith so much if You'd just have our brother just turn around here and say something to me. Let it appear a vision by me, that he will tell me, and let me see what's going be my outcome and what my conditions is. Then our heavenly Father, will grant that to you, see. Anywhere in the meeting, any place, He will do it.
Be sincere. I can't make Him. I can only ask Him. Are you ready now? All right. Excuse me, just a moment [unclear words].

15 I said, "I love them, too." So that goes for all Chicago. The grace of God be on you all now. Now, it is my humble part in the ministry of Jesus Christ to pray for the sick people. I have tried to be loyal to the heavenly vision, and to do just as He told me to do.
Now, tonight I want to read just a two or three places in the Scripture here, and then we're going to start right in praying for the sick; because we're just a little late to get started, I guess. And so, we're going to start right away, right now.
In the 5th chapter of Saint John, if you want to mark it down to the closing of our services, that I... And then I want to read, also, another read a first few verses of that. Then I want to read over in John 16 again. And upon, while you're getting your things ready, I want to ask you something. In Hebrews 13:8, the Bible said that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do you believe that's inspired?

16 I believe that that is the truth, that at the judgment day, that God will see that that is the truth. God will stand behind what He says to be truth. Don't you believe it? All right.
And now, let's just wonder what type of a Person Jesus was. Now, I know we have some theological ideas, and some painters that's painted pictures. But let's not look at Him in the picture form tonight, because we might not know. But let's look at Him in His life, His Spirit. So Jesus, when He comes back to earth again in His body form, it'll be way too late then for us to think anything about it. You believe that? We're going with Him then, those that are ready.
So now when we see Him in body form, no matter whether He's a white Man, a yellow Man, or black Man, brown Man, whatever He is, He's my Saviour. [Gap in the audio]... little Man, a fat Man, a thin Man, He's my Saviour, see. I love Him. I love Him, so much. And I love Him with all my heart.
And now, He... But what He was, it wasn't so much as the flesh, but the flesh was wonderful. It was virgin borned. You believe that? I believe that Almighty God overshadowed the virgin Mary and created a blood cell in the womb of Mary.

17 The germ of life, to the child, comes from the male sex, we know that, don't we? It's like a hen can lay an egg, but if she hasn't been with the male bird, it's not fertile, see. It won't hatch. The germ of life comes from the male.
So the germ of Life in this case, come from Jehovah God, the Father of Jesus Christ, the great Creator. You believe that? And He created in the womb of this little virgin girl, a blood cell that developed into the Son of the living God. He wasn't Jew, neither was He Gentile. He was God, see.
Did you ever think about that? The baby hasn't got one drop of the mother's blood in it. Did you know that? No, sir. A baby does not have any bit of its mothers blood. It has its father blood; not its mothers. A babe... A mother can be dying with TB, and the baby can be taken from the mother, and it'd have to be contracted (You see?), anything that's in the blood stream (See?), because the blood comes from the male.

18 And Jesus was the blood of God. If His blood was earthly, then it was no more than mine or yours. It come through sexual desire. But His blood was the blood of His Father, which is the great Creator, Jehovah.
Some fellow told me sometime ago; he said, "Brother Branham," he said, "you don't really believe that that true--that is the truth?" It was a rancher I hunt with a whole lot out in Colorado.
I said, "Yes, sir." I just met him.
He said, "Look," he argued with me for about two hours; he said, "you know that that's wrong."
I said, "No, sir, I don't. I know that's right."
And he said, "Look, it's against all scientific research." He said, "There's nothing. See, nothing can poll-without--without nothing can bear without pollen, like that." Said, "Even corn has to poll from the tassel, and so forth." Said, "Everything," said, "is against all scientific..."

19 I said, "I don't care." I said, "I've been in these museums like you got here in Chicago, and I think it's ridiculous. Go down there and say two hundred and twenty-five thousand years ago, man li... in Paris [unclear words]." There wasn't a man on earth till six thousand years ago. That's right. That's according to the Bible. And all that, that cave stuff, that's just something got up in somebody's head, somewhere. There's not a bit of Scripture to it. There's not a ... not right at all. And man never come from no serpent, or monkey, or nothing. He come from God. That's right. See? So that's just radical. It's a good thing you all can have up here. Down where the Southern line, we don't have it down there. We won't permit it. All right. But there you are [unclear words]. And all those things.

20 He said, "Look preacher!" He said, "It's impossible, absolutely impossible."
I said, "Sir, do you know there's nothing impossible with God?"
He said, "I don't believe there is such a thing." And he...
I said, "Oh, my." I said, "How did this creation come here?"
Said, "It just come here."
I said, "I guess then when you was born, the bed just supposed to set there, and the chair just supposed to be there." I said, "I guess, this watch just absolutely happened to be a watch, that's all there was to it."
He said, "Oh, no. That's not sensible."

21 I said, "Just as much sense as you're talking." I said, "It's absolutely impossible for that watch to be, its jewels, its regulation, and everything. There had to be a mastermind behind it to put together." Is that right?
Well, how much greater, am I, or you, than that watch? See? So there's got to be a Masterpiece behind it. Is that right?
And he said... I said, "I want to ask you a question, and we'll quit arguing." I said, "You say it's totally impossible for a baby to be born on this earth, unless having an actual ... a father and a mother."
He said, "That's right."
I said, "You will admit that Jesus, Mary was His mother, but you say Joseph was His father, that He could not be born without having an actual earthly father, through sex."
He said, "That's exactly right."

22 I said, "Where did the first man come from? Who was his pappy and mammy? Let him be tadpole, serpent, ever what you want to call him, according to your statement, he had to have both father and mother."
He's never answered me to this day. He can't. According to that, He had to have both father and mother. God the Creator, made man. And man fell, and then God the Creator was revealed to us in His Son Christ Jesus, and He did the will of His Father. He went about doing good.
Let's look what kind of person He was now. We couldn't look for a... We read the Bible, and we find out what He looked like. He was a great Person. What He... His look like, not in His physical makeup, but what He was in His spiritual makeup. He was the Son of God.
And He went around, and He healed the sick, the lame. Do you all believe He did that? Well, now. Did He do it at His leisure? I thought, I'd catch you on that, but I didn't. Good teacher, Brother Boze. Ever who's been teach... No, He didn't.
He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My Father." See, Him being the Son of God, did not claim to be a divine healer. Is that right? He said, "It's the Father." No flesh glories before God. It was the Father that did it.

23 Now, let's read some Scripture right here about Him. And let's look back here in the Bible and see what type of a Man He was, and then if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, we'll look for that same type of Person (Is that right?), Personality, the Spirit. Now watch.
Now, here He is in Saint John 5 going up to the feast, of course:
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to the Jerusalem.
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
In this lay great multitudes of impotent folk, [Listen.] of blind, halt, withered [What a mass of humanity.] waiting ... the moving of the water.
For an angel came down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the pool stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
... a certain man was there, which had an infirmity for thirty and eight years.
And Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in this case, and he said unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
The impotent man answered and said unto him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another comes down and steps in before me.
Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
And immediately the man made whole, ... took up his bed, and walked: and the same ... was the sabbath days:
And the Jews therefore said unto him that was carrying his bed, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
Now just, watch the point just a moment now. Hold that part.

24 Now, do you believe He was the Son of God, all of you? All right. Here He is, Emmanuel, God with us. And here He goes down to the sheep market now, which had five porches. If we had time to go into that lesson, the five porches, J-e-s-u-s, and the pool, the water, the light, so forth where the sheep market was... But when Jesus passed through there, there was a great multitudes. If I'm taught right, it takes two thousand to make a multitude and this was multitudes.
Let's say for instance, between five and ten thousand people, great multitudes of impotent folks... That's helpless, lame, halt, blind, withered. Wasn't that an awful mass of humanity? Look what kind there were in: Lame, halt, blind and withered, waiting for the troubling of the waters. For an Angel came down at a certain season and troubled the water. Whosoever then, stepping in first, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

25 Now look, there laid a man out there on a pallet or a little cot, that had an infirmity for thirty and eight years. Now, here comes Jesus, coming down by this market. And as He passed through by the market, by the market, He goes down amongst these sick, crippled people. Do you believe He was kind-hearted? Do you believe He was loving? Do you believe He had compassion on the people? Then why didn't He heal all those sick people there?
But instead of that, He went by the blind man. He passed by the withered man. He passed by the crippled man. He passed by the spastic child. He went over to a man that had an infirmity. Let's say sugar diabetes, something and another, didn't... He'd had it thirty-eight years. And He walked over to that man, and knew now, that he'd been a long time that way. And He said, "Will thou be made whole?"
He said, "Sir," now he wasn't--he wasn't crippled, he said, "while I'm coming down to the water somebody can step in before me, and they get healed."
Just only one at a time, and then the Angel, they waited again for another season, maybe, a month or whatever it was, for a certain season; He come down again. And he said, "While, I'm coming, someone else steps down ahead of me."

26 And Jesus said, "Take up thy bed and go into thy house. Go on," and walked right away and left that great crowd of people laying there, lame, blind, halt, withered, impotent. Is that Scripture? Well, here it is; I'm reading right off of it. Walked right away from there...
The Jews found Him and questioned Him. And the man that was carrying his bed they questioned him.
Now, when you go home you read the whole chapter, you get the picture. To save time, I want to read the 19th and 20th verse. Here tells you why.
Now, I want to ask you something before we read these verses. Do you believe if Jesus would've said to that whole multitude, "I am the Son of God. I have come to do the work of the Father. The Father has given Me power to open the eyes of all you blind, to heal all you sick people, to do all this, make the lame walk, and make the withered hands come forth. I've already proved it. Now, every one of you are healed. You can go home now and be well."

27 I believe that every person there would've been made perfectly whole. Do you believe that? I've got you between a question now. See? If He was the Son of God, which we know He was, and He was kind-hearted and had compassion on the people, here He is. And then He refrains from telling them that. How could He be kind-hearted and full of love and compassion for the people... [Gap in the audio.] Is that clear enough to you? Some of you didn't put your hands up. But I want to know why that He didn't heal those people. And turns right back around here and said, "The Son can do nothing in Himself but what He seeth the Father do. What the Father shows the Son, then the Son goes and does those things that He showed."
Remember our lesson this afternoon in the sermon? Lazarus, He went on away from the home of Lazarus. Why didn't He when He come back, He said, "Our friend, Lazarus sleepeth. And for your sake, I'm glad I wasn't there. But I'll go wake him."
And then when He come to the grave, look, He'd seen a vision. That's the reason He didn't go back. The Father told, it taken so many days for these things to happen, and then for Him to go back. According to what He said here, that had to be the truth. He said, "I do nothing till the Father shows Me."

28 And after three days, He said, "Now, Lazarus is dead. And I'm glad I wasn't there for your sake, because you'd have been trying to get Me go over and heal him." See? And the Father, that wasn't the Father's will.
And watch Him when He comes to the grave of Lazarus. Said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hearest Me already. But for these that stood by, I said it." He knew what was going to happen. You believe that? The Father had showed Him. Then He raised Lazarus from the dead. And He did nothing, except the Father showed Him.
You remember the lesson the other night in Saint John, when those blind men come to Him, and He just walked on down the street, never paid any attention to them. He went into a house, and they came in the house, said, "Lord, have mercy on us."

29 He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith, be it unto you." Is that right? "According to your faith be it unto you." And He touched their eyes.
The men told Him, "If You will touch our eyes," in other words, "we believe."
And He said, "All right." He touched their eyes, said, "Now, according to your faith, let it be unto you." And it was done. On down through the Scriptures, you can take it. Everywhere, every place...
Here sometime ago, a certain man, is well-known in this congregation, well-known everywhere, around. A newspaper give a real bad write-up about me, some things that wasn't right. He said, "Brother Branham," said, "call fire of heaven down and burn that place up."
I said, "Oh, brother, my." I said, "Jesus said, 'You don't know what spirit you are.'" See?

30 He said, "What we need today, is some more prophets like Elijah." Said, "Elijah didn't have to have any vision for anything." Said, "Glory to God," said, "he went out there and built an altar," and said, "now you come on up here." And said, "We'll prove who is God." He said, he come up there and said, "Bring your bullocks," and walked up-and-down the... Made fun of Baalim.
And said, "Surely, there's a God." Walked out there, they was... Saying, "Come on." Said, "Let's see what he can do." He knew where he was.
And said, "He ... we need some more prophets like that today."
I said, "Well, if there was any prophets, they'd be like that. But I..."
He said, "Elijah didn't wait to see no vision."
I said, "Just a minute, Brother Lindsay," or excuse, it was Gordon Lindsay is who it was; I might as well say it. All right. I didn't aim to say that.
But he said, "We need some prophets like that."

31 I said, "Brother Lindsay, you fail to see the Scripture." I said, "You're a teacher, but you fail to see the Scripture. When Elijah had put all these things in order, cut the bullocks up, and poured the water on, he walked out, and said, 'Lord, I've done all of this at Your command.'" Is that right? The Lord had showed him first. That's right.
And no true prophet of God, as Balaam said of old, when he stood down there and he sold and commercialed his gift, that's right, but he was prophet. And he said things that sticks right today, to Israel and so forth. He was a prophet. He said, "How can a prophet speak unless God puts it in his mouth?" If he's going to be true. You've got to say what God says, and you can't say no more; you can't say no less.

32 And Jesus said, "I only do what the Father shows Me to do." Is that right? Now, He said, "He will show you greater than the healing of this diabetic that you might marvel. But I only do what He tells Me."
Now, if He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever, then today, it's only... Now, we see what He done. And now, looky, let's watch just a little bit. Look when His ministry first started. The first thing right out of the box, they started services, and here was a little fellow by the name of Nathanael, or Philip. He come and got saved, and he run over to a place where he found one of his friends setting down under a tree, or kneeling under a tree some way, praying.
He said, "Come, see who we found. Jesus of Nazareth, the One that Moses spoke of."
He said, "Could..." Now, the man was honest in heart. He said, "Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "You come and see."

33 So here was Jesus had the prayer line. We'd say it was a prayer line, whatever condition He was in, the Bible doesn't quote. But when he came to Jesus, when Jesus seen him coming, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
That shocked him quickly. "How did He know me?" Said, "Whence knowest thou Me, Rabbi?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree. I saw you."
Now, he didn't step back and say, "Now, wait a minute. Are You reading my mind? Is that mental telepathy? Are You Beelzebub?" See? He just run, and fell at His feet, and said, "Thou art the Son of God, the King of Israel." God blessed him, his name's immortal today. Is that right? See?

34 Now, if that same person would come, and the same Jesus was standing here at the platform tonight; the man would come across the platform, He'd say, "Why, you're Christian, a honest man, an Israelite in whom there is no guile." See?
He said, "Well," you'd say, "how do You know me?
"Well, when you was down yonder at the doctors office with that stomach trouble, I saw you."
That would make Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right? All right.
When He went to a woman... Watch Him. He went out one day to Samaria. It was needful that He went by there. Sure He had a vision, the reason it was needful; the Father had Him up there. He sent away everybody, because in the vision, nobody was there but Him and the woman. Out come the woman about eleven o'clock in the day, maybe she had run all night, and didn't get up in time. But maybe, she was ... because the rest of them, they wouldn't let her get water when she did. She was a prostitute. She come out there.
And He said, "Bring Me a drink!"

35 Now, Father just told Him to go up the way of Samaria. So He said, "Bring Me a drink!"
She turned around; she said, "That's a Jew." She said, "Why, it's not customary for you Jews to ask we Samaritans such. We have no fellowship, or no, nothing in common."
Now look at Jesus. See? He's trying to catch her spirit. You're human. See? He's trying to get that human spirit. He said, "If you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink, and I'd give you waters that you didn't come here to draw."
Watch now. See, there's nothing yet. The Father hasn't showed it, just yet. She said, "Why, the well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with."
He said, "The waters that I give is living water, springing up, to everlasting life." Then He... After He caught her spirit, the vision moved.
He said, "Go, get your husband." He knew where she was standing.
She said, "I have no husband!"
Said, "You've said right, for you've had five, and the one you have now is not your husband."

36 "Why," she said, "I perceive that You're a prophet." And she run into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man that told me everything I ever done."
He never... She only told that one thing, that she done. But, if God could reveal that to Him, He could reveal everything to Him. You believe that? See? Just what the Father showed, that's what He did.
Now, I want to ask you something, friend. Then, if that same Jesus... I don't want to take no more time. If that same Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever... Now, let's get the psychology part out of it, the psychic side, saying, "Well, now somebody in this group here has a stomach trouble." Certainly, there's probably a lot of them. Which one of them is it now? That's it. See? "Somebody has bad eyes." Yes, lot of you do. Which one is it? What about it? See? There you are.

37 As King Nebuchadnezzar said that time, said, "Well, if... The dream's gone from me." Said, "You soothsayers, and astrologers, and psychologist." Said, "You tell me what I dreamed about."
"Oh," they said, "you tell us the dream; we'll give the interpretation."
Said, "If you can't tell me what the dream was, then you can't tell me the interpretation. But if you'll tell me what I dreamed, the thing's gone from me, reveal it back to me, then I know you're interpretation is right."
Who's got stomach trouble out there? Who's got heart trouble out there? Who has this? Sure, it's out there, but who is it? What else have they done? What else in their life has taken place?
Oh, brother, sister, what the Holy Ghost church needs tonight, is a good old fashion Gospel lecturing, and down to the altar, and back to the Holy Ghost, and get all of the psychology out of it. It's the power of Almighty God.

38 Gifts and callings are without repentance. You absolutely receive them when you're borned in this world. The Bible says that. How many believes in predestination, foreordination, election, calling, so forth? If you believe the Bible, you have to.
Some of you didn't put your hands up. I want to ask you something then. Jesus Christ was the Son of God from the very foundation of the world. He was a Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. You believe that? He was the woman's seed that was to the bruise the serpents head. You believe that? Then He was predestinated, foreordained of God. Do you believe that?
When Moses was born, he was a proper child, and was borned a prophet. You believe that? Nothing nobody had to do with it. God made him a prophet before he was born to fulfill Abraham's prophecy.
How many believes that... Why, John the Baptist seven hundred and twelve years before he was ever born, Isaiah saw him. Said, "He is the voice of one crying in the wilderness." You believe that?
Look at this.

39 Jeremiah--when Jeremiah... The first chapter of Jeremiah, 4th verse, I believe it is, God said: "Before you was even formed in your mother's belly, I knew you, and called you, and sanctified you, and ordained you a prophet over the nations," before he was ever borned. You believe in predestination, foreordination? We could go right on down through the Scripture. Yes, sir. It's altogether by grace. It's not by desire; it's by grace.
God called Abraham out of that whole world of people. Why? Because Abraham was better? No, sir. It's grace. God's chosen, election, and call. You are what you are because the grace of God has made you what you are. "Who taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?" Is that right? It's by grace. These things are called. God has set in the church.

40 Now, Jesus said this, "A little while and the world seeth Me no more." The world is the kosmos there, which means "the world order." "The world sees Me no more, yet ye (the church) shall see Me." The church now, that's this church here, the believers. "The believers shall see Me, for I'll be with them, even in them, to the end of the world." Is that right?
Then if that is true, that makes Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right? Then if He is the same, He does the same kind of works that He did then. Is that true? All right.
I'm here tonight to say that Jesus Christ is here tonight, and is gathered, "Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, I'll be in their midst." Is that right?
Now, we believe that. Don't doubt, believe it. How do we... Take all doubt away from me. Don't wonder. What if Abraham tried to wonder. What if Jonah in the belly of the whale tried to wonder? What if all the other heroes of faith wondered? How is it going to be? As long as you can figure it out, it's not faith any more; it's got to be something you can't figure out.

41 Here the other day, a doctor said, "I studied to be a minister, studied four years. I become an agnostic; I throwed the thing up. There's nothing to none of it." He said, "I studied Mohammed. They had virgin births. Buddha, they had virgin births. Here's the Bible..."
I said, "Just a minute, doctor." I said, "You're trying to compare error with truth." That's right.
People say, "Why, he's a... That's mental telepathy. That's reading the mind." You're trying to compare error with truth.
I said, "One of them is ridiculous and the other one's sublime." That's right. They can't prove one thing, Mohammed can't. And neither..." I said, "I visit the grave of most all them founders. But where is Jesus buried today?" I said, "He rose again."
Said, "How do you know they didn't steal Him away?"
I said, "They rose again."
He said, "How do you know?"
I said, "He liveth now."
He said, "Where?"

42 I said, "In my heart." That's right. And I said, "The trouble of it is, doctor, in the Garden of Eden, there's two trees; one was knowledge and one was faith. One was life. One was death of knowledge, other one was life by faith. And as long as they eat by faith of this tree, all right, they lived. But when he got on this tree, he died. The first bite he took, he separated himself from God. And man continually has been biting off of that tree. And every time he takes a bite by knowledge, he destroys himself. God destroy nothing. Man destroys himself through knowledge.

43 Look, he bit himself off some gun powder, kills his comrades. He bit himself off of an automobile off the tree, kills more than all the wars put together. Is that right? Knowledge, knowledge, eating off that tree. He has got himself an hydrogen bomb now; I wonder what he's going to do with that, see.
But the trouble of it is, these people, they figure up so much, on this tree of knowledge, then when they can't figure it out any longer, they say, "bosh with all of it."
Listen, in the Name of the Lord, listen: When you can't figure out any more, that's the time to believe. It's like someone going to swim, as long as you got your feet on the ground, all right. But when you step in the step off, there's the time to swim. It's where you can't figure out, then you believe from there on. Figure up as much as you can, then when you can't figure any more, then from right there start believing, believing.

44 The doctors says, all right, "I went to the doctor." He says you got a tumor. "I can't do you no good; it's done went through you. You're... It's malignant. I can't do nothing for you. Go over to the other doctor, I can't do nothing for you. It's done." Then from right there start believing. Believe from right there, and say, "Lord Jesus, they can't do nothing, but I'm coming to You." See? Then God will go to moving on the scene.
Do you believe it?
Now, listen to the disciples, a little later in the 6th, in the 36th verse of the same chapter, Jesus speaking, rather, here. Listen at Him what He says now. They was all talking about, "We had Moses. We had this. And we had these others," (You see?) but listen what Jesus said, "But I have greater witness, than of John." Now, watch. "For the works which the Father has given Me to finish, the works which I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me."

45 Acts, the second chapter, about 24th verse, said: "Jesus of Nazareth, a Man approved of God among you by signs and wonders and miracles..." They couldn't deny it. They said He was a devil. But now, wait, right at the last of it here, when Jesus was going away, He taught the people in such a way, they didn't understand it. They understood it by the letter. He was speaking to them as an authority. Now, here's what they said in the 16th chapter, the 30th verse beginning, 16th chapter of Saint John 30th verse.
Now, said the disciples, now we are sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou comest forth from God... ("By the signs and the wonders that You do, we believe that you come from God.")
Jesus answered and said, Do ye now believe?

46 May the Lord God grant the same... Do you now believe? If God in heaven will send His Spirit tonight, in our midst, the Spirit, the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ to anoint a human being, and to show the same signs and wonders, that He did back there in the days of Jesus, will you then accept Him, believe that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever? And upon the merits of your faith in Him, you're willing to accept your healing, or your salvation, or whatever you have need of?
Let's bow our heads then, while we have: "Only Believe," if you will.

47 Our heavenly Father, with loving kindness, grateful hearts, full of assurance, I realize these are great words for someone to say. But I know, down through the age of my time, that Thou has been near, and has helped, and has showed great signs, and wonders, and visions. We are sure, Lord, and I know surely, that there's nothing within Thy poor humble, unworthy servant that could heal anyone. But I know that Your Angel is near by a divine gift that You called back before the foundation of the world. You knew that I was going to be here in Chicago. You knew that I had the Word of life for people; that was before the foundation of the world.
And way back, yonder in the state of Kentucky, in a little old tumbled down shack where, a poor peasant father and mother, without even a floor in the house... When that beautiful April morning broke, You sent the Holy Spirit in the room as a divine vindication that something was ready.
And now, Almighty God, who has fed me all the days of my life, Thou knowest my heart. And I feel the least among my brethren. And Lord, Thou knowest, I'm not saying this that they'd hear me, for I'd be a hypocrite. I say it, because I love You, Father, and I know this great moment is just at hand.
And then, without fear, after You have commissioned to do this, and if it be Your will, if You'll permit it, Lord, I come to this little platform of this humble church tonight, after making these statements and showing to the people, that what You was, in Your Son, years ago, You are the same tonight in Your people; that You are the same Lord Jesus with us, even in us.

48 And now, Lord, I have come, and I believe Thou has sent, that these words that You spoke might be fulfilled in this age. And now, Lord Jesus, there'll be people coming to this platform, I do not know them; You know every one of them. And I pray that You'll heal every one. And if it be Your will tonight, to break forth with power, to break forth with signs and wonders, like Philip coming from the tree, if it be Your will to do that, then, Lord, I pray that You'll grant it, tonight, as You have last night, other nights. When these sinners would slip to the platform, smoking, drinking, and carrying on, and thought they could slip by, but Your Spirit knew them, called them out, tell them who they are, and what they've done...

49 Now, Lord Jesus settle over this building with a reverence and an awe to the people. And may every person look straight to Calvary now and see the bleeding sacrifice of the Son of God, see the Holy Spirit descending out of Him unto the Father, and returning back to finish the works that Jesus laid out to be done, to preach the Gospel and signs to follow to the end of the world. Grant it, Lord. And may, Chicago, tonight, know that Thou art Christ the Son of God, and I am Thy servant. For I ask it in Jesus Christ's name and for His glory alone. Amen. Thank you.

50 All right. That's all right, Brother Boze. Billy Paul, where are you at, son? I have missed him somewhere. Yeah. What? Was you setting there all the time? Somebody see what that lady wants for me, if you will.
What cards did you give out, B's? Was it B's? All right. How many people here have prayer card, B, hold up your hand? Prayer card B? There's a hundred and something of them out here. All right.
Now, let's start from... Where did we start? We started from fifty last night, didn't we? All right, let's start back from one tonight. Who has got B-1, prayer card B-1, B-2, B-3, get about the first ten or fifteen up there. Let's have ... try fifteen. Now, we're just going to pray for the sick. I'm not here to entertain, as I say; I'm here to pray for the sick. There's no greater power in the world than prayer. Do you believe that?
And now, how many sick people is here on this closing night of this revival, that believes that this I have told you the straight truth, and that the Spirit that's bearing record here, of the truth, is the Spirit of God. Will you raise your hand? Thank you, that's what will cause a revival to come in Chicago. That's the reason you're receiving these benefits.

51 In the name of the Lord I say this: Blessed is your eyes, and blessed is your ears for you see things that many in the back generations has longed to see, and has failed to see it. Blessed are your ears which are hearing, for you hear things that many has longed to hear, and has failed to hear it. God bless you.

52 Now, to these that's coming, look on your cards. There might be somebody deaf, or can't hear, I... What'd I call, ten or fifteen? Fifteen wasn't it? Fifteen? The first fifteen, B-1 to B-15, first. I don't know what the Holy Spirit will do. I can't tell. If He speaks to the people, gives visions, I'll speak them. If He doesn't, I cannot. I'll just pray for the sick as they go through. But everyone in this audience, wherever you are, you look here and believe with all your heart, and God will answer your desire. I just feel like an anointing of the Holy Spirit's coming near.
Friends, how many seen the picture there in the book, of that Angel of the Lord? You probably got it in your house. It was copyrighted yonder in Washington, DC, the only supernatural Being that was ever taken.
I'm standing at a sacred desk here; God knows this is true. That same Angel that you see yonder, where all the whole nation blared at, where they're trying to be to get it in papers and things, but it's copyrighted, it can't be done. It'll never be till I'm dead and gone. Then it'll be brought out. But you can have it. You could buy it. But I mean it can't be released, because God wouldn't permit that. But yonder it is, by all scientific research, everywhere. The best there is in United States, there's his own name, George J. Lacy, signed to it, FBI, head of the FBI agent, on fingerprint and so forth. There it is signed by him. You couldn't get a copy of it without his signature. It's the only supernatural Being was ever scientifically proved to be real.

53 And there, right before thousands of people, many, many thousand, when they said, I was an impostor. I said, "I only claim to be God's servant. I am not a divine healer." I said, "I tell the truth. An Angel of God came to me, and told me that I was to go to do this thing. If I speak the truth, then God will vindicate the truth. But if I tell a lie, God has nothing to do with a lie. And He won't bless error. Anyone knows that." I said, "If I tell the truth, then God will speak that I've told the truth."
And about that time, here it come, "Whheww." A pillar of fire, something like that, hung right down where I was. And the American Photographer Association set up their camera and shot the picture. Took it, said, "I'll see if it's psychology." And went down there and put it in the acids and tested it, and flew it to Washington, DC the same night, returned back, and it's been in their hands of the Douglas Studios in Houston, Texas, the only supernatural Being was ever photographed and proved.
Now, the scientific world knows It's real. And a real borned again Christians who were in the meeting and see the work of it, know It's real. Now, what more do you need tonight, but to accept It as being real, sent from God? The Lord bless you.
Okay, Billy? All right.

54 Bring the lady. Is all your fifteen there? What say? All right. The person that's holding prayer card number 5, is missing. If you're here, look around, might be a deaf person. Prayer card number 5 is missing. They'll miss their turn if they don't come in according to their number. B-5. All right.
Now, just a moment. Slowly, sister, "Abide With Me," if you will. And let's just kind of get near to God. Remember, before you start praying, look this way. The Angel of God, whose servant I am, is standing less than three feet from me, right now. You think I'd say that if I didn't know what I was talking about? He's moving right in. You can just feel it coming in. It's His presence.
Now, Lord Jesus, come near. May a sacred, holy, hush come over the people. May there be a reverence. May there be a power of God that'll set the people free tonight. And may Your great, holy, humble name be magnified. Grant it, Lord, in Jesus' name I ask it. Amen.

55 Now, if you friends... Now, for the last few nights, I just been taking the people, praying for them, and whatever the Lord say... It may be the same thing tonight. I don't know. That's up to Him. I want you to be in prayer. And if I happen to ask you to bow your heads, bow your head. And if you got children, keep them near you, for if the epileptic comes on the platform, that's one thing that gets away from me.
I've seen here, not long ago, twenty-eight people, setting out there, a minister and a whole group, take epilepsy off of a fit that was throwed--brought off of a person on the platform. That's truth.
Remember those boys that went down, said to this epileptic, "I adjure thee, by Jesus, who Paul preaches, come out."
And the devil said, "Now, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" Is that right? You remember what happened? They got epilepsy. All right.

56 Now, lady, you come here near. Now, I just want to ask you some questions. Can you hear me out there all right? Where's Brother Baxter? If you... You watch Brother Baxter, I don't know, I believe it's going to the anointing (You see?), and if it does why, you watch this microphone, if they don't get it. I never know how far it is away (You see?), when it gets a few, after a few. The anointing gets so deep, till the whole crowd of people becomes a mass, and I don't know what I'm saying. You see?
And you before this happens, I love you. I am your brother in Christ Jesus. Pray for me wherever I go. I'll always remember Chicago, be longing to come back.
Now, sister. I know you're a Christian, because your spirit feels welcome, see. You're a believer. But now, in order that we want to talk just a few moments, see. And then, in this talking, like our Master did at the woman at the well. He just talked to her, till... See, you are human. I am a human. And we both have human spirits. And now, there's... If there's anything wrong in you (See?), then that is something that Satan's trying to do. That's an outside being from you. You understand that? If it's a cancer, if it's a tumor, or whatever it is, it's something outside of you. It's a life growing, or whatever it might be.

57 Now, in here, I'm just a man, just your brother. And then, there's an anointing come in here, which you're aware of it now, see. You know it's something. I want you to watch, friends. Watch the patient's face when they come near here. Watch, when it's coming like it is now. Watch them change the expression on their face when they come. Just remember to watch.
And now, if the Angel of the Lord will come near, then the angel of sickness, which would be on you, he will go to pulling, see. The Angel of the Lord's near. Now, there's both powers. And they're fighting one against the other. Now, it depends on our faith.
Now, that sickness, whatever you have, if that is a pulling on you (You see?), it's going to try to try to put everything in your mind to keep you from believing that this is truth, see. And this, which is coming now, and me speaking to you, is trying to get you to believe that it's truth. You see? Now, here's the warfare. If you will believe it, then this here, Holy Spirit, will pronounce the blessing; Satan has to leave; it has to be. Now, if you don't... Now, after when, he goes away, you'll maybe get, right away feel better. He walks in dry places. And he returns back with a symptom, worse than he ever was, seven times as bad, maybe. And when he does, if the good man of the house isn't standing there, that faith, say, "Get away."

58 Now, the Bible said, "Go and sin no more, or a worse thing would come upon you." Is that right? That means, "Go and disbelieve any more." Sin is unbelief, see. That's the first thing. That's all there is to it, is unbelief, is sin. Because when you believe...
Jesus said, "He that believeth shall not be condemned. He that heareth My words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation." It's all in faith, if you believe it.
Now, these gifts are added. Now, here's the Word of God originally. You believe that? That's for the nation, the world. But now, if there happened to be something in your life, that maybe you was keeping back, then these gifts are sent here to reveal that, prophetic things, see. That's what God does through sovereign grace.

59 Now, Jesus talked to the woman a little while, till He got her spirit. Then when He got in the channel that she was in, as I'd call it channel, or spirit that's got her into that spirit, He seen what was wrong. He went right quick and told her what was wrong. And she turned, and re... He never said, "Your sins are forgive you." He never said nothing. But she knew, that He was near, and she believed Him to be the Messiah. Is that right?
She said, "Come, see a Man, who told me what the things that I did. Isn't this the very Messiah?"
Now, He never said, "You're sins are forgiven, and you don't live with those husbands no more, or nothing like that." He never said a word her. She just recognized that He was the Messiah, because He knew what she had done.
Now, if He will come down and reveal what's wrong with you, would you recognize it to be the Messiah, the same yesterday, today, and forever?
Now, there's... You're bothered with some kind of a growth, that's rectal trouble. Is that right? If it is, raise your hand. Is that hemorrhoids? Is that right? Now, that's from the back.

60 And here sometime ago, you don't realize what you've done. But haven't you got some kind of a stiffness in your back or something, some kind of a dislocated spinal disk, isn't that right? Is that right? Yes, sir. You did that when you was a child. You didn't realize when you were doing it; you didn't know when you was doing it. You got a fall when you was jumping as a little girl, and that's dislocated a disk in your back, and they just found it here, just begin to realize what it is. You've had that stiffness... Sometimes you can't get off of a bed, or something. I see you trying to move, or something through ... that hurting in your back. Is that right? When you was kneeling here a few days ago to pray by a chair, or a bed or something in a room... Is that right? A picture hanging to your left in the room, you just couldn't hardly get up, for your back. Is that right? If it is, wave your hand like this.

61 Now, I want to ask you something. You heard that voice speaking. That was not me. I was looking here before you, and saw a vision, which you know that only God alone would know the things. Is that right? All right. Do you believe me to be His prophet? Then, you, right now accept Him as your Healer? If you'll accept it right now as your Healer, in the name of Jesus Christ, go home and be well. And God bless you.
How do you do, sister. Do you believe? With all your heart? You are very conscious of something going on. You are. You're very conscious of that, that believing that there's something supernatural. Now, that isn't going to hurt you. That's to bless you. You've never felt just that way before in your life, like that. Isn't that right? If it is, raise your hand so the people can catch it. That's the Angel of the Lord. Your faith is moving in now. And since you've come right here, your faith is increased tremendously. Isn't that right? Because you're in His presence now. That's what's a doing it.
You're bothered with some kind of a something in your throat. Isn't that right? Throat trouble? Now, it left me. Here it is. No, haven't you been--had an operation? You had two on the breast, it was a cyst, or something, cut off the breast. Is that right? Two doctors was in the room there. Is that right? I see it in a place, kind like of a...

62 All right, sister. God has confirmation to confirm... Your throat's healed. You go home. Look. If Jesus Christ by His power is here, got you anointed now, like you've never been before in your life, and you're aware... This is new to you. You know what I was fixing to say there, but you understand, see. This is new to you. All right.
Now, if He's here, and knows what was in your life, and can reveal it to a stranger, what was in your life, don't He know what will be in your life? All right. You're healed. Go home now.
Everyone reverent, be real reverent. Do you realize that the Master is near? You believe that? What more should you ask for? What more should you want? In His lovely presence now. How He'd love to heal this audience tonight. It's His divine will to do so. If you can only appropriate the faith. The reason I'm talking, the anointing getting real deep (You see?), and I won't get but just a few if I don't wait just a minute, and kind of get myself back normally again. You'll never know Christians, this side of heaven, what that takes out of a human being.

63 Daniel saw a vision, and he was troubled at his head for many days. Is that right?
Jesus said, "I perceive that virtue, or strength, has gone from Me," when the woman touched His garment. When them believers standing there with that heart bleeding, and moving in, something has to happen. It just takes the life right out of you. It's the human part saps away. God comes in.
Just think, it breaks out into another dimension, out where nobody knows nothing about it. It's in the supernatural realm, and calls up things that has been done way years ago. How can you doubt God? Throat's better now, isn't it, sister? Is that right? Raise your hand. You're healed. That's exactly. I didn't even tell you what it was. It told you what had happened. You're healed; you're all right. God bless you.
Now, excuse me for asking the patient sometimes, that... I can't tell who's who, sometimes when I'm anointed.

64 Now, sir, you are a stranger to me. I don't believe I know you. If I've ever met you, I don't remember. This is our first meeting. If that's ... that's right, isn't it? It's our first meeting. Then you're altogether a stranger. Does anybody here know this man? All right. Someone knows him then. And you know the man to be an honest man. I suppose he is. He's a Christian; I know that. For his spirit bears record with this Angel that has me anointed now, this powerful One that comes from the presence of God, that's on my mortal body now. Just like that... It isn't that light bulb up there; it's that current that's in the light bulb, see. It's not me; it's Him now.

65 I was your brother, a few moments ago, I'm God's servant now. Sir, a man can make any kind of a claim, but until God confirms it, it's no good. If God confirms it and says it's truth, then you can't doubt God, or you shouldn't. Is that right? If we be strangers then, there's something wrong with you. I trust that our Lord Jesus will let me know what's wrong with you. If He does, then that... I could not heal you, of course, you understand. It would only give you a little what you need, a little push of faith, perhaps, or something like that. You're aware that you're in the presence of some supernatural Being. You know that. Now, that the audience might know, raise your hands. That you know, that's a feeling that you never felt, see. That's right. It's something, audience, I cannot explain. Surely, I should know what I'm speaking of.

66 And I say not this for glory. I say this in honor of Jesus Christ to fulfill His words which said He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Understand. All right. That One that now is here, moving to you, that is the blissful One, the Son of God. He went to the Father, sent back the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit was to reveal the truth, and to show things, that was to come: Saint John 17, or 15. Is that right?
Now, life hasn't been a flower bed of ease for you. For swinging between you and I, comes a long dark road. And down this road, I see you coming. There's something about the head; you're holding your head. It's headaches. Is that, is that right? For years... Aren't you a musician or something? Don't you play some kind of music, or something, some kind of a string music? Is that right?
Come here, brother. Father, I bless my brother tonight in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I ask You to heal him, Lord, may this leave him. And may he go from here tonight and get well, as I ask this blessing, in the name of Jesus, the Son of God. Amen.

67 Brother, look. No one has been able to find what that was. Isn't that right? They thought first migraine, but I seen a tall thin-looking doctor shaking his head when migraine was mentioned to him. Is that right? It isn't migraine. No, it isn't. It was Satan. Has gone from you now, go, believing.
How do you do. Have you believed? You've tried to. Why did I ask you, "Have you believed?" This is why I asked you. You've been prayed for before. Is that right? You have a tumor in the stomach. You're just afraid that it isn't gone. You're just a little afraid to accept it on those basis. Is that right? I'm not reading your mind. But I see when you tried to accept it, and God in heaven knows, by sight, I don't remember you. But I believe, if I'm not mistaken, from where I see you standing now, by vision, that it was somewhere in an auditorium that had wings on the side, like this, or something. Was it Zion? Is that right? You tried to accept your healing there. Don't doubt no more. That's your trouble. Just hanging over you like a shadow. Here's what you want me to do. You want me to cast that away from you. That's what you come back for. Is that right? If that's right, raise your hand.
I can make it go by the power of Jesus Christ, but I can't keep it away. Your faith will have to keep it away. Do you believe me to be His prophet? No way in the world for me to know that outside of God, is that right?

68 Now come near. God, this poor woman, realizing that something must be done right away... She's trying, Father, to break through, but Satan has determined that he's going to cause her trouble. But I ask for mercy for her.
Now, You said, "The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and God shall raise them up. If they have did any sin, it shall be forgive them. Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another, that you might be healed."
Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ, I come in this duel of faith, challenging, not in my own power or name, you know that I could not do that. But I come as a representative of Jesus Christ, claiming a divine gift that was ministered to me by an Angel, telling me to get the people to believe, that the sickness would not stand before them when sincere prayer was made. And I pray sincerely to God. Therefore, you cannot hold the woman any longer. I charge thee by the Son of God, Jesus Christ, come out of the woman.

69 All right, sister. Now, look. Now, it's gone. The life of it is dead. Now, you'll notice this. If you'll keep believing as you are now. You're going... You feel different now. Now, if that's right, wave your hand. Real light and cool, is that right? It's dead. The life of it went out. Just like your life would go from you, your body drop. Now, the life of it is out. Now, that will shrink for the next seventy-two hours. And then, you'll feel better for about the next two or three days. Then after that, you'll get real sick. It's breaking, deteriorating, rotting, in other words. It'll be bigger than it ever was. Then go to thanking God. Don't never doubt there. Keep thanking God for your healing. It'll go away from you.
If I knew what was, I knew what will, know what will be. If He can reveal to me... He revealed what was; He can reveal what is yet. You believe that? You failed you're calling to in life; you know that. Now, go on, serve God with all your heart.
All right. Come, lady.
Be reverent. Everywhere.
How do you do, sister. You believe me to be God's prophet? With all your heart? All right.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Thank you, Brother Baxter. Good evening, friends. This is a grand privilege to be here tonight in Edmonton. After having a great revival here a few years ago, it's always been my heart's desire to get back to my lovely friends at Edmonton. I've appreciated your letters just since I have been gone, and all that you have done in praying for me and the success of God's work. And we thought it would be very nice tonight, if we could stop over and share the blessings of God with you for this one night. Wish that we could stay longer; have to hurry right home. Have to leave at two o'clock in the morning to be going, to hurry right back again for another service. And it's been a constant go since we have left here, and the Lord has been good to us to help us minister to His people.
I'm thankful for this bunch of ministers here on the platform tonight, and many others of the groups that's represented here. And you're always very dear to me. You're God's children.
I've always knowed this, and I've found this in my life of ministry. If you'll... If you want to serve God, serve His people. That's how you serve. As we love one another, we love God. And I love His people, and I'm doing all that I know how to try to represent our Lord Jesus Christ to them in a way of His divine mercies and powers that He has given to the church in this last day.

2 Now, I was very much carried away with Brother Baxter's talk tonight. That's the first time, and since he's been managing the meetings, that I've ever set on the platform and heard him speak: the first time in years that I've knowed Mr. Baxter, about 5 years. It's always in the meetings that I'm out praying, getting ready, seeking God, and praying and fasting before the meeting. That's usually the procedure. I never get into the meetings until the time to come out in--under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and go right into praying for the sick.
And I certainly like the way he presented that, and that's the way that I've always tried to represent it to the people. But many magazines and so forth, has represented me as a divine healer, and so forth. But, friends, that's wrong: I'm your brother. I'm no divine healer; I'm just one of you, if you will let me be. God be blessed to bringing me into the fold.

3 There's many men in here, setting nearby me, was probably preaching the Gospel when I was a baby. And I feel very humble to be standing here tonight before ministers who are aged, and preached the Word so long; who've paved the road and made it easy for me to come. What if they hadn't have preached divine healing before this was manifested? Then there'll... I'd have an awful road to go. But by their help, and what they have stood for, I am come in confirmation of what they preached. And I'm very grateful to those brothers, thinking that sometime, when life is all over, and the last prayer is said here on earth, and the Bible closed, and we come down to the end of the road, enter into His joys up there... And I just wonder when that great supper is set, the last supper... Down along the lines of the thousands of miles, we'll set across the table from each other. I tell you. That's going to be glorious time, isn't it? We look across the table to one another and see those veterans who's "fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas." I guess we'll shake each other's hand and no doubt, a little teardrop will down our cheeks, but the King will come out, and wipe the tears from our eyes, and say, "Don't cry; it's all over now. We're home." And that's what I look forward to, friends, for that day.

4 I tried under opposition, of course many times, to represent Jesus Christ as a Healer. A lot of times just being misunderstood, people call me the healer. But I couldn't heal no one, and neither does anyone on earth can heal anyone. Healing only lays in Jesus Christ. See, see?
Here recently, I was reading an article in the paper to see... And that's what causes many people... No doubt there's Fundamentalists and so forth, setting here tonight. I was raised--brought up, ordained in the Fundamental church. You know I was a Baptist. But here's...

5 Many times, here's what causes them to criticize on the Full Gospel people. An article was written in the paper here not long ago to a man that said, "The Lord gave me the gift of divine healing." Said, "He come down in the room, and picked me up, and set me up before His throne, and set me down. He said, 'Son,' he said, 'I'm giving you "the" gift of divine healing.'" Quickly, that's wrong. There is no such a thing as "the" gift of divine healing. There's no such a thing in the Scripture. And He said, 'I'm giving you power to open blind eyes, to unstop deaf ears, to cast out demons, to make the blind to see, and the deaf to hear, the lame to walk.'" And he come back to earth, and so forth, and do this.
Now, I'm not here to say that God didn't do that, see. God can do what He wants to. And I can't tell Him what to do. But if He did that, He certainly has got His Word mixed up then. And He certainly taken it away from Jesus Christ if He gave it to the man. Yes, sir. He... If you bought me a suit of clothes, and the purchasing price of that suit of clothes was fifty dollars; and you gave me fifty dollars, it's not yours any more; it's mine, see. And if He gave me power to open blinded eyes, to unstop deaf ears, it doesn't belong in Calvary no more, it belongs to me. I do what... Now, that might be all right. God might've said He did that. Now the thing I want to see it do; I want to see it work. That's... Then I'll believe it when it works.

6 What God in His Scripture... We try to stay strictly with the Bible. And that's the only Foundation that I know of, friends, and that is God's Word. And as long as it's based upon God's Word, then God will be behind it and confirm His Word, see.
And as far as divine healing... As soon as the boys come in, of course the spirit of discernment... You understand. Many have been in the meetings, know what it was. The boy come in. I seen him come up to Mr. Baxter there; the boy's going to die right away if God doesn't help him, he has cancer. And he went down and talked to the boy [unclear words]. Said, "That's exactly right." See, it's... See, that's... Knowing things, that's different... That doesn't heal people. As many of you has been in the meeting this week at Grande Prairie. You see His Spirit do so forth, which is revealed and told to people, why, that cannot be hid. Now, that's... See, that's a divine gift, but Healing is in Calvary. See? It's your faith there.

7 Now, a gift of healing doesn't mean that man heals somebody; it means a man that's got faith in divine healing, that can point them to the finished work of Jesus Christ at Calvary.
How many has been saved in the last ten years; let's see your hand? been saved in the last ten years? Now, I don't want to different with you, but you wasn't saved in the last ten years. You were saved nineteen hundred years ago; you accepted it in the last ten years. Is that right? Exact. See? You were--you were saved nineteen hundred years ago when Jesus Christ paid the price for the sins of the world (Is that right?) at Calvary. And He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed nineteen hundred years ago. Therefore, every person in this building tonight, that's sick, has been healed since nineteen hundred years ago when Jesus died. There's where God did everything that He could do for the human race, He did it in Jesus Christ. Do you believe that?

8 Now, the only thing that a divine gift can do, is to stir your faith to that. Ministers preach the Gospel which is just as good as anything else could be done. Better! And if a person can just take God at His Word, and see the work finished there at Calvary, and accept it in their own life, that settles it right there. That's all is necessary. Then God in His goodness after that, has sent gifts besides that, into the church to manifest His love and His promises to the people. See what I mean? But every individual must look to Calvary. There's where it comes from is Calvary.
Now, it's just like this: God put the blood of Jesus Christ in a deposit box at Calvary to heal all manner of sickness and diseases, and give every believer a checkbook with His Name signed on the bottom of it. The only thing you have to do is fill out the check and send it in for any redemptive blessings that Jesus Christ died for. You believe that? Don't be afraid.

9 If John D. Rockefeller would offer me a check tonight to build a new church for a million dollars, I wouldn't be afraid to fill it out. No, sir, because I believe John D. Rockefeller's worth it. And if Jesus Christ offered me a check tonight here for my sickness, that He healed me at Calvary, I'm not afraid to fill it out and hand it in there; go testifying that God has healed me. No matter what the results is, I believe Jesus told the truth. See? Now, that's where it comes from. It's what you believe, your attitude towards Jesus.

10 Look at St. Mark 11:24. Jesus said, "Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, believe you receive it." That's the order of the Word now. "Believe now you receive it; it shall be given unto you." Is that right? You shall have whatever you've asked for if you believe it. And now, He... If Jesus paid for it there, why, I believe it, I accept it, and believe it, and go testifying. God has brought the...
How many believe that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself; that all the great powers that the Father had was given... [Gap in the audio.] all the powers of the Father? But when He met Satan, watch where He brought it to: for the weakest Christian here tonight, He never used any of His divine gifts. When Satan come to Him and said, "If Thou be the Son of God, command these stones to be made bread," Jesus said, "It is written,": the Word of God. "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone."
Again He was tested. And Jesus said, "It is written." The third time He was tested, and Jesus said, "It is written." Is that right? Right to the Word of God, showing that the weakest Christian can defeat Satan by, "It is written." If you'll believe the Word of God teaches it, believe it, accept it, hang on to it; God will bring it to pass. Don't you believe that? It is written.

11 Now, remember this, that I make this quotation, that "The Word of God will defeat Satan anywhere, any time, any place, on any condition." The Word of God alone, "It is written," will defeat Satan, no matter who he is, what form he comes in, where he's at, it'll defeat Satan. Now that is truth: the written Word of God.
Now, and you're... And now, here's another statement I want you to remember. And you that--you especially here that's so sick setting here, these cancer cases and so forth tonight, look, that "The right mental attitude towards any divine promise of God will bring it to pass." Can you understand what I mean? "The right mental attitude towards any divine promise of God will bring it to pass." If you'll take the right mental attitude towards anything God has promised, God's under obligation to see that you get it. That's right, because He promised it.

12 Now, many times people misunderstand the meetings in this, friends. Since I've seen you, there's been many, many things has happened, and you've probably kept up with it through the newspapers and so forth.
By the way, did you read the Writer--the "Reader's Digest" this month on the article was in there about my services in California? And they had it straight. I told the man when he come down, and he said there I didn't ask nothing but told the boy what was wrong with it and that's just a... But the medical help, if they'd be careful, the boy would get over that, and he did. The boy died later, but not with the disease. I saw a nurse had let a window up and get a draft across him, and the child taken pneumonia and died, but not with the disease. See?

13 Now, when... God is under obligation to His Word. Now, here's what takes place, friends. Now, in the coming meetings in June, if God willing, I'd like to come in first, come so we'll have plenty of time. Our meetings has always been too rushed. And across the nations we found it so.
I guess since we've been here, our... By God's grace and His... We've led to Christ, right in our own meetings, around 350,000 souls to Christ in the past five or six years. In one day alone in South Africa, thirty thousand raw heathens came to Jesus Christ in one single meeting in one day. Thirty thousand raw heathens, when they seen the manifestation of the Spirit of God given where the--where the witch doctors and everything else trying to find out what they could, and found that they were con--they were--couldn't stand before it, and give up, and surrendered themselves to God. And was thirty thousand in one day received Jesus Christ: and breaking their idols, washing their face, from Mohammedism and so forth, and become Christians in one day: after seeing a man walked on his hands and feet like a dog... I said, "Of course, I can't heal the man." No one knows that..." Or, I mean, "Everyone knows that, that I can't heal the man. But now, his life cannot be hid."

14 Now, I want you to understand this, Christian friend. So I'll give you a little preview. How many here is to be prayed for, let's see your hands, wants to be prayed for? Now, anywhere in the building, just raise up your hand; I want to see your hand. Oh, my, it'd be almost hopelessly and... But I'll pray for you. But... See?
But I want you to notice this. How many has been in the meetings and has seen the way the Holy Spirit moves and works with the people? Let's see your hands? How He tells them what they done in their rooms. And they can't be healed; and they have to go and make these things right; and some things they've done in their life; and so forth. You've seen it in the meetings. It's... That's... It...
Now [unclear words]. People sometimes wonder. That's what makes them get a superstition of--about the ministry that the Lord has given. I just want to ask you one simple question, and then you be the judge yourself. Now, how many in this building believes that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever? All right. Thank you for your confidence in our Lord. Now, if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, we'll have to have some conception of what He is and His work is, in order to see Who He is. Is that right? We'll have to--have to know something the way He did.

15 Now, let's trace back just a little bit through His life and see what He did. When He was on earth, the Bible said He made Himself no reputation, yet He was the Creator. The man who made your false teeth, he got a reputation for doing that. But the Man who made them first, had no reputation. The man who made an artificial arm, made himself a reputation. But the Man who made your real arm, made His--of Himself no reputation. Is that right? Now, He may... He was a humble Man. And here, He didn't claim to be anything of--within Himself. He gave all praise to the Father, God. Is that right?

16 Now, we notice when His ministry started... Now, I just want you to watch His ministry. When His ministry started, they begin to realize that there was something supernatural about the Man. The Pharisees, as Brother Baxter just got through saying, they could not figure it out. He knew the people; He knew their thoughts; He knew their hearts; He knew what was going on. And they said, "Well now, perhaps it's mental telepathy or psychology." And after while they seen the miracles and things that followed His ministry, psychology won't do, and mental telepathy won't produce. So then the only thing they could do, they couldn't figure it out so they branded it with their own brand, "It's the devil. He's the chief fortuneteller of the bunch; he's Beelzebub." And sent Him away.

17 Now, notice. Now, there was a man name of Philip, who got saved, and he went to find his friend Nathanael. And he said, "Come, see who I've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the One that Moses spoke of." Now, watch the--closely now.
And Nathanael, a good man, he said, "Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see."
And when he was coming, Jesus, standing in the prayer line, perhaps praying for the sick, or whatever He was doing, and when He seen Nathanael coming up, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
And it astonished the Israelite. And he said, "Whence knowest Thou me, Rabbi (Reverend, Elder, Teacher, or whatever we could call)?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Is that right?
Now, Nathanael didn't try to say, "Now, He's reading my mind. He's doing..." He said, "He's the Son of God, the King of Israel."

18 A woman, one time at the well... He said... He had need to go by Samaria. And when a woman, probably a prostitute... He came out to the wells about eleven o'clock when He sent the disciples away for bread. Now, watch this: He said to her, a... "Bring Me a drink," just to get a conversation.
She said, "Well, a... It's not customary for the Jews to ask Samaritans such; they have no dealings." And you know the story.
He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink and I'd give you water you didn't come here to drink."
She said, "The well is deep..." and so forth. He... What was He trying to do? He was hunting her spirit.
And as soon as He got in that dimension of where her spirit was, He said, "Go get your husband," right straight to her trouble.
She said, "I have no husband."
He said, "You've said well; for you have five and the one you have now is not your husband."
She said, "Sir, I perceive that You're a prophet." She run into the city and told the people to, "Come see a Man who told me all the things I ever did."

19 Now, watch what kind of a Man we're talking about. Here He comes to the Pool of Bethesda where great multitudes... If I'm taught right, one multitude consists of over two thousand. And if there's multitudes, there's perhaps ten thousand people laying there. Now, watch it: St. John 5. Look at the condition of these people. They were lame, halt, blind, withered, twisted, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel came down into the pool at a certain season, and whosoever, stepping in first, was healed of whatsoever disease they had.
And here come Jesus now. Now watch this, the Lovely One... Do you believe He loved the people? You believe He was the Son of God? He was full of compassion? He loved the people with all of His heart? Sure He did. Now, here He come full of love. Suffering humanity. Oh, how He loved them. Here He comes down to this pool where this great mass of people is.

20 Now, He already took compassion upon the people, but He moved right down. And here stands an old dad, perhaps, standing there, twisted with arthritis, saying, "Somebody help me in the pool." And our lovely Jesus passes right by him.
Here stands a mother with a baby with a waterhead, perhaps: "Oh, somebody help me to get in the pool first with my darling baby." Jesus passes right by her.
Here is a man they had to carry; he was crippled and lame: "Somebody help me in the pool." He passed right by.
Here is a blind man: "Oh, have mercy on me; I've been blind for years. Somebody help me in the pool when the water's troubled."
Thousands of them, Jesus passed right by every one of them and went over to a man that had an infirmity for thirty and eight years: sugar diabetes, or TB, or something. The man could walk; he said, "When I'm coming down to the pool, another steps ahead of me." Is that true? Read St. John 5 and see if it isn't. That's right. Now, nobody doubts but what St. John 5 is inspired. You see?

21 Now, He walked right by every one of those cripples, walked right along, and knew that the man had been in this condition thirty-eight years. And He said, "Would you be made whole?" And He healed the man that'd been laying there for--all this affliction, or this disease, and walked right away from that multitude, and left them poor old mothers, and daddies, and babies, and all of them laying there: lame, halt, blind, twisted, waiting for the moving of the water.
How could a loving Saviour... How could a Man with a heart full of compassion for the sick, how could the Son of God walk by such a massive mass of humanity, twisted, and lame... And we're even taught by historians that they stabbed one another trying to get in the pool first. How could a loving Saviour, full of love and compassion, walk by such a multitude and leave them lay there, and make one man whole that...? We'll just say for instance, he had sugar diabetes. How could He do that?

22 The Jews was questioning Him a little later. Read down there on down. Read the chapter, and you'll find out when they were in question about Him on the Sabbath and so forth, listen, what He said: St. John 5:19 and 20: "Verily, verily I say unto you. The Son could do nothing in Himself but what He sees the Father doing. Whatsoever the Father doeth, He showeth the Son. And these things doeth the Son also. And He'll show you greater things than the healing of this diabetic, that you may marvel."
Jesus plainly stated that there wasn't one thing that He did without first He saw the Father doing it. Is that right? Then He took on Himself. You see? He give all credit to the Spirit: God. See? And that's the reason He passed by. Watch. He knew the man.

23 Watch the resurrection of Lazarus. When He had set down... Mary sent for Him to come pray for Lazarus, He went away. The Father had showed Him a vision what was going to happen. And then when He said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth," they said, "If he sleepeth, he doeth well."
He said "He's dead, and for your sake I'm glad I wasn't there. But I go wake him." Look at Him at the grave. "Father, I said not this because... Thou hearest Me always." He said, "But I said it because these who stand by." God had showed Him a vision what was going to happen.
According to the Bible and Jesus' own words, He did not do one thing without first the Father showing Him by a vision what to do. Is that right? How many believes that's true now? Read it, St. John 9--or St John 5:19 and 20; you'll see it. Jesus said, "I can do nothing within Myself, but what I see the Father doing, that I do also." Then if Jesus Christ... He said, "The things that I do shall you do also. A little while, the world seeth Me no more, yet you'll see Me (the Church, the believer), for I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world," making Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.

24 Then if His Spirit is with us tonight, and with the church in this day, that same Spirit that was upon Jesus Christ, will be doing the same thing today that it did yesterday, because it's Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right?
The world misunderstood it. The world called it psychology. The world called it the chief of devils. But the world will always call it that. But the church knowed Him to be the Son of God. You see what I mean? That's the reason that people misunderstand.
Theological teachings, and so forth, they get their books of rules, and get them out, and look them over, and say, "This is the way it's supposed to be: this and that." But it don't make any difference what man says; it's what God says about it. And then, if God confirms that to be the truth, then we believe God is truth. Is that right? The Lord bless you, Christian friends.

25 I want to start and pray. The only way I know to do, is let Brother Baxter stand up here, or some other man, at this place, and just line them up as they possibly can come through the line, and I'll pray for as many people as I can. I love you.
There'll be people when if I come next June, that's setting right here, won't be here then. In a mass--a mass of people here... They said the hall seat about seventeen or eighteen hundred. There's probably two or three hundred standing; close to two thousand people then are in the meeting. In a group of people like this, some of you young people, perhaps, may be killed in accidents. Some of them may be stricken down and killed. The older people, many of them, they're days are about finished and they'll be gone. There's people here that I'll never see no more until I see you at the judgment seat of Christ. That's right. So when I stand there, as I did five years ago, standing here in Edmonton, I say again tonight, "I'm not ashamed of my testimony, because Jesus Christ has confirmed it around the world now." And they know it everywhere. That is true.

26 Now, that's because that the Angel of the Lord had His picture taken. How many seen that in there, the picture of it too? You mean there's no one here... Just about one man has ever seen that picture that was taken yonder in the United States and is setting in Washington, DC, tonight: the only Supernatural Being, they claim, was ever photographed in all the world. And they have a copyrighted up there. You never see it? Well, that was in a discussion at Houston, Texas, when it was taken. Now... To get back to June--in June...

27 Now, to you sick people... Buddy, my brother, he's sitting there dying with cancer. And many others are here in the building's suffering likewise: heart trouble and so forth. I ask you this tonight, as your brother who loves you, and realizing that my life may be taken way before any of yous; I don't know; only God knows. But here, if you will believe this... I say this with my Bible, and here's how--how much I believe. I believe this with all my heart, knowing that I'm talking to the purchase of the blood of Christ. God sent me into the world to pray for the sick people. As He sent other men to preach the Gospel and so forth, I was sent to pray for sick people as the Angel of the Lord spoke it.
I don't have to... You don't have to question that no more. That's confirmed among as many as ten million people tonight. See? And that's the truth. Kings, potentates, monarchs, congressmen... How many heard the healing of Congressman Upshaw in the United States? Sixty-six years an invalid, made perfectly whole. I just stand there in the vision, and saw what taken place, and he was healed and made perfectly whole.

28 Now, if you'll believe tonight, I'll step down here and pray for you. And when you come through... It isn't my prayer, friends. That isn't it. See? What I'm trying to get you to do when you come through, is believe that Jesus healed you and has sent us to pray for you that you might get well.
And how many people are in this building tonight, that was healed in the meeting when I was here before, that's still healed tonight? Let's see your hands. How many in here was healed in the meetings? Looky here. Just look over in the building there: thirty, forty, fifty hands from that meeting, then there, that's been healed, that's five years ago.

29 Young man, in five years from tonight, wouldn't you like to be raising your hand, saying you was the one that was healed at that time? Look, I want to say something to you. There was some lepers set at the gate one time at Samaria, when it was besieged by the Syrians. They said, "Why do we sit here till we die?" They were starving to death; they was eating one another's children in the city. They said, "If we set here, we die, if we go in the city we die. So if the only hope that we have is go down to the Samaritans. If they save us, we live. But if they kill us, we die. Whatever, we're going to die anyhow. So let's take a chance on going down." You know the story. And they not alone saved theirselves, but God rewarded them with that faith until they saved the whole city of Samaria.
Now, you're setting in the same place that they set, many of you along here in this, cripples and afflictions laying on these cots and things here. See? You're in the same place. You're not expected to go to the camp of the enemy, but you're invited to the home of your Father tonight, to come and believe with a Christ, with a bloody atonement laying there before the Father tonight, to make good you're confession in Him. Jesus sits at the right hand of God to make intercessions upon your confession. You've got to accept it, believe it and confess it's so, to make it an act of faith. If you'll do that, if you'll...
The doctor's done all he can do. Everything else has done all they can do. You too, sister, and you too, young man, and you, you... All that could be done is already done. There's nothing can be done only--out in medical aid. Well, if they've done all they can do, then there's only one hope left for you, and that's in Jesus Christ. Take it. Believe it. Hold on to it: say, "God, if others can, I can too. And You're my God, the same as you were theirs."

30 And my brother, you look like a healthy man tonight, and God my Judge of the people that I've seen our Father heal: so far beyond you, till you'd look like an athlete by the side of some of them that's been healed.
How many seen the picture of Florence Nightingale? It was yonder in London, England, when she only weighed about thirty-seven pounds. She couldn't even move her hand or nothing: cancer on the duodenum of her stomach. And while standing there praying for her, a little dove flew in, set down on the window and begin to go back and forth, a cooing. When I raised up, the ministers begin to say, "Did you see the dove?"
I said... I started to say, "I see the dove," and the Spirit of the Lord spoke and said, "Thus saith the Lord, she'll live and not die." And she weighs a hundred and fifty-five pounds, in perfect health. See, see?
Now, the God that saved Florence Nightingale, the great-granddaughter of the late Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Red Cross, can save your life tonight, can save your life tonight, yours, yours, and many of the rest of you out through this building. Believe it, will you?

31 Ministers of God, as children of God, stand with me. This is a... I've just come in from a--being away, and I... It's... I just... There's so many here to be prayed for. Now, I want to pray for every one that I can. Brother Baxter, when I walk down through here to pray for the sick, will you have the people to line up. I believe they can come up this aisle, come this way and then have the upstairs... You can just arrange it.
[Brother Baxter interrupts Brother Branham to make an announcement and exhorts the people concerning divine healing and assembles the prayer line.] [ Unclear words] prayer, Brother Baxter, while [unclear words] going to have prayer while they [unclear words].

32 While Brother Baxter is forming this line, or they're forming the line, dear Christian friends, now I trust that your faith, it goes up now to God, that many things may be did here tonight. And don't just come for that purpose, but come believing now. Whatever it tells you to do, you do it. And if it speaks, no matter what it is, you go ahead and do just what it said. Now, I'll be responsible for the outcome of it. I'm just going to start praying for the sick. Get ready and then... [Brother Baxter speaks.] What time is the closing time down here now? About ten o'clock? Yes, now... [Brother Baxter interrupts Brother Branham.] Now [unclear words] many problems did you [unclear words].

33 Our heavenly Father, thinking just now of a lovely One coming down from the mountain... A father brought a boy, said, "Lord, he's variously vexed with a devil. He falls in the fire and in the water." Realizing today that they--we would call it epilepsy. Nothing seemed to be able to do him any good. Jesus said, "Do you believe?" "Well, I can..." "If you believe for all things are possible to them that believe."
As this music is now sweeping out, and here's the people, I'm thinking of our good friend, Paul Rader, the writer. "All things are possible to them that believe." Now, here is people that's dying, Lord. Realizing that before God, we have to answer for our deeds that's done in this body...
In this hurry-up, rush time, the hour's getting late. Many, as we pass through in the line, may they be healed, Lord, every one. Grant just now, that the Angel of God, may come near. And may He bless every one that's been prayed for and will be prayed for. For He said, "Whatever you bind on earth, I'll bind in heaven. What you loose on earth, I'll loose in heaven." Grant, Lord, that those things might be said and done tonight, and there might be a great results from this meeting here. And we'll leave it to You, Father.
And seemingly there's a lovely spirit among the people, ready for a revival; then, Lord, grant this as a "go-light" for us, as it was. We'll return back then, if it's Your will, for a great revival where we can take time one by one, pray for many hundreds and thousands of people that's in need here in Western Canada.
Just now, may the Holy Spirit come near and respect the prayer of Your servant, for we ask it, in Jesus' name. Amen.

34 [Brother Baxter speaks while Brother Branham is heard faintly in the background.] That's the man [unclear words] just keep [unclear words] and also it's [unclear words] for it's just that time of life [unclear words]. Your just... Here not long ago [unclear words]. I pray now that You'll heal him [unclear words]. [ Brother Baxter speaks and leads in singing "Only Believe."]... for You're the same [unclear words] you believe [unclear words] coming [unclear words] to let me see what you [unclear words]. I don't know why, brother [unclear words] what you're [unclear words]. He'll have to [unclear words] told you, and if God's here to make him well. God, who can foretell or know his life which was, surely can tell him what will be hereafter.
Almighty God, Author of life, send Thy blessings upon this man, who I bless in Thy name. And may this sickness of his body tonight be taken from him and may he go and be a well man from this hour on. May he be able to eat, and to live without fear, and be a man like he used to be, Father, and be healed and well in the name of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, I ask this blessing. Amen.

35 Now, just a moment, my brother. I just want to speak to you just a moment. Now, you just look right at me. Now, when you come here a few moments ago, I never seen you in my life, know nothing about you. You know that is true, isn't it? I never seen you. But here the Holy Spirit's tells you what's wrong, what you've done, and how it all acted. Is that right? If that's right, raise up your hand, so that the people... Now, without knowing you or anything... Now, you believe me to be His prophet tonight? If you believe that's the Spirit of Jesus Christ, who knowed where--what the woman had done at the well; He knowed what--where a man was under the tree praying; when He just told you just now what you done a few days ago at your room. Isn't that right? Told you just what you were doing and everything. ["That's it. That's right."] All right. Now, if that be so, then if I be God's servant, I know what will be. Is that right? Now, you go home. You just eat what you want to. God has healed you, and you're going to be a well man and every ailment that's been named in your body is going to be well. Now, do you believe that? Now the God that could show what was, certainly knows what will be. Is that right? Now you're healed. The Lord bless you. Go home and be well now, in the Name of the Lord Jesus.

36 Let's just say, "Thanks be to God," every one, if you will. See? The Lord Jesus is here to make well and to heal.
Now, you see, the man... The man, I knew not, but the Holy Spirit comes here and tells him what's his trouble; what's he been doing; what he was doing day before yesterday at a certain place at a certain time; revealed all those things to him. Tell him what it was as you picked it up right here at the microphone, goes along now... I had prayer for him.
Now, it was just like looking, to me, as I might explain it. It's like looking on at something. The man faded away and got real little, and seen him as a little boy, and just watch down along like that through life. And then it moved away. When I had prayer, I didn't know what would happen. I just asked our heavenly Father. He told him about his conditions: he's got a prostate trouble that's caused him to have a nervous disorder, and he--also it causes him to get up at night, told about going into the bath... [Gap in the audio] [ unclear words]. You who live in his neighborhood, see if that isn't right now. See if that isn't...

37 Now, He's here. Now, Christians, there isn't a person in the building but what that would happen to. But if we take each patient like that, you know how long we'd be here? About three weeks to get through them people that's here to be prayed for through. Now, how many believe with all of your heart? Say, "I believe, Brother Branham, you've told the truth and God's confirmed it." You believe it then? All right.
Now, I wonder if you Christians would join with me in prayer while this whole entire audience joins in prayer while I pray. And some of the minister's here, that's along the line, also lay your hands on the sick." The Bible said, 'These signs shall follow them that believe." See? "In my name they shall cast out de..." and so forth. If the Holy Spirit should stop on something another, I'd be glad to do it. But I won't be able to get the people prayed for unless I start praying for them. And of course it catch the person's eyes, it starts right into discernment, of course, immediately as soon as a person comes up.
And now, I want you to pray with me. And how many up there will pledge that you'll pray, all over the building, while we're praying and singing, "Only Believe." Will you pray? You raise your hand.

38 And if you people along the line believe if we'll just ask God, God will do it, do you believe it? Raise up your hands if you do. All right. When you... Now, bow their head while we have prayer. All right now. [Brother Baxter speaks.] [ unclear words].
Heavenly Father [unclear words]. [ Brother Baxter speaks and leads in singing "I Need Thee Every Hour."] [Unclear words] a woman who's suffering here from this blindness, may Thy Spirit come upon her tonight and heal her, Father, I pray through the name of Thy Son, Jesus. Amen. [Unclear words].
Have faith sister. I pray, Father, that You'll heal her. She has a [unclear words]. May she go and be well through Jesus Christ's name.
Lord God, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus, that You'll heal our sister. May she go tonight and be made whole through Jesus Christ's name. Don't doubt, but believe.
God, be merciful to our brother, I ask in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that You heal him and make him well. Grant it, Father, through Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you. [Brother Baxter speaks.]
God bless you now. Go serve the Lord with all of your heart.
Lord Jesus, I pray for this woman that You'll heal her. Grant that Your blessings come upon her and she'll be made well, through Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Look, lady, don't fear no more; go believing now.
In the Name of the Lord... [Brother Baxter speaks.]

39 I just want to say, there's so many people passing through here that's suffering with mental oppression, demon manifestation, but oppression: Satan. I seen a vision break before me of a young lady. She went back there, and set down a few minutes ago, that thinks that she's crossed the separating line. Don't let Satan tell you that. As long as you love God, God still loves you. It has to be a creator to create that creation in your heart to make you love God. Don't believe that. See? Go believing with all your heart that Christ loves you.
Suffer the same thing. Lord Jesus, I pray that You'll make her well. May she go tonight, healed, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Now, just go thanking God and you'll get well, sister.
Father, I pray that You'll heal our sister and make her well as I lay hands on her, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Dear Lord, I pray for our sister, that You heal and make her well, in the name of Thy Son, Jesus. Amen. God bless you, sister.
Lord God, Creator of heavens and earth, send Thy blessings upon our sister and heal her in the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen. God bless you, sister. The Bible said, "These signs shall follow them that believe."
Think now that you'll get all right? All right, you're sure. Lord, I pray that You'll heal our sister. May she go from here tonight and be made well, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. God bless you, sister.

40 [Brother Baxter speaks.] Heal our brother [unclear words]. Lord [unclear words] pray that You'll... God, I pray that You'll heal our brother from this. I ask it in the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen. God bless you, brother.
I pray, Father, that You'll heal our brother [unclear words] tonight, in the name of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, I ask this blessing [unclear words].
Lord, I pray that You'll heal our sister and make her well through Jesus Christ's name, I pray. Amen.
God, I pray that You'll heal our brother and make him well [unclear words] Jesus Christ's name I ask it. Amen. God bless you, brother. Something's happened to you. Your deafness has left you, sir. Can you hear me all right? You're perfectly normal and you're healed [unclear words]. That's right.
Lord Jesus, I pray that You'll bless our brother and make him well, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you, brother.

41 God, I pray that You'll bless this brother, as I bless him in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that he shall receive his healing. Amen.
Lord God, I pray that You'll bless our brother and heal him in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
God, I bless my sister in the name of Thy Son, Jesus Christ. I ask for her healing. God bless you [unclear words].
Father, bless our sister who I bless in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I pray that You'll bless our brother, Lord, crippled up here, walking with a cane, may he be healed tonight. Make him a blessing, Lord, and a testimony, as I ask that he might believe, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. You believe, my brother? Put your crutch on your back and go on your road.
Lord, I pray that You'll heal our sister and make her well, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Heal our brother in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ [unclear words] may he be well. Grant it, Lord. You are healed, brother [unclear words]. Go now [unclear words].
God, I pray for our brother, that You'll heal him and make him well, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that You'll grant this to him Lord. For Your glory, Father, I ask it.
God, I pray that You'll heal our sister and make her well, through Jesus Christ's name.
God, I ask for the healing of our sister here, that she'll be made well through Jesus Christ's name. I pray.
Ma'am? Yes. [unclear words]. That's what [unclear words] to me. God can heal [unclear words]. Do you believe He could [unclear words]. If God, by His grace will tell me what you've done, what your life is, would you believe then? If He--if He told you what you had been doing, and what your conditions are, and the way you've been acting and what you've been doing, you'll certainly know the truth. Is that right? You didn't know your condition was tuberculosis. You're healed now [unclear words]. You ask the men [unclear words] of course it's gone from me. If He knows what was causing that [unclear words]. But that, that doesn't make you have tubercular [unclear words]. You go on in your [unclear words]. [ Brother Baxter speaks.]

42 God, I pray that You'll heal our sister; may she go and be made well, through Jesus' name.
God, I pray for our sister, that You'll heal her through Jesus Christ's name.
God, I bless our sister, who [unclear words] in Jesus Christ's name.
Now look, well come sincere [unclear words] and believing now while we are [unclear words]. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I claim her healing [unclear words].
God, be merciful to our brother [unclear words] through Jesus Christ [unclear words].

43 [Brother Baxter speaks and leads songs while Brother Branham continues to pray.] [ Blank spot on tape.]
You think that I'm just asking His blessings on the people, they been healed. See? You might not see. Healing doesn't consist of excitement; healing consists of power. See? I've seen many who... It's not--it's not emotion. Healing... You just stomp, and scream, and cry at the demons; they won't move. But faith they recognize. See? That's just what takes place. You see? Watch the people; you'll see what I mean.

44 Here recently I was in a line, just letting them come through... Just while I'm resting a moment... Two of them was prayed for. One of them had a growth on her neck, and one of them had a stomach trouble. It was in a different type of praying when it come to me to tell them about what their conditions was. Once in a while you hear the Holy Spirit stop the people and tell them what they got, but I'm trying to get everyone prayed for while I'm here tonight. And this lady, she was--she was told to go home. She's going to get well: with a big growth on her neck. And other one was told... Brother Baxter knows of it.
And she had a stomach trouble: told her she's going to get well: "Go home and eat what she wanted." Well, that she tried to do. And for about six weeks, it was horrible. [Gap in the audio.] Everything she'd eat, she'd vomit right up. And one morning, she was standing, washing the dishes. And she said just felt like something went over her: cool. She didn't know what had happened. In a few moments she felt like crying, so she started weeping. Then she said--got real hungry. And she tried to eat a little piece of toast. And usually she'd just vomit it up; and it didn't come up. Then she ate some oats that was there at the table. And they were all right. And she drank a cup of coffee; it was all right. Then she set down just eat a good hearty breakfast; it was all right.
She was so happy, she ran down to tell her neighbor woman, the one that had the lump on her throat, what had just happened. And her neighbor woman was just screaming to the top of her voice; the lump had just went off of her throat. And now, that was weeks later.

45 What had happened? Please believe me. See? If I can get our sister here... Here's why. Do you remember when Daniel the prophet... There was an angel who followed him. How many knows that's the truth? The angel of God. And Daniel prayed one time, I believe it was about twenty-one days before the angel could... Is that right [unclear words]? Is that right? But he believed.
Now, what had happened, a blessing had been pronounced upon those people. And when... Now, that blessing... If I'm telling the truth... If I'm telling the truth... Which I don't think you have room to doubt; God is testifying it's true. Just the same as you'd walk to a minister and be baptized down in the pool, your baptism was essential. You'd believe that you were baptized, wouldn't you, in Christian baptism? It wasn't a minister, but he was ordained to do so, see. But that's just what I was sent to pray for the sick. If you'll just believe, you watch what happens. It'll take place. It's got to. I'd be...

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Thank you, Brother Baxter.
Good evening, friends. I'm very happy to be here tonight to minister in the name of our Lord Jesus. We are sorry to be late on our first night. The old English proverb that a bad start makes a good ending. We hope that'll be so in this case.
And now, I have come here to pray for the sick, the needy of this city and surroundings. I come to do this in the name of our Lord Jesus. I do not come to do it within my own strength, or my own name, or my own power, for I have none. I only come in His name, as His servant, to minister to the people.
And I trust that our stay with you here will be a blessing to you. It'll be a blessing to us. And I'll be praying for you while you pray for me, that we'll be, together, God's workers in His vineyard.
This is my first time to be in this part of the country, in this part of Florida. I've always had a desire to come to Tallahassee.

2 Today on the street while the manager and I and my wife were having just a little lunch, and we come out; and a little girl met me, and she was waving at me through the window. She said, "Don't you know me, Brother Branham?"
I said, "I don't believe I do, honey." A pair a pretty little blue eyes looking at me---about six, seven years old.
And when she revealed who she was, it was a little girl from your surrounding city, here, somewhere. And she had had her eye---with an accident, it cut the sight out of it. And the doctor told her there was no hopes at all, that could ever be any hopes for her to ever see out of that eye again.
A frantic but faithful father said, "Oh, yes, there is." And he wrapped her in a blanket and rushed to Jeffersonville. I was just leaving my church that evening. And he came in late, probably this time of the night, drove all the way through without making any stops, only to get gasoline. And I was in the yard and prayed for the little girl.
And today she couldn't tell me just exactly which eye it was. It was just so perfect---both of them---that the Lord had healed.

3 She gave me a little present; it was a little envelope. Talking to the child, I never thought much about it; I stuck it in my pocket. When I got home, it was a Valentine. I thought, How sweet. A little girl... Loveliest little verse. And she's in the audience tonight. I certainly thank you, sweetheart. And that means a whole lot to me to know... And it's something about friends.
I'm so happy to know that Jesus gave her her sight after the optical nerve had been severed free, but it was sewn back together. And God, the great healer, made her well. I believe He rewarded that father of his faith, and the little child of its faith. I trust that when the services are over, there'll be many testimonies like that to glorify our Lord Jesus.

4 Now, Christian friends, newspapers and articles, and magazines, and so forth, has referred to me many times as a divine healer. Well, that's wrong. I'm not a divine healer. I'm your brother---co-worker with these ministers here in the kingdom of God. I only pray for the sick. I do not heal anyone.
And there's no one else, to my humble way of seeing the Scriptures, that could heal you. Your healing is already purchased at Calvary when Jesus died; just as your salvation was, see. You wasn't saved last year, or ten years ago. You were saved nineteen hundred years ago, and you accepted it last year, or ten years ago, see. And you were healed nineteen hundred years ago. And the only thing that any of us can do is to point you to what Jesus has done for you.

5 A minister, your pastor, could read it here in the Scriptures. If you'll believe it, that's all it takes. The main thing is your personal faith in His merit of salvation for your soul, or healing for you body.
The prophet said, "He was wounded for our transgressions. With His stripes, we were healed."
And now, "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word of God." First you have to hear, and where it comes from, the resource it comes from. Then you base your faith upon that. And according to your faith, then it's done to you.
And now, that has been the order of the church for many, many years. Nineteen hundred years this blessful thing has been taught in all Christian churches: praying for the sick. The early apostolic church prayed for the sick. All down through the age, unto the Dark Age, they prayed for the sick. In the reformation, Luther, they prayed fort the sick. In the days of Wesley, they prayed for the sick. Calvin, Knox, Moody, Sankey, all along, we prayed for the sick.

6 It is to my humble belief that we're living near the end time. Or, may I make it a little more personal than that, saying we're living in the end time. And I believe it's time for restoration of the church that was promised: that God would send in the last days.
And I believe that this is the day, that when the Word's been preached so much, and the day's getting so dark and so evil, till according to God's Word, He was to restore all that the caterpillar had eaten, palmerworm had eaten---would be restored back again. And this is the day of the restoration of the Spiritual gifts, given into the church.
Now, along in that, we're bound to find false things. Satan is a shrewd person. And he works day and night in the children of disobedience. He can impersonate. But a true Spirit of God always gives honor and praise to the Lord Jesus Christ.
And now, in this, I've been commissioned to pray for the sick that you've seen in magazines and articles around the world. Through there, it started a revival on divine healing---all around everywhere. We're thankful for that. And I pray that it'll just continue. God be blessed until Jesus comes.

7 Now, I want to read a Scripture out of the Bible. I think no service is complete without reading His Word. My word is a man's word; they'll fail. But God's Word will never fail.
So then, in St. John, the fourth chapter, we begin with the fourteenth verse. Let's read what the Person of Jesus was here. He's speaking now; He has an audience with a woman, a sinful woman, at the well. And they're talking about ... discourse of water.
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give unto him shall never thirst, but the water that I give unto him shall be in him ... wells of water springing up into everlasting life.
The woman said unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
Jesus said unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast said well said, I have no husband:
For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou has now is not thy husband; ... thou saidst ... well.
The woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
In Hebrews 13:8 is written: "Jesus Christ the same, yesterday, today, and forever."

8 Jesus said, "A little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye shall see me." And ye is His church: you. The unbeliever never sees it. It's the believer that sees it. "A little while, and the world sees me no more; yet ye shall see me, for I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world."
Is that right?---that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And if we see what He done yesterday, today, He'll do the same, and will be forever. Is that right?
Now, He knew He did not claim to be a healer. Do you know that? Jesus never claimed to heal anyone. He said, "It's not Me, it's My Father that dwelleth in me. He doeth the works." See, he didn't claim to be a divine healer.

9 And in St. John 5:19, when he passed by the pool of Bethesda... And there laid a great multitude of crippled, impotent folk. And He went through that crowd of people and healed a man over there that was laying on a pallet (as we would call it today), a little pallet laying on the floor. Maybe something like the lady's laying there, on the lady's lap. He healed her ... or, healed him.
Now, the strange thing was that He passed those people that were laying all blind and withered, and went right over to where this man was on the pallet, and healed him, and then went on.
Look at the question when He said He knew... Jesus knew he was laying there, and knew that he'd been a long time in this state, because he'd had this disease---maybe kidney trouble, or diabetes, TB. It was a retarded disease because he'd had it for thirty-eight years. And anything serious like cancer, or something, would've killed him right away. So, it was something that had been lingering for years. And when He went over and healed him, why, He went away and left all that multitude of people that was lame and blind and halt and withered.

10 Could you imagine, today, something like that. Just as they did then, they'd say, "Why didn't He heal that one?" "Let Him heal this one, we'll believe it." "Come off the cross. We'll believe You." Put a rag around His face, and hit Him on the head, said, "Now, if You're a prophet, tell us who hit You, we'll believe You." But He never opened His mouth. He didn't clown for people. He done the will of God. That's what we're to do.
Then He was questioned. The 19th verse, and the 20th verse ... 19th and 20th verse of the 5th chapter. Read the whole chapter when you go home. "He said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." For what things soever the Father does, He shows the Son. And He'll show you greater than the healing of this diabetic here, or what he was, that ye may marvel. Is that right? He said He did nothing in Himself, but what the Father showed Him. "The Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." In other words, He never took no glory for Himself. He said, "I only do what the Father shows me to do. He shows me what to do, and I do nothing at all until first He shows me. But, what He shows me, that I do."

11 Now, He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. His manifestations is the same. Shall we pray.
Our Heavenly Father, we have gathered here tonight in the name of Thy beloved Son Jesus, for no other purpose but to glorify Thee. Now, I ask that Your mercy be extended to all of us. We thank Thee for Him who was so lovely to come to the earth, and to remember we poor, alienated Gentiles---cut off, without hope, without mercy. In the world, dead in sin and trespasses, without God, without Christ, going to a sinner's grave, a devil's hell.
And Christ came and took our place, taking upon Him the form of a man, and was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquity. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes, we are healed. He commissioned the people to go into all the world, and to preach this Gospel of freedom, deliverance. The Gentiles, who sat in darkness, a great light will spring.
How we thank Thee that the Gospel is still moving on. And we know that His declaration of words... It said, "Unto all the world." And He said, "As soon as it was preached to all the world, then the end would be." And it's still being preached, showing that it has not gone to the end of the world yet. We thank Thee for the privilege of representing that lovely One.

12 Oh God, I pray tonight especially in the beginning of this meeting: Bless those men who let us have this school auditorium tonight---that the tent was tore up. Bless this school, Lord, may it prosper. We thank Thee for men who has a open heart towards the Gospel. Thank Thee for the ministers who are closing up their churches tonight and send their audience out. For all these things, Father, we're thankful. Now reward them. Grant it, Lord.
And now, tonight, as I stand here speaking, saying that You're the same lovely Jesus, working in Your church today. And, may this church tonight receive as it was the disciples who came from Emmaus. There was something that You done there at Emmaus: Just broke that bread. After walking with them all day, they didn't recognize You. But right at the end of the day, You broke some bread. And the way You done it, they recognized it was You.

13 Now, Lord, there's a many sick Christians sitting here tonight. But we pray that You'll do something tonight for us here; just like when You walked on earth in a body of flesh---the Emmanuel. May You do something in that manner tonight, Lord, that'll cause the people to recognize that You're here.
Now, Father, I submit myself unto You; and I submit the church ---commit them to You---that You'll circumcise my lips, my heart, for Your service. And circumcise the ears and eyes of the people, that they might be able to have the scales dropped away, and they might see and hear.
And when we all leave tonight, to go to our separate homes, may we say as they did, coming from Emmaus, "Did not our hearts burn within us, because He walked with us tonight, talked to us?" He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. For we ask it in His name, and for His glory. Amen.

14 [Indecipherable conversation in the background.]
It's our customs in the meetings to try to do everything that we can for the needy. And I trust that God will bless you all tonight in these feeble efforts that we put forth as we're going to try to pray for the sick and the needy.
Now, we'll bring the people to the platform, just as we can line them up and bring them, one by one. As I've told you before, I will not be able to heal anyone, because I have nothing to heal with. But, maybe your faith will raise up into a place that where you can accept what Jesus has done for you already.
Now, every healing that will take place (no doubt, but much of it will), but every healing that will take place during this meeting, if God permits, has already been done in the sight of God. The only thing we could do is just do something to cause you ... say something, or something the Holy Spirit might do to cause you to look up and accept what Jesus has done for you. The Lord bless you.

15 Now, (Billy, what was the...? H?) we give out prayer cards every day afresh. Brother Baxter's probably went through that and explained it all to you. Be sure to attend the afternoon service for instructions. Receive your prayer cards. You cannot have a prayer card, exchange it, and give it over to somebody that hasn't been in the meetings. It's illegal. They won't let you get ... you have to come hear the instructions, hear the Gospel, and then believe on the Lord Jesus, and come into the line, see.
So now, let's begin our prayer line. Line up down this way, and bring them through this part here. Let's start with the first fifteen. From 1 to 15, line up first. That'll be just about as many, I imagine, as we can stand. That's H (Is it, son?) H1 to 15. Who has prayer card H1. Look, it's got your name and address on one side, the other side's got a number and a letter. H-1.

16 Now, turn your prayer cards over and look at somebody near you; they may be deaf, and can't hear, and they won't know what number, or where we're calling.
H-1 to 15, let that number stand first. And then, a little later, maybe we can get to some more then, all right, just as we can. Who has prayer card H-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...? Just line up in your numbers down there, and the ushers and my son will take care of lining you up.
And now, if they're not all there, then if you can't count fifteen, Brother Baxter, then let me know. There may be somebody deaf, or something, or in a chair, or somebody that cannot be moved. If they're not, and their number's called, you just raise your hand, and someone will help them to get them.

17 All right, now opening the [unclear words] if you will, [unclear words], if you will.
Let's all, in reverence now. Now, be real reverent. And let's think of this wonderful old song, "Only Believe," now, will you? while we sing, slowly now. All right.
Only believe............
Now, while they're singing, let's have a mental vision of Jesus coming down off the mountain one morning. Here comes a man with a boy with epilepsy, and it's very serious. The disciples could do nothing about it. He comes to Jesus, said, "Help, Lord."
He said, "I can if ye believe."
(Find out what the lady's pray card number is there. What's her number? 14. All right. Just leave her sit right along this way, Brother Knight. I can get her. Just let her sit this way, then. That's right. So I can look at her. All right.)

18 Now, I will ask you this, brother and sister, I do not keep people long, because this is vision. And I ... it don't take many visions to just wear you down. I'm talking to you now so I won't have to later on. How many remembers the prophet Daniel who saw one vision and was troubled in his head for many days? You remember that?
Now, when the Holy Spirit is dealing with people here on the platform, then you take it for yourself. Now, be perfectly reverent. Don't move around; just be reverent.
(Now, Billy, I want to move this that far.) Sometimes, when visions are going on, I can't tell how loud I'm talking. (You watch me, Brother Baxter.) And that's the reason I set the mike out.

19 Now, everyone believing with all your heart now, so we can pray now?
Now, there's a man standing here before me. 'Course, I've never seen this man. I guess this is our first time meeting. Is it, sir? It is. And what's your name? [The man replies, "William Bates."] Bates. That's fine. My name is Branham, sir. I'm glad to meet you. [Brother Branham speaks aside.] All right.
Now, we being strangers, never seen each other in life. Well then, you've come here, no doubt, for help. If you have, I trust that God give it to you. Now, if there was anything in me, my brother, that could help you, I would be glad to say, "All right. I'll do it." Now, if the doctor had medicine, or knowed what was wrong with you, well, of course I'd be glad to... I love people, but there's nothing within me can help, see. Only, I represent someone who has all the help that you could ever... Ever get any help, it would have to come from Him. And I just stand as His representative.

20 You heard Mr. Baxter, I guess, tonight, tell about an angel visiting me sometime ago and speaking to me about these things. Well, that's the truth, sir. And He told me that I was to pray for sick people. That was my mission in life---was to pray for sick. Now, I've questioned it and said, "I'm not educated, so the people..." But since a little child, I was called for that work. Do you believe that?
Now, if our Lord Jesus, when He talked to the woman at the well, He just talked to her a little while. And then, after He talked to her, He said, "Go get me a drink." And she said ... talked about the well. Now what... He was trying to contact her spirit.
Now, you're the first patient here at the platform tonight, so that's what I have to do is contact your spirit, you see. See, we're both men standing here, got to, someday, meet God, see. But, you're also a supernatural being. Inside of you is a spirit that lives somewhere forever.
Well, here, too... Well, if you got a disease, Satan did that. And He sent me to pray. So these two spirits will come together. And that two spirits... It'll depend on which one you give in to. It'll either be... If you believe what you're told, it'll be right. You will get well. If you do not believe... Of course, there's nothing can do, see; this is just for a vindication.

21 But, me being a stranger to you, and talking to you, and then if the Holy Spirit would reveal to me, just like He did to Jesus, there, as He looked at the woman, exactly where her trouble was. She was living illegally, see. Well, He told her where her trouble was; it was cleared up, and it's all right.
Now, if He's the same Jesus yesterday, today, and forever, He'll know right where you're trouble is. He could reveal it to me. Do you believe that? I'm happy to think that you know that. Your trouble is asthmatic. Is that right? Being that I heard you cough just now, that isn't the reason I knowed it was asthmatic. Of a morning, you're really, really in a bad condition.
And now, throw that aside. I want to talk to you again, after I found your trouble. You're nervous, which that causes for prostate condition. Is that right? Getting up, and so forth, at nighttime. Is that right?
And you have a habit, smoking cigarettes. Is that right? And say, by the way, you're not a Christian in the beginning---filled with God's Spirit. You need that. You need Jesus Christ as your Saviour. Is that right?
Those things true? If they are, would you raise your hand. Me not knowing you... I don't know you yet, but what you heard me talking, that wasn't me, sir. That was the Angel of the Lord. There it is. Is that the truth? Well, then, if that is the truth, come here.
Are you ready to accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour now? Ask Him right now to forgive you of every sin you've got, and let you live the rest of your life as a Christian. Will you do that?

22 Bow your head.
Almighty God, Author of life, Giver of every good gift, be merciful to this poor sinner man, Lord, who stands here lost, alienated from God, cut off. Here he stands tonight in Your presence, Lord, realizing that something's going on, knowing that the very God of heaven, who will carry his soul out of this world some of these days, he'd have to stand in His presence. And tonight, Lord, he accepts You Son Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. Sick, miserable, wretched, lost. What a condition!
God, be merciful now. Forgive him of every sin. And may this be a night that he'll never forget. Standing here at the platform before these people, accepting You as his Saviour, I pray that You'll drive the sickness from his body. And may he live a good long life, serving You well. Grant it. In Jesus Christ's name, I ask it. Amen.
You accept Him now as your Saviour. You are a Christian now. Now, go and sin no more. God will heal you. God bless you.

23 Let's say, "Thanks be to God."
Come, lady. How do you do? Do you have your prayer card? Oh, you have just a prayer card? I thought maybe you give it to the usher. Do you believe with all your heart? What do you think if our Lord Jesus was standing here with this suit on? He wouldn't be able to do no more for you than, maybe, to reveal your life, 'cause He couldn't heal you. He's already done it, see. He'd just have to do something to get you to accept what He'd already done. Is that true? It's the only thing He could do, for He can't heal you twice. He can only heal you once. And His stripes healed you years ago when He died.
You're aware that something is going on. You're wondering what it is. Now, that won't hurt you. That's the Angel of the Lord. Are you well-known here? [The lady says, "I have friends down from out of town."] Do you believe that...? You realize that something is going on, don't you? It's the Angel of the Lord, His presence. Yes. You're suffering... You've just been examined. You have a tumor.
You're also worried about someone. It's a little girl---a little child. Is that right? ["That's right."] Is that right? If it is, raise up your hand. ["It's my little child."] All right. If I, by the Holy Spirit, will tell you what's wrong with that child, will you believe that God'll heal it? It has kidney trouble. Is that right?
Now, do you believe that God the Father has sent His Son Christ Jesus? He sent me as His prophet? If I shall ask God, would you be healed? Will your baby get well? ["I believe."] Come.

24 Shall we bow our head.
Lord God, as this poor little trembling mother here, realizing that Satan has started now to leave that baby without a mother. Oh, Almighty God, be merciful to this girl. I pray that You'll heal her. And may her little baby ... may it get well, Lord. I send her to her child. God grant that both mother and child will be made well, for Your glory. I ask this blessing in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Amen.
God bless you, lady. Now, look. When you go to your child, lay your hand on your child. Say, "Lord, I thank You for healing me and my baby." And go believing. As you have believed, that's the way it'll be. God bless you.

25 Have faith in God. Don't doubt; believe.
How do you do? Do you believe with all your heart? If our Lord Jesus was here in person---He is---but, if you could see Him as you see me... He said, "A little while and the world seeth me no more, yet you'll see me. I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world." Do you believe that? Do you believe that I am His representative? [The sister says, "Yes, sir."] If you believe that, then that tumor will leave you. Do you believe it? ["Yes."] You have a tumor ... gland, female, woman. Is that true?
Heavenly Father, I pray for our sister tonight, that Your mercies will be to her, Your glory will be upon her, and Your healing strength, through her faith, will cause this hideous demon called "tumor" to leave her. Lord God, as Your servant, I ask for mercy for this believer.
Satan, in the name of Jesus the Son of God, leave the woman. Come out from her.
God bless you, sister. Have faith. Go believing. If you believe with all your heart, then go [unclear word.] God bless you.

26 How do you do? Do you live in this city? You're out of town. I'm just asking you these questions to contact you, you see, ... your spirit. And we're strangers. ["That's right."] I don't know you, but there's Someone here who does know you. He knowed you when you were born. He knowed you before you were born. Every bite-full of food you ever taken, or water, He gave it to you. He gave me mine. He knows us. Recognizing you to be a Christian, and in a serious condition. You must have help from God, or you'll be a corpse very shortly. Your soul will go to meet Him. Which, that part, you have prepared for as a Christian---a believer. But you're suffering with cancer. And that cancer is all through your body. It's in your side. It's in the colon. Is that right? Do you believe that God will heal you? ["He can."]
Come here.

27 Now, just a moment, sister. Let's correct something here. Not, "He can"; "He has... And I now accept it." Look just a moment, see. Your faith's got to move out of that, see. That's it, see. I'm trying to help you, sister, knowing that you must die (see), and leave this world right away if there isn't something done. Now, it's already done. I'm trying to move your faith up (see), trying to let you come up into a space where you can be healed, because you realize your condition. You must have help, see. And when you put "He can"...
Just like, if you'd come to me and say, "Brother Branham, "I know you could loan me five dollars. I'm greatly in need. I'm starving and have no supper. You could give me five dollars. You're worth it. You could give me five dollars, if you'd just do it." That would [unclear words].
It's not His ability that's questioned. We do not question His ability. It's what He has done, and His willingness to help you. And look what He's done. He sent the preaching the Gospel, He sent His Spirit. Isn't that right? That's right.

28 Here, for instance, sister, your life hasn't been a flowerbed of ease anyhow. There's been a lot of sorrow, a lot of trouble. You was praying the other day about this very same thing. You said if it come, and you got a place to come in here, that you believed God would heal you. Is that true? That's what's your prayer. Is that right? ["That's right."] All right. Now.
Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on this dying woman, Father. And as Your representative standing here in Your presence, I ask for her healing. Now you said, "They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Lord, doctors has done all they know how to do. But He can hide from the doctors, but he can't hide from You. You are God. You've exposed him right here at the platform. And in the name of Jesus Christ, may he leave the woman, come out of her. May she be well, and serve God, in Jesus' name. Amen.
God bless you, sister. Go happy, rejoicing, now. [Unclear words]. All right.

29 How do you do, sister. You believe? All your heart? Oh, my! You must believe. There's a dark shadow hangs near you, which means death, cancer. Is that right? You haven't much longer to stay unless God'll help you. Is your faith up there now? You believe right now. Now, look. Just that what you feel right now, if you'll accept that to be God's Spirit, you shall have what you asked for. Will you do it?
Lord Jesus, confirm Your Word, as I lay hands on this woman and ask for her healing in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Amen. Cursed be the cancer that binds this woman's body. And as God's church, and His believing children, and representing the Lord Jesus (Satan, you know all about this), testifying of a divine gift, ministered by an angel in a few moments after birth, I say in the name of Jesus Christ, leave the woman. Amen.
God bless you, lady. Now, go rejoicing. Go happy. Be happy.

30 [Brother Branham speaks aside.] It's a sweet one. Looks like it's quite young; has something [unclear words]. ' Course, the baby can't talk. I want you to look at me. I want to talk to you just a minute. What do you think about Jesus Christ? [The lady says, "I just want to give praise to His name."] Yes. The only One that you could. Do you believe that these things that are now taking place in the world today, through this great hour of darkness...? Do you believe that His vindication of His being here on earth, that His Spirit is with us?
He takes His man, but never His Spirit. See, He taken Elijah, Elisha took his place. And eight hundred years later, John the Baptist came right out of the wilderness with the spirit of Elijah on him, see. See what I mean? Satan takes his man, but never his spirit. It comes right down into religious persecutors, and so forth. Is that true?
Your baby has asthmatic. Is that right? ["Sure is."] Is that true? ["It sure is."] If I shall lay hands on the baby, as God's servant, while all these Christians are praying; and if I'm telling the truth... God's testifying it's true. I've seen the baby. It has an awful condition. Do you believe the baby will get well? All right. I seen you holding your baby when it was having those choking spells.

31 Almighty God, they brought to You infants that You might put Your hands upon them and bless them. Mothers brought their children. If You were here in Tallahassee in a body of flesh tonight, walking around as You was in the days gone by, I believe the mother's faith would bring the baby right to You; and You'd lay Your wonderful, holy hands upon the child; it would get well. You'd stand as You have, tell the mother what the condition of the baby was, and searching down through her life, seeing that she was a believer; her sins confessed and under the blood.
Then I pray Thee, God, to be merciful to her child. And realizing that my hands is a poor representative of Yours, but I pray Thee, God, be merciful. As I lay hands upon the baby, according to the last words that You said when You left the earth: "These signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay hands on the sick," You said, "they shall recover."
Now, in obedience to that commandment, this innocent baby, who cannot have faith, I lay hands upon it, and say to this condition ---asthmatic---causing this poor little thing to cough and hold its breath, and choke: "Satan, heartless demon, some day in a endless hell, you'll be punished for the evil you do. I adjure thee now, as I represent our Lord and His death at Calvary, that you leave this baby. Come out, so the baby can live and be well. I adjure thee through Jesus the Son of God, whose blood was shed at Calvary freely, and spoiled all powers and hopes that you ever had. You have no legal rights to hold this baby any longer. Come out of it, through Jesus Christ's name.
Now, mother, take your baby. Don't worry, only believe.

32 Are you believing out there? Don't move too much, see. It interrupts. When a visions going on here, and you do something out there---move a little---see, well then, that interrupts here, you see. It makes it hard here. See, the Spirit is moving. Now, I want you to rejoice. I want you to be glad, happy. But first, I want you to receive God, believe Him, and then, after you're healed, then be happy. See what I mean?
Do you believe that, lady, that's laying on that pillow? Do you believe me to be His servant---His prophet? You don't have to have any card to be up here in the line. The only thing you have to do is just believe. Now, I couldn't heal you, but you couldn't hide your life from me, see. If God will reveal to me, here, what your trouble is, would you accept your healing? Will you obey me as His prophet? You will. I don't know you; never seen you. But, you're suffering with rheumatic fever. Is that right? If it is, raise your hand. Now, do you believe? Then go home and be well, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Glory to God!

33 Do you believe? Would you like to get over that kidney trouble, sir, sitting here? If you would, you can have it. You can get over it, if you'll just believe it. Have faith in God. That's right.
You want to get over your heart trouble, sir. You want to go home and be well? You believe that you will get over it now? Had that for quite a while. Is that right? If that's right, raise your hand. All right. You believe that you're healed now by the stripes of Jesus Christ. Go, and the peace of God be upon you, my [unclear word].
Do you believe everywhere around? Do you believe, out in the audience, there? All of you believe, all over the audience with one accord? Our Heavenly Father is just keep moving through the audience. But, if every one of you wants to be well right now, you can be well. Do you believe that's the truth? How many believes it's truth? Raise your hand. Well, why not all of you be made well? All of you at one time?
Why don't you do this for me? Do you believe me, now? Do you believe that the Angel of the Lord sent me to pray for you? All right. How many sick people's in here? Raise your hand. All over the building, raise your hands. Now, everyone look at your neighbor sitting next to you that's sick, that's got his hand up. Now, lay your hands over on one another. Lay your hands over on one another. That's right. Now, that's right. All right. Yeah. Lay your hands on the lady there with the arthritis.

34 Lay your hands on the baby. Some Christian believer, come lay their hands on the young man sitting there; he's crippled. Will you? All right. Now, let's everyone bow our heads, reverently, real reverent.
I want you to think this in your mind, now, real reverent. I want you to repeat this prayer. You pray it; I'll repeat it. You pray it, I'll just transfer the words that it takes to defeat Satan, right to your lips, and then you believe your confession.
Now, you that's sick, repeat this with me: Almighty God, Creator of heavens and earth, Author of everlasting life, Giver of all good gifts; I, Your servant, confess my sins. And I believe that through the merits of Thy Son Jesus, I am forgiven of my sins. I am sick in body. I need Your help. Give me faith just now to believe Your Word, and to believe these things which I have seen tonight, that reproduces Your life again. As it was yesterday, so is it today. And now, Lord, upon this confession, I accept my healing. And I believe from this night, henceforth, I shall be well. I commit myself to You, in the name of Jesus Christ.

35 Now, let everyone sit real quiet. Keep your heads bowed, keep in prayer. Now, the Holy Spirit is near you. The Angel of the Lord knows all things. He's over this audience at this time. He's like a cloud that hangs over you. Just beginning to believe: "Now, Lord, I receive my healing. I believe that You're healing me now, because that You promised it. Upon Your promise, I believe it.
Now, I'm going to ask God to give me strength to make that doubting ... evil spirit that would make you doubt or be confused, and take that superstition away from you, that you might see the God of glory. I'm going to ask it to leave you, right now. And as it leaves you, you accept your healing, see. You've accepted it, now believe it. And I'm going to pray, now. This is my part. You've made your confession. It's on your lips. He's got to make good what you've confessed now. See, you've accepted it like your Saviour, you've accepted Him as your healer. Now believe it.
Now, I want to pray and break that spirit of doubt over the building, so from this night, henceforth, we can have a real old-fashioned meeting.

36 Heavenly Father, I come to Thee for these dear people that's now suffering all over this building. And as it was from the road of Emmaus... We seen when You walked here on earth, You knowed where there was a fish that had a coin in his mouth. You sent the Apostles to get the coin from the fish's mouth. You knowed where there was two mules tied, that never a man had sat on.
Oh, God, You knew where the woman was that had the five husbands. And when Philip came and found Nathanael, You told him that You knew where he was before he came to the meeting. He was under a fig tree. And You said that what You did then, we should do also. And we believe You. And, Lord, it is that day, and Thou has now brought back the blessings of the former church into the last church in a marvelous and blessed way. And we thank Thee, dear God, for these wonderful things.
And as Your children are sitting here tonight, with their hands on each other, knowing that beyond one shadow of doubt, that the Holy...

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Good evening, friends. My, if this doesn't seem like coming back home again. I seen a sign out there said, "Home Coming!" and that's just what I feel like it is. Good old-fashioned home coming. So happy to be here tonight, to minister these few nights with you, in the name of our dear beloved Lord Jesus.
And this is kind of an unexpected affair for me. I just... All at once, just Something said, "Well, go down and see Brother Reed, and all the folks down there." Well, we throwed a few books in a little old panel job, and Billy and I come right on down, and we're very happy to be here.
I believe the tabernacle looks a little different than what it used to. Kind of... They tell me the outside still looks better ... or, more changed, rather, than what it is on the inside. Last time, I was here, I believe we had the skylights through and the people was up on top looking down through the skylights when we was having the service. Well, that's very, very fine.
Well, He has been awfully good to us. I know He's been good to you. He's been good to me. And such a privilege to get back to see Brother and Sister Reed also again. I told him he hadn't changed any. He's still just as chunky as he ever was.

2 Said he got a new preacher down at their place. I guess that's right, isn't it, Sister Reed? So, I guess he knows what to do in those bedroom miles is at night, back and forth like this. You soon get acquainted with that, get aware of it. I've had four cases of that, so I'm a veteran then of these.
But it's sure good to be standing on this platform again. Say, I hope this is not broadcasted, is it? It isn't? You know, when I get down here among you people here in Arkansas, I just feel like ... I just feel at home. That's right.
And everywhere I've went, and anywhere in the United States, I've always found some people from Arkansas. Everywhere I went, I found some people from Arkansas. I have had very few meetings, when I say, "How many is here from Arkansas," see? Everywhere. Well, if there's some Arkansas folks there, we're going to have a real meeting. So they really believe. That's right. So, I'm not saying anything against any you folks here that's not from Arkansas. But you find ... I find one thing about the people here, that they just don't try to figure out, and study all about it, and all the techniques of how God could make a man well. They just believe it, and go on and get well. So that's just the way that God wants us to do.
We could never figure it out. You can't figure God out; you've just got to believe God, isn't that right? There was two trees in the garden of Eden, one of them was knowledge, and the other one was life. And when a man went off the Tree of Life to eat the tree of knowledge, he always tried to figure things out from then on. He never has got straightened out yet. So we might as well go back to the Tree of Life, and just believe. Is that right?

3 And think the first bite he took, he destroyed his fellowship with God. And every time he takes a bite off of it, he destroys himself. He bit off gun powder, kills his comrade. He bit off an automobile, kills more than all the wars. And now, he has got himself a hydrogen bomb. I wonder what he's going to do with that. But every time he bites off the tree of knowledge, he separates himself from God.
And God isn't known by knowledge, God is known by faith. By faith we believe God. How wonderful! And I hope that these few nights to be with you here proves to be a great blessing to all of us.
Now, we're just all home folks. And we just want to... We love the Lord, I'm sure. And if you still love Him the way you did the last time I was here, you sure are in love with the Lord then.
I remember going up and down the streets, and the people with their children, and laying under cotton trucks and so forth; and it pouring down rain. I never forget, everywhere I go, there isn't a week of my time hasn't passed but what I've remembered that poor colored girl back there in the back of that lot, when she received her sight that night. When I went out to pray for that woman in the ambulance, and she come over here at Blytheville, or somewhere, and testified, not long. And then went on out to California somewhere and testified of her healing.
And then, back there when that colored girl caught the lapels of my coat and wouldn't let me go, back there. I never forget that as long as I live.
There has been much water has went under the bridge since we met last. It has been seven years ago, exactly, this year, when I started out praying for the sick. The Lord has been very good. We've had nearly a half a million conversions since then. And the Lord has blessed greatly, and I'm fixing to leave now, again, to Africa, to India, to Palestine, and up into many of the different European countries, for I believe the time is at hand. I believe our Lord is doing things real quickly.
Recently in Africa, where we had one of our greatest campaigns, had a hundred thousand people out there, and had thirty thousand converts one afternoon---thirty thousand at one time. And in those ... some of those raw heathens breaking their mud idols on the ground and receiving the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour.

4 I said, "Now, don't wait for a missionary to come. You take this same message and go to the tribes where the white man can't even go." And I got a message back in there, that from one tribe---this was about a year after I ... pretty near a year after I had left---that they taken seven van loads, big van loads, of watches, and fire arms and things, that those natives had stole, returning it back; they didn't want it anymore, nothing to do with any stealing, or anything wrong. And one of the men that went out, which was a heathen one day, and the next day went out, and he baptized up to as many as a thousand a week---baptizing his native friends, as many as a thousand a week, in Jesus Christ.
Oh, my! That's what it is. Don't wait to educate a missionary to go in. Let the man take the message to his own people, for God is doing a quick work. The end is at hand. And I believe that with all my heart.
Now, while we're here, just a little group together... So we... I have preached to larger groups, of course, but I never did feel any more at home than I do right tonight. Just feel right ... like I was right at home. And so now, we want to take these next few nights and just chuck them full of prayer and faith, and believe God for the impossibles to happen.
And now, it's kind of... This is a new thing for me tonight. Our party is kind of broken up. Brother Bosworth is down in Durban, Africa, organizing the meetings, getting them together. That's one of the managers. Brother Baxter is in British Columbia, Vancouver, at his home getting a visa to come to America to become a citizen here. And we're just scattered about. Brother Sharritt is out in Phoenix---the business manager. So, Brother Reed called me up the other night, and the Lord told me to come down to Jonesboro. So, Billy and I are down here. Well, I am; I don't know where he's at. Anyhow, he's here ... supposed to be here somewhere.
So, we're happy to be here, and want you all to just put your faith together with us now, and we're going to serve the Lord the best that we know how. Bring in your sick and the afflicted, and let's all pray for them together, that the Lord Jesus will bless them.
(Am I hitting the wrong microphone here, Brother Reed? Is this...? All right.)

5 Now, I believe that for a few nights, or at least tonight, it would be a good thing for us to talk just a little bit before the crowds get to a place where there's kind of a pressure and a pack on it. And then, we'll talk for a few nights just about the Bible, and about the Lord Jesus, and pray for a few of the sick. And then, this little group... Now, when the others begin to come, if they do, then you can begin to tell the others about what takes place and explain it to them. And some things that seems mysterious to them, then you'll know how to talk about it. Is that right? I think that would be very good.
Now, Billy and I throwed a few books in the back of our car; Brother Reed will tell you about them. It's some of the books that's been written of our campaigns. Some of them the African campaigns, some of them called Man Sent From God.
They're not mine; I get from other peoples who has wrote them. We never come down here to sell books, now. We just come to preach the Gospel and to pray for the sick. But we have the books along, and Brother Reed will tell you about how to get a hold of them. And if care to take one, why it would... If I didn't think it was worth while, I'm sure, I wouldn't try to... I wouldn't even buy them in the first place. But I know that they're a great help. It stimulates faith. My! And so, Brother Reed will tell you a little later how to get a hold of them.

6 The last time I was here at the tabernacle to pray for the sick, I remember I had made a statement that there would be a time that when the Holy Spirit... Remember how I used to take the people by the hand and hold their hand? And I wait just a little while to see what He was going to say, and find out what was wrong with the people? You remember when it used... How many was here in the old meeting? Well, my! Some old timers here. You remember what He said to me, before starting?
Said, "Now, if you will be sincere, it will come to pass that you will know the very secrets of the people's hearts." You remember that? Remember that? Well, God doesn't tell things wrong. He always tells things right. And we want to believe God with all of our heart.
I remember one morning coming out of a room (sitting here looking at Sister Reed), I was thinking one morning, coming out of the room, I was so tired, in their little stucco home they lived in down here. And she got out on the piano and begin to play for me. I remember, went back, and we was praying in there, and the Lord spoke to me that there would be a little boy in their home. And when I heard of it, I think I was in one of the islands or somewhere. But somebody told me; my wife, or some of them, said, "Just got a card from Brother Reed." Said, "That little boy is here." So, I was so happy to hear that. Thank the Lord.

7 Oh, He's done the exceedingly abundantly about all that we could do or think. Love Him with all my heart.
Is this the same platform, Brother Reed? I don't think it is, is it? [Unintelligible response]. I remember, kneeling right along here somewhere, where the people... And I said, "I'm going to pray for everybody that comes along." I stood there for night after night after night. I had got me a new pair of shoes, and I started home with the toes turned up on the ends, like that, where I had been kneeling down; praying so long, the toes was sitting right back like this. My! Way early in the morning, I'd still be here praying for the sick. And they'd bring me some orange juice, or something, I'd slip around behind the desk here and drink it, and get back over in the prayer line, get started again. Well, I still love Him the same tonight. He's sweeter than He was then. Amen. For I know more about Him now, and He's proven Himself over and over. And Christian friends, if I would set in to try to tell the half that He's done since then, you know what time it would be? This time next month we'd still be here talking about what He's done. The marvelous, matchless things!
This always seemed to me like a ... the hopping off place for me, right here on this blessed old Bible Hour Tabernacle. Seemed like it was right here it started off, somehow. The little... What was that paper? Sun? Sun? Yeah! Arkansas Sun, or ["Jonesboro"] Jonesboro Sun. That little paper... Got a hold of some of the articles, very lovely written up. And that got on the Associated Press, which they're members, and it sweeped across the country. Wife and I were answering all the mail, you know, and so we had a wash basket, a few days, piled full of mail. Well, we couldn't do it then. So we just had to get started, get a little office set up. Since then, now, we got around about fifteen of those offices across the world; Sweden, Finland, Germany, Africa, Norway, Belgium, France, two in Canada.
So, it just shows that our Lord's great work carries everywhere, doesn't it? But He's still the same lovely Lord Jesus.

8 Now, we want to talk about Him just a little while, as we go along, a little later on. I don't want to hold you too long, because I imagine your cotton: you're plowing it, or planting it, or something now. So we just open up the Word here and look into it just a few moments. But before...
Now, we're able to pull the pages back, but we're not able to open the Word. Remember, John saw over there the Word, and One sitting upon the Throne. And there was no one worthy to take the book, to loose the seals, or even to look thereon. Is that right? And a Lamb that has been slain from the foundation of the world came and taken the Book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne. And He was worthy, and the only One who could open the Book and loose the seals. So, let's just speak to Him and ask Him if He'll open it for us tonight, as we bow our heads.
Our precious Heavenly Father, we come to Thee just as humbly as we know how to come. And Thou art the only One who can take this Word, and Thou art the only One that's worthy of opening the Word: the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. O Lamb of God, come into our midst tonight in the power of Thy resurrection. Give us rapturing faith tonight. Give us great faith, love, joy unspeakable and full of glory.
And now, Father, we thank Thee for the opportunity that we have to be back here in the blessed old Bible Hour Tabernacle with Brother and Sister Reed and all these lovely saints of Yours. We thank Thee for the grace that's kept us, oh, at the trials, the heartaches, the shaking times, and down through the shadows, through the cold spells; but here we are gathered tonight after seven years, still in love with Jesus. We just thank Thee, Father, for the grace that's kept us. And it has brought us safe thus far; it will take us on. We're willing to trust it to go on.

9 Now we dedicate ourselves to You tonight, as Your servants ready for service. And, God, give us an outpouring of the Holy Spirit here in this grounds again, in this city. May the Angels of God come down into this city and the cities around about, throughout the country; visit homes, stir people. Grant it, Lord. May there be an old-fashioned revival begin to move, Lord, that will just continue on and on and on. Revolutionize every life. Bless every believer, Lord. And may we buckle up a little tighter the harness, for we see that we're getting near the end.
Seven years older tonight, Lord, than the last time, I suppose, being here ... or, at least the first time. And someday I've got to come to the end of the road. I've asked You a long time ago, Lord, that when I got there, that morning, when the fog was sweeping in, I didn't want any trouble at the river. I want to cross over. I want to make everything right now, so that there will be no trouble there. It will be great host of these people gathered there that day. May we all take inventory now. And now, Father, when the last sermon I'll have preached, and I've prayed for the last sick person, if Thou doest tarry, I'll perhaps, be an old trembling man, standing, leaning on a cane, as most Branham's go down that way.
My friends, many of them gone over, and I feel the fog coming in from the other side. I've took my last hill, my last battle. I want to take off my helmet, lay it down on the shore, stick the old Sword here, the Word of God, back in the sheaf of eternity, raise up my hands and scream, "Father!" Then push out the life boat, Lord. I want to come across.
Help me now, Lord, while the battle is going. Help me to be faithful, stand at the post of duty. Bless Brother Reed, Sister Reed, all the people here at the church, the sick and the afflicted, through the country here now, Lord. Not because that Thy servant is here, but because Thy Son is here, the Lord Jesus. May His presence bring the people, and may great signs and wonders be done. When the services are closed, and we pray the revival to continue, and we'll bow our heads in humility to the dust from which we were taken, and give Thee praise for all things. For we ask it in His beloved name, Jesus Christ. Amen.

10 I'd like to read just a few words here, make a few comments. I was laying my watch down here to kind of keep... I don't want you to stay too long. Our time at home is a little later than this. We got on the other time.
Now, in the 4th chapter of Saint John, I trust to read just a few verses from the 14th verse down. Maybe a few verses out of Saint John 4, 14 beginning: Jesus' conversation with the woman at the well.
But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give unto him ... be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
The woman said unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come ... here to draw.
Jesus said unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
The woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

11 And then in Saint John the 5th chapter, and beginning about the 19th verse:
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show you greater works than these, that you may marvel.
And now in Hebrews 13:8 said:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
May God add His blessings to His Word.
I would just like tonight, being that our theme and subject and our heart, and all that we have and live for is Jesus Christ. I would like to speak a little about Him, of His character, and what He was. The Scriptures...
Someone said recently, "Reverend Branham, why do you teach divine healing?" I teach divine healing because I believe divine healing. I believe it's in the Word of God. And I believe I can sanely and sensibly prove it, by the Scriptures. And you'd be surprised at the attacks I've had through the years, of everything from witchcraft, Buddhism, and throughout the world of all kinds of religions, and cults, and devils, and everything. But, friends, by God's help, I've never seen one ever come yet, but what fell in defeat right there while it was going on, because the Word of God will prevail every time.
The reason I want you to read the book, some of the instances, and with their... Every one of them is bona-fide, everything is bonafide. You can check it right back.
I have never been scared yet, for as long as I know that God commissioned and sent me to go pray for the sick, it's God's obligation to take care of me while I'm out there praying for the sick. And He will do it.
Now, I never did claim to be any divine healer. Now, I am not that, friends. There's no divine healers. Not even Jesus Christ claimed to be a divine healer. He said, "It's My Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works. I do nothing. It's Him."
So, a man that would claim to be a divine healer, would just only be ... well, he'd just be deceiving. And anything that that man could do to say that ... well, that he could do anything to help you, otherwise, and point you to Christ, the man would be dishonest.

12 Divine healing lays in Calvary. And the only thing that you can do is point to Calvary. And there's where your salvation lays. You wasn't saved just five years ago, ten years ago, or twenty years ago, or how long it was. You wasn't saved then, see. You were saved nineteen hundred years ago. When Jesus died at Calvary, He took the sins of the world away. You just accepted your salvation so many years ago. But everything that God can do for both sickness and sin has already been appropriated in Calvary. And the only thing that a minister can do is to point you to what God has already did for you in Christ. Do you understand it?
A man could come to the altar, he could pray all night. He could cry, he could beg, he could plead, walk up and down the floors, make restitutions. But until he believed and accepted, he'd still be a sinner. For Hebrews 3 said, "Jesus Christ is the High Priest of our confession." Profession, the same translation is "confession." He's the High Priest of our confession; therefore, He can't do nothing for us until, first, we confess that He has done it. And then He goes to work as a High Priest, making good what we profess that He has done. And He will make good anything that He included in His atonement. And that is: "Wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, with His stripes we were healed."
Not, we will be, or we ought to have been, but we were (past tense) already healed. God did it back there in Calvary, and the only thing we do is reach up and receive it by faith, and believe it, confess it.

13 And now, your pastor here can point you to Calvary; that's all he can do. Now, God, after the pastors, He has set in the church different gifts, and sign, [unclear word] ministers, gifts that he can point to the people by different ways. But there's nothing in an individual that could heal another one. There's nothing in me; there's nothing in any other man.
Now, I want you to notice: I believe that God is just as tangible in this room tonight as the light is on my hands. Do you believe that? Now, notice. Get the fundamental foundation first, that divine healing is in Christ. And He is as present and just as close to you as the light that's shining on you now. He's infinite. He's forever and forever. He knowed the beginning; He ... [Gap in the audio].
Now, how the devil fights this wonderful truth of divine healing, and marks it up. Some day, the church is going to wake up to the fact and realize that the very greatest One, the greatest things that they had, and the greatest blessings outside of salvation, they've turned it down. Many times I found the heathens over there in Africa... The missionary told them, "Days of miracles is passed." And the poor fellow is walking around packing mud idols, trying to get healing through mud idols, because they know their fathers ... God winking at their ignorance had healed them through believing in the God of their mud idol. But the theology of preachers today, and the churches and things that deny that power of God to heal.

14 Now, notice, friends. One day... Say, for instance, the electric lights. There was a time when a man would've thought that, if they'd have told somebody five hundred years ago, that they'd have had an electric light like that, the person would have said the person was crazy. But there was a man one time who down in his heart believed that he could catch that electricity, and he got a kite and a key, and he fished it out of the skies. And when it run down the string, and hit into the bottle, he stopped it up. And he begin to scream, "I got it. I got it." He had it, but he didn't know what he had.
That's what's the church ... the matter with the church today. They've got something but don't know what they got.
Now, as long as he had it, he could rejoice and say, "I know it's here. I feel it. I know I got it. It's in here." But what did He have? He didn't do nothing with it.
Well, then Thomas Edison come along, after Benjamin Franklin, and a long come Thomas Edison and said that he could make it light. There was something in him that told him that he could make it light and help mankind. And so he sat at his desk for... Tens of thousands of wires; he tried to make that electric current follow that wire. And on and on and on, tireless hours, and nights, and people calling him crazy, and everything. But there was something on the inside of him told him that that electric would light.

15 And as long as there's something on the inside telling you that it will do it, there's bound to be something there to respond to it. The deep calling to the deep.
As I've often said: "Before the fin was on the fish's back, there's a water first for him to swim in, or he wouldn't have had that fin." If there's a deep in here calling, there's got to be a deep to respond to it.
Here, when I first started out in the ministry, I was reading on something, that a little baby that eat the erasers off of a pencil, and the pedal off of a bicycle. When they took the little fellow in to examine him, they found out that his little body needed sulfur; and sulfur is in rubber. That baby's body originally came out of the earth, where sulfur is. And if there's something in here calling for sulfur, there's got to be a sulfur out there first to respond to this call, or they wouldn't be any call for the sulfur.

16 And if there's a deep in here calling to the deep, as David said, there's got to be a deep out there to respond to it, somewhere. And as long as there's a call in your heart for more of God, there's got to be more of God somewhere to find it. If there's a call in here believing in divine healing, there's got to be a fountain open somewhere. Before there can be a creation, there has to be a creator to create that creation. Is that right? And when that creation is in there, God created a hunger in your heart tonight, believing that you could be healed by God. And as long as that is in there, God the Creator put that in there, and there's got to be fountain open of healing somewhere for you. See what I mean?
And Franklin ... or, Edison, rather, he tried wire after wire, and finally he found the wire that would light. It's got to be there. If something inside of him told him it would there, it's got to be there. So, we got electric lights tonight.
And, friends, for twenty years since I've been a Christian, I believed that there was a God just as real as that light is on my hand. And there's power of God in this room tonight to heal every sick person in here, open every blinded eye, unstop every deaf ear, make every lame man leap like a hart, save every sinner, sanctify and fill with the Holy Ghost every believer. He's here, just as real as real can be. Now, if you can just find the wire that carries the current to you!
In the twenty years of research of the Bible, and talking with the Angel of the Lord, and the many things, I find here is two things, that is love and faith. If you love God, just purely unadulterated love, you've got to have faith in Him; it will accompany faith every time. And when love and faith gets married, you ask what you want to, and you will have it. When you know that your Heavenly Father cannot tell you any lie! He's God. He can't lie. And then when you believe Him with all your heart, and you believe that what you ask for, you ask it, not for any selfish motive, but your right motive behind there is, ask it for the glory of God, and believe without a shadow of doubt that Your Father wouldn't lie to you, something is going to take place. When you can get all the cockleburs out of the way, and just look right straight there to Calvary, and believe it with all your heart.
Now, Jesus went about on the earth doing things, doing good. Now, if we was going to look tonight for the Lord Jesus, how many would want to see Him? Let's see your hands. Just say how many want... Why, all of you would; certainly you would.

17 Now, let's just find out what... Before we look for Him tonight in the Scripture ... now before we look for Him, I want you to keep this right here close to you. If you're going to look for somebody, you're going to have to have some kind of a general description of what you're looking for. Is that right? Now, Jesus promised that He would ... or, the Bible says that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right?
Well, then, do you believe that's true? Do you believe that's inspired? I believe it's inspired. So then, if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then He's got to be here on earth today just as He ever was, and ever will be. Is that right? The same Jesus. And now, let's see what He said.
"Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." Oh, isn't that lovely? "Even to the end of the world, I will be with you." Now, watch. "A little while," quoting Scripture, "a little while and the world seeth Me no more. (That's the unbelievers.) The world seeth Me no more. Yet, ye shall see Me, (the church, the believer), for I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world." Do you believe that?

18 Now, let's look at Him, then, just a moment. Where is He? Now, He's going to represent Himself in His church. "I'll be with you, even in you." Then that shows that He will be represented in His people. Is that true? Now, let's look what kind of a person He was. Now, if we want to see where He's represented, let's find out what kind of a person He was, and what He did. Let's examine His life a little bit and see what He did, and then we will find out whether He's with us or not.

19 Now, in the days of the Scripture, He didn't take upon Himself any great name. He was a Man that was humble, but yet a Man that could tell you, if it was necessary. You know what He told Herod, you know what He told the Pharisees. He platted those ropes together, beat them out of the temple, and called them hypocrites and snakes in the grass and everything else. And called Herod an old fox, see, but yet full of humility---humble Man. And He went about doing good to everybody that He could.
Now, I got His picture in my mind what He looks like.
Now, let's see Him at the beginning of His ministry. I can see Him going along, and after He became ... become famous He went out and begin to preach the Gospel. He had been preaching for two or three days, and there was a fellow by the name of Philip came and got converted.
And oh, Philip thought he had found the greatest thing in the world. He had! So he was so enthused till he couldn't keep from telling everybody about it. So he goes to find his buddy, Nathanael. And he said, "Nathanael, come see who I have found, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

20 And, watch now. Nathanael was a staunch Hebrew, very Orthodox. He said, "Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
Philip said, "You come and see!" So I can see Jesus standing in the prayer line, praying for the sick. And the first thing you know, up come Nathanael and Philip, just a walking. And first thing you know... I believe Philip might have been letting Nathanael go ahead.
And when Nathanael come close to Jesus, Jesus looked up at him and said, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile."
Oh, my! Why, today! Except I'd say the same thing, I'd say, "Here's a Christian, a truthful, honest person, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."

21 Well, it astonished the Hebrew worshipper. "Why," he said, "Rabbi," or Reverend, Master, Teacher, "well, whence knowest Thou me? Well, You don't know me. You've never seen me. How do You know me?"
"Why," He said, "before Philip called you, when you was under the tree, I saw you."
Now, what would that be nineteen hundred and fifty-three? You know what they call it? Mental telepathy! Mind-reading!
The Hebrews, the Orthodox Jews, said the same thing those days. They said, "Oh, well..." They couldn't deny but what He knowed the thoughts of the people.

22 Someone said the other day, said, "Brother Branham, do you say Jesus was a mind-reader?" Sure. He perceived their thoughts. Call it whatever you want to. I don't mean one of these here, sitting out here, on what the devil has made a pattern of, sitting out yonder, with your hand out, reading down along some circles or something. That's the devil. But everything the devil has got, he patterned it off of God's. You got a hypocrite out there that does all kinds of evil things, but yet, where they got it, it had to patterned off of God. Isn't that right?

23 Now, notice. Then, the first thing you know when He noticed him and seen him coming, it astonished the man. Now, if you'll notice what a strange thing it was when all those Hebrews then, when they seen all those... Remember: staunch men, renowned men, holy men, scholars of the Bible. You couldn't lay one finger on their life and say they wasn't holy. They kept the commandments of God just as true as could be kept, see. They were holy. They didn't do one thing, day nor night. Eat, sleep, and read the Scriptures. They had to be born in a certain lineage before they could be a priest or a teacher. Levites. Their great-great-great-great-grandfathers were teachers and so forth, handed down the scrolls, the laws. They studied it day and night, and failed to recognized that being the Son of God. And as it was then, so is it now.
And watch those people. They knew that He could... He knowed what them people were thinking about. He knew them people had come to Him, what they were doing. He knowed their lives, He knowed what was wrong with them. And they couldn't deny that. And finally after a while, instead of sitting down, trying to solve it out with the Scriptures, and see that it was the Son of God, they said, "He is Beelzebub, the chief of the fortunetellers---the greatest devil that ever lived." Is that right?

24 But now, you look what the devils said; the devils turned back around and said, "We know who You are! The holy One of God!" Now, who was right? The preachers or the devils. The devils was.
Look up there at Paul and Silas, when they was coming down the street, and those preachers up there---ministers---said, "Why, these men are terrible fellows." Said, "Why, they turn the world upside down; they're heretics and so forth.
And when they went down the street, a little old fortuneteller, devil possessed, sitting out on the street, said, "These men are men of God that tell us the way of life." The devil was right in that case, see. But they classed Jesus over in that type, because the two spirits are close together. And they didn't stop to think, and reason it out in the Scriptures, they just throwed it all in one big bunch and throwed it away, because He taught against their theology.
Notice. Notice again. There He was, stood there, and Nathanael was so astonished, he said, "Whence knowest Thou me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you."
Now, if He would have said, "Now, you wait and give me a few days to figure this thing out and see what it's all about. I'll go ask my pastor," or, "I'll look it up, and find out what it's all about." Probably the story of Philip ... or, Nathanael wouldn't have been written like it is.

25 But he fell down at Jesus feet, and said, "Thou, Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God, the King of Israel." Heart, ready, willing, ready to accept it. "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel."
Again, as we was reading here tonight, He was going down to Jericho. He need go by Samaria. What a bypass. Here's Jericho going this way, and Samaria way up here, but He had to go by there. I wonder why!
Eleven o'clock in the day and a prostitute came out. He sent the disciples away. He knew she was coming, and He sent the disciples away. About eleven o'clock in the day she came out. Maybe she's just so bad she didn't want to appear before the public; all the rest of them done got their water. Maybe she was out all night, and slept till eleven o'clock in the day. I don't know. But anyhow, she got there where Jesus was. When Jesus saw the woman come, He said, "Bring Me a drink!"
Now, watch. I'm picturing this Jesus. "Bring Me a drink!"
Why, she looked around and saw He was a Jew, and she a Samaritan. She said, "It's not customary for the Jews to ask Samaritans such. We have no dealings."
He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink, and I'd give you water that you didn't come here to draw." What was He doing? Watch the alternative He had now. Said, "If you'd come ... you'd ask Me for a drink, and I'd give you water you didn't come here to draw."
She said, "The well is deep, and You have nothing to draw with." He went on talking to her. What was He doing? Contacting her spirit. And she looked at Him kind of strange.
And He said, "Go (right straight to the point)... Go get your husband!" That's what her trouble was.
She said, "I have no husband."
Said, "You got five."
She turned and said, "I perceive that You're a prophet."

26 And she ran into the city and called the men, and said, "Come, see a Man that told me everything I ever done." He didn't do that. He just told her the one thing she done. But if God could reveal to Him one thing she done, He could reveal everything she done. Is that right?
Said, "Come, see a Man who told me all things I done. Isn't this the Christ?"
And the men come out. He went into the city and spoke to them a while. They saw He was a little different, His teaching from other men. And they said, "We believe now, that He is."
Now, notice again. Here He goes. You believe He was the Son of God, virgin-born, precious Son of God, full of compassion, full of mercy? Want to show you His limitations.

27 Now, notice. Just a little bit now. He went by a pool one time called, in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda. (God willing, I aim to go to that porch in a few weeks.)
Now, into this pool, where you go to the pool, and great multitudes of impotent folk laid there, of lame, halt, blind, withered, waiting for the moving of the water; for an Angel come down in a certain season and troubled the water. Whosoever stepping in first was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Look. Here comes Jesus. Let's dramatize this just a moment. Here's a woman standing there with a little baby with a waterhead, about like that. Here's a poor old daddy with arthritis, standing there. An old blind mother, screaming. And anyone that's ever read Bible history, and the history of the Foxe Book Of The Martyrs, and so forth, know---and Josephus writing---that they even stabbed one another trying to get in that pool first. The first one in got healed of whatever disease he had; that is, if he had faith. Some of them laughed at it, said the wind just changed around the wall, troubled the water. But they believed it was an Angel. I believe it was an Angel.

28 And they stepped into the pool... God's always had some resource of healing for the people since he fell from sin ... or, fell in sin back yonder and sickness came into the world. God's had some way---a brass serpent, a pole, or a prophet, or something somewhere---that the people get to, to be healed.
There, in this great troubling of the pool, the waters moving around, being troubled... Then Jesus comes by this audience of people. Here He comes now, the very Emmanuel. God was in Christ, reconcile the world to Himself. Here is God Jehovah, dwelling in His Son, Christ Jesus, moving by this pool of water. And now, do you believe He was full of love? Do you believe He had compassion on the people? Watch Him pass that old crippled up father there, withered, screaming, and begging for help. And Him passing through there, and His garments full of virtue, and passed right by him. This mother with the baby with the waterhead! Passed right by. This poor old mother standing there, blind, crying for mercy! Passed right by them.

29 He went on His way, among that multitude of people, until He come to a man laying on a pallet. Amen. That's right! Laying on a pallet. And watch now; you'll get the key note. And Jesus knew that He had been a long time in this case. If He had compassion, why didn't He catch some of those poor, lame, halt, blind, withered, waiting for the troubling of the water, and Him moving right around every one of them, moving right among like that, full of love, full of compassion; and passing every one of them by.
I got the Messiah looking like ... pretty dark before you now, haven't I? Just wait. Go on reading down, Saint John 5, you'll see why. Looks like if He was full of love, He'd have mercy. Looks like if He would have had mercy, He'd had healed some of those people. That's just where the critics of divine healing fail to see today, because their eyes are blind to the truth of God.

30 They said, "Let Him go over here and heal this one. Let Him go over here." [Unclear words] said the same thing about our lovely Lord.
Notice. He went on His way right through till He come to this man was laying on a pallet. They don't say, "He had an infirmity thirty and eight years. Why, he had that infirmity when I was a baby. It was retarded." He might have had prostate trouble, or he might have had something another, it was... Let's say prostate trouble or something on that order. TB. It was retarded, wasn't going to kill him; he'd lived thirty-eight years with it, laying there on a pallet. And Jesus came to that one man, not the lame, halt, blind, or withered; but came to that one man and said, "Wilt thou be made whole?" Is that right?
One out of the thousands. "Wilt thou be made whole?"
He said, "I have no man to put me in the water."
He said, "Take up thy bed and go into thy house." He wrapped up his pallet, laid it on his back and took off.

31 The Jews found him and begin to question him. They got Jesus and questioned Him. Here's what He said (Saint John 5:19): " Verily, verily, I say unto you, that the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise. For the Father worketh and the Son worketh hitherto." Is that right?

32 He 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 that this, that you may marvel." In other words, that man healed was diabetic, or prostate trouble, or whatever it was.
Now, watch when He went for that one man. He'd had a vision. Look at Him when Lazarus died. When He knowed Lazarus was going to die, He went away from the city. They sent for Him; He went another day's journey. They sent for Him; He went another day's journey. And then one day He stopped when He knowed the vision was just about fulfilled, and said, "Well, our friend Lazarus sleepeth."
And the disciples said, "He doeth well."
He said, "He's dead. And for your sake, I'm glad I wasn't there. But I go wake Him." Amen.
What? God had showed Him what was going to take place. Showed Him what was going to take place. "I go wake Him."
When Martha come and met Him on the road, coming, she said, "If Thou had been here, Lord, my brother would not have died; but even now, whatever You ask God, God will do it," see. Jesus knew that He was going to wake Lazarus, for God had already showed Him. And He didn't do nothing but what the Father showed Him to do. Is that right? That's His own Word.

33 Well, if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He's working the same in His church today as He was yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right? He does what the Father shows.
Or the prophets of old, some of them said... Look at Elijah, lived to be nearly in his eighties, I guess. And he only done four miracles ... or, eight (something like that) in all this time. He only done...
One man said to me, not long ago, said, "Why, Brother Branham, if that power was back on the earth, he would be just going through the hospitals and raising everybody up."
I said, "It did ... never did do it."
He said, "How about Elijah when he went up there and said, "'Come up here and prove, and I'll show you who is God.'"
He said, "If we had that same God in the world today doing that," said, "the God of Elijah would come down."
I said, "Yes. If God of Elijah told his prophet so, he would do the same thing."
He said, "Elisha done that upon..."
I said, "No, he never. When he made his sacrifice, and laid his stuff in order, and everything like that, he stepped out there, and said, 'Lord, I've done all of this at Your command.'" Amen. "Your command, what You say do, Lord, that I will do."

34 Then Jesus in His church today would be just as powerless as your faith is, and just as powerful as your faith is. He'd be limited to whatever God would tell him to do, that he could do. And if Jesus was here tonight, He might stand before you ... or, you stand before Him, He'd tell you your life. He might know what was going on. He might know what you've done, or what sin is your life, or whatever it is wrong with you. But your healing would have to come by God. Is that right?
Now, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He's in His church today. He puts His church in order.

35 Here sometime ago, a few weeks ago... I was just telling Brother Shepley and them sitting there of a little lady they had in New Albany Methodist church. The brother there was raised in Kentucky, together. And I was Baptist preacher, and he the Methodist. And so, he said, "Billy, if you'd just come down and have one night at my little church down there. (He had a place down there, and they had the people standing on the street), said, "I won't ask you to pray for a person."
And when I started out at the pulpit, he said, "Billy, could I take that back?" Said, "I got one of my Sunday school teachers that's sitting here." Said, "She's a mental case." And said, "I've had such an awful time with her." Said ... but said, "She's a lovely person." Said, "She's at the bottom of the steps, just lay hands on her." I did. Prayed for her.

36 A couple weeks after that, I met her again; she was the same shape. One day, the Holy Spirit came into the room. I said to my wife, "He's here now."
She said, "Can I call that woman from New Albany?"
I said, "Call her up."
When she come and set there a little while, I spoke to her a little bit. I begin to notice a little black car, running like that. I said, "I see a little car running. Was you ever in a car accident?"
She said, "No."
I said, "But you was with a light-headed man, and almost a train struck it."
And she begin to scream at the top of her voice. She had been going to a psychiatrist for ten years. And there, the Holy Spirit told her of how that when her husband was overseas, she lived untrue to her marriage vow and all that she had done like that. She said, "Well, Brother Branham, I've confessed that to God."

37 I said, "You never sinned against God; you sinned against your husband. You'll have to go make that right with him, first."
And she said, "Oh, I..."
I said, "That's back in the gable-end of your soul, and all they..." I said, "They could pour a gallon of oil on you, and kick, and stomp, and cast out devils, as much as they wanted to, it will never be able to find the cure, till you find the cause. You've got to find the cause first, then you get the cure." What's wrong. Where's it at?
And she said, "I can't tell him that."
And said ... I said, "Well, you must." I said, "Doesn't he work for a Chevrolet company?"
"Yes."
"And there's a lady works there was wearing a pink dress the other day; he was in a green Chevrolet car. He done the same act that you did." I said, "Go get him on the phone, out there, and see if that isn't right."
She called her husband, and they confessed to one another, come back up. The evil spirit left the woman; she's just as perfectly normal as she can be now, see.
First thing, you've got to find the cause. Then the cure will come.

38 Congressman Upshaw... You all heard of his healing, didn't you? All of these things. Here, William Hall, pastor of the Milltown Baptist church where I used to be pastor myself... Right after Upshaw's healing, I come in that night, and my wife told me... I was fixing to go to Africa in about six weeks. I had to go up to Pennsylvania for a service.
And my wife said, "Billy, do you know that Brother Hall's dying? Cancer on the liver?"
And I said, "Oh, my!" I said, "No."
Said, "Yes."
I said, "Will you get rid of the crowd out there, as quick as you can; tell them I'm going to church and I'll see them Sunday." I said, "I'll go down and see Brother Hall."
And I went down to see the brother, and there he was laying there, as yellow as a pumpkin. And he knew me. I said, "Who is your doctor?"
He said, "Dr. Dillman."
Well, Dr. Dillman is a bosom friend of mine. I had prayer for Brother Hall, and I called Dr. Dillman. He said, "Billy, he's dying."

39 I said, "Oh, Doc Dillman, I hate to hear that."
Said, "Yes, we took him up to a specialist in New Albany, put him under x-ray, and took x-ray. There's a big cancer setting right in his liver." Said, "He's just going die, that's all."
So I went down the next day to see him; I prayed again for him. Went down to see him, and... Well, he was just getting so low, he couldn't hardly breathe. So Mrs. Hall followed me out; she said, "Brother Branham, isn't there one thing you can do?"
I said, "Sister Hall, no. Only thing I can do is pray."
She said, "Do you know another doctor?"
I said... 'Course, every person for their doctors. I said, "I've got a doctor friend, lives next door to me there, a couple doors from me." I said, "He's a bosom friend of mine. As a doctor, I think he's fine." I said, "We're bosom friends."
I got a letter coming; he's writing to the Medical Association of America about the services, see. And so, I said, "I'd like for him to see him."
I called up Dr. Sam Adair, and I said, "Doctor would you go down and see Mr. Hall?"
He said, "Well, Billy, I will just go to the hospital and read the x-rays." Said, "That's all I can do. Look in."
So he went down and read the x-rays. He come back, said, "The man has got cancer in the liver, Billy, He's going to die."
I said, "Oh, my! Isn't there some specialist or something you can do to console that woman?"

40 He said, "Well, I might send him over to Dr. Able in Louisville, and he's one of the best specialists there is, nearly in the south country."
So they got an ambulance, and went out and picked Mr. Hall up (Rev. Hall from Milltown Baptist Church), took him over to Louisville. Dr. Able examined him; he come back. He wouldn't tell Mrs. Hall. So he called Dr. Adair and told Dr. Adair, and Doctor called me. He said, "Billy?"
I said, "Yes."
Said, "You know your friend, Hall?"
I said, "Yes."
Said, "He's going to jump overboard in four days."
I said, "Oh, my! I hate to hear that."
Said, "Well, he ought to be ready to go if he's a preacher."

41 And I said, "Well, of course, that's all right." I said, "He's ready to go, but I hate to see him go. He's a fairly young man yet, about fifty-five, fifty-eight years old." I said, "He's good preacher; I hate to see him go."
Said, "Well, we all hate to go, Billy, but we got to go." Said, "That man will be gone in four days."
I said, "Well..." And I went down and called Sister Hall out, and I said, "Sister Hall, Dr. Adair said ... Abel said he'll be gone in four days." And she started screaming. Now, she's like an old mother to me.

42 And I said, "Look, Sister Hall. He's a Christian. He's only going to drop out of this old body of flesh, to go yonder to be with Christ. My, how much better! He's got to go sometime anyhow."
She said, "Well, can't you ask God? Is there a vision anywhere?"
I said, "He has never said a word to me."
Well, the next morning... I went home that night, and there's a big bunch of cars, up and down the lane. Now, after... Got as many prayed for as I could. The next morning... Say, I've never got converted from squirrel hunting, so I like to go squirrel hunting yet. So I had an old rifle, and I picked it up, set it out in the room, and I said, "Now in the morning at four o'clock (I'm going to set the clock alarm), I'm going squirrel hunting to get one day's rest anyhow before I go up there and come back, and got to go to Africa for all those meetings."

43 So we set the clock alarm, and I crawled in bed about twelve. About three or four o'clock, the alarm... I got up so sleepy, and I got my old ... started to get my rifle, and I started out towards the middle room. I got out there, rubbing my eyes, and the hall light was on.
I looked and I seen a little old green apple hanging there. I said, "Well, what did my wife put that knotty-looking thing there for?" I looked like that. I thought, Why...?
And I happened to notice it wasn't hanging on the wall; it was hanging in the air. I scooted my rifle over in the corner, got down on my knees. And when I got on my knees, another little green worm-eaten, sour, knotty-looking apple come down, stood by its side. And another one, and another one, until five stood there. Then down come a great big apple, about that big, and just made great chomps like that, and eat up all five of them. And it went away. I happened to notice... You all seen the picture of the Angel of the Lord was took down here in that debate down here, (we know), and them Baptist people down there was trying to debate. He come right down and let the American Photographer Association take His picture. It's hanging in Washington, DC, now, the only supernatural Being that ever proved was taken, see. So there ... and the FBI agents and all of them there, with their seal and everything under it. And there He was standing there, whirling in the air.
I said, "What would my Lord have me to do?"
Said, "Arise, and go tell William Hall, 'Thus saith the Lord,' you will live and not die."

44 Oh, no squirrel hunting that day. I changed them old overalls right quick, and jumped in my car, and down I went. They was working with him, rubbing his hands and things, and I come in. And his eyes set way back. I said, "Brother Hall."
He said, "What's the matter?"
I said, "I got the Word of the Lord." Oh, you'll never know how you feel then. Amen. When God says it, it's over.
Said, "What is it, Brother Billy?"
I said, "The Lord Jesus... How long you been sick, Brother Hall?"
He said, "Mattie, you tell him." That's his wife.
She said, "Well, he got sick back in a certain month," said, "about five months."
I said, "That's what I thought. Five months!" I said, "I seen five green apples hanging before me this morning, and a large one came down and eat up the five green ones. And the Holy Spirit, the Angel of God, who...

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 ... God's people understand that the Lord Jesus has risen from the dead, and lives among His people today. What if Jesus stood here with this suit on, and these shoes? What would He say to this woman? He couldn't heal her; certainly not. The only thing He could do for her would, say, "When I died, nineteen hundred years ago, I healed you. Do you believe it?" Now, He would know what she was doing, what was in her life. He'd know all about her, if the Father would show Him.
How many believes that's true? Just raise your hand, so I can see how the audience... That's good. I hope the rest of you will believe before it's over.

2 Now, if Jesus rose from the dead and is living in the church today, then He'll do just the things that He did then, for, "The..." He said, "The things that I do shall you do also; and greater than this..." Not greater in quality, 'cause it couldn't have been. He stopped nature, and raised the dead. "But more than this shall you do; for I go to My Father." The church is spread all over the world, where He could only be in one place. "More than this shall you do; the things that I do shall you also." That's the very things that He did. And more, greater, because it'll spread all over the world; and the Gospel would go to all the world, demonstrate the power of the Holy Ghost, "and these signs shall follow them that believe."
"God has set in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, teachers, gifts of healing, speaking with tongues, interpretation of tongues; all these for the edifying of the body."

3 I suppose, lady, that you and I are strangers. Are we? We don't know each other. I, at least, I don't know you. You don't know me? All right. Now, won't you stand out here? So I, just single you from people. See, you got spirit all around, above, and around; and every human being is a spirit. Now, I'll have to talk to you, just like our Master did the woman at the well, just the same way. You see? Just... I think, of course, myself, that He had a--a reason for doing that, 'cause in doing so, He contacted her spirit. Did you notice what He said? "Bring Me a drink," just to get her attention.
And she said, "Well, the well's deep and You have..." first, she said, "How, why, how is this? Well, you Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans."
And He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink; I bring you Water that you didn't come here to draw."
She said, "The well is deep," and so forth.
Then when He found out where her trouble was, said, "Go, get your husband." See? What did He do? He caught her spirit.

4 And your spirit is one solid picture of what your life has been. And when He caught the spirit, and living in that life of spirit, it just broke through, back to whatever God wanted Him to know.
Now, that's the same way He does tonight. I see, looking out to the audience, see there'd be, oh, several hundred people here, every one of them's a spirit. Every one of them, right now, pulling.
And you're conscious that something's going on. Can't tell what it is, but there's something going on. As soon as you walked up here, Something come over you. Is that the truth? Well just exactly what you see on that picture, that's just what you feel now. That's exactly right. Now, I don't know one thing of you. God knows I've never even seen you, or nothing about you, in my life. But He knows you. He knows me.

5 Now, if I am His servant, and I have testified the truth, then He could, if He wanted to, to reveal to me something another that would help you. If you're sick, I'd know it. If you're out of harmony with God, I would know it, if He'd tell me. I don't know, but He does. Now, I'm trusting Him to tell me.
And if He would, after we see that so plain, and you're... The first thing, the Word said that He would do it, didn't It? He'd be the same. Then the second thing is, you're standing here and conscious that you're in the Presence of Something besides your brother. Is that right? And the third thing is that you've seen the picture of It. And now the next thing would be, if He would, after all these things, if He'd come and confirm those things to be the truth. Is that right?

6 You believe, by God's help, I'm able to do this? And if He would do it, there'd be no more shadow of doubt? Then, if I told you that, by His Spirit, then if I told you something else, you'd believe me then, wouldn't you?
Well, that's what He told me when He said these things: I was sent to pray for sick people. And if I'd get them to believe and be sincere, nothing would stand before the prayer.
Well, I said, "They won't believe me. I'm uneducated."
He said, "As the prophet, Moses, was given signs to a vindicate, so have you been." And He told me that.
And I said, "That's what I was here, praying about."
He said... And then He referred the Scriptures to me. Then I seen He was Scripturally right; and I accepted it. And since then, it's in every nation under the heavens, as far as I know. Isn't He wonderful?

7 You are not from this city. You've come this way, motoring from a distance. You live in a large city, and that city is by a big river. It's the Mississippi River, runs by that city, and there's a fountain that's got fish that's spurting up water, and on the other side is a clock. I believe it's on some kind of a building. It's, you live in St. Louis. Is that true? It's left me now. Just a moment, just be in prayer. Is that true? You have... your trouble is in your side. You got growths in your ribs. Isn't that right? I see the examination of it in the side.

8 And didn't, someone's come here with you? You've got two friends that's come with you, and they're two women. And one woman is suffering with a stomach trouble and a female disorder. Isn't that right? And another one has a something in her throat. It's a goiter in her throat, and got heart trouble. Is that right? Is that's right, raise your hand. God bless you.
Them women's setting right out there. Stand up, ladies. Stand up, both of you, out there. Raise to your feet so that the people can see. And just stand up, don't be afraid. Yes, ma'am. Both of you go home, you are healed. And so are you. Jesus Christ takes it all away. God bless you.

9 Just have faith in God. God will do great things for you, if you'll only believe. But you must believe that He is, for those who come to Him must believe that He is, and a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Have faith in Him, and God will confirm His Word every time, with signs and wonders following. Now, be reverent.

10 Something's happened right in here. Don't you have gallbladder trouble, setting there, lady? Isn't that right? You were just healed, just then. God healed you. Stand up to your feet, and accept it as acknowledgement of Jesus Christ. God made you well, then. You been having sour stomach and stuff and a burning in there. I seen someone examine, push in, it was sore, and you jumped when they did it. You're healed now. God bless you.
That gentleman setting next to you there, with a back trouble, can be healed also, if he'll just accept it. You will accept it, too, sir? Do you? Stand up to your feet and accept your... Your back is well now. You can go home. Jesus Christ makes you whole.

11 Have faith in God. Don't doubt. Believe that all things are possible. Do you believe that? I believe that whatever you ask God, God will give it to thee. Don't you believe so? What do you think, up there? What do you think, over here on the steps? Do you believe it with all your heart? Anything that you ask God, God will give it to thee.

12 All right, bring the lady. Just let her set down there, if she can't walk very well. Stand right where you are, or, come here, sister. You're coming, and I want you to come reverently, believing. I see you're crippled up. I want you to look at me. I want you to believe me. If I could heal you, lady, I'd do it, but I can't do it, it's impossible for me to do it. But at this time, God can do it.
You who brought her, do you believe? As the prophet Elijah said, "If it wasn't I respected Jehoshaphat, I wouldn't look." As Peter said, at the gate called Beautiful, "Look on us." Not to look to them as anything, but to look to take heed, pay attention.

13 We are strangers, lady. I don't know you. If I ever seen you... I see a great crowd standing before you, right now. You've been in a meeting before somewhere. And the place where it was at, there's a lot of plain, level ground. It's got a lot of cactus on it. You--you're from Arizona; 'cause there's giant cactus standing right before me now. There's no other place in the world it grows, but there. Isn't that right? You're from Arizona. And you suffer with a... it's a cancer. And the cancer is in your hip and went into your spine. The doctors can't do nothing about it. Is that true? You believe He's going to make you well now? Come here.
Would you happen to know Hattie Waldrop, in Phoenix? Died in the prayer line with cancer of the heart, seven years ago. She's living in Phoenix today, normal and well. She was dead in the prayer line for hours, before they got her in. A cancer that had went through her heart, colon and liver. Her doctor... I believe her address is in that book the girls got. God, Who healed her, can heal you. Is that right? Are you going home, believing?

14 I will pray, and may God bless you. While we all pray for this woman. If God doesn't help her, she's going to die in a few changes of the moon. Let's, just pray.
Our Heavenly Father, as this poor little mother standing here, seeing it turns dark around where she's standing, and knowing that this power of death has come upon her. And Your servants, the doctors, has done all they can do to help, and there's nothing can be done in their power. And the woman is come to be healed. And Satan's determined to take her life; he is eating up her body; her mortal flesh is going away from her. But Thou, O God, You're Everlasting to Everlasting God. Then hear the prayer of Your unprofitable servant, Lord, and confirm the Word. And let the Angel who spoke to me that night, and even specified to this demon, cancer, may he come and draw near to this scene at this time, and rebuke this horrible enemy.
Thou demon called cancer, who's plagued this woman's life to kill her, I adjure thee, by Jesus Christ the Son of God, that you turn her loose and let her go.
And may the God of Heaven bless her, and Jesus Christ heal her. Amen.

15 Now, look this way again, lady. If God did know what was in your life... I don't know now, what He's told you. But was that true? What--what it was told you when I was in the vision, was that true? What it told you, what happened, and all whatever it was in life, was that the truth? Now, do you believe that I tell the truth? Then, nineteen hundred years ago, Jesus Christ healed you beyond any shadow of doubt, the Scripture says so. Do you now accept it on those basis, and refuse to know anything else about cancer or nothing; you know only Jesus heals you? Is that the way you're going out of here to testify?

16 Look, there was some lepers laid at the gate. They said, "Why set we here till we die?" If they set there, they died; if they went in the city, they died. And they only had one chance, that was go down to the enemy's camp. And said, "If they'll save us, we live; but if they kill us, we die."
Well, you sit in that same position, but you're not invited to the enemy's camp, you're invited to Jesus, Who is accepting you right now. Are you coming? You accept it, right now? Then, in the Name of Jesus Christ, go off the platform, get well. Don't leave for a few days, and testify to us, and come to the platform, show us what God has done. God bless you. Sister, you go right with her, and God bless you.

17 All right, bring the young man. Young man, do you believe me to be God's servant? Then, if I be God's servant, and His anointing is upon me, there's nothing in the world that could be hid in your life right now. To heal you, I couldn't. I am not a healer. I am not the Healer; He is the Healer. But, do you believe that He is a Revealer of the secrets of the heart, and reveals to His prophet the things that He desires them to know? Look at me just a minute.
You are not sick. You come up here to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Is that right? You been seeking for it, for a long time. Is that the truth? You really want the Holy Ghost? Come here.
God, bless this boy and fill him with the Holy Ghost; and may the sun not rise many times until he's been filled with the Holy Ghost, in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.
Go, and you're going to receive it now, brother. Go rejoicing, thanking God for it.

18 Let us say, "Amen." I'm not excited at all, but the Spirit of God is settling over this room, till anything could happen. "Why set we here until we die?" Let us get up and do something about it.

19 You want to be healed of that bladder trouble, setting there, sir? You believe that God will make you well? You believe He'll do it? God bless you. Raise up your hand, say, "I accept it in Jesus Name." You do, God will make you well; if you believe it, and want to be healed, God will certainly do it. God bless you. That's the way. Go home and get well now.

20 Got a little cyst on your neck, haven't you, sister? Course, your eyes are bad, too. You want to get well? Stand up to your feet and accept your healing then, in the Name of Jesus Christ, go home. The cyst is gone from your neck now. You can go home and be well.
You don't need your prayer card. You need faith in God. Have faith in God, all of you; you'll be made well.

21 How do you do, lady? You believe with all your heart? You believe that God sent me to help you? You do. Oh, it's this baby that you're here for. It's not for you, it's for the baby. You're extremely nervous; that's 'cause the... on account of the baby. Well, that poor, little, darling baby. I want you to look at me just a moment. I want you to believe.
You know, sister, I have a baby setting right there. And if I could do anything, if my baby was sick, I'd do anything I could, to persuade God to heal it.
And the only thing that I can do here to help your baby is, maybe, if God will reveal something to me, that'll help your faith, to know what's wrong with the baby. You know I don't know the baby, do I? I've never seen you, or baby, or no way of knowing anything about you.

22 But, you believe me to be His prophet? [The sister says, "I do."] You do. God bless you. When you make that kind of a statement of confessing your faith, it pleases God.
You brought the baby from quite a distance here. You come from a country that's got hills and lot of hardwood on it: Missouri. Is that right? Your baby: they don't know what's wrong with it; the doctor can't decide; some of them says it's epilepsy; and some says it's got a... it's got a tumor on the brain. It's neither one of them. [The sister says, "Oh, what is it?"] Nervous convulsions. Jesus Christ can heal your baby. Do you believe it? [Sister says, "I certainly do."]

23 Bow your heads and join in prayer.
Almighty God, Who brought Jesus Christ from the dead, this poor, little, innocent baby setting here on its mother's arm, sweet lovely little thing, its life will be completely ruined if You don't step in and help. Your doctors has done all they... You give them knowledge to do; but the mother has brought this baby to me that I might ask You to help her. And O God, with the sincerity and the integrity of my heart, I plead out for mercy. O Thou, Who raised Christ from the dead (and when He died yonder at Calvary, it spoiled principalities and robbed the devil of every power he had), I stand in His place tonight, as a servant of His, and I rebuke the devil that's bound this baby's life, and may it leave it, and the baby get well and be normal. In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I ask this. Amen.

24 All right, mother, take your baby home and I... just as sure as I believe I'm standing on the platform, your baby will be over that and be normal. God bless him. Bless you. God bless you, sister.
Let's say, "Thanks to God, Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

25 You want to get over that stomach trouble, setting there praying, sister? Setting right down there, you want to get over it? Lady setting next to you, with a back trouble there, you want to get over it? Both of you? You do? All right, just raise up and accept it. God will make you well. Believe with all your heart. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is here to heal you. The nervous condition causes a peptic ulcer. Your faith's confirmed by it, makes you whole. Only thing you have to do is believe.

26 You up there in the yellow, up in the aud-... up there in the balcony praying, wants God to heal you, the only thing you have to do is raise your hand. You don't have to have prayer card. You don't have a prayer card, do you, lady? Certainly not. She don't... You don't have to have prayer card. The only thing you have to have is faith. Amen. Oh, how He'd spread His great wings over here and heal every person in here, if you'd only let Him. What more would you want to do?
When Moses met the Egyptians, or, met the Israelites, he didn't stick his hand in his bosom, confirm every time he seen a Israelite. He did it once, and all Israel believed him.
And if you believe what I'm telling you to be the truth, and God is confirming it to be the truth, both scientifically and spiritually, believe this, that I'm telling you the truth: that Jesus healed every one of you nineteen hundred years ago when He died for you; and the only thing you have to do is accept it right now and be healed, no matter what your disease is. These are only signs and wonders to prove that He loves you, and His love is here for you.

27 How do you do, lady? (Is this the patient, Brother Bosworth? Is this the patient? Huh?) Come here. Excuse me, visions sometimes gets away from me and I get real weak from talking so much, and it gets away from me. This microphone is alive; that's the reason I'm staying up here.
I want you to look at me just a minute. I never seen you in my life, as I know of. We're perfect strangers. Don't know nothing about you, but God knows you. Here's a woman that I've never seen in my life. Almighty God knows what is truth. We've never met before in our life, as far as I know. I guess we haven't, have we, sister?
If God will reveal to this woman what her trouble is, will it prove the Bible and fulfill the Scriptures, that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever?
Longer I would talk, sister, of course, more would be said. But you realize it just weakens and weakens and I've--I've got quite a little prayer line called, up there. If He'll just speak what's wrong with you, you'll believe it? You will.

28 You have three things wrong with you. One of them is a stomach trouble, which is a tumor in the stomach. Is that right? Nervous, gallbladder trouble, isn't that true? If that's true, raise your hand. Now, if God is standing here to confirm truth, and you know that's the truth. Is it? But your examinations and everything proves that it's the truth; your doctor said so; and all these things declare it truth; and me, a stranger, declaring it to you. Then I declare to you, that, if your faith can only touch the hem of His garment yonder, or, touch His promise, which (when He died at Calvary), if you'd accept your healing, the condition of your body (whatever it was, I don't know now, but whatever it was) will leave you. Do you believe it?

29 Then I've told you the truth. Then Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe; if they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover." Is that right?
Almighty God, to confirm Your Word, as a sincere servant, I lay my hands upon this woman, in the Name of Jesus Christ, and ask that the disease of her body depart from her, and never bother her no more. Amen.
Now, go believing, sister. Go rejoicing, go happy, go telling everybody about your healing.

30 All right, come lady. Do you believe with all your heart? Would you like to get over that diabetes? Say, "I accept my healing." [The sister says, "I accept my healing."] God bless you. That's all you can do, sister. Go and say, "Thank you, Lord Jesus," and be made whole. Amen. God bless you.

31 All right, come to me. Do you believe, lady, as you're coming? You do. If God knows you, He knows your trouble. Is that right? You are a Christian, a believer. Life hasn't been a easy thing for you. You've had an awful, sorrowed road, very hard. Isn't that right? I see a dark streak; you coming down it. You're suffering now with a heart trouble. And what's caused it is a nervous heart. You been nervous for a long time, goiter, and everything on the inside. God heals you now. Do you believe it?
In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, may she receive her healing. Amen.
Now, go thanking God. Don't testify of it no more, you'll be well.
Let's say, "Thanks be to God."

32 Come, my brother. I want you, just put your hand on my shoulder here, sir. If God, not looking at you, will show me, out there, what's wrong with you... Cause I felt some pulls, come the insight: said I was "reading minds." I don't know you, but if God, out here, will testify in a vision, out before me, here, what's wrong with you, will you accept your healing? If you will, nod your head. You will.
You've been examined, you're nervous, you have a prostate trouble, and you're bothered with heart trouble. Is that right? If that's right, raise up your hand. Here you go. All right, go on your road, be made well, in the Name of the Lord Jesus.

33 Come, lady. Oh, Church of the living God, how can we set still? If you believe me to be His servant, over this audience right now, I don't know whether it's me, but it just looks to me like the whole audience, out in there, is just becoming like cream, just milky. The Holy Spirit is near, friends. It just looks like it's--it's just like a pressing; anything could happen.
Lady, do you believe with all your heart? You believe that God is here to make you well? If I will, by the Spirit of God, by the power of discernment, beyond one shadow of doubt (and you'll know whether it's truth or not), by the help of God, tell you where your trouble is, according to what Jesus Christ said that He would do in this last days, will you accept Him as your Healer? You have stomach trouble. Is that right? If it is, wave your hand like that. Now, go eat what you wish to. Thank God with all your heart.

34 Come, lady. Now, as you come, I want you to believe. I want, take hold of your hand. Do you believe that the power of God that raised Christ from the dead is standing here and knows all things? You and that lady setting over there both have kidney trouble. Both of you are healed now, you can go home and be well. God bless you. Go just rejoicing. God bless you, sister, may it be granted to you.
Come, lady. Will you believe with all your heart? You want to get over that back trouble that you got? Well, just go on thanking God, and say, "It's over with in the Name of the Lord Jesus."

35 Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart? Got something wrong with your foot, haven't you, lady? Yes. You want to be healed? Well, stand up on your feet and accept your healing in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen. God bless you.
Put your hand over on your husband there, setting next to you, with gallbladder trouble, and let him be healed also. God bless you. Go on, go home and eat what you want to, your stomach trouble's gone from you, lady. You can just go and eat whatever you care to. 81 Let's say, "Thanks be to God."

36 Brother, do you believe your heart trouble left you while you were setting there? Go thanking God, and be made whole. Amen.

37 Come, lady. Don't set down, just come this way. You believe with all your heart? You believe that asthma left you while you were setting there? Just go off the platform shouting and praising God, and thanking God for His goodness.

38 Go, my brother, just thanking and praising God for His goodness; and the God of Heaven bless you.

39 Let's say, "Thanks be to God."

40 What... Oh, brother, sister, why do we come so numb in our spirit?
How the God of Heaven raised up His Son, Christ Jesus, Who is visible now, to heal everybody. Bring the person. He's talking to her, or something, just a minute.
While he's doing that, I wonder, how many in here really desires to be healed? Raise your hand. You believe I've told you the truth? You believe that God has confirmed it scientifically? You believe that God has confirmed it by His Word? You believe that God has confirmed it by His Spirit? Then, in the mouth of three witnesses let every Word be established.

41 Every man and woman in here that desires to be healed, let him bow his head right now, and offer a prayer to God for your healing. I'll pray for you. Billy, just lay your hand on the woman right there where she's standing. Bow your heads, everywhere.

42 Lord Jesus, I pray that You'll be merciful, just now, unto these poor, needy, suffering mortal beings. As the strength of Your servant's body is being depleted, I pray that You'll be merciful, God, and will send the Holy Spirit, just now. And may the people, as it was, pinch their spirits by the Word of God, and wake up and realize that this is the hour of visitation for Owensboro, Kentucky, when the Holy Ghost is moving in the midst of the people, and showing signs and wonders. O Eternal God, send Thy Holy Spirit, and heal every one of them, in Jesus Christ's...

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Good evening, friends. It's a privilege to be here tonight, to greet you again in this lovely big city here, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, and to be back again tonight to hear our ... my brother Baxter, as he was speaking when I was coming up... Oh, my! It seems like old times again to be back. Seems like coming back home.
I don't feel tonight that I'm with strangers; I am with fellow-citizens and pilgrims of the kingdom of God, professing that we're pilgrims and strangers of this land, believing we have a better home going to it someday, as one by one we cross over the great divide. It separates the mortals from the immortals. And as Paul said (I believe, in the Scriptures), that, "Leaving those things behind, I press to the mark of the high calling in Jesus Christ." All these mortal things, we just leave behind, and press on towards the mark of the high calling in Christ.

2 Friends, we're here, the Lord willing for the next ... I believe, it's about eight or ten nights to be here before going overseas.
We usually make this our jumping-off place. Brother Baxter and I have did this now ... this is the third time, I believe. And we're always glad to be in New York. 'Course you realize that this is just the outskirts of Jeffersonville, Indiana. It just runs up this far, you see. My city has twenty-four thousand people in it now, you see. We've jumped up a whole lot from fourteen thousand. So you'll be able to find us on the map down there one of these days if it keeps on growing.
Now, I was talking to the man that brought me up just now from my room. He said, "I believe there's about seven million here." You know, that's almost the population of Canada ... the entire ... all the provinces of Canada. Many people here. Where people gather together, they have a lot of sin. They have it everywhere. Not only in New York, they have it in little, bitty cities like Jeffersonville, Indiana. They have it everywhere.

3 This old world is just getting ripe for judgment now. When we see things taking place like this at this time... Of all these different kinds of bombs and things. I was hearing on the radio the other day, that where they can drop, I believe, four across the country here ... or, out in the sea, destroy the whole world. Just drop two or three of them down ... out here in the Atlantic, and the first thing you know, there wouldn't even be an beetle alive in the whole United States; kill everything. All the buildings would be standing just like they are now.
I tell you, no wonder Jesus said, "Except the work be cut short, for the elect's sake, there would be no flesh saved." I believe we're near something. I'm not one of the people that tries to predict that Jesus is going to come this year or next year. I don't know when He's going to come and no one else knows when He is going to come. We just know what He said to look for. When we seen these signs appearing, then to lift up our heads, redemption was drawing nigh. And we see those things now.

4 And Brother Baxter and I have made this a policy of trying to do our very best for everybody that we can, as long as we have the light to walk in as we do today. We ought to be very thankful for a place where the Gospel can be preached.
There's a many big city in this world, you know, like New York, or not quite this big, but many great major cities that you couldn't open up a meeting like this. No, sir. They couldn't do it. And perhaps, we don't want to think this way, but perhaps, soon, it'll be that you won't be able to open up New York. Communism has honeycombing the world. A great percent, over half of it, almost two-thirds of the world is already into communism.
What are we Christians doing? Here's the space we've got to go, from here to here. And we've come about this far. Jesus said, "The Gospel must be preached in all the world." But you know our ideas of it: We have tract societies, which is all right. We love that. And the man that's on the street passing out a tract is doing a wonderful work for the Lord Jesus. We have missionaries, all parts of the country. That's a wonderful thing of God calling.
But what I think the Lord's going to make His message so quick to the world, is this: That He's going to send out the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit that'll just illuminate the whole world just in a few days' time. I believe He's calling a church, pulling a people, getting them together for this great event that's coming to pass.

5 I'm looking for the Gospel, one day, to leave the Gentile people and return to the Jews. I seen a picture the other night of very dear friend of mine on the west coast, a Christian businessman, Mr. Arganbright. And he had a picture called "Three Minutes Till Midnight."
I've never been the same since then, after seeing this wonderful picture. It showed the answer of all the prophecies pertaining to the Jews, how they'd return back, and how there'd be an ensign at their return, the six point star of David over Jerusalem. How that the water would come from the country to blossom as a rose---the desert would---and the Jews returning back. It was just a picture; threw it on a screen. But here was the alarming part, Christians: The ships was coming in, the airplanes coming in. They were bringing the old, blind, and halt, and withered; packing them. The younger people packing them. So they interviewed a few of them.
They said, "Are you coming back to the homeland to die in the homeland?"
"No, we're coming back to see the Messiah."
Oh, you Bible readers know what that means. God just driving them from all parts of the world, right back, just what He said He would do. Now, what they need... Now, the next thing that I can see, and I don't claim to know much about prophecy of that type, but only thing that I can see left is a spiritual awakening among the Jews. The Gentiles are finished then. Church will be caught up; the Gospel goes to the Jews.

6 Now, I want to take but just a few moments tonight, just a little introduction. And it's kind of an introduction night to... We get ready and Brother Baxter does the preaching. And I'm sure you all enjoy it. And he is able to do the job real well. Usually, I come in and talk just a few moments to kind of get the feel of the meeting, and then we pray for the sick.
Now, tonight for just a little Scripture reading in Saint John the 14th chapter and the 12th verse. We read this... And then for a regular campaign theme is Hebrews 13:8. That's our continual text since we've been on the field. But this here we read:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Hebrews 13:8, reads this:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, ... to day, and for ever.

7 Now, shall we bow our heads just a moment. Kind heavenly Father, we thank You tonight for the privilege that we have of coming into this great city again to minister to Thy needy children. And I pray, dear Heavenly Father, that You will anoint every person that comes into this building with the Holy Spirit. If they are sick, may they be healed. If they have backslidden, may they return to God. If they are unbelievers, may they become believers. Grant it, Father. And may great signs and wonders be done.
Bless all that has a part in it. Bless our Brother Baxter as he speaks day by day and night by night. May he be anointed with the Holy Ghost to preach the Word in the season. We pray that You'll bless all the cooperating ministers, Sister Brown, and all the others. Bless the custodians, and those who are here helping us keeping the lights on, the engineers and all the people who come in. Grant it, Father.

8 And may the message of the Holy Spirit go out into strange homes, that's maybe never come to church before and may they be warned and come to church, not because that we're here, Father, but because that Your Spirit is here, and wanting to save the lost, and the needy, and heal the sick.
Now, hide Your servant, Lord, the unworthy one. Help me to know what to do and what to say. Submitting myself to you, just now, that You'll use Your unprofitable servant for Your glory. We ask it in the name of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen.

9 Just for a few moments now, then we'll start praying for the sick. We won't keep you long each night, because we have quite a long campaign. And then we just left Chicago, where our greatest campaign... And then went from there to the west coast with the Christian Businessmen, on the west coast, where we had a wonderful great campaign. Brother Baxter has been preaching also, in conventions, and we're both real tired. Frankly, just before I come to the meeting, why, I was trying to study and went sound asleep. Now, that's strange for me to do that. And then hurried right on over to the meeting, and we're both real tired.
Now, I want to speak of one Person, the complete campaign, and that's the One that we're all in love with, the Lord Jesus Christ. I know no one else to talk about but Him. And when it comes to love, and compassion, and whatever it might be, I know no greater name than the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

10 And now, tonight I would just like to ask this congregation ... and facing this two weeks of campaign, I will... [Gap in the audio.]
We ought to kind of take notice to what Jesus said here. There have been many people in their different types of ministry and theology, tries to have a certain routine that they teach, which is very fine. Every church as long as they're teaching something about the Lord Jesus Christ, amen. That's perfectly all right. I like that. And whatever... Let's give every church credit that even names the name of the Lord Jesus. Let's give them credit.
Now, we might differ with them sometime, as all churches do, just like all people do, but we're perfectly interdenominational. Brother Baxter and myself doesn't belong to any organization at all. We're interdenominational, believing in the brotherhood of Jesus Christ.

11 Now, I'll give you a little something what Brother and I have tried to do for these past eight years. It has not been so much on divine healing as people has thought it has been. Many of them have said, "Brother Branham, your meetings are just based of divine healing."
No, brother. It's on divine healing, but not indiv... It's the healing of the body of Jesus Christ is what we're trying for, to get all different denominations of churches to be brothers. Whatever they believe that's all right. Let's join ourselves together and be Christian brothers and sisters. That's what our whole heart's desire is to do. And what little influence the Lord has given me, I try to use it that way, and Brother Baxter the same of his influence as a Bible teacher, and me to pray for the sick. And we believe that. We believe that all men that's born again are brothers. That's right. And so, that's what we stand for.
And now, our theology may be a little bit different from what you would ... the regular run of ministry of praying for the sick. We are talking about (Brother and I; we haven't settled on it yet), when we come back from overseas, or, perhaps, set up different type of meeting. Frankly, I placed it in several of the magazines that teaches divine healing, an article. It's always been that my meeting ... I can't get to enough people. And I never stay long enough, till the crowd just grow and grow and grow and then about four or five nights, and I'm just about done, because it's visions.

12 Coming back we're going to try to eliminate them things and just go preach the Gospel and pray for the sick. And whichever way the Holy Spirit will lead, then we'll do it. But visions is what always cuts us down, has always made our meetings so we couldn't set a long time. But this time, the Lord willing, we want to make it for four, five, six, seven weeks maybe, two months or whatever the Lord---in one place. Just stay there till the Lord says, "I'm finished with you here; go somewhere else." And I want you to pray for us to that end.
Now, for our lovely Lord Jesus where our thoughts are centered. Don't never let your thoughts stray from Him. No matter what comes or goes, keep your mind on Him.

13 Now, how many in here tonight would really like to see Him? Would you just love to see Him? I'd like... Brother, I put my hands up with you. That's my heart's desire to see the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, how I love Him. With all my heart, I love Him. If I know anything about my heart, I really love Him. When I speak His name, it just looks to me like that I'm unworthy to say the name. I think of what that name has done.
You know what happened when that name was first mentioned on a mortal's lips, what happened? A little baby that was dead in its mother's womb come to life and received the Holy Ghost. John the Baptist leaped in the mother's womb for joy as soon as Mary spoke to Elisabeth. Said, "I shall bring forth a Son and they shall and call His name Jesus." And little John leaped in his mother's womb for joy. So you see what the name means.

14 If He was here in New York tonight, where do you think you'd find Jesus in New York? I want to ask you a question. Do you think that Jesus, if He come [unclear words], unveiling Himself like He did in the early days, when He was here on earth in flesh, do you think New York in whole would receive Him? No, sir. It'd be worse than it was when He come the first time. That's right. They wouldn't understand it. He'd be so much different from our theology, till we wouldn't even... Doubt whether there would just be a little handful follow Him like there was in that day.
He was so different. He does things different; He talked different; His work was different; His ministry was different; His teaching was different. So they just couldn't understand it. They said... And the thing of it was, they couldn't understand Him because His works was great and He gave God credit. And they finally wound up and said, "Well He's just Beelzebub, the prince of the devils."
Could you imagine tacking that name on the Lord Jesus Christ? But that's what they did. And they said... He said, "If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call them, His disciples?" So as Christians we can expect to be called anything, can't we? But Jesus Christ knows us if we're born again.

15 Now, when Jesus in His ministry... Now, first thing in the translation of the Word tonight, in Saint John the 14th chapter of 12th verse, He said, "Verily, verily (absolutely, absolutely), I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and more than this (the Word really translated right, "more" not greater, 'cause He raised the dead, stopped nature. Nothing could be any greater than what He did.), but more than this shall ye do for I go to My Father."
Do you believe that's the inspired Word of God? Do you believe it meant for the ages to follow on like that? It was. Now, the same things that He did, He promised the church to do, only more of it than what He did. Let's find out what He did.

16 And If we can find out His type of ministry, what He had here on earth, and these next ten nights here in the arena, if He will come in our midst and reproduce His life among His people, will every one of you believe on Him? Will you promise me that? This little group here, with a few hundred sitting here tonight, would you promise me that, that you'll believe on Him with all your heart? If He will reveal Himself again right here in this building, visibly, so you can see it yourself, be convinced yourself, would you believe on Him? Now, we'll find out what kind of a work He did.

17 Now, we'd like to see Jesus. Many would think... A person in this day, usually you'd see them, if they could do works like the Lord did, why, they'd come out boastfully and, oh... But He wasn't that type of person. He didn't boast about anything. He didn't take even any credit for what He did. He give credit to God. Is that right? Why, He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works." Is that right?
Now, let's just imagine like the Greeks did: They wanted to see who Jesus was ... wanted to see Him, rather. So now, let's just look at Him that way tonight.
When He came in His ministry, He was born in a manger, low birth, a people, common people He came from, perhaps very poorly educated as far as the world was concerned. We find out that's what makes the Bible scholars all confused. They try to read the Greek, the Hebrew, so forth, and they apply certain words, because it would... They apply it to the great words that they used in the high scholarly people, but His real words was spoken just in the language like you use on the street, just common everyday language. So, it turns them around with translation. So you see, He wasn't no great scholar, as far as the world was concerned. Of course, He was God, but just to make Himself some great eloquent speaker. He wasn't.

18 And now, let's see the type of ministry He had. Let's just follow His ministry for a few moments now, before we start the prayer line, and ask Him to continue His ministry. Now, when He first come into power, we notice a lot of things that God answered His prayer so much for the sick. He started right off first praying for the sick. Is that right? Signs and wonders begin to follow Him. And He begin to do things that seemed to be strange to the people. Then He had a great gathering, until He disagreed with their theology of that day; then they cut Him off right there.
Now, in the beginning of His ministry, there was a man by the name of Nathanael got saved ... or, Philip, rather. Philip got saved and he went to get his buddy right quick. That's a good sign he got saved, (wasn't it?), when he goes tell somebody else about it.
He went to find his buddy, so he was hunting for him, and he found him under a tree, praying under a tree. So he said, "Come, see who I've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Why, this nice religious man said, "Why, could any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Oh, it was a wicked city. He said, "Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
Said, "Come, see." That's the only way to be convinced about anything. Don't you think that's right? I think if we have more Nathanael's around New York, it'd be better. Don't you think? Come, see. Come, find out for yourself," see. Come and see; don't judge anything till you look at it and examine it with the Word of God. He said, "Come, see."

19 Well, when he came up in the line... I don't know what... Jesus perhaps praying for the sick or whatever He was. He was standing in the congregation. Jesus looked out over the congregation and saw him, or he might've come in the prayer line. I don't know where he was at, but anyway Jesus saw Him; He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile." That was a honest, good believer.
So, the man kind of astonished him. He said, "How did You know me, Rabbi?" or, reverend, whatever you want to call... "How'd You know me?"
He said, "Why, before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
My, that was quite something to him. He run up to Him; he said, "Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel."

20 What do you think would happen today in New York, if such as that taken place? You know what they'd say? "Ah," Dr. Jones would say, "you know what that is? That guy is a fortuneteller. It's mental telepathy; that's what it is." [Unclear words.] Well, see, Dr. Jones' spirit lived backed in that day. Did you know that? The Pharisees, those great scholars and teachers said the same thing. They said, "He's Beelzebub," the prince of the fortunetellers," see. 'Course fortunetellers are devils; you know that. So he said, "He's a prince of the fortunetellers," the prince of the devils.
Notice Him again. One day He was going down to Jericho; instead of going to Jericho, he went up by the way of Samaria. That's strange. Going up this way, instead of going straight down to Jericho. But He had need to go by Samaria. Now, just a minute we'll find out why He went. When He got up there, He sent all His disciples away into the city to buy some bread. And while they were gone, a woman came out. We in America believe the woman to be a prostitute, and the Eastern teaching is different, but we'll take it over in American, Western phase of it tonight, so it'll...

21 Woman, she came out to the well. Well, maybe she just didn't get up till around noontime, or maybe she couldn't come with the rest of the other women was coming to get their water. So anyhow, she come out about eleven or twelve o'clock, when they was gone to get something to eat. And Jesus was sitting over on a wall somewhere. So, He seen the woman put the bucket in the well ... or, the pitcher, to draw out the water. He said, "Bring Me a drink."
Why, she looked over, and it was a Jew. She was a Samaritan. They was just racial in that day, just like in the South today, the white and colored.
She said, "Why, it's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such." In other words where's all the hospitality coming from? Where's all the kindness? "You a Jew asking me a Samaritan, we're supposed to be outcasts. So how You come to ask..."
Jesus said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink."
Why, she said, "How could You give me a drink?" In other words, "The well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with," and so forth. The conversation went on and on.

22 Now, I have my own opinion what Jesus was doing, see. He was trying to catch her spirit. And so when He finally did, He said, "Go get your husband; come here."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
Said, "That's right. You've had five; and the one you have now is not your husband."
Now, what's that in New York today? Well, they'd say, "You know what? That guy is a good polished-up soothsayer; that's what He is." Well, they called it the same thing then; said, "He's Beelzebub." Well, He said...
What did she class it as, though. This woman, let her be whatever she was; she said, "I perceive that You are a prophet." She said, "I know that Messiah (Now watch, the One we're talking about tonight.)... I know when Messiah comes, He'll do these things. He'll tell us these things. But I know that You're a prophet." And she run into the city and said, "Come, see a Man that's told me everything I ever done. Isn't this the Christ?"

23 He never told her all she did, but He told her one thing, and He could've told her more if He wanted to, I guess, if God would've showed Him. Now, that's the kind of a Jesus He was. He knew where a fish was one time, had some money in his mouth. He knew where two mules was tied where two ways met. He knew where an upper room was to be provided; He told His disciples. That was Jesus of nineteen hundred years ago; is that right?
Well, now do you believe that Hebrews 13:8 is inspired? Do you believe that God's Word? Well, it says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." Do you believe that? Sure, that's right.

24 Now notice, if He is, then after a while He had to die for the sins of man. But I want you to notice just a little bit, another one Scripture, if it won't tire you too much to listen to this. There's a pool [Gap in the audio] ... that man was laying on a pallet, and He said, "Wilt thou be made whole." Why, not the blind man, twisted man, the lame, the halt? He never said a word to them. What about the little children? Never said nothing to them, but went over to this man laying on a pallet.
Now, if you notice the Scripture, Jesus said He knew this man and he had been in this condition for thirty-eight years. He might've had TB or... It was retarded; it wasn't going to hurt him ... wasn't going to kill him, rather. But he could walk. He said, "When I'm coming down, someone else steps ahead of me." He wasn't blind or neither was he crippled; he just had a disease, an infirmity, something in his body. He'd had it thirty-eight years.
And Jesus knew where he was at. Now, I want you to watch that. He knew the man was there. That's the reason He passed all the rest of them to get to that man. And He said, "Take up your bed and go to your house." Then He walked away and left all that multitude of people.

25 Was that Jesus of nineteen-hundred years ago? That's still Jesus today. That's right, see. Now, what do you think the critics of Jerusalem said? "Uh-huh, there's that Healer. I seen Him pass right by those people screaming and crying. If there'd be anything godly about Him, He'd have made every one whole. Does look that way, doesn't? But you see, every mortal being on this earth can do nothing in himself."
Jesus now: Watch Him when they caught this man packing his bed on the Sabbath. The 19th verse, He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." Is that right? Saint John 5:19. "What He sees the Father doing... For whatsoever the Father doeth, He showeth the Son." And Jesus, in the words that we'd know it... Jesus say, "Well, only thing I do, I just see a vision, and I just act out the... I just dramatize what God tells Me to do." Is that right? That's exactly the plain interpretation of it today. Jesus said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, I can do nothing in Myself. The Father: I see a vision, what He's doing, then I go do just what He told Me to do."
That's the reason He passed through Bethesda. That's the reason He found this man here, 'cause Father had showed he was there. Look at the resurrection of Lazarus, look at all the rest of the cases---just the same.

26 He was possessed with a power to the... There's a woman one time touched His garment, for she had a lot of faith. She touched His garment. He never felt her, because the apostles said everybody was trying to touch Him, and weaving around over Him, and putting their arms around Him. But a woman touched His garment, slipped back out in the crowd. She was satisfied, 'cause that's all she wanted to do, was touch His garment. And when she touched His garment, she stood out in the audience; Jesus looked around, said, "Thy faith has saved thee." Right out in the audience. Is that right? "Thy faith has saved thee," and she felt then that the blood issue had stopped.
A man at the Jericho... The road runs quite a distance, I'm told, from Jericho. A blind beggar sitting over there; He could've never heard Him. But he screamed for mercy. His faith stopped Jesus when He had His face set towards Calvary. Going up there, and the people howling and making fun of Him and everything else; some cheering Him. But the faith of that beggar stopped Him.
The faith of the weakest, poorest person in here tonight will bring Jesus Christ on the scene. It will. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.

27 Now, Jesus said, "The things that I do shall you also, even more, for I go to my Father." And then He said, "A little while and the world will see Me no more. (Is that Scripture?) Yet ye shall see Me, for I will be with you, even in you." Is that right? How many know that that's Scripture? Thank you.
Then if He has raised from the dead, promised the same works that He did, would follow down to the end of the world---not just for one generation, or one age---"...with you, even in you, to the end of the world." Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is that right? Perfectly.
Now, in them days when He did those things, people doubted Him! No matter what He did, they still doubted Him and tacked Him on a cross. That's right. God's plan of doing it; that's the way God knew it would be that way. There's thousands today that would reject it if it was right before them. Millions would reject it. God's already said they would, because, "Straight is the gate and narrow is the way; but few there will be that'll find it." Is that right? But Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Now, if He rose from the dead, what was the first thing He did? And I'm closing. There was some men on the road to Emmaus, and Jesus walked right out among those men and talked with them all day long ... or, their journey all the way up to Emmaus. You remember the story? And they said, "Now, His teaching seems... He opened up the Scriptures in a new way. Why, did our hearts burn within us, 'cause we heard Him as He talked along?" And then when they got up to Emmaus, He made like He'd go on---just an ordinary man. And they bade Him to come in. And once they got Jesus on the inside with them, He made Himself known to them. You get what I mean?

28 Now, if you'll just let Jesus... Just get off all of your doctrines and things and take what the Bible says Jesus was, and let Him... Just lock Him up in your house tonight with you, and He'll make Himself known to you.
How did He do it? A little different from what... Just the way He did something, they recognized it had to be Jesus. Is that right? My prayer is tonight that He'll come on the scene here tonight and every night this week, and the next week if we stay, and do something just a little different each night that you'll recognize it's the Lord Jesus Christ that's with us. May His blessings be upon you is my prayer, while we pray.
Now, Father, we ask You tonight, as we're sitting here, hot building, we're waiting upon You. We're thinking in Jerusalem one time, as a little hundred and twenty waiting in an upper room for ten days, until suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind. It filled all the house where they were sitting. Cloven tongues set upon them like fire.
Now, Father, we pray tonight that as we move into this meeting, that we'll hear as David did before going to battle, the rustling of the leaves, as the Spirit of God moves on before us. Give us a great meeting tonight. May the Holy Spirit come down in great power. May He heal the sick and the needy tonight. May great signs and wonders be done for the glory of God. We ask this in Jesus' name, Thy Dear Son. Amen.

29 All right. Now, we'll call the prayer line. And, let's see... Did you...? What cards did you give? From 1 to...? Let's take... I don't think we go too much room over here. Where do we bring them up, back this side, Brother Baxter? Back around this way? All right. Let's take 1 to 10 and see how we get lined up here. Who's got prayer card number 1? Let's see, raise up your hand, ever who has the prayer card number 1, would you raise up your... All right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Now, see if they get started out. You ushers, count them as they come through. Where's there is anybody missing, we can get them. All right. 1, 2, 3... Just line up over here to this side if you will. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, all right, just about three missing. 7, 8, 9, 10. Here they are, right here, 10. All right. I think that... Sometimes if you don't watch it, somebody who can't raise up, and somebody maybe who's deaf and he can't hear, so... All right. [Brother Baxter speaks to Brother Branham.] Yes. That'd be fine, Brother Baxter. That's just fine.

30 Usually, I have them coming from this side. It's not a superstition, but every time that I have ever seen the Angel of the Lord, He appears from this side all the time (see), from this side. All right, that's ten. Now, 15, 15, who has prayer card 15 ... or, I mean, prayer card 11? Let's see, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Let them five stand up. Let's see if we can ... if anybody has to be packed... All right, there's three of them. All right. [Gap in the audio.]
I'm going to ask you something. I have made a ruling in my meeting at first, and we're trying to move out. How many in here believe that I have told them the truth of the Gospel tonight? Let's see your hands, in the prayer line too. Do you believe it with all your heart, everywhere? You believe it up in the balconies that it's the truth? Are you going to help me in the meeting to pray with me now? This may be our last campaign; we don't know. We don't know just what. But we're going to try everything that we can to help you.

31 And I tell you; it's not here for any selfish motive, friends. It's here to help you, and to help the sinner to receive Jesus first, the backslider to come back to Christ, second. Third, we want you to get well. That's right. But first things must be first. All right.
Billy Paul, Is this the patient? Okay. Now, every one reverent and pray with me. When I start praying for the person, you pray with me.
All right, sister. Do you believe now that the Lord Jesus would make you well, with all your heart? Do you believe that whatever I'd ask Him that He would do it? You do. Have you ever been to one of my meetings before? You've been... Yes. You see how He tells things and knows things about people. You understand that? If I didn't even say a word to you but just prayed for you, you believe you get well anyhow, don't you? You believe it. I believe you would too, sister. Let's bow our heads just a moment.
Kind heavenly Father, I ask You to be merciful to this dear woman, and may she be healed tonight by Thy power divine. And may Thy mercies be upon her and make her well. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I ask this to be. Amen. Now, do you believe that the back trouble's left you? All right. It has, you know. All right.

32 Come, lady. You believe with all your heart? 'Course, I see you have a goiter on your neck. That's to be seen. 'Course, do you believe that the Lord Jesus Christ would be here, would make you well if I...? Do you believe He could tell me about your life if He wanted to? He could. He wouldn't necessarily have to would He? No, no, wouldn't have to. But you believe if I just ask prayer for you that you'd get well. Would you come back and testify in the meeting? If you could go home tonight, and eat and get over that stomach trouble, you'd feel good about it too? Wouldn't you, wouldn't you? Now, you can do that. You just go eat now.
Lord Jesus, I pray that You bless this woman, and may she go and be made well. For Your glory, I lay hands upon her in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Now, go eat and come back tell me. Tell me, and watch your goiter go away. All right.

33 Do you believe with all your heart, sister? You believe that the Lord will make you well? Would you be willing to come back here and testify to the glory of God, if He'd made you well? God bless you. Come. Now, heavenly Father, let Thy mercies and blessings rest upon the woman, and as she goes from here tonight, may she go rejoicing, and happy, and made well, as I lay hands upon her in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Now, go rejoicing, that's it. She's from out of town. She got healed. All right.
Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart, as you come? Do you believe that God is here to make you well? You believe if we ask Him... Look at the people out there that's praying for you. Oh, around a thousand people, I guess, is praying for you. Do you believe that right here now under the power of the Holy Spirit that He'd make you well? How many in the audience is believing this with all their heart now? I'm asking you to come back and testify.
Lord Jesus, as I lay hands upon the woman, I ask that she be made completely whole, in Jesus Christ's name. Grant it, Lord. Amen. God bless you. Now, go rejoicing, be happy.
Do you believe also, sister, that you'd be made well? 'Course your disease is not dreadful; it's not nothing that would kill you, but it's enough to make you feel bad all the time: stiff in your back and can't get up. But, do you believe that God will make you well of this?
Lord Jesus, I pray that you'll heal the woman and when she leaves here tonight, may she go happy and rejoicing, made well through Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you, lady. Now, go rejoicing and happy.

34 Now, friends, you might say, "Well, I don't see nothing happening." There's nothing on here yet that you could see happen, see. It's nothing has come to the platform yet that you could see supernaturally, unless it's just something that don't show, you see. But the people are getting healed. That's exactly right. Here, for instance, here, so that they might know.
Come here. Do you believe, sister, with all your heart? With all your heart? If I didn't say one thing to you, you'd believe it anyhow, wouldn't you? You'd believe if I... All right.
Come here. Let me have your hand. I want you to look at my hand, see. Now, see how my hand looks? Now, let's see. I want you to put your hand on mine. Now, look at the difference in my hand. See that swelling up there and them little bumps running over it?
Now, what's the matter with you, you got stomach trouble. It's ulcerated stomach; isn't that right? Now, do you believe Jesus will heal you? I want you to watch. Take your hand off, take your hand off. Now look, now my hand goes back, normal. Now, take this other hand and put on it. Isn't that way, is it? You're just as much human in this hand as you are in that hand, aren't you? See, I put my hand on it. Doesn't bother a bit, does it? Now, put this hand here back on here again; watch. Now, see? Now, I want you to watch my hand while I pray. And now, you believe that I've told you the truth, and God's going to make you well, and see what happens to the hand. Shall we bow our heads.
Heavenly Father, this poor woman standing here suffering, I ask You to be merciful to her. See her suffer with this demon power that's possessed her and trying to take her over, but Thou art here to liberate her. And I ask for her healing. Come out of her, Satan. In the name of Jesus Christ, leave the woman.
Now, sister, before I open my eyes or anything else, it's left my hand, hasn't it? My hand's back normal again. If it's right say "Yes." All right. Now, you can raise your head, audience. Something's happened, hasn't it? Now, a few moments ago my hand would swell up and get real red. Is that right? Now watch. I take my hand off. Now, put this hand over here. See, nothing happens. Put this one on now. Nothing happens. Something's happened, hasn't it? Your stomach trouble is gone. Go eat, that's right. God bless you.

35 You must have faith, regardless of whether God says anything or not, see. If you talk to people, sure you find out what's wrong with them. That's exactly right, if you talk to people. But the thing, you don't get but just about three or four through, and then you're so weak you can't hardly stand it. For instance this... Just be reverent; don't move around (Please, don't.), during the meeting. See, you interrupt, be real reverent.
Now, look here, sir. Do you believe me to be God's servant? You believe that this... Now, I want to talk to you just a moment. Now, you just look right straight this way, and I will look off somewhere else, so that they won't think it's mental telepathy. But I want you to look at me, this way, and believe with all your heart.
Did you ever see that picture of the Angel of the Lord, that they got in the picture? We'll have some of them in a few days, if the Lord... You've seen it have you, where they take the picture of it down there in Houston, Texas. You realize that something's taking place now, isn't it? That something... You feel strange, kind of a feeling of kindness or like love or something another. It's on you now. That's what that is. That what it is; it's Him that's here anointing moving to you. That's right. You have stomach trouble also, and a diabetic condition. And I tell you something else; you only have a half a kidney. Is that right? But you're healed. Your faith's made you well, sir. Go home, be made well. Amen. God bless you, sir.

36 Now, I want to ask you something for the audience. We're strangers to one another. We've never seen one another in our life, but when you come up there... When I started talking to you, then all of a sudden, just like a real sweet feeling come over you. Is that right? Then all at once, the relief come. It was all over. That's when you where healed. Your faith did it, brother, not me, brother. Your faith in Christ did it. God bless you, all right.

37 Come. Now, that's the weakening part. That's what hurts.
What's the matter, sister, sitting there weeping? Got arthritis, don't you have, the little white hat on sitting there. You believe? You got eczema broke out on you also. You believe that God makes you well? All right, stand up on your feet and receive your healing. Now, your arthritis is gone from you, and your faith's healed you. You don't have to have it. Now, that's what we can... See that? Just be reverent and pray.
All right. You believe with all your heart, lady? Do you believe? You believe that God sent me here to help you? You got heart trouble for one thing, and you're real nervous. I see you trying to get up at night. You can't sleep, just rolling around the bed, sleepless. Isn't that right? That's exactly right. Go home now; you're going to sleep tonight. Jesus Christ makes you well. Have faith. Believe with all your heart.
If I just ask God to bless you and heal you, would He do it? Lord Jesus, I pray that You'll bless sister, and let her go and be made well for Your glory, in Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you. Go now, believing.

38 All right. Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart? You believe if I'd just ask Him that you'll... [Brother Branham speaks aside.] Lord Jesus, I pray that You'll bless the woman, and heal her, and make her well through Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you, sister, go rejoicing.
All right, come. Do you believe with all your heart? O Lord, I pray that You'll heal sister, and may she go from here tonight rejoicing, and happy, and made well through Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you, sister. Go rejoicing, being happy.
Got gallbladder trouble, haven't you? Do you believe God'll make you well? God bless you. High blood pressure also. If you believe Him with all your heart you can be made well. Go home. God bless you.
You have stomach trouble, sir. But it's gone from you now. You can go home, eat, and be well, and made happy. God bless you.
You believe with all your heart? Lord Jesus, I ask that You'd heal our sister, and may she go from here tonight well, through Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you, sister; go happy and rejoicing.

39 Come, sister. Oh, my, such a faith building in the audience now. Now, here He is a moving---the Holy Spirit. Now, there's something wrong with this woman. There's something wrong there in the audience the same way. It's that man sitting right there. You got something wrong with your eyes, sir. And also you got a growth on your left shoulder. It's not showing, but that's right. Isn't that right? Raise up to your feet. Got a growth on your left shoulder, and God heals you. And this woman had a tumor, He's healed her, so you can both go and be made well. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ may this leave him and never come again. Amen.

40 All right, will you come, sister? Have faith, everybody, right now. Come, come, sister. Do you believe? Lord Jesus, I pray that You'll heal the woman and make her completely whole for Your glory in Jesus Christ's name, Amen. God bless you, sister.
Do you believe you could walk without that? You believe Jesus Christ... Well, put it on your shoulder and walk on across the platform. You don't need it. Just take it in your hand like this, and go on across the platform, say, "Thank You, Lord, thank You, Lord."
Do you believe, sister, with all your heart? In Jesus' name go and be made whole.

41 See? You just have to get a little start. That's all you have to do. Just get your faith moving one time; God will do the rest of it. The whole group of you can do the same thing, right now, if you believe it.
Believe, sir? In the name of Jesus Christ may you be healed and made whole. Amen. God bless you, brother. Go rejoicing.
Do you believe that God will heal you, if we'll ask Him? There's something here that knows things. Isn't that right? You believe it's the Lord Jesus? Father, I pray that You'll bless her and heal her in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Go, rejoicing now; being happy. All right.

42 Have faith in God. Do you believe with all your heart, with all your soul? Amen. He's real to you, isn't He? Got arthritis in your leg. Uh-huh. It's in your right leg, isn't it? It's in your right leg. You're up for an operation, aren't you? Well, it's... You got a tumor, anyhow. A tumor in the womb. Is that right? Doctor said so, so you got to be operated on unless God healed you. Isn't that right? Yes, Ma'am. You spell your name ... pronounce it Maki, M-a-k-i? Uh-huh. Helma is your first... Miss Helma Maki? And you live at 850 Park Avenue. You go on home. You're going to be made well in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Do you believe with all your heart? How many of you would like to be healed right now and made well, seeing you believe that Jesus Christ is here? All right. Stand up on your feet a minute, just a minute. I don't care how crippled you are, how blind you are, stand up on your feet just a minute. Now, lay your hands over on one another, everywhere in here. Now, bow your heads just a minute.
Kind heavenly Father, Your Spirit moving over this little audience tonight, sweeping on out here, knowing that Your presence is here, and can heal every sick person in the building. Grant it, Lord, at this time.
You who are here, proving yourself that you're the Lord Jesus Christ. I condemn every sickness, every demon power to be broken, that tomorrow night this place would be flooded with testimonies to the glory of God. Lord Jesus, grant this.
And, Satan, come out of the people. In the name of Jesus Christ, I adjure thee to leave every one of them.
Now, raise up your hands and thank God for your healing. Let the cripples raise up; let the blind go looking around the building; let the lame go to walking, rejoicing, being happy. You're healed every one of you in Jesus Christ's name. Glory be to God.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Shall we bow our heads just a moment for prayer.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. We thank Thee tonight, Father, for the Lord Jesus Christ who gave Himself for us. We, unworthy ones, but, yet He was willing to die for the unworthy. And we humbly accept it tonight, Lord, with all of our hearts as He, being our Saviour, Redeemer, healer.
And we pray, Father, tonight that His great Being will be present with us and will baptize us in His blessings. And may, when we go from here tonight, may we go like those from Emmaus saying, "Did not our hearts burn within us, because we seen Him and we knew Him." For we ask it in His name. Amen.
You be seated.

2 So happy for the opportunity to be in this lovely auditorium tonight here in Chicago in this Lane High School Auditorium. And we're certainly grateful to the people who are here, to be present at the meeting, and for all the ministers, the laity, all of God's children, the strangers in our gates. We're very thankful to this school for their fine cooperation with us, to let us have this through this next coming week. The churches are lovely, but they're just a little small for this type of meeting. And we're grateful to this school. May God grant it the best.
And for the engineer here, the electrician, some that I have met today, of the ones who work here in the ... with the auditorium. And we are very grateful to them and may God bless them.

3 Now, we trust that this week will be one of our greatest weeks in the history of Chicago, because of His Presence. And I am so grateful for these things, for the opportunity.
Some of you here perhaps... How many is here was never in one of our campaigns before? Let's see your hands, never was in one of our campaigns before. Well, there's quite a number that has never been in them before.
Well, we certainly welcome you with the heartiest of welcomes. And I want to say to many of you probably here for the first night beginning in the campaign, we've been a few nights over in the Philadelphian Church with our good friend, Brother Joseph Boze. And we appreciate that fine courtesy we find from he and from his over there, his group.
And now many of you here and last time before going over to India, you helped sponsor that meeting to India. We had a great success. The Lord blessed, and many thousands of people came to know the Lord Jesus Christ, who were unbelievers before.

4 Just a few nights meeting we stayed, because of not sufficient room to put the people. It was approximately five hundred thousand people at the meeting. And we've had no place to put them, and they had to lay in the streets and everywhere they could. And it was just such a pathetic sight, and it raining and everything, that we told them we would come at another season to them. And God willing, I hope to be back again this coming summer with the Indian people.
And I certainly appreciate all that you done. And someday in the great beyond, some of those unbelieving heathens that worship idols, and cattle, and flies, and fleas, and insects, and the sun and all kinds of objects, now are sweet, lovely, humble Christians because you helped send the Gospel over there.
And at the day of the reward, see, you was the one who gets the reward. I only done what He told me to do. You were the one who sponsored the way. So, the Lord bless you.

5 Now, this afternoon I had about thirty, forty minutes of speaking a Gospel message. And last night I spoke on a Gospel message and tonight we want to have healing services, God being willing. So, therefore, I will not be able to go into the other message for tonight, because it takes so much time in the healing line.
It doesn't, say now, that I do the healing. It's your faith in God that does the healing, see. It isn't I. I have nothing to do with it, just try to bring your faith up to a place where you can be healed.
And I'm sure that every person that believes on the Lord, be more than glad to help everything they can to see someone get well.

6 I have a wonderful story from India; I told it at the little church the other night, of a blind man, been blind twenty years. He's even testified before the President. He's just as perfectly normal as any man of his age, thirty or forty years old, that's in the building tonight, after being totally blind for twenty years. And in that miracle that our Lord Jesus performed, was what caused the thousands at one time to come to the Lord Jesus.
When it was brought to a showdown, if God is God, after the vision had been seen, of course, that he was going to be healed, then we could bring it to a showdown. But I would be daresn't to do that, just challenge it, without knowing what I was doing.
But the Lord told you, "When you come to church tomorrow night, bring your umbrella, because it's going to be raining when you go home," it wouldn't be hard to believe that. You'd bring your umbrella, wouldn't you? Well, if He told you so, if He met you and said to bring it, you'd sure bring it, 'cause you know it was going to rain. Well, that's just the way it is. When He tells us anything, it's got to happen.

7 Now, in the Gospel of Saint Mark tonight, the Lord willing, just to speak just for a few moments.
I'll lay my watch out here, and try to be ready in the next ten or fifteen minutes for the prayer line. And that'll let us out in time. We don't want to keep you late, because tomorrow you work. We want to cooperate every way we can and try to bring the Gospel to you. And may you receive it tonight, in the way that it's trying to be given to you, with a heart full of love for everyone of you, knowing that each one of us are an eternity-bound person.
I don't know what time I'm going to have to stand in His presence to give an account for my life. No one here knows. But, one thing sure, we're going to have to stand there, so we must make every hour count. That's why I'm here tonight.

8 I believe that you're a lovely, big city here. Of every city that I've ministered to in the United States, Canada, to Mexico; I don't know of a city on the North American continent that I think is any more ready for a revival than Chicago. That's right. I trust that God will give it to you. I do. I hope it starts now, goes on through.
I hear that Mr. Graham, our Brother Billy Graham, is coming next year. And I pray that there'll be so many converted, between now and then, that he'll be able to take it to all Chicago, and all Chicago be a little Jerusalem around here.
I'd just like to see it, for it would just be wonderful. So we'll keep praying, trusting, looking up, believing that God will do it.

9 Now, I just want to speak a few words here and read a little from the Bible. Then we'll call the prayer line.
Now in Saint Mark the 5th chapter, we read these words. The first couple verses, just for a little background.
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man possessed with an unclean spirit.
And may the Lord add His blessings to this reading. Just to get the company of believers here settled down, so the Holy Spirit can go to work immediately, and start a work on the people to heal them. That's the reason I speak just a few moments. I've been in prayer for the last two or three hours since I left here, and we're ready now for the service. The Angel of the Lord is near.

10 In this time, Jesus had done great things in these early days, in His early ministry. He was misunderstood as most everyone.
Did you ever come to think of it, that most men who ever do anything great for the kingdom of God stand alone? Did you ever think of it? You have to stand by yourself. Jesus stood alone, and all down through the ages other men who stood alone, Finney, Sankey, Calvin, Knox, even to Abraham Lincoln. That's right, stood alone. Men who do great things, men of vision, men of spiritual understanding, stand alone. And I think that's because that Jesus had to stand alone Himself.

11 Now, the one principle of us being here, trying to help you... And the only way that I know, Christian friends, to help you is to get your faith, the best that I can by the Word of God, centered on the will of God for you, see.
If you can only see that it's God's will to do these things for you. It's God's will to save you all. It's God's will to heal you all. And He will certainly lead you into deeper depths and higher heights, if you'll just trust Him.
Don't be satisfied with your fire built here, from last night. Let's build it a little farther up the road tonight. Never build it in the same place. You can't stand still. You're either backsliding or going forward.

12 We've had years now. There hasn't been too much done. But I truly believe that we're entering into the greatest time this world has ever seen. I certainly believe that there is coming a time, and it's at hand now, of God going to make Himself manifested, the greatest He's ever done in all ages.
This is the ending up of the time. Time will be no more one of these days. We've come out of eternity, stepped into a little time space here, and step out of time back into eternity. We was before there was a world. Then we came into the world and we go out of the world back into the unknown to us now.
And now, in here, we've had our Saviour come here to the earth, God Himself, made Himself manifested to us and give us the hope of everlasting life, eternal life. And, also, in there He promised us joy and happiness and contentment which is the earnest of our salvation that we have now as a golden inheritance.

13 And in our hearts, something that pounds great, for we know that God has give us this great attribute. Also, in there, He gave us the hope of a resurrection of our bodies. And for the earnest money of that, He gave us divine healing.
And if all the world tonight would go down on divine healing and say, "There is no such a thing" I could not say but what there is. For first, the Bible said so; and, Christian friends, I've done come too far, seen too much, see, to never turn from that, for I know what it is.
As long as God keeps me mentally right, and helps me and gives me His love in my heart, as I have it now, I'll always know He's a healer. For nothing could save me from my sickness, the condition that I was in. Not even Mayo's Clinic; they turned me down. But tonight, by God's grace, I'm in perfect health.

14 And so, I've seen thousands of those. And now, I don't give myself credit; I have no credit. I'm only grateful to God that He lets me take the message to others. For any man that would have anything to do with it, and keep it himself and wouldn't divide it with someone else, is selfish. And that's not the Christian attitude. We must be willing to help others, and see that others gets the same blessing that we're getting.

15 If I was to be a millionaire tonight, I'd want everybody in the world to be a millionaire, see. Because we're brothers. We might disagree upon different things, but we're still brothers and sisters. We love each other when the love of God is in our hearts.
And even being enemies, if we'd have any, which we probably have. But, still, we love them anyhow because they, no matter what estate they're in, they're God's children, fallen, but they're God's children yet.
And now, tonight, my purpose is to try to base your faith on the Word of God, that you might know that Jesus Christ is not dead, but He's living right here in Chicago, in this room tonight. If we only seen what He did.

16 And let's look at it just as sensibly. And to some of you people who do understand, bear with the newcomers. We could just ask this question.
The theme of my campaign has always been: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. And if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He's bound to do the same things that He did yesterday. For that's how we know who He was: by the things He done.
Even the Jews, the great Nicodemus, the teacher, came to Him by night, and said, "Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher come from God. For no man can do these things that You do 'less God would be with him." They knew that.

17 Well, now, if He has raised from the dead, and promised that the very same things that He did, we would do also. Now, that's got to be either right or wrong. Isn't that right, church? It's right or wrong. Well, if it is right, let's embrace it and love Him with all of our hearts. If it isn't right, let's get away from it, 'cause it's not right.
When they was reading the Koran-bible to me not long ago in India, and someone had been there a little before me; and they wanted to believe that part of it wasn't inspired, and Mark 16 wasn't inspired, and some more of it wasn't inspired. He said, "What kind of a Bible have you got?"
Said, "We believe all the Koran is inspired." Said, "If part of this is inspired and the rest of it's not inspired, how can you have faith?" That's right.

18 Now, it's either all inspired or none of it's inspired. I believe every word of it is inspired, written by God. If we can only rightly put it in its place, where it belongs. And if we put it in its place, God will perform and operate and prove His Word.
Now, you couldn't put a grain of corn in a box of sawdust or ashes, and it would grow. It won't do it. It's got to be in the right kind of soil to make it grow. Is that right?

19 Well that's... It's corn, it'll grow if it's in the right place. And wheat, you couldn't put it out in a dry place like you would raise onions, or turnips, or something in sandy ground. You couldn't put wheat out there, for it wouldn't grow. It's got to be ... it's bedded down in water. See, it's got to be in the right kind of soil, and so does God's Word have to be put in the right kind of soil, or faith, or it won't produce nothing. You see what I mean?
Yet you receive it as the Word, but if it isn't in the right kind of a soil, it won't materialize. It just can't, because there's nothing there to make it grow. But if it's ever received with faith, something's going to happen.

20 Now, Jesus, when He was here on earth, the works and signs and wonders that He did then, now, He will do it again tonight. He will do it every time that His Word is put to a showdown; He'll do it. For He has to in order to be the resurrected Jesus.
Now, if He doesn't do it, then He never raised from the dead. That's right. He's still dead. But we don't worship a dead God. We worship a living God who is raised from the dead, and lives here among us tonight and doing the same things tonight that He did back there.
Now, for the newcomers we might ask this, "What did He do back there? What kind of a man was He? What kind of works did He do?"
Well, He didn't entertain too big of crowds. He'd have up, sometimes five thousand in a crowd. The Sanhedrin could have called two million in a crowd. So, He didn't ... say, that He just drawed the biggest crowds in the country. That doesn't mean that He was right.

21 He didn't dress any different from anybody else. He was no great big man of high stature like Saul. The Bible said, "There was no beauty we should desire Him. And when we seen Him, we hid our face from Him," see. He was just nothing much to look at.
But what He was, what makes us love Him, He was the Son of God. That's what makes us love Him.
Someone might say, "Well, was He a yellow man? Black man? White man? Brown man?" I don't care what He was, what He looked like, He's my Saviour. I love Him. Don't make any difference whether He was little, big or what He was. I love Him.
For when we are born into Him, we become a part of Him. We love Him, and He is ours, and we are His.

22 But when He was here on earth, He didn't claim that He was a great healer. Frankly, He claimed just the vice-versa. He said He wasn't no healer. He said, "I can do nothing in Myself. Just what I see the Father doing, that's what I do." Saint John 5:19.
He was questioned. He had healed one man laying on a pallet with some kind of a disease or something. The man could walk. He said, "When I'm coming down to the pool somebody steps in ahead of me."
But look what He passed by. Maybe three or four times as many people that's in here tonight. And everyone of them was lame, halt, twisted, withered, and blind. Just look what a condition. And He passed right through everyone of them, went and healed this one, and walked away and left the rest of them there. To the natural mind, it would be questioned.
As I have said, there's three elements that people dwell in. This first one is humanistic. Down here, we say, "Well, I prayed for that person, I'm hoping they'll get well." Now next is divine revelation. That's when something down in your heart anchors it, and says, "It's going to happen." Then something is going to happen. Then the third element is visions, or the Word of the Lord, made manifest. When you see that, it's "Thus saith the Lord."

23 Now, Jesus, when He was passing by the gates of Jericho, a blind man run out to Him, began to cry, "Have mercy on me,"--blind Bartimaeus. And Jesus had His face set to Calvary to go to be crucified, and He, perhaps, never even heard the man.
So he cried the much louder, "Thou Son of David, have mercy on me." Somehow, the man's faith touched Jesus, and He turned around and told him his faith had made him well.
A woman, one time, touched His garment. For in her heart, she said, "If I can touch His garment. He's a holy man. I believe Him to be what He says He is. If I can just only touch Him, I will be made well of my plague."
And she touched Him, turned right around, walked out into the audience. Jesus stopped and looked around over the audience, found where she was at. He said, "Thy faith has made thee whole. Your plague's gone now." That was Jesus. He only did as the Father showed Him.

24 He called a woman from the well of Samaria one time to give Him a drink and she wouldn't do it, because she thought... It was not according to etiquette in that day, for they didn't have any dealings with one another, the Jew and the Samaritan.
He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink. And I'd bring you water ... or, give you water that you didn't draw from this well."
And they went ahead on the course about the well and so forth and how she said her father Jacob drank from it and so forth.
So after awhile when He got talking to her a little while, He said, "Go get your husband." That was right straight what the trouble of that woman was.

25 I believe if she'd had a cancer, Jesus would have told her she had cancer. I believe if she'd had TB, Jesus would have told her she had TB. Don't you? But what was her trouble? She had five husbands.
So, He said, "Go get thy husband."
She said, "I have none."
Said, "That's right. You got five."
She said, "I perceive that You are a prophet, Sir."
Now, she said, "I know when the Messiah comes," that was Jesus, not knowing that was Him, said, "I know when Messiah comes He will tell us those things."
See, that's the sign of the Messiah. Said, "I know when the Messiah comes that He'll do this." But, in other words, "You must be a prophet, a disciple of the Messiah, for You knew that I ... who I was, and told me now something that I know that You know nothing about. And You told me that I had five husbands and You don't know nothing about me, so you must be a prophet." She said, "Now, when Messiah cometh, He'll do that."
He said, "I am He that speaks to you."
And she left the waterpot, and run into the city and said, "Come see a man." That was it.
She couldn't hold herself any longer. Messiah was there, an ordinary man, sitting out there waiting for them to go get some meat, and bring it out there for Him to eat. Thirsting to drink water out of the well.
A man, man was laughed at, made fun of, dressed like ordinary men, talked in such poor language, till it even mixes up the translators today.

26 What a high talk they had then. They try to bring the Bible expressions up to that. That's the reason one says it this way and one says it that way.
It was such humble talk till they don't even know what to think about it. God did it that way to hide it from the eyes of the wise and prudent, and reveal it to babes such as will learn.
That's the reason they can't translate it. It'll only be revealed through spiritual revelation. Then when you once get inside with Christ, He'll reveal Himself to you. This is what it is. That's what it is.

27 Now, when we see Him doing those things... Now, if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, well, of course, He does the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Now, when He went away, He said, "A little while and the world will see Me no more. Yet, you shall see Me, for..." Now, who is that "you"? Someone might say, "That was the disciples He was talking to."
Well how could this be then? He said, "A little while and the world won't see Me anymore, yet you shall see Me, for I will be with you, even in you to the end of the world."
Now the disciples have been dead two thousand years, right on it. So there has to be some "yous" that'll see Him, all the way to the end of the world. And there's got to be some "world" that will not see Him anymore.
Aren't you happy tonight you're "ye"? "If ye believe." Now, we're so happy for this.

28 Notice, He said, "The things that I do..." In other words, the same type of ministry that He had, would be with the believers all the way to the end of the world. That makes Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We teach Him as a living God. Not one that's dead; One that's raised from the dead.
If He's just here on earth and perform miracles, He was just a prophet. But when He died--if that was the end of it--He was just a prophet. But if He raised from the dead, then He's more than a prophet. He's a Son of God.

29 So, you see, friends, you've got to believe that. Just the same as Him here tonight, just like He was on Galilee. And when you see that and see His Word made so plain that it's right here before you, that brings faith up. Then, it's not a man that heals you, it's not my prayer that heals you, it's not their prayer that heals you; it's your own faith that heals you.
Jesus never said to the woman, now, when He found her out there in the audience looking around like that and couldn't find Him, He felt something, whatever it was. He said virtue (which means "strength") went from Him. And He looked out to see who it was. Said, "I've been touched."

30 Why, the disciples said, "Why, the multitudes are thronging you. Why do you say 'touched me'?"
He said, "Yes," said, "somebody touched me." And He looked down over the audience, and then those majestic eyes centered right down to them. She seen she could not be hid. So, He said, "Thy faith has saved thee. The plague's gone now."

31 Now, if that Jesus was standing here tonight, He could look over this audience, and if any person could touch Him with their faith, the same thing would take place. You believe it? Same thing, if He's the same Jesus.
Then, if He was here tonight, He wouldn't claim, "Bring Me this man or this woman, or so-and-so, and let Me heal them." No, no. He said, "I can do nothing unless the Father shows Me what to do." Is that correct? Saint John 5:19. That He did nothing unless the Father showed Him. Then when the Father showed Him, He just went and acted out what the Father showed Him to do.
Now, Jesus, raised from the dead, He could stand here tonight, and you might come here and talk to Him on the platform. He'd look at you, and He'd say, "Well, you have a certain thing wrong with you, and you're Mr. So-and-so, from a certain place."

32 You'd say, "Lord Jesus, will You heal me?"
He'd say, "Don't you believe Me? I've already did it when I died for you at Calvary. Do you believe this?"
You'd said, "Yes."
He'd say, "Well, then, go on your way. Your faith saves you."

33 So, see, healing, or salvation cannot come from any man. Now, there's gifts in the church, such as prophecy, and gifts of healing, and so forth. That don't mean power to heal, that means knowledge of the word of healing.
A preacher don't mean you're saved, but it means the knowledge of the word of salvation. He was gifted with the gift to teach, or to preach, or to prophesy, or any of those gifts is to magnify Jesus Christ and bring Him to the people. And then when the people sees it, they believe it, accept it, confess it, then they're saved.
That's the same thing a gift of healing does. A man can preach the Word so simple that a child could understand it. The people say, "Well, that's right." Then He's cornering the devil.
First thing you know then, the person says, "Oh, I believe it. Oh, I believe it's for me." And they accept it. That settles it. They go on, testifying of it, and they get well. That's the on...

34 You say, "I've seen some testify and didn't get well." I've seen some that professed to be saved and didn't get saved," see.
It's your faith that does it. If you really believe it, it'll do it. So, therefore, no man can save you, no man can heal you, for He has already been wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. Was, see. "Chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we were healed." Saved, healed, when He died at Calvary. So, the only thing that those gifts can do is point you to the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary. You see it?

35 Now, a minister with a gift of divine healing, he come in here. It's [unclear word]... Many gifts can rest in that minister. He comes in here to the building. He takes the Word of God. He's a master-explainer. He can stand and explain it like Mr. Roberts or Tommy Osborn, or some of those brethren like that who are masterpieces on the Scripture--wonderful men. They've all been right here in Chicago and preached to you. And you know they are. Master-men on explaining the Word. That's gifts of healing.

36 Now that's the way they try to make you see. That's their gift they have to prove to you that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. They believe it with all their heart. And they prove it by the Word that it's right.
Now, I am not a gifted person of that type. My gift is seeing visions. Then when you see something that God has did, something that the Father has made manifest as a spiritual gift, a knowledge that God comes down and anoints; makes them preach the Word.
Then God comes down in an anointing of another gift and he'll know things, and foreshow things, and tell things that was, and what will be. What's that to do? Does that heal you? No. It brings your faith up to Jesus Christ Who has already healed you. That's it. Then you believe it and go away saying, "Praise the Lord, I'm healed."

37 Now, Jesus crossing in the boat... Quickly now, just a few minutes. Crossing this sea, I can just imagine how that was. He'd preached all day and that night a big storm come up on the sea and liked to sunk the little boat, and weary and tired but never afraid. I like that.
Jesus didn't have to go out and fast all day and pray all day and then, say, "Now I wonder if I've got faith enough to do this." He was unconscious of the faith that He had.
Any man or woman that ever make real warriors in the kingdom of God is perfectly unconscious to their faith. You keep trying to test your faith. "Wonder if I've got faith enough to do this? Have I got faith."
Don't test your faith. God said so, do it anyhow. God said so. Have you ever tested your faith whether you had enough faith to come to the meeting or not tonight? Do you test your faith to see if you had enough faith to eat your supper tonight? Have you tested... Do you think you'll have to fast awhile and test your faith to see if you got enough faith to drive your car home? Certainly not. It's just automatically you believe it.

38 That's the way you believe healing. Believe anything God says. Just don't fight at it, and shake at it, and rebuke the devil every minute. Just accept it and go on. That's it. There's nothing to be alarmed about. God said so and that settled it. So, we just go ahead, knowing it's going to happen. Just forget about it. God said it, that proves it, I believe it, that settles it. That's all you have to do.

39 Jesus laying in the back of the boat, and He was asleep, and He raised and to stilled the waters. Now look, He's crossing that stormy sea. And when He gets over to the other side... He come all the way across that stormy sea, through that dark, dismal, rainy, stormy night when, perhaps, ten thousand devils of the sea swore they'd drown Him.
And there He was out there in that little, old boat bouncing around like that through the night, tired and weary. He come all the way over to Gadarea for one purpose. There was one person needed help, that was a maniac of Gadarea, a crazy man. He come all the way across the stormy sea that took Him all night, to help one person.

40 He'd come all the way from glory tonight, to manifest Himself to heal any person that's in here. That's the loving heart of the Lord Jesus.
And when this maniac met Him, he run out there, I suppose, like he's going to kill Him. But, He seen he was so completely ... that boy was so completely surrendered to Satan till the devil used his tongue.
You believe the devil can use your tongue? Certainly he does. Make you say things that you don't want to say. Make you lie, steal, make you tell things that's not right, say bad words that God don't want you to say. The devil gets complete control of you.
Well, then, if he gets all the way control of you, you don't know what you're going to say. You become a mad man. And a person... Do you believe your tongue can be used for Jesus Christ? Certainly it can.

41 Then you sing the Gospel, preach the Gospel, and speak good things, and talk good things, and say good words. Then you can become so completely surrendered to the Holy Spirit till He can speak a language that you know nothing about. That's right. He can.

42 Now, this maniac was so completely in the hands of Satan, poor fellow, bound, perhaps one time a good man. But he just started trifling a little here, and trifling a little there. And after awhile, the devils had him out in a tomb.
And when he was, he's such a powerful man till they could bind him with chains and he'd just break the chain. Did you ever try to hold a mad man, maniac? Why, they're many times their strength. Try to hold one once and watch how he carries on. Why, he's a rough fellow. What is that? That's supernatural power. It's the devil on the man.

43 Well, if the devil can take a man yielded perfectly to him, and make him two or three times his strength, what can a man that's yielded to the Holy Spirit, what can God do for him? How many more times can He make him strong?
A man that can't move, is paralyzed, the Holy Spirit get a hold of him, straighten him right up. A man that's so weak he can't raise up...

44 A little woman the other night, they was talking about here, from Mayo's, that was so completely gone that she was laying on a stretcher. And the Holy Spirit got a hold of her, and healed her right there. She got up and so happy, she couldn't even sleep all night. When the Mayo Clinic had give her up, just a few nights ago.
Now, what is that? Yielding. And this man, when he seen Jesus coming... Perhaps, the devil tore his mind and run out there to get Jesus, because no one could pass by.
So, when that demon got close to the Lord Jesus Christ, he recognized who it was. Don't say they don't recognize you, they do. Do you believe devils recognize Christians? Certainly they...

45 Well, the Scripture, I believe, some place says that the devils tremble when the weakest of saints goes to their knees. What a power and a privilege has been given to the church of the living God. When you fall to your knees in prayer, even the devils tremble, to the weakest of them. Think of it.

46 I seen a poor woman here sometime ago, so completely yielded to the Holy ... unto the Holy Spirit that... She was so completely yielded to the wrong spirit till it throwed her on her back and her feet was up like that. She crawled on her back like a snake. She didn't even know nothing for two years.
And I went down into the basement of the auditorium to pray for the woman. They couldn't even bring her in a public place like this. While they brought her from the insane institution, she kicked the windows out of a car with five men in there. The ambulance wouldn't even dare to touch her--strong, two or three times her power.

47 And so, the husband wanted me to see her. I went down the steps. He said, "Don't go near her, Brother Branham," said, "She'll kill you."
I said, "Is that her laying out there with her feet?"
"That's right, just bleeding all over her limbs."
I said, "What's the matter?"
Said, "She kicked the glass out of the car. We brought her down in a Chevrolet car, and she kicked all the glasses out. Five men couldn't hold her."
And said, "She hasn't been off her back, so we was trying to hold her in there like this until we got her down here. We brought her two hundred miles." There'd been an insane woman received her right mind a few nights before that and he said, "We brought her."

48 I said, "I'll go out and see if I can talk to her."
Said, "Don't you do that." Said, "She'd kill you."
I said, "Oh, I don't think so." So, I walked out, started to take hold of her hand. I said, "How do you do, sister?"
She was laying there with her eyes starey, her hands up like this, and her feet sticking right up. And I caught a hold of her hand, and she gave me a jerk that she would have pulled me... Well, she'd probably broke my neck.

49 She jerked me like that with such a terrific force until my seat flew from under me. And my foot caught back right on her breast, like this, and I jerked my hand from her. Why, she would have threw me across the floor.
Strong, stronger, many times stronger than two or three men put together. Just jerked it like that, and a little, old housewife. But she was possessed with a demon, and she jerked me like that. And I caught my foot and they pulled my hand loose, and I run up on the steps like that.
And here she come across the floor, crawling on her back like a snake, and blowing like a snake, chasing me. I don't mean just wallowing in one place, she was moving. The movements of her body was making her come pretty fast. I had to run to get to the steps, out of her way. And she stopped right there on the floor and she turned around on her back like that.

50 She said, "William Branham, you ain't got nothing to do with me. I brought her here."
And her husband said, "What's that?" Said, "That's the first words she's spoke in two years."
Well, I said, "Sir, that's not her. That's that demon that's got her bound."
"Why," said, "she called you by your name."
I said, "That's right."
Said, "Did you ever see anything like that?"
I said, "Yeah, sure! Read of it in the Scripture." I said, "You have faith, brother, in our Lord Jesus Christ, and you believe that the same God that give that woman her right mental condition been from Piney Wood, Mississippi there, been in that insane institution for ten years. Didn't even know her boy went over seas, or come back. There she was in her home yesterday cooking dinner, in her right mind."

51 I said, "Do you believe that?"
Said, "Yes, sir and I believe it for my wife."
I said, "That's the reason he's crying out."
Said, "You have nothing to do with me." The woman said that to me. Now the man did not knowing much about it, he thought it was his wife saying it. His wife don't know nothing about her saying that. It was a devil.
I said, "That's right. But Jesus Christ has something to do with it."
So, I just prayed for the woman and asked the evil spirit to leave her. She laid on the floor. I said, "Take her on back to the institution, let them dismiss her."
So, in two days after that, she went home well, normal. A week after that, she sat in the meeting in another city, with her little children, just as normal as she can be. I think her husband's preaching the Gospel now. What was it? The same Jesus.

52 Oh, church of the living God! No wonder the medical association, the head of it, said it was a disgrace in our nation to see the things that's going on.

53 He said also the medical association... I got a piece here out of the paper. The head of the American Medical Association said, "No doctor has any right to enter into a home, to visit the sick people, that doesn't believe in the supreme being." And give a good write-up of Divine healing, better than I could make it myself.
I said, "They're just learning now what we've known for years." That's right. The Medical Association.
Many of you take the Christian Herald. Read that great write-up that they got from the doctors last month ... or, month before last when I was in Binghamton, New York. How the doctors are beginning to realize that these diseases are devils. Correctly.
The hour's coming when this world will shake under the impact of the church of the living God that's moving forward in great power. That's right. I hope to see it in my generation.

54 This maniac... This man was so possessed, a good man. The man was humble. He was a lovely brother. But the devil had him all bound.
And the devil said, "I know You, Jesus of Nazareth. Why do You come to torment me before my time comes?"
Jesus said, "Hold your peace and come out of him."
The devil spoke right quick, "If you're going to cast me out, let us go over there in that bunch of hogs."
And so, He said, "Go." And they run into those hogs, and those hogs, now, knowed something struck them that possessed them, and two thousand head of hogs run into the waters and drowned.
And this man in his right mind, clothed, sitting at the feet of Jesus. There you are! That's the way you act when you come in contact with Jesus. You're never the same. Legion could never be the same. And no one is ever the same after they once meet Jesus.

55 My prayer is tonight, my dear brother, sister, you of the Christian faith, and you without that's outside the kingdom of God, I pray that this will be the night that you'll come in contact with Jesus.
And to you that's sick tonight, the doctors has give you up, nothing can be done for you, I pray that this night you'll come in contact with Jesus. Go out of here, not the same as you come in, but healed.
Shall we pray, while the organ plays, if you will.
Everyone with your heads bowed now, and your eyes closed. We're looking towards Calvary. By eyes of faith, we believe that He's here. And now, Lord Jesus, the lovely One, who gives the insane their right mind, who gives the sick their healing, their good with physical bodies again. Who makes those who are wayward, doesn't know You, when they once meet You, things change.

56 I'm wondering what happened to Legion's home when he got there. What a different home it was.
Father, tonight, if there's anyone in here, maybe not like Legion was, but still outside of Christ, that's never come in contact with Him. Maybe their home's all tore up, no peace, no happiness in their home. Can't come in, sit down with their wife and little children, or with husband and little children. Just all tore up. Always touchy, and unpleasant around home. God, may they meet Jesus tonight, go home a different person.

57 Many are laying here in the building, Father, weary and sick. Won't You come, Lord? I'm not able to explain Your Word in such a way that would bring great faith to the people. But will You with a manifestation of the Angel of God standing near, will You come, Father, tonight?
Take this poor, unworthy person. And will You just take control of me? Not for own self-glory, but that the few words that's been preached might be made shown right now that it's the truth, that You've raised from the dead, and You're here. You've done it before, Father. I pray that You'll do it again tonight. People might believe then. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

58 Now, my beloved friends, if Jesus will appear in our midst tonight, now, and will manifest Himself just the way He did when He was here on earth, will you believe Him with all your heart? He'll do the same things He did? Up in the balconies, will you do the same thing? Will you accept Him up there? Say, "Yes, Lord, I..."
All the newcomers that's never been in my meeting before, will you raise your hand? Say, "If I can see Him do the same thing He did in Galilee, I--I--I'll believe it, I--I--I'll go away from here..." Newcomers, now, that's never seen the meeting, raise your hand. Say, "I..." God bless you. I believe it's a hundred percent, everywhere. Unanimously everywhere. I believe, Lord. Now, that's what I hope He'll do for you tonight.

59 Now, have the boys give out the prayer cards? Where is Billy? Is he ... [A brother says something to Brother Branham] Uh-huh, O? All right. Let's stand a few of them up like this to start number-1.
Who has O-number-1? Would you just raise your hand that we can see where you're at? Number-1? prayer cards... Look at your prayer cards, a little piece of paper that's got a number and a letter on it. And we have to number you so that we can do it rightly, 'cause there's probably a thousand more people in here wanting to be prayed for. We can't bring them all to the platform. Don't have to.

60 Anybody with O-number-1? Come down here to the right-hand side. Number-2? Who has number-2? Number-2? Go down here, lady. Number-3? Who has O-number-3? Would you raise your hand, number-3? Number-4? Who has number-4? Would you raise your hand? All right. Over here, lady. Number-5? Who has 5? This man. Number-6? Who has 6? Anyone have prayer card 6? All right. 7? Would you raise your hand, prayer card 7? The lady there. 8, 9? Have we got a prayer card 9, would you raise your hand? 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15?
Did I call 15? 15 or 20, what did I say? [Brother Boze says, "You have fifteen now."] 15. Let's see how many they line up there. See. Not, no one... Maybe set these here. Now, let's see how much... I may go right, number 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20?
Now, that does not have a prayer card, and yet is sick and needy and wants the Lord Jesus to heal you, would you just raise your hand? God bless you. Now, keep your hand up a minute.

61 Father God, you see this, Lord. They're Your poor, little children. Some of them are Your brethren. Some of them are Your handmaids. Some of them are just misses and some of them are little children. God, heal them. Will You? And I pray, Father, that something will take place that'll cause everyone of them to be healed tonight. May there not be one feeble person leave the building.
And, Lord, if any of those people out there that You are speaking to, will You just show them to me, Lord? I don't know them. Thou knowest that. But, You know them. Will You just speak and show them to me so that I might call them? I ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

62 The Holy Spirit is here. It's here now. The very... How many has ever seen it's picture? Let's see your hands. Has anybody in here ever seen the picture? We will have it here tomorrow. Now that same light that you see in the picture, God being my Judge, is not two foot from where I'm standing right now. That's right.
Now, it depends on her faith, or your faith, what It will speak through me. Just like this microphone. It's mute unless something's making a noise through it--perfectly mute. Don't know nothing, unless He speaks it. Then you be the judge.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I take every person and every soul in here under my control for His glory, that God might receive glory.
Now don't be critical. As soon as it anoints me, I will find something, see, just immediately. Don't do that, See. It's dangerous, 'cause the disease will come from one to another. So, you believe and faith. Don't doubt. Just have faith and believe.

63 They're taking a recording here, so I'll have to lay this speaker up here. The tape here got hot and let it loose. I believe it'll pick it up, the mike, here, Brother Beeler. Can you catch it there? Is your light flashing all right now?

64 Now, the boys will watch, and now don't no one move around. Remain where you are and be real reverent and look this way and believe. Now it's not an arena. We're not here... We're here in a church of the living God. And now, in the name of Jesus Christ, everyone be reverent and believe with all your heart.

65 Now, sister, being a stranger to you, never seeing you in my life. Of course, I see you're wearing glasses. There's something wrong with your eyes, that's true enough. But God knows you. Now, I'm just talking to you. And as soon as I go to talking, I find out this one thing: You are a Christian believer. You are a Christian, 'cause your spirit is welcome. I can feel the anointing of the Holy Spirit that you are a born-again believer. That's right. 'Cause your spirit feels welcome to the Angel of the Lord which is here now.

66 And you're sure that there's something going on. You can't explain just what it is. But it's a real sweet, humble feeling. Is that right? If it is, raise your hand to the people.
Now, the people that's looking, that knows the woman, you know whether she's truthful or not. The woman now knows, because between, she and I, there's a light moving, which is the Angel of the Lord. The woman knows that that's true.
That's the same thing that Jesus said to Nathanael, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
He said, "When did You know me, Rabbi?"
That's the same as it was then it is now. The woman could be an agnostic. She could be an unbeliever, or anything. How would I know? But the same Holy Spirit tells me that she's a believer and a born-again Christian, see. The same Jesus, is that right?

67 Now, may He tell her something else, something that she wanted to know. Now, I can't unless He would show me. You know that's true, us being strangers. I don't know what you're here for. God does. But if He'll reveal to me what you're here for, what you want to know, or something that you know that I don't know that He'll reveal it. Will you believe that He's risen from the dead and standing here now to meet that what you are asking for? Will the rest of the audience believe it with all of their heart if He'll reveal it?
This ought to settle it, if the Holy Spirit will do it. Now I just want you to believe, sister. Just stand there. Believe that you're in His presence. That's not your brother making you feel like that, you know. It's Him.
Now I see it. It's moving right down again across the woman. The lady has got some kind of a trouble and it's in her neck. She's got trouble in her neck. She keeps rubbing her neck. Then she's got trouble in her back. And then it comes around under; she's got trouble in the liver. That is true. [Sister says, "That's true."]

68 And you're having like headaches, real severe headaches. I see a crash or something. It's a automobile accident. ["Yes."] You've had an automobile accident and you've got a slipped vertebrae in the back, which is causing it. ["Yes, amen."] That's right. Amen. If that's true, raise your hand. ["That's true."]
Jesus the same yesterday, today, and forever. Did you hear that voice? That wasn't me. That wasn't me. That was Him. Do you believe Him now? ["Amen."] Now it turns all real light all around you, sister, I believe with all my heart you're healed.

69 Almighty God, in the name of Jesus, Thy Son, while You said in Your Word, "These signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover."
And Lord, standing here, Your Spirit telling the very secrets of their hearts and things, like You said, and You did in Your Bible. I lay my hands, while this anointing is upon me, upon this woman. And may You heal her, whatever is wrong with her. I know not, Thou does. In Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you, Sister. Go rejoicing now and be happy serving the Lord.
Do you believe? Have faith in God. He's the same yesterday... Now, so before it gets too far on me... Look here at the perspiration, see; just as weak as I can be. That's a vision. Daniel saw one vision and was troubled in his head for many days. Have faith in God. Amen.

70 How do you do, lady? Is this the patient? We are strangers to each other, I suppose. We don't know each other. Do you believe with all your heart? Only your faith in Jesus can help you, sister. The reason I regard you as sister, because you are a believer. You're a Christian. If it wasn't, you're spirit would be moving back, being dark around you. But, it turns light. You are a believer. Your spirit is welcomed by the Spirit that's anointing me.
And you're suffering with a trouble in your heart. It's a heart trouble. That is true. And that's caused by rheumatic fever, is what they say. That's right. And it's still on you. But Jesus is here to take it away from you. Do you believe? Come here just a moment.

71 O God, our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth as it is heaven. And in heaven, Your blood is laying there for an atonement to make intercessions for this woman's confession. Your Spirit is here, moving.
Now I rebuke this enemy that's taking the life of my sister. May it go away from her, and she be made well. In Jesus Christ's name I ask it. Amen. The Lord bless you, my sister. Go happy, rejoicing.

72 Believe on the Lord Jesus, everyone, and be ye healed, all the ends of the earth. Have faith in God. Do you believe out there in the audience? Just believe. "If thou canst believe, all things are possible."

73 We are strangers to each other, aren't we? I do not know you. But God does know you. Is that right? He knows you. I don't. But if God will reveal to me what you're here for, will you accept your healing as from the Lord Jesus, after I've preached the Bible to show what He did say He would do? And if He's here now, risen, standing here near you...

74 And I'm just like this microphone, see. I know nothing of you. But the only way a voice can come through here, it'd have to be a voice back here to make it. And if I don't know you, there's got to be something behind here to make the knowledge of it. Is that right?

75 Would you believe it come from the Lord Jesus? You're trying to believe. You're nervous. I'm not reading your mind. No, no, see. You're just nervous and upset. Perhaps, maybe if the Lord will help you...
See, sister, it takes your solemnly ... your faith in God. And you're trying to move in there, and doubts was moving in your way. That's right. That's right. You couldn't hide your life now if you had to, see. You're standing in His presence, not mine.

76 Perhaps, I tell you you're coughing a whole lot (Isn't that right?), because you got asthma. That is right. Isn't that right? I see you raising up in the bed trying to cough like that, holding your throat, which is asthma. Exactly right. If that's right, raise your hand up.
You're also real nervous, aren't you? Yes, sir. You're real nervous. You got a husband that needs healing, too, haven't you? He's got something wrong with his eyes. If that's right, raise up your hand. Your name is Mrs. Slater, isn't it? Now, you believe me to be God's prophet? Uh-huh. Now, go believing and you'll get well. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, may it come to pass. Amen. Amen.
Don't think strange of that. Jesus said to Peter, "Thou art Peter, the son of Jonas." Be reverent. Don't think... Your thoughts come right here, remember. Remember the anointing of the Holy Spirit's in the meeting. Have faith. Don't doubt. Just believe.

77 Little lady sitting right there's bothered with a nervous trouble--sitting there, second one. Yes. Weeping just a few moments ago. When I was talking to this woman and said nervous, a real strange feeling struck you, didn't it? If that's right, raise your hand. You've been suffering with nervousness. Satan telling you, and everything, you was going to lose your mind and things. Isn't that right? If that's right, wave your hand. You were healed right then. Your faith made you whole. Jesus Christ made you well. Amen.

78 Just have faith in God. Don't doubt. See, you don't need prayer cards. You need faith and believe what I... I challenge your faith in Jesus' name. Look this way and believe that I've told you the truth of God. Watch what happens.
Is that the same Lord Jesus that the woman touched His garment? She never touched my garment, but she touched His garment. He knew what her faith did. One thing, a demon screamed out. Have faith in God. Believe.

79 All right, is this the man here? All right. Come, sir. We are strangers to each other, I suppose, sir. God knows both of us. I don't know you, and perhaps, you don't know me, our first time meeting in life. Is that correct, sir? If it is, would you just raise your hand so the audience would see? First time meeting in life, but God knows all about you. And He can tell me about you. I don't know. You know that to be true.

80 If we're strangers then, and Jesus has risen from the dead, and what we preach as the Gospel here, and believe it to be the truth, then by the Word of God tonight, and by every night, I can prove it by the Word that Jesus has risen from the dead. And He's alive tonight. He is not dead. He's living.

81 Now, if you standing there... I don't know you, never seen you. But He knows you and you've got some motive of coming here. I don't know what it is, you know. But He does; and if He will let me know what you're here for, then you'll except it? You believe that you'll get what you ask for? Will the audience believe the same? Have faith.

82 The man's suffering from a chest trouble, trouble in his chest. That's right. And you're a preacher. You belong to a church called Church Of God, or something like that. [The brother says, "That's right."] And you're from a place called Indigo or something like that. That's right. And you're name is Reverend Huff, or something on that order. That's right. ["That's right."] And you are here with a daughter. ["Yes."] And a daughter's suffering with a gland trouble. ["That's right."]
You believe me to be His prophet? ["Amen."] Then in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I rebuke the enemy and ask for victory. Amen. Amen.

83 Do you believe with all your heart?
You got trouble with your leg, sitting right there at the ... leg trouble. Do you believe that Jesus heals you with that leg trouble? You do? You was praying, wasn't you? And your faith has touched the garment of Jesus Christ. You're a stranger to me. If thou canst believe with all your heart, it'll go from you. Amen.

84 By the way, this is leg trouble, too, sitting right here. A lady right on the end there, believing. You believe with all your heart God will heal you with that leg trouble? If you believe with all your heart, you can have what you ask for. Do you do it, lady? The elderly lady sitting there with the handkerchief in her hand, do you believe that Jesus Christ makes you whole? God bless you. Then you can have it what you...

85 Have faith in God. Just believe. The reason I called that leg trouble, that's what trouble this woman right here is. Them devils are screaming one to another for help.

86 This woman's bothered with leg trouble, foot trouble. That's right. Say, I see somebody standing by you. You're in a church. The man was just here. You're a member of his church--the man was on the platform. Is that right? Now go back rejoicing, being happy, praising God and get well in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. May it be so.

87 Have faith in God.
Do you believe, sister? Believe that He can heal those eyes and make them well? That lady's trouble you've been suffering with so long and nervousness. That's right, isn't it? [The Sister says, "Yes."] How would I know except God would reveal it? O Heavenly Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bless this my sister for her healing in Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you, my sister. Go believing now with all your heart and be well.

88 Would you come, lady? Do you believe with all your heart? Just a moment. If God will reveal where your trouble is... Do you believe it? It's in your back. That's right. Isn't that right? He makes you well now. Go on your road, rejoicing. Your faith heals you, sister. Amen. God be with you and bless you. May His Spirit rest upon you mightily for His glory.

89 How do you do, sister? Do you believe? There's many suffering with your troubles tonight. But Jesus can heal heart trouble the same as He can heal anything. Do you believe it? Let me show you something.
Everyone with heart trouble, has trouble with your heart, raise your hand, just a minute, out in there, raise your hand. Look at here, see. You can hardly pick it out.
Do you believe you're going to get well? You're wanting me to lay hands on you, though. I'm not reading your mind. But, that's what you was praying, "Is he going to lay hands on me?" Ain't that right? If it is, raise your hand. Come here. Heavenly Father, the woman's faith and her contact is this. Then in Jesus Christ's name, I rebuke this devil. May it leave her in Jesus' name. Amen. Go rejoicing now, believing with all your heart.

90 Have faith, believe.
This woman on the platform, you have a lot of sufferers out there too. Look here just a moment. Look out to the audience. Everyone of you out there suffering with nervous trouble raise up your hand. See?

91 That's what your trouble is. Do you believe Jesus will make you well? Do you believe the same thing? Almighty God, I bless this woman in the name of Jesus Christ. May she be made well to the glory of God. Amen. God bless you, lady. Go believing now with all your heart and be made well.
All right, have faith and believe with all your heart. All right, bring your next patient.
You believe Jesus healed you?

92 I see in a mid-air, standing right this way, is someone praying. It's for a little boy that's sitting right down in here that's got a rupture. Sitting right down in this way, a little boy with a rupture. Raise up your hand, the person that's got it. It's a little boy, a little bitty fellow, be look along about three, or four years old, somewhere right in here. He's got brown hair, a little kind of shortcut hair. I see it in a vision, right through here.
A little mother with glasses on, holding the baby. Somewhere in this audience in here, a mother holding a little baby with a rupture. She's praying for it. Would you raise your hand, mother, ever where you're at? There she is. Here, she's sitting right here. The baby has a rupture?

93 Lay your hands upon the baby just a minute. Jesus has heard your prayer. Almighty God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke that devil that's done this harm to this baby. Thou spirit of the devil, leave the child and may he be healed for the glory of God. Amen. Have faith in God.

94 Do you believe you were healed, standing right there, then when I was praying? Go rejoicing saying, "Thank you, Lord Jesus," and be made well for God's glory.
Come, believe Him with all your heart. God can heal everything. Do you believe that? Cancer is nothing in the presence of God. God can make all things well. You believe that, don't you? Do you believe He can heal you right now? You are a believer, sister, a real believer. People has made that remark to you before. And He's able and can do it.
I'm getting real weak now. Lots of healing is taking place. I know that to be the truth. Things are taking place out in the audience right now. Do you believe? He knows every one of you. He's ready to heal every person here right now solemnly, if you'll believe it. Will you believe it? Will you obey me as His prophet? Will you do it? Believe that He's here, not me, but Him.

95 Put your hands over on one another just for a minute. Lay your hands over on each other. Our Heavenly Father, I come humbly to Thee, O eternal and blessed redeemer, the devil has been exposed tonight. Jesus has proved that He lives. He's risen from the dead. He's here.
People are suffering and they're in need. Oh, blessed Jesus of Nazareth, I come to help these people through Thy Word, preaching of Thy Word.

96 Now, Satan, you can't hold these people any longer; they believe. Jesus is here proving that He raised from the dead. And their faith that they have in Him has been confirmed tonight. We are believers. Jesus our Lord is here with us, raised from the dead.
And I rebuke thee, Satan, in Jesus Christ's name, come out of every person in here that they might be made whole for the glory of God.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Remember that God hath set in the church, some apostles, teachers, prophets, evangelists, and so forth, gifts of healing, and divers kinds of gifts, that God has put in the church for the perfecting of the body of Christ. I believe we're living in the shadows of the coming, as I say again. I believe that this light fell in the eastern country on the day of Pentecost, when there was great moving amongst the Jewish people at the first, when the Holy Spirit was first poured out on the eastern people.
The prophet said, "There would be a day that would not be day nor night," kind of a dismal day, kind of cloudy. "But in the evening," he said, "there would be light." And the same light that shined on the Jews in the Orient in the eastern country in the beginning... We've come through a day that they denied the gifts of God, the power of God, yet there was enough light to believe that there was a God and Christ was His Son. And we've accepted it, and joined churches, and built great schools, and so forth which is to be appreciated.

2 But, friends, the light shone on the eastern people; we are the western people. And the prophet said, "It'll be light in the evening time." I believe we're in the evening. And the same sun that shined on the Jews in the eastern country is shining on the Gentiles in the last days in the western country, just before the setting of the sun.
You might differ with that, but let's come out this week. Let's get our hearts together; lay down our little differences. Let's come out now and just look right straight in the face of God and say, "God I am not here to criticize; I'm here to learn of Thee. And teach me, oh Lord." And if any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God who can give it. And I believe that God will show Himself to you and make Himself known.

3 Now, divine healing, teaching it... Tommy Osborn, Tommy Hicks, Oral Roberts, and many of the other teachers across the world, and Mr. Bosworth, F. F. Bosworth, who's one of my field managers; they're great scholars on the Scripture. And they're taught men, learned men. And they can take the Scripture and tie Satan in such a place till he just can't get out of it. That's all. I might not be able to do that.
I was raised of poor parents. My education is very limited. But when I was born in a little mountain cabin in Kentucky, there was something happened. A Light came in the room. And that Light has followed me all the days of my life.
My people before me, Catholic. And my father and mother didn't attend church at all. I never was in a church house since the day I was... Well, I suppose, about eight days old or ten, when my mother taken me up to an old Southern Baptist Church up there for Sunday school, and I was dedicated to the Lord. And from that time, I suppose, the next time I was in church I was about twenty-three years old. But all down through life there kept being something happen, like visions. I'd see things. It'd foretell me things that's coming to pass.

4 My ministering brethren seemed to tell me, after I was converted years later, that it was the devil. And it scared me. Because I'm sure, friends... I want to go to heaven the same as you want to go to heaven. I love the Lord like you love the Lord. And I don't want to be wrong; I want to be right. I'd rather just quit and walk away, than to try to misrepresent anything willfully. I want to be honest. I want to be truthful. I want to be your brother. And I want God's blessings on what I do.
And then one night alone He spoke to me. It's all written in the book here. They'll have it in a night or two if they haven't got it tonight. And if you'd like to question any of it, any officials of the city, where I come from, or anyone, the churches or so forth, call them up at my expense. And you'll see that it's true.

5 Now, tonight being it's the beginning night, and everyone comes out, and just about one-tenth of the people has ever been in the meeting before. It becomes a place, no matter what I would talk about... First thing, we ought to place this on the Scripture. Have a little meeting tonight, and tomorrow night we'll gather again, if God willing, and continue on. And as you... If you don't understand, you just promise this: that you'll keep coming, looking into it, studying the Scriptures. Bring your pencil and paper. Run the Scriptures down. Attend the afternoon services, so you can understand what it means to be healed.
Now, I believe that healing is in the atonement, that it was included when Isaiah said, "He was wounded for our transgressions with His stripes we were healed." When Jesus died at Calvary, He saved every sinner that ever was. But it will never do you no good, until you personally accept it as your personal Saviour. And He healed every sick person that would ever be sick. But it'll never do you no good until you accept it as your own personal property. "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed." It's all past tense. All God can do for you He's already did when Jesus died to reconcile sinners back to Christ at Calvary.

6 Now, that's the Gospel, friends, as clear as I know it. Now, it's the individual. Now, maybe say, "Well, what's the use of preaching?" That's what a minister's for. God sent preachers to preach the Word. When you hear it, search it, see it's the truth, accept it. Now, the preacher doesn't save you. His message doesn't save you. Your personal faith in a risen Lord Jesus is what saves you. No matter how much you'd cry; how loud you would holler; how much you would take on; it'll never save you until you believe it with all your heart, and stand up, and confess it. For He's a High Priest of our confession (Hebrews 3) or, what we confess ... He's the High Priest to make intercessions upon what we confess is the truth.
Anything that was included in the atonement is the personal property of every believer. When a man gets saved, or a women, boy, or girl, God gives them a check book, as it was, with Jesus' name at the bottom of every check for any redemptive blessing that Jesus died for. It's your personal property. Don't be afraid to fill it out. The bank of heaven will recognize it.
Jesus said, "Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, believe you receive it. Whatever you ask the Father in My name, that I'll do." The unlimited, unsearchable riches of Jesus Christ in that promise.

7 Now, but before you could do it... Now, God does that, then He sends people into the church such as preachers, teachers, evangelists, gifts of healing... Don't mean the man now can heal you; it means that he has faith in what he's talking about and proves it by the Bible. After that there's prophets; that's seers. All those gifts are without repentance. God set them. Office gifts are sent by God, foreordained of God. And they're set into the church. They're borned in you. Them traits are born in you when you come to this world. You just find your position, go on with Christ. And all those things are in the kingdom of God. And all of it's for the perfecting of the church and the bringing it together.
Now, I wish to read just a little scripture here out of the Bible, 'cause my words are a man's. God's words are eternal and will never fail. And we'll try to pray for some sick people. I see they got a group lined up here. And so, I will speak to you just a moment on the Scripture, and then we'll pray for the sick.

8 How many in here ever knew Congressman Upshaw? Wasn't he the congressman here in Georgia? Well, you remember, it was Congressman Upshaw who was ... that I seen the vision over Mr. Upshaw---never seen him in my life---when he was rolled in that place like something like this in California. And I seen him playing on that haystack where he fell and hurt his back and so forth. Then seen him in a few minutes going by, tipping his hat like that. I said, "Well, Congressman, you're healed. Jesus Christ makes you well." Away he went, crutches, wheelchair. And he walked until God taken him home---touching his toes and so forth.
Over in the book of Jude now for a little word. And let's study closely together for about fifteen minutes. In the 3rd verse we read this:
Beloved ... I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and to exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints.
And then as a text tonight I want to use Hebrews 13:8:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, ... to day, and for ever.
Shall we bow our heads again just a moment.

9 Heavenly Father, now this lovely people, who's gathered here, this great sunshine state of Georgia, we've heard much of their faith, how it's come abroad through the country, how the people are humble and how they love You and worship You. And since being in this city, different businessmen and so forth calling and talking about the meeting. We pray that You'll shake this city and this country with an out-pouring of the Holy Spirit. May every church that's in this community receive an old-fashioned revival. Just shaking them, Lord, and sinners repenting and coming to Thee. Help Thou me, Lord, Thy unprofitable servant. For I ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
Now, on the Scripture reading tonight... And if you wish to mark down the little text as we try to bring the context to you, on Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.

10 Now, Jude, about thirty years or more after the Pentecost, was writing to the church and exhorting them that they should earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints.
I might ask my Baptist brethren sitting here, "What about that for the Baptist church?"
He'd say, "That's what we're contending for."
I'd say to the Church of God brethren, "What about that?"
"That's what we're contending for."
The Pentecostal brethren, "What about that?"
"That's what we're contending for."
And the Presbyterian, Methodist, or whatever, every one saying, "That's what we're contending for." And I believe it. I believe it.

11 Now, there is... People said to me... Not long ago someone said, "Well, Brother Branham, that's against my faith."
I said, "What kind of faith do you have?" See?
"Against my faith." There's only one faith, one Lord, one baptism, one God.
Now, if the Scripture said that He exhorted to earnestly contend for the faith (not a faith), the faith that was once delivered to the saints... And each one of us wants to say that our church does that. The only way to be positive sure of this now, church, is to go back and see what kind of a faith that they had to contend for. And then we should earnestly contend for that type of faith. Don't you believe it? Contend for that faith.

12 Now, we would have to go back then to the beginning of the New Testament. For they were called saints in the New Testament. And the first opening of the New Testament was John the Baptist. And he preached the message saying only this: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." So repentance would be part of the faith that was delivered to the saints. But John spoke, saying that there's coming One who will be the instructor.
And when Jesus came to John after His baptism, then the disciples and all began to follow Jesus. And people went after Jesus; John said, "I must decrease; He must increase." Now, Jesus was the One who introduced the faith, the Christian faith to the Christian church. And He was the beginning of the Christian faith.

13 Now, notice closely as we search reverently. Now, we'll have to see what He did, and the life He lived, and the things He taught. And what He taught, He handed down to the disciples. And after about two rounds of them, then Jude sent back and said, "Now, wait a minute; you're getting off the line. Let's go back and contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints at the beginning," way back when they first started. They were getting off the beaten path. So, if we can see what they had at the beginning, then we'll know what to contend for now.
Jesus wasn't a ... didn't claim to be a great person. He was a very humble man. He didn't dress any different from any other man. He didn't dress like one of the scribes or the priests. He walked right in and out among men, and they didn't know Him. He looked like other men. We never have any record of the Scripture where He ever was learned in school books, yet He had more wisdom than any man ever lived on earth, because He was both God and man.

14 But we don't find Him where He had any schooling, as said in the Scriptures. And we do not see Him going around bragging about what He was. He didn't make any statement, said He was a healer. (Pardon me.) Jesus never said He was a healer, very much contrary. He said that He was not a healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works." So, you see, what type of person He was?
What if He was here on earth tonight, where would you find Him? You'd find Him any place He'd be welcomed. He went about among the poor. The ecclesiastics of that day refused Him. He had a contrary doctrine to what they'd been taught, yet His doctrine was purely Scriptural. I want you to hold that now just for a little bit and watch. It was scriptural. Every word that He said was Scripture itself. Not one time did He break any Scriptures, but fulfilled just exactly. But their way of teaching it was contrary to what it really was.

15 I wonder sometimes after nineteen hundred years if we haven't strayed a little bit from the path, got just a little bit off of the path. If we have, let's come back now and look at it just for a little bit.
Now, when He was here, He was baptized of John. Then He bare record, seeing the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, went upon Him. He went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, nights come out preaching the Gospel. And all the regions around about gathered to Him. And He prayed for the sick and they were healed. Great signs and wonders begin to follow Him.
Now, as a preacher ... I don't think that Jesus was a great outstanding forceful preacher. John the Baptist was a preacher, but he done no signs at all. He never performed a miracle.
But Jesus come by not preaching so forceful as John, but there was signs and wonders accompanying Him. He said, "If you can't believe Me, believe the works that I do. If you can't believe Me, believe the vindication that the Father has given of Me, for the works that I do, the same testify that the Father has sent Me." What a statement.

16 Think of it. "The works that I do testify that the Father has sent Me." Man can make any kind of a statement, but if God don't back that statement up, you've got a right to say it's wrong. But when God comes around and confirms that statement to be the truth, then it's sin to disbelieve it.
For what is sin? Sin is one thing: unbelief. That's right. You couldn't say how much of that is night. It's all night. In daytime you couldn't say, "Just this much is day. It's all day.
Jesus said, "He that believeth not is condemned already." Faith in God and unbelief: that's the two things. One is sin, and the other one is salvation.

17 Now, I think Nicodemus well expressed those Pharisees is those days, when he came to Jesus by night. Think of it. A man, a great scholarly sage, learned, polished, came to a man without a diploma. The old and learned came to the youth and said, "Rabbi (or Reverend, Master, Teacher), we know that Thou art a teacher come from God. For no man could do the things that You do, 'less God was with Him." That's pretty close, isn't it. "We know..." Who? Who's "we"? The Pharisees, the teachers of that day. "We know that Thou art a teacher come from God, 'cause no man can do the miracles that Thou does, except God be with him." That was the Pharisees' statement about Jesus. You see it?
Notice now, let's see what the church was. Peter said on the day of Pentecost; he said, "You men of Israel ... [In otherwise, "You should have known this."] Jesus of Nazareth, a Man approved of God among you..." Not by His great theological teachings, not by His eloquent speech, not by some seminary that He come out of, the papers that He packed... "But you should've known Him, you men of Israel, you should've known this Jesus of Nazareth. For God was with Him by signs and wonders and miracles, which He did in your midst." What a rebuke to the people that had let that pass by them without recognizing it.

18 Now, let's find out what kind of miracles Jesus did. Now, He wasn't one that went around and said, "Bring Me this crippled man, and I'll heal him." He never said that.
Today if they talk about divine healing, they say, "Bring... Let me take this guy over, and let's see if that divine healer can heal him; I'll believe it." Brother, do you realize the spirit that's on you is the same one said, "Come off the cross, and we'll believe you."? It's the same doubting spirit.

19 But when Jesus started in His ministry... Let's just follow Him a few moments now and see what He did. When Jesus of Nazareth began His ministry, the first thing, the fishermen begin to come up and listen to Him, and one got converted, by the name of Philip. And Philip, as quick as he was converted, went to hunt his partner, Nathanael. That's a real good sign of conversion, isn't it? Went to find Nathanael; and when he found him, he said, "Come, go with me, for I have found He who was spoken of by Moses and the prophets, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
And Nathanael, a righteous, good man, very dignified orthodox, Pharisee, said, "Now, just a minute," said, "could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
And he gave him a very good answer, said, "Come and see." That's the best way to find out. Come, find out for yourself. Said, "Come and see."
Well, here goes Nathanael and Philip on the road over, and they come up into the prayer line, perhaps, where Jesus was gathering around praying for the sick, or whatever it was. And when they walked up into the audience, Jesus looked out upon the audience, seen Philip coming with Nathanael, and He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile." My, that was shocking to that man.

20 What if would be in America like that tonight? You know what they'd say? "That's mental telepathy. That man's a mind reader." They said the same thing in that day.
But Nathanael said, "Rabbi, how did You know me? How do You know who I am? You've never seen me before. How do You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you was under the tree, I saw you." He never questioned it any longer.
He said, "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel."
Jesus turned him about and said, "Because I told you where you were at before you come to the meeting, you believe Me now? You'll see greater things than this, if you can believe that." That was Jesus of yesterday. It should be Jesus of today. If He is risen from the dead He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.

21 Philip went and found Andrew. Andrew went and got Peter. Peter came up to where Jesus was; He turned around and looked at him, and He told him who he was. He said, "I'm going to change your name: going to call you 'little stone' now." Knowed who he was.
I can imagine how Peter would say, "Well, how did He know who I was? Well, He never saw me in His life, so how would He know me?" Kind of strange.

22 There was a woman one day who was going through a crowd. Jesus, the crowds was all putting their arms around Him and trying to get near Him. And as the woman pressed through the crowd, having a blood issue for many years... Spent all she had with the doctors; they could do her no good. And she touched His garment, went on off out in the crowd and hid herself.
Jesus stopped... Listen; here it is. Jesus stopped, and turned Him about, and said, "Who touched Me?"
Why, the apostle said, "Why, Lord, why ask a question like that? The whole crowd is touching You."
He said, "But I got weak. Virtue went... Somebody touched Me." And He looked around over the crowd till He looked till He found her. And He settled down; He said, "Thy faith hath healed thee. That old blood issue has stanched right now." That was Jesus yesterday. That's Jesus today. "Thy faith has saved thee."

23 Up along... One day He had to go by the way of Samaria. I wonder why; from Jerusalem He's going to Jericho---straight path---but He went up around hilly country, up to Samaria. And when He went up there, He was sitting on the well, and He sent His disciples away. And a woman of Samaria come out. I don't know why she come at this time of day, around noon, between eleven and twelve o'clock. Whether she'd been out all night and just getting up, or whether the better class of people wouldn't let her come while they were getting water from the well, that I couldn't say.
But when she came out, Jesus sitting over against the wall, He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink." Watch; it's a conversation now. Wonder why? Now, listen.
She said, "Why, it's not customary for You, a Jew, to ask me, a Samaritan, such a thing."
Then He, in the course, He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask me for a drink, and I'd bring you waters you wouldn't here to draw."
Why, she said, "The well's deep."

24 Now, He was carrying a conversation with her for some purpose. Now, this isn't Scripture; this is my opinion, what I think. By seeing Him move the same way today, He was contacting her spirit, see. She was a woman. The Father had told Him to go up there, and He just waited till the woman come, then He had to wait to contact her spirit. Then He said ... went ahead and talked to her till He found her spirit. And when He did, He said, "Go, get your husband." Went right straight to her trouble. "Go, get your husband."
She said, "I have no husband."
Said, "That's right; you got five, and the one you have now is not your husband. In that thou saidst well."
Why, she said, "I perceive that You are a prophet." Now, here it is audience; listen close. Listen what that Samaritan woman said, being half Jew and Gentile. She said, "I know that when Messiah cometh He'll do these things. He'll tell us all things when Messiah cometh." What was it? The very sign of Messiah, not mental telepathy, not a fortuneteller or a devil-working person out there. Sure, the devil has his counterfeits, but everything the devil's got he made it off of something God had.

25 Did you notice it? She said, "I know when... I don't who You are; You must be a prophet; but I know when Messiah cometh, He'll tell us these things."
He said, "I am He that speaks to you."
And she left the water pot, and went to the city, and said, "Come, see a man who told me all I ever did. Isn't this the very Christ?" Now, He never told her all things; He just told her that one thing. But He could've told her more, as the Father would've showed Him.

26 Look at Him; you say, "Did He heal everybody?" No, sir. Jesus didn't heal everybody when He was here on earth. How many do you think died while He was here. He raised three as a witness. Mouth of two or three witnesses, every word be established.
He passed by many, many, many sick people, crippled people, blind, afflicted, and never healed them. Did you know that?
Let's take Him now in Saint John 5. He passes through the pool of the Bethesda, or where five porches. It's a big place.
The Bible said, "Great multitudes of people... (Now, take two thousand to make a multitude in the eastern language.) and multitudes of people laid there; impotent people, lame, blind, halt, and withered. And here comes Jesus by, just after the woman had touched His garment. His whole garments flowing full of virtue; it was virtue to them that believed it was there.

27 The Roman smote Him in the face and spit in His face; couldn't feel any virtue. But it was that woman's reverence and respect, believing that God sent Him, and He was the Son of God. It was virtue to her. He will be virtue tonight to you, if you'll come to Him reverently and say, "Lord Jesus, I believe that You're just the same tonight." The same virtue is flowing tonight, yet behind Him a blood sacrifice of full pay of redemption.
There He was, and she passes by. He went on. After she'd touched His garment, He went down to the pool of Bethesda; there laid great multitudes now. Listen at what kind of people: lame, blind, withered, halt. Just think of that. And here He come; Son of God, full of virtue. And there was a great... Here, let's dramatize it. Said, "Withered." Here's a poor old withered-up mother standing there, her little old bones almost sticking through her skin, with her hands out, "Somebody help me get in the water." Here comes the Son of God right by her.
Maybe there stood the poor old daddy all drawed up with arthritis, "Somebody help me get in," and the Son of God passing right by him.
There stood the blind man totally blind, maybe a little blind baby. And the Son of God passed right by, until He came to a man laying on a pallet. For Jesus knew that he was there. And He said, "Will thou be made whole?"
He said, "Sir, I have no one to put in the water when the water's troubled." Now, he could walk. He wasn't crippled. He probably had a prostate trouble, or TB, or something. It was retarded. He'd had it for thirty-eight years, wasn't going to kill him. So, he said, "I have no one to put me in the water; when I'm coming, someone else steps down ahead of me."
Said, "Take up thy bed and go into the house," then walked away. Compassionate, full of love, and walked away and left thousands of blind, lame, halt, and withered laying there. What if that had happened in Macon? You know, the same thing would be said, "Let me see Him do that. Why, did He do that?" But here's the secret now...

28 And to my ministering brethren, read it on 5th chapter of Saint John. Get down to the 19th verse, when they caught Him and questioned Him. Now, listen to His words, everyone now, for the saving of time. Our time's run out.
He said, "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." Is that Scripture? Saint John 5:19, Jesus Christ speaking. Let me quote it again. "Verily, Verily [That's "Absolutely, absolutely."] I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise. The Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." In other words, Jesus said this plain thing, "I do not do one thing until first the Father shows Me a vision of what to do, then I go do what He tells Me to do." The Father had showed Him that that man that was laying there; He made him whole; that's all He could do. The Father didn't show Him nothing else.
And any true servant of God, anytime in the Scripture, was the same thing. Search it. See if that isn't right.

29 Look at Elijah when he laid all of his kindling wood and things around, and killed the sacrifice, and so forth. He stepped out and said, "Lord, I've did all of this at Your word. I made this just according to what You showed me."
Now, many times we get all enthused, rattled up when we shouldn't do it. Stand still; look to God; believe with all your heart. He's the only One that can do it. You see it?
Where one's being healed here on the platform, there's hundreds gets healed in the audience.

30 Now, Jesus when... Just one more statement, if you please, just a moment. When Lazarus died, wasn't it strange that when Lazarus got sick ... before he got sick that Jesus turned and went away from home? His buddy. I can imagine hearing the critics say, "Oh, there you are. There it is. See, let something happen right here so we can see it done; look what happens."
Away He went, going away from home. And then after Lazarus got so sick, perhaps the doctors give him up. They sent... Martha and Mary sent for Jesus to come back and pray for Lazarus. Did He do it? He just ignored it and went on. Strange isn't it.
He went to another city. They sent some more messengers, "Tell Him to come, pray for Lazarus, at the point of death." Jesus just ignored it and went on. If your pastor'd do that, oh, my, see.

31 But notice, after so much time... Here it is now; listen. After so much time, Jesus turned knowing that the time the Father had showed Him that would be fulfilled. He turned to the disciples, and He said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth."
Said, "Why, if he sleepeth he doeth well."
He said, "He's dead. And for your sake I'm glad I wasn't there."
'Cause they'd have been saying, "Heal him, Lord; do something for him," see.
"I'm glad I wasn't there, but I go wake him." Amen. The Father had showed Him what was going to take place. Look at Him at the grave when He prayed at Lazarus's grave: He said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou has heard Me already. But for these that stand by, I say it." Just acting out in drama what God had showed to Him by vision, for He said, "I do nothing except the Father shows Me first."

32 That was the faith that was delivered to the saints. Did the saints keep it? Certainly.
Peter upon the housetop, a Jew self-styled, had nothing to do with the Gentiles, wouldn't eat their meats and so forth. But the Lord appeared to him in a vision, told him to rise, and go forward, doubting nothing. Is that right?
Saul of Tarsus with letters in his pockets, going down, bearing out threatenings against the church, all around, hailing them into the prison houses. On his road down to Damascus was struck off his horse by a light; was standing in front of him, a pillar of fire, hung out in front of him. And it shined like the sun in its might. And Paul fell from his horse.

33 They led him down into the streets, and he laid there praying and fasting. Way down in the city was a man contending for the faith that was once delivered to the saints, by the name of Ananias. One day while he was praying, a vision came before him, said, "Go up there in the street called Straight, ask for a certain place, and go in and lay your hands upon Saul, that he might receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost."
He said, "Lord, I hear what great things that man's done; I'm afraid of him."
He said, "Behold, he prayeth."
I can see Ananias rise to that, vision start down to the main street, and go by the fountain, looking for that house where he'd seen in the vision. When he come to it, he went in, said, "Brother Saul, even the Lord that appeared to you on the road, knocked you off your horse, sent me that I might lay my hands on you, and you receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost." The faith that was delivered to the saints. Amen.

34 Paul later on, after being warned in the Spirit not to loose from Crete, but the shipmaster wouldn't listen to him. On out into the sea they went. The little old boat become waterlogged, pitching around out there, fourteen days and nights, no moon, stars. All hopes that they'd ever be saved... Two hundred and eighty people out there was... All hopes was gone.
Paul went down in the bulkhead somewhere and prayed. The old ship was pitching as hard as it could. Paul come running out with the chains on his arms, this little Jew, and begin to swing hands, and said, "Brethren, be of a good courage." Boat still pitching... Said, "Last night there stood by me the Angel of God whose servant I am, saying, 'Paul, fear not, for you must be brought before Caesar, and lo, God's give everyone that sailed with you to you. But the ship's going to be wrecked upon a certain shore.'" Said, "Wherefore, brethren, I believe God. It'll be just exactly the way He showed it to me."

35 That's the faith that was once delivered to the saints. God, have mercy on us tonight, friends, that we'll get down and contend for that same faith, for Jesus said, "A little while and the world won't see Me no more; yet ye shall see Me, for I (which is a personal pronoun), I will be with you, even in you to the end of the world." Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever...
When He was here on earth, He didn't claim to be a big person. He was small, made Himself little, yet He owned all heavens and earth. The earth and heavens was created by Him. And when He was here on earth, He had one garment. Yet, He made every stalk of cotton would ever grow, or every sheep that ever lived, or everything that ever was, was created by Christ Jesus.

36 And when He was here on earth, look what He did: He went around and did just as the Father showed Him. When He got ready to go away, He said, "These things that I do (giving His church orders)... The things that I do shall you do also; even more than this..." The word there is 'greater,' but get the right translation, means 'more.' He couldn't do anything greater. It was more ... or, greater in quantity, but not in quality. He did everything as in quality: raised the dead, stopped nature, and everything else.
"But more than this shall you do, for I go unto My Father. And a little while, and the world won't see Me no more, yet ye shall see me." My brethren tonight and sisters, listen to this a minute: Since that day till this day there has been some "ye's." "A little while and the world (world order), the world won't see Me no more." They don't believe it. "The world will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me, for I will be with you." He said He would be in us until the end of the world.
And till Jesus comes visibly in the second coming, the Holy Spirit will be working in His church, doing the same things that He did when He was here on earth. I believe it with all my heart.
I believe Jesus rose from the dead. I believe He ascended to God the Father, sitting in glory tonight, at the right-hand of the majesty of God, making intercessions upon our profession. I believe the Holy Ghost is here on earth, carrying out the same work that Jesus did, by His anointed vessels tonight in the earth. And the time is at hand, and everything's a pressing forward towards the end time, while we got a little sun left to look into. Amen. I believe that with all my heart.

37 Now, you that's here to be prayed for tonight... As you come each day, we try to do this: We try to make it just to everybody the same, every day. When we first started, we went out, and I tried to kind of make a orderly prayer line without having prayer cards. You can't do it. Brother Roberts and all the rest of them finds it the same way. You can't do it.
So, we used to, we'd send all the prayer cards to a minister, and then first group got their group in, why, that settled it. Then there was discord amongst the brethren. Then I had a preacher out giving out prayer cards, and he couldn't do that, because he was a preacher. He had too many friends.

38 So then, we find out, we go down and give out all the prayer cards the first day. Well, if anybody come in otherwise from that, he couldn't get prayed for, because these were the prayer cards that has to be prayed for. So, the way we found to do it, the most legitimate and honest way that we can, is to come down every day, and give out prayer cards every day. And at that time at night, we maybe can't prayer for over two or three hundred. That isn't in my ministry. I just pray for as many as I can, and then after I get real tired and everything becomes blurred to me, they take me off the platform. And the next day they go back, and give out more new prayer cards, and start the prayer line again.
Now, I want to ask you something now, while you just be reverent for the next, say, fifteen, twenty minutes.

39 If Jesus has risen from the dead... I put it like that, which we know He has. If He has risen from the dead, and is living tonight, then He should be the same in principle, He should be the same in power, He should be the same every way that He was then, except physical form. Is that right? If He's here in the form of the Holy Spirit... And if He is here...
And I want to ask the people around in these seats around the stadium: If Jesus Christ, as I have tried to explain to you tonight how He was in the Bible days... Now, remember, wasn't a guy that challenged everybody, and, "Bring Me this one or that one." He'd walk along and ignore them.
But when the Father showed Him anything, He did it. And standing in the crowd... Sometimes He'd look over through His crowd, and He would perceive, what? Their thoughts. That's kind of a strong word, wasn't it, brother? But did the Scripture say that? He perceived their thoughts, and said unto them, "Why reason ye among you?", and so forth.

40 Blind Bartimaeus one day, way back... If you'd ever go there and see that word wrote how it was from the wall where he was supposed to've be sitting, He could've never heard him in that howling crowd. But the faith of that blind beggar stopped Jesus on the road to Calvary. And turned around and said, "As thou has believed, so be it unto you."
The faith of the people... Look at the woman. When she touched His garment, Jesus never said, "I've healed you." He said, "Thy faith has saved thee."
Now, if Jesus will return during this meeting, and show Himself in His people, doing the same thing here, that He did ... as I said He did in the Bible, then you'll know that we are absolutely living in Bible days again with the same faith that they had then. Is that right? We'll know that Jesus raised from the dead. How many of you will accept it? Let's see your hands, everywhere around the stadium. That's fine.

41 If Jesus will do the same things tonight right here, that He did then... That's quite a challenge, isn't it? That the Son of God... Here's the way I believe it, friends, and the way you've got to believe it. Don't just kind of baby around with this; it's either right, or it's wrong. That's either the truth, or it's not the truth. God's either God, or He's not God. I believe that that way.
If God made a promise, God's got to stand behind His promise. And if He won't do it, then His promise is not no good; then His word's like mine. But God will stand behind it, if you'll stand behind God. If you'll dare to step out there and take Him at His word, He'll do it.
Now, put your faith in Him tonight, in Calvary, and look to Him, and believe it. And now, I believe if He will... I don't say He will; I don't know; He's God. If He will return tonight and show the very same signs right here in this audience of people here where we are sitting, if He will show the very same signs that He did when He was here on earth, that'll be infallible proof that He has raised from the dead. Is that right? Infallible proof! Shall we pray.

42 Heavenly Father, tired from a long day's journey. I pray that You'll come now. Grant tonight, Lord... Out here, the first time of being out in the open for a couple of years, and a new place... I don't feel I'm among strangers; I feel I'm among Your people. And they're here, and they love You. And I have certainly give Your Word open up here to them, and a great challenge.
And I pray, God of heaven, that You'll help me now, that You'll come and anoint this group of people with Your Holy Spirit, will anoint Your servant. And may the Lord Jesus Himself come and show to this waiting audience, that He is here on earth. He's not dead. He's here with us, and will be until His visible body shows in the second coming. Father God, grant these blessings. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

43 [Gap in the audio] That lady's a perfect stranger to me. I've never seen her in my life. I don't know nothing about her. We're strangers, aren't we, lady? Perfect strangers, we've never seen each other and don't know each other. But Jesus knows her. We were probably raised miles apart; first time we ever met in life. Now, He knows about me; He knows about her. And the only way in the world that I'd know what to tell the lady do, it'd have to come from some supernatural resource. Is that right? You believe that, don't you, lady?
Now, I want you to be reverent. And you know I'm waiting for His presence; that's exactly right. I'm just a man, see. But when He's here, I know it, see. You know it too. So, I'm just waiting for Him to appear. While they started the song of "Only Believe."

44 Now, the Lord bless you, and keep your seats. Be reverent; don't move around; and the boys will dismiss the meeting just as soon as they feel... 'Course I... After He gets started, I don't... They have to tell it to me; I pick it up on tape recording. I know what He said. And mark it down, that everything that He says is absolutely the truth, and it'll be just exactly the way He said it. But remember now, whether it's me, you'll hear it, it's "thus saith the Lord." When you hear that, then it's Him speaking.
Now, if this woman standing here, a stranger to me... I don't know her, and she don't know me. God knows her. Well, then the only way I'd have of knowing anything what she was here for, would have to come from some supernatural resource. Is that right, lady? Well, it depends on what you think it was, would determine whether you get what you ask for. Now, let's just pray a moment, will you, friends?

45 Heavenly Father, we pray now... This is the moment; this is the time; this is the beginning now, after the Word has been preached. This is the beginning of the Macon meeting. Lord, I don't know a person here, outside of this own little group that's sitting here with me: Brother Toms, and Brother Beeler, the boys.
I pray, God, that You'll help me now. If I've did anything contrary to Your will, forgive me. Forgive this audience, as they come out here as my listeners tonight. I pray that Your blood will cleanse every one of them from all unrighteousness. Take all doubt and skeptics away. May the devil leave all from the grounds. We dedicate this grounds to you for the services now and coming.
And now, may the Holy Spirit promised by the Lord Jesus, that said, "The things that I do, shall you also, even more, for I go to My Father." We pray that He'll come now and anoint His unworthy servant, that my lips might be used of Him, and the ears of the hearer be circumcised to the hearing of the Word of the Lord. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

46 Now, the technician or the engineer on the mike might have to speak it up, 'cause I don't know how loud it'll be speaking. Can you hear in the balconies all right, around? Can you? Good. Now, be reverent.
Now, for the glory of God and to the up-building of His kingdom, I take every spirit here under my control in the name of Jesus Christ.
So, I want to talk to you just a moment. Now, I've got to carry a conversation with you in order ... just like our Lord, see. He found a woman come up to Him at the well... Perhaps the Father told Him to go up there. I believe the Father told me to come down to Macon. Well, if it wouldn't, I wouldn't have come. So, I feel I'm here tonight by the leading of the Holy Spirit.
And we are strangers, as I have said, to each other. I don't know you, and you don't know me. But you're conscious something's going on. If anybody close to the audience can watch the woman's face now... See, she realizes she's in the presence of something besides man. If that's right, lady, raise your hands. That's right, see.

47 Did you ever see the picture of it they taken here in Texas, that Angel? They got the picture of it here. It's in Washington, DC. Yes. Now, that is exactly what's standing between me and you now. I don't know whether you see or not, but the lady begins to move away from me. And it's moving; the lady is upset about something. She's nervous. It's not exactly about herself. ["No. That's right."] It's about a child. ["Amen."] And that child has a blood condition, ["Amen."] something wrong with the blood. It's called Rh disease. ["That's right. Absolutely."] And the child... I see it trying to talk to you; it's got some kind of ... its speech is not exactly right. ["Correct. Absolutely."] And it's bedfast. It's in a bed. ["Absolutely."] And it's about eleven years old. ["Eleven years old, exactly."]
Our heavenly Father, be merciful now. I pray God, as Thy Spirit near, bless that what we are asking of Thee and may it be found even so, for we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
Now, my sister, that was true, wasn't it, every word. Now, the tears that you wipe from your eyes with that handkerchief, you take and lay it on the child; the end of the week, you let me know what happened to the child.

48 Do you believe? Now, His presence, His majesty, the King of glory is here. Now, just be real reverent and you'll see the kingdom of God and the power of God, if you'll just believe.
Now, I suppose you and I are strangers too, are we, lady? We are strangers to each other, but not strangers to the Lord Jesus. For you're a believer. Now, if there be anything about you that would ... anything wrong, it'd have to come from some supernatural resource. You're just a little nervous just at the time. You are. But don't be nervous. It's not... Now, of course, I see you're wearing glasses, which would make me know there's something wrong with your eyes. But now, you just be reverent and let's just let Him do the talking, when it comes down to anoint.

49 Something happened out there. Now, let's look this way just a moment. Yes, ma'am, I see you coming from somewhere. It's out of a ... it's a doctor's office. You've come from... You've been under a doctor's a care. And oh, I see a black shadow following you, which is a cancer. You have cancer. And that cancer is located in the stomach. And the doctors have given you up, in saying that you can't get well. That is true, isn't it? Well, if He's here, and there's anointed Spirit here now, that you know that that's the truth. All right, then He said, "These signs will follow them that believe: if they lay hands on the sick, they'll get well." Is that true? Come here just a minute. Shall we bow our heads a moment.
Our heavenly Father, death circling this woman, following her along... Your servants, the doctors, has done all they know how to do. But this hideous demon has hid from them. He's too much for them. But he's not too much for You, Father. Thou does know all things and have all power; and to save the life of this, my sister, I rebuke this demon called cancer, in the name of Jesus Christ, according to the Holy Scriptures, and may it go out of her and never bother her no more. For God's glory we ask it. Amen.

50 Now, notice, this is Friday. Monday you'll get real, real sick, see. Sometime between now and Monday, real, real sick. You'll think you're just almost going to die. That'll last for a little while; it's a growth---dead, see. Then come back the end of the week and tell me how you're feeling. Go ahead and eat just like you want to, see.
Let's say thanks be to God, dear friends. You might not realize...
Do you believe God will heal you of that rupture, sitting there, sir? Do you believe He'd make you well? You have a rupture. You want to ... you want to get well of it. All right, stand up on your feet and accept your healing then. God bless you.

51 Have faith. Just believe, see. See, you don't need your prayer card; you need faith. Now, the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, that raised from the dead is right here now. That's His Spirit. Have faith.
Now, I suppose, lady, you and I are strangers to each other. I see you been... Oh, it's a blind woman. All right, I want every one to bow your heads, everywhere, please. The lady's blind. I am not able, of course, to do anything for her but pray. And she wants you to pray too. What if you were blind?
Now, just kind of keep your heads down this way if you can. Now, what demonology is, lady: it's a grip. Just like it said when the deaf spirit went out of a man. In other words, there's something in his ears, and when it let loose, the man could hear.
Jesus prayed for a man that was blind. He could see after he was prayed for. I'm just your brother, and I want you to believe with all your heart. And now, that the God that makes this wind to blow across you is here to make you well. And every eye stay closed, 'cause these are spiritual things.

52 Now, our heavenly Father, walking up to this poor sister standing here, walking around in the world of darkness, who could help but Thee, Lord. Nerves in her eyes: dead, hardening away. But just You can heal her. And I pray, Father, that You'll grant it tonight. If we've found grace in Your sight, let it be so tonight, Lord. The end of this meeting, may this woman be walking around praising You, showing the people what great things God has done by her healing. May it cause an old-fashioned revival to break out in her community. Grant it, Lord. Thou has said Thou canst if ye believe.
Now, with my unworthy hand, representing Yours, laid upon her eyes, I ask that the blindness go away. For in faith believing the Lord Jesus who is standing present, forgive us of our unbelief, and may the blind spirit that's bound this woman, leave her. I ask it to go in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

53 Now, would everyone keep your heads bowed just for a few moments? Now, you just keep your lids down. Now, keep your head this way now. Now, God, let it be so. I want you to open your eyes and look towards me now. See me? Can you see me? [The lady says, "Yes."] Put your hand on my nose. Let me see you can do that. All right, that's right.
You may raise your heads. I want you to watch here. Lady, can you see out in there? If you can, raise up your hand, if you can you see those lights around out in there. If you can, raise up your hand. I want you to turn around this way. Can you see my hand? [Lady says, "Yes, sir."] Could you tell my how many fingers I have up? [Lady says, "Four."] That's exact. Now, watch, put your finger on my nose. You have your sight.

54 Let us say, "Praise be to God." Now, look, lady, here's what happens. See, the blind spirit leaves you now, see. And the nerves that was dead in your eyes are just beginning to vibrate; cool feelings. Now, you'll feel... Tomorrow you'll see still better. Next day you'll... But about seventy-two hours, then you'll go real dark blind again. Then when it does, it comes out; it will be gone then. Don't doubt now. Go on your road rejoicing, and be thankful and happy. Let's see if you can't walk out this way just by yourself. Go right ahead, see.
Let's say, "Praise be to God." Let's give God praise just like this, everybody. [Bro. Branham and the audience clap their hands.] Just give God praise. Amen. All right. Let's bow our heads now.
Heavenly Father, we do thank Thee for all Thy goodness and mercy; and we pray, God, that You'll just do the exceedingly abundantly and show to Thy people that Thou art God. For we ask it Jesus' name. Amen.

55 All right. Oh, my, it makes you love Him, doesn't it? Just watch what... The lady's going right back to her seat. Let's say, "Praise be to God." Amen. That's fine.
Now, lady, you was healed with blindness; there's a man sitting next to you there. He has high blood pressure, and he wants to be healed, don't you, sir? Stand up if that's... If I've told you the truth, stand up. Now, go home; you're well. Jesus Christ did it. Do you believe? Amen.
Now, the man sitting next to you there, he has something wrong with his eyes, and he wants to be healed too. And he has something wrong with his ears also. And he wants to be healed. Now, you lay your hand over on him, and he'll get healed. That's it.
Heavenly Father, I rebuke that spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus. Make it be so. Amen.

56 [Gap in the audio.] Now, the man next to you put up his hand. Would you like to be healed, sir, with the hernia, rupture? Do you believe that God will make you well? You do? Double of them, He'll make them both well. Do you believe that God will do it? If you do stand up on your feet and say, "I accept it." Just stand up on your feet and say you accept. That's right. Say, "Thank you, God." All right, you can go home now and be made well. Amen. Praise be to the living God. Have faith.
Jesus said, "Thou canst, if thou believest." Amen. That's the way to believe; just start moving along now. Something struck you, didn't it, brother. See, you don't need your prayer card. The only thing you need is some faith, and God will do the work. Amen. That is true. Just believe Him. He's God, and He cannot fail.

57 I see a dark spirit swirl that meeting just then. I didn't see where it went. Yes, it is, it's over this lady sitting right here. It's epilepsy. Lady, you believe that Jesus Christ will make you well, with that epilepsy? Stand up on your feet.
Our heavenly Father, we rebuke that demon. Satan, you're exposed. Come out of there; in the name of Jesus Christ we adjure thee. Amen.
Have faith. That's good first night faith, isn't it? Say, "Amen." That's really. Believe it with all your heart. You can be made well, no matter what's wrong with you. Just only thing I ask you to do, is have faith in God. Believe that He is, and He will grant it to you.

58 All right, do you believe, sir, with all your heart? If you believe, well, God is able to do the exceedingly, and the abundantly, and above all that we can do or think. 'Course that's up to the individual, isn't it? Whatever you think, then whatever you believe about it, well then, God's able to do it. Isn't that right?
We're strangers to one another. We don't know each other, but God knows us both. Isn't that right? Amen. Oh, my, I hope you don't class me a fanatic, but I'm so glad to see this kind of faith to start with. What will it be in ten nights? My, it'll be wonderful. I didn't think you believed that much. I really didn't. But now you're getting into the kingdom of God. He can do some great things for you. Amen.

59 Now, you just look to me as His prophet ... or, servant and believe with all your heart, Jesus Christ will help you. I believe. And if He does, then you'll be grateful and thankful. Is that right?
You're not from this country. You've come here from somewhere else. You're suffering with something; it's in the kidney. And it's tumors in the kidneys. And you've come from the north going south. You've come from the Carolina. You're from a city named Greenwood, or something like that, Greenwood, South Carolina. That's true. And you're a preacher. And your name is Reverend William Rogers. Is that right? Go home, brother, and may the Lord Jesus make you well for the glory of God. Amen.
Have faith in God. Believing. All things are possible to them that believe. "If thou canst believe..." You say, "Strange?" Oh, no. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, isn't He? Amen. Now, just... The Bible said, "If thou canst believe, all things are possible."

60 I see standing in the vision here above me; I see trees like palm trees hanging over this man sitting here. Yes, he's sitting there beside of a lady. And he's got arthritis. She has a gall bladder trouble. It's husband and wife. Yes, and you all come from a place called Florida. And the name of the city, it's something like Perry. P-e-r-r... Isn't that right? Stand up on your feet if that's right. You go back home and be well. Jesus Christ, your faith healed you and makes you well. Now, your arthritis is all gone, and you're well.
Do you believe? All things are possible to them that believe. If thou canst believe... Right now the whole group of you could be healed if you'd just believe it. It's beginning to get blurry out in... If you can just have faith, it don't make any difference what's wrong with you. Just keep looking; keep believing.

61 I see a man sitting here looking at me. I believe, it's on the ... right here at the line. He's looking towards me. He's been in surgery, had an operation. It's cut part of the stomach away. About two-thirds of the stomach has been taken away, and the gall bladder. And you've had two heart attacks. That's right. And you're a preacher. All right, go home; you don't have to come in here; you're healed. Jesus Christ makes you well. Amen.
Do you believe with all your heart? Have faith. Don't doubt; just believe with all your heart. What about out there in the audience, way back? Do you believe Him, way back? You shall see the kingdom of God. You believe He raised from the dead, He lives forever more? Have faith in God. Oh, my, every one of you can be healed, the whole group right now.

62 Do you believe, lady? Are you ... that's the patient? Is this ... is this the patient? All right, look this way just a moment. Now, we're strangers to one another. God knows us both, doesn't He? Now, to the audience, see, the only thing you have to do, friends... It's not me; you're the one; your faith is what's doing it. It's your faith a doing that. See, it isn't me. It's God's gift, but you're pulling from it. You see? And it's just making me so weak, I can hardly stand here. My legs are buckling under me. Oh, I just wonder what this meeting will turn out to be. Wonderful.

63 Now, have faith. Believe. Now, here stands a lady here; I never seen her in my life. I don't know nothing about her. God knows all about her. I don't. But God does. If God will let that lady ... something be said about her or whatever she's here for... I don't know what she's here for. God knows what she's here for. I don't. God knows that. But He does. And if God will reveal to her, through His unprofitable servant, just as a vessel, just like He did through Jesus, His Son, to that woman at the well, where her trouble was, would you believe that He's raised from the dead and He's just here the same?

64 Now, here's the same: a man, a woman. And that's the way it was there: a man, a woman. Jesus never seen her; she never seen Him. They didn't know each other. But He talked to her a few minutes and told her just exactly what her trouble was. What was her trouble? And she said, "I know when Messiah cometh, He'll do these things."
He said, "I am He that speaks."
Well, the Messiah is the One that's here now. He's the One who's doing the work. How many of you, if God will make this woman known something in the supernatural realm, will you now, every person in here accept Him, Christ, as your healer? Will you do it? Raise your hands if you will, anywhere if you'll do it. You can just go on and on all night, but what of it. Let's all be healed, every one of you, right now. So you can, every one, be healed and glorify God.

65 Is there a sinner here that would say, "I'll accept Christ, if I can see that done. I'll believe it with all my heart, and accept Christ as my Saviour." Will you raise your hand, anywhere? Anywhere around the...? That's fine. God bless you. That's good. God bless you. Now, may He grant it.
Now, just a moment... Now, lady, I want you to look to me just as a servant. And I don't know you, have never seen you. But if God will let me know what you're here to see me about... You are here for something. If it's you're there a deceiver, it'll tell you in a few minutes just exactly. And if you're here for help, I couldn't do it no more that just what He'd tell me to do. Isn't that right? It's all I could do, 'cause I don't know you. You don't know me. But He knows us both. Then at that, God knows it's at stake right here tonight, when it's getting late, after ten: perhaps way later than time to close this stadium. But there be groups of people be healed right now. So, I believe He will do it, don't you?

66 Now, God knows if the people out there understand, that we do not know one another, just raise your hands like that, so that they'll know that I don't know you and you don't know me. All right, we're strangers. 'Less we just ... you've heard of me or something like that. This our first time meeting. No way in the world I know anything what you be here. I just don't know you, just a lady here somewhere that's came in the line and that's all I know.
Now, just look at me, just a moment. I don't mean that. Just like this: Peter and John said to the crippled man at the gate, said, "Look on us," see. In other words, "Pay attention," see. And they looked up. Peter seen the faith; he said, "Stand up; Christ has healed him." Now, He's the same Lord Jesus. And what He could do right here for this woman, He can do all over the audience.

67 Now, the first place, you're here for a condition, a spiritual condition. That's right. You're seeking spiritual help, been having some trouble recently, darkness following you, nervous, upset. It's just a time of life has rolled around to that. You're not from this city. You're from ... you're from this way. You're from Texas. And the city is called like Sweet some... Sweetwater, something like that, Texas. Isn't that right? You're going home a well woman. Jesus Christ has healed you. The devil has left you, and you're free. Amen.
How many believe with all your heart? How many wants to be healed right now with all your heart? If you'll do this right now, you can be healed. Stand to your feet, every one of you. Lay your hands over on each other, right now while you can. Believe.

68 Our heavenly Father, I now come in the challenging name of the Lord Jesus. I condemn every sickness; and let the devil that's bothered these people come out in the name of Jesus Christ.
Every one of you here now that believes the Lord Jesus right now, that He's healed you, raise your hand and praise Him. Just raise your hands and say, "Praise You, Lord Jesus." Amen. Say, "Praise the Lord," everywhere. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Go home a well person now, while I commit the service to the brother. Amen.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Thank you, Brother Neville. Good evening, friends, and you be seated if you will. We're glad to be here tonight in the service of the Lord. So happy to be down here in this lovely state of Kentucky again: my home state. No matter where you ever go, there's something about where you were born and raised that always makes you long to get back. I haven't had many meetings in Kentucky, especially the type of meetings of this type of praying for the sick and so forth. But I've preached quite a bit in Kentucky, a little further down at ... near Glasgow ... or, Burkesville, rather, where I was born.
I don't know whether any of you knows the old Methodist church just above Renox Creek up there, just out of Glasgow, called Whitehill; there's where all my people are buried, practically all of them here ... that died here in this state. And we've had many a good time out there at the church. Used to be on the Decoration Day I used to go there to hold services. And I certainly had many a great blessing from our Lord.

2 Now, just in... My good friend, the Woodses, that's your neighbors from down here, they have been talking to me of coming down here at this campgrounds and holding a night or two service. We love the Lord Jesus so well up our way. We've learned to love Him with all of our heart. And we know that you love Him down here also. And we thought that maybe coming down here would... Bringing our fellowship together that we would just love Him awhile together. And that's what we're here for. And we come as no denomination: interdenominational. Our services are that way. And we just love the Lord Jesus, and we want to have fellowship with you people around His blessings.

3 And of course the phenomena of praying for the sick and the great success that the Lord has given has been a worldwide scope. And we're always glad to fellowship and pray with the sick. Many people in magazines and so forth, you've heard them say, "Brother Branham, the divine healer." Well, that's an error. You know, sometimes newspapers and magazines gets it mixed up a little. I'm not a divine healer; I'm just your brother. Christ is your healer, see. And that healing He done for you at Calvary.
And I'm a firm believer in praying for the sick. I do not believe that people can heal one another. That's not scriptural. And I believe that Christ died that we could be healed; He did that at Calvary when He paid for our sins. For "He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes we were healed." And it's the individual's personal faith in the finished work of Calvary what saves him from his sins or heals him from his sickness. It isn't the individual that's praying (That will help.), but it's not the person that... The minister cannot save or neither can he heal. He just preaches and represents what Christ has already done for you at Calvary. And I'm sure all you minister brothers believe that, and your congregation.

4 I want to say to the Methodist Church and the community who has graciously given us the privilege for these two nights and an afternoon service here on your campgrounds: I trust that it will turn to you in many great blessings, that our gracious Heavenly Father will do that. I come as a stranger almost to you, only by mail or some way, or by writing. And you just open up the grounds, never asked me any questions, just give it to me.
And I will only try to do you good while I'm here. And I trust that our Lord Jesus will save all the sinners that's in the community, and you will just have your churches overflowed with new members after these meetings. And all that doesn't know Him in the way of forgiveness, and doesn't know Him as personal Saviour, I trust that they'll be forgiven and saved before the service is closed.

5 Now, tonight, it was rather kind of blunt upon my part to come here and offer a night to pray for the sick, hardly before being acquainted with you. And I did it, because just of the ... because of the squeeze of time. And many people, when you come... Now, we're just human beings, all of us. And you'll notice that people are just people the world over. The first couple of days you sit and wonder, and especially at something that you've never seen before. You'll watch it and you'll say, "How can that be?" And you'll draw conclusions. And sometimes they're wrong.
And just... It isn't just to the cause, just to stay couple of nights like this, but I am trusting to God that God will so get a hold of everybody's heart in such a way, and may He help me to explain it in such a way, by the Scriptures, that there will be ... there will be no doubt in your mind. And if you are well, may you love Him with all your heart. If you're a sinner, may you accept Him with all your heart. And may, when the services is closed, may there not be a feeble person in the neighborhood, is my prayer.
Now, this can only be done as you people, as God's people, will cooperate with us and give your faith to the Lord Jesus Christ and believe Him with all your heart and soul, chase away every doubt, and just believe God's Word with all your heart.

6 Now, we're very fundamental. We believe that anything that's contrary to God's Word is not of God. We believe it has to come from the Bible, that Bible is the basis of all truth. This is God's textbook, this is His foundation, this is His blueprint. And we cannot bypass it in any way. We must come the way that He said come. And I assure you, so far, I'll keep right in the pages of the Scripture. And you who have pencils and papers and like to write Scriptures down, you're welcome. Or these tapes that you could call your case.

7 Now, in giving out of a night, there's only one legitimate way that we have found to do it. As several times across seas... I just come a few weeks ago from Zurich, Switzerland, where the Lord in five nights gave us fifty thousand converts. And in Africa recently, we had thirty thousand one afternoon. And now, just as soon as I leave this meeting I go home to go to Frankfurt, Germany, to the stadium that Hitler built there, for cricket games, but I'm going to hold the Gospel services in there, and I trust that God will save many in Germany.
Then I come up to Berlin for two nights. There with Hal Herman, the very noted movie director that was converted in the meetings, my meetings in California, and is preaching the Gospel to the Germans. And then from there to Alsace-Lorraine, France. And then over to the famous Brother Jack Schuller. I want to stop see him, a Methodist brother, old Bob Schuller's boy, who is down ... a personal friend of mine, who's overseas in Ireland now. And we're expecting a great time, a time of fellowship. We were together just a few weeks ago just before he spoke for Brother Fuller, on The Old-Fashioned Revival Hour when he was in down just below ... just out of Pasadena there in a tent meeting.
Now, and then come back and a few meetings in California. And then if the Lord willing, down to Sidney, Australia, and back up. We want to go down the Amazon River where we know that there's many people who has never heard the Gospel the first time. And in this way, it's a pioneering, spearhead affair. It's something that brings not only the theology of the Bible, but the living Christ among the people, that proves to them. It works so much greater in foreign countries than it does in America, because we have been so indoctrinated with different teachings and so forth till many times we fail to get the real power out of the Gospel; because we try to make it so complicated and to see how simple it is, we miss it by that way.

8 And in there, the native of Africa, the native of those nations, you can come and talk to them about the Bible, they'll laugh in your face. But let a man who's standing totally crippled or blind rise up in the power of the Lord, let the Holy Spirit, after teaching the Bible, stand and do something that just startles them; every person on the ground will fall to his knees and give glory to God.
Where we American people wonder, and we're full of wonder and so forth. I'm not meaning Kentuckians down in here; I don't believe you're that way, see. And I believe that around the big cities where we have so many things, but out in these small towns you usually find a humble-hearted bunch of people. And if I know anything about spirits, I'm standing in the midst of that people tonight. I don't say that just to be saying, because I don't believe in doing that. I believe in telling the truth. You must if you're going to face God and face the enemy, you must be sincere.

9 Now, many people can open up this Word like this, but it takes the Holy Spirit to interpret the Word. Don't you think so? See, we can pull back the pages, but it takes God, the Holy Spirit, to reveal it. The Bible is a mysterious, hidden book. And there's no need of trying to learn it by education; it doesn't come that way. The Bible plainly says... God said, "I have hid it from the eyes of the wise and prudent and will reveal it to babes such as will learn."
The Bible is not a western book; it's a eastern book. And a few trips across the sea will let you become more acquainted of the customs of what the Bible and the things... It's a new book to you when you once live with the Jewish people and where the Bible was written, and in the oriental types.

10 Now, tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock ... or, two-thirty, I'm to be on the platform, I think, to start preaching. The song service begin about two, is that right, Brother Neville? And after all, some of you people here, Brother Neville happens to be a Methodist preacher out of ... I believe, from Asbury, wasn't that right, Brother? From Asbury College. How many ever heard of Asbury College? Oh my, that's a wonderful place. It's right across, out of my back yard. So, it's a marvelous place. Wish I lived close enough to it to send my children there as they grow up. And in Africa and all around I met your missionaries.
I met a little ... some little boys and girls one day down there was missionaries; they said, "Oh, you speak English?"
I said, "Yes."
Said, "Are you American?"
I said, "Sure." I said, "Where you from?"
Said, "Kentucky." I said,
"Well brother, how do you do?" It just seemed so good. I said, "If you just say, 'It hain't nothing to...'" I said, "I'd really know you was from Kentucky. That's right, if you just use it that way." But they were very fine children. And they were from Asbury College.

11 Now, tomorrow afternoon is a Gospel message. Bring your unsaved, will you, and come out and let's just pray that God will give us a great outpouring of His blessings. Tomorrow at two-thirty I'll be at the platform so you can get away early. And tomorrow night is another message from the Bible and a prayer service and the closing of the little campaign.
Now, let us, just a moment, bow our heads and ask Him if He will come and open the Word to us. Will you do that with me while we bow.

12 Our gracious Heavenly Father, we approach Thee in the all-sufficient name of the Lord Jesus. Knowing this, that we are assured that we will get an audience with You when we ask in His name. For He said Himself when He was here, "Whatever you ask the Father in my name, that I will do." So we come believing that we shall receive what we ask for.
Now, Heavenly Father, we're grateful to Thee tonight to have this loyal bunch of people gathered out here in this hot night. It shows that they're not here to see what kind of clothes that each other are wearing. They're here because their hearts are hungry. They love You. And every man, Father, is trying to see across the veil, to see just what's the other side.
And I pray, Father, that tonight, if it be pleasing in Thy sight, and if Thy servants has found grace with Thee, will You just let us look a past the curtain tonight? Let the Holy Spirit take the Word and make it so true to every heart. And may then, with eyes of visions, may we see just across the veil, see that God is not far away. He's near, even so near that He can be felt in our hearts, to every believer. Take the Word now, Father, and speak. And may we fellowship around the Word just now. For we ask it in Jesus' name, Thy beloved Son. Amen.

13 Coming down this afternoon, riding in the car, I was thinking... Now, perhaps a lot of Branhams sitting in here, and Harvey's, from my mother's side. And my Uncle Jim is here; I hope I get to see Uncle Jim before going away from ... this close to you.
Now, I was thinking of what must I say to the people tonight. My... I'm not much of a teacher, but my words are never premeditated. I just... Whatever He tells me to say, I say it. And over in the book of Jude I happen to choose a little familiar Scripture that I'd used, and maybe approach it in a different standpoint from what I have at other times. But it's the book of Jude, and there's only one chapter of it, as you Bible readers know. And I want to read tonight the third verse for a text, as we would call it ... or, a Scripture reading, rather.
Beloved, [Reading the Scripture.] Beloved, ... I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints.
This is Jude writing to the church thirty-three years after Pentecost. Now, for just a text, we would call it, I'll read ... use that for a Scripture reading, and for a text I want to use Hebrews 13:8, very familiar with all of you: "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever."

14 Now, before we call the prayer line, after the teaching, we all want to look straight to the Word now, right to the Bible. And it may be a little contrary from what maybe times that you've heard it preached, but let's see just how the Scripture reads and how it looks to you.
Now, Jude here writing, thirty-three years after the inauguration of the church on the day of Pentecost, he said, "I gave all diligence to write unto you and to exhort you..." Now watch what he told them to do: that they should "earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints."
Now, to contend means to, not argue, exactly, but otherwise "hold fast, or uphold"; and "stay put with it," as we'd call it in a street expression. "I want you to earnestly," not just half-heartedly, but with all your soul and might, "contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints."

15 Now, sometimes today it's been said amongst many believers, they say about certain things, "Oh, that's against my faith. Our faith don't teach that." There's only really one faith; the Bible said so. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God, and there's one faith and that is the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ, see.
Now, we Methodists like to believe that that's what our faith is. And I believe it. And we Baptists like to believe that that's what our faith is. And we Presbyterians and Pentecostals and Nazarenes and Pilgrim Holiness, we all want to say, "That's what we have." Well, I believe that. I do believe it.
Well now, the difference is that they differ so much one with another. Now, if you can believe what you believe and end your faith with a comma instead of a period, and saying, "I believe this and nothing else," if you put a comma. If you end it with a period, "I believe this plus all the rest that God will show me." Now, that's the way to do it. "I believe this that I have is the faith. I've got this part of it, and I'm ready to learn something else that God will tell me, and teach me." Then you've got a open heart. And the Bible said, "If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all unrighteousness." What a beautiful Scripture. And it's God's eternal teachings.

16 Now, faith is the subject right now that we have under consideration. What is faith? Many people substitute hope for faith. But it's just as much difference as it is day and night. For the Bible in Hebrews the 13th chapter said, "For faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." See, it's not just a mythical hope; it's absolutely a substance. Oh, I hope you see this; and then you'll see things happen.
See, many people can have hope in their mental thinking. And sorry to say, that's the position of many Christian, profess today, is mental thinking. They have a conception. But never have yet experienced what Jesus said when He said, "Except a man be borned again, he will not see the kingdom"; or, the word translated right is "understand" the kingdom of God. You look at anything, say, "I just don't see it." You don't mean you don't see it with your eyes; you don't see it with your heart, you don't understand it.

17 Now, there is two elements... Just for a few moments on this subject. There's two elements that make up the human being. And one of them is your mind and the other is your soul. And the mind is your mental thinking, your intellectual. And your soul is a part of God that's in you.
Now, now a man can... When you are borned in this world, as a child, you grow into be a living soul and at the age of choice, you hear the Gospel in some way, and something way down inside you tells you to receive Christ. You'll say, "Well, I'm too young now; I'll wait a little longer." Now, there's where you make your first mistake, right there. For you grieve this person inside. God's not going to judge you by this man up here: your intellect. He's going to judge you by your soul.

18 Many people have faith by their intellects; others have faith by their soul. Now the intellect up here, will reason with the Word of God: "It's not reasonable." But the soul doesn't reason at all; it says, "It's the truth." And that settles it. See, the soul believes it. The intellect will say, "I wonder, it might've been for a day gone by. That might have been for the disciples, or that might've been some... Not for us now because we're living in a different day." But the soul says, "Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." No reasoning. Doesn't reason at all. It believes.
Now, the big percent of us, friends, will go to reasoning instead of the soul and that's the reason we fail to receive wonderful blessings from God. Now, this is just not a mythical something. It's not some kind of a magic wand. It's the truth of a living God. Now I believe this, that you can't be drunk and sober at the same time. You never seen a drunk-sober man in your life, and you never will, see. You never did see a black-white bird. It's either one or the other.
Now, if God is God, He's still alive today. If the Bible said that Christ raised from the dead and is alive forever more, that's either the truth or it's a error. And if it's an error, I don't want nothing to do with it. But if it's the truth, I am ready to die for that truth. That's right. Now, that ought to be reasonable to anyone.

19 Now, here's what happens. When a man starts out, he will go to reason. He'll go to the schools of theology. And he'll go from church to church and wonder if this one's got the truth, or if that one's got the truth. Or he'll take his membership from one church to another. You should never do that. You should put your membership in heaven, on the book of life. And there it will be forever.
Now, all churches---Christian churches---has good meaning, every one of them, and I believe every one of them has truth. And now, I don't mean to try to say now they don't have all the truth. Sure, I believe... If they believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that's the truth. Amen.
Now, but what a man will do, he'll hear a little something and keep moving his papers. Well now, you'll never find Christ moving your papers. You have to move your thoughts, you have to move your thinking, and get away from reason and move your thoughts from your own way of thinking to what God thinks. "Let the mind that was in Christ Jesus be in you." And then when you begin to think His thoughts, you'll begin to live His life and do the things that He did. See what I mean? Now, because it's not you, it's Christ.

20 Now, a man in doing that, he'll say, "Well now..." He'll start to reasoning first. "Now I am too far gone (speaking of sickness). The doctors said that I can't live." The doctor with all the knowledge the man knows... And thank God for our doctors, hospitals and knowledge. We thank God for every one of them. And by no means should you shun your doctor or be against your doctor, or hospital, or medical treatment. They're all sent from God. Everything that's good come from God, see.
But what it is, we're living in the day when we got the best doctors we ever had, the best hospitals we ever had, the best medicine we ever practiced with, and got more sickness than the world ever known. Because we got more sin and unbelief than the world ever knowed. We got too many things that's got people's mind all tore up. "Is this right? Is this right?" And the poor people don't know what to do. And that's the reason that sin and violence set in.
It's too bad that the church of the living God ever begin to break up in organizations and run out on limbs. It's too bad that we couldn't be of one faith, one accord. And the Holy Spirit would still be coming if we kept like they had on the day of Pentecost: in one place in one accord. But when we begin to break fellowship with other peoples, then is when we begin to colonize, and God left us.

21 Now, to hurry straight to the point. Now, if the man by his intellects will finally grieve this... The Holy Spirit keeps saying, "You should." And you say, "Well, I'm too young. Well, if I... Well, I belong to church." But you should be borned again. "Well, if I get that kind of experience, I won't be able to do this or do that, or I can't go to this and do that."
Well, you see, the devil will tell you that you're going to lose some good time. You're going to lose some privileges. But he's lying to you, especially you young people. Oh, my! You don't have to drink. You don't have to smoke. You don't have to run around in these places of amusement. Why, the Holy Spirit is a million times better than all the devil could even offer you. Why, you don't have to get drunk on strong drink to have a big time. Sinners do that, but you don't have to do that. Because I've been twenty-three years preaching, and I've been drunk the whole twenty-three years on the Holy Spirit. It's a stimulation itself. And it never lets up.
And I've always got joy, always got peace, always feel good. The Lord is here. If I am sick in body, He's got me happy in my soul. If things are going good, things are going good in my soul and bad in my body, or visa-versa, it makes any difference, God is always there and I'm always stimulated with a pleasure that's, "Joy unspeakable and full of glory." That's what He does for the believer.
Oh, my! If I can get to divine healing... It sounds like an old camp meeting. So then, to think of how glorious He is and the joy and things that He gives to His believing children.

22 Now, if we keep grieving this little fellow called soul, after awhile it will finally depart from us. The Bible said, "The soul that sinneth, it shall surely die." Now, death doesn't mean what we term it to be; death means "separation." If I died here at the pulpit now, I wouldn't be dead. You died there you wouldn't be dead. You'd be dead ... we'd be dead to each other. Here's one alive, and the other one gone. Means to "separate." But we'll be alive if we're Christian in the presence of God. If we're not, in tortured eternity, in the presence of the enemy, the devil.
Now, the soul that sinneth, it shall separate. And after awhile you don't have that feeling that condemns you when you're doing wrong. One time when I was a lineman many years ago, I just started to preaching, and I'd just been ordained in a Baptist church. And so I was down at the corner just a preaching away, the Gospel. And there's an old... Talking about your soul. And an old darky come up, he said, "Parson," said, "do you know what your soul is?"
And I said, "Well, I believe I do, Uncle."
And he said, "It's the little thing that's got four 'pints' on it. They're sharp. It sets right in your heart. And when you do something wrong, it starts turning." Said, "You let it keep turning, it'll cut a streak and you can't feel it at all." So, I thought that was a pretty good expression. Just keep doing the same thing over. "The soul that sinneth, it shall die."

23 But now look, friends, there's only one translation, there's only one word for sin, and that's "unbelief." "He that believeth not is condemned already." Drinking whiskey is not a sin. Committing adultery is not a sin. Gambling is not a sin. It's the attributes of unbelief. If you believe Christ and accept Him as your Saviour, you won't do that. That's just the fruits off of your tree. So, if you...
Now, not drinking, and not smoking, and not gambling, and not committing adultery, and those evil things, because I do not do them, is not the reason I am a Christian. Those things are attributes because I have accepted Christ and believed Him. So, it's either unbelief or belief. That brings it down again to faith.

24 Now, this man can keep on; he can go to church and believe that he's a good member (He can be), support his church; live a good neighbor ... live in a good neighborhood; be a member of the Kiwanis, and whatever he wishes to be in the ranks of society; still be a good man; give to the poor, and whatever to do.
But at the end time, when this little soul that he's grieved, and he thinks he's all right, he takes his death bed and he comes down to the end and the first thing you know, he'll scream out, "My God, I'm lost!" And the doctor will shoot a hypo in his arm, saying, "Here, here, here, here, here, you're getting delirious now." And the hypo needle has stopped a many old-fashioned deathbed confessions.
Listen, a hypo needle will still the lips, but that soul that's moved up yonder, that you've grieved away, will haunt you as long as there's an eternity, see. So remember, believe God, accept His Word. Don't doubt it; just say it's so. And don't reason it; just say it's so anyhow, because God said it. And every man or woman that ever got anywhere with God, were men and women who did that.

25 Now, now Jude said, "I want you to earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints." Now, if we're going to have to turn back... [Brother Branham coughs.] Pardon me. And if we can find out... Now, I want to put this to you right now before we get farther along. If we can find out what kind of a faith that the early church contended for, I believe we should contend for the same type of faith today. Don't you think so? Times change, people change, but God is unchangeable. He never changes. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He never changes. He wrote His Word; it's a blueprint. The builder must build to the blueprint; there's nothing else.

26 And now let's drop back in the book to find out what was the faith that was once delivered to the saints that we're so commanded by the saint to believe it, and to contend for it: "The faith once delivered to the saints."
Now, in order to do that, we'll have to take the New Testament, because the Old Testament... They were called saints when they become sanctified. That oughtn't to hurt the Methodist at all. Sanctified, or the sanctified ones, separated, cleansed by the washing of the blood of the Lord Jesus. Cleansed and set aside. God bless John Wesley who was the beginner of it.

27 Here not long ago when I was in England praying for the notable Florence Nightingale, who's picture is in the book that you received tonight. And dying with cancer weighing twenty-seven pounds, I believe it was, when she was healed. And his loyalty, the king, who had been stricken with multiple sclerosis, was healed also.
They took me up to John Wesley's shrine. They taken me to the place where he preached his sermons to fifteen hundred people every morning at five o'clock. I had the privilege of taking a hold of his shoes, sitting in the saddle that he rode here in America when he turned backwards and had his little desk. I sit in his chair there with my arms around where he had won a rooster fighter to Christ and he gave him his chair for a study. And in the room we had prayer where the angels come and caught him away.
When Calvin had went into England and the great Anglican church had got in such a way. They believed that predestination, or whatever was going to be, was going to be, there was no need of revival. And God sent John Wesley, with the power of the Holy Spirit and John Wesley believed in divine healing and the supernatural. I have his textbook at home.

28 Notice. He believed the message just as the Bible spoke it. It's too bad we got away from it. That's right. But John Wesley believed the Bible. I stood by the place where the shrine, where he turned the foxhound, there was one from the Anglican church turned the foxes loose among them and things like that. And he pointed his finger in his face and said, "The sun will not set on your head three times till you'll be calling for me to pray for you." And he died that evening with cramps, calling for John.
When John riding his horse, and he'd fell off of ... horse fell and broke its leg. And he got out, took his anointing oil from his pocket, and anointed the horse with oil, got on it and rode away. Why, you Methodists surely ought to believe in Divine healing, the power of God.
Sure, it's too bad we get away from it. You Baptists too, Presbyterians, Pilgrim Holiness, and what all we have, Pentecostals and all. Notice. God don't respect denominations; God respects the individual. That's right.

29 Notice, now, he said to earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints. Well, if it takes New Testament, we'll have to start back from the beginning of the New Testament. The first one, the mediator between the Old and New was John the Baptist. And he was a short lived life which only lasted just as the voice of one crying in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord---six months of preaching.
And when Jesus came, he was considered, John was, the greatest of all the prophets, because the rest of them spoke of Jesus, but John said, "Behold, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world." He introduced to the world the Messiah that had been prophesied since Eden. He did no miracles, but he was the forerunner of the Lord Jesus.

30 When Jesus came in on the scene and began to speak to the people... I love that part: God always giving vindication. Now, just be quiet a minute. Listen. God always vindicates the truth. No matter what man... Man... That's the reason today we can't have faith. See, faith is not based upon the shifting sands of man's theology. Faith can only be based upon the solid rock of God's eternal Word. That's the only place that faith can rest. It's the only resting place that faith has because the Bible said so. Not what the preacher says, not what papa said, but what God said. That's where faith is solid. To the believer, if God said it, that settles it. See, there's your resting place.
And with such a shifting condition as we're in today, how can faith rest itself? You got to come back to the Bible, back to the truth. And when Jesus, a carpenter's son, physically speaking, (when He come to the earth here that's all He was known of), and the day that when John baptized Him, God vindicated Him. God spoke from the heavens. John saw Him coming in the form a dove, and said, "This is my beloved Son in whom I'm pleased to dwell." The right translation there is, "In whom I am pleased to dwell in." Jesus immediately anointed with God, He was just a man till that time, but now He becomes the God-man.
Someone telling me here not long ago, as I many times referred to it in this shiftless day, that He was just a prophet, He was a good man. He was more than that. He was the anointed God. The Bible said, "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself." God in Christ. Amen.

31 Notice it. How beautiful. The Father, speaking from the heavens. When He was obedient to baptism, said, "This is my beloved Son in whom I'm pleased to dwell in." No wonder Jesus could say, "All the power in heavens and earth is given unto my hands."
Here He goes. Now, let's watch His life: I think, is beautiful. The first thing we see Him doing: beginning to pray for the sick. Let's take Him in one of His first meetings, in Luke the first chapter. Now, let's type back and see what Jesus was that day.

32 And listen. Do you hear me? Listen close. What Jesus was then, He is today, or the Bible is wrong. Is that right? What the faith was then (that they contended for then) is today, or we're false accusers, or the Bible is wrong. Now, it cannot be and the Scriptures saying, "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever." If He died and went into the grave, that settles it: He's just another man like Buddha or Mohammed or any of the rest. But if He rose from the dead, then He's the same---if He's risen. If He isn't risen, then He's just one of the philosophers; He was just a prophet. But if He's risen from the dead, He's God, He's immortal, He's with us now.
And if God doesn't prove that here on this campgrounds, then I'm a false accuser and a false prophet. Jesus Christ is living tonight, and can prove it that He's here on earth, right here at Campbellsville, Kentucky, tonight just the same as He was in Galilee. Amen. What a statement. But His Word is either right or it's wrong. And I know it's right. For before half a million heathens at a time I've seen His great majesty rise in power, shut every witchdoctor down and take glory to Himself. Oh my! How wonderful to put your simple trust in the living, resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.

33 Certainly it makes us a little emotional. You can't help it. Thinking in the days: an atomic bomb hanging in the hanger yonder that could destroy the nations, cobalt and everything, when three of them would put the whole world out of commission, a total annihilation, what's left for the human race?
But there's a Lord Jesus, and a heaven, and an eternity. And the blessings of God waits for those who wait for Him and believe in Him. How marvelous. No wonder it's emotional. No wonder it causes us to feel the way we do. He's glorious.

34 Now, I want to ask you something. Noticing. When He come on earth and He started out, in Luke 2, He was having a meeting, perhaps praying for the sick. And there was a man by the name of Philip. And Philip got converted. And as soon as he got converted to the Lord Jesus, he went quickly to find his friend. That's a good sign of conversion, when you want to tell somebody else about it.
He run quickly. So, he left the prayer meeting, and he goes around the hill several miles; and he finds his friend by the name of Nathanael. And he said, "Come see who we have found, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
And when he said that, Nathanael, a righteous man, raised up and said, "Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth? Jesus of Nazareth, a wicked city like that, and any good thing come out of there?"
God usually takes the bad things to bring the good out. That's right. Life has to come out of death. Did you know that? He takes the bad things to bring the good out.
"Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
And I think Philip gave him the best remark that I've ever heard. Said, "Come and see." That's a good thing.
"Something going on?"
"Well, if you don't believe it, come see for yourself." That's the way. Now, said, "Come and find out."

35 So, away they went, the two together, just having them a time. And they went along the bank. And the first thing Jesus (is a little drama here) was perhaps standing, praying for the sick as they come along. And up in the crowd comes Nathanael and Philip; He'd never seen him before. Jesus feeling something moving in His heart, He looked around, and He seen Nathanael coming, and He said, "Behold." Behold means "to look up," see. "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
If I'd say it like you'd understand it here at home, we'd say, "There comes a man, is a Christian. That's an honest man." "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
And I can see Nathanael saying, "Me?"
"Yes, you," said Jesus.
And he said, "Rabbi, how do you know me? Why," he said, "You don't know me. This is your first time in this city. And I'm a stranger, and You've never seen me. So how would You know that I was a believer and had no guile? How do You know anything about me?"
Jesus turned and looked at him and said, "Before Philip called you when you were under the tree, I saw you." Oh, my! "Before Philip called you." Four or five miles around the bend. "Before you came to the meeting, I saw you under the tree, praying, when Philip come up."
Oh, my! What did he do? He fell down at His feet and said, "Rabbi (Teacher) thou art the Son of God. Why, you're the King of Israel."

36 And notice. But the Pharisees of that day, the religious world, why, that was against their teaching. That was against their theology. "Why," they said, "this man is a devil. He's Beelzebub, the fortuneteller, the mental telepathy, that's who that fellow is."
Now, the religious world classed Him as a devil. But Nathanael, upon whom the miracle was performed, said, "You're the Son of God." And the devil turned around... The ministers said, "You are of the devil. You're a fortuneteller. These things are done Beelzebub." But the devil turns around and said, "You are the Son of God, the holy One of God." The devil was right in that case, knowed more about it than the minister did. He said, "Why, you're the Son of God." Do you believe that? Sure, the... Sure, you believe that. If you don't, you're lost.

37 Notice, now. Then a little later we find Him on His road. Let's take Him here as in ... let's take the... I think Nicodemus well expressed it to the people. When Nicodemus said down there, when he came to Jesus by night. Lot of you criticize him because he come by night; but he got there, he arrived. The next thing, did you? So, if you haven't arrived yet at Jesus' feet, why, don't criticize Nicodemus.
So, he came by night, and he came to Jesus. And notice: a Rabbi, a teacher, coming to a man that we have not one record He ever went to school a day in His life. And yet today we put all the emphasis upon school. He come... A man with great dignity, with all kinds of diplomas and doctor's degree, come to a man that had no diploma. Look at it. A millionaire came to a pauper, who didn't have a place to lay His head, when the foxes had dens and the birds had nests. When a multimillionaire came by night to a pauper, when an old sage, DLD doctor came to a young man to learn wisdom. Amen.

38 Now, notice why he did it. Listen. Why did he do it? Listen at him when he addresses Him. "Rabbi (Teacher, see.) ... Rabbi, we know..." We who? The Pharisees, the religious world. "We know that Thou art a teacher come from God." Why? Because You've got a degree? No. Because You speak so eloquent? No. Because that You are an educated man? Nope. Because You belong to a certain deno... Nope. "We know that thou art a teacher come from God, (Why?) because no man can do the things that you do except God was with him." There you are. Not, "No man could teach the things that you do." Not, "No man could teach the theology you do." Not, "No man that could do these things, or teach the Bible like you do," but, "No man could do the works that you do."
There's one thing to teach something, there's another thing for God to confirm it and say it's the truth. There's one thing to say something, it's another thing to do something. It's not hearers, it's doers. "Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith," said Paul, "by my works." If you believe it, you'll act upon it. That's it. And then your faith becomes works, and God can go with you then.
"We know that you're a teacher come from God," we Pharisees.
"Well, why don't you come and join with me, then? Why don't you believe me?"
"Well, of course, we have a regulation. And our regulation is a tradition of the elders, which says if you don't belong to the Sanhedrin or the denomination here at Jerusalem, why, we'll all be excommunicated. And therefore, we can't accept it." And yet, was willing to admit that no man could do the things that He did except God be with Him. Why? God is proving His Gospel. God has always did it.

39 Now, my clergy brethren, and Sunday school teachers, let us reason for a minute. Did you know religion is one thing and salvation is another? Did you know it come up from Genesis? Do you realize that Cain was a religious man? Just as religious as Abel was. He came before the Lord. He realized that he was mortal, he had to die. And he built an altar unto the Lord, a church. He brought in and made a sacrifice to the Lord. He paid his tithings and his offerings, as it were, to the Lord. And besides that, he knelt down and worshipped the Lord.
So, if belonging to church, and supporting the church, and bringing in your tithes and offerings, and kneeling down and worshipping, is all that God requires a man to do, then He would be unjust to condemn Cain, because Cain done every bit of the religion that Abel did. But the only way that Abel was just: It was a spiritual revelation that it wasn't by works, it was by faith. "Not him that worketh, but him that believeth." And not apples, and peaches, and pears, or the fruits of the land that brought us out of the Garden of Eden, but it was the blood.

40 And Jesus vindicated the same thing when He said, "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, Simon Peter," when he confessed Him to be the Lord. "You never learned this in a seminary. You never learned this from some church, but my Father which is in heaven, has revealed it to you. And upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Spiritual revealed truth of the living God.
When God has revealed to you, by the Holy Spirit, not by theology, not by mental thinking, but by the actual birth of the Holy Spirit, that Jesus Christ raised from the dead, you have eternal life. That's the revelation. Wish we had time to bring it through the Bible.

41 Look at Korah, Moab, in the Bible, when Israel came up. There was Moab, come from the sons of Lot, which was by his daughter. And they had a great place, a great church. And when they come down to curse Israel, why they built the same kind of altars, prayed to the same God, made the same sacrifices: bullocks. And they offered a sheep, representing the coming of Christ. And fundamentally speaking, everything that Moses was offering down there, Balaam was offering up here. So, if God only requires fundamental teaching as intellectual, God could not refuse Balaam's offering.
But the reason, why did He refuse Balaam and accept Moses, is because there was signs and wonders. God was a vindicating. They had divine healing, a brass serpent. They had a smitten rock. They had joy. They had a leading Spirit. They had a pillar of fire. They had everything among them, signs and wonders, God proving that He had accepted them.

42 That's the way it is today. It was when Jesus and Nicodemus stood together. Nicodemus---in a fine church, orthodox as it could be---taught to the very last word, and Jesus was also. But God was with Jesus. "Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no man can do the miracles you do except God be with him."
Philip ... or, I mean, Peter, expressed the same thing in Acts 2. Said, "You men of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, (listen), a man approved of God among you by signs and wonders and miracles which he did in the midst of you all, which you all yourselves are a witness."

43 Let's take Him when He went up one day, going down. And we will close just in a moment for the prayer line. Let's take Him... He had to go down to Jericho. But strangely, He went up by the way of Samaria. And on the road up there, He sent His disciples away, being noontime; I wonder. He had told Nathanael where he was, when Philip brought him. And here He sends His disciples away and sits down upon the garden gate. If you was ever in the Orient and see how beautiful it is around those wells. He was sitting over against the wall.
And a woman came out. We know her here as a prostitute. I don't think she was; because of the customs of what she was doing, she couldn't have been. But we'll say for the sake of a point now, that she was an ill-famed woman. And she came to the well to get some water. Jesus, fastening His eyes upon her, watched her as she drew the water from the well. And He said, "Bring me a drink."
And she said, "Why, it's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such." Said, "We don't have no dealing."
He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask me for a drink and I'd give you water you didn't come here to draw."
Why, she said, "Why, the well's deep and you have nothing to draw with."

44 And on went the discourse, as they went on. And finally... Now, I have my own way, which I'll get to you in a few moments and show you what Jesus was doing. He was trying to find that woman's spirit. The Father had told Him to go up there. So He was holding this discourse with her, to find out what her spirit was.
So, as soon as He caught her spirit, after talking to her, He said, "Go get your husband." That was her trouble. He knew her trouble. Said, "Go get your husband."
She said, "I don't have any."
He said, "True. You've had five, and the one you have now is not your husband."
Why, she turned and she said, "Why, I perceive, sir, that you are a prophet." Now, listen close, teachers. She said, "We," the Samaritans ... "We know that when Messiah cometh, he will tell us these things." The very sign of the Messiah, that the Jews were calling Beelzebub, the Samaritans said, "We know that when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things. He would know that I had five husbands. We know that He will do that: the Messiahic sign."

45 It's too bad that spirit didn't die in that day, but it didn't. Notice, the people it was on died, but the spirit still lives. Just like the Holy Spirit: God takes His man, but never His Spirit. The devil takes his man, but never his spirit. The spirit of those teachers still live today. The teachers are dead, but demons still live on, possessing whatever they can, very scholarly and so forth, "but denying... Having a form of godliness," said the Bible, "but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
Notice, now, in the teaching here. She said, "I know when Messiah cometh, he will tell us those things."
He said, "I am He that speaketh to thee."
What a shock that must have been to that woman. "I am He that speaketh unto thee."
It startled her. "Well, I'm a stranger, and how would you know anything about me? Well, you must be a prophet. Well, what prophet are you? We know when Messiah cometh, He's going to do those things."
When Jesus comes, He's going to do that. Now, Jesus did come and do that, then if Jesus has raised from the dead, and is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He still does it, or He's not Jesus. Right.
"We know when Messiah cometh, he will do these things. But who are you? Are you a prophet?"
He said, "I am He, the Messiah." And she left the water pot and in the city she went, all excited, and said, "Come see a man who told me everything I ever done." Now, He didn't do that, He just told her that. He could have told her if the Father would have showed Him. But she said, "Come see a man. Isn't this the very Messiah?

46 Now, a little farther, that they might know. Simon came one time; Jesus looked upon and said, "Well, your name is Simon, but from henceforth you shall be called Peter," a little stone. Told him his name when he come up. Strange, wasn't it? Said, "You're Simon." He did that many times. He knowed where a fish was had some coins in its mouth, to pay some tithings. Wish I had time to tell you a little story like ... something like that happened the other day. I will maybe later.

47 Notice, and then when this... Jesus one time was standing among some people, and a little woman pressed through the crowd. She was so elated because she had heard of Jesus. Now, she elbowed her way through. She didn't care what they said; she wanted to get to where He was at. And when she got there, she touched His garment, went back, 'cause she was probably small in stature, had a blood issue for several years. Probably lost a lot of blood and she'd gotten weak, so she crawled through the crowd; she just touched His garment, walked back and sat out in the audience.
Jesus stopped; He turned around, said, "Who touched me?"
Why, everybody denied, "I never touched you."
Peter looked around, said, "Lord, you ask a question like that? Why, everybody's touching you. And why say, 'Who touched me?'"
"Why," He said, "I perceive that I'm getting weak." Virtue, "weakness." "I perceive that virtue is going from me. I'm getting weak. Somebody touched me. Their faith has touched me."
And He looked around on the audience. Finally His eyes settled on the little woman. She had a blood issue. He said, "Thy faith has healed thee."

48 Now, that was Jesus two thousand years ago today. If He has raised from the dead, that's got to be Jesus tonight, just the same. Do you believe it? It's true. He raised from the dead. Once more and then we will close. Notice Him. Here He is... Let's go over to Saint John 5. We can just take the entire Bible, laying it out from Genesis to Revelation. He's just Jesus all the time.
Notice in Saint John 5. He was going down to the Pool of Bethesda, which is where the porches ... five porches laid there, and there's a sheep market, where they had a pool of water. And great multitudes, which, many hundreds of people, laid there, waiting for the moving of the water, for an Angel came down every once in a while and troubled the water. You people living near the rivers here, you know what troubled water is? Current going one way and wind, like, blowing it another, making it contrary---very dangerous waters.
And he said... When this water was troubled like that, whosoever having faith stepped in first was made well of whatever disease they had. Now, notice. Now, watch the kind of people, (now, in closing), watch the kind of people that's laying there. Lame, blind, halt, and withered. What a crowd. Lame, blind, halt, and withered, laying, waiting, for the moving of the water.

49 Here He comes, garments full of virtue. Woman touched His garment, was made well. Here He comes, walking right through the pool. Walked by that mother with that waterhead baby. Walked by that poor old blind daddy standing there with arthritis, and blind. Walked by them others laying there. Why? And being a merciful God, having compassion.
But friends, little later when we get acquainted, you don't know what compassion means. Compassion, humanly speaking, is one thing. Compassion, godly speaking, is another thing. Like the two loves. You have one love, which is human love, phileo, called in the Greek. Then you have agapao love, which is divine love. They're contrary one to another. Phileo love would make you shoot your brother because he loved your wife. But agapao love would make you put your arm around him and pray for him. That's right. See, it's altogether different.

50 And now, that's the same thing with compassion. He passes through that great multitude, many hundreds of people laying there. Could you imagine? The lovely Jesus, passing through the stretchers and wheelchairs and cots, and went over to a man laying on a little, we call it in Kentucky, a pallet. How many knows what a pallet is? I slept half my life on one. Look. A pallet. And down here on the hillside, you're not far enough down yet to really be Kentuckians, wait till you get on down here where you almost visit on a grapevine; that's when you're really Kentucky. So, old log house, and little old bare floor in it, and the kids lay by the door at nighttime to keep cool on a pallet. And daytime mama with a big old fly-bush to fan the flies off of them. Oh yeah, I know what it's all about. Yeah. I'm happy for it. Amen.
Notice, God came to one of those places and saved me from sin. I guess it's all right. All right. Let me preach the Gospel around the world. Almost a million souls now, been able to win to Him, by His grace. And think of it.

51 Now, and there when He went over to this little old man laying on a pallet, and said, "Will thou be made whole?" Why? Watch what the Scripture said, "For Jesus knew that he'd been a long..." Thirty-eight years. That man had been sick in the same amount of years since I was a little baby down here on the hillside, a few miles below here. Thirty-eight years he'd this infirmity. Maybe a prostate gland, or TB. It was retarded; it wasn't going to kill him. Why would Jesus pass by the cripple, lame, halt, blind, and withered, and go over there?
Notice, He said, "Will thou be made whole?"
He said, "Sir, I have no one to put me in the water. I can walk and everything, but while I'm coming down somebody outruns me and gets in there ahead of me."
He said, "Take up thy bed and go into thy house."

52 And when the Jews found him... Read the whole chapter, fifth chapter. Let's take the 19th verse, listen what He said, 19th verse. The Jews questioned Him. If Jesus was in Campbellsville tonight, He would be questioned too, if He passed. And of such a scene as that, He passed by there and left them people laying there. Watch what He said. They said, "Rabbi," about the man. And He said, listen now, 19th verse, "Verily, verily," that's a Hebrew word, is not used here; it means "Absolutely, absolutely." "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."
Now, listen close. Jesus did never claim to be a healer. Jesus said, "It's not me that doeth the works: it's my Father that dwelleth in me; he doeth the works. He shows me what to do by vision, and I go do it."

53 Now, to save time... We could go on through the Bible. Jesus, when He went to leave the earth, He said this: "A little while, and the world will see me no more." Is that right? All Scripture readers know that, Bible readers. "A little while and the world will see me no more." That's the worldly people, the worldly crowd, the unbelievers. He was a fanatic to them then, He's a fanatic to them now. "A little while, and the world will see me no more; yet ye shall see me." There's going to be some ye's. "Yet ye shall see me, for I", personal pronoun, "I will be with you, even to the end of the world." Is that correct? That the Scripture?
Jesus said in Saint John 14:7, "The things that I do shall you do also. The same kind of ministry I'm doing, this is the faith that I'm presenting to you saints. The things that I do shall you do also; greater," the right translation, any of you translators in here of the Bible, the right translation is not greater by quantity, because you couldn't do greater. He stopped nature, raised the dead, healed the sick, done everything. But He said, "More than this shall you do; for I go to the Father." Jesus the same yesterday, today, and forever.

54 Now you're on one side or the other tonight. You're either on the side of the world that would not believe it, if you seen it, or you're on the side that can see it and rejoice because God has raised up Jesus from the dead. Did the disciples do it? Peter was on the housetop, and he saw in a vision, to go to Cornelius's house. Acts 10:49. Is that right? All right.
Let's see if... There was a fellow by the name of Paul. He was a great man, (Saul, first), and he was persecuting the saints that were contending for the faith. So, the Lord struck him blind. And he was laying in a street called Straight, in a little inn. And there was a man down there who saw visions, by the name of Ananias. And he was in prayer one day, and the Lord gave him a vision; and said, "Go up in a street called Straight and find a man named Saul; lay your hands on him that he might receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost."
Why, he said, "Lord, this man is a persecutor. He don't like us. I know he's a religious man, but he hates us. And I've heard of the great things he's done."
He said, "Behold, he prayeth."
And here he come by a vision, and found the house, up past the public square, over through the ... by the fountain, and found the house that looked in the vision. Went in, laid hands upon him, and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord who appeared to you..." Not Saul telling him, but him telling Saul. There you are. The faith that was once delivered to the saints. "The Lord that met you in the way, has sent me that I might lay my hands on you and you receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost." Paul.

55 Don't never doubt His Word. In Acts when he was let loose from Crete and was out on a sea fourteen days and nights and no hope at all they'd ever be saved. A hundred and eighty men out there and he had chains on his hands and on his feet, going to Rome to be offered up, have his head cut off. And out there, and all hopes that they'd ever be saved, prayer and everything else had went. But nothing would take place. Paul was a saint. Jesus was alive from the dead.
And Paul went down in the galley to pray. After awhile this little Jew come out, throwing his hands and said, "Be of a good courage, everyone of you." The sea still a roaring. Said, "For the Angel of God, whose servant I am, stood by me in a vision, and it said, Paul, fear not; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God give all of them that sail with you, to you. Howbeit the ship must be wrecked on a certain island. Wherefore, be of a good courage." Amen.

56 What? A vision. The Spirit of the Lord in His church. Now, listen, friends, that was... We could take hours at it. But what kind of faith was presented to the saints through Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ said, "The same things that I do shall you do also." Along come the apostles and did the same thing. What's happened? What went with it? What did He do? What was Jesus' last commission? "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel. These signs shall follow them that believe; if they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover." Great signs and wonders was to take place.
What happened to it? Our schools taught it out. We laid it aside. We adopted something else: education. Education's a wonderful thing, but Jesus never did say to be educated. Seminaries are wonderful, but Jesus never did ordain the church to make a seminary. Churches are wonderful to build, but Jesus never did tell the people to build churches. But He said, "Preach the Gospel to all the world." And that we failed to do.
What is the Gospel? Well, you say, "Here it is in the Bible." No, no. That's part of it. That's the seed. But Paul said, "The Gospel came to us not through word only, but through power and demonstrations of the Holy Spirit." The Word is all right...

57 When I got off in India with the great bishops that met me there, they said, "Brother Branham, we've heard much of your work." Said, "Now don't come here and try to be a missionary." Said, "Don't come here and try to teach us the Word because we know more about it. We had the Word when Thomas come down here two thousand years ago." And I preached in Saint Thomas Church. Said, "Thomas came down here and brought us the Gospel two thousand years." Said, "We had it eight hundred years before you was a nation. So, don't try to come tell us about the Word. We know more about the Word. But what we want to know, has God blessed you with the return of the Holy Spirit to make the Word live again?"
I said, "Jesus raised from the dead, sir."

58 There stood those teachers there, seventeen different religions, entertaining me, and all seventeen against Christ. There stood the one worshipping a flea, the other one worshipping a cow, one worshipping the sun, the other one worship Mohammed, the other Buddha, all different kinds of gods, and making fun of Christianity. And they got the Bible and handed it right out to us and said, "You teachers that say Jesus raised from the dead..." And Doctor Reedhead standing there, the President of the Sudan Mission, the biggest in the world. He said, "If you teachers of Christianity, will prove that Jesus raised from the dead, we'll accept it."
Said, "Now, what do you mean by proving?"
He said, "Do the things that Jesus said you would do and we'll believe you. Do it, and we'll believe you." I was sitting biting my teeth. He said, "Let me see you teachers produce." Said, "Mohammed wrote a bible." It's called the Koran, you know.
And so one of the Bishops said, "Where are you referring to, sir? Perhaps Mark 16?"
He said, "One of them, yes."
"Why," he said, "Sir, that was an error in our Bible. Mark 16 from the 9th verse on is not inspired."
He said, "What kind of a book are you reading? Part of it's inspired and the rest of it's not?" Said, "Let me tell you kind, sir, all the Koran's inspired."

59 Oh, what a dig. What a black eye to Christianity. I stood, I thought, O God. You atheistic. Wait till the time comes. God is under obligation to His Word. Jesus lives and reigns.
They, the Bishops, was talking to him, and he said, "Let me see you teachers produce it." Said, "Mohammed taught life after death; we believe it. Your Jesus taught life after death, and you believe it." Said, "Other words, all the resurrection, and all that stuff," said, "prove it." Said, "You've had two thousand years to do it in. And you Christians are fifth place." And we are. Why? Because the teachers have failed, teaching theology instead of the resurrection and power and life. Yes, that's a statement, but it's true.
He said, "You've had two thousand years to do it." And said, "Two-thirds of the world's never heard of Jesus Christ." And that's the truth. Why? Because we build churches, because we had petty organization. We've work for them instead of getting down and talking it out with Christ until the Holy Spirit become a manifestation of living truth to us. Amen.

60 Doctor Reedhead moved his foot on the dirt like that, and turned and walked away. So, that night in the meeting where five hundred thousand gathered: There was the Prime Minister, there was the Mayor of the city, all of them sitting out there in that amphitheater. I said, "Now, gentlemen of the religions of the world, today was your day. But this is God's time. Amen. You said, 'Let me see Jesus return and do the things that He said He would do, and we'd believe He raised from the dead.' Do you still believe it?" I said, "I'll make a challenge. If He doesn't do the same thing in the power of His resurrection tonight, then I'm a false witness. But if He'll do it, will you forsake your religion and become Christians?" They all raised their hands.
That night when people coming to the platform, I couldn't even speak their language, and God telling who they was and what was wrong with them and things like that; they fell prostrate. And a blind man had been twenty years in blindness received his sight and walked off the platform and kissed the mayor of the city.
My! Why? Because Jesus Christ lives and reigns today. And we're to contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." And He lives tonight. And He's omnipresent. He's omniscient. He's omnipotent. He's the same resurrected Lord Jesus and the same in power, the same in principle, the same in life, the same in love. The same as He was yesterday, He is today forevermore living in His church.
Shall we pray.

61 Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for Thy noble Word, Lord. Thy Word is a lamp unto our feet. We thank Thee for it. We thank Thee for giving it to us.
And now, dear God, though tonight few in number, little handful of people from back out here on the farm and around, has gathered out here on this campground, where just prior to this has been an old-fashioned meeting going on, where the kingdom of God has been preached and sinners a weeping their way to Calvary.
O God, stable the faith in them believing children. Let them know that Thou art here. You're living tonight. Forevermore You're alive. And let it be known that Thou art Christ tonight, resurrected from the dead. Father, I realize what a statement for a mortal to make, but I believe You, God. I believe every word.
And I pray that You'll take this humble frame of unworthiness, and by the blood of Jesus and by the omnipotent grace of God, will You move Your Spirit into it tonight, Lord, and prove that what I've taught is truth. I've testified of You, Father. You testify of me that I've told the truth. And the people will receive it and You shall have glory. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

62 Excuse me for being lengthy tonight. Tonight is Saturday night; tomorrow you may be able to sleep a little longer. I'm sorry I taken this much time. Hot ... but remember, it's very hot here. But I love Him, don't you? With all my heart I love Him.
Now, if our pianist, somewhere, whoever the lady is that plays the piano here, or gentlemen, whoever it is, will come to the piano just for a moment. I want you to softly play if you will, "Only Believe" or "Abide With Me," or something.

63 And now, at the beginning of this service, I'm asking now if there would be a critic or some unbeliever, inside or out, that does not believe and come to criticize... Just remember, friends, that I am not responsible for what happens to unbelievers or critics. I am not responsible. Because be it known unto you, that if Jesus has raised from the dead...
Do you remember one time a fellow in the Bible moved around, the devil come out of a man and wanted to go into some hogs, from Gadarea? See, devils, when they're not in bodies, seem to be helpless. They have to have a body and yours will be all right. And it certainly is a breeding grounds with unbelief. So now, don't stay for the rest of the service, if you're an unbeliever.
If you are a believer, I believe that I can make anything that happened, with the help of God according to His Word, that it would leave you. So now, may the Lord bless you.
And please don't stir around while we're in prayer. How many would just say, "Brother Branham, I'll sit and be reverent. I'll look at the Word you preached tonight and compare it with what God does. And then if it seems to be that God comes around... Now, I've heard you, you're a man, I've got a right to doubt you. But I know you quoted that from the Bible; I've read it. And then if God comes around and proves that that's the truth, then I'm going to accept it." How many will do that with your hands up, say, inside or out, "I will accept it." If God will come tonight and prove that I've told the truth. Now, I've spoke of Him, let Him speak of me.

64 Now, in the building tonight, I believe they give out some prayer cards, the boys did a while ago. And how many has prayer cards? let's see you raise your hands up. Prayer cards? Fine. Now, we can't take them all at once. And my ministry is not a thing for personal contact. It's for the presence, for the people to believe. There's nothing in me; I'm just a man. But what I'm talking about, it's who I'm representing, Jesus.
Now, you mothers keep your children with you, because there's epilepsy present tonight, and it's very hard as I begin to feel the Spirit moving in.

65 How many's ever read my life story? let's see your hands. Over the building, anywhere? Many of you; some of you haven't. You know the visitation of the Angel of the Lord, and so forth, which is in Washington DC, confirmed the picture of it. We don't have it with us tonight, but they have taken it with the American Photographer's Association. That same Pillar of Fire standing there when George J. Lacy, the head of the FBI, had it. It's all wrote up and everything. And the write-up is in our little book here.
We're not here selling books now. No, sir. We're not here to... No money, nothing's connected with this. We only want your attention to Jesus Christ, is the only thing. No, sir. We're not here for nothing. Not to make you leave a denomination, make you leave a church; we're to make you go back to your church, that's what we're here for. And love the Lord with all your heart. And your pastor will appreciate you more. And God will bless you.

66 Now, who has prayer card... Let's see. How many ... how many did he give out? Would it be about forty or fifty or something like that? All right, who has prayer card number 1? Is there anybody here got it? Look on it; it's just a little bitty thing with numbers.
Reason we give these prayer cards, is so we can get the people lined up, keep the people lined, put in line, so there won't be any irreverence and everybody can be lined up. But just watch, there'll be more healed in the audience without prayer cards, than there will be with prayer cards. Now, just notice.
Who has prayer card number 1, would you raise your hand up right quick? Look on the back of your prayer card, everybody look. Now it might be somebody who can't get up. It might be somebody deaf and can't hear. Where's the boy, Billy Paul? Is he here, maybe, or an usher, or somebody, would help us?

67 Prayer card number 1, raise up your hand right quick, would you? You mean to tell me that he didn't give out... Prayer card number 2? Has anybody got prayer card number 2? Number... Who has... You got 1 or 2, sister? 2, number 2? Would you come right here? Prayer card number 1? Now, you must respond to your call, or you'll miss your place in the line. Prayer card number 2? Right here.
All right, prayer card number 3. Anybody got prayer card number 3? Would you just raise up your hand wherever you are? That lady has number 3? All right, prayer card... Over here, lady. Prayer card number 4. Anybody got prayer card number 4? This man here. All right. Prayer card number 5? Would you raise up your hand right quick so we won't take up much time? Number 5? All right. Number 6. Number 7. Raise up your hand real quick when your number's called. Number 6. All right. Number 7. Number 8. See, you don't all have to be messed up together; we just call them one at a time.

68 Number 8. All right. Number 9. Who has prayer card number 9? Prayer card number 9, would you raise your hand? Not here? Prayer card number 10, would you raise your hand? All right, lady, prayer card number 10. Prayer card 11, would you raise your hand? Prayer card 11? 12? Prayer card 12? All right. Now which one ... which was you lady? 12? Which was you, sister? Now, there can't be two 12's. Now, there's got to be something wrong. Eleven. All right. That's 11 and 12. All right. Prayer card 13? Prayer card 13? No. Prayer card 14? No. Prayer card 15? Yeah. All right, sir, 15. All right, that'd be fine.
Has prayer card... All those that's from 1 to 15. Have you ever come? Was you prayer card what? you're number...? I'm sorry, I missed you a while ago. Prayer card 2, 3, 4, 5. Just line them up, some of you ushers, or somebody will take the place of an usher, if you will. 15, 16, 17, 18.
Somebody look at this man here, maybe, on this cot paralyzed with them. I see he had a card in his hand. There's a lady over there that's got a card. See. All right. 18, 19, 20. I'm afraid we're going to get too many out the door. Let's start praying for these right now.

69 All right, how many in here that does not have a prayer card, inside or out ... (Thank you, kind sir, for helping me there.) ... inside or out, that does not have a prayer card and yet you want Jesus to make you well tonight and you believe He will do it, raise up your hand, wherever you are. Without prayer card now. See, you won't have a chance to come in the line for prayer. All right, I want you to believe. I want you to believe with all your heart, and with all your soul, with all your mind that Jesus will make you well, and He'll do it.

70 Now, along this line, as far as I know, I don't know anyone personally. And there's no one in the building that I know except these men sitting right along here; they're recorders from my regular campaigns. They take these down. Whatever the Holy Spirit says, you can come back and find out just what it said. And then, I believe I recognize Brother Funk sitting right back there, and maybe---his wife and a ... and another brother there from Jeffersonville, sitting right back over here; Brother Ben, we call him. And I believe that's Sister Beeler, that's about the only ... and Mrs. Spencer, setting right here. I believe that's the only persons that I recognize in the building tonight knowingly.
You're all strangers to me. However, even though it's people who I've spoke to, I don't know them. If there'd be something wrong in their life, I do not know it. But now look, what if Jesus was here wearing these clothes that He give me, He would know everyone of you, wouldn't He? How? As the Father would reveal it. "I can do nothing except the Father shows me first what to do." Is that right? "And what He shows me, that he will do."

71 Now, the same Jesus that was resurrected from the dead, if He was standing here and you were out there, now with no prayer card, can't get up here at the platform, and you knowed you wasn't going to get up here; and don't you think if you would believe Him with all your heart, like that poor little woman did that touched the hem of His garment, He could turn around and tell you the same thing He told her? Don't you think so? If He's raised from the dead?
Here's people standing in the line, there's people out there, that... If I happen to call somebody, or say something to somebody that knows me, well you just raise up your hand say, "I know you Brother Branham." I want somebody I don't know, see, so you can see that God raised from the dead.

72 Now, this is a divine gift. The resurrected Lord Jesus. Now, I'll ask once more. Now you realize that in this, it has to be the anointing of a supernatural Being which is the Lord Jesus, who has promised that we would do the same things that He did when He was here on earth. "The things that I do shall you do also; more than this will you do; for I go to my Father. A little while the world will see me no more; yet you shall see me, for I will be with you unto the end of the world." Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, doing the same things. Nothing at all, but what the Father showed Him.
I tried in a hurried up way, to take you through crowds and show you, He didn't heal everybody that come to Him. No, sir. He did just what the Father showed Him. Is that right? Now, you argue with Him. Saint John 5:19. Read it and see if that is the truth. "I do nothing in myself, I only do what the Father shows me; what I see, that I do."
Now, look at Philip when he come up there, and Nathanael come. He said, "Thou art an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
Said, "When did You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I (what?) saw thee." Several miles away. He's Jesus tonight isn't He? Amen. All right.

73 Now, this seems to be... If the Spirit of the Lord comes among us, which I know it is, and He will use me as His instrument, just like... This is a microphone. This is a desk. The microphone don't hold up the Bible; the desk does. Everything has its place. This is a finger, this is a mouth, this is a ear, and a eye. We're all parts of the body.
Now, if God comes with us tonight, and will use His divine gift, His prophetic gift, that's been sovereignly given to your humble brother and servant of the Lord, then will you all accept Him as Saviour and believer? Let's see you put your hands again. I know the Holy Spirit loves for you to do that. Let's see, I'd like to see a hundred percent say they'd do that. I thank you kindly. That's nice of you to do that. Now, the Lord bless you.
Now, Teddy, if you will, son, play "Abide With Me" slowly, or either "Only Believe" or something. Let's sing "Only Believe," just real slowly. Everybody together now, just real slowly now.
Only believe, only believe,
The Holy Spirit. Everybody getting to ... getting to believing. They sang hymns.
......... only believe,
Only believe, only believe,
All things... (Watch me that I
don't stay too long, will you,
one of you boys, will you?)
....... only believe.
(Now, if you brethren will... I don't see Billy Paul here. But don't let me... Don't let him... Don't let me stay too long, see, because I've got another service, and going to Germany, see. Oh, here... All right. All right.

74 Now, Heavenly Father, now into Thy hands I commend myself. Not to be seen, Lord, or to be respected, but because I love You. And because without merit, Thou hast sent Thy gift. Let Thy believing children here in Kentucky see that You've raised from the dead, that You're here, that you do the same today as You did when You were here on earth. And they'll go tell others and they'll believe, and they'll love You, Father. And some glorious day when life is over, we want to come to Your house. When we knock at Your door, we believe You'll let us in, Father.
Now, Your Word said, "The things that I do shall you also." The Word says that You're the same yesterday, today, and forever. You said it with Your own voice, "The things that I do shall you do also." I believe You, Lord. And now, in Jesus Christ's name, may it be so tonight for Your glory. Amen.

75 Now, the lady's here, if she'll come. Just come right here if you will. Now ever who the engineer is on this microphone... Please now, let me ask you again. This is certainly subconscious; you realize that. And it makes you weak. If one vision made the prophet Daniel so weak that he was beside himself nearly, troubled at his head for several days, what would it do to a person like me? If one vision from God would make Jesus feel virtue going out of Him, why, what would it do to a man like me? So you understand.

76 This lady here I suppose, we're strangers to each other, are we, lady? We don't know each other. This is our first time meeting in life, isn't it? Now, the woman's a stranger, I never seen her in my life, my first time ever seeing her. God knows that's the truth. We probably, maybe born miles apart, perhaps years apart, but God knows that woman. He knows me. He knows what we're here for. He knows all about us. And if Jesus of Nazareth was standing here now... And maybe the woman's sick, I don't know. God knows. I couldn't tell you, I never seen her.
If we are strangers, and this our first time meeting, so that the people here, maybe right here, your associates here at Campbellsville will... Raise up your hand, if we're ... we're total strangers; we've never seen each other. But the lady right now is aware that something is near, something's going on.
How many ever seen the picture of the Angel of the Lord? let's see your hands in the building. Now, that's exactly what she's feeling now. She's conscious that she's near something, not her brother; it's the Holy Spirit. It's standing here now. The audience is begin to kind of... Well, I can't explain it, but He's here.

77 Now, if the Holy Spirit will let me talk to her, and her be a total stranger, and do the same thing to her that Jesus did when He was here on earth, will you believe that it's Jesus Christ? If I told you that the spirit of a painter was in me, you'd expect me to paint a picture. If I told you the spirit of an outlaw was in me, you'd expect me to have big guns and I'd be dangerous to be around. If I tell you the Spirit of Christ is in me, you'd expect me to do the things that Christ did, for He said so.
Now, lady, if it's domestic, if it's financial, if it's... I don't know what you're here for. You know that, don't you. I don't know nothing about you. But if the Holy Spirit will reveal it, what you're here for, just like He did the woman at the well, will you accept it, and believe it comes from God? You're aware that something... You have a real humble sweet feeling. Isn't that true? If it is, raise your hand, see. It's His Spirit. Perhaps now, this is another dimension. I see between me and the woman a light that's moving around and around. It's the Holy Spirit, same pillar of fire that led the children of Israel.
Now the only way I'd ever know, sister, if He talked to you, He'd have to tell me like He did the woman at the well. Strange you being a woman and me a man tonight, just as we met. So did Jesus and the woman at the well. He knowed all about her. Or He did just as the Father revealed. Now, He can do the same thing tonight, can't He?

78 The first thing, the lady, as you look ... 'course she's not looking to me, she's looking off to one side. But I see the lady kind of getting real upset at her home. She's suffering from a nervous condition. That is true. Do you believe now? I tell you, you get real tired. And sometimes in your work, you have to sit down sometime and rest because you feel real nervous. And you're dropping things too. That's right. That's true. That's right. Another thing is, that you had an operation recently, what's caused you to be nervous. That's true. I see you going into a hospital for an operation. And you've been operated on, which is making you real nervous. That's true. He's wonderful, isn't He?
You're not from this city. You're from a place called Elkhorn, Kentucky. Your name is Campbell too, isn't it? That right? You're healed, lady. Jesus Christ makes you well. You're well. Come here just a minute. Something happened to you then, is that right? Something happened. Your nerves went quiet, is that true? You're healed. You're in His presence.
Let's say, "Thanks be to God." Do you believe with all your heart? Only God... It's not me; it's Him. "If thou canst believe, all things are possible." Isn't that right? If thou canst believe. Just have faith, don't doubt.

79 Little lady sitting right back there, about one, two, three from the end in the second row; got trouble in your side haven't you, lady? Got side trouble, in your side. Do you believe with all your heart? You sitting there looking at me with the little white shawl like, you believe that God will heal you from that side trouble? Huh? If you do... God bless you, then; you can have it. Amen.
Let's say, "Thanks be to God." You just have to have faith. If God ... if you can believe. Now, do you believe with all your heart, lady? I am a stranger to you? I don't know you, do I? God knows you, doesn't He? But if the Lord Jesus will let me talk to you like He did the woman at the well... What am I talking to you for? It's personal contact of your spirit.
Now, you're here for something. You may be standing just to deceive. If it is, let it be known. He knows you, He can tell me, if you can believe. But you're not here as a deceiver; you are a Christian. You are a believer. It's turning white around you. And your trouble ... you are facing an operation. And the operation is in the throat. It's a choking spirit. You are wondering whether it is a goiter or a tumor in your throat. It's the devil in the form of a growth. But Jesus is here to make you well. Dost thou believe this?
Then in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I condemn this evil spirit, choking. Satan, you are defeated in the blood of the Lord Jesus. Come from the woman, that you bother her no more. In Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
God bless you, my sister. Do you believe with all your heart now? Go and you'll never have to have your operation. Believe with all your heart.
Thanks be to God, that gives it. Do you believe everywhere? Have faith in God. Just look and live, look and believe. That's all I ask you to do. Have faith. God will take care.

80 Come, lady. Seems like I've seen you somewhere. I have somewhere, I don't know where. Of course, it's in anointing now, I guess the reas... But, it looks like I seen your face. But you're conscious, lady, that I don't know what you're here for. I don't know nothing about your being here. I might've seen you somewhere. But I don't know. But God does know, doesn't He?
You're not standing here for yourself. You're standing here for another person, which is a woman. And she's an elderly woman. It's your mother. And she's got something in her hip that's wrong. And say, you've got a little child, a little girl you're praying for. A little black headed, black eyed, attractive girl with cerebral palsy, that she's very bad. That is true, lady. Isn't that right? You believe it now? Then go and receive what you asked for. And God of heaven heal and make well, in Jesus' name I ask it. Amen. God bless you.
Do you believe? All things are possible.

81 What do you think lady? You've got bowel trouble, haven't you? Yes. You were sitting there looking at me, yes, the lady sitting next to that man. Very ... bowel trouble. You were sitting there thinking, What if he would turn and say something to me? I'm not reading your mind, you know that, but that's truth isn't it? If it is, raise up your hand. I never seen you in my life. You're a stranger. But your faith makes you whole.
Why was that bowel trouble? Why did I say that? Huh? Because this man standing here has the same thing. It's devils calling for help. That's right. You have a colitis in the colon. That's true. You're very nervous also, aren't you? Very nervous. It's just you've always been a worrier, a thinker, deep thinker. Let me tell you something. You have a gallant thing you're looking for. Above everything in the world you want to be born again and receive the Holy Ghost. That's right. You may receive it. Go and the peace of God upon you. In Jesus' name I bless thee, my brother, for your heart's desire. Amen. Go and the Lord bless you. Have faith.

82 The little lady sitting there when this lady was healed with bowel trouble, sitting right back there, the second one in the row there, she had the same thing; she was healed also. That right, little lady with the purple dress on? Is that right, raise up your hand. That is true, yes ma'am. That is true.
All right, lay your hand on that man next to you, because he has trouble with his back. He's sitting there wanting to be healed. He has back trouble. That is right, sir, isn't it? Raise up your hand if that's true.
Hallelujah! Jesus Christ lives and reigns. He never fails. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His love omnipotent, His blessings. You believe?

83 The little lady sitting back behind there, with a ... sitting there crying; she has hardening of the arteries. That's right, sister. The blood's trying to pressure through; the doctor put a thing around your arm just recently and pumped it up and told you about it. See, in the hardening of the arteries... The medicine's very good, but Jesus can clean those arteries for you. Your faith... Do you believe? Will you accept it? Stand to your feet if you will, and accept your healing. The Lord bless you, my sister.
Amen. If you don't believe, you are an unbeliever tonight. Jesus Christ is here proving the very same things that He did in the days gone by.

84 Do you want to be well, sir? Now, I'm not reading the man... Now, you're com... Don't take that thought, around the door there; don't do that. See, don't think you can hide now. You can't. You can't hide now. I'm not reading the man's mind. No, sir. Put your hand on my shoulder, sir. You want to go home and eat your supper, and be over that stomach trouble? Go eat your supper then, Jesus makes you well. Amen.
Come. Believe with all your heart. Don't doubt, have faith in God. All right.

85 Come, lady. Amen. That old arthritis is a bad thing, but Jesus Christ can make it well, can't He? Do you believe that you're going to get over it? Do you believe you're standing in His presence, not your brother? If I and this church will pray for you now, you believe that you'd get well?
Our Heavenly Father, as this little wrinkled-handed mother, stands here and no doubt has wiped the tears from a many crying baby's eyes. Years ago perhaps she'd hurt herself, an old mother who's probably passed beyond the veil, pick her up in her arms and kiss her. And it'd all be over in a few minutes; she'd be rocked to sleep, wake up to forget it. God, mother's kiss cannot take this away, but Lord, Your blood can. I ask for it, in Jesus' name, for my sister, may she be well. Amen.
God bless you, mother. Go, don't doubting anything and believe with all your heart, and you shall be well.

86 Do you believe? Heart trouble's nothing for God to heal, is it? He can just make them well. Do you believe it? With all your heart? In the name of the Lord Jesus, I bless this, my sister, that she may be made well, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. Now go believing with all your heart now. Believe it. All right.
Do you believe? I don't know you. But if God will let me know what you're here for, will you accept it? It's in your back, isn't it? Is that right? It was, it isn't now. If He knows what you are, He knows what will be, doesn't He? If He knows what has been in your life, He tell you what the future will be ... if you know that's true, the other's true too, isn't it? You're healed. Go on your road rejoicing and saying, "Thank You, Lord Jesus."

87 Do you believe that you were healed while you were sitting in the chair? Would you believe it with all your heart that God made you well? Then you can go to your home and be well.
Let's say, "Thanks be to God," everyone. Have faith in God. Can you believe? If thou canst believe. Look this way and believe. Just have faith, that's all I ask you to do. How many believes now He raised from the dead, and is here? raise your hand. You believe it with all your heart. May His grace abundantly be with you.
My beloved Christian friends, I am only telling you, from the Gospel, that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that He raised from the dead. And it isn't I, it's Him that's healing these people. I don't know you. God knows you. It's your faith. But if you would start out like this for the meeting, what will it be in about two weeks, when you begin to iron out the differences of your meeting, when you begin to take out the way the little frazzles and things.
Many of you are wondering, many of you are stunned. Don't tell me; I know your hearts. I don't, He does. I can feel the pulling of the Spirit. You say, "How do you do that, Brother Branham?" I can't explain. Jesus did it. The apostles did it. And Jesus is doing it tonight, through you. Have faith in God. Don't doubt, but believe with all your heart.

88 Would you come, lady? Have faith. You believe that God will make you well? Now, look, lady, I would like to heal you if I could. I can't, you know that. I'm a man; I can't heal you. But I can pray for you. But look, if Jesus, as I preached about Him tonight, has raised from the dead and standing here, you in His presence, not your brother's. Don't you believe you could be healed?
You're seriously sick, you know that. It's your stomach that's bothering you. But Jesus Chri... You have ladies' trouble too. But Jesus is here to make you well. You believe that with all your heart? You believe that He'll heal you? If you can, you can be healed. If you can't, of course that's up to you, see. You're wondering in your mind, lady, you've been prayed for before. You've been in line, see, and that's what's got you all... I'm not reading your mind, but that's the truth. Is that right? Why don't you believe now while you're in His presence? Can you?
Our Heavenly Father, as weakening from my body, I lay hands upon this woman and seeing that she must believe You, or something must happen quickly. I ask that she be made well, and I bless her in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you, lady. Go now; and as you have believed, so will it be to you. The Lord bless you. The Lord make His grace upon you.

89 You're thin, lady, and tired, night sweats; no one has to tell you what it is. You know that the doctor can't do it, but that's the first disease that Jesus cured. You believe that, don't you? Why, TB is no more to Him... He can just make you well in a moment. Do you believe it? Come forward.
Almighty God, the omnipotent God, omniscient, the resurrected Lord Jesus, this poor little woman standing here dying, Lord. Satan has did this evil, and she's trying. And I take charge over him through the authority of the Bible and through God's eternal Word, and I condemn Satan. In Jesus Christ's name, turn the woman loose, and may she go and be made well. Amen.
God bless you, sister. Tell you what to do to know whether I've told you truth. You go Monday and weigh, then next Monday weigh again, see what I've told you. Amen.
Come and believe. You have faith?

90 Now, it looks like that anyone could see that Light standing right over this lady with a green dress on sitting there: the Angel of God. She's thinking about someone else. She's praying about someone. That's right. That's a sister, and that sister isn't here. And she has cancer, doesn't she, lady? it's very bad. Take the handkerchief from your pocketbook now and lay it on her. Ask God, she'll get well. Do you believe? Amen.

91 Sir, would you like to be over that arthritis? It's a nasty old thing, isn't it? Will you accept me as God's prophet? Knowing I don't know you, I've never seen you. But I see you trying to get out of bed at morning, pushing yourself sideways trying to get out. That's true. Isn't that right? All right, walk out the end of the aisle here and raise up your hand and say, "Thank You, Lord; I'm going to be well." Amen.
Let's say, "Praise the Lord." All right. Do you believe, sir? Do you believe that God can make that thing leave you right now and be made well? In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I condemn the enemy, and ask that my brother be made well through Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you, my brother, go praying. Go believing with all your heart, and God will make you well.

92 Oh, my! You're nervous, upset. You have a lot of ups and downs in life. I'm not reading your mind, no. You had a scare too. You've always been a scary person, you was scared when you was a little girl. When you was a little girl you had a lot of scruples about things around home. I see you fall from sliding on a little thing, a little board or something or other. That's what caused it. You've always had a sore spot in your back. That's right. You have a stomach trouble that's caused from that. That's right. It's a peptic ulcer, which causes your food to sour and makes you sensitive on the teeth. That is true, lady. That's right. You believe now with all your heart? Then go and be made well. Eat your supper and doubt no more, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
Now, it was strange when I said that to her; something happened to you sitting right there, didn't it? You had a strange feeling strike you, because you had the very same thing, a peptic ulcer in the stomach. Go eat your supper. Have faith.
How many of you believe with all your heart? Do you believe? If you believe, you can receive.

93 Nervousness isn't nothing for God to heal, lady. You believe He'll heal nervous condition? There's just a whole group of this people suffering with the same thing. How many out there suffering with nervous condition? hold your hand. See what I mean? Too many to call. But them demons are calling one to another, black streaks running everywhere. The devil knows he's defeated. He knows if he can only get those people... If them people only believe God, it'll leave them right now, every one of them. They'll all be made well.
See, it's truth. It's not something that you have to wonder about. He's here. He's resurrected from the dead. Can you believe it? If you can say, "Amen" to Him. "Amen" with all your heart. God lives and reigns. It's a sin for you not to believe. You're disbelieving God. It's not me; it's Him. He knows all about you. I can't heal. If I could heal, I'd heal some of these people here, in these stretchers and wheelchairs.

94 What do you think, fellow, laying there looking at me? Do you believe me as God's servant? I never seen you in my life. You're a stranger to me. I can't heal you, but you couldn't hide your life if you had to. The Holy Spirit's here.
Say, by the way, you've come from a hospital today. It's a big hospital, sets up on a big hill with a lot of woods around it. You're a veteran. You come from the Veteran's Hospital, from Louisville, Kentucky. You come here to be healed. You've been operated on for cancer, tumorous cancer. It crossed and went to the other side. You're studying in the ministry to be a minister. Is that right? You're fixing to get married. This month you was supposed to get married. Oh, my brother, believe on the Lord Jesus, and you can be made well. Do you believe?
Do the rest of you believe? How many of you believe? All that's willing to believe, stand to your feet and believe on the Lord Jesus. Up comes the man from... You are... Can be made well. In the name of the Lord Jesus.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Leo, Gene, where you at? Be sure to keep that tape. When I'm dying, if they'll sing that, why, it'll be all right. I can just pass over all right. Oh, my.
The song ... I know the author real well ... the poet, rather. A good friend of mine wrote that out in a cornfield; so poor that he had pasteboard in the bottom of his shoes: Brother Booth Clibborn. And he's a bosom friend of mine.

2 And I just... Every time I hear it... And today that when they're trying to make Jesus just a prophet, that really expresses that He was deity. And I love that, don't you? Certainly. He was more than a prophet. He was the Son of God. That's who He was.
So we're so thankful for great men, poets. And I'm just thinking: When it's all over, when we meet them all, won't that be a wonderful time?

3 So happy to be in this afternoon, to start our healing services ... or, I mean prayer for the sick, rather. And I am trusting to God, that there will not be a feeble person in our midst when the service is over. May God of Heaven grant it, is my prayer.
And I've seen it happen so many times, that our Lord Jesus completely healed every person at one time. I see them where they just stack up the cots, and the crutches, and the wheelchairs, and take trucks and haul them off. And everybody go away well. If they can just get in the right attitude!
And that's why we've has these last four nights for instruction service, and preaching the Gospel, trying to find favor with our Lord.

4 Now, coming here to Los Angeles... I think this is part of it. It stretches out so far, I get around these hills and they say "You're still in Los Angeles."
So, I almost shudder to start to preach on divine healing. Not because of the message, but because that how it's been mistreated: the message of divine healing. And you find that, of course, with all phases of all walks of life. They have a pro and con. And we have a... There never was a bogus dollar in the world, unless there was a real one for it to be made off of, you see? So it should only make a real dollar look better, when there's a bogus dollar.
Now I suppose that in our little audience this afternoon there's Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Church of God. All different denominations is really what it's made up with. And that's the way it'll be in heaven.

5 And I want to say this little remark here, so that I can express and not be personal to anyone, or any denomination, or phase. But, speaking of divine healing when you come here to Los Angeles, especially... I remember when I first come; very noted man, here in Los Angeles, a very outstanding minister of the denominational church that I was from, the Baptist church, I was talking to him by phone. He said, "Brother Branham, don't talk about divine healing in Los Angeles." That was eight years ago.
I said, "Why so, sir?"
And He said, "Well," said, "you just don't realize what you're getting into." He said, "Everything is a healer in Los Angeles." He said, "It's just hanging out on every sign, and everywhere." And said, "Some of the awfullest things you ever heard, called divine healing."
"Well," I said, "that may be so, my brother, and I appreciate your sincerity, but yet there's a message of divine healing is the truth," see. That's right.

6 And now I want to make this real clear, so everybody will thoroughly understand, that I believe that divine healing is nothing that any individual on this earth can do for you. I believe that it's the effects of the atonement of the blood of Jesus Christ at Calvary. That's what...
I don't believe that any oil out of my hands would heal anybody. I don't believe it'd have anything to do with it. And I believe if I'd claim so, it would be absolutely antichrist, taking away from Christ. If there's any virtue in that oil, from my hands, or anybody else's hands, or from anything else that come from me, it's taking away from Calvary, and it'd be anti, against Christ.
And I do not believe that there's any power in men to heal other men. I believe that the only thing that any man can do, rightfully... Now, of course, we have people that believe such things. But I don't see how you Protestant people could condemn the Catholic, on holy water, then, if you could go for such as that. But, see, but where there's isms... Remember, friend, it's only a sign of a real, genuine healings of God, see.

7 Now, I've had a lot of experience in my life, to be no older than I am. I have seen witch doctors in healing. I've seen psychic, mental workups, and all together, and all of it called divine healing.
Now there's such a thing as being mentally worked up, or emotionally, and that doesn't mean healing at all. Healing is real if it comes directly from God by your individual faith, that's all.
Now, I believe that there's no one on the earth that could forgive you of your sins. Now, if you had sinned against me, and asked me to forgive me for what you've done against me; all right, I could forgive you that. But only God can forgive you your sins that you sinned against God, and against the Bible, against nature. And that's the same way by healing.
Now, so that you, by approaching this subject... And I haven't had too much time today, to pray. I've just been taken across the country to a little private room where I'm to be the rest of the week, in prayer, for the healing services.

8 But to you, my dear brethren ministers, I want you to thoroughly understand that, in approaching this subject of divine healing, I lay it all to Calvary, and the finished works of our Lord Jesus at Calvary. It's not any mentally emotion, any work-up, any psychic. It's truly your faith in the finished work at Calvary.
I believe that all salvation ... that every sinner was forgiven of his sins when Jesus died at Calvary. Every creature that would ever be on the earth was thoroughly ... his salvation was paid for when Jesus died at Calvary. Now, it'll never do him any good until his own personal faith accepts that finished work.
And I believe that all the healing that was ever done, or would be done, was completed at Calvary. He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes we were (past tense) already healed, at Calvary. Now the only thing that I could do, or any other minister could do, would be to preach the Word, or do something in the way that would cause you to have faith in the finished works of the Lord Jesus at Calvary, that your faith has already purchased.

9 Now, there is a scripture in the Bible of how that antetype and antetypes ... types and antetypes (Pardon me) of Moses and the brass serpent. He lifted it up, the brass serpent prayed for no one. But the people looked at the foreshadow of our Lord Jesus, being the brass serpent on the pole, and were healed, every one of them, that looked and lived. And if they could be healed by looking at the type, what could you do with the antetype, and the presence of the Holy Spirit, see?
Divine healing is a part of the Gospel. And I believe divine healing is an attribute ... or, (I beg your pardon), divine healing is the earnest of our resurrection.
Now, we have the earnest of our salvation. We realize that now. That is the Holy Spirit. We have that as the earnest, which makes us willfully in our hearts, after we have received Christ in our hearts, we abstain from sin, separate ourselves from sin. Any person that's ever been born again of the Spirit of God, I truly believe with all my heart, desires to separate from the things of the world. I believe that.

10 And then I believe that that is... We have joy. Such a joy comes over our hearts, to know that we have passed from death unto life; because we love the brethren. And our spirit bears record with God's spirit, that we're sons and daughters of God. And what a joy we have doing that! And that is the earnest of our complete victory when Jesus comes, that even death itself will flee.
Then I believe, that in divine healing is the earnest of our resurrection. In other words, it's the down payment, the proof of our resurrection. And without any hesitation, I say this with a Christian heart and Christian love towards all men; that I have seen some of the most outstanding things that I have ever heard or read about our Lord Jesus doing. I've seen three cases, distinctly, which was ... noted by doctor, of people that had been dead, sometime for hours, laid out, and is living today as a testimony.
Prayer changes things, when you pray. Now I believe in praying for the sick, but not healing the sick, and not giving them any virtue to be healed, or anything come from you, that would heal the sick. I believe in praying for the sick.

11 Now, I've seen cripples walk, blind, deaf, dumb, and you know how it goes. And I realize that I must stand in the presence of God with every person here today, and give an account for what I say. And I have to weigh my words, because the Lord has helped me, as a poor unworthy, uneducated person. With not even a grammar school education, yet He's let me pray for kings, and potentates, and monarchs around the world.

12 A few days ago, I was talking to my wife... Everyone knows my life story, how my father drank and everything. And it's not ... don't like to reflect that, my family. But it's the truth. You know, we have to be truthful about things.
And I remember, when I was a young man I'd go downtown, my little city. And it was well known around the country there, about what taken place. Someone would be talking to me; just because that someone else would come up, I'd be taken away. They'd ... no one... Looked like it was kind of down.

13 And I said to the wife the other day (which she's sitting present now) I said, "Honey, think of it. Here it is. I have to go to the mountains to get a little time by myself." I said, "What did it? For I used to not have a friend." Not because anything I done, but reflection.
I said, "I used to not... No one seemed to love me. And now I've got millions of friends over the world." I said, "What did it? My education? I have none. What did it? My personality? I have none. My authority? I have none, but Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who saved me. It's through His grace that I have this."
And I've always loved people. And I want to help people. If I see a person down and out, and I could pawn my coat... I'm not saying that for... I'd be a hypocrite to make a remark like that, here from this platform, and not mean it from my heart. And knowing that, just in a few minutes I'll be facing evil spirits and everything. I'd be afraid to do it. But I love the Lord. And I love people. And I like to help people.

14 And the only way that I can help you, is for you to believe me, that I'm telling the truth about Jesus Christ. The only way that help can come.
If I wouldn't be a minister, I'd want to be a doctor, or something like that, so I could help somebody. Help do something.
A young man waited on us this morning, when I had run out of gasoline. He's studying to be a doctor, and I told him who I was. I said, "Sir, if my boy wouldn't be a minister, I want him to be a doctor. I want my girls to be nurses, or something."
You don't know the joy it is, not to help yourself, but to help others. You really have joy then, when you can help somebody. And I know that you know what I'm talking about.
And now, and today, let it be known this, friend: that I am approaching divine healing upon the basis of the shed blood of the Lord Jesus, upon your and my faith together in what He did for us at Calvary. Everybody understand real well? Say, "Amen."

15 Now remember, it's something. Now, many ministers, very good preachers... I'm not very much of a preacher. I'm always calling myself a spare tire. That's when you have a flat, you know. You use it. So, but, many...
God has placed in the church, some to be teachers, some evangelists, some prophets, and some gifts of healing, and all different kinds of gifts; God hath placed in the church. Is that right? God hath placed in the church. And, remember that.
Now, every fellow knows his calling. Now, many ministers... I have a little friend, a little Pentecostal brother, was one of my converts to divine healing, was Tommy Osborn. I don't know whether you ever knowed him or not, very lovely, fine brother. If he ever comes through this country, put your arms around him, and hug him for me, for he's really a wonderful little brother. And many other of my brothers too, all of them are. But I mean, just speaking of Tommy.
When he come to me, he was a little nervous-like fellow. He started... He run around his car two or three times, just after this Portland meeting up here; and he had seen that maniac being taken down by the power of God. And he said, "Oh," he said, "Brother Branham, do you think I got a gift of healing?"
I said, "Tommy, honey, don't think about that," see. I said, "You know you're a preacher."
"Yes."
I said, "You know what? You know, the Word of God will defeat Satan anywhere, any place, any time, on any conditions." That's right, the Word of God. That's right.

16 I said, "When Jesus was here on earth, we know that He was Emmanuel." We all believe that. He wasn't just a prophet. He was God, manifested in flesh. And when He was here on earth, all the powers that the Father had given Him, everything that was in Him... He was Emmanuel: God in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.
But when He met Satan, He never used any of His powers. He used the Word of God. He said, Satan said, "If Thou be the Son of God, I want You to perform a miracle here, so I can see You do it." See, that's still the attitude of Satan. "Let me see You do something. Make this man to walk. Make that..." See, see? "Let me see You perform a miracle, and turn these stones into bread."
Jesus said, "It is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that cometh out of the mouth of God."

17 So, then he took Him up on the pinnacle of the temple. And he can quote Scripture too; coat Scripture, rather. Coat. There's a difference between coat and quote.
So, he said, "It is written, He'd give the angels charge over Thee, lest any time thou dash thy foot against stone, bear Thee up. Just jump off this temple. Just before You get right at the bottom, why, the angels will bear Thee up." And He said ... rebuked him again with the Word.
He took Him up on the mountain, set Him down. And He rebuked him again with the Word. Defeated Satan with the Word of God, showing that the weakest of Christian can defeat Satan with "Thus saith the Lord." It is written. It is written.

18 Remember that, friend. Keep... Now, brothers may pass through with healing ministries, which is wonderful. I thank God for every one of them. They may pass through, but don't depend on that brother, for he will soon be out of the country.
He may be a great person of faith, and he might be able to help you to believe. But one day, He'll leave. But you just put your faith in the Word, and believe that it's God's Word and you can beat Satan anywhere, anytime. If there isn't a preacher in a thousand miles of you, you can still whip Satan around, on the Word of God.
So, everything that we try to do, it must come from the Word or it's not right, to me, see. It must come... This is the foundational truth of God.

19 And if you ever know, or hear, of me preaching anything that's not backed up with this Bible, then you call my attention to it. Because I wouldn't want to do it. Just write me a little letter, and tell me about it, or tell some of the ushers that you'd like to show me where that I would be wrong. And, my dear brother, I will sure be humble. If I'm wrong, I don't want to be wrong.
But knowing, after it'd been examined, for year after year, in every nation under different... Every fire pot of hell has turned loose on it. And every time, God comes out victorious, and wins, and causes thousands to come to Christ.
Now, we can't speak everything I'd like to tell you on divine healing in one little afternoon, and have a healing service. But I want to read some of God's Word, and then explain what I believe of God's Word to you. And then we'll call a prayer line.
And each day, we give out prayer cards in order to keep the people lined up, and to come into the line. We call anywhere along the lines, where we'd give out cards. We might not just regular routine; we might call just anywhere and bring some people up to pray for them.

20 And then, it's never necessary for you to be on this platform to be healed. Where one is being healed on the platform, there's a hundred healed out there. So if you'll just remember this one thing: that it's your faith in Jesus Christ, to believe it, and accept it. Then you watch what God will do for you. You'll be healed right there.

21 Yesterday at the Full Gospel Businessmen's Breakfast... I was at the other Businessmen's breakfast down here in Glendale, the other morning. And then at the Full Gospel Businessmen, a bunch of the women, and so forth were there.
And I tell you, it would make my heart jump; when I walked in there, they started clapping their hands, and crying. I felt unworthy of that, but just, you know, just... It makes you feel good when people love you. Don't you believe that?
One time I walked out of a platform in the church, and some brothers was standing at the door. Said, "Brother Branham, we sure appreciated that message."

22 And there was another brother standing outside. He said, "I wouldn't let people say that about me." He said, "I wouldn't... I don't want nobody bragging on me."
I said, "Well, I do." I said, "I believe there's only one difference between you and I; I'm honest about it." And then I... I think that's right... I want to know that I'm doing the best that I can do, anyhow.
And to see those dear people, and going out, almost pull my coat and shoes off, to get out. Just the people wanting to shake your hand. It's down, way down in South Gate there, where I've had services among the people.
I realize that you all are strangers to me here. But I hope that when the services is all finished that we will love... I know we will love one another, just as they do down there, anywhere.

23 Shall we pray just a moment now.
Our Heavenly Father, we plead to Thee today, with all the faith that we have in our hearts, to ask You if You will tenderly, and kindly, take each individual apart as we're sitting here, and reveal to them Thy great plan of divine healing for their body. They have been so wonderful this past week, responding to the Gospel, and coming. Sinners weeping at the altar, and people with broken up homes, and so forth, coming back to You. We pray, God, that You'll keep every one of them in perfect peace now. May homes be reunited, and the people who sinned cease to sin and start loving and believing You.
And now, Father, this coming week, we pray that You'll heal every sick person that enters under the ... or, on the canopies of this ground. May every seat become anointed with the Holy Spirit. May angels of God just hover over, as it was, the audience; day after day, and night after night, until there will not be a sick or feeble person in our midst.
Now if I fail, Lord, I don't mean to. And I pray that You will help me. And help me to pray a prayer of faith, for the sick and needy. And help me to explain Thy Word in such a way that the people would believe on Thy beloved Son and be healed, and saved. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

24 Now, in this afternoon's service, I just wish to talk a little while, because I want you to go back to your churches tonight and have a good service, each one of you. God rest upon my brethren everywhere, and give great services tonight, everywhere.
Now, in the Word... I want to read from Jude the first ... or, third verse, rather, of the book of Jude. Just a little approach. And my text will be from Hebrews 13:8.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, ... today, and for ever.
And over here we read Jude speaking:
Beloved, I give all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and to exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints.
May the Lord add His blessings to His Word.
Now, if you'll give me your attention for a few moments, and be prayerfully for me, as I try to speak what's on my heart, of the Word of God.

25 Now, this is the only Scripture in the Bible, that I know of, that we are commanded to contend. We're to keep contentions from us, but here, we are to contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints. Now every one of us want to believe that, that our church contends for that faith.
The Methodist, they want to believe that. "Our church contends for the faith." The Baptist, "We believe that." The Catholic, and the Pentecostal, and every one, wants to think, Our church contends for that faith that was once delivered unto the saints.
And I believe we do. I really do.

26 But now, in order to preach divine healing, and to make sure that we're right... Now, to me denominations has become a very little thing. I respect every one of them.
But out on the battlefield, where I've just returned from; over in the heathen lands, where here, recently, I was entertained by seventeen different religions, in one afternoon; seventeen different religions that denied there was a Jesus Christ. When we have two-thirds of the world that never heard about Him, what are we to do, to sit here and fuss whether we are Pentecostal, or Nazarene, or Pilgrim Holiness. It's sinful to do such, friends. It is.
And to think that two-thirds of the world has never heard the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And out there on that field, you never notice whether you're Baptist, or Pentecostal, or Presbyterian. The one thing is get them from heathenism, to believe on the Lord. That's...
And here at home then, 'course we ain't got no more to do then just contend, and fuss, and carry on among ourselves.

27 But some day that will stop when communism gets a little sweep in here. You'll be glad to meet your brother, regardless of whether he's Methodist, or Baptist, or whatever he is. You'll be glad to meet him. That's right. It's a shame God has to do it that way, but... Well, I guess if we won't do it His way, then He has to force us to do it. And so, it'll be some day, that way. So while it's the day, and light, let's consider the thing we're speaking of.
Now, I truly believe with all my heart, that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Now, if that be so...

28 I'm going to tell you a little story that was told me, just before I approach this. And I won't take long.
But there was a wonderful organization in this world. It's a... I don't like to call any of it... Well, I will, because the brother ... he told me I could. It was Dr. Reedhead, the President of the Sudan Missions, the biggest in the world.
He come to my house here some time ago. And he said to me... And he may be sitting present right now, for all I know. He come to my house and he said, "Brother Branham, I want to ask you something." Said, "Surely, as a Baptist, you ought to know truth."

29 And, of course, that's what Baptists call truth: grace message.
And I said, "Yes, sir."
And he said, "Do you deal a lot with the Pentecostals?"
And I said, "Sure."
He said, "Have they really got anything?"
I said, "Yes, sir." That's right.
And he said, "Well I've seen them went into the buildings where they kick the furniture, and turned over everything in there."
I said, "Yep. That's right; children." But I said, "They got a blessing. But by all of it, there's something that we Baptists have never touched yet, them there." And I said, "I say that with respect."
He said, "Here's what I come to you about. I've come a long ways."
He brought another man with him, which was a bosom friend of Hyman Appleman, and so forth; and Hyman seeking the Holy Ghost himself.

30 So then, sitting there in my room, in my ... in the parlor, by the coffee table, he said, "Brother Branham," said, "I talked to a ... approached a fine Indian boy, from India, that had been brought over here, and was educated. And, oh, I believe mechanics or something. And anyhow, he was going back to India and said... I said to him, 'Now, going back to India, why don't you just forsake,'" he was Mohammedan, said, "'Why don't you forsake that old dead prophet of yours, and receive a resurrected Lord Jesus?'"
So, he said, "The Indian boy looked at me just as bright and intelligent."
He said, "Kind sir, could your Jesus do anything more for me than what my Mohammed could do?"
He said, "Certainly."
Said, "What can He do, sir?"
Why, he said, "He can give you life."
Said, "We have life through Mohammed."
"Oh," he said, "You see, your prophet is dead and in the grave. Our Jesus raised from the dead."
Said, "Did He?"
He said, "Certainly He did."
Said, "Can you prove it?"
Said, "Sure."
Said, "How can you?"
Said, "He lives in my heart."
Said, "So does Mohammed live in mine."
He said, "Well you see..." Dr. Reedhead said, "Well, we have joy." Said, "We just have peace and everything."

31 Said, "Kind sir, the Mohammedan religion can produce just as much psychology as Christianity can." That's right. "He said, 'Look, you people's had two thousand years to prove that your Lord raised from the dead.' And said, 'Only one-third of the world ever heard about it.' He said, 'Let our prophet raise from the dead, which he will some day, and the whole world will know about it in twenty-four hours.'"
That's right. That's true, you see? Christianity... Not Christianity, but the ministers of Christianity has totally failed. Greatest failure in the world is the clergy of Christianity, the messengers of Christianity.
So he said... He said, "Brother Branham, I realize I hadn't met just a overnight man." For he knew what he was talking to.

32 And now, Dr. Reedhead of the Sudan Missions, you can know... He said, "Brother Branham, I've got enough degrees of Doctor, and Bachelor of Art, and so forth, that I could plaster your walls with them." But said, "In all of it, where's Jesus Christ?" He says, "Has the teachers been wrong?"
I said, "In one sense of the word, yes." I said, "Not as I'm condemning your education. It's wonderful, sir." But I said, "But now, as far as the teachers telling you that's where it lays, by education, it isn't. It's by new birth."
And he said, "Well, this young Mohammedan boy..." said, "I seen that I had something on my hands." And said, "He turned around to me, and he said, 'Kind sir,' he said, 'I'm not condemning your Lord Jesus.' He said, 'You see, your Lord Jesus wrote a book called the Bible.' And said, 'You read it, and you believe it.' He said, 'My prophet wrote a bible called the Koran.' And said, 'We read it, and we believe it.' Said, 'Both of them promise life after death.' And said, 'We both believe it.'" (What are you going to say?)
"That's correct."
"He said, 'Mine's just as good as yours.' He said, 'But this one thing, kind sir...'" Now here's what Dr. Reedhead was to see me about.

33 "He said, 'Our Mohammed only promised life after death.' But said, 'Your Jesus promised that the same things that He did, you would do also." Said, 'Now let me see you teachers produce that, and we Mohammedans will believe that He raised from the dead.'" There you are. "Said, 'Let me see you teachers...'"
And Dr. Reedhead said, "Oh, I suppose, 'course, sir," said, "you've been reading the Bible?"
Said, "Yes sir, I've read it all the way through several times. I've studied it."
He said, "Oh, you're probably referring to Mark 16?"
He said, "For one place, yes."

34 He said, "Oh, well," said, "you see," said, "the better scholars know that Mark 16, from the 9th verse, where it said, 'These signs shall follow them that believe,'" said, "We better scholars learned that that's not inspired."
"He said, 'It isn't? What kind of book are you reading?' He said, 'All the Koran's inspired.'" There you are.
He said, "Brother Branham, you come on my mind." He said, "I kind of hit my foot on the dust, and changed the subject. I had to." Said, "Brother Branham, is there anything to the baptism of the Holy Ghost?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "When do you get it?"
I said, "When you want it."
He said, "Well, I'm wanting it." And he got it right there. That's where it was. So, that was what it was, see. That's it.
And this friend, of Hyman Appleman said, "Can I receive it too?"
I said, "Yes, sir. If you're hungering and thirsting, you sure can receive it. If you'll believe it."
And right there, they both received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Now, that is the defeat of Christianity, because that we're trying to worm away, or bypass for our traditions, the true Word of the living God.
Now, if Jesus has risen from the dead, then He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He's the same in principle. He's the same in power. He's just exactly the same that He was when He walked in Galilee. He has to be the same in this tent this afternoon, or the Bible's wrong.

35 Now to me, it's either right or it's wrong. And if it isn't right, I don't want nothing to do with it; I'm against it. But if it is right, I'm willing to seal my life's testimony with my blood, for I believe that it is the honest truth. It's God's eternal Word. Whether I have faith enough to make it real or not, that's a different question. But I believe it to be, absolutely, word by word. And every bit of it's inspired. That's right.
And Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Now, that's what I believe, and that will be my continual text: Jesus has risen from the dead, and is the same.
Now, let's take a context here, for a few moments, and speak of Jude. Thirty-three years after Pentecost, Jude had wrote this book and told the church to earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered to the saints.

36 Now this is the reason I say this, friends... Let me show you something. Now, you people that come from a Baptist church, raise your hands. Don't be ashamed of it. I got mine up. All right. See what I mean? You that come from a Methodist church, raise your hand. Let's see your hand. There you are. Presbyterian? See? Just look around. Catholic? See? See what I mean? See, I'm from a Catholic family too. So, all right.
All of us: different churches, different phases, see? We're a mixed up group. And each one of us want to think that our church is earnestly contending for the faith. Now, I'm not condemning everyone, because I'm a member of every one of them, see. So, I'm your brother, and I'm a member of the church of the living God by being born.

37 I've been in the Branham family for forty-six years, and they never did ask me to join the family. I was borned in it, that's the reason.
And that's how it is. I believe in joining church. Sure, you ought to do that. Find you some good church and join it. But that's just a earthly body of believers you're joining together. You're born into the body of Jesus Christ by new birth. That's right.
And, we believe that Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and all that's born again, we're brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. That's right. Every one of you. And wouldn't make a difference in your churches.
But now, let's go back and find out what Jude is speaking of, thirty-three years after Pentecost. At the close of the New Testament, they are commanded to earnestly contend for the faith. Now, the only one way to do it...
If I run my church back to the Baptist, and John Smith, well, I'd have to start from John Smith. And if I run the Methodist back, I'd have to start from John Wesley. And if I run the Christian back, I'd start from Alexander Campbell. But if we're going to find out what the faith is that we contend for, we've got to go back to the beginning, when the saints first began, and see what kind of a faith that was first delivered unto them. And then, that's the faith that we're to earnestly contend for. Is that the context of that Scripture? See, we are to find out what faith that the saints had in the beginning, and then earnestly contend with that until Jesus comes---if He's the same.

38 Now, the first thing... John the Baptist was the first of... He stood between law and grace. He really done no miracles; he just come in and introduced---being the greatest of the prophets---introduced the Lord Jesus Christ to the world. All the rest of the prophets spoke of Him coming, but John introduced Him: "Behold, the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world." His ministry was short, six months, no doctrine, just speaking of the coming of the Lord Jesus, and telling them, "Prepare to meet Him."
But when Jesus came, He was the beginning of the Christian church. Do you believe that? He's the beginning of the Christian church. And He introduced to the world the Christian faith, the Christ faith. And then His apostles that succeeded Him, carried out the same faith that He introduced. And if we can find out what that was, then we ought to earnestly contend for that. Don't you think so? Isn't that liberal to every one of us? You see?
I don't mean now, leave your church. I mean, stay in your church, and just keep this faith that was once delivered to the saints.

39 Now, when Jesus came on earth, we find... We know His Christmas story. But His ministry began at the age of thirty years old. When John the Baptizer had baptized Him, and the Holy Spirit coming down from God, and the voice from it, saying, "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased..."
Jesus went into the wilderness and fasted forty days and nights. And when He come out, Satan tried to tempt Him because He was a lawgiver, like Moses.
When Moses come out from his forty-day fast up on the mountain, where he had the two tables of stone, Satan tempted him at his weak spot. That was his temper. And he threw down the commandments and broke them. But when Satan met the Lord Jesus, he knowed that wasn't Moses. He caught Him at His weak spot: hunger. "If Thou be the Son of God, command these stones be turned to bread, and eat, 'cause You're hungry." But he realized that that wasn't Moses.

40 Now, notice... Then what happened? Then immediately Jesus set in His ministry. And let's just follow Him for a few jumps, and, of course, we'll pick it up on tomorrow night, and the next night, and on going. Let's follow His ministry just a few minutes to see what He done.

41 Now we find out that He... First thing He begin to do was to preach the Gospel, and saying the kingdom of heaven was at hand, and so forth. Then we begin to notice one thing He begin to do was to heal the sick, causing great prayer lines and healing. And let's watch how He done it. And the way He done it then... Here it is; get it! The way He did it then, if He's the One to still do it today, then He'll do it the same way today He did it then. If He's the same. Is that true? Would you believe it? See? The way He did it then, that's the way He'll do it now, because He's the same. He's raised from the dead.
Now, notice. When He began, His ministry began to shine forth, there was a fellow by the name of Philip come and got saved. And as soon as he got saved, he went and found another fellow named Nathanael, to get him saved. That was a good sign he got saved: He wanted to find his friend and get him saved. So, he leaves Jesus at a certain city, and he journeys around the mountain, over to another place. And he looks for his friend, and he found him out under a tree, praying. And he said, "Come, see who I have found; Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

42 And so, his friend was a real Orthodox man, honest in heart. Raised up and said, "Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
And I think he gave him the best answer I ever heard. He said, "Come and see."
Now, that's the best way to find out. Don't criticize. Don't stand off on the sidelines, listen to what someone else says. You come and see for yourself. That's the best way to find out.
Nathanael said to him, "Could anything good come out of Nazareth?"
Philip said, "Come and see."
"All right." They joined arms.
Now watch. We're going to bring Jesus' ministry in. Here they come walking up into where the audience was standing, and so forth; Jesus praying for the sick. He looks up.

43 Now, remember, we're beginning in Luke 1, right with Jesus, first of His ministry. And when He looked up, around (He had been praying for the sick as they were passing by), He saw this fellow, Nathanael, who He didn't know. He was standing out in the audience, somewhere. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and saw him. He said, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile."
In other words, if I'd say it to a man this afternoon, I'd say, "You are a real Christian, an honest man."
Why, He astonished him. He said, "How did He know me?" He said, "Rabbi, (or Teacher, Reverend, whatever you want to call it) Rabbi, whence knowest Thou me? How did You know me? Why, I've never been around You. How did You know that I was a true, Orthodox believer, and no guile? How did You know that?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree."
That was Jesus yesterday. If He's raised from the dead, that's Jesus today. That'll be Jesus forever. Is that right?
Said, "Before Philip called you. When you were under the tree, I saw you."

44 How could He see him over thirty miles away, and Him standing here. But He saw him thirty miles away, under the tree, praying, when Philip come to him.
Said, "When you were under the tree, before Philip called you, I saw you."
Now, what if that would take place in Los Angeles today; I mean, before the ... what we would call the better people of Los Angeles? You know what they would say: Doctor Mister, Reverend, PhD Jones and them?
I hope there's not ... man's not here by that name. God bless you, brother. I didn't mean to say that if I... But I'm just making a point. Excuse me, if I said that about you, Brother Jones, if you're here. I didn't mean it in that way. You forgive me.

45 But what would they say? You know what they'd say? "Hum! Mental telepathy, or, it's the devil. You're a fortuneteller. You're a witch." Well, they said the same thing about Jesus. They said, "He's Beelzebub." Beelzebub was the chief fortuneteller, the big fly that kept the ... the prince of the devils. They said, "Oh, it's Beelzebub. That's how He does that, He's got the power of the devil on Him."
And Jesus said that was blaspheming the Holy Ghost. That's right. He said, "Now, when I'm doing this, you can be forgiven for it. But when the Holy Ghost has come, and I'm dead, and He's come back; who speaks against that will never be forgiven." Is that right? It's what He said.

46 So Philip and Nathanael... What did Nathanael say; the man on who the miracle was done? It was a miracle, was it? It's something past reasoning. It was a miracle. And when he seen Him, what did He say? He said, "Whence knowest Thou me, Rabbi?"
He said, "Before Philip called you when you were under the tree."
He said, "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel." He was willing to admit Him to be the Son of God, because He did this.
And Jesus looked at him and said, "Because I told you where you were, you believe?"
He said, "Yes."
He said, "You'll see greater things than this."
He was getting in condition then to see things. You can never see anything until you get into the Spirit of it. Always. You can never see where Christianity's right until the Holy Spirit once saves you. Then you can see where it's right. Say, "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound," you know. "I once was blind but now I see."
That's the way you have to do by divine healing. You have to get into the Spirit of it, the Holy Spirit. And let Him show you, and reveal Himself to you.

47 Now, Jesus' ministry moved on. And the first thing you know, one day there was a woman come through the crowd. I'm just touching the high spots now, because our time will get away from us. We probably got about fifteen minutes yet.
And then, a woman came by one day, and she said in her heart, "If I can touch Him, I'll be healed." So, she touched His garment, and moved away, out into the audience. And Jesus stopped. Now remember. The Son of God... He stopped.
Do you believe He would tell a lie? Certainly not. He couldn't. He's infallible.
He said, "Who touched Me?"
Why, Peter said, "The whole crowd's touching You. Well, why can You say, 'Who touched Me'?"
He said, "But I perceive that I got weak." Weak. "My strength's gone from Me; virtue, gone out of Me." Said, "Somebody touched me." And He looked around over the audience, and He seen the little woman ... had a blood issue. He said to her, "Thy faith has made thee whole."

48 What happened? What taken place then? Her personal faith in Him being the Son of God pulled the power of God through Him, to her. You believe that? Her own faith... Jesus said, "I had nothing to do with it. Your faith has made you whole."
Now, if Jesus has raised from the dead, and is in our midst today, the same yesterday, today, and forever, He can do the same thing today. If it isn't, He isn't raised from the dead, He's still in the grave, He's like Mohammed and the rest of them. That's false. But he promised it, and He's good to His promise.
Now, just a little farther. We could take many, many quotations. There was a woman one time... Now, I want you to notice: Jesus was going to Jericho. If you was ever in the Orient, Jericho lays right straight below Jerusalem. But it was needful.
Now, you keep that on your mind: why He went up, to go up by the way of Samaria. I wonder why. Why, it's way out of the way, way up in the hill country here. But He was going down to Jericho, but He went around Samaria. For He had need to go by. I wonder why. Little bit we will get to it.

49 Anyhow, it was around dinner time, so He sent His disciples down into the city, to get bread, vittles. And while they were gone away to buy these vittles, He sat down against the well. If you was ever in the Orient, and see how the great harbors and things, and the windles there; how the women come and put their pots around, and draw the water out, and so forth, by this windle.
He sat down over against some grapevines, as it was, over against the well. And it was about eleven o'clock in the day. And there was a woman of ill fame come out. She was a bad woman, as we believe it here, and she came out.

50 Now, it might have been she was out all night, and just got up at that time of day. Or, it might have been, that the women... If you want to know the real truth of it: She couldn't associate with other women. A bad woman over there is marked.
Like I preached to you last night, the woman who washed Jesus' feet, see.
Notice, she was marked, so she had to wait till all the virgins, and nice women, went out and got their water, then she could slip out and get her water.
So, she came out to this well, about eleven o'clock, or twelve, to let down the pot to get some water. And Jesus, a young man in His thirties, sitting over against the well, looking at her, He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."

51 Why, she turned around, and she said, "It's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such." Now a Samaritan was a half-breed like, between Jew and Gentile. It was a racial affair, like it used to be here in United States between the colored and white. And they say, "It's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans any such thing."
He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you would ask Me for a drink. And I'd give you water you don't come here to draw."
Well, the conversation went on. Now, I'll tell you later on what I think He was doing it for. To my opinion...
I will tell you now: He was contacting her spirit. It's exactly. He carried the conversation. Watch it in the audience. Watch it with the people. See if it don't work the same way, see. He was carrying the conversation with her to meet her spirit.
He said, "You would ask Me for a drink, and I'd give you water you don't come here to draw."
She said, "The well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with."
He said, "The water that I give is in your soul, bubbling up." He went on, and talked to her till He found where her trouble was.
He said, "Go get your husband."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
Said, "That's right." Said, "You got five, and the one you have now is not your husband."

52 Look at her, a strange woman; and told her what? Look at her. She turned to Him, and she said, "Sir..." Now, listen at it. "Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. I know, and we know, that when the Messiah cometh..."
And who is Messiah? Jesus, the Christ. "We know that when Messiah cometh, He'll do these things."
What's that a sign of? The Messiah. Messiahic sign. "We know that when the Messiah cometh, He'll do these things, and tell us all these things. But who are You? You must be a prophet."
Jesus said, "I am He that speaketh unto thee."
She left the water pot, and run into the city, all excited. And said, "Come see a man who told me everything I ever done. Isn't this the very Christ?"
Notice, now He never told her everything she done. He just told her that one thing. But if He could tell her that, He could tell her more. Said, "Come see a Man who told me everything I done. Isn't this the very Messiah?"
And the men come out and persuaded Jesus to come in. He never done no more miracles. But He began to speak to them, and they believed on Him. Because, why? It wasn't time for Jesus to do any miracles there. He left that for Philip to do, right immediately after Pentecost. They had the revival. But He had them prepared for when Philip come, 'cause they'd already heard Him speak. And they knowed this miracle had been performed by the woman ... on the woman at the well.

53 One more little quotation. Now, you've often heard people say this: that if Jesus was here He'd do so-and-so. If Jesus was here, His power would be limited to your faith, as it was then.
Now, Jesus never did say that He was a healer. He never did take credit. Very much contrary. Now, listen close. He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the things that I do, shall you do also. And more than this..."
I know the translation is "greater" but you get the original, and find out if it ain't "more," see. It's "more." You couldn't do anything greater in quality, but more in quantity, because He'd be in His Church all over the world, see. He said, "More than this shall you do, for I go to My Father."

54 Jesus didn't claim to be a healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works. It's My Father that dwelleth in Me. He doeth the works." Is that right?
Now, He passed through a place called Bethsaida, a few days after that woman touched his garment and was healed. He passed through the pool of Bethsaida. Now this, on this last remark. Listen close, on this last remark.
When Jesus passed through the pool of Bethsaida, the Bible said in Saint John 5... We'll quote from there just a minute. Leave Luke now, and come back over to John. Saint John 5.
When He passed through this great pool, there were many people laid. Impotent people were laying there, because God sent an angel down. Not just once a night, but maybe once every two or three months. A certain season, an angel come down and troubled the water.
You live here off the coast of the ocean. You know what troubled water is: current going one way, and the waves blowing it back another. It's a dangerous water, trouble.
And great multitudes... Not a multitude, but multitudes: thousands. Great multitudes of impotent folk, laid in this place.
Now, watch what kind of people there were. Lame, blind, halt, and withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For, the first one stepped in after the angel troubled the water, was healed of whatsoever affliction he had, if he had faith. You get it?

55 Now, Jesus... Do you believe He had compassion? Now, I want to just get you caught in a little trap here, so be careful, see. Jesus was full of love. And He was full of virtue. Do you believe it? But He only had virtue to those who believed He had it.
The woman who touched his garment got healed, but the Roman who spit in His face felt no virtue ... or, hit Him in the head with a stick. Had a rag wrapped around His face and hit Him on the head with a stick, said, "Now, if you're a prophesier, tell us who hit You." He didn't feel no virtue. But the woman who believed it, she felt virtue because she approached God in the right provided way.
That's the way you've got to come too. You've got to come by Jesus Christ.
And laying there in this great multitude of people, Jesus the Son of God, full of love, full of compassion, full of power, moved down among those great multitudes of lame, halt, withered, blind; waiting for the moving of the water, and didn't touch one of them.
Now if He's full of love, if He's full of power, if He's full of compassion, why didn't He exercise it then?

56 Here, let's dramatize it just a moment. Here's a mother with a waterhead baby saying, "Oh, please, sir, let somebody help me to get my baby in first when the angel comes."
Theologians, in history, tells us that they stabbed one another trying to get in the pool first. And here comes Emmanuel, garments full of virtue, walking among the people.
Here stood an old daddy with arthritis, blind, saying, "Somebody, please help me to get in." And Jesus passed right by him. Full of love, full of virtue, full of power.

57 Here stands a man, lame. Here stands another one withered; arms withered down. He'd healed withered arms. Withered, laying down. Jesus, full of love, full of compassion, full of power, full of virtue, passed right by him; never said a word.
Wound His way right over until He found a man laying on a pallet (we call it in the South---bunch of quilts laying on the ground) who had a trouble. He wasn't lame, he wasn't blind, he wasn't withered, he wasn't crippled up. He could walk. He said, "Wilt thou be made whole?" Never talked to them back there. He come down to this man. Said, "Will thou be made whole?"
He said, "Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool. For when I'm coming, I am coming down..." Somebody out-runs him. Somebody gets in ahead of him.
He had a disease---not affliction. He had a disease he'd had for thirty-eight years. Well, let's say it was TB, prostate trouble. It was retarded. It wasn't going to kill him. He'd had it thirty-eight years. And he said, "When I'm coming down, someone steps ahead of me."
Jesus said, "Pick up thy bed and go into thy house."
He never questioned again. He picked up his bed put it on his shoulder, went walking on.

58 Why did Jesus, full of love... Jesus walked right away from that thousands of people laying there; withered, blind, halt. Not like it is here this afternoon. But the whole crowd was messed up with that. Lame, blind, withered, crying, waiting... And somebody blind, "Is the Angel on the pool yet? Oh, I've waited for days, as weeks ... I've sat here. My people's going to take me back, and I won't be healed." Here comes the Lord Jesus, walking right by him, bypassed him, went right on around. Strange, isn't it? But you don't know what compassion is. You only know it from a human standpoint.

59 Like I was preaching the other night, on love. There's two different kinds; agapao and phileo. Agapao love is above; phileo love is of the earth. And they're contrary one to the other.
And so is compassion. We'll take it up later on in the week, those things, what it is. But human compassion and compassion of God is so contrary. We feel so horribly bad for different people who are afflicted, and who are sick, and who are having troubles. And sometimes we don't understand what we're feeling bad about.
Notice Him, coming by this pool. Could you imagine your Savior walking by this pool? Now, there's got to be an answer for that. The Bible doesn't mince words. There's got to be an answer for it.

60 And if this is the Man that's introducing the faith to the world, let's find out what He done about it, and what He said about it.
The Jews found this man. Go ahead, tonight, or when you go home this afternoon before going to church tonight, read Saint John 5, the whole chapter. And the Jews found him packing his bed on the Sabbath, which broke their traditions, their little church affairs. And they...
Jesus was questioned. He'd be questioned right here in the San Fernando valley this afternoon, if He done the same thing; by the people who doesn't understand what real spiritual things are. He'd be questioned in Los Angeles. He'd be questioned in Washington, DC, or New York City. "If He is a healer, let me see Him heal this one. Let me see Him heal that one."
If it was that way in them days ... in this day, rather; that same Spirit come from there. God never takes His Spirit; He just takes His man. The devil never takes his spirit; he takes his man.
Elijah was taken; a double portion come upon Elisha, then come out on John the Baptist, and predicted to come again the last days, see.

61 God don't take His Spirit, just takes His man, and the Spirit's on another man. Jesus is here with the Spirit of God on Him, and is come upon every one of you that's been born of the Holy Ghost.
And the devil---doubter---was upon ecclesiastical clergymen in them days. And it's the same thing today. "If You be ... do this. Let me see this happen. Perform a miracle." It come from the devil; without understanding, spiritual understanding of the Scriptures. That's what makes them think that.
And then of course, we have a bunch of fanatics go out and carry on a bunch of stuff, which agitates it. But that doesn't take the real true Gospel away. To me, it makes it shine. Yes.
Here He comes, right through that crowd. No doubt Simon, and all the rest of them, of the Pharisees, they'd say, "Look at Him. Ah, full of virtue, passing by and leave all of them."

62 Watch Saint John 5:19. Jesus gives the answer. For the whole time ... or, not take up so much time, we'll start right now.
Jesus said this in Saint John 5:19. Here's the question. When they questioned Him about it, He said, "Verily, verily..."
You know what that means? "Absolutely, absolutely."
"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."
Did anybody ever read that before? Let's see your hands. Why, just look at the hands. Did Jesus say it? Then Jesus told the truth. And He said, "I don't do one thing until the Father shows Me by vision, what to do."
"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." Is that right?
And when He was here on earth, before He left, He said, "A little while and the world will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me." Is that right? "Ye shall see Me, for I (Personal pronoun, as I said the other night.) will be with you, to the end of the world. And the things that I do..." Saint John 14:7. "The things that I do shall you do also. Even more than this, for I go to My Father. I go away, and I come again. And I'll be with you, even in you to the end of the world." Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Amen.
Now, He introduced that faith to the saints. "The very things that I do, shall you also."

63 Now, quickly, as we close. I think Peter expressed it good, in Acts 2, where he said, "Ye men of Israel, you should have known these things. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by signs, and wonders, and miracles, which God did by him in the midst of you all, and you're a witness of it." Is that right?
Now, then I think Nicodemus expressed it good for the Orthodox church. Listen to this. Nicodemus come to Him by night. The cultured coming to a man without a diploma. A man with all kinds of degrees and church life, come to a man that never had any degrees and church life. It was the aged coming to the youth; aristocrat coming to a pauper, who didn't have a place to lay His head.
And listen to his expression from the... He bore record of what the church really thought of Him, but couldn't accept it. Said, "Rabbi (or, Teacher), we know that you are a teacher come from God. We know it. We Jews, Pharisees, we know it. For no man could do the works that you do, except God be with him."
And what kind of works did He do? Nothing but what the Father showed Him. Is that true?

64 I want to ask you something. Then when it was introduced to the church, the apostles, down through the age; look at Peter on the housetop, the vision to go to the house of Cornelius. Look at little old Paul out there, Peter also, in the jail. Going to cut his head off the next morning, the executors was. And an angel came in, a light, a fire came in, and led him out.
Paul, in a little old ship, waterlogged. Fourteen days and nights with no hope of ever being saved; moon and stars had failed to shine. He went down into the bulkhead of the ship, somewhere. It was waterlogged, about ready to go. Listen! And in prayer... Here he come running out, all at once, shaking his hands---this little hooked-nosed Jew---saying, "Brethren, be of a good cheer."
"What's happened? What happened?" "For the Angel of God, whose servant I am, stood by me last night, saying, 'Paul, don't you fear. You must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God gives all these that sail with you; they're given unto you. The ship's going be wrecked upon a certain island.'"

65 He'd saw a vision. And he said, "Wherefore, brethren, I believe God, that it will be just as He showed me. It'll be that way."
That was the faith that was introduced to the saints. It's the same faith that I am contending for today; that Jesus Christ has raised from the dead and is a living among us today. Amen. If He has risen from the dead, He's obligated to introduce Himself. He's obligated to perform the same things that He did.
When I stood in Bombay, India, about ... a little over a year ago, when seventeen different monarchs of their country there, the different religions, sat around on silk pillows; and five hundred thousand jamming the streets.
And I said, "Gentlemen, today you with a plaster over your mouth, keep from swallowing a fly, or gnat; think it might be your mother coming back. Reincarnation. Many of you worshipping cows and animals and so forth, and the sun, the moon: the creature instead of the Creator." I said, "I declare to you that God raised up His Son, Christ Jesus from the dead." And I said, "Sure, you couldn't accept a blood sacrifice if you won't even kill a gnat." Certainly.

66 And oh, how superstition. And them coming to the platform... Couldn't even speak their own language. But the Holy Spirit would tell them who they were and where they come from, and about their diseases, and what they had done, and what church they went to, what kind of religion they had. They sat and wondered.
After a while, come along a blind man, totally blind, one that went through. God never showed nothing about him. Just told him what was his trouble. The next one come through... Remember, you can't do it. It has to be God.

67 The next one come through was a man about, maybe younger than I. And it told him that he was a worshipper of the sun. He eyes was white as my shirt.
The mayor of Bombay, and men the celebrities... I had a airplane ticket in my hand, to be interviewed by the president of India and the Prime Minister, Nehru, which is going this fall... They promised a million people to meet at Delhi. And there, I couldn't get in and out of the place, hardly.
And here this blind man was standing here. I said, "Now, I cannot help the man. There's nothing I can do. But if Jesus, the resurrected Christ, has rose from the dead, then He knows the man. He knows all about him. He can tell me," I said, "like He has these other people. But you're sitting out there with a question in your mind: Am I reading the people's minds? Is it mental telepathy?
I said, "That's the same devil they had in the beginning." I can't expect... If it wasn't that way, I'd be scared myself. You got to have opposition, then you know you're on the battlefront.
Then, when the man come there, I looked, and by the grace of God, there come a vision over him of the man seeing. Then I put a challenge to them, when I'd seen the vision. I knowed he was going see then. God done said so.
I said, "Gentlemen of the religions of this world..." Not, my brethren. They're not. I said, "Here's a man. The Holy Spirit has told him he was a married man, had children, and where he come from, how he made his living, and everything. And told him he was a worshipper of the sun. He's been blind for twenty years." I said, "Is there a doctor would like to examine him?"

68 Don't make any difference. God's done said so. The Father has done spoke. It's got to be done. Watch it in the meetings. All heavens and earth will change, but it'll never change. That's right. That's "thus saith the Lord." It ain't nonsense. It ain't tom-foolery. It's the Bible made manifest.
And the man stood there. I said, "Now, do you who claim to be... You said today that your bible started before Genesis, and your prophets was before Moses, and so forth." Now if ... this is a human... I said, "He's a man, and you'll say he's done wrong by worshipping the sun. You want him to come over and worship a cow or do some other religion; worship Buddha, or Mohammed, or something on that order." I said, "We got the same thing in America. It's nothing in the world but human psychology."

69 I said, "The Methodist wants to make all the Baptists Methodist. The Baptist wants to make all the Methodists Baptist. The Pentecostals wants all the Nazarenes and Pilgrim Holiness to be Pentecost, and visa versa. And Catholics wants to make them all ... Protestants, and Protestants, visa versa. That's the way it is. It's psychology. What does it do for you? Changes your thinking.
I said, "We can produce that. We got it all through America; only, thank God, one God." But I said, "Now, if God is a God of the living, if God is a God of the creation, Surely if the man's been ignorantly wrong, he's looked at the sun till he's gone blind, surely the Creator can do something for him if he'll get straightened out right."

70 I said, "Now I challenge you to come forward to the platform and produce something." Everybody was very quiet. Sure. I said, "But let it be known: neither can I. I'm just a man. But I saw a vision. I saw a vision of the man; he's going to receive his sight."
I said, "I would never say that at all. Why didn't I say it to the other blind people that passed by?" I said, "Because it wasn't God. God didn't tell me nothing. Only thing I could do was just what He told me. He told me what they was, and what they should do, and all, like that, but He never said nothing about it. But now He showed me this man's going to receive his sight."
I said, "If this blind man will receive his sight, how many of you will accept Jesus as your personal Savior, and forsake all your idols and everything else?" As far as I could see for, looked like, well as far as the flood lights would reach, them little black hands reaching up.
And I took the man over there, and said, "Dear Lord Jesus, Thou knowest..." They don't interpret your prayer. Of course not. So I said, "I know that it's helpless. And I know that Your Word can't fail. This is Your Word first, of course. Only this would be secondarily. But You haven't said individually to this man, but You've said it through Your Word now by a vision. And Your same Holy Spirit that said, 'I do nothing except the Father shows Me...' And You're raised from the dead, and You're here."

71 And I said, "I pray Thee for the glory of God, that the people might know that they're in wrong, and in darkness, that You'll give this blind man his sight. In the name of the Lord Jesus."
I took my hands down. He let out a scream and grabbed me around the waist. He could see as good as you can, anybody that's in here can see. He run over the platform. He grabbed the mayor; I got his ticket right here in my pocket, of Bombay, of ... or, I believe he was a Mohammedan? Yes. And grabbed him, and began to hug him; and people screaming.
That was the last night I could have service. They pulled my shoes off. They tore my coat off. Why, legions of soldiers trying to get me back to the Manja Hotel, down there, trying to get out. What was it? It's Jesus, raised from the dead.
I never had one thing to do with it. The man's faith... I asked him, I said, "If Jesus Christ will restore your sight, will you promise to forsake your sun gods, and all other gods, and to live for him?"
He said, "I'll serve no other God but Jesus Christ if He will give me my sight." And God made him perfectly whole. And he's testified before the President, and everything, around India, which will be a stir.

72 America, you're behind time. They're the one has got the revival, over there. Amen. God bless you.
Man had nothing to do with it. Was no oral come, or no nothing else. It was faith that come by hearing, and hearing by the Word.
Our Heavenly Father, as we bow our heads humbly in Thy presence, as we speak of Thee, before a lovely attendance like this; people hungry-hearted. They love You, Lord. We all love You. We may get out of the way once in a while, and get a little rude, maybe. I don't know people's lives. Thou knowest all of us. But we pray You forgive us, Lord.
And with all my heart I believe that You've raised from the dead. I know You have, Lord. And You said, "These same things that I did, so shall you do."
Now, Father, that this valley here might be without an excuse at the day of Judgment, I pray that You'll come this afternoon ... knowing, helpless here as a servant. And if I've been a little out of the way, You forgive me. If I've made a mistake, forgive me, Lord. For I realize what lays just ahead.
And I pray Thee to be merciful to every one. And, Father, may they all believe in Your resurrection today, and accept the lovely Lord Jesus, who is here as their personal Savior. And may every person in divine presence be healed today. For I ask it in Jesus' name, and for His glory. Amen.

73 Now, I'm going to ask you... For a few moments now, maybe for twenty, or thirty minutes... My ministry doesn't consist of touching everybody. You could touch me, or me touch you; have nothing to do with it. It's you touch Him.
Now, how many believes He's raised from the dead? Let's see you hands. Thank you. And do you believe that if He's raised from the dead, that He's the same today that He was yesterday, and will be forever? Raise your hands if you believe it. I believe it with all my heart.
Now, there's people holding prayer cards here, in the audience. I believe we'll just start. Who has prayer card number 1? Raise up your hand. Prayer card number 2, raise up your hand. Number 3, raise up your hand; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Let's line up the first ten here just a minute and see how we come along.

74 And now, while they're ... [Gap in the audio.] ... and telling the person different things, that has nothing to do with their healing; that's rising their... But when you here it say, "Thus saith the Lord," watch that, and mark that down. That's what He's already done. Otherwise, He could tell you something, if He wished to, something to raise your faith up, to make it believe, that's all.
Now, I believe this woman here is the first one in the live... Are you... Is this the patient? All right. Would you come, lady?
Now, everybody, real still. And keep your children near you. Just keep your children real near you, on account of evil things.
Don't think I'm a fanatic. I'm not, friends. I'm very... If I am, God knows I don't know nothing about it. But I'm trying to be your brother in Jesus Christ. And I believe the Bible backs it up.

75 Now, a man can say anything he wants to. That doesn't make it right. But when God comes around and says, "That's right," you'll be sinning by disbelieving.
Now, I think they're going to change the mike right now from here to here. I don't know whether it'll work. You watch it because this is another world; it's another dimension, to you scientists.
I don't know this woman. Never seen her in my life. I don't know what she's here for; she knows that. But God does. And He knows what every one of you are here for. And you don't to have to have a prayer card to be here. You just believe out there where you are, without a prayer card. And see if the Holy Spirit don't do just exactly like He did when He was here on earth through our Lord Jesus; 'cause it's Him.

76 Now, let's just hum, just a moment, if you will; Only Believe. Will you do it, brother?
Only believe, only believe,
All things are possible, only believe;
Only believe.........
Jesus coming down one morning... A man brought a boy that was variously vexed. He said, "Can you help him?"
He said, "If you can believe. All things are possible to them that believe."
Now, in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I ask for total reverence. And watch everything that's said. In the name of the Lord Jesus, obey what He says do.
Now, lady, come forward. If they're there, that's all right. You and I being a stranger to each other, not knowing each other... But it's the same case, just like when our Lord was here. There was a woman and a man in the case. Is that right? And us being strangers to each other, you and I, never meeting each other before...

77 Are we strangers and never met each other before? If it is, raise up your hand. We don't know one another. Is that right? We don't know one another? But Jesus knows why you're here. You've come here for some purpose. And I don't know. You know I don't. But He does.
Now, you're conscious that something's going on, but you don't know... It's kind of a real humble-like feeling. It's a... Did you ever see that picture of the Angel of the Lord? That's what's... That's just what it is between you and I. Now you see it moving? It's a light.

78 Now, He knows what you're here for. And if He will reveal to me what you're here for, like the woman come to the well with her trouble---go right to your trouble---will you accept Him as your ... whatever it is, finances, or sickness, or your soul condition?
You remember, you can't hide your life from Him. He knows it. But I know that you're a Christian, because your spirit is welcome.
Now, you're having trouble, and the trouble is in the back. It's in a kidney. And that's diagnosed as cancer. And you're ... that's to die with this cancer. But you've come because that you believe that God would make you well. Is that true?

79 Now, there's something here that knows you. Isn't that right? And He's able to tell you what it is. Do you believe that it's Him? Then if we'll pray...
Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover." Is that true? [The sister says, "That's right."] Then you come here just a moment. Shall we bow our heads.
Our Heavenly Father, this shadow, darkness, hanging over the woman, death... But Thou art life, and light. And as Your servant, I offer this petition in her behalf, that in the name of Jesus the Son of God, who is present now, that You will heal her.
Yet, Lord, she cannot see You, but seeing the same works that You did... That's how they knowed You at Emmaus. You did something that no one else could do, but You. And they recognized it to be You.
And she recognizes the same, Lord; that it's not her humble brother standing here, but You. And as Your representative, I curse the disease in Jesus' name, and ask that she be made well. Amen. God bless you sister. Go happy. Do you believe now? Have faith. Don't doubt. Just believe with all your heart.

80 Oh, you have a wonderful faith... [Gap in the audio.] Oh, after the anointing once strikes, what a condition.
Now, sister, I want you to look here just a moment. As our Master said to a woman, "Bring me a drink." And the apostle said to the man at the gate called Beautiful, "Look on me. Look on us." Not as they was. They wanted to worship the man a little later. And he said...
And now, we were probably born many miles apart. The first time we've ever met [Gap in the audio] by His Holy Spirit, reveal to me what you're here for, will you believe that I've told you the truth about His resurrection, and will accept Him as your healer?
For you already are a Christian. Your spirit is welcome, see. If it was an unbeliever, we'd know it right quick. But you got a welcome spirit.
Now, not knowing you... Then it would have to be a perfect miracle if God would reveal to me what you're here for. Is that right?

81 Now, if the audience is still hearing my voice, the woman seems to be going away from me. I see her walking in her room. She has something in her hand. She drops it. Oh, she's nervous. It's a nervous condition she has. And I see a terrific fall. She's had a fall, and it hurt her neck. And she's slipped...
Doctors has said it's three vertebras, or the cushions in between the vertebras that's been gone out. And it's laying down against the ... and it's pinching and hurting, and it's making her extremely nervous. And there's no hope for her outside of God the Creator to put the cushions back.
And I see she has another trouble. It's a tumor. And that tumor is in the female glands. She has tumor in the female glands, "thus saith the Lord."
Those things are true, are they? I do not know what I told you. It wasn't me. That was another. Was it every bit true? [The sister says, "Amen. Every word."] Every word true. Then if God is telling I've told the truth, then Jesus has risen from the dead, hasn't He? ["Amen."]
He said, "Whatever you ask the Father then, in My name, I will do it." If He's risen from the dead, and nineteen hundred years still proving that He's here, raised from the dead; His words are true, is it? "Ask what you will and it shall be done unto you." Will you believe this, sister? Then come forward.

82 Our kind Heavenly Father, under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, realizing that we're standing in divine presence of the Almighty God who made heavens and earth, and dwelt here in a body called the Lord Jesus. When He testified Himself, "I do nothing except the Father shows me. And these things that I do shall you also. Even more, because, I go to the Father; I will come again ... be with you always, even to the end of the world."
Then I ask in Jesus' name to the Father, that He'll condemn ever what was wrong with this my sister. And I send her from here this afternoon in the name of Jesus Christ to be well. Amen.
Go on your road rejoicing, sister. It's over. You're healed.
Let's say, "Praise the Lord." Do you believe? If you can believe. All right, you can receive. Now, reverent, every one.
Oh, what a time, friends. What a glorious time. Remember, we are ... the audience looks fadey. God knows that I'm not a fanatic. I'm telling you the truth. But we are in the presence of Him who raised from the dead. He's here. Now let the Mohammedan doubt.

83 What do you think about it, little lady with the red coat on, sitting there? You're suffering from a heart trouble, aren't you? Nervous condition. You believe the Lord Jesus would make you well? If you believe with all your heart. The Bible said, "If thou canst believe, thou shalt receive." If you can believe, and be made well.
Do you believe, lady? Are we strangers to each other? We are strangers. I've never seen you in my life.

84 Do you believe, sister? Do you believe that God would heal you; sitting there weeping? You had ulcers, but the Lord Jesus made you well right then. That's right, isn't it? Stand up on your feet. That's this lady sitting right here with the white coat on. An Angel of God was right around where she was at. And you're healed now. Your ulcers won't bother you no more.
Would you do me a favor? There's a case of sinuses, sitting right next to you. Lay your hand over there and pray too. Lord, Jesus, I pray that You'll heal him also of the sinuses, and may he be well. Stand up, my brother, and give praise to God. Your faith makes you whole also. You are healed. Hallelujah!
Jesus the Son of God has raised from the dead. Do you believe, back in there? Just have faith.
Oh, how wonderful. He never fails. He's Jesus the Son of God.

85 Now, sister, if you believe with all your heart and will look this way, and just believe.
I couldn't heal you. If I could heal you and wouldn't do it, I'd be a brute. If there's anything I could do to help you, and wouldn't do it, and you... If that's what you're here for. I do not know. It might be some other trouble. I can't say. But if I could help you and wouldn't do it, I'd be a horrible person, wouldn't I? And I'm your brother.
Now, you're conscious that something's going on, lady. I see something about an appointment you had. And that's to take place Wednesday. You're examined by a doctor, and it's something wrong with your breast. And you're to be operated on this coming Wednesday. That's right.
And you believe that Jesus Christ is going to make you well? Come here just a minute, then.
Our dear Heavenly Father, I pray that in Jesus' name that You'll take away all the disease from our sister, she will recover and be a well person. I ask this in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
God bless you, sister. Go happy and rejoicing now, believing with all your heart.

86 Now look. Audience, just a moment. Don't move, please. You disturb... There's someone healed at this side. I couldn't see where it was at, see. Don't move. Please. They'll take me away just in a minute. But don't move.
See, each one of you is a soul, your spirit's here. You're Christians. And we're working in a spiritual realm. The Bible said "Be reverent." "Be still and know that I am God," He said.
I'm sorry. It happened right in here, but I couldn't see it.
Now, be real reverent, and have faith.
How do you do, lady? We're strangers to each other. I don't know you. You don't know me. And I've never seen you in my life. And perhaps, you've never seen me, unless it was in a meeting somewhere just pass... You don't know me? This week's the first time you've ever seen me? Then we're total strangers aren't we? I don't know you.

87 Now, audience, just a moment. Here's a lady; we've never met. She's just seen me when she come here at the meeting. We've never met in our life. She's standing there, a healthy looking woman, to me.
There's something wrong. I don't know; God does. But let her be the judge.
If God will reveal to me what's wrong, will you believe the truth that Jesus raised from the dead? Do you believe it?
And remember, He's just as willing to heal you as He is to heal her. Don't make any difference. It's just the same. You see people here... You out there, that's out in the audience; you're being healed. So, it doesn't matter to God. If you'll just sit and pray, God will grant it.

88 Now, be real reverent and see what the Holy Spirit will say. He might not say one word. I can't tell you. That's up to Him.
Now, sister, not knowing you, and knowing that I... You'll have to admit that if the Holy Spirit reveals something to me, that you know that I don't know you, or nothing about you, you know it will have to be supernatural power.
And now, it depends on what you determine it to be. If you determine it to be wrong, then you'll never receive nothing. But if you determine it to be right, you'll get what you ask for.
But you, you are not here for yourself; you're here for some one else. And it's a woman. And you're packing a handkerchief in your hand for the woman. And that woman is your sister. And she's not in California. She's in way away. She's from a place called Alabama. ["That's right."] And she's suffering with high blood pressure and heart trouble. Is that right? Then believe.
In the name of the Lord Jesus, I ask that this be granted through the mercies and merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and glory. Amen. God bless you.
Have faith in God. You can receive what you ask for, if thou canst only believe.

89 Now, standing right here... To you who know and have seen the picture... Here goes the Angel of the Lord, a vision. A woman with her head bowed. She's in prayer. And she's praying that God will speak to me. She's sitting right here on the front row, and she's praying about a husband, that she wants him to have a deeper walk with God. "Thus saith the Lord." Rise up to your feet, sister, and accept it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
Dost thou believe? If you can believe, you will receive what you ask for, for the Holy Ghost is here. Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, and He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do you believe it? ["Amen."] Have faith in God.

90 Now, the lady sitting ... standing before me... We are strangers, I suppose, to each other, lady. I have never seen you in my life. We are strangers, are we? If we are, raise up your hand to the audience. I do not know the lady. I have never seen her.
But you see the effect of the visions: look at here, see. It just seems like I'm passing out. See, you're going into another world, down with other people. It's another dimension. Daniel, the prophet, saw one vision and was troubled at his head for many days.
I'm sure you can appreciate this. And that audience just drawing like one great magnet. What is it? It's not from me. It's the Holy Spirit here. He sent me.
Not by my own self. It's Christ. He's here to show you that He's raised from the dead. Not me, He's right there with you too, see. He's with us all. You just believe it with all your heart, and He'll heal you. For you get what you ask for, if thou canst believe. But you must believe.

91 Now, here's a total stranger. But the lady is a Christian. And the lady, being a Christian, she's very conscious that something's going on, because it's the moving of the Holy Spirit.
It was hanging over this lady sitting right here. It's moved back to the woman here now. Some connection somewhere; I don't know.
But the woman is here because that she's extremely nervous. And she's suffering with a trouble in her neck, and it effects the shoulder, and in the back. And I see a surgery, an operation. But it was some time ago, long time ago. And this is the effect of that surgery that's causing these conditions. That's right. Do you believe now? Do you believe now, with all your heart? The woman be the witness.
Now, you see, the more you talk to her, more would take place. But you see, we have to save a little strength for the audience. Just for this, let's talk to the woman just a moment. Would it make you believe more? Let me talk to her a moment, if the Holy Spirit would show anything different. I don't know. I don't know what He said to her. But ever what it was is truth. If it's truth, raise up your hand. It's truth. It's always truth. It can't be nothing else.

92 Now, what your trouble was, I don't know. But if the Holy Ghost will show me something else, will you then believe with all your heart? May He grant it.
I'm just His servant, His prophet. Or, maybe I oughtn't to have said that; minister.
You're not from this city. You've come from another city. Say, and you're a preacher. You've come... You have a independent church that you're preaching in, in a little place. Isn't that right? Well, lady, you return home. You're well. Jesus Christ makes you well.
A glorious light come all around the woman. Go on your road, my sister. And rejoice and be happy, for Jesus heals you. Amen.
Let us say, "Praise the Lord." Give Him glory, all ye people.

93 Now, be reverent. Please, don't move. You're making it ten times worse on me. I will go just in a few minutes if you'll promise to sit still, just a moment or two. People are getting healed.
I know you have to hurry, and I guess maybe it's getting late. Yes. But the boys are watching me. That's what this man's standing here for, down here, my boy. He's watching me. He knows just how much farther I can go. Let's see if we can't speak... Maybe the Holy Spirit to someone else and see what would take place.

94 Sir, do you believe? Come here just a minute. Put your hand over on mine. Now, to you sitting there, thinking this is mental telepathy, and I'm reading their mind... I'll show you that it's not.
I'm a stranger to you. Am I, sir? [Brother says, "That's right."] I don't know you. But if God can reveal to me what is your trouble, you'll believe, won't you? Then go home and eat your dinner, the stomach trouble left you. Amen. Have faith in God. Just believe with all your heart.
All right, would you come, lady? You believe? Can you? Do you believe? Then you won't need your operation. Your tumor will just go right on away from you. You can go on your road and rejoice, and be made well.
Let's say, "Praise be to God." All right. Do you believe with all your heart?

95 Sister, look here just a moment. The lady sitting right here, looking right at me, right by that little girl. You're praying, aren't you, sister, 'cause you have female trouble that you want to get over. That is right. You prayed just a few minutes ago and said, "God, if you'll have him call me, I'll believe, and I'll be well." Isn't that right, sister?
You there with the gray coat on. You believe with all your heart now; sitting here on the front row, and believe that you're ... that Jesus Christ make you well? If you do, raise up your hand, and say, "I accept it." All right. You can go on your road and be made well now. Jesus heals you.
You're the patient. I'm not beside myself, but it's... You understand. I don't know you. But I see you trying to get out of bed. It's a stiffening condition: arthritis. Do you believe that He makes you well? He does. Just go on your road rejoicing, and be thankful, and be happy. Amen.
Heart trouble's no more for God to heal than it is to take a drink of water. You believe that? Then go rejoicing, and be made well, through Jesus' name. Amen.
Do you believe? Just have faith. Have faith; believe.

96 Now, just a moment. Something's happened. I seen a lady moving. Oh, I see a dark shadow. It's hanging over a lady. She's sitting there with her hand up, praying. It's up against her mouth. Cancer. Cancer of the head. You're in a dying condition. That's right, lady.
That's your husband sitting by you. You're not from this place. I see great big tall trees where you come from. It's evergreen trees, like pines. You're from a... You're from either Portland... No, you're from Washington, the state of Washington. Your husband's a minister of the Gospel. His name is Jiggers, or Jagger, or Jaggers, or something like that. I heard somebody say... I believe his initials is U.S. Jigger. Put your hand over on her, brother, and may she be healed in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Hallelujah! Praise be to our God!
Say, while the Holy Ghost is there, person sitting right next to her has trouble with her jaw. They're praying and believing God would heal them. The Lord bless you, my brother, and make you well.

97 You sitting there with the high blood pressure, you believe Jesus will make you well? Stand up on your feet. You also had a little funny feeling around your heart. It's gone. Jesus Christ heals you and makes you well. Do you believe?
Why, Jesus Christ can heal everybody in the presence right now. Do you believe it? He's here. He's raised from the dead. It must be my going time. Somebody's around me.
I ask you in Jesus' name to lay your hands over on each other, and believe with all your heart, while His presence is here.
Go, your arthritis has left you, sister. Go on your road rejoicing. You was healed of that arthritis when you raised up there, sitting in the chair. Stomp your feet up and down like this, see. There you are. Go on, you're all right now.
Put your hand on one another. In the name of Jesus Christ, thou Satan, who's done evil to this audience, I condemn thee. Thou art a devil, and you're only deceiving the people. Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. He's alive today, and you're exposed. You aggravating animal, you'll be punished for this evil that you do to God's children. I adjure thee by the name of the living God, the Lord Jesus Christ, His Son, that you come out of the people, and leave this very day; and every person in here will be made well through Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 We're thinking of the boy, the father, who came for his son who had epilepsy. He said, "Lord, I believe, help Thou my unbelief." That's our sincere prayer tonight, that You'll help our unbelief. And may all of our doubts be driven from us now, that the Holy Spirit will have preeminence in every heart, and every mind, every soul, and may He get glory out of the service, for we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. May be seated.
We are indeed happy to be here again this evening to minister in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son, that He so loved that He sent to the world, that we who were once aliens and away from God, we might be brought close to Him and made sons of God.

2 Tonight being prayer for the sick, it's a different service than what we've been having; preaching services is what have been carrying on. And tonight we give out that we would pray for the sick. And trusting that God will give us the exceedingly, abundantly, great service tonight, for the sake of His poor, sick suffering children.
And maybe through ... if the Gospel message didn't catch into the hearts of some of the people, or maybe that if our Lord Jesus will come close and minister, and we shall see His great blessing as He ministers to us, well then, maybe that will catch the ones that the Gospel ... or, the preaching of the Word didn't catch.

3 One more night, and then we must go somewhere else; perhaps have to leave tomorrow night. And I've got to hurry; I've got many services lined up, of these preaching services, before we start in the big tent. I got to go into Mexico and back into Alaska before we get started into the tent.
And in the tent then, we'll go out again for the healing services. And it seems like wherever I go, no matter... I can announce; I'll say, "I'm not going to do nothing but preach the Word." But just as soon as you get there, then the call [unclear words]. Makes me feel grateful to God to know that He does do such things, and see many times how He sends even dumb animals in to be prayed for. [Blank place on tape.]... His doing, and that's what I find.

4 Now tonight, we won't preach, just read some of the Word and maybe talk just a little while. And then tomorrow morning, Sunday school... Now, you visitors that's here, maybe from out of the city, maybe staying for awhile ... Here's a mighty nice church to come to here, it's a... You ought to make yourself welcome here tomorrow---I know you will be---and our Brother Dirks (I want to call him "Curtz" all the time; and Brother Dirks, I've certainly learned to love him and respect him as a real Christian gentleman, a brother. I met his wife this morning, and many fine men of the city, in the Christian Businessmen's breakfast this morning.
I come up one overcoat short. I left my overcoat, and I got someone else's. And I didn't know what happened to mine, so [Someone speaks about the coat] and... Is that so? That's good; that's fine. So I sent his back, and we hung it up. And I guess he got his and now mine's in the hotel waiting. So that's fine.

5 Reminds me of one time down in the south, Brother Moore and I, we were going down to have a meeting down in ... I believe it's Sweetsie, Louisiana, and we had about two or three hundred miles to go from Shreveport, and I had my suitcase laying on top of his big suburban car. And on the road down, I got there, and we'd lost the suitcase. All the clothes I had, Bible and everything, was in the suitcase. Well, Brother Moore said, "Oh, we probably lost it up there in the colored district." Said, "Brother Branham, you sure lost that suitcase."
Some friends had just give it to me in California, paid around a hundred dollars for it. Someone give me a new blue suit; it's seventy dollars, was in there. And I had the suit on; that was all I had. And so then, we ... and everything was in there. Said, "Well," he said, "Brother Branham, you're bound to lose." Said, "You've lost that." So, he said, "We'll report it to the police."

6 And a little policeman come up and said, "Say, preacher lost his suitcase up the road there." He said, "I'll just tell it ... wire right on back and watch ... have the other boys to watch along the road. Down through the swamps you'll never find it." He said, "You're losing, Brother Branham." He said, "Because, first thing, if the Christian finds it," said, "they'll cut that suit all to pieces to send to one another for prayer cloths." He said, "If some of those rough colored folks find it," said, "I tell you what," said, "you just... They'd just keep the suit and take what's in it (and little money I had in my pocket, about twenty dollars)," and said, "and everything. So you just---you can't win any way you go."
I said, "Oh, no. Now, that's all right."
So, it went on, we on went back, preached the service there; they couldn't find it anywhere. About three days had passed and still wearing that same shirt. So, Brother Moore said, "Brother Branham, you just got to go get you some clothes."
And I said, "No, now, that's all right." I said, "They'll come in."
Said, "Oh, no, just can't."

7 So, on that day he just kind of got ... said, "You just can't do this any more, Brother Branham; we're going to get you some clothes; that's all." I lost it; I oughtened to have tied it down there... I ought to have tied it down. So we went over to Brother Brown's, and I was still arguing out of it. And he and Brother Brown was going to make me go anyhow. So just as they started to pull away, and me protesting it, someone called, said, "Wanted on the phone."
It was an old colored fellow down there; he said, "Is you Mr. Branham?"
I said, "Yes, yes, yes."
"Brother Branham, I sure got your suitcase; I done found it over at the swamp," said, "I's on my road with it."
So, I got the suitcase after all, after all that time. So, you just have to have a little faith, don't you? It works any way. You just believe it. Jesus said, "If thou canst believe, all things are possible."

8 Brother Groat, I'm glad to see you tonight; I just seen Henry last night. I guess he isn't here. I don't know anybody around here hardly, but the Groats, and I see Mrs. Stadsklev sitting right here too, from over at Minneapolis. Brother Julius, her husband, is one of my bosom friends, that wrote the book "Prophet Visits Africa." And he's a chaplain up somewhere in Greenland, or somewhere up there now.
Brother Groat is Brother Henry's father. I have a little something on Brother Groat; I won't tell it tonight though. So, something that he done at Jeffersonville, but I tell you; I was real sick. And he and his boy, his daughter-in-law and them, was there staying with me, and lovely friends they were.
And he went out one day and we went to the cornfield to pray. You remember that, Brother Groat? I never will forget; he put his arm around me and said, "Now, papa God," said, "you help Brother Branham." "Papa God..." So well, He did, Brother Groat, and here we are. Amen. He is our Papa and our Mama too, isn't He. We love Him with all of our hearts.

9 So now, tonight we're just going to read some of the Scripture here. And a text I want tonight is this, for just a little while of talking, because we want to get out early so you can go to Sunday school tomorrow. And I'm sure you have a welcome here if you don't have a Sunday school.
And tomorrow night we'll also ... being that we started it, we'll just have a healing service again tomorrow night, the Lord willing. And so the one's maybe that don't get in to be prayed for tonight, will be also tomorrow night.
Now, my text is the theme text of my campaign: Hebrews 13:8: Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever.
And for a context for this, I want to read some Scripture out of Jude, that I many, often times have read it, for a context; so that you would see and know what we are trying to strive for.

10 Now, perhaps sitting here, there's... If I'd say, how many Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholic, Pentecostal, Church of God, whatever more; say, probably in here from many different denominations. But I want you to feel real at home now, no matter what denomination you belong to. And I don't think God would turn around for the difference in denomination. It would just be His children that's in those denominations. And every one of us love our churches, and I love every one of your churches.
Here some time ago, long years ago, I was in Little Rock one time, and I had a service there. And there was [break in tape] people on the meeting, so they just blocked the streetcars and everything else in Little Rock.

11 There was an old fellow there was a Nazarene; he was on crutches. And the Lord healed him that night. And the next day he had a great big sign hanging on the back of his crutches, going down the street screaming to the top of his voice, [Blank place on tape.] ... you know. He was having him a time.
So the next night---he was just so elated and so filled with God's goodness and happiness about his healing; I was preaching away---and he raised right up in the service; he said, "Just a moment, Brother Branham."
I said, "All right, brother."
And he said, "I want to ask you a question."
I said, "All right."
He said, "Now, when I come here a couple nights ago," said, "I heard you preaching, and" said, "I sure thought you was a Nazarene." That's what he was (See?), a Nazarene. And he said, "And now, I notice pretty near most of your crowd is Pentecostal; and somebody told me you were Pentecostal." And said, "Then I heard you say at the platform that was you was carrying fellowship cards from the Baptist church." Said, "I just don't get that."
"Oh," I said, "That's easy." I said, "I'm a Pentecostal-Nazarene-Baptist." I'm still the same tonight.

12 So, if anybody says, "What does Brother Branham belong to? You tell them a Pentecostal-Nazarene-Baptist." Believe the Methodist and Presbyterian, and I belong to all of them. That's right. Because I belong to Christ, who is the owner of them all, who has His children in all of them. And they're all my brothers and sisters, and I love them.
Now, I want to read just a little bit out of the book of Jude, which was written thirty-three years after Pentecost. And we'd like to read and get some context from here for what I want to say.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and the brother of James, and to them that are sanctified by God the Father ... preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Beloved ... I give all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.
May the Lord add His blessing to the Word.

13 Now, as we understand after about three nights of speaking, just our grounds, and we're not strangers to each other no more; we're fellow citizens of the kingdom of God, pilgrims and strangers to this earth, seeking a city whose builder and maker is God. And we're not here to be a deceiver; we are here to help one another.
You have come tonight, maybe you're not sick; but you've come to support the cause, that somebody else through your faith ... your faith blended with mine and the rest of them, might help our poor brother and sister who is sick and needy to be well. If I had any other motive besides that, I'd certainly excuse myself and walk off the platform.

14 I never want to be found a hypocrite; I never want to be found a deceiver. I'd rather be home with my wife and children tonight, working as a game warden in Indiana, my old job, than to be out here trying to deceive people. For I realize, that no matter what I'd ever do, at the end of the road I'd be a castaway. So what good would it do me?
And anyone knows that I don't take money, and I'm not... You know I shun people too much from ... abstaining from popularity, and I have no motives at all to be out here at all tonight, only for one thing: that's to help you find Jesus Christ, that's the only thing; God knows that. Trying my best to help you.

15 I believe that God has set in the church, apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and all those gifts and callings are without repentance. God has set in the church. God does that by His sovereign will, His foreordination by foreknowledge. God knew before the foundation of the world just who would be who; so therefore, He could set that in order, and say, and make it work to His good.
Now, now, there's nine spiritual gifts in I Corinthians 12, that goes into the church. Now, they're just apt to be in anyone, see. They're just over the church. This man here may prophesy tonight, and that'd be exactly the truth, but that don't make him a prophet. A prophet and a gift of prophecy is two different things altogether. A gift of prophecy, before it can even be sent it's got to be judged before three judges, spiritually.
A message of tongues has to be, before the church receives it. Paul said, "Let's leave two or three judge (See?), with discernment of Spirit, before it can be accepted to the church." And this fellow might prophesy tonight and never prophesy again the rest of his life. Tomorrow night it might be on this woman sitting here, that man back there. See, it's in the body of believers, and all nine spiritual gifts should be in every local body, operating, and manifest the church.

16 But God, and for the perfecting of the church, has set in the church, apostles. You say, "Apostles?" Yes, sir. Now, how would people ever want to change their name and call themselves "missionaries" instead of "apostles," I don't know. A missionary and apostle is exactly the same thing, same word: "one sent", that's right. A missionary is an "apostle."
So they... Apostle is a "missionary." It's one that's been sent. And when a man feels led of God, and sent of God to go to Africa, India, that makes him an apostle, or a missionary, which ever way you want to call it.
So, there's apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and so forth. They are selected by God alone. No matter how much you go to school, how well you're educated, how well ... what you want to preach, if God hasn't called you to be a preacher, you'll never make it. That's right. You'll just be a stumbling block in a real preacher's way. That's exactly. "Gifts and callings are without repentance." Correctly.
I'd rather my boy be a preacher than anything I know of, but God will have to do that. No one else can do it. That's right, God will have to do it.

17 And so now, in this, Jesus raised the... I want to know tonight before I start. How many in here really believe the Bible: Jesus Christ did raise from the dead? Let's see your hands. You believe it? All right. If He has risen from the dead, then He's got to be the same yesterday, today, and forever; is that right? Then He's got to be the same in principle, the same in power, and everything that He was, outside of a corporal body, He is tonight. Don't you believe that? And He came from God. He said here on earth. And He came from Spirit. He was with the Father before the foundation of the world. And He was the Logos that went out of God.
And then, when He... Then He was made flesh and dwelt among us, and then we could touch Him with our hands. Then He turned back to God again. He said, "I come from God and went to God."
Did you ever think of that, how God condescended down to love men? If you'd ever get the real picture of it in your heart, brethren, I'd tell you, it would rend your heart.

18 God in the beginning, in the ... Christ, in the pillar of fire, He settled on top of the mountain. And even when His presence so close, that even if a beast would touch that mountain, it had to be killed with a dart. Yes, sir, no one could touch Him.
Now watch, first He could not be seen; then here He comes in a mystic light, and they could see Him. But no one could get close to Him. Then He reveals Himself, and comes down, and puts on human flesh, though born a virgin birth, different from men, ordinary men. No one was ever born like that before. That was that same One was on Moses in the bush. He was a Rock that was with Moses in the wilderness. He was the Angel that was at the burning bush; He was the I AM. And so, here He was here in a human body then, manifesting Himself in a body of flesh. He came down into this virgin body, because He's pure and holy, and He couldn't come in anything that was defiled.

19 So then He did that in order to give this human blood... Now, as some people said, "Oh, I was saved by Jewish ... Jewish blood saved me." No, Jewish blood didn't save you. God's blood saved you. He wasn't either Jew nor Gentile; He was God. And so, if it was a Jew, why then He had a... If His blood was Jewish, then He had a earthly father. But His blood was a creative blood, which Jehovah God, His Father, created a blood cell in the womb of Mary, and it brought forth a Son, Christ Jesus, which was a Tabernacle place for Almighty God to live in when He was here on earth. And the body was given at Calvary for a sacrifice to redeem you and I, under unconditional terms that God made with Abraham, that He Himself might come back and live in us and love us, and we worship Him, and woo us to Him. That's exact...

20 That's the story: God coming, making a way. Something that we could not do, He did for us. That's the whole story. That lays right in there, that God came down in His Son, Christ Jesus; died for your sins, that you unworthy, and nothing you can do about it... Yet through God's love and grace, He calls you to Him as you accept it, then you're still not right. But God don't see you, nothing but right, see. Because He looks through the red blood of His Son. And as I said the other night, red through red, looks white. And you are redeemed by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the Lord Jesus, He in the form of the Holy Ghost, the third person, is here tonight in His resurrection, doing the same thing in His church, that He did when He was here, to carry on the work until the last enemy is put under His feet. That's as clear as I know the Gospel. It's very simple; there's nothing complicated about it.

21 Now, Jude said here (after about thirty-three years after Pentecost), he said, "I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation. It was needful for me to write unto you, and to exhort you, that you should earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints."
Now, I say, "Methodist brethren, does your church contend for that faith?"
"Amen, Brother Branham."
Baptist brethren, does your church?
"Yes, sir, Brother Branham."
Pentecost, does yours?
"Yes, sir, Brother Branham."
Catholic, does yours?
"Yes, sir, Mr. Branham," see. Everyone say, "My church is contending for that faith today."
Well, I want to say, "That's right." But do you contend for the whole faith? You see, that's what I'm wondering.

22 Now there's... Let's just... Now remember, I've expressed to you about different denominations, but let's just... There's got to be somebody right and somebody wrong. There just can't be too much mixed up. And I tell you where the wrong's at, mainly, where God would be in everyone of the churches, but the little bridge that we draw between one another, separates us. If we would all... If the Methodist could say to the Baptist, "Brother," and all of them put their hands together and say, "We're onward Christian soldiers," then the little barriers would just fade away like that; we'd just move right on. And God would just do wonders in His church. And He would reveal Himself to everyone.
But now, in the way we stand tonight, and the way it must have been standing in the of Jude, he said, "Now, I want you to earnestly contend for the faith."
Not long ago, someone said to me, said, "Brother Branham, that's against my faith."
I said, "What kind of faith do you have? There's only one faith." One faith, one Lord, one baptism, that right? See, there's only one faith, and that's Christian faith. That's right. There ain't no Methodist, faith and Baptist faith, and Pentecostal faith, and Catholic faith being different; it's just one faith. And that's faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, that should be simple enough that children could understand it.

23 Now watch, now they're... In a way we're standing tonight, we've got... We are commanded by God's Word to earnestly contend; that's the only place in the Bible, that I can find, that we're supposed to contend. We're not supposed to have contention, like when we contend for the wrong thing. We contend that the Methodist church, the Pentecostal church is right; and the rest of them's wrong, see. That's wrong contention, see. But we should contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints, the faith that was once delivered.
Well then, if each one of us claimed that that's the faith of our church... Now, there's only one way to rightly settle it in our hearts and minds. And if you'll bear with me (I'm watching the clock.) for the next twenty minutes, we'll try to start the prayer line exactly nine o'clock so we can be out by nine-thirty. That'll give you plenty of time to be home.
Now, I don't want to preach, because I've been praying all the afternoon and so forth, for the anointing of the Holy Spirit. You all know it's a different anointing, and it's something that I can't explain.

24 Now, but now, if we're going to find out what faith we're to contend for, and that faith is the one that was once delivered unto the saints, we'll have to go back to that time and find out what kind of a faith they had. And then, we can tell whether we're really contending for that faith. Is that fair enough? We go back in the Bible. And now remember, I'm a Methodist-Baptist-Presbyterian-Lutheran-Pentecostal, all, that's all me, see.
Now, let's go back and find out what's right and what's wrong. The Bible ought to be the solid foundation. Don't you believe that? And I believe with all my heart, that this is the unadulterated Word of God. And I believe that anything contrary to this, is an error. Everyone understand that? I do not believe that there's any person in earth today that has power to heal the sick. I do not believe it. I do not believe there's a person on earth today can forgive sins as God would.
And God doesn't forgive your sins now. And God doesn't heal you now. He has already done it; it's a finished work at Calvary. And our faith rests in what God has already done for us.

25 Now, Jesus healeth, He said, "By His stripes," said the apostle, "we were..." And were is a past tense. We were already healed there.
You say, "Brother Branham, I got saved a year ago." No, you got saved nineteen hundred years ago; you accepted it one year ago, see.
And you were, every one of you here tonight that's sick, you was every one healed back yonder, nineteen hundred years ago when Jesus died at Calvary. The only thing you can do tonight, is to accept what Jesus has already done. And if Jesus has already paid the price, what good would it do ... what can I do about paying price?
Now, we're living in the day when there's much fanaticism hooked to the Bible, both in spiritually for your soul and healing for the body. There's many fanatics, but fanatics only prove that there's a real one. If I picked up a dollar and it was a bogus dollar, then I know if it's bogus, there's got to be a real one it was made off of, see. So a fanatic only proves that there is a real genuine somewhere. That's true.

26 Now, let's go back to the beginning. Now, when they were first called saints, was in the New Testament. We're speaking in the New Testament; I believe, Luke 16:16 said that the law and prophets were until John: and since then the kingdom of God's been preached.
Now, we'll have to find out John was just the arch, or the breach between law and grace, when he came to breach the way. And he done no miracles at all; he was a great preacher of repentance. Did you know them spirits still return? You believe that? Sure, certainly they do. Don't you know of a minister today in the land that's got a great message of repentance above anybody I ever heard of since Charles Finney; that's Billy Graham. Your boy's in this country in here, certainly. I never heard a man that had such a message on repentance as Billy Graham has. There's that spirit. And it forerun the coming of the Lord Jesus. That's right.

27 And Jesus come; He wasn't much of a preacher, as we would call preacher, because said He never lifted His voice in the streets and so forth. It's John, the one, with big, raw, go-get-it and tear-it-down-and break-it-out: "It's not lawful for you to have her." But Jesus was a quiet sort of Person. But God was with Him, and He was performing miracles and doing things, and signs and wonders, coming right behind John's ministry, backing it up.

28 Now, notice, then when John was the greatest of all the prophets, Jesus said. Because all the prophets looked forward to the coming of the Lord Jesus, though they done many miracles, John did no miracles at all, but he was the one who introduced Jesus to the world. That made him the greatest. All of them looked forward to His coming; all of them looked forward to this great time, and John had the privilege of saying, "Behold, the Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world." That was him.

29 And then John's ministry ceased right there, and Jesus started off. He went into the wilderness, was tempted forty days of the devil, on a fast. Come back out, and immediately... Let's watch Him now, because He was the One who introduced the Christian faith. Are you all ready to agree with that, that Jesus introduced it? If we can see what He gave to the church, then that surely is the faith that Jude was talking about, that was once delivered to the saints, or the sanctified ones. All right.
Notice Him now, the first thing He began, when He come out of the wilderness, He began to preach, and to pray, and heal the sick. That's right. He began with a great ministry of healing, and not just healing the sick. And many people began to come to Him. And He would pray and lay hands on them, and they'd get well. Great things was accomplished in His ministry.

30 Now, we're going to start, by memory. I would call it out; you can mark it down on paper if you wish to, these scriptures that I wish to read. We can start in Luke or John, either one, on the first chapter. And John might be good to start with. And we find Him into a place now to where He's got some disciples. And there's one of them by the name of Philip. And he was really converted, because as soon as he got faith, he wanted to find somebody else to get saved. That's a good sign he was saved, when he wanted to tell somebody else about it.
And so he goes off around the hill... I think the measurement of the place is about, maybe, I'd say, anywhere, ten, twenty miles or more, around from where Jesus was preaching at the time. And he goes to find a fine friend of his by the name of Nathanael, a righteous, religious man. So when he finds Nathanael, Nathanael was under a tree praying. And so Philip said to Nathanael; he said, "Come and see who I have found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
And now, this man was a good man; he was very orthodox. So he said, "Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
And I think Nathanael gave him the best answer that ... Philip, rather, give him the best answer that could be given; he said, "Come and see." That's the best way to do: Come and see. Said, "You come and see."

31 So down the road they went. And when they finally located Jesus... We wouldn't know, he might've just walked up in the audience, like you'd be sitting. Or he might've come into the prayer line. Let's think that he just walked up in the audience ... or, stand in the audience. Jesus standing there praying for the sick, and the Pharisees, and doctors and religious men standing around watching, seeing what He was doing, in their hearts criticize Him, because He just told them they was a bunch of snakes in the grass. And He said, "Oh, you generation of vipers," and so ... or, snakes. And so then when we... He said, "They got eyes and they can't see; they got ears, and they can't hear." And yet they were just as orthodox as they could be. No one could put a hand on their life, holy men, good men, renown men, Bible scholars, far beyond what we got today.
They had to come not just ordinary men like we are; they had to come out of the lineage to be a priest. They had to come out of the Levitical priesthood, out of Levi. If he wasn't borned by this holy man, his whole lineage coming down like this, of being perfectly good priests, and coming through... And even one little jot, or anything wrong, they'd stone to death. They had to walk the line. They had to be orthodox, gun-barrel straight. They had to be real men. Yes, sir. And they had to know that law. And all of that, Jesus said they was of the devil.

32 Wouldn't that be a big mouthful for someone to say today about a man that's a Ph.D., and a LL.D., Doctor of Divinity? And somebody would say he's of ... his father is a devil. Why, they'd take the same kind of a spasm they did back there about it. They wouldn't... Why, no, sir.
And here they all stood up there, coming around calling Him a Rabbi, and so forth. They wanted to see what His theology was. And so they was drawing their opinion. And so while He was preaching away ... or, praying for the sick, up come Nathanael, walking down there, him and Philip together. Jesus turns and looks straight at Nathanael and said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
Why, it startled this fellow. "Why," he said, "I never seen the man in my life. How did He know I was an Israelite in whom there was no guile? I could have been a sinner; I could have been a Galilean; I could have been anything. How would He know this? But He knows that I..."

33 If I'd say the same words to you in language of today, I'd say, "Behold, there is a church man, a honest man, a truthful man," see.
"Why," he said, "now wait a minute, how did He know me?" So he said, "I believe I will ask Him." He said, "Rabbi," or teacher, reverend, ever what you want to call it. He said, "When did You know me?"
"Why," He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
What did he say? He said, "Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel."
And Jesus said, "Because I told you that, you believe? You'll see greater things than this."

34 But what did the Pharisees say? They said, "That's mental telepathy, or He's the chief of all the fortunetellers." "Why," they said, "He's Beelzebub, and He knows this because He's a fortuneteller."
What did Jesus say? He said, "All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, that blaspheme the Son of man. But whosoever shall blaspheme the Holy Ghost, is never forgiven in this world or the world to come." And the Bible said He said this because they said, "He has an unclean spirit." See what a danger lays there? Be careful. So, let's walk humbly. See, we don't play church no more; them days are over. We're living in church now. He said, "If you speak a word against the Holy Ghost, it'll never be forgiven you."

35 Now, Jesus had not yet been glorified. So, the blood cell wasn't broke. But he was blaspheming Jesus and said... What is the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost now? Is to call the works of God, the devil. So be careful. That's never forgiven, nowhere at all, never can be forgiven. Anyone who would declare the works of God to be the devil, Jesus said that it's never forgiven. So, be careful how you class God's work fanaticism, or mental telepathy, or the working of a spiritualist, or something like that; better be careful. But that was their attitude. And I'm sorry to say, it's still their attitude.

36 Now, remember, God never takes His Spirit from the earth. God takes His man, but never His spirit. Did you know that? He took Elijah, and Elijah's spirit come on Elisha. Is that right? It come on down on John the Baptist, and predicted for the last days again, see.
The devil takes his man, but never the spirit, the same spirit. Remember, those religious teachers, and those fine ministers back there, very highly cultured and polished to the very limit, with all their degrees, yet that same kind of a spirit exists today, and it's of the devil.

37 What is sin? Unbelief. No matter how polished you are, if you try to place the days of miracles in the past, and "There's no such a thing," and explain it away, there's only one word for you, brother: You're an unbeliever. Correct, that's God's Word, just as plain as it could be. Now expect to be persecuted on it. Jesus said, "If they call the Master of the house Beelzebub," how much more will they call them of His disciples? You can expect it. And if it didn't come, we'd be very much disappointed; there's something wrong.
But now notice, now we'll go just a little farther as we go on, speaking of Him. We watch His ministry increasing. One day there was a woman with a blood issue. And she'd heard of Jesus. And Jesus had went over to raise a dead girl, crossed over the sea, raised this dead girl. And on His road to raise the girl, why, this woman with a blood issue had heard about Him, and she said, "If I can only touch His garment, I'll be made well."

38 Now, she'd been plagued with a hemorrhage for years and years. Spent all of her money, given to the doctors, and the doctors couldn't do her any good. So, she heard Jesus was down there at the river ... or, the lake. So she pressed through the crowd, and touched His garment, and turned around, and went back out into the audience. Jesus stopped; He said, "Who touched Me?"
And everybody denied it; nobody did it. Jesus said, "But I perceive that virtue's gone out of Me." What is virtue? Strength. "I perceive that I have gotten weak. Somebody touched Me."
And the apostles said, "Why, everybody's touching You."
Now, that's what it is today. With your education, with your imagination, you might do all kinds of touching. But that ain't the touch we're talking about. We're talking about a touch that brings a result, that brings a virtue.

39 Well, if He could be touched that day with the feeling of their infirmities, the Bible tells us in Hebrews that He could be touched today with the feeling of our infirmities. He's a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. Is that right? Then if you can touch Him today, you're bound to get the same results that that woman got, if He's risen from the dead and among the people tonight.
And if He has risen from the dead and with the people tonight, the same thing has got to take place today, or He isn't Jesus risen from the dead. We've got some other spirit on us, or we got some other theology we're teaching, but He isn't the same Jesus, if He doesn't do the same thing. Amen. You get it? He's got to be the same.

40 And the woman touched Him, and she went away from Him. And He perceived that somebody touched Him, so He looked around. Said, "Who touched Me?"
Everybody said, "Not me."
The little woman said, "Not me."
All of them, "Not me."
And the apostle said, "Behold, why, everybody's touching You. Why say, 'Who touched Me?'"
He said, "But I've gotten weak; somebody touched Me." He looked around till those sacred eyes found the little woman. He pointed her out; said, "Your faith heals you now." You see it?
Now, if He's risen from the dead, He's got to do the same thing now, or He isn't Jesus---it isn't this same Jesus. If you're worshipping a spirit that isn't that kind of a spirit, then you've got the wrong spirit. That's right. Now, you can weigh that with your church.

41 Now, that's the faith that was introduced to the early Christians, the saints. You see what I mean? He went up. One day He was going to the way of Jericho. But He had need of going by the way of Samaria. I wonder why? Now, Samaria's up this way, and Jericho's down this way. Jerusalem's on a hill; Jericho sits here, and Samaria sits over here. Instead of going right down that way, He went around this way, up around the way of Samaria. Oh, you ought to see the Orient once; I'm to be back there again in a few weeks.
Notice, and in there... Wish we had time to go into it, but we don't, to explain the layout, so you'd understand it better, but you just catch this. I pray that the Holy Ghost in these few mixed up words will bring it right to you, so you'll see, in the teaching.

42 And He went up the way of Samaria, and when He got up there... I'm going to get back to this again in a few minutes. But for time's sake, I'm just going to give the highlights of it here.
And when He sent His disciples away into the city... The well, usually is on the outside the city, where they all come draw their water. The women go out there and talk and let their pots down, you know, and draw up the water, and so forth.
So there happened to be... And for the sake of the context tonight, I'm going to say that she was a bad woman; she wasn't. But I'm going to say she was a bad woman. And she lived in the city, and she had five husbands.
So, the disciples went into the city to see if they couldn't get some food or something. And while they were gone... They usually have, like a grapevine over a wall and these wells are usually, fixed back under here in the shade. And so the old windle... Many of you knows what that is; they let the pot down. They hook the thing around it and let it down. It being lopsided, turns over, it fills up, and then they wind it back up again.

43 So, while Jesus sitting there alone, nobody around, there was a lady came out of the city, and she went to draw some water. She was a Samaritan. And a Samaritan is a half-Jew and -Gentile, kind of a cross breed. They was very much at one another's throats at that day.
So, while Jesus was sitting there, this Samaritan woman come to get the water, and He said to the woman, "Bring Me a drink."
And she said, "It's not customary for you Jews to ask we Samaritans such." A man and a woman talking...
He said, "But if you knew who was talking to you, you'd ask Me for a drink. And I'd bring you water that you didn't come here to draw."
"Why," she said, "the well's deep, and You've got nothing to draw with, when did You get this water?" Said, "Our fathers worshipped in the mountain; and You say, at Jerusalem men ought to worship God."
He said, "The time is coming, and now is, when they neither worship here, nor at Jerusalem." And the conversation went on.

44 Now, after while I'll explain to you why He talked to her. I will now. He was trying to catch her spirit. And as soon as He found out where her trouble was---talking to her long enough to catch her spirit and see where her trouble was. The Father had told Him to go up there. But He didn't know what was going to happen when He got there; the only thing He knew was just to ... was just to talk to the woman. That's what the vision had showed Him, but He just had to go there and talk to the woman. When He found where her trouble was, He said, "Go, get your husband."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
He said, "That's right; you got five."
She said, "I perceive that You are a prophet."

45 Now, listen. Are you ready, say, "Amen." This might shock you real hard. Now, look what the words... St. John, we're still in John, 4th chapter. She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now, we know that when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things." But she didn't know who He was.
Now, what is the sign of the Messiah, then? Those works, see. She said, "You must be a prophet, because I know when Messiah cometh... We know, we Samaritans, we've been taught to watch for the Messiah, because these signs would be on the Messiah." And said, "When Messiah cometh, He will do these things." But she couldn't understand who He was.
He said, "I am He that speaks to you."
And on this she left the water pot and run into the city, said, "Come, see a man who told me..." See?

46 Now, if that was the sign of Messiah in that day, and He's risen from the dead, it's got to be the sign of the Messiah today. Is that clear? It's the Messianic sign today.
Now, how we could go on and on; our time is leaving swiftly. I think Peter well explained it on the day of Pentecost when he said, "Ye men of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by signs and wonders, which God did by Him as you also are witnesses..." I think that explained it to the church, don't you think so?"
I think that when Nicodemus came to Jesus by night... Listen at him. He said, "Rabbi..." Now, he's representing the orthodox church, and many the same today. "Rabbi, we (Pharisees, big church), we know that Thou art a prophet sent from God ... or, a man sent from God (teacher, rather, I believe he used the word)... " We know that Thou art a teacher sent from God, for no man could do the things that You do, except if God wasn't with him." Is that right?

47 Now, he expressed... But why didn't they do it? Because they were so ... so denominated, so stiff and starchy: Pharisees, Sadducees, Publicans, Herodians, all. They had their sects so that if the priest, the big priest, had made proclamation, "If anybody believed on Him, he'd be excommunicated from the church." Isn't that the same spirit today?
And then, if that is the same spirit today, of persecuting, there's got to be the same kind of spirit for it to persecute. Just the time Jesus come on the scene, Judas come on the scene. Just the time Jesus went off the scene, Judas went off the scene. Just the time the Holy Ghost came, the antichrist spirit came. And now, the antichrist is showing himself, and the Holy Ghost is showing Himself, right here at the end. Do you see it? Perfectly, no room for unbelief, only lest you were just born to.

48 Now, listen closely. Jesus of Nazareth... Some Jews ... not Jews, but there was some Greeks came too, which was scholars, and said, "Sirs, we would see Jesus." They wanted to see Him. And I believe that would be the call of every man, woman, boy, and girl's heart here tonight: you want to see Jesus.
Well then, if He is the same tonight as He was then, only the corporal body, then what type of a person we would look for? Would we look for some tramp? No. Would we look for a man with real finely dressed in robes and things different from other men? No, sir. He walked so common with men, till He walked right in and out of them, and they didn't even know who He was.
Would we look for man with soft, mellow speech, or with such a education till He would almost be speaking in unknown tongues to common people? The Bible said in Luke that the common people heard Him gladly.
Would we look for a man that was accepted up in the high ranks? No sir. He was condemned in the high ranks. The priests condemned Him. The religious of that day condemned Him, and finally killed Him. He was hated of those people.

49 Now, closely... Will we find a man going around saying, "I have power to heal"? No, sir. Jesus said, "It's not Me that doeth the works." Jesus did not claim to be a divine healer. How many knows that say, "Amen." Jesus said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the work." Is that right?
Now, would we look for a man that come down along the road and made every cripple to walk He come in contact with, make every blind person to see, and every deaf person to hear? Would He do that? No, sir, He didn't do it.

50 Now, let's turn another page, Saint John 5. Now, there was a pool at Jerusalem, at Bethany, the gate, called Bethesda. And in this pool ... around this pool, laid great multitudes of impotent folk. Look what they were: lame, blind, halt, withered. Is that Scripture? Lame, blind, halt and withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an Angel to come down at a certain season and troubled the water. Whoever stepping in first was healed of whatever disease he had, if he had faith. God has never left the people without a remedy for healing, never, never.
You remember the dividing of the turtle doves the other night? They didn't divide them ... or, the young pigeon, which was the same specie as the turtle dove. But He cut the heifer, and the ram, and so forth, but He never touched the turtledove.

51 God's always had a provided way of escape for those who want to escape. And this Angel came down and troubled the water. You think people believed that? Why, no. The big high-ups said, "That's a bunch of fanaticism; that's just the wind blowing." What is a troubled water? You people ought to know, all these lakes here. It's a wind blowing one way, a current coming, and the wind blowing it back this way troubles it. It's a dangerous water. But the Lord sent an Angel down and did that.
Now, here comes Jesus, garments full of virtue, walking right down through all those people. And many of you people who read history, it's said by some of the writers, that when that Angel would trouble that water, then the first one stepping in, what happened? Listen close now. All the virtue of the Angel went off the water, the first one got healed. Think of it, they waited month after month, waiting for it to return.
But the first one getting in the water with faith, got healed. And the rest... The Angel's virtue left the water. That's the reason Jesus said, "I got weak." People don't understand. No need of trying to understand it; you can't; you got to believe it. Wish we had time to go into it; we haven't. But that's the [Gap in the audio.] ... will come again.

52 And here come the Son of God. How many believe He was full of compassion? Sure. Now watch, I'm going to hang you on a nail just for a minute, for the Gospel. If He was full of compassion, as you call compassion, why, that poor old daddy standing there crippled up with arthritis, saying, "Somebody have mercy on me, to help me in the pool."
That old mother standing there with a water-head baby, "Somebody have mercy on me."
Old blind mother with a bunch of kiddies at home, "Somebody help me to get in next." And He passed right by them, full of compassion, and never said a word to them. Still believe He's full of compassion? You don't know what compassion is, see. See, like I said the other night about love. Human compassion is nothing with God's compassion. We get it all mixed up. We're so sense bound, till we can't understand spiritual things. You've got to get into the line of Spirit to understand spiritual things.
Jesus was more compassionate than any person that ever was on earth. The whole fountain of compassion was in Him, and He passed by the lame, halt, blind, and withered. The Bible said He did it. Is that Scripture? St. John 5, read it for yourself.

53 Now, what would do in Sioux Falls here tonight, if somebody passed through here calling themselves, praying for the sick, and they said, "Go over here on the corner, and let's him heal old man Jones over here that sells papers, or so forth like that, then we'll believe it."
You know what that is speaking? The same devil that lived then---same thing. The same one that said to Jesus, "Here, you turn these stones into bread, and let me see You do it. You perform a miracle; let me see You do it; and I'll believe You."
Here some time ago, a church down in Arkansas... I was preaching; they said, "We'll give any man a thousand dollars who'll ... if you'll prove one thing, that one person was ever healed by the power of God," as they call it.

54 That day I just got me three women that had had cancer, and two crippled men, and three doctors, that's to witness that went over to his house. I said, "I've come to collect the thousand dollars so we can give it into the foreign missions today. I want your thousand dollars. Here's the people the doctor said was incurable with cancer; here's the doctor to give the witness. Here's men right here that walked on crutches for years and years, and there's no hope for him; here he is walking perfectly and sound. And ask the doctor what done it."
He looked around; he said, "Uh, oh, well, uh... We got to go down to Abilene, Texas," and said, "I tell you the way we do that." Said, "Let me take a little child, and we'll take all of our brethren and put them together. And then we'll take a knife and cut that little girl's hand, and then you heal it before us so we can see it done."
I said, "You need mental healing." I said, "Sir, you being a minister, I hate to tell you, but you're possessed of the devil." Right. I said, "That's what the devil said to my Lord. And I'm going to say the same thing to you that my Lord said to your father, 'Get behind me, Satan, thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God.'" That's right, see.

55 Certainly! Any man that'd cut a child's hand and... That's the devil that said, "Come down off the cross, and we'll believe You," religious leaders: "Come down off the cross now if You're the Christ; we'll believe You."
"Turn these stones into bread and do this miracle before me; You said You could do it." When He come into His own city, said, "We heard He healed in Capernaum; we heard He healed over there; let's see Him heal something here." And Jesus walked away and marveled at their unbelief, and could do nothing there. That's the same Jesus tonight; that's the same Jesus. It's not for unbelievers; it's for believers.
Notice, then He walks through all that crowd, probably five times as many people is here tonight, all crippled, lame, halt, and withered. Historians say they stabbed one another trying to get in and test their faith against the Angel that was in there.

56 Then notice what happened. Jesus walked right through that crowd, right around that old blind mother and dad, right around this withered woman standing here, that poor old blind man standing there, across this one here, laying there trembling, dying, walked around through the other ones, crossed by that baby and all this, went over there, and He found a man laying on a little pallet, little bed. We'd call it a pallet down south.
And let's say he had... It was something; wasn't going to hurt him; he'd had it thirty-eight years; it was retarded. Let's say he had TB, or he had prostate trouble, or something. It was something wasn't going to hurt him. He was going to live a normal life. And Jesus said to him, "Wilt thou be made whole?"
Oh, my, "Wilt thou?" What about thou? Why did He have compassion on a man like that, and leave that one standing there? But "Wilt thou be made whole?"

57 Watch, for Jesus knew that he had been in this way a long time. He knew where he was at. Just a minute we'll get to it. He said, "I have no man to put me in the water, Sir." Why, he could walk. He said, "When I'm coming down, somebody (in other words) outruns me and gets in there first." He could walk; he could get around. He wasn't lame, neither was he halt, blind, lame. He just had some kind of retarded disease. He said, "While I'm coming to the water, someone steps down ahead of me."
Jesus said, "Take up your bed, go on to your house."
Man picks up his bed and away he went. The Jews caught him, questioned him. They questioned Jesus. Now, Saint John 5:19, listen close now, I have to close. Jesus said, when He was questioned by the Jews. You think He'd be questioned here tonight? If He done a thing like that here tonight, you think He'd be questioned? Certainly, He would, by the same spirit that questioned Him then.
But, if there's something there to question, there's a Spirit here to react just exactly the way He did. And listen to what He said. And if it's the true Spirit of God, it'll bring the same reaction it brought then. If the devil is the same to put it to question, then Christ is the same to react the same way that He did then. Amen.
What did He say? He said, "Verily, verily..." That's "Absolutely, absolutely," Saint John 5:19 now: "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." You know that's in the Bible? Saint John 5:19.

58 Look, then Jesus Christ did not perform one miracle, or do one thing, without first God gave Him a vision to do it. Is that His words? "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing." "For what things the Father doeth, He showeth the Son. The Father worketh, I worketh hitherto." In other words, "I only go do what Father tells me to do." That's Scripture, isn't it? That was Jesus yesterday.
If that was Jesus yesterday, it'll answer the same thing today, or He didn't raise from the dead. And if He did raise from the dead, He's got to be the same today as He was then. Is that clear? Amen.

59 Look at Him, "Only what the Father shows Me to do." Wish we could take a week on this and go back and show the prophets did the same thing: just as God showed. It's not a bluff, make believe, run over; it's something definitely.
Now, did Jesus ... after He left, did that mean the end of it? No, sir. Listen at Him as He was leaving; He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you." That's always His words, He says directly to the church. Here's one: St. John 5:7, I believe it is. No, I beg your pardon, St. John 14:7. He said, "The things... He that believeth on Me, the works that I do, shall he do also." Did He say that? Is that inspired? That's the Word of God.
Jesus said, "A little while, and the world will see Me no more. [What is the world? The Greek word cosmos there, which means 'the world order,' see.] The world, the unbelievers will see Me no more." I'll put it like that. "A little while, and the unbelievers will see Me no more; yet ye shall see Me (ye): for I'll be with you to the end of the world." I'll be with you, and again He said, "I'll be in you, be with you, even in you unto the end of the world."
Now, what was it? The people who could only see with the natural sight, understanding with their natural understanding, with their mental thinking, that's the end of Jesus forever for them, until the judgment. "The world will see Me no more; yet you shall see Me, for I will be with you to the end of the world." And "I" is a personal pronoun, which means that Jesus has to be here the same tonight to every believer that He was then, or He did not raise from the dead. Amen.

60 "And the things that I do shall you also; more than this shall you do; for I go to My Father." Is that right? The word there in King James is "greater," but the righted translation is "more," because you couldn't do greater. He raised the dead and stopped nature, and done everything. Not greater in quality, but greater in quantity. "More that this shall you do; for I go to My Father." Amen.
I'm late. Did the disciples do it? The same ministry that Jesus had, the apostles carried on just exactly like they always did. The apostles...
There was Paul going down through Samaria ... to Damascus, rather, to arrest the people. And God had a man down there named Ananias. And he was praying, and he showed him a vision. And he came in, and spoke to Paul, and told him that Jesus had appeared to him on the road; he'd saw it in a vision. That right?
Look at Peter on the housetop who saw the vision to go up to Cornelius' house.

61 Look at Paul out on the ocean in a little old ship that was water-logged, fourteen days and nights, no moon, stars, or nothing. All hopes was gone, Paul too, that they'd ever be saved. And he went down in the bulkhead, or in the galley to pray. And I see that little Jew come forth shaking his hands and saying, "Brethren, be of a good courage! For the Angel of God, whose servant I am, stood by me last night saying, 'Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar, and lo, God give all these that sail with you, to you.'" Said, "Howbeit, I seen in the vision that the ship must be wrecked upon a little shore near a creek, or something like that." Said, "Wherefore, brethren, be of a good courage for I believe God; it shall be just as it was shown unto me."
Is that the faith that was once delivered to the saints? Then it's got to be the same today. And if Jesus is risen from the dead, then He is the same.

62 Our time is passed, I want to challenge your faith. Now, that's a great big statement for a person to make. But I just want to give you in this manner; you think of yourself now. You Methodist, Baptist, Pentecostal, whatever you are, if we are to contend for that faith, and we believe that Jesus rose from the dead...
This same man that made the challenge that time; I said, "You can't prove one thing that there is a God, outside of the supernatural." For when omnipotence speaks, the miraculous takes place. Omnipotence can't speak without being miraculous. Is that right?

63 So, I'd like to tell you a challenge that Dr. Reedhead received by a Hindu. And he said, "Oh, we got joy, our God raised from the dead. Your old dead prophet's in the grave."
He said, "Did He?" Said, "Prove it to me."
"Oh," he said, "we got joy."
Said, "Now, look here, Mr. Reedhead [Blank space on tape]. ... is your Bible?" Said, "I'll tell you, kind sir, that every word of the Koran's inspired." What a disgrace---Christianity. He said, "What about these other promises in the Bible that He said the works that He did you'd do also? Let's see you teachers produce it."

64 And Dr. Reedhead said, "Brother Branham, I raked my foot on the ground, a defeated Christian," and said, "I raised my hand and said if I ever get a chance to talk to you, Brother Branham," said, "I want to talk to you." He said, "I've got so many degrees that I could plaster the wall with them." He said, "I've tried since seven years old, everything..." I think, "Well, I'll make my B.A... When I do this, I'll do this; I'll find it." And said, "Where is Jesus in all of it?"
I said, "He's not in any of it."
He said, "Do you mean the teachers has been wrong?"
I said, "In one way, yes."
He said, "Now, look, Brother Branham, you being a Baptist, you ought to know truth." Now, that was... 'Course he was a Baptist too, you know. He said, "You ought to know truth." He said, "But I've seen the Pentecostals kick over the chairs, and scream, and holler, and jump up-and-down, and froth at the mouth," he said, "and tear up the furniture." He said, "But I want to ask you something, you dealing with them, is there anything like the baptism of the Holy Ghost?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "When can I get it?"
I said, "When you want it."
He said, "I do now."
And he fell across my coffee table in the living room, and there received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Dr. Reedhead's the president of the big Sudan Mission. Certainly.

65 I said, "Sure, we got carrying on; we got sham; we got make-belief, and everything like that; but behind it all there's a genuine resurrected Lord Jesus Christ." Amen. That's right. I said, "Certainly, the devil's right in there pounding away with everything he can, and give them false conceptions and everything else. That don't do away with the real thing. Jesus Christ has risen from the dead."
And tonight, my dear brother and sister, I'm contending for the faith that was once delivered to the saints, that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead and is just the same yesterday, today, and forever. Amen. Shall we pray.

66 Our heavenly Father, Your words are always true. Maybe we haven't faith to confirm them, or make them live again, but dear God, with all my heart I believe every word of it's the truth. I pray that You'll help tonight, such a wonderful audience, who receive and drink in the Word. It just inspires us, Lord. And I, maybe, run over time. I pray that You'll make manifest tonight, like when the great Paul preached the same Gospel: And a boy fell from the window and got killed; he laid his body over him after preaching that kind of a Gospel and life come back in the boy, after preaching all night long.
O God, I pray that You'll bring new life and new hope to every person, that's here that's without God and without hope. For those that's without hope and sickness, God, may Your Holy Spirit come tonight and do something that would cause their faith to mount up and receive Jesus Christ as their healer and their Saviour. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

67 Now, if you will, it's on the music, sister, real softly, "Only Believe," just a moment.
Now, how many here will do this for me now, just while you take your time. Don't be nervous. You're a very nice audience. Everybody sits just as quiet. I commend you for that. You're one of the nicest audiences I ever talked to, and I've been around the world. So, that's a whole lot. You're very nice. I like you; you're very conservative, and I appreciate that. I just learned today Germans, and Swedes, and whatever more, in here, but you're a nice group of people. And I certainly love you and appreciate you.

68 And I'm here as your brother; I do not claim one thing, one power to heal. If I did, I'd be a liar. I have no power to heal. And I say with my honest heart, I don't believe there's any person that's got power to heal. No, sir. Jesus gave His apostles power to heal one time, did He? And they failed, and couldn't do a miracle, or couldn't even heal a sick person with all that power. How many knows that? Sure, they failed. They brought the epileptic son; they'd been down there screaming, and crying, laying hands on, and casting the devil out. And the devil just laid there and looked at them. Sure. Jesus said, "How long will I suffer you, bring him here." That's right.
And they'd failed after ten days before that they'd been given power to heal the sick and cast out devils. They done some, yes. But with that power given to them, special power. But God never promised that to His church---that special power He give the apostles---but He promised if your faith would mount up, and He'd called you, if you could see these things, then you should believe.

69 Now, the only thing that any man can do towards your healing... If he's a doctor, he might set your bone, but he can't heal it. What if you went to the doctor's office, say, "Hey, doc, I was cranking my car, and I broke my arm. Say, heal it for me right quick; I got to go out and finish cranking that car."
I thought you said the doctor was a healer. He isn't. There's only one healer; that's God. The devil's no healer; the devil can't heal at all. Shows mental weakness when you think that. Jesus said, "How can Satan cast out Satan?" If he could, his kingdom would to be divided; and he couldn't stand. He firmly said that Satan could not cast out Satan. So he can't do it. Satan can't heal.

70 You say, "Well, I know a person that's got..." Oh, yes. The people going, thinking they were going to God, in doing so, God healed. Yes, sir. But it was their faith, the individual's faith in God that did it, not the witch or the soothsayer, or whatever they went to, or Ouija board, or what you'd call the devil... And that is of the devil; certainly it's the devil. Fortune-tellings and all them things are of the devil, certainly it is; anyone knows that who reads the Bible.
But Jesus Christ lives tonight, the Son of God. Did you ever hear of fortuneteller or Ouija board going out and preaching the Gospel, getting the people saved? Certainly not, see. "By their fruits you know them."

71 And notice, now if Jesus will come to the platform (I don't say He will, but if He will) and do the same things tonight here at this platform, that He did when He was here on earth in a body of flesh, like mine or yours tonight; if He will perform the same things here at the platform tonight, will every one of you go away from here with a blessed heart, and receive Him, and believe it, and go on accepting Him for whatever you have need of? Would you do it? If you will raise your hands to Him, say, "I will." Thank you, God bless you. May He grant it to you.
Now remember, before we start the prayer line, I do not say that He will. I do not say that He will do it. I've been... Since I'm forty-six, and the first vision I remember seeing is when I was about, well, I was no more than two years old anyhow, when He told me where I'd live and all about it, just exactly. I was just a little bitty boy; He told me just exactly what would happen. They write it down, and it's never one time failed, not one time.

72 Now, watch what He says now. Now, the vision doesn't heal; the vision only gives you ... brings your faith up to a place where you can accept your healing. Do you get what I mean? Brings your faith to a place where you can accept your healing.
All right, now they got some prayer cards. All right. 1 to a 100? All right. We'll just line them up over here. We can't bring them all at once, so let's just start from number 1. Who has prayer card number 1? I better find out, because some of them I see, is unable... A lady sitting in a chair, and here's a lady sitting here. Who has number 1, will you raise your hand? Prayer card number 1? Look it's a little card; it's got my picture on one side and on the... And it's got you a place there for your name and address, so that the people can, the ministers, if they want them, well, then they can follow you up, follow it up. We use them in the big campaigns on account of the ministers. They take the cards, so that they can follow up the persons and get them in the church if they're ... and so forth.
Prayer card number 1 raise up your hand, if you're able to raise your hand. You mean that prayer card number 1 isn't here? Are you sure you give them? Prayer card number 2? Have you got prayer card number 2? All right. Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, stand up right here, if you can. Prayer card number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... first, first five of you. All right.

73 While they are coming, I want you to look this way now, I want everybody be real reverent. Stand down here, sir, down in this way, and if someone help him down there, if they will. All right, all right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Let's see there's 1, 2, 3, 4. All right. There's somebody, I believe there's at least ... or, a few people missing, or one person in there. Remember, you're losing your place, your place to come. If you come, yes or no, that's up to you, but it's been called. All right.
Maybe somebody's deaf; look around at somebody's card. I hate to see anyone miss. If somebody's deaf maybe, can't hear. Look at your neighbor's card and see if it's the prayer card number 1. Maybe somebody can't get up, and they got prayer card number 1. If they will, the ushers will bring them up here. All right. Has that lady ... is that a prayer card number 1 there? All right. Thank you, might be a deaf person who couldn't hear, thank you for your help back there, ever who done it. All right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. All right, prayer cards 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Now, let them come up. Then who ... 1, 2, 3, 4; there is one missing in that, 1, 2, 3, 4, that's I believe there'll ... 6, 7, 8, was that five of them got up? All right, 10, will that be enough, you think, to try, start and first?

74 Well, let's have 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. All right, let's have prayer cards 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Now, you count, Doctor, and see if they come up. All right, let's sing softly now while they're taking their place. And ushers, if you will, help them there, if you will just a minute, get the people in position. All right.
How many here doesn't have a prayer card and you want to be healed? Let's see your hands. Anywhere, in balcony, or anywhere, no matter where you are. All right, I'm going to say this: If the Holy Spirit comes into the meeting, and if you'll look this way and don't doubt with all your heart, you'll believe with all your heart, I'll assure you that Jesus has risen from the dead, and your faith can touch Him, and He can turn to you like He did to the woman that had a blood issue. Do you believe it?
Prayer cards don't mean nothing; that's just some people get up here to be prayed for, see. It's your faith what does it, always. Now, let's sing softly.

75 Only believe, only believe,
(Okay. What say? Number 15 is out.)
........... only believe;
Let's have [unclear words]. Huh? Somebody maybe that's German or something, that know how to say that word in German maybe. They keep missing in the prayer line. Okay, well, we got some to pray for maybe they'll [unclear words].
Yes, sir. Now, brother, watch it back there, because my voice gets real weak under the anointing, see.

76 Now, I believe...
Think of where I'm standing, friend. Come and take my place. Huh? Anyone desire to, you're welcome. After a challenge like this against the Word of God. Several hundred people here, and that challenge has been made before five hundred thousand at a time, heathens and everything. Surely, He won't let me down now.
Here's a prayer line of people standing here; everyone of them total strangers to me. I don't know one of them; there's only one person ... or, two people in the building that I know. I do know... There's Brother Leo sitting right there, and Gene here, the recording boys. I know that. And then the man, a friend of mine that, bless his heart, I don't... The man that give me the bow and arrow the other day, Norman, Brother Norman. He's sitting right there; I know Brother Norman. Just met him couple ... since he come over here. I know Sister Stadsklev, sitting right here. And now Brother Groat was somewhere, around here, and I think that's right back, Brother Groat. And that's the only persons in the building that I really can call I know, outside of the pastor.

77 Well now, no matter who you are, Jesus Christ knows every one of you. I want to ask you in this little prayer line here: Are we all strange one to another? If we do, raise up your hand, if all's in the prayer line can hear. All right. I don't know nothing about them, never seen them in my life.
Now, what is a miracle? Something that cannot be figured out. Is that right? They knowed Jesus by His miracles; they knowed Him by His spirit of discernment. Is that right? He perceived their what? Thoughts. Is that true? Does the Bible say that? Raise your hand if the Bible said that. Jesus knows their hearts; He perceived their thoughts, see. All right.
I'm wait... You say, "Brother Branham, you're stalling now." I am, exactly. I'm waiting for Him. That's right. If He doesn't... How many seen the picture of it out here? Did you get a picture of it? See? They got it right back there. If I had one, I'd show it to you, of the picture. I believe a lady's got one on her lap there. Son, would you get that picture there?

78 Down in Texas when this was taken, American Photographers Association, here's the picture, the only picture... It's in Washington D.C. tonight, the only picture that can be scientifically proven there is a supernatural Being. There's the Angel of the Lord, the same pillar of fire that led the children of Israel. Right in a debate before around thirty thousand people, He came right down and stood there where I was at. The German camera caught it not long ago. It's been seen by millions of people around the world. And I say to you in His name that that same Angel ain't standing two feet from where I am right now. That's true. Thank you.
If you want one of these, you may get it now tonight, and the books, or what more, tapes. There won't be any selling tomorrow; we don't do that.
But now, what it is, that's Him standing; I know He's near. But now, He has to be inside, see. The pillar of fire that led the children of Israel was Christ. Then when He was here on earth, He said His Father "Dwelling in Me," Jesus the Son, He said, "It's the Christ in Me." He was born the Christ, He was given a name of Jesus. That was His surname. And He was Jesus Christ; like I was born a Branham, given the name of William.
Now, in the name of Jesus Christ, I take every soul here under my control for the glory of God, that the people might know without a doubt, that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead; He's here. May His blessings be asked.

79 Now, Father, into Your hands I yield myself. And I pray that as I have tried with all my heart, in my poor, broken, uneducated way, to tell the people of Your goodness and mercy, now will You speak, Lord, in Your own miraculous and glorious way, that they might know that I have told the truth. They could doubt me; it would be all right, but, Father, to doubt You would be sin and unpardonable. And I pray tonight, Lord, that as they raised their hands that they would believe, that You'll help Your servant now, as I yield myself to the Holy Ghost, that You might use me. For I ask this for God's glory, and for the fulfilling of the Word of Jesus Christ, which said, "The things that I do, shall you also." In His name. Amen.

80 All right. Now, every one, don't move. Just sit real still, listen now. There's a tape going on right here now, see. Now, remember, the vision doesn't heal you. Watch it; it'll speak afterwards and tell you "Thus saith the Lord" what'll take place (See?), what shall be. But the vision, what it is, is to bring your faith up to a place where you can accept it.
Now, this lady standing here... You don't need your card; just leave it in your pocket like. I just want to talk to you a minute, lady. Now, I believe that you and I are perfectly strange to each other, is that right? If that is right, raise your hand so the audience will see. We've never met before in life. And she's a lot younger than I. So, we are maybe born miles apart, years apart, and this is our first time to meet. This is not a coincidence, God has planned this. Do you believe that?
How is it tonight, that, me a man, she a woman, the same way that was met at the gate ... or, at Samaria, a woman and a man? Now, what will I do if Jesus is risen from the dead... Now, she's got a soul; she's got a body; she's a woman. I got a soul, and a body, and I'm a man.

81 Now, if she... I know she's a Christian; she's a believer, because I feel her spirit. That's a miracle in itself; you are a believer. Now, if this Spirit here saying that you are a believer, and if you wasn't it would ... and something could happen to you, or anything...
Now, if I have told the truth, then if God's Holy Spirit will come here... It's only trying to do one thing, speak through my lips, to contact your senses---you know, your hearing---that would say something to you, that would cause you to believe God for what He did for you at Calvary. Wouldn't that be right? See, I couldn't do nothing for you; if I could and wouldn't do it, I'd be a brute. But I'm your brother, just like your loved ones, see. Well, I'm just your brother.

82 But by the grace of God, and the help of God, by me talking to you, I can contact your spirit by a divine gift, by yielding myself to the Holy Ghost, that will produce the same thing that Jesus did to the woman at the well. Now, I have no idea what you're here for. You might be standing here for sickness; you might be standing here for somebody else. You might be standing here for financial troubles. You might be standing here for spiritual troubles. I do not know; you know that. I'm a stranger to you; I don't know you.
But He does know you, then if He can let me know what you're standing here for, will you accept it and believe on Him, that it's Him here? You know it has some ... do some supernatural resource, but would you believe it was Him, sister? Will the audience believe the same thing? May the Lord add His blessings then, is my sincere prayer.

83 Now, if God will let me. See, she's a... That's exactly. "What are you doing, Brother Branham?" I'm not reading her mind. No, sir. God will judge you for that; don't you think that. Now, you can't hide yourself now; He's here, see. Don't think that, "He's upset." I'm not; I'm only contacting her spirit by the Holy Ghost. The woman's aware that something's going on; she knows that. There's something... You feel different right now than you've ever felt perhaps, because real sweet humble Spirit around you, isn't that right? Between me and the woman is that pillar of fire moving back and forth (See?); it's something's fixing to take place, and she's aware of it, being a human being.
Now, the lady seems to go away from me, and I see her extremely nervous. She's bothered with a nervous trouble, real, extremely nervous is her condition. Is that right? Now, if I talk to you more, more would be said. But you're already believing, because I can feel she's just raising up. Telling you you was a believer, telling you you was struggling with nervous trouble... Now, may the Lord grant to you your healing. Do you believe now? Have faith.

84 You're nervous because of a sorrow you just had. You are a widow. That's right. Your companion... You're a... You work hard; you have a hard time kind of making ends meet, your living. That's true. And you've been somewhere. I see something going on; it's a... Looks like someone like a doctor is working with you. Oh, yes, you've had an operation or something. It's been in the throat, yes, and they took a tube out and put a plastic tube or something back in it. And you're scared now, afraid that it's turning to cancer. That's giving you a lot of your nervousness. That's the truth; that's "Thus saith the Lord." Do you believe? Don't fear. He who's standing here now, who has risen from the dead, and it's His Spirit talking to you. You know something's happened don't you? The cancer worry's over. Your faith heals you, sister. Have your hand.
Dear kind heavenly Father, Thou hast said... The last words that come from Your lips as You left the earth, You said, "These signs shall follow them that believe: if they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover." This I do in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you, sister. Go, rejoicing now; it's all over.

85 Let's say, "Praise the Lord." Do you believe now? You said you would. That ought to settle it forever. If you can believe, that's all you have to do. Now, don't move; tomorrow is Sunday; just wait a minute. That should settle it forever. That should make it known; perfect stranger. But God knows all about it. Now, you're beginning to believe, aren't you? You're just wonderful now, different.
How do you do, sir? I suppose, sir, that we're strangers to each other too, aren't we? We've never met before in life; we're perfect strangers. But you are aware that you're in the presence of something besides your brother. Probably we were born years apart and miles apart, our first time of meeting. But Jesus knowed you, and has give you everything to eat you ever had, the air you breathe. He's given me the same. And I'm here... If my old dad was a living, he'd be about your age. I wouldn't stand here for somebody else's dad, to be a deceiver. I only stand here to help you. I have no idea what you're wanting; you know that. I have...

86 Little lady with the gallbladder trouble, sitting on the end there... You had gallbladder trouble, didn't you? Your faith touched Him then. Amen. Amen. I seen it happen here in front of me. Your faith did it, sister.
You're suffering, my brother, with many things. First thing, you have a rupture. That's right. And then I see something that's... The blood, looks like it's running thin; it's diabetes; you have sugar diabetes. You're also extremely nervous. That's right. And you have ulcers, don't you? That's true, isn't it? Let me tell you something; you're not from here either. You're from the South, coming this way; you come from Nebraska here, didn't you? That's right, isn't it? Now, go back rejoicing, telling the people what the Lord has done for you, and be well.
O God, our Father, in Jesus' name, grant the blessing. Amen. Go rejoicing, my brother, believing Him with all your heart.
Just keep believing, you're not far from the kingdom.

87 How do you do, lady? Suppose that we're strangers to each other. [The sister speaks to Brother Branham.] Five years ago you saw me when I was here. Well, the Lord bless you, my sister. Of course, I wouldn't remember you from all five years. I hardly... Maybe there's many here that I seen then, but I wouldn't know now. But our blessed heavenly Father knows both of us, doesn't He?
[Gap in the audio.] You've had an operation on them; it didn't do any good. And the meat and bone is rottening away from your knee. The doctor don't know what to do any more. Well, don't worry, daughter; God knows all about these things. You're standing in His presence now. Not your brother don't make you feel that way; it's His presence. You accept Him now for your healing.
Dear heavenly Father, who raised up the Lord Jesus from the dead, I lay hands upon this, my sister, and condemn the enemy, and ask that she be made well for God's glory. In Jesus Christ's name I ask it. Amen.

88 God bless you, sister. Now, go, believing with all your heart and get well. [Sister says, "I've never been able to kneel on my knees since I had this car wreck.] But you're... [Can I kneel now?] Why, I would go right down there and kneel down at the altar, is what I'd do, and give Him thanks. [Sister says, "Thank you, Jesus.] She's never went to her knees since she was hurt. Here she is on her knees now and giving God praise. Let's say, "Praise the Lord," everyone of us.
Our heavenly Father, we give praise unto Thee, and glory for all Your great works that You are doing in our presence. Thank You, Father. Amen. Sister, all right, raise right up now. Look how nice you get up and down, see. See the difference? You're healed, sister. Amen.
Let's say, "Praise the Lord," everyone. Just say, "Our heavenly Father, we thank Thee from the depths of our heart, for all the goodness and mercy that You have done unto us. Amen."
Do you now believe? "Canst thou believe?"

89 Lady that was just here, lay your hand on the lady sitting next to you; she's praying. That tumor condition, that God will make her well. You believe it, lady? Throat trouble too, don't you? Yes, sir. Cancer also. That's right. That's true. All right. Amen.
Our heavenly Father, we condemn that devil called cancer. Her faith, that woman anointed sat down by her, and her faith touched You, and we now condemn the enemy, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
Has He risen from the dead? Amen. See, the lady sat down there next to the lady? She was so anointed, that the woman's faith contacted quickly, see. You don't have to have prayer cards; you have to have faith. Have faith and believe with all your heart; you shall be made well if you can believe.

90 What do you think, sir?
Lady, you believe that God heals you of that gallstone condition and make you well? Do you believe that He'd do that? That's what you have: gallstones. Raise your hand if that's true. Now, just go and forget about it. Amen. Your faith did it. Amen. Thanks be to God.
Oh, you from the audience, sir, sitting there with your handkerchief to your mouth, lay your hand on the little lady for that asthmatic condition, laying there.
Heavenly Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, make her whole, I pray, for God's glory. Amen. Believe, have faith. You can receive what you ask for.

91 Excuse me, this is the lady? You are the lady that's come to be prayed for? All right. Have faith, every one. I can only go as it goes; I have to follow it. Now, be real reverent. Have faith.
Man's trying to contact Christ, sitting there where the man was healed. A hardening of the arteries, he thinks... God can heal you, do you believe it, brother? That's right. Amen. You were praying in your heart, "God, let him turn and talk to me." Isn't that right? If that's right wave your hand like this. See, see? How'd I know what you were praying about? Amen. He's so real.
You raised your hand too, sir. Yes, that's right. Hernias, ruptures, God can just heal him and make him well, don't you believe that? Amen. You believe God heals it for you? If you do, wave your hand to Him that "I'm going to be a new man." How would I know what was wrong with you? God told me. Your faith touched Him. That's what does it. Just have faith. Be reverent.

92 I seen a child appear before me when I spoke to this man here ---a little boy. Stop right there, usher, just a minute. It's a little boy sitting there has got a rupture, hernia. Lay your hand over on him, usher. And say, by the way, his mother that's holding him has got some trouble with her teeth she's been wanting to be prayed for. Isn't that right, lady? Raise up your hand, the little boy that's got a hernia. Lay your hand on them.
Heavenly Father, in the name of Your Son the Lord Jesus, heal them, I pray, for Your glory. Amen.
Do you see the Holy Spirit moving, bringing the usher up just the time to lay hands on the person? Isn't He wonderful? Believe. What is it? The resurrected Lord Jesus is in our midst. Now, be real reverent now. Everyone can be healed. But while we got these people standing up here just a moment, let's get the line if we possibly can.

93 Now, this sister. I don't know you, never seen you in my life. And we're total strangers, is that right? Now, God knows what you're here for; I don't. But He knows what you're here for, doesn't He? And He can tell me what your trouble is. Now, I could not heal you, if it's for healing. And if it's money, it'd be very little ... I'd help you all I could, but it'd be very little, or whatever more. It might be domestic; I don't have the least idea. But God does; He knows. Then if He will reveal to me what's on your heart...

94 [Gap in the audio.] ... to have a live voice behind it, to make it a voice, is that right? Then this microphone becomes my voice. Is that right? Now, I'm just a mute; I don't know nothing about this woman. But the only thing that could be done, would be the Holy Spirit speak through me just like I'm speaking through the microphone, a live supernatural voice telling her something. Is that right? All of you understand real well now? Believe.
The lady is... Well, she's been to a doctor, but they don't know what's wrong with her. Isn't that right? You've had x-ray, and they still don't know what's wrong with you. And your trouble starts in your back and comes to your stomach. ["That's correct."] That's right, isn't it? ["That's right, brother."] Amen. Now, He knows, doesn't He? ["Yes, Jesus does know."] Yes, He does, and He can heal you. ["I know He can."] Yes, God bless you.
You're not from here either. ["No, I'm not."] You've come from the south, coming this way. You're from a place, I believe I see a name just outside where the car passed; it's called Sioux City, Iowa. ["You're correct, brother."] Your first name is Rachel. ["That's correct."] And your last name is Burris. ["That's correct, sir."] Return home rejoicing; you'll get well. Jesus Christ makes you well. ["Oh, praise God! Hallelujah!"] In the name of the Lord Jesus, I pray. Amen.

95 Don't be astonished. When Simon came to the Lord Jesus, He said, "Your name is Simon, but you shall be called Peter from here on." He knows you, who you are.
How do you do, lady? I suppose you and I are strangers too, to each other? We don't know each other. But there's someone here who knows both of us, isn't that right? My, there's so many people getting healed out there, I just can't call you fast enough. You'll find that after I'm gone a long time, you'll find out what's going on. If I could just keep talking to you just a moment, sister... And God knows all about you, as I said. I don't know you and never seen you.
But if God will reveal to me what your trouble is, why, then you'll believe Him, will you, lady? You will believe. Will you believe out there, all of you with one accord, believe with all your heart? All right. Now, you're... I don't know, you look like a healthy person, but God knows all about you; I don't. But He can reveal to me, and you'll know whether that's true or not, if it's true.

96 Really, you're not here for yourself, you're here for somebody else. And you and some woman made an agreement. And she's not here. And you made an agreement that you'd come and try to get in the prayer line, and she'd be praying at the same time. That's right. And the woman's got a stroke. That's right. And she wanted to come, but she couldn't come, because of her husband. There's a black thing hanging around her husband. He's a rank unbeliever. That is right.
I see another man appear, and that man is your husband, and he's kind of tore up too, about some affair; it's a spiritual affair. He's got hooked up, or is fixing to get hooked up in some fanaticism, something about someone telling him to go preach, or something like that, or something on that order, a lot of... Tell him to be careful. Everything that says God is not God.
And return back to the woman, and lay your hands upon her, and call the name of the Lord Jesus. And tightened up in your fist, the handkerchief that you have, you must take that and lay it on her, and believe with all your heart, and may God of heaven bring the blessing, I pray in Jesus' name. God bless you, lady. Now, go on your road rejoicing; don't doubt anything, but believing that God will grant it.

97 Come, lady. I caught a resentment then from somewhere, somewhere. I'm not leading the people tonight. I don't know... Here lady, just lay your hand on mine, will you? I don't know you, do I, lady? And I'm not looking at you; I'm looking at the audience. If God will reveal to me out here in the audience, what's wrong with you, then if it's true, then you'll raise your hand from my hand and say whether it's true or not. Will you accept Jesus as your healer? It's a lady's trouble, a female trouble. That is right. Raise your hand if that's true. This isn't reading minds. Now, go rejoicing. Abscessed, but it'll be all right; Jesus will make her well. Believe with all your heart.

98 Get real weak, don't you, tired, and heart bothers you? Late of the afternoon you get real tired and weary, is that right? You might not know it, but you're suffering with TB also. And that's what makes you get weak, and you knew it. Yes, yes, lungs hurt you and things. Then you see, God knows all things, doesn't He. But you were praying before you come tonight and asking God to give you an opportunity to stand here, isn't that right? That's right. All right. Now, you can go home and be well. Jesus Christ heals you; your faith does it for you.
God of heaven, I place hands upon her in confirmation of God's Word, and pray for her healing. Now, go rejoicing and be happy, thanking God for His goodness. God bless you.
How do you do, sir? That stream of blood... Jesus can heal diabetes, you believe that, don't you sir? You believe your healed now, you accept it? Then to Calvary, by faith, we go for a blood transfusion and ask that our brother be healed through Jesus Christ's name. Amen. God bless you. Believe now. Go and believe with all your heart.
When I said "female trouble" to the other lady, something went over you, didn't it? You standing right behind her there; that's when you were healed too. Amen. So you can go rejoicing, saying, "Thanks be to God."

99 Come, sonny; come here. I want to ask you something. I think you're a mighty fine little boy. Look, you see that little man going there? He had a terrible thing; it was called diabetes. And that's what bothers you. That's right. See, it's easy for him to get over it; it's hard, the doctor says, for a little boy like this. But not for Jesus. Now, if Jesus was here, He could make you well, couldn't He? And He's here, and He's here with us. Now, I pray for you.
Heavenly Father, as the Holy Ghost, surely people can see that You're here. And now, Lord, while You have my body anointed and packed away in the Spirit, I lay hands upon this little lad and condemn the disease of his body in Jesus Christ's name, and ask that he be made well. Amen. Now, God bless you, honey boy. Amen. Go, rejoicing and thanking the Lord.

100 Come, sister dear, do you believe me to be God's prophet ... or, His servant? What is a prophet? Someone who sees, foretells, a seer, is that right? The Bible said in the last days that this would take place, didn't it? If God will let me know what you're here for, will you believe it and accept with all your heart? With all your heart you believe it?
There's so many out there suffering the same thing. I see a table standing between us. You're moving back; it's a stomach trouble. You got a peptic condition; you're real nervous, aren't you? Been nervous for a long time. Which is actually a lady's age ... of your age will be that way. But it's caused in your stomach; sometimes keeps it sensitive, from belching up acids like in your stomach; it's a peptic ulcer right through the side of duodenum. And it caused you to have it like a regurgitation, like that, that comes up. Jesus Christ can make you well, isn't that the truth? You believe that Jesus will make you well?
Then kind, heavenly Father, with hands laid upon this, my sister, I ask for her healing. In Jesus Christ's name. Amen.

101 How do you do, sir? You believe with all your heart? Arthritis is so easy for God to heal, isn't it? I see you trying even to get off of a street, how you have to step sideways to get down and things. Dad, I wished I could heal you; I haven't the power to heal you, but do you believe now that Jesus is here, you're going to get well? If I pray for you, will you get well? Jesus said, "If they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover," didn't He?
Dear God, in obedience to Your commands, I lay hands upon my brother in Jesus Christ's name and ask for his healing. Amen. Now, go believing, my brother, with all your heart and praising God, and you shall be made well.

102 You're mighty fine strong looking man to be suffering with a nervous condition, but you can't help that; you've had it pretty near all of your life. It just bothers you; you got a mental nervousness that caused you worry. And you're always thinking of things and crossing bridges before you get to them. That's a nature of yours. That's right, isn't it? Not reading your mind, but that's the truth. You always plan things and never happens that way, and upsets you, and things like that, taking other people's troubles to your heart and worry over them when you really oughtn't to do it. But God is here to make you well, my gallant brother. Do you believe that?
Oh, heavenly Father, I condemn this devil that's tormenting this fine young man. Satan, in Jesus Christ's name, come out of him and leave him. Amen.
Now, brother, that's a witness by the Holy Ghost. It isn't on you now. It's gone from you now. You feel all right, don't you? Now, go ahead rejoicing, and thanking God, and be made well.
Let's say, "Praise the Lord." Be reverent. Do you believe Him?

103 Let's see, is this the person? You believe with all your heart, son? You believe me to be God's prophet ... or, His servant? You believe that He can speak to me for you, and reveal to me what you're here for? Your trouble is in your back; in your chest you have trouble. One thing, if you quit smoking, it'd help you a whole lot. I'll tell you something that'll really make you just exactly right, if you'll surrender that heart of yours to Jesus and become a Christian, because you're not. [Gap in the audio.]... Christian, will you accept Him now? And believe with all your heart and serve the Lord with all your heart, will you do it? Will you now accept Him and be healed and made well? You will? God bless you. Thy sins are forgiven thee, son. Go in the name of Jesus Christ and be made well. Your back and chest trouble is gone; your sins are under the blood. Now, go as a Christian. Amen. God bless you, my brother.

104 Do you think that's strange? Jesus Christ still lives and reigns. It must be time; I feel them hitting me on the side. Do you believe now with all your heart? Lay your hands over on each other. Some minister should see that last person here. Let us lay our hands on each other and believe just now with all of our heart. Put your hands over on each other, and let's pray. Are you ready? You that's deaf will now hear, you that's blind will now see, you that can't walk will walk, if you'll accept this Lord Jesus that's raised from the dead. Nothing else could He do. We could come stand here all night; it'd be the same thing over and over. But He's here; He wants to heal all of you right now.
Now, kind heavenly Father, there's only one thing to keep this group of people now, who is looking towards You, to keep them from being healed, that's a little dark spirit of unbelief. And I challenge that spirit. Satan, you're rebuked, and you're exposed. I adjure thee by the living God, come out of these people and leave them that they might be made well.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 ...stand. And you Southern people have a way of expressing yourself that we Northerners don't have. You can express your feelings, so... I believe in a letter there's a little thing, says, "victuals," see, and that's why ... "victual." I think the same about our brethren and you people.

2 I deem it a great honor to stand with God's heritage. I've often wondered what I would do if I had a few drops of the literal blood of the Lord Jesus in a charger to pack it in my hand. I just wonder what I would do with it, Brother Jeffries, with the literal blood of the Lord Jesus. I thought how I would hold it, cherish it with my own life, not to spill or to destroy it in any way. But, do you know, in His sight, I have a greater than the blood of the Lord Jesus in my spirit tonight. That's the purchase of His blood: you. He gave His blood, that you could be His. And therefore He would cherish you more than He does His own life, His own blood, is because He gave His life to save you.
And so then, when we meet each other and come into His presence for worship, we should come with just a very ... a feeling of His great august presence as we can worship and love each other. How will I serve the Lord Jesus? I'll serve Him as I serve you.

3 Now, I have four children here tonight. And I would rather... If any of us had to get a bawling out, or a whipping, I'd rather you give it to me than you would to one of them. Any compliment, I'd rather it be on one of my children than on me.
And that's the way it is with the Lord Jesus. He would rather that we would be kind to each other and show each other kindness. And don't draw any boundary lines of: "Well, I just don't ... I don't belong to this certain church." That doesn't matter to Him. He wants us to be brothers and sisters. And that's the reason that I think our churches hasn't progressed the way they have is because the sectarian ideas has built fences between the sheep. I think we're all sheep of one pasture. And I think we should worship the Lord that way.

4 Never have I had, one time, the Holy Spirit, the Angel of the Lord, to ever question me about what church... Now, He knows what church you go to and He'll tell you that, see. But where the question whether you should or shouldn't go to this church or that church, it never was questioned by Him. He'll tell you, "Well you belong to a Methodist," or "You're a Presbyterian," or "Catholic," or whatever...
How many's ever been in the meeting and hear Him do that? Let's see... in my meetings. Raise up your hand you... Sure you have. And He might tell you that. But as far as saying you shouldn't do this and you shouldn't belong to this one, He never says that you should not do that. He just wants you to love Him and that settles it.
If you love Him... You know, love is the greatest force that we have---the most powerful force. Do you believe that? Love. Love will just do things that nothing else will do.

5 And, I usually tell this when my wife's not along, but she happens to be along tonight, and I might tell it now. And you know, when I'm overseas or somewhere, and she writes me a letter, she'll sit down and say: "Dear Billy, I sit here tonight. I just put the children to bed and so-and-so." That's what she's telling me on the letter. But, you know, being that I love her the way she does, and she loves me, I can read between the lines, I know just what she means.
Well, that's the way the Bible's written. You have to be in love with the Author to be able to read between the lines. Because, God promised... And He said that He had hid it from the eyes of the wise and prudent, and would reveal it to babes such as would learn. You know that scripture, don't you?
And so, if you want... It doesn't take a great degree in theology, it doesn't take some BA or DD. The only thing it takes is a humble heart, surrendered to Him. And that's what does it.

6 Some of you might know my good friend. The man that wrote my favorite song ... hymn: Booth-Clibborn---William Booth-Clibborn. A wonderful prince among ministers. One of the best scholars I believe I ever met in my life and a real Christian gentleman.
About five weeks ago we were together, just before going into Mexico. And, if anyone knows Brother Clibborn, he knows what a diplomat and how just precise he is with his grammar. He can preach in seven different languages. And old General Booth of the Salvation Army: that was, I believe, was his father, I believe it was, or some close relative to him. That's why he was named "Booth."
And he's an Englishman.

7 And, we were riding around together, he and I and Mr. Moore, one of the managers. And he was telling me about certain Greek words and certain things, and oh, how he can tear it down. He can just preach in Greek, or preach in Hebrew, or anything he takes a notion to.
So, he said, "Brother Branham, don't that Greek word, you know, means this?"
I said, "Now, Brother Booth, don't go to speaking in unknown tongues to me because I can't interpret it."
And he said, "Well," he said, "You know, the reason you... That's the..." Said, "You don't know your Bible." Said, "That's all." Said, "If you can't speak Greek, you don't know the Bible."
I said, "Brother Booth, that might be wrong. I might not know the Book, but I know the Author real well." I said, "That's the main thing. If you know the Author, He'll take care of the Book part for you."
And so, that's the way we love Him tonight. And it brings it down to a simple person as I, has a right to be saved.

8 And no matter how much education, you might not be able to write your own name...
Did you know St. Peter, the Apostle, could not write his own name? You know the Bible said he was ignorant and unlearned? Did you know that? Peter's the one that had the keys to the kingdom. We're told (that's historically, and I don't know---it might be mythical) that he wouldn't even know his own name if it was wrote before him. But the Bible declares that he was ignorant and unlearned. But they had to take heed to him because they knew he'd been with Jesus. That's the main thing, that's the mark. Get the mark of being with Jesus. It doesn't take smart people, it takes surrendered hearts to know the Lord Jesus.

9 Now, tonight, here in the church... I have just learned today, sometime, by some of the brethren that's with me, that brother here has just ... they opened up this revival center. And I didn't even know Brother Jeffries. I met him my first time... I'm not saying that name right. Is it Jefferson? [The Brother says, "Yes."] Jefferson. I didn't even know him until I met him here on the platform the other night. Find him to be a real fine brother.
And I'm trusting that God will bless this old theater---where it used to be the devil's church and now it's turned into God's church. Say, if that theater man's here, he'll probably want to pull me for that. Well, let's... I come now for healing service.

10 But one of the greatest disgraces... Even from the files of the FBI, they can prove that America started her decline by the movie pictures. Exactly right. Not being censored and all this here stuff they put out before young girls and things like that. Now, the devil put it in every home through television. Now, the television's a fine thing if it's used right. So is the pictures a fine thing if it's used right. But uncensored programs and things like that, it's disgraceful for the way it is. It's absolutely put the wrong things before the American people. And that's where... Of course we realize now that we're on the decline. And as far as I can see the historical ahead of us, we're continually going on.
So, every great nation has to fall.

11 I've stood on the Egyptian ground where the Pharaohs once ruled. We'd have to dig twenty, thirty feet to find some of the ruins of some of the greatest kingdoms of the world. I stood in Rome where the great Caesars stood, and they all fell. And I've stood in London where the great men ... and different places around the world, and their kingdoms fall.
And remember, there's... Every kingdom of this world has to give away; all mortal has to give way to immortality.
I stood by a tree when I was a little boy, a great maple in our country. What a great tree it was. I thought that tree would always be there. And that's been about thirty-five years ago, and today it's a snag.
Just goes to show that here we have no continuing city, but we're seeking one that'll come. Our great nation will fall someday and crumble just exactly like all other nations, because the kingdom of God shall come some day. Jesus shall set up a kingdom here that'll be an everlasting kingdom. And we're looking for that.

12 All people... We love our nation, the greatest nation under the heavens. If it wasn't, I'd try to get in the greatest nation. But I'm glad to be an American, but I'm sorry to see it demoralizing and corrupting and going down with vice and sin the way she's sinking tonight. And that's why we're preaching the Gospel and trying everything that we can to seine out every soul that God would have saved before the great climax comes. That's our reason of being here tonight.
There'll come a time when there won't be any Charlotte. There won't be one stone left upon another. There'll be a time that these hills will shake and crumble, but you'll be somewhere. And tonight, maybe it's time for you to decide where you'll be at that time. You're a free moral agent. You can make your decisions.

13 And now, on the ministry that I introduced... Now, I know there's Bible scholars sitting here. And perceiving coming in, even last night, that it's a smart, intelligent people that I'm speaking to. And the ministry will certainly be difference of what you've ever, perhaps, looked at the Scripture.
And now, I want to get right down to your heart, and have a heart-to-heart talk with you. And, for the next night or two, perhaps, as I have said that I'm weak in my throat, and four months straight without any rest at all, and got to go to Alaska immediately after this. Then I get a couple weeks of rest before returning back for the big Cadle Tabernacle---eleven thousand in Indianapolis, Indiana. Then to the Christian Businessmen over at Minneapolis.

14 Now, the first thing I want you to do, as... I want to make myself clear that I don't belong to any denominational church. And I got...
And by the way, I want to thank this brother, Pierson ... or, Parson. I got that wrong yet. Parton. The other day, they had taken up a love offering for me at the end of the meetings. They didn't have to do that. I don't come for love offerings, I come to try to help. But he did. And in there he made me an honorary clergyman of their society. So, I appreciate that, if any of his people are here, to tell him that I didn't know he'd put it in a little check, and he give to my boy, and they gave it to me on my road home. Thank you. I'm very glad to have that honor.
And I have honorary degrees, of course, in many different places. Just people...

15 Here not long ago somebody was trying to give me a doctor's degree at the Hindu church in India. And I said, "Now, wouldn't that look nice for an old boy raised on black-eyed peas and hominy grits, sorghum molasses and biscuits, to get up there, and use such English as I do, such grammar, and then say, 'Dr. William.'" I said, "People are too intelligent for that." See.
No, there's only one thing I want to know. One thing I do know. There's a great big black door set before me, and it's before every mortal here, and every mortal in the world. Every time our heart beats we get one closer to it, and that's death. When I get to the end, when my heart's making it's last beat, I don't want to come there as a coward or a deceiver. I want to come there with this one thought in my mind: I know Him in the power of His resurrection, that when He calls out, I'll come from among the dead. That's my one alternative, is to know Him in the power of His resurrection.

16 Now, this is His Word. And we want to approach it... There's just anybody that's able to open it up like this, can open it, but there's only one who could really open it, and that's Christ---the Holy Spirit. It was written by several different men, set through ages, and every bit of it dovetailed together, and not one contradiction is in the Word. Not one.
And it's all given by inspiration. Therefore, there's no man able to open the Book or to loose the seals thereon as John saw it in the Revelations. But One that had been slain from the foundation of the world---the Lamb---come and took it out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne, and was worthy to take the Book and to loose the seals and to open it. And let's speak to Him tonight, before we try to open His Book and ask Him if He'll open it to us, the Author, the Lord Jesus, while we bow our heads.

17 Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee tonight, first, for this place that we have to worship the beloved Lord Jesus. And we come to Thee in His name, asking favors, Lord. We're constantly asking, because we're walking in a dismal, dark world, full of sin and trouble. Lying, deceiving spirits everywhere, as You predicted that would be in the last days. And we come humbly, reverently before Thee to ask for mercy and guidance and grace.
We thank Thee for Brother Jeffries here. And for all the ministers that's present, the shepherds over the flock where the Holy Spirit has given them the overseer job. I pray that somehow, tonight, dear God, that You'll get right down deep into their hearts. Reveal Yourself in a new and living way to them, each one. Bless their ministry. May they become a greater shepherd and have more sheep to watch over. Grant it, Father.
Bless all the laity here, Your beloved sheep of the pasture. Every church that's represented, we pray, God, that a great revival will break out in each one. And altogether, the Lovely One will come to every denomination. May there be a sweeping revival across this country this coming year that'll shake the other nations. Grant it, Lord. Start it right here, won't you, Father? Begin here in Charlotte, tonight, with an old-fashioned revival in every church. May this weekend find churches just filled full of people; sinners weeping their way up to Calvary, repenting, and great signs and wonders appearing. Grant it, Father.
Now open the book to us, it may be in a new way, in a light of the Gospel. For we ask this in His name who said "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it"; Thy beloved child, the Lord Jesus. Amen.

18 In the book of the Gospel according to St. John, and beginning at the 12th chapter and the 20th and 21st verses, I wish to read this little ... the text here. And may God give us a context from it, in doing so, that He'll bless His Word. We know this, if we read His Word, it will not return void. It'll accomplish that which it was purposed for.
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
And the same therefore came to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
May the Lord add His blessings to that Word. And for the text tonight, we would use Hebrews 13:8: Jesus Christ, The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever.

19 Now, let's try to be just as reverent, and listen and pray, as we approach these things.
Now, in the Word of God, many times we set our rules and regulations of just certain things that's to take place, and if it happens contrary to the way that we think it should be, then, we say it's not right.
Now, brethren and friends of Christ, did you know that's the reason the Jews in the first coming of the Lord Jesus failed to recognize Him? Because He came contrary to what they had figured out Him coming. They expected a Messiah to be different. But He come exactly according to the Scripture. But it wasn't according to their theology, their teaching.

20 And you know, I believe if He would come tonight, it would be altogether different than what we've got it figured out He'll come. He always seems to do it, but, yet, it's straight with the Scripture. See, they was expecting Him coming in His second coming: His great power; which then He will come for them and for us. But we know in His first coming, He was to come lowly, riding on a mule, coming in the city. And how even His disciples didn't understand that.
And how it is tonight, that sometimes things happen, and if it doesn't just equal up to what our church teaches, then we want to throw it out and say there's nothing to it. But you know, the thing we ought to do sensibly is to look at it in the light of the Scripture.
Now, I believe that every Bible teaching, or every church, and every revelation (listen), everything must be built on this Word. If anybody teaches anything contrary to the Word, I wouldn't believe it, see. This Bible is God's foundation. No other foundation can be laid but that which is already laid: Christ Jesus.

21 Now, knowing here, with Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Nazarene, Catholic, and all mixed together... And each one is saying, "Well, my church teaches this." That's fine. We're so happy for that. But let's look, and ask, and see by the Word of God, just what it teaches for this day ... for a message for this day.
Each one of us are familiar with our church doctrine. Well now, that's very good. I appreciate you Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, and all your doctrine. I appreciate that. That's fine. I believe that, too, every bit of it. I believe everything you teach from the Scripture, is right.

22 But now, in the Old Testament, there was three ways of knowing a message: The first, it was the law; the second, it was a prophet; and the third was a dreamer. And then they had a way of proving that whether it was just exactly right or not.
Now, in the Aaronic, or Levitical, priesthood, on Aaron's breastplate had twelve stones. And it's not exactly known by the scholars whether it was a reflection of the twelve stones together, or certain sacred lights: That when a prophet prophesied, or a dreamer told his dream, or whatever it was, and these supernatural lights didn't flash on this what was called Urim Thummim. And if this supernatural light didn't flash and give witness to that, well, then, it was wrong. No matter how true the prophet was or how real the dreamer was, or whatever the revelation was, it had to be witnessed by the Urim Thummim. If it wasn't, it wasn't true. Any Scriptural scholar knows that.
Now, in the Aaronic priesthood, or the Levitical priesthood, that priesthood was done away with and the Urim Thummim of that time ceased. But in this new priesthood, the Bible is God's Urim Thummim. And if a revelation comes, a prophet prophesies, a church is established, a doctrine is made, and it don't flash on the Bible, then it's wrong. This is God's Urim Thummim.
We must listen to the Word. I'm just old-fashioned enough to believe that that Bible was written by inspiration. And I believe every word of it is God's living Word. And you can rest your eternal destination on any word that's written in the Bible.

23 Now, the thought comes this: If God... If we believe... I want to know how many here, first, believes that Jesus Christ was, and is, the Son of God. Let's see your hands. Thank you. How many believes that He has risen from the dead? Let's see your hands.
Now, surely if I was risen from the dead ... had died, and had rose again, I would be visible. I would be to a place that you'd know I was here. And if Jesus has risen from the dead, surely there ought to be some way that we would know that He had raised from the dead.

24 Here, as I said a few weeks ago ... or, a few days ago, down to Spindale, the great Mr. Reedhead, vice-president, or president, one, of the great Sudan Missions, the fundamental missions---one of the greatest in the world... He was conquered by a Mohammedan that give him that question, and said, "If He has risen from the dead, where is He? Prove it to we Mohammedans. But, until you prove it, then He's in the grave just like Mohammed is."
And Dr. Reedhead tried to give him all the Scripture and everything.
He said, "But look, see." Said, "Mohammed only promised life after death." And said, "Your Jesus promised that you teachers would do the same thing He done." Said, "Now, that was His promise."
And I want to show you the little loophole that Dr. Reedhead tried to squeeze through. He said, "I suppose you mean Mark 16, where He said, 'Go into all the world, preach the Gospel. These signs shall follow them that believe. Heal the sick and perform signs.'"
"Yes, that's one of them," he said.
He said, "But, sir, you see, we better scholars of the Scripture, we learned that Mark the 16th chapter, from the 9th verse on is not inspired. It was just added."
And the Mohammedan stood and said, "Kind sir, what kind of a Bible do you read that a part of it's inspired and the rest of it's not inspired?" Said, "I'll let you know that all the Koran's inspired."
What a disgrace to Christianity.

25 This is all inspired, too! I don't believe the Koran is inspired. I believe this is the only inspired book there is in the world. And every promise in it is true. If I can't meet the issue, I'll say that I haven't got faith enough to do it, but yet His Word is true.
Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego said, "Our God is able to deliver us from this fiery furnace, but nevertheless, we wouldn't bow to the image." That is true, the Bible is God's inspired Word.

26 Now, these Greeks come with a question that I believe that every human being since Jesus was crucified, that's had any touch or feeling towards God, would ask the same question that they asked there. "Sir, we would see Jesus." I believe that's the life ... or, the desire of every Christian, and I believe that's the desire of every person here tonight. Is it? Let's see your hands. "Sirs, we would see Jesus."
Now, to me, and to the believer, any believer, this is either the truth, or it is not the truth. It's either right, or it's not right. And if it wasn't the truth, I would be somewhere else tonight besides here. I wouldn't be here. If I was against Him, I'd be preaching against Him, I'd be saying against Him. But, I believe Him, and I believe He's the Son of God and I believe He's raised from the dead. I'm for Him, and ready to die for Him, because it's the truth. And I know beyond one shadow of doubt that this is the Gospel and it's the truth. And by God's grace I can prove that it's the truth.

27 And now, what we want to look at then, if Jesus has raised from the dead, can we see Him? "Sirs, we would see Jesus."
Now, there's only one way to do and that's go and see what kind of a person we would look for. If you were going tonight to see Jesus, if Jesus was in Charlotte tonight, what type of man would you look for? Would you go and look for some fellow that was way up in some great, high cathedral with real priestly-looking clothes on? Walk out... Would that be the kind of Jesus you was looking for? If it is, He's certainly changed since He was here on earth the last time; for He dressed just like ordinary men. He went in among men, in and out among men, and they didn't even know Him, because He looked so common like other men. There was nothing, any conspicuous about the Lord Jesus to look at Him. He would do a certain thing; that's the only way they'd know Him, by His miracles and the sign that He did.
On the road from Emmaus, after His resurrection (Do you see it?) Cleopas and his friend was walking with Him after His resurrection. And He was so plain yet, until they didn't recognize Him until He done a certain thing like He used to do it before He was crucified. They recognized it to be Him. Do you see it?

28 Notice. He was not a man of great swelling vocabulary, or words. He didn't overdo the thing. And I'm going to give you a little between the lines, if you can receive it. Scholars today are all turned around, "This Greek word means this; and that word means that." You know why? They're trying to mate the Bible to the highest sphere of the Greek or the Hebrew, when Jesus didn't speak His words big like that. The Bible said the common people heard Him gladly.
We're supposed to speak English. And when I went to England, I needed a interpreter there worse than anywhere I ever went in my life. I got with those Cockneys and Oxford groups, talking way down here in their throats. I couldn't understand what they were saying. The man tried to tell me how to go to the Abbey. I needed an interpreter.

29 You see, there's so much difference, even between the north and south here in America. I called from Houston, Texas, to up in New York, and the little southern girl with her talk, and the northern girl with her talk; they had to break it up somewhere between here and get somebody to interpret for us. Right here in America. Sure. They couldn't understand each other.

30 And Jesus talked with such simple language with the simple people, and was written likewise. And they're trying to put those great big swelling, outstanding hold-on-for-dear-life (as I call it) words in it, and they miss it.
So, it was wrote simple. Christ, so simple, as it was to bring the gospel to the poor and needy. Amen. That's what makes Him great to me. A guy that sticks his chest out and thinks he's somebody, that shows how little he is, to me. That's right. The more simple you can get, the higher God'll raise you. Just be simple.
That's what's the matter with the American people. That's the reason we can have a service in Africa, India, and tens of thousands will be healed at once. But, oh, we got everything figured out. Dr. Jones, or ... (If there's a Dr. Jones, forgive me, brother.) But, see, he said it was this. Another Dr. So-and-so of our church said it was mental telepathy, and this... That's the reason you can't get nowhere, see.
You make it so complicated, when the gospel is so simple. It's just believing. That's all. Christ said so, that's just fine. He gave it to me. I take Him at His Word.
Now, that's how simple it is.

31 So, we wouldn't look for a fellow that looked like that He had taught Mr. Webster then. He wouldn't be a man that was so full of great words. He wouldn't dress any different. He'd be ... what kind... He wouldn't be up with the classics.
"Oh," you say, "yes, He would." Well, if He has, then He isn't the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 says "He's the same yesterday, today, and forever."
So, if He dressed different today---like a priest or a rabbi---then He wouldn't be the same. If He used great swelling words today like the scholars... I'm not degrading education; I'm trying to get to a people.
Look, sitting this pit here. Look out in there: sick people. I'm trying to get to where they can see how simple it is. You're trying to look for something way off and try to educate yourself to it, when it's right here and you just step right over on the top of it, see.
You don't know God by education; you know God by faith.

32 There was two trees in the garden of Eden. One of them was the tree of knowledge. One was a tree of life. As long as man eat from this tree he lived. But, when he left this tree and bit his first bite off there, he separated himself from his maker. And he's been biting on it ever since.
And we've even brought it over and put it in church. You got to have so many degrees, or you have to say "Aaah-men" a certain way, or you can't get to the platform. You have to have all your papers and everything to show what creed you're with, and so forth, before you can even come into a church almost. See how they got it? The devil's done that. Exactly right.

33 Now, but watch the lovely Jesus, that's the one we're looking at tonight. Now, we see then He didn't go up with the classics. He was very humble. He didn't... What kind of a person was He? The Bible said, "There was no beauty we should desire Him." He was thirty years old and passed for fifty. He probably is not a great big seven-footer with shoulders like barn doors. He wasn't that type. That's the type that they call a beautiful or handsome man like Saul, with his big seven-foot-something tall. But He was probably a little bitty fellow. He said, "I'm no man---a worm," see.

34 But now, now Jesus, Himself, when He was crucified and put in the grave, He arose on the third day. God raised Him up, and set Him on the right hand of His Majesty on high, and sent back the Holy Spirit, which is to represent Him in the same way that He was here on earth until He comes again. That Spirit was given to the church.
Now, let's trace His life just a little bit and see what... If you'd say, "Sirs, we would see Jesus," let's go see what He ... let's go back and see what He was. And I want to ask you now: What He was then, He's got to be the same today. What His ministry was then, if the Holy Spirit brings His ministry today as it did then, then it's got to be the same type of ministry.
If a man professes to be a Christian, has got to live that same Christlike life. If the Spirit of Christ is in you, it'll certainly do the same works that Christ did.

35 What if I told you tonight that the spirit of John Dillinger was in me? Why, you'd look for big guns, and I'd be a dangerous person to stand before. What if I told you the spirit of some famous artist was in me? You'd expect me to get out here and paint these hills and seas and white clouds over these various things here, just like the artist would do if his spirit was in me. Is that true?
If I told you the Spirit of Christ was in me, then the Spirit of Christ has to operate the same way that it did in Christ. If it isn't, then the Spirit of Christ doesn't lead me. I'm led by some other spirit. But if the Spirit of Christ is in you, then you're Christlike. You become Christ's disciple.
And there's where people today look upon different emotions of shouting and joining church and things like that, till it takes the place ... or education, a denomination, or something on that sort to take the place of Christ, and it'll never take the place. It can't do it. It's the Christ in you, the hope of glory.

36 Now, notice, let's follow Jesus in His life's journey, and find out... Now, you get your pencils and paper. We'll probably go into it in detail more each night, if the Lord leads. But let's go into the life of Jesus Christ and find out the type of persons He was then... What type of person He was then, He'll have to be the same today if He has raised from the dead. That ought to be clear enough that any of us would understand.
Now, let's go back to the beginning of His ministry. Of course, we know He was born a virgin birth, conceived by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, and came forth as a child, and was... Age of twelve we find Him at the temple. At the age of thirty we find him being baptized in the Jordan by John. And He stood right upon them and they didn't know it.
John said, "There's one standing among you now that you don't know, who was preferred before me. He's right among you and His shoes I'm not even worthy to loose. You call me a prophet, but I'm not worthy to loose His shoes." There stood Jesus, standing there, but the sign hadn't come yet.

37 And one day John looked up and he saw a light like a dove coming down. John said, "I didn't know Him. But He in the wilderness said, 'Upon whom you see this sign descending, that's the One that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire.'"
John said, "Why comest Thou unto me? I have need to come to You."
When the Messiahic sign was shown to the first person, outside of His shepherds and the magis, was John the Baptist. He saw this boy, after John going into the wilderness at the age of nine years old... Never went off to some seminary, now; he went to pray and come out of the wilderness. Burly-looking fellow, a piece of sheepskin wrapped around him with a leather camel-skin belt on. Fuzz all over his face, and probably, if he come to your door begging, you'd call the police on him. Come stomping out of the wilderness, but preached repentance, till it was through all the region. Amen.

38 Notice, and he kept saying, "I don't know who He is. But there's One among you somewhere. I'm not worthy to bear His shoes. I couldn't unloose His shoes. He's standing here."
Look what a great instant that was. All the prophets, all the way back from the garden of Eden, had spoke of this event. The Bible said that the mountains would skip like little rams, and all the leaves would clap their hands. And all the high places would be brought low, and the low places would be brought high; and the rough places made plain.
Look what them Jews looked for. Look how simple He come. Amen. What happened? It looked like there'd be a host of angels come down in golden chariots packing someone along. But it wasn't. That's where they were fooled. What man calls great, God calls foolish. What man calls great, God calls foolish; and what God calls great, man calls foolish.
What kind of an inauguration would this be?

39 Here an old burly... Not a rabbi, not a priest, but an old woodsman with a piece of sheepskin gird around him, with a stick in his hand, stomped out there on the wilderness ... banks out there, of Jordan, and preached repentance. And they stood in the muddy banks of the Jordan. Where was the mountains skipping like little rams and leaves clapping their hands?
We'll try to get that a little later this week; I'll show you in the Scripture what will happen.
He said, "There's One among you. One standing here. I don't know Him yet." But when he saw a sign, a light coming from heaven, circling down in the form of a dove, and went upon Him, John said, "That's Him! That's Him. I knew Him because there was a sign over Him."
John straightly testified, "I knew Him not. But He that said to me in the wilderness, 'Go baptize with water,' said, 'Upon Whom thou shall see the Spirit descending and remaining, that's the one that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost.'" He knew Him by the sign that God gave him.
Now, if God raised His Son from the dead, we've got a right to look for the sign of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. He promised it to us! And we got a right for it.

40 He went into the wilderness, was tempted for forty days by the devil. The devil wanted Him to do something before him.
He said, "I tell you, if you're the Messiah and you a miracle-worker, let's see you do a miracle here before me now. Now you turn these stones into bread ('cause you're hungry) and you eat it. Turn these stones to bread. Do a miracle before me and I'll believe you."
Now that same... Now that man, see... That same spirit is on men today. [Gap in the audio.]
... on the cross and said, dying, He said, "If thou be the Son of God, come down off the cross and we'll accept you. We'll believe it."

41 He could see visions, so they put a rag around His head and hit him on the head with a stick and said, "Now, you prophesy. Tell us who hit you."
See that same devil? Working right... It's still right in the church.
A man, not long ago, give a thousand dollars to any man that would show one miracle that'd been performed. Any kind of sign of healing...
Just happened to be, I had a broadcast that morning. I took two doctors and two people that had both been cured by divine healing. One of them was a cripple, the other with cancer. Knocked on his door and asked for it. He said, "We'll have to take you to Abilene, Texas. And said, "We'll take a little child and we'll cut that child's arm with a knife or something. And then you heal it before we brethren and we'll pay off."
I said, "You need healing worse than anybody I ever seen---mental healing." That's right. I said, "It shows you're mentally crippled."
Same old spirit. "Do it here before me and let me see it." That's what they said to Jesus. Jesus ignored them.
I said, "No, that's not a gentlemen. You said you'd pay off. And here they are, and here's the doctors to prove it." I said, "I'll just turn the check over to the missions, overseas."
But he wouldn't do it; 'course he wouldn't. And so that... You can't ... don't pay any attention to them.

42 So, if you notice, why, the Lord Jesus, the first thing He begin to do... Let's watch now for a few minutes. Let's follow His blessed life. And if we see what He was then, He has to be the same today in His church. If He isn't, He hasn't raised from the dead. If He is raised from the dead, He's obligated to do it. That's Christian believers, for He said He would do it. And He's obligated to His Word. And He can't take His Word back. He's God, and He can't take His Word back. He's got to keep His Word.
Now watch Him. First thing we see Him do is going about, praying for the sick. Great success started.
Let's turn... I see you getting your Bibles. Turn to St. John. We'll stay in St. John tonight for awhile. All right. St. John the first chapter. We'll find out that there was many things that he began to do. His fame began to go about because His prayer for the sick began to do great miracles ... was performed.

43 And now, the first thing we find out: There was a man by the name of Philip who got saved. The same man we're talking about tonight: Philip. And when he got saved, he wanted to find his friend to tell his friend of something good he'd found. That's a good sign he got saved. One ought to tell somebody about it.
So Jesus... If you was ever in Palestine, and marked the places where Jesus was preaching, it was several miles, way back around the mountain and over in another country, that Nathanael ... Philip made his way over to find Nathanael, his friend. And when he found him, he was under a tree, praying. And when he got finished praying, Philip said to Nathanael, "Come see who we've found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."

44 And now, Nathanael was a staunch Presbyterian, Lutheran, Nazarene, Pilgrim Holiness, Orthodox to the core. And he said "Now, could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
And he gave him the best answer any man could give and said, "Come see." That's the best thing to do. Said, "Come see." That's the best way to find out. Come pledge your own judgment. Then God'll judge you. Whatever your judgment is. If you're righteous then He'll judge you righteous. If you're a critic then warn to you.
But, notice him: When he come, he come to find out and he comes with Nathanael. He and... Nathanael and Philip comes together. Several miles around the mountain Jesus was holding the prayer line, praying. And Nathanael came up to Him in the prayer line, for the first time he'd seen Him.
And Jesus looked at him and said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
How many ever read that in the Bible, let's see your hands. Sure.
Now, if I say today "You're a Christian, a staunch, real believer." And it struck the little fellow.
He said, "Now, Rabbi (or teacher, reverend, whatever you want to call it), when did You know me? Now, you never seen me in Your life. And here you [Gap in the audio]."

45 Are you ready? Here's what Jesus said---St. John 5:19. "Verily, verily I say unto you (verily means 'absolutely') ... 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." How many knows that's the Scriptures?
What did He say then? "I do nothing until first the Father shows me in a vision on what to do. Then I do just what He tells me to do." Listen. "Verily, verily I say unto you..."
"Why don't you go down there and heal all that bunch? Why don't you do this and why don't you do that?"
He said, "I say unto you the Son can do nothing in Himself. For what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise. The Father worketh and I worketh hitherto." That settled it.

46 Then, if Jesus, when He was here on earth, He said, "He that believeth on me..." St. John the 12th chapter and the 14th verse, I believe it is. He said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also. More than this shall he do, for I go unto my Father."
Jesus said, "A little while and the world (that's the world order) the world will see me no more. Yet, ye shall see me, for I (I is a personal pronoun) I will be with you to the end of the world. I'll even be in you to the end of the world. With you, even in you. And these things that I do shall you do also."
And when the disciples came forth, they did the same things.

47 Paul was shipwrecked ... or, not shipwrecked, yet. He was out in the sea fourteen days and nights with no moon, stars, or nothing. All hopes was gone to ever be saved. And he went down in the bulkhead and was praying. Come up and said, "Be of a good courage for the Angel of God, whose servant I am, stood by me and said, 'Don't fear, Paul. You must be brought before Caesar and, lo, God gives all these that sail with you to you, but the ship's going to be wrecked before a certain island,'" he saw the vision. And said, "Wherefore, I believe God. It'll be just as He showed me."
Peter on the housetop, when the sheet come down, showed it'd go to the Gentiles.

48 When Saul was stricken blind, when he saw that Angel of God in the form of a light... And he said, "Who are you, Lord?"
He said, "I'm Jesus." He was a light to fire the children of Israel. He said, "I come from God; I go back to God." And He said, "I'm Jesus who you persecute."
What was the light? Same pillar of fire was again. And he was led to a street called Straight. And Ananias was down there (a prophet) a-praying. And when he did, he looked at a vision and he saw him, just exactly where he come, and went down and found him and told him exactly what happened on the road. He laid his hands on him and he received his sight and was filled with the Holy Ghost. Is that right?

49 Notice, if Jesus did those things in that day, and He has raised from the dead, and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He's obligated to His Word.
Now, His corporal body sits at the right hand of God. You believe that, don't you? But the Holy Spirit is here, working through His sanctified vessels. And God has set in the church, what? First apostles, then prophets, then teachers, then evangelists, then pastors (Is that right?) for the perfecting of the church.
God has did it. It's not the preacher that preaches, it's God preaching through him. It's not the prophet that sees the vision, it's God speaking through him. "I do nothing except the Father shows me first what to do."
That's the reason He had to go up to Samaria. That's why all these other things taken place. Follow His life and see if that isn't right.

50 Now, our time is way passed. But we want to call for some sick to be prayed for.
Brethren, I say this, and declare this as your brother in Christ: What motives have I got here tonight? What's my business here? Why am I here in Charlotte, anyhow? I come to try to encourage you to believe on the Lord Jesus. I come to help you Baptists, and you Methodists, and you Pentecostal, and you Nazarenes, and every one of you. I come to help you. I come to say this, that Jesus that you have been worshipping is not some creed or form. He's a living Jesus. He's with us. "I'll be with you, in you, to the end of the world. And the things that I do shall you do also."
He's got to keep that Word. If that isn't true, then the Bible isn't true. If the Bible isn't true, then Christ did not raise from the dead; Jesus, the one who claimed to be Christ, is still in the grave.
But, thanks be to God, He's living tonight.

51 He's here in Charlotte right now. He's omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, infinite. He's everywhere, all the time, every place. Satan can't be that, for God's the only One who's omnipotent and omniscient and omnipresent. He's everywhere.
"Wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I'll be in their midst. Let them ask anything in my name, I'll do it."
That's right or it's wrong. If that's right, then the Bible's right. If that's wrong, then the Bible's wrong. But if Christ promised to do these things, and will come into this audience tonight and do the same thing, living His life right back again the way He did, will you believe that He is raised from the dead and will accept Him as your Saviour and healer? Will you do it? Raise your hands, everywhere, if you will. Anywhere?
I won't say that He will. I've served Him now twenty-three years. I've been in the ministry of this type since He called me. It would've been since I was two or three, four or five years old, but I didn't know it. My people wasn't religious. They didn't go to church. And so, I would've noticed quicker. I wish they had've been. So you raise your child to serve the Lord and to know what God is calling.

52 Then when I got with the church, they told me it was of the devil; and like to scared me to death. Well, then, when He come and told me, when He said to me that night...
And I said, "Well, my ministering brethren..."
He said, "Yes, that's the way they did in the first place." Said, "When they was arguing what kind of buttons must be on their coats, there was the Magi out there worshipping."
And when Jesus came, the ministers of that day, the preachers, said, "He is Beelzebub, the devil."
And the devil turned around and said, "I know who you are. You're the Son of God."
That devil knowed more about it than preachers did. Hasn't changed too much when it comes to supernatural.

53 And then when Paul and Silas come down... That little fortuneteller... The ministers up there said, "These men turn the world upside down. They're imposters, they're terrible people," said the preachers and all the church. "Get them out of the country. Well, these men ought to die. We ought to beat them and put them in a jail and everything." The preachers had that done.
But when this little fortuneteller, when she seen them she said, "Why, these are the men of God who tell us the way of life."
Then Paul turned around and rebuked that spirit. He didn't need any help from the devil. That's right.
But the little fortuneteller knowed more about it than all those Orthodox preachers. That's right. Because she was more subject to spirits. She was perverted, that's all. What is a fortuneteller? A perverted Christian.
You're all born to be sons and daughters of God, but if you want to give yourself to drinking, or the world, or any kind of deviations and things like that, that's up to you---using it for the devil. Sure, it's where the devil gets a hold of you. When God borns you here for a certain thing, to do a certain thing, then you let the devil get a hold of you. You're born here to be sons and daughters of God, but you let the devil get a hold of you, and you want to become glamour girls and popular and everything else like that. Humble yourself before the hand of God so God can make sons and daughters out of you. Amen.

54 I'm sorry to take your time like that, but you're a wonderful audience. And maybe I spoke too much or too loud; I didn't mean to. But I want you to know, my dear friend, that Jesus is risen from the dead. He's here tonight in spirit form. He's been here since the day He rose from the dead. Many people don't believe that.
They didn't believe it back there. They believed they carried Him out and ... out of the grave and hired people to say the same thing. The Bible said, "Why do the heathens rage and the people imagine a vain thing? Truly has Thy Son Jesus, Thy Holy Child, stretched forth His hand to heal." Same thing, see.

55 God never does take His Spirit; He takes His man. He took Elijah, but his spirit come upon Elisha. Then it come upon John the Baptist ... predicted again for the last days. So where it goes is upon Christ, it comes down through the church, on down through the church age. Same things that Elisha done Elijah done ---double portion. That's the church exactly. "Greater than this shall you do for I go to my Father." A double portion of the Spirit on down.
The devil takes his man, but never his spirit. Real Orthodox, stiff, starchy, and religious to who wouldn't have it. Washing of hands and saying the Doxology and repeating prayers and everything else. Just as religious as he can be, but still the devil.
Jesus said to those staunch, staunch teachers... Nothing you could put on their life saying he's unholy. No, sir. They had to keep that law to the letter. But yet Jesus said, "You're of your father the devil," because they called Him an unclean spirit. Because He did the very things that I was talking to you about tonight. That's the reason they said, "He's a devil. He's a fortuneteller. He's a witch. Because he has that power, he's Beelzebub."
May the Lord help us now as we bow our heads.

56 Our kind, heavenly Father, this is Your Bible I've been quoting to the people. Being tired and weary, and wore out, I know I can't do justice with it, Father, and couldn't anyhow. But, I just came to see You, Lord. Take these few mixed up words from a hoarse voice. And I pray tonight, that You'll scatter them across this building in every sincere heart. Grant it, Lord.
Won't You please, once more, send the Lord Jesus back. Let Him come, Father. And as we humble ourselves, as I humble myself, and yield myself to Your Spirit, may it come and speak. May the people yield themselves to the Spirit, and their desires be granted.
Have mercy on us, Father. We ask this blessing in Christ's name, the Son of God. Amen.
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57 . if He does, then, you're without excuse.
Now, we gave out some prayer cards. Where's the boys, Gene, Leo, or someone? Did you give out any prayer cards? Did anybody give out prayer cards tonight? Oh, they did. Who gave them out? Billy? Where's he at? Oh, I'm sorry. What'd you give out? From 1 to 50. All right.
Who has prayer card number 1? raise up your hand. Just look at it, just a little prayer card, we just gave out. We haven't got one. Just this little square card. It's got my picture on one side, on the next it's got a number.
Number 1, raise up your hand. Prayer card number 1. No? Listen. Now remember, your time... May I say this now: The prayer cards is inexchangeable. You have to come here and get your prayer card for yourself. Now, check it out. Every person comes up, come here and get your prayer card, see. Come here to Billy. Come here and hear the instructions the minister gives before I come. And there's where you get your prayer card. And, of course, if you're called and your number's not...

58 Number 1. (You said 1 to 50, didn't you?) Number 1, is it here? Number 2. Let's see. All right. I guess number 1 went out then. All right. Can you bring them to the usher over that way? Over that way you're going to bring them? All right. Bring them through the hall, or any way you want to, just so they're...
If anyone's crippled and can't get up, now, when you're number's called, we'll have the ushers to pack you up here, see. All right.
Number 1, number 2, number 3. Anybody got prayer card number 3, would you raise your hand? I can't see the balcony too well. Anybody that's got prayer card 3, would you raise up your hand? Is this lady. Number 4? Prayer card number 4, would you raise your... Way back there? I'm sorry. Come right up, sir. Is it a lady? [Gap in the audio.]
All right.

59 If we've never seen each other before, just raise up your hand. I've never seen you. I don't know the woman, never seen her. She's just standing here, that's all.
Now this is a very beautiful picture to start, tonight, of a repeat of a scripture. In the 3rd chapter of St. John a man and a woman met for the first time at a well. One was a Samaritan and the other one was a Jew. And Jesus went to talking to the woman until He found where her trouble was. And he told her what her trouble was. And she recognized it to be the Messiah.
Now, if He's raised from the dead, He can do the same thing. Now, the only thing that I care about this meeting... I felt led to accept it. I didn't ask who was sponsoring, or nothing about it. I don't know what is sponsoring, just a little, few days' meeting here, just to get acquainted with you Carolina people.
And Brother Moore sitting here preaching, he just... I didn't know where it was going to be. We tried to book the auditorium, that's all I know. I'm here. This is my first person tonight. That's all I know.

60 I was born miles away from this woman. I never seen her. But, Jesus Christ the Son of God, who's here in Spirit form, now, if He will, He can... If I can yield myself to Him by a divine gift, then this woman can have a repeat of that day up there. Is that right? The Samaritan. Now may the Lord grant it. And all of His promise you would believe and accept it. May the Lord grant it as I talk to the woman.
Now, lady, not knowing you, and never met you, and never knowing who you was or nothing, but you'd have to believe someway that I'd have to know, if I know why you're here for. I wouldn't have any idea. You're just a woman, standing here. I wouldn't have any idea why you're here. But, you want something, or you may be here for a critic. If you are, you just watch what takes place, see. But, that I say ... or, you might be, see. See, I wouldn't know whether you was or not. I have no way of knowing, see. But if you'll just watch, see, you'll find out.

61 Now, you being a Christian woman, and are here for some purpose. Christ alone knows, I don't. But, you're conscious that there's something besides just me here. There's something besides me. I hope that all of you will watch the expression on each person's face as the Angel of the Lord comes near them.
The woman's aware that something's going on. It's not her brother makes her feel that way, see. Now between me and the woman is this same pillar of fire you see right here, is right between us now.
Now, she being a woman, me a man, not knowing her, never seen her, then God would have to reveal to me something. Now if she wants healing if it's sickness, or, if it's finance, whatever she's here for, I don't know. But, whatever it is, it was already purchased. Whatsoever she wanted, it was purchased at Calvary. The only thing He could do if He was wearing this suit that He gave me, the only thing He could do would be do the same thing He done back here. That's right.
And now, if the lady will be ... if God will grant His mercy, I pray that He will. I don't say that He will, but may He will. I trust Him.

62 She's promised to receive Him. Do you all promise to receive Him?
Now, as the woman... If the man out here at the microphone is still catching my voice, she's moving away from me. The woman is bothered. I see her with a severe nervous condition as she's walking, and the way she grips her hands, and she's extremely nervous. And another thing is with the woman, she's got a sinus trouble up here in her face. And she is... That's right. That's "Thus saith the Lord." Now you believe?
Now watch. See, the more I'd talk to her... That's why the Spirit is moving on. Now, lady, you know whether that was true or not.

63 Now, if you just believe with all your heart, maybe He would show me something else, kind of being you're being the first patient. For that would be...
Now, yes, I see you being examined. You have real bad headaches all the time---migraine headaches. And I see you going in and out of the hosp... more than one hospital. You're going from hospital to hospital. And none of it is doing you any good. That is "Thus saith the Lord."
Do you believe now He made heavens and earth?
Heavenly Father, I ask for her health in Jesus Christ's name. May it be granted for Your glory. Amen. God bless you, sister. Do you believe now with all your heart? Go rejoicing.
Do you believe? Now you can't blame the woman for being all upset ... or, disturbed. You'd be, too, if you were healed. Now, what healed her? Not me. Her faith did it. Just have faith, believe. Now be real reverent. Be real reverent.

64 Now, the lady here, an aged woman. I've never seen her in my life. We're strangers to one another. Are we, sister, dear? I don't know you, never seen you. But if Christ will let me know what you're here for, will you accept it and believe it? May He grant it.
The first thing I see, if the audience can still hear my voice, she's shadowed. A darkness is all around the woman because she's suffering with cancer. That's "Thus saith the Lord." That is true, isn't it, lady. Raise your hand if that's true. Do you believe?
Now, just a moment. Let's talk to the lady just a moment longer. Visions make me weak. As you can see I am. So I, just for the first night, I take my time. Whatever He told you... Now, you heard my voice. But, that wasn't me. That was Him. I just yielded.
And now, I just... Yeah, I see it coming again. It's darkness. It is a cancer. It's cancer. And one of them is located on your shoulder ... your right shoulder is where that cancer is located. Is that right? Now go believing.
Heavenly Father, I pray for the woman in the name of the Lord Jesus. Grant it, Lord. Amen.
Have faith in God. Believe, so shall thou receive.

65 How do you do, lady. I suppose we're strangers to each other. We don't know each other. Now, you're just a bit excited, because... This isn't going to bother you, see. It's the Lord Jesus, not your brother. I'm just your brother. But it's the Lord Jesus to help you.
Now, if I could help you and wouldn't do it, I'd be a brute, wouldn't I? But if I had any way of helping you, lady, whatever you're here for, I'd do anything I could for you, and I would. Yes, ma'am. God knows my heart. I'd do anything I could. I can't. You see, there's just limitations. As being born in this world, as a child I saw visions. And then He met me and told me that was His work for me to do here on earth. Everybody don't believe it. They didn't believe Him, so how much more would they believe me, then.
But, you're conscious that there's just a little something strange at this time. Just, there's something, now kind of a humble, sweet feeling like, around you. Isn't that right? That's the Angel of the Lord that you can see on the picture.
Now that what you see on the picture is right where you are now. Of course, being this (I call it dimension, or channel) that I'm in, I see it. It's right around you, now, as it comes to you. Then, He may reveal something to help you to believe Him, see, to know that He's living. He loves you.

66 The first thing I notice, as you begin to move away, is your feeling, or lack of spirituality. You're seeking and wanting and always, ... I see and even as a girl, seem like as a child like, you've always desired a closer walk, but you've never had it performed yet. Never have come into that category. That is right.
And I'm not reading your mind, see. But I see you even as a younger person. And that is true. Now, if that's true, if it is, raise your hand. He's here now, see. Your life is just open before you. And I see you, also, you're upset and beset about something. You're real nervous---very nervous condition. And then I see there's something wrong with the blood ... or, it's a artery in your body---the artery.
Then you got a condition that you walk, it's a kind of a arthritis you have also. That is true.

67 Then I see you take a fall. You just recently had a fall, sometime ago, and it kind of upset you. You never have just felt right since then. That is true. Is that all true? Then there's something here close that knows you, isn't it? Do you believe it to be the resurrected Jesus Christ? Then come here.
What did Jesus say? "These signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover." Is that right? Then this I do: lay hands upon thee, my beloved sister, in the name of Jesus Christ, that you will receive the desire of your heart, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
God bless you, sister. It all turns right round you now. So, you're healed and you can go on your road rejoicing and thank the Lord. God bless you, sister.
Do you believe? Only thing you have to do is have faith in God.

68 Sister, sitting over here in the seat, do you want to get over that rupture? You think God would heal you of that rupture and make you well? If you believed it, you can receive it. It's up to you whether you want to accept it or not. Do you believe with all your heart?
That didn't please the Holy Spirit just right. The man lost his healing, see. Just a moment. You've got to respond to it. It's left me, see, it went to the audience. I called a man and He didn't catch it, see. You must respond. But, see, if He calls you, God don't want you to linger, He wants you to answer Him, see.

69 Be reverent.
There's someone else in the audience that's praying. It's a dark, shadowed condition. Here it is standing before me here. It's a woman. She's upset about something. It looks to me like you could see that light hanging there. Here it comes. It's over this lady sitting here with the little brown-looking dress. Yes. She's worried about cancer---stewing about it. That is right, isn't it, lady? If that's right, raise up your hand. The little lady there with the brown dress right there.
All right, lady. Don't you fear. He healed you of that cancer just then. Your faith touched Him and now you're well.
Have faith in God. Don't doubt. If you can... What did she do? I ask any of you to pray. You were praying, weren't you, lady? That's right. That's right, see.
Now, have faith.

70 How about you up in the balcony? Are you believing? I ask any of you: If I be the servant of God, and I tell the truth about God, God's got to honor the words that I told. I've spoke of Him, now He's speaking back to me---through me---that I told you the truth. If you can only believe. Have faith.
Look this way and say, "Lord, I believe with all my heart." Just believe it. Watch. Now, as your faith moves, so does the Holy Spirit. Now, believe.
Is this the patient, sir. Excuse me, lady. I'm not beside myself, yet; it's a weakening. See, it's a gift that's pulling in the audience. There's fifty-to-one healed in the audience to what's on the platform. This doesn't heal people. This only brings people's faith up to accept what Jesus did when He healed them when He died, see. It isn't a healing now, it's expressing what Jesus has already done, see. Everybody's healed. Everybody was saved in the atonement, but you have to accept it. Now, there's your faith.

71 It's a little lady sitting there with glasses on, praying, with a little gray coat on. About two people behind this woman was just prayed for. She's suffering with diabetes and wants to be healed. That's right. Lift your hand up, lady. That's true, isn't it? Raise your hand like this to the audience if that's true.
You was praying and said, "Lord, let him call me." If that's right, raise your hand like this. There you are. How would I know your prayer here.
It's Christ is raised from the dead. It's Him. It's your faith doing that. Believe it. So shall you be healed as you believe on Him.

72 Now, lady, you... Everyone should believe. And this lady standing before me, she has a trail of sorrow. She's very much disturbed about something. And that's about a man---her husband; he's sick. You got a sick husband. That's "Thus saith the Lord." Raise your hand if that's true. Have faith.
Now, a man came before me just then, but I don't believe he's in the building. Just a moment. Now, be reverent. Everyone just praying.
Look this way again, lady. Have faith and believe in God, every one of you. Just believe the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Just imagine seeing Him standing over here by my side, saying, "You say this, and you say that." And then He taken ... looking through my eyes to see something that's happening, that's going to happen.
Now, as I talk to the woman... What was the trouble? Your husband, wasn't it, I believe. Yes, sir. That's right.
Now, I catch your spirit again just like the woman at the well. That's what He was doing. He talked to her a minute so He could catch her spirit.
You got more trouble. That's about a boy. It's your son---a backslider. That boy has caused you a lot of trouble. That boy's in trouble right now. And he's up for a trial. And that trial, I believe it's wrote out, "manslaughter." That's to be tried about tomorrow. Real soon. That's right, isn't it? "Thus saith the Lord."
Do you believe? Go receive. "As you have believed so shall you receive." Praise the Lord.

73 Have faith in God. Just only believe. Oh, all of you ought to believe. This is for our hour, if you could ... if you just have faith. See, Jesus has already done the work. This is just His love and grace to you. Can't you know that He's...
Cleopas and them, He did something to... They walked with Him all day and didn't know it. But the way He did something, they recognized that that was Him. Well, I tried to tell you what He did when He was here on earth, so, you could recognize the same way. You've walked with Him a long time, maybe your church, and didn't know it. He's here. He's alive. He isn't dead.

74 The lady now ... I guess this is the patient before me. Now, the woman's a stranger, I don't know her. Never seen her in my life. Is that right, lady, we're strangers?
Now, to the rest of you there. If Jesus will let me know... Now, you know it has to come through a supernatural power. Now it's your attitude what that is, is what determines what you get, see.
They put a rag over His head and hit Him and said, "Tell us something," see. But, He doesn't do that. It's your attitude towards Him.
And I declare that it's Him. The mechanical eye of the camera declares it's Him. Science declares that it's Him. The Bible declares that it's Him. The Holy Spirit declares that it's Him. And He's here right now doing the same work He did, and you're without excuse.
To disbelieve me would be all right. I'm a man. But to disbelieve His works, it would sin. And sin is unbelief. "He that believeth not is condemned already."
Sin isn't drinking, committing adultery. That isn't sin. That's the attributes of sin. You do that because you're an unbeliever. Believers don't do that.

75 Now, if God will speak to the lady. She's here for some purpose. I don't know. But, if He'll tell her why, will every one of you accept Jesus Christ now as your healer, that would just settle it?
If the woman would raise her hand that I don't know her, or nothing about her. Is that right, lady. Heard nothing about her.
And I've been so much in service, and it just weakens me so that, I don't like to go too far; and there's men standing around me, to get me just at any time.
And now, this lady standing before me. I don't know her, but I see her all disturbed about something. Yes. I see her going into a place. It's a clinic or a hospital. Something on that order. And it's something wrong with her, it's in her esophagus. It's in the ... here she's... The food won't swallow down. There seems to be nothing can help it. That's "Thus saith the Lord."
Do you believe, lady. Christ, Son of God, heal this woman, I pray Thee, Father, if we've found grace in Your sight. Let her go home and be able to eat; come back giving testimony and rejoicing, for the glory of God. In Christ's name. Amen.
God bless you, lady. Go believing now with all your heart.

76 Would you send the patient. Now, no, I'm not reading their minds. Now, don't think that; that's sin. Here, I don't know this lady. Put your hand on mine, lady. If the Lord Jesus will reveal to me this way what your trouble is, will you accept your healing?
I see a table, and a woman moving away from it with her hand up. The lady's got stomach trouble. You're holding my hand. That's right. Raise your hand if that's right lady. It's caused by a nervous condition. It's a peptic, right in the pit of the stomach. When she eats, it's sour, it's bitter, it comes up against her teeth. She has an awful distress after. She's suffering with a nervous condition from a time of life, too. It's just what they call the menopause. And that makes her nervous, from a lady's condition. And that's run her into a peptic ulcer in her stomach---premature, too.
Now, the Lord bless you, sister. Go on rejoicing and happy from that. And both the conditions is gone from you. Go eat your supper. God bless you, and be well.

77 What if I just prayed for you, would you believe anyhow? You're a little bit excited, see. That's right. But, will you promise, tonight, that the same promise you made God, if He would heal you, let you get well; will you accept it if I told you you was going to get well? You promised Him that. Now go on. You're healed. Serve Him with all your heart.
I'm not reading their minds. Not at all.
Heart trouble's nothing for our Lord to heal. He could make heart trouble well just as easy. Do you believe that? Then go accept Him. God bless you. You wanted me to lay hands on you, didn't you? God bless you, now. Go on and receive your healing.
Let's say "Praise the Lord." Everybody. All right. Have faith. Don't doubt.

78 I'm a stranger to you, lady. But, I see you holding to things when you get up of a morning. You got arthritis. That's right. It kind of shocked you, didn't it? Now, move your feet like this now. See how easy it left? Now, just go on your road rejoicing and be well.
Come believing. Have faith. Little lady, when you moved from that seat awhile ago, the black shadow swept over you. But God can heal cancer just the same as He can heal toothache or anything. Do you believe that? Do you accept your healing now? Come here.
Thou demon, you might've hid from the doctor, but you can't hide from God. Come out of her, in the name of Jesus Christ. I adjure thee to leave her.
Let's say "Praise the Lord." Do you believe. Have faith. Look and live!

79 Got something wrong with your feet and legs, haven't you, lady, sitting over there, praying. When that lady was healed a few minutes ago, something was said to her, something real strange struck you. Isn't that right? If it is, raise your hand like that so the audience can see. That's right, see.
I seen you here on the platform. That's the reason I knowed you were there. Amen. Do you believe Him? Accept your healing?
That you might know: the lady sitting next to you there. Look at me, lady. Do you believe me to be His prophet ... His servant? Want to get rid of that high blood pressure? Do you believe Jesus Christ will make you well? Raise your hand if that's right, see. Amen.
A man sitting next to her has got heart trouble. He wants to get well of heart trouble, too. Don't you, sir. Is that right, see. You have heart trouble.
This next man's got diabetes. Do you think God'll heal you of diabetes, sir?

80 Do you believe? All right. If you believe, lay your hands over on each other. I don't care what's wrong with you. It might be my time to go.
Oh, Jesus, Son of God, I pray, I pray in faith, and ask that in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that You will heal every person here.
Satan, come out of them!

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 Let us bow our heads just a moment for prayer. Blessed Father, we are indeed privileged tonight to be here in this great city of South Bend. And a greater privilege than that is to be assembled with these people tonight, the purchase of Thy blood. And we would ask You to visit us with a great visitation of Thy presence. And make us all God-conscious tonight, that You are ever near.
Bless the pastor of this church, and the workers, the coworkers, the visitors, and all that's assembled tonight. May the sick be healed, and may the backslider find his way back home again tonight. May the unsaved become saved. Get glory to Thyself. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen. May be seated.

2 About twenty-three years ago I was visiting in your neighboring city of Mishawaka for my first time to ever have any contact with Pentecostal people. And it was over at certain tabernacle; I was coming down from up at Dowagiac, Michigan, I think, which is near, with an old friend of mine where I'd been fishing. And I passed by and saw this great rally, and I stopped in.
And many of you's read my life stories, how that I was just a young Baptist minister at that time. And first time I'd ever been in a Pentecostal meeting to hear them clapping their hands and running all over the floor. And I thought, "Oh, my, what church manners." Come to find out, I was one of them and didn't know it. I just fit there just like a glove to a hand.

3 And it was in that place there where the colored boy, when they was asking about me. I was next to the youngest minister in the whole conference, just gathered with them a night, and the colored boy said... They kept asking where I was.
And I had a little T-shirt on, a little seersucker pair of trousers. That was during the time of the depression you know, and no one knew me to be a minister, so I was just sitting real quiet. And the colored boy said, "Do you know who he is?"
And I said, "Yes, sir."
And he said, "Well, go get him."
I said, "Look," I said, "I'm him, but" I said, "don't say that, see."
He said, "Here he is, right here."
I never will forget my text. I preached on the subject, "And He Lifted Up His Eyes In Hell," the rich man. And I said, "The reason he cried, because there was, well there's no God there, so he cried." And I said, "There was no children there, so he cried. There was no preacher there, so he cried." Then I cried. So, I just got all wound up in the Spirit, and that's when I found out that I was one of them.

4 I'm happy tonight to be here. Now, a few weeks ago I was sitting in a beautiful restaurant ... or, not a restaurant, it was the Marine Gardens in Chicago, having breakfast. And I had the privilege of sitting by your honorable pastor. And they introduced me to him, which I'd seen him before, and we got to talking.
And he gave me an invitation to come over with... Saying that Brother Moore, my private secretary, had told him that someday if he would come down to his place, we'd come up here. So Brother Moore never fulfilled his agreement with Brother Summerall.
I said, "Well, I owe you a visit then." And I said, "It's been so many places; it's booked so heavy to... Would just about three nights be all right?"
And he said, "Anything would be all right." So here we are.
I want to say one thing that... Not because he's sitting here, but I'm certainly happy to be here, and can understand why a spirit like this would exist in a place. I have spoke about him to where I was going with many people.
But I want to say this to your pastor. Rather give him a little rosebud now, than a wreath when he's gone. I have got my first person to hear say one thing against Brother Summerall. That the honesty and such a wonderful man, I know he's a real preacher because I heard that morning. The people are all gathering tomorrow afternoon, my folks around here to hear him speak in these afternoon meetings. I'm sure you'll enjoy being here and hearing him.

5 And now, we are here to try to put in our little ministry with your ministry together to bring glory to God. The Lord has called me years ago to pray for His sick children. And that I reverently try to do.
And I do not claim to be a healer now. If anyone can hear that, I'm not a healer. I don't claim to heal people. I, frankly, I don't believe there's anyone can heal people, because that's God's job, and He's already did that, see. By His stripes we were healed when His Son, at Calvary, was wounded for our transgressions; and with His stripes we were healed (a past tense).
And so many times people speak of divine healing. There is no healing but divine healing. That's the only healing there is, no other healing, but divine healing. Never did medicine ever cure any case. Never did an operation ever cure, see.
Operation is an aid, and medicine is an aid, which we think they're fine. We thank God for every aid that we have, but God's the healer, see. Psalms 103:3 said, "I'm the Lord who heals all thy diseases."

6 So, we know we have to agree with the Word. If the Word's out in one place, then it's out everywhere. It's perfectly in harmony all the way through. I just believe the Word. That ... it's God's program. I do not want anything more than the Bible teaches, but I want all that it does teach. I want it all. So it's God's Word. It must come...
Now, I know that God can do things that's not written in His Word. He's God. He can do anything He desires to do. But as long as I know it's coming out of the Word, it just gives me a good assurance that everything's all right. I like that real well.
Now, we're asking the Lord tonight to bless us. And now, just one more word on divine healing. Now, I never come to take the place of your doctor, see. No. I come to do this: I come to pray for God's child, the doctor's patient, my brother and sister. That's what I come for, see.
And now, in this you see so much when you speak of bodily healing, that there's... The motives and the objectives of people seem to be so confused and wrong many times.

7 Now, you go to the medical doctor and he will say, "Don't you go over to that surgeon. He's nothing but a butcher. He will just cut you to pieces. He's a saw-bone."
And then the surgeon will say back to the medical, about the medical doctor, "You don't need sugar pills. You need an operation." Well, then both of them will say, "Don't have nothing to do with that chiropractor," see. "It isn't nothing but just psychic, your mind."
And the chiropractor will say to the osteopathic, "Your bones need adjusting, not your muscles rubbed." And they're all against the preacher. So, there you are. But what I think that the motives and the objectives is not right, see.

8 If everything's right... It's a money-making thing. If everything is right and a man has got his right motive and his right objective to it, I think this, that each of us, and all know that operations does good, medicine does good. Bible said so. And you know a chiropractic and osteopathic, many times helps people. We know that. You just... That's a good aid, a help.
So, what we should do would each one of us join hands and hearts together and march forward to do everything we can for our people to make life a little more pleasant, this journey that we're here in anyhow, to help one another, to do all that we can to benefit and to make life more pleasant for each person that's traveling this journey.
It's to this end that I'm here, to try to do that, to join hands with your doctor, with your chiropractor, with your surgeon, with your pastor, with your neighbor, and all to try to make life just a little better.

9 And I'm sure already I feel that I have been blessed to walk in this church here, and feel this wonderful welcome spirit, and to get to shake hands with these minister brethren as we come in. Just the three nights, just a little get together, a little get acquainted. I've always longed to come here.
And then maybe later on, the Lord willing, we could do something maybe in warm weather, to put up a big tent here somewhere and have a good revival for it to take a long time.
Now, in this it's pretty hard to come in with a new type of ministry, and then try to introduce it in just three nights, when really it should take three nights of introducing before you ... to get the people to see that it's the Word.

10 We believe the Word of God is right. Jesus said, "The Scriptures cannot be broken," so then the Word is right. And to come and try to start praying for the people right on the first night, it makes it hard. So I just ask this: for your confidence.
There's very few people that I really come up and contact by laying on of hands. My ministry is not that. We realize that that's a great ministry, laying on of hands. But ministry of laying on of hands was a Jewish sign. You know Jairus said, "Come, lay Your hands on my daughter, and she will live."
But the Roman centurion said, "Just speak the word." That's all, the Gentile, see. "Just say the word."
Jesus turned and said, "I haven't found faith like that in Israel," see.
"Just speak the word," because what happened? Now, bear this in mind. That Roman knew that every sickness and disease was subject to His Word. Now, if you can realize that same, it's all over, see. When you can realize the same that every demon, every sickness, every disease, every affliction is subject to the Word of God. "Just speak the word, and my servant will get well. I'm not worthy that You come under my roof."

11 And then, in the ministry, as I say that He has given me, I'm uneducated, and not a... I don't even call myself a preacher, just kind of a spare tire like, you know. But in that to try to bring a ministry to the people that they might love the Lord Jesus. God be with you. And may God help you, and help us all now to magnify He who we come here to magnify.
I wish to read out of the Word of God tonight just for a few moments. And a new meeting, and coming in, and a little nervous to start with you know, but I don't know. I had lots of meetings around the world many times, but there's something about when you're facing something, that you realize the sacredness of it. God sent it. Satan's just looking for a flaw anywhere he can.
Now, if the people are not sewed down on the Word, yet they might not speak it out, but you don't have to speak it out, God knows it when it's in your heart. Then you feel that, you see. But now, if you'll just... If you see me do anything, or the Holy Spirit do anything that's not in the Scriptures, then let us know about it, see.

12 A few nights ago over in Waterloo, and I was thinking... One night there we had a ministerial breakfast, and there was a rather hard spirit. They seemed to not be able to just grasp it. It was amongst the Presbyterian, Lutheran, and so forth and it was a very hard spirit.
And I was just broke down with it, because the Lord was doing great things, but yet the people would just sit. You could pick it up in their mind, you know, what it was, what they were thinking. And that makes it awfully hard, if they're not all with you, one place in one accord, you know.

13 And while I was there on the platform, and just having prayer, I thought that a plane was coming over. And I looked around to Dr. Vayle here, and he thought the woman had reversed the air through the pipe organ or something. And it sounded like a thundering coming somewhere, like a thunder roaring, coming at a distance.
Billy jumped up. And I looked over to Brother Mercier here (which is the tape boy, he and Brother Goad, and my son, and them give out the prayer cards), he thought he'd done something. And he'd seen me look at him. He said his heart was about to fail. He didn't know what it was.
Then all of a sudden coming right through the building, come like a wind, only it wasn't a wind, it was a rumble like a wind, and just shook down, and went out over the audience, and you see them turning white as it just waved over the audience, just a repeat like Pentecost, like a rushing mighty wind.
But it wasn't a wind, it was just like an influence that went out like that. And I noticed the Bible said, "There came from heaven a sound as a rushing mighty wind," see. And I begin to check, because I know the Holy Spirit never misbehaves itself. It's always right.
So, then I began to check it with the Word. Then I turned over to Saint John the 12th chapter where our Lord was praying one time. And while He was praying, around some of His critics, well, the God of heaven spoke back to His Son. And the people who stood by said it thundered. Some of them said an Angel spoke. And Jesus said, "It didn't come because of Me, but because of you," see. So He's always Scripturally every time.

14 Now, to read His blessed holy Word, just to talk to you a few moments, and pray for the sick, and try to make this a night of getting together and getting acquainted. And if you'll just put all that you have in it in prayer and back it up, well, then we will... I believe the Lord will heal all the sick and the afflicted and we will just have a wonderful meeting.
In the word of Saint John the 12th chapter and the 20th verse, a little familiar text.
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sirs, we would see Jesus.
And then for a text, the regular campaign theme is Hebrews 13:8: "Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever." And now, upon this Word I would like to talk to you just a few moments.
It's a most unusual thing to think that someone or the world would question the words of the Creator, but it's because it's dominated by unbelief and spirits of the enemy which make them to disbelieve.

15 I don't believe that anyone ever heard that precious name of Jesus but what longed to see Him. I have had the privilege of preaching in many foreign nations, and great crowds of people come out to hear the Gospel. But I've never seen anyone in my life, that ever heard of Jesus but what longed to see Him.
There's just something about human beings that, seem like the old Missouri slogan, "Seeing is believing." And we rely so much upon the sense of sight. As five senses control the body, and a sense of sight is the gate to the soul.
It's too bad the Protestant people doesn't know that. The Catholic caught it long ago, of little statues and monuments and so forth, of saints. But the eye, the gate to the soul...

16 And these Greeks had heard something about Him, and they came to find out who He was and what He was. And they said, "Sir, we would see Jesus." Now, they didn't desire to see His works. They only desired to see Jesus.
And then, if Hebrews 13:8 (not if), but it is true: the same yesterday, today, and forever, it's seemingly then, that we would be able to see Him today just like they did then, if He's the same.
Now, if the Bible says that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then He's got to be the same in principle, the same in power, the same in action, the same in motive and objective. He's got to be the same in every way, only a corporal body.

17 Now, the corporal body was a dwelling place of God. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. And this body was put to death at Calvary for an atonement. There's where He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed.
And God lifted that body up on the third day, alive again, and it sits at His right hand tonight in glory to make intercessions upon our confession. He is our High Priest. He is to intercede for us where we make a confession.
And anything that He did in His all-sufficient sacrifice at Calvary, anything that He did there in the atonement, He bought the price for us to accept it by faith and to ask; and He's before the Father to make intercessions upon what we confess that He has done.

18 Now, confess means "Say the same thing." If the Bible said, "By his stripes we were healed," to confess it, is to confess the same thing. "By His stripes I was healed. By His stripes I am healed. He was wounded for our transgressions; with his stripes we were healed."
Now, in that corporal body, after He sits right... The Holy Spirit was sent back to the earth ... the Spirit of Christ, to dwell in the church. Do you believe that? We are Christ's church. How do we get into the church? Not by denomination, not by any other way, but by spiritual baptism: I Corinthians 12. By one Spirit we're all baptized into one body. Not by water baptism, but by spiritual baptism; we're inducted into the body of Christ by spiritual baptism, and become members of His body.

19 Saint John 15, He said, "I am the vine; ye are the branches." Now, the vine does not bear fruit. The vine only energizes the branch, and the branch bears fruit. And the church is the branch connected into the vine to bear fruit. You get it? And the branch cannot bear fruit until it's energized by the vine.
And whatever life is in the vine, the branch will bear the kind of fruit from the life-giving resource it's getting its life from. If it's a pumpkin it'll bear pumpkins. If it's a watermelon, it'll bear watermelon. If it's a grape vine, it'll bear grapes.
And if the church is in Christ, then it'll bear Christ-like Spirit, Christ-like works, Christ-like faith. If it's properly connected, a good healthy vine, not cut off, hanging down, or withering away. But real, good, healthy branch connected into the vine will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit. We know that to be true.

20 Now, Jesus said before He left the earth, "These works that I do shall you do also." And He said, "A little while and the world will see Me no more." Now, the world there meant "world order." "The world will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me." "Ye" is a believer. The world is the unbeliever. "For I ['I' is a personal pronoun.], I will be with you [How long?] to the end of the world." I, Christ, in His church, energizing it, bringing the same things that He did when He was here on earth. As He did in all the ages gone by. He's in His church tonight to do the same thing.
It's too bad that we've drawed lines, and barriers, and got different little sensations and isms, instead of just taking what God said was the truth. That's right.

21 Now, if He has appeared to us in these last days... Now, remember, when He appeared to the Jew, He told His disciples, "Don't go to any Gentile. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." And we find out that Jesus Himself never manifested Himself in the presence, or to show Himself to the Gentiles, or sent His church to the Gentiles.
But that was to come later. The Gospel was to be preached to the Gentiles later. Paul said after he'd been turned down so many times by the Jews, "Lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
Now, in order to find out what He was yesterday, His manifestation to see Him, what He is today... Then if He's the same today as He was yesterday, His manifestation has to be the same.
Now, that may seem just a little unusual from the regular trend of school, but after all, Jesus said these words, "The works that I do shall he do also." Saint John, I believe it's 14:7. "The works that I do shall he do also; greater..." The right translation is "more." You couldn't do any greater. A greater in quantity, but not in quality... He raised the dead, stopped nature. He just did everything. So it would more than this, because then the Holy Spirit would be working through the church throughout the universe. "More of the same works will you do; because I go to the Father. And I will come again, and be with, in you."

22 Now, there's only one just way. If I'd say to you Presbyterians tonight, "Do you believe that?"
"Yes, I believe that." Methodists, Pentecostal, and so forth, each one would believe it. You'd think your church was doing it. Well, that's right, I believe that also. I wouldn't discredit anyone's faith in God by any denomination, because Christ is no respect of person or denomination. He seeks what will worship Him.
But now, let's... The only real true picture we can get of it for the Pentecostal, for the Full Gospel, Nazarene, Pilgrim Holiness, Methodist, Baptist, and so forth, if Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, let's go back and find out what He was yesterday. Then we will find out what He will be forever, and what He is today. Find out what He was in the days gone by.

23 Now, if you wish to follow this, you could turn and read tonight... I will just quote it, and you can check it with me now. Let's go to the book of Saint John to start with, just for a little quotation. We find out after that the Holy Spirit had come upon Him, God dwelling in Him...
And Jesus never claimed to be a healer. How many knows that? He certainly did not. Jesus said, "The Son can do nothing in Himself. It's not Me that doeth the works: it's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works." And He said, "The Son can do nothing in Himself," Saint John 5:19, "But what the Father ... what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise."
Now, is that the truth? Could the Son of God lie? No, sir. That's true. Then Jesus never performed one miracle without God showing Him first what to do, or He told something wrong in Saint John 5:19.
Now, people has always had it in their mind that God's prophets, and Christ and them, just healed wherever they'd take a notion to heal. No, sir. Never was that granted to human flesh.
Test the prophets. Get Elijah on Mount Carmel. When he laid all these things out, he said, "Lord, I've did this at Your command." All ... God moving, showing His will on what do to.

24 Now, we find out in Saint John the 1st chapter, after He had received the Holy Spirit into Him, which was God in fullness... Now, remember, Christ had the Spirit without measure. We have it by measure. The gift that we have in the church tonight is just so little up the side of what His great Spirit was. It's just like a spoonful of water out of a great mighty sea.
But if you should take a spoonful of water from the sea, and take it into the laboratory, and examine it, all of the chemicals that was in the sea would be represented in that spoonful of water. It'd be the same kind of water, yet not as much.

25 That's the way the Spirit is in the church. It's the same Spirit, but not in the fullness like He received it. His disciples had been completely defeated on a epileptic case. And just before that He'd gave them power to cast out devils, to heal the sick, to raise the dead. And they were totally defeated on an epileptic case.
And the father said, "I brought him to Your disciples," and he said, "They could not cure him." And he said, "Lord, if thou can, have mercy on us."
Jesus said, "Bring him here. If you believe, I can."
And when the spirit saw that great power of God, they knowed that was more than a spoonful that they had found in the disciples. And the spirit was defeated, of course. It threw the boy in the hardest fit he ever had perhaps, and wallowed on the ground. But yet, when Jesus said, "Take him up, give him some food; he's all right."
Now, in the 1st chapter we find that there was a man who got converted and went and got his friend, his brother Peter---Andrew. And when Peter came up to the Lord Jesus... Follow close, Saint John 1. When Peter came to Jesus, Jesus not only knew him, but knew who his father was. Jesus said, "You are Simon, but you shall be called Peter." That's little stone. And said, "Your father's name is Jonas." That's what the Scripture says. He knew Peter, knew his name, and knew his father's name.

26 What would that take place tonight? What would the world consider it to be? Just draw an opinion. What would the world think tonight if something like that took place? Just the same as they did then: a telepathy or something.
Then there was one by the name of Philip, the next few lines down. He got converted, so he goes over (he was from the same city that the other, that Peter and his brother Andrew was from) and he goes around the mountain and finds a good friend by the name of Philip ... or, Nathanael. He found Nathanael.
And Nathanael, he found him under a tree, perhaps praying, when he came up. And notice, when he got up off of his knees, I can hear Nathanael say to him ... or, Philip, rather, to Nathanael, "Come, see who we have found."
There's just something about it. If a true conversion has found something real and has been converted to it, he can't keep it to himself. He's got to tell somebody else about it.

27 And he knew this man was very orthodox in his belief, but yet, he knew he was an honest man; and he wanted to get the message to him. He said, "Come, see who we've found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph." In other words, the one the prophets spoke of. "We've found Him."
Now, could you imagine the shock to this orthodox believer? I can see him as he raises up and brushes the dust from his knees, and said, "Now, can there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
As they would say today, "Could there be any good thing amongst them holy-rollers? Could there be any good thing come out of such a group as that?"
And I think Philip give him the best answer that any man could give. He said, "Come and see." That's the most convincing thing. "Come and see."

28 And on the road around I can hear them as they would be talking. And I can hear him say, "You know what? When Peter came up to Him and was talking to Him, He told him who he was, told him what his father's name was. Now, don't be surprised, because He might do the same thing to you."
I could imagine Nathanael saying, "Now, wait a minute. What kind of a deep end have you gone off on? What's happened to you? Do you expect me to believe such a thing as that?"
"And Nathanael, come on, just come, see for yourself."
So when our Lord was standing in the line, perhaps praying for the sick, and here comes Philip up with Nathanael. And as soon as the eyes of our Lord fell upon him, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."

29 Now, that was strange, because the Greeks and the Jews, they all dressed alike with robes and beard and sandals. How did He know he was a Jew? How did He know he was honest? And it astonished him. And his attitude represented the whole Jewish nation that ever believed.
He said, "Rabbi, when did You know me? This is our first time ever meeting. Why You never saw me. You know nothing about me. And how could You know that I was an honest and just man?"
Jesus said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
How many knows that's Scriptural? Certainly it is. That was Jesus yesterday. If He's the same today, He's got to do the same.
And, of course, there was unbelievers standing at the time. And we have the record of Mark. And those unbelieving Jews... Now, what did Philip say ... or, Nathanael, rather? He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God." They must've been looking for something like that. "Thou art the King of Israel."
And Jesus said, "Because I told you that, you believe? Then you can see greater things than this."

30 But how can the unbeliever say when these things were done? They were ashamed to speak it right out with their own mouth, but in their heart they said, "He's Beelzebub." And a Beelzebub was the prince of the devils, like a fortuneteller. And anyone knows that fortune-telling's of the devil.
So he said, "He is a Beelzebub." And they didn't say it out loud.
But Jesus perceived their thoughts. It's what the Scripture said. What did He say to that group of Jews that thought that? Said, "Speak that against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven you." But listen close, "When the Holy Ghost is come," (in other wise, to do the same thing), " one word against it will never be forgiven in this world or the world to come." How many knows the Scripture says that? It's true.
There was a believer accepted it. His name's immortal tonight. There was the unbeliever who disbelieved it, and you know what happened to them. Now, if that was Jesus' attitude yesterday, today it'd have to be the same, and forever it'll have to be the same. Now, He didn't... By that they believed. Now, watch. That's exactly how He introduced Himself to the Jewish people.

31 In Saint John the 4th chapter now... That's one. Let's go to 4 just for a moment. He had need to go by Samaria when He was on His road down to Jericho. Jerusalem's on a mountain. Jericho's in a valley. But He went up around Samaria. Why? He had need. He sent His disciples away to buy victuals.
And while they were gone, no doubt a beautiful looking young Samaritan woman came out to get some water. Well, it might've been because she had been out all night or something, but she just come out at that time.
And the little panoramic, something like this here maybe, the vines growing around it. Jesus looked at her as He was sitting over against the wall. If you ever been in the Orient and see how they come to the well... And He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
Why, there was segregation in them days between the Jews and Samaritans. And she said, "Why, that's not customary for a Jew to ask Samaritans such a thing." Said, "We have no dealings with one another."
And He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink. And I'd bring you water that you don't come here to draw."

32 The conversation went on. Now, you'll have to take my word for this, if you will. He was contacting her spirit. The Father had sent Him up there. There was a woman, but He didn't know what her trouble was. Then the conversation at length went on about worship within the mountain and some at Jerusalem.
After a while He found where her trouble was. And He said, "Go, get your husband and come here." There was her trouble.
She said, "Sir, I don't have any husband."
He said, "That's right. You've got five, and the one that you have now is not your husband. You said well."
Watch the woman. This is not a Jew now; this is a Samaritan. She looked at Him. And she said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. We know when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us all things."
He said, "I'm He that speaks with you."
Watch what they were looking for. They were looking for that sign that was the sign of the Messiah. Jesus did it before the Jew. The true Jew said, "You're the Son of God."
And now, watch the Samaritan woman. She said, "Well, we're looking for the Messiah to come to do this, but who are You?"
He said, "I'm He that speaks with you."
She left her water pot and ran into the city, and said, "Come, see a man that told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the Messiah?"

33 If that was Messiah ... or, the sign of Messiah yesterday, it'd have to be the sign of Messiah today. Notice, not one time was that did before the Gentile. No. This is the Gentile's day. This is the ending of the Gentile dispensation.
I'm not much of a dispensationalist, but the Bible speaks of it, that the Gentiles have come to their end. And anyone that don't have to pick up the Bible, just get a newspaper, turn on your radio. You can see where we're at the end. There's no hopes for us.
The church is going home soon, and the world's going to dust again, just exactly what God said would take place. She will rock her right in there, out of its orbit yonder around the sun. She will burn this time like she went out away from the orbit the other time and was destroyed with water. We're at the end. And we Gentile people's walking around with all of our degrees and everything, and thinking we're somebody, and don't know that our days are numbered.

34 And the Messiah, the Son of the living God has appeared to the Gentile church in the last few years thirty or forty years in the great filling up again of the Holy Spirit; and a revival that's swept the world around, and declaring Himself in the same measure and power and Spirit that He did when He was here on earth; and continually we shake our heads and walk away from it. What's left but judgment?
Mercy always calls before judgment. We must have mercy give to us first; and if we spurn mercy, there's nothing left but judgment. We bring it on ourselves. That was Messiah yesterday.

35 We see one place there is a woman that [unclear words] great bunch of people after He'd crossed the sea through the night, stopped the storms, there was a woman who had a blood issue for several years. And she'd slipped down by the ocean side, for she said within herself, "If I just touch the border of His garment, I will be made well."
Excuse me, I don't mean to yell at you. I just, ever who's controlling it...
...touch the border of His garment. She really believed. And here she come through the crowd, and she touched His garment. And she went back out into the crowd of people, perhaps of this size. And when she went back out into the crowd, Jesus stopped and said, "Who touched Me?"
And Peter, rebuking Him, said, "Lord, well everybody's touching You."
He said, "But I perceive that I've got weak." Or, the King James said, "Virtue." Virtue went out of Him, which means strength that made Him weak.
"I perceive that I have gotten weak. Virtue has gone from Me." He looked around. What was it? The woman had touched God. And He looked until He found her standing or sitting back in the audience, and described to her that her faith had made her well.

36 That Jesus still lives tonight, if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, or He's wrong in His words, in His speaking. "The works that I do shall you also."
You say, "Brother Branham, does the New Testament say that?" Absolutely. The New Testament said, "He is a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities." How would you know you've touched Him if He didn't turn?
How does He work? Through the branches. As He did through the main vine then, He works through the branches, His church today. He's got many great gifts in the church that He sets in order to take care of this. Certainly. Reveals the secrets to us, and drops down His wisdom to us, telling us what to do and how to do it.
God is not a declaration of some sort of a creed, like a Mohammedan or a Buddha religion. God is a living God who isn't dead, but is alive tonight, just as alive as He was when He walked Galilee---like He lives in His church. And if He doesn't act the same, then you've got the wrong thing. For the Bible said, "He is the same. And the works that I do shall you also."

37 Now, notice Him one more time. He passes down through a great... In Saint John 5, the next chapter. Saint John 5, He passes through a great multitude of people, right after this miracle had been performed, His garments full of virtue. He walked among many times more people perhaps that's sitting here tonight. People that were called, I guess, fanatics, because they believed that God sent an Angel.
Do you see, God has always had some resource for divine healing, all the ages through. And He sent an Angel to this pool, and troubled the water. Many people were considered fanatics. Historians tell us that they stabbed one another trying to get in that water when it was troubled.
While people who were critical said "Oh, step in the water, but the wind hits the wall and blows the water back. Did you ever walk down into it, a pool that's...? The old place is still there. And said, "It's just a changing of the wind."
But to those who believed, it was an Angel. And the Bible declares it to be an Angel. So they wasn't wrong after all. But they'd step in, the first one with faith, stepping in would get healed.

38 And there, look what the Bible said. They were lame, blind, halt, withered. Such a condition of mass humanity, suffering. Old mother standing there, blind. "Oh, won't somebody help me into the water." I've got little children at home." And another one standing with a big water head baby, an old dad standing, screaming for help... And Jesus walked right by. And He never said a word to any of them. But He went till He found the man that He was looking for. Did you notice the Bible? It said, "For he knew he had been this way a long time." "I do nothing till the Father shows Me." He found this man laying on a pallet.
Now, I don't know whether you northerners know what a pallet is or not. I was raised on one. How many know what a pallet is? Well, what part of Kentucky you all from? A pallet. Oh, to lay at the door on a old straw pillow. I don't know if you know what that is or not. An old tick stuffed full of straw, and lay on a pallet.

39 And this man had been laying on a pallet. He might've had a prostate trouble. He might have had TB. It was retarded. He'd had it thirty-eight years. It wasn't going to kill him. And he wasn't blind. And he wasn't helpless. He said, "When I'm coming to the water, somebody beats me there. Somebody can run faster than me. And I've been there all these years."
He could walk. He could see. He could talk. He could eat. But it's strange that the Son of God walked around every one of those people and went to him. Oh, He was so submissive to the Father. "That I do nothing in Myself."
Notice. And as He said to this man, "Wilt thou be made whole?"
He said, "I have no one to help me to the water."
He said, "Take up your bed and go into your house."

40 The 19th verse He was questioned. And here's the answer of the Son of God to those Jews. "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." Is that right? "I can do nothing in Myself until the Father shows Me. The Father worketh and I work hitherto." See, Jesus never performed one miracle without God first showing Him, or He told something wrong. And He couldn't tell nothing wrong, because He was God.
And therefore, Jesus said these things: "The works that I do shall you also. A little while and the world sees Me no more, yet ye shall see Me, for I will be with you." And "I" again is a pronoun, or a personal pronoun there. "...be with you." In one place He said, "Even in you to the end of the world."
Then if Christ has come... If time... You say, "Brother Branham, through the age." That's right. No where you find it in history since the days of the apostles. Why? This is the last winding up of the message to the Gentiles.

41 We've had the reformation through Luther, and down through the Methodist age, and through the Baptist age, and into the Pentecostal age, and it's about gone now too. So it is the end of the age. And Christ promised to do it. And if He would not do it, then He done something for them that He wouldn't do for us.
As I've often said, if this generation of people, if this haughty America, as we all are citizens, if America escapes the judgment of God, He will have to raise Sodom and Gomorrah and apologize to them (That's right.) for burning them up. He's a just God. He's an honest God. And He deals with His children all alike, for they're all creatures of His creation.
And here it is at the end of the Gentile age. We're at the end: Christ manifesting Himself just as He did then, proving to be alive, proving that He hasn't died, but He's alive forevermore to manifest Himself in vessels that He can work through.

42 No matter what He'd do here at the platform, if your eyes are blinded to it... If He would raise the dead on this platform, and you didn't have an open heart to it, you wouldn't believe it. You'd find a way to escape. You'd say, "Oh, well," it's like the Jews back there, "Oh, it's some sort of a trick, or it's a telepathy, or maybe it's a spiritualist, or something like that." That's what they said.
Don't you see, God takes His man, but never His Spirit. The Spirit was upon Elijah, come upon Elisha, on ... on John the Baptist. And many times those Spirits of the Lord is not known until the one who has it is gone. Did you ever think of that? God's just.
Let's take just a minute, put the prophets in the days gone by. They didn't recognize it. And to you people here tonight, recognize. Oh, God, open their eyes of understanding. We're at the end time.
They didn't know who John the Baptist was until he was dead and buried. Even the disciples said, "Why does the prophets say that first Elijah must come?"
Jesus said, "He's already come and you didn't know him." Then they knowed that He spoke of John.

43 They didn't know who Jesus was till He was dead, buried, and rose again, before they knew who He was. They didn't know who Saint Patrick was until he was dead and buried two hundred years nearly; neither Saint Francis of Assisi.
And to you Catholic people, you didn't know who Joan of Arc was, that little woman that saw visions and was a spiritual woman. The Catholic church burned her to a stake like a witch. And two hundred years later ... or, years later, dug up them priests body and throwed them in the river to do a penance, after they realized that she was a saint.
And the Spirit of the living God is moving over the whole earth today, and people don't know what it is. But God is just. He sends forth His Spirit to declare something. We sit starchy and harden up our hearts, be indifferent. Then what's left for us but judgment? Christ is under obligation to His Word, but no more than His Word. He's obligated to His Word.

44 Now, I see the time's getting away. Not too long each night... I'd like to ask you something. Upon the basis of God's Word, we realize that Christ made Himself known to the Jews by telling Nathanael where he was before he came to the meeting. Is that right? Made Himself known to the Jews many other ways, by them touching His garment and so forth. Always in a supernatural. But the supernatural is always with the Word.
I realize that I'm standing on the platform here tonight and two real scholars behind me that I know of, three of them. And I'd guess there's more than that out there. But I want to ask you something.
In the Old Testament they had a way of knowing whether a prophet told the truth or not, or a dreamer. That was the Urim Thummim. And we believe that that was the breastplate of Aaron.
And when the prophet was prophesying, if those conglomerations of those lights work together and made that big glorious light, the prophet was telling the truth. If it didn't work, then the prophet wasn't telling the truth.

45 Now, that priesthood ceased, and the Aaronic priesthood is gone. We have a new priesthood. We have a new Urim Thummim: that's God's Word. If a man tells the truth, the lights in the power of God's Word will reflect it that it's the truth.
And how was it? It was a supernatural reflection. How would a man talking make all those different stones send forth that rainbow color? How would it do it only when a prophet was prophesying? If he was false, it'd stay dormant. His words didn't come back. But if he was true, it recognized and sent forth a supernatural sign that the people would know that that prophet was telling the truth.
If God's Word prophesies something, and God takes the supernatural and proves that it's the truth, it's a Urim Thummim, people. Time to receive it and believe God.

46 Now, if He shall come tonight... I don't say that He will. If He comes and performs, and lives, and acts, and does the same thing that we talked about Him, will you believe that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever?
How many in here will just raise their hands, say, "Brother Branham, it may puzzle me, but I will know that it's the truth if He does it, because the Word says so." Would you do it? Just raise your hand and say it? Wonderful. That's good. Thank you for your attention.
Now, now, you see where I stand? It's up to God to act next. If it doesn't, then the Word declares something that's not so and I've been found a false witness of a false word. [Gap in the audio.]

47 But oh, before half a million at a time I've seen Him do the same thing. When I did it one time in Africa, I saw thirty thousand raw heathens break their idols on the ground and receive Christ as Saviour. Thirty thousand one altar call, thirty thousand tagged raw heathens with idols in their hands...
But we Americans, we say, "Well, that could be something wrong. I just wonder if Dr. Philip Jones or whatever, you know... You know he tells me that this is a lot of telepathy." Oh, friend open your heart. Pray and say, "God," you out there in the meeting, say, "God, speak at me. Let me know, Lord. Let me enjoy Your mercies in this last day."
For we're at the end time. The handwriting's on the wall, notice in the sky with a sputnik, you see. We know that the world's really shook up now. And anything can happen. And what did Jesus say? "There'll be signs in the heavens and on earth." Jesus said, "When the Son of man reveals Himself." He is now in mercy to the church, and in judgment to the world for rejecting. Now, let us pray.

48 Lord Jesus, somehow I'm looking forward, Lord, to something real tonight. Oh, it'll be such a wonderful thing here tonight if You would just unfold Yourself, Lord, to these people and every heart would be open.
And let them know, Lord, that Your servant, a very poor, and very unqualified for the job, but, Lord, who is qualified? What mortal being would there be, what creature of time? But, Lord, it would not be us, it would be the Holy Spirit to do those things, to manifest.
Now, Lord, there are many sitting here tonight in this church, sitting ... standing here at this pulpit where great men have preached, and great voices have been carried through these microphones, many have predicted this hours of this coming.
And I pray, Lord, that You would send Jesus tonight with such a great outpouring, that there will be not one feeble person left in our midst, sinners may come to Christ, and that cripples may walk, and blind see, and sick be healed, that tomorrow this whole city will become a great place of testimony, that the Son of God might be revealed to them in this day. Grant it, Lord.
Bless us together. Shut off all unbelief now. Drive out everything that's contrary. Break the spirit of the enemy, and get glory to Thyself. For we ask it in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

49 Each day they come down just in order to get somebody here before me, to get started. Now, He's never failed me. He might not do it tonight. I don't know. Because it's just a gift. And how many believes that gifts and callings are without repentance? Do you believe that?
Does the Bible say, that in the church there's first apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers, pastors? How many knows there's five ministering gifts? Certainly there is. An apostle, a prophet, an evangelist, a teacher, and a pastor. God set these.
Then there's nine spiritual gifts that goes into the body, such as speaking with tongues, interpretation of tongues, and wisdom, and different gifts. I Corinthians 12 there that sets the nine gifts. They might be on this person tonight, and on that one tomorrow night, and that one the next night, and all over the building. That's just for the local body.

50 But God by foreordination... We don't want to call the word "predestination." It's a bad word to use before the people. But God, by foreknowledge can predestinate: God is infinite. Do you believe that? And He knowed everything that would be on the earth before He created it. You believe that? If He didn't, He couldn't tell the end from the beginning.
He knows all things. Therefore He could love Jacob and hate Esau before either one was born. He's not willing that any should perish. No, sir. But His foreknowledge let Him know that they would perish anyhow, so He could predestinate everything to work to His glory.
Now, to get the people here to me ... up here tonight to see if the prayer line gets started... Each night now, we've had ... we've give out prayer cards. The prayer cards, it's a little card with a number on it. That's to get the people lined up.

51 First when I first started in the ministry... How many remembers years ago when I first started about ten years ago? Would there be anybody here? Well, look at the hands. All right. The way I do the people then would take them by the hand, just hold it till something spoke to me to... How many knows that?
How many knows that I said He told me that I would even know the secrets of their heart if I'd be sincere? You same people raise your hand if that was told? Now, you might not have never seen it.
But listen. There's another move coming now, which will exceed this. Now, I believe it will take place soon. Now, God's church keeps moving up. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of God raises a standard against it. That's right.

52 Now, don't look for signs for you to believe. Now, we used to, we didn't... You remember when I didn't have any prayer cards. I'd just say, "All you want to be prayed for, get up." And, oh, my, have fist fights and everything else, and knock one another down, and push one another away. You couldn't do that.
And Brother Bosworth who just went home to glory... How many knowed F. F. Bosworth? Greatest saint of the day as I know. He went home to meet Jesus the other day, way in his eighties. He's at home tonight. Before he died, about an hour, he went into a coma, and raised up, begin shaking hands with the people he preached to years ago that's been gone. Just rejoicing and praising God, saying, "I haven't seen you for years."
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, with partings leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. That's right. Yes. Let my end be like that.

53 Now, notice. He said to me, he said, "Brother Branham, you make it like a arena..." Said, "Don't do that." Said, "All my ministry I've give out prayer cards, make them come and let them stay three times before I'd ever pray for them, three meetings for instructions."
Well, I said, "We will just do that." Printed up a few hundred cards, I said, "We will go down there." And first thing you know we got somebody down there was giving out prayer cards, and selling them, so I had to stop that.
So then I said, "Well, I will just send to pastors, each one, so many prayer cards, that's cooperating." Well, the first pastor got his group in, and that started it with hard feelings between the pastors. Couldn't do that.
So I said, "Well, I will tell you what, we will just go down and give out the prayer cards. And then I will get somebody... I got my brother to go with me, which I knowed he wouldn't do that. So I sent my brother down. He'd give out the prayer cards, and they got to a place they found out [unclear words] I didn't get over maybe from ten, fifteen, not over twenty-five prayer cards. If their card went above that, they'd just throw it on the floor, "I don't want it. I will never be called." See?

54 Well, then I said, "I will tell you what I will do. I will send the prayer cards down and give the whole thing out in one night, and I will just call them from that." Then people coming in on the second night, never had a chance to get to the platform. See, that wouldn't work. Oh, we've had a time with it.
Then I said, "I will tell you what we will do; we will just give out the prayer cards..." had to have the prayer cards. I said, "We will have some little girl or little boy sitting in the front seat to stand up here and start counting. Where he stops counting, or she, that's exactly where we will start from. Strange as it was, mommy had junior to stop right at her number, and so that just didn't work.
So I didn't know what to do. So one night crossing over to Canada, the Lord gave me a vision, and said, "Go down and give out prayer cards every day, every day. And then when..." that night, the boys who were giving them out, they could be Brother Bill could give them out, or Leo, Gene, or Billy Paul, my boy, any of them give out the prayer cards.

55 And then they bring the prayer cards down and take them like this before you, and mix them all up together, walk right out in the audience, you want one, you want one. That's just all... Anybody that wants them can have them till they give out. You might get number 1 and you get 50. Then when I come in I might start at 50. I might start at 10. See, nobody knows where they're going to start, and I don't either.
So we usually give them out in the afternoon because the cards are inexchangeable, and they must stand to hear the instruction meeting---be instructed on how to receive divine healing before you give them the cards. And then the boys are there to give out the cards.
And then I might start from five, and run from 5 to 10. And then next night I start from 95 and come back this way---just anywhere, wherever it comes on my mind when I'm standing here. That's just to all. That's right.

56 Now, the only thing that does is get the people here, a few lined up. That has nothing to do with if they're going to be healed, not a thing. It only gets the Spirit moving, gets the doubt out of the building.
Then the Holy Spirit goes right on out through the meeting to the people anywhere, where they ever may be, call them right there just as...
You just touch His garment, and see if He doesn't tell me, see. That's the way, see.
And anyone who's ever been in my meetings lately knows that there's ten to one healed in the audience and called out to what's on the platform. Anybody ever been in my late meetings, raise your hand if you know that's true? Sure, see. Ten to one.
The prayer card don't have nothing to do with your healing. Your prayer card don't mean one thing. It just means for you to... You're called up here just to... What was it? I don't operate a gift. Your faith does that, see.

57 Jesus, He was the Son of God, but that woman... He didn't know who touched Him. He said He didn't. Is that right? What did the woman did? She operated that. See, it's your faith in a divine gift. It's your approach to it. Do you believe that?
What about that Roman soldier that put a rag over His eyes, and hit Him across the head with a stick, said, "Now, prophesier, tell us who hit you." He never felt any virtue. There wasn't one thing told him. He's in torment tonight, I suppose, for an attitude like that.

58 Look at Martha, when she went to Jesus. And she come to Him, she said... He had went away and left her when they was in trouble and Lazarus had died. But did you see, there's a case. The Father had already told Him what to do.
He said, "I'm glad I wasn't over there." Said, "He's dead four days." What the Father had told Him. He said He did nothing till the Father told Him. At the grave He said, "I thank Thee, Father, Thou has already heard Me, but I just said it for these who stand by." See, He never said He got weak there, did He? No.
How much greater was that than it was the woman that touched His garment. But that's when God was using His gift, see. This was when the woman was using His gift. It's just... Your faith does it. I could no more stop it, or no more produce it than nothing. It's your own faith in it.
If you don't believe that's so, just look at God. Don't be nervous. Just look to God and say, "Lord God, I believe that solemnly with all my heart to be the truth. And I have need of such and such a thing." Watch what He will do. That's a great word to say here, isn't it? That's right.
But I know who I have believed. I'm persuaded He's able to keep that which has been committed. If God says anything, God keeps His Word. And He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. I will go on record through the tapes and so forth as that, but I say this, that the right mental attitude towards any divine promise of God, will bring it to pass. Remember that. If you take the right mental attitude towards it, the promise, it'll bring it to pass. May the Lord grant it.

59 Now, did you give them out? J-1 to a 100. We can't line them all up. We can line a few of them up. Who's got J number 1? Prayer card with a J and a number 1. The lady right there. Come over here, lady. Number 2, number 2, would you raise your hand? Thank you.
Number 3? Come right down here to this side, if you will. Number 4? Is it the gentleman back there? 5, who has number 5? Lady. 6? Just look on your card. You have number 6, lady? The lady coming here with the purple dress: Number 6? Number 5.
Number 6, does anyone have number 6? Would you raise your hand? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Prayer card number 6. It may be some... Look, here's a lady here in a wheelchair, a little girl. Check her card there and see if that's it. Number 6. J number 6. All right. Is it here? Would you raise your hand?
Somebody that's maybe... Look at your neighbor, maybe somebody's deaf and can't hear. They'll miss their card. Look at your neighbor's card. How many prayer cards in the building, raise your hand. Supposed to be fifty or something. All right.

60 How many's in here that doesn't have a prayer card and wants God to heal you? You raise your hand. All over the building, no matter who you are, where you are, see. There you are. See, who's going to be first now? See, you couldn't do it, see. About eighty percent of the crowd here is wanting to be prayed for.
All right. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, prayer card number 6? Look at your neighbor then and see if it's a deaf person. See if it's somebody who can't walk. If it is, just get somebody and raise them up, and get the usher, and come pack them up here. Number 6? All right.
Number 7. You're number 7, lady? Number 7. Number 8. 8, 9, 10, 11. Are you 11? 10, 11. Back there. 12, 12. Did I see the hand? All right. 13, 14. They're just all over the building, just anywhere. The boys just give them out to anybody that wants them till they're run out. Give a few here, and a few there, and everywhere, so we won't all crowd and rush towards one place.
All right. I think we got up to about 15 or something now there. How many is that, about 15, brothers? 15? All right. Let's start the prayer line and just ... and see if we... All right. Now, just a moment. We will see how these come, and then...

61 Now, how many in here doesn't have a prayer card and say [unclear words] " Lord, I will believe You tonight. And I'm going to put my faith in You. I know that man standing there; he can do nothing for me. But if he has explained the truth that You're in Your church, he'd be a member of the church." Just like you are, see. We're brothers and sisters, just a member of the church.
And the Holy Spirit loves every one of us just the same, see. And you say, "I will set my solemn faith in You, Lord. And You have the man to turn around and call to me and tell me what I'm praying about, tell me what something like He does ... like it did in the Bible." Would you raise your hands, you that wants that to happen to you, raise your hand, just put it way up high, and believe with all...? No way of knowing. It's just everywhere. All right. Just believe now. Just believe. If you ain't got a prayer card... 'Course you won't be called, but if you got a prayer card, we don't know just what will take place. Now, now here's the time. I want to say to you all, remember the services tomorrow afternoon.

62 How many here never was in one of my meetings, let's see your hands, never was in...? Just look. All right. And all right into the overflow over there. All right.
As I tell you, I'm not a preacher. As the Word who can handle it like your pastor and these men here, see. But I may not know the book too well, but I know the Author real well. That's all. I know Him. But now, here's where the time what I've said...
How many believes that what I've said tonight is the truth, that's the Word? That's the Word. Well, thank you. You keep a spirit like that and you'll see great things in these three nights. You certainly will.
Now, how many ever seen the picture of that Angel? Let's see if... They took it down in Texas. The boys... Have you all got them pictures here with you? See, if I die tonight, the testimony's still right. I will [unclear words] it to you tomorrow sometime if I can, see, see. It's a light.

63 How many knows that the children of Israel followed a pillar of fire? Sure they did. How many knows that pillar of fire was Christ, the Logos, the Angel of the covenant? Sure. Sure. All right. How many knows when He was here on earth, He said, "I come from God and go to God." How many knows that?
How many knows when He met Paul on the road to Damascus, He was back to a pillar of fire again and put Paul's eyes out? All right. See, He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Now, if that Spirit, which I tried to tell the church... When I was a little baby eighteen months old, (That's right.) when I first begin to talk, first thing I ever remember is a vision. It's been hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times, and never one time did it ever fail. And it can't. If it would, it wouldn't be God. But being it is God, it can't fail, see.
So I've stood before five hundred thousand at one time at Bombay, India, about two hundred thousand in Africa, heathens and everything; and challenge the Mohammedans, take the Koran in one hand and the Bible in the other and say, "One of them's right and one's wrong. Let the God that made the promise do the speaking." That's right, see.

64 Listen, brother. The psychic word is all right, just to speak and preach and... But listen. It's come to a time, see. It's come to a time where the God who raised up Jesus Christ manifests Himself. The God of Elijah still lives. Certainly He does.
Look after those people, and many of you folks have walked with Him daily and didn't realize what it was. Those who love Him, Cleopas and his friend going to Emmaus. They'd walked all day and talked with Him; they didn't know who He was. His resurrection day, three days before He was watching down the cross, and here the same man...
How many knows that God can shut eyes or open eyes? Certainly He can. Certainly He can. Now, let Him open yours tonight, see.
And after He got to Emmaus, made like He'd go on by, and some of them persuaded Him to come in. When He got them in the room and shut the door, got them closed in, like we are here tonight, He did something the very way He did it before His death, burial. Is that right?
And they recognized, their eyes come open, and they recognized it was Him all the time that they had been talking to. I pray tonight that our hearts when we leave here, will be the same way. "Did not our hearts burn within us as He talked to us along the road?"

65 May He do tonight just the same things He did before His resurrection to fulfill His Word. He don't have to do it to show His power. But He must to it to fulfill His Word. That's what He come... He didn't have to heal to show His power. But He had to heal to fulfill His Word.
Now, be reverent. This picture has been taken. It's here, if you want it, you can get it tonight or tomorrow night, not the next, you see. Now, the boys have here with tapes, and the books, and things. Now, this is just flat what we get for them, just... We don't get a lot of radio programs to sponsor.
I'm not here for money. You know that. You heard that... One thing the critics can't say is about money, because I've never took a offering in my life. And I've been a minister twenty-six years. Never took an offering in my life.
I don't have any television, radio, and so forth to where I have to be sponsored. I can go and preach to the people that's got a church that has ten in it or a hundred thousand, if the Lord wants me to, see. So it's just wherever He sends me, I just feel liberty to go. I don't have any programs, nothing to...

66 We got some books, "The Life Story." The boys get the tape here, and them boys sells them just so close. And then the picture, I buy them myself. They're copyrighted here in Washington, DC of a supernatural being. It's right under it as the only supernatural being that was ever scientifically proven photographed. They did it in newspapers, but this happened to be the association that did this.
And in Germany they got it coming down, when it was anointing, when it was going back. They got it in Switzerland. It's knowed the world around. And the fruit of that Spirit bears the life of Jesus Christ. Then it'd have to be the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Now, as a man... I'm a man. That's just like the rest of you. But now, if we can submit ourselves to a gift that the Holy Spirit would move, now the next is up to Him.
So, Father God, from now on, let Thy Spirit move. Anoint hearts to believe and anoint me, Lord, I see with these eyes that the things that You want these people to know. Work, O eternal God, for Thy glory in Jesus' name. Amen.

67 Now, the lady sitting here, I don't know her ... or, that's standing here, rather. That you might know this. There is not one person in this building that I know. How many in the prayer line would just raise up your hands that I don't know you, and know nothing about you, in the prayer line? See?
How many out there knows that I don't know you? Let's see your hands. Brother Summerall, and my son, and Dr. Vayle, and Brother McAllister here. And I seen one of my Mennonite friends somewhere awhile ago was at the Waterloo meeting. But I forgot where it was at while I was speaking. He's here in the building somewhere, a Mennonite brother from... was at the meeting last week at Waterloo.
I don't know now. He might've went out. He was in here somewhere, a Mennonite brother. And he's from Pennsylvania, I believe he was. He's been at my home, and we've had fellowship together. He's somewhere in the building. But he's dressed with a Mennonite clergy coat on, if you'd know. No one knows.
So now, you look to Christ now, and say, "Lord, I just believe. I just believe." Just believe it in your heart. Be real reverent, and pray for me, because I'm here to represent your Lord through His Word.

68 Now, I just want to talk to the woman just a moment. She's the first one here tonight. Now, if the lady is a stranger to me... Now, what if... Here's a perfect picture of Saint John 4, that I talked to you about, a man and a woman meets for the first time. The woman, the Samaritan woman... And Jesus talked to her a few moments till He found where her trouble was. Is that right? How many believes that now? Jesus talked to her till He found her trouble.
Now, if His Spirit will come and find this woman's trouble the same way that He did then, how many would believe it then with all their hearts, say, "I promise I believe."?
Now, first I say this, with my hands up, I don't swear, by the Bible, I've never seen the woman in my life. I don't know the woman. I've never seen her. And we're strange... This is our first time meeting, lady? She saw me.
You was just sitting in the meeting? Went through the prayer line with her boy ten years ago in Phoenix, Arizona. And you can imagine what I'd know about her, see. I have never... I've met many, even millions of people since then. I have no way... If it was in a prayer line, I wouldn't know it anyhow. The only way I know what happens...

69 I believe I do see Brother Smith back there, the writer of a magazine from out west, Texas, I believe it is ... or, Oklahoma. Brother Smith. Yes. Glad to see you and your wife.
Only way I'd ever know what I said was catch that tape there. We know everything that's been said to people. Watch what it says. If He knows what has been... If I'd tell this woman... She may be sick; she may not be sick. She may be standing here for someone else. She may be here for financial conditions. She may be here for domestic trouble. I don't know. See, I can't tell you. But if I'd say, just say, "Lady, you sick?"
You'd say, "Yes, sir."
I lay my hands on her, say, "Praise the Lord, you're going to get well. Hallelujah. Go believe it." Well, she'd have a right to doubt that. Well, if she would or not, but she'd have a chance to question in her mind whether it was really so.
But if the Holy Spirit tells her something that's already been in life that she knows about, something she done a long time ago, or something she done first to come here, or something, let her be the judge whether it's right or not. And you do the same out there. Then we know, if He knows what was, He certainly will know what will be. Is that right? So that proves it. That's the miracle.

70 The woman looks like a big, strong, healthy woman to me. But maybe, she may be sick. I couldn't tell you. But whatever it is, if I'd say... "There's a little girl, two ladies sitting here in a wheelchair." Sure. "They're in the wheelchair and they're crippled." Sure. Anyone knows that. That wouldn't be no miracle to say that.
But what about this woman? She looks strong. What about these women here, these men, or somebody out there, looks stout and healthy. There's the miracle of it. Now, be real reverent.
You say, "Brother Branham, you're stalling." I know it. That's exactly right. I'm waiting for Him. That's exactly right. If He doesn't help, come to me, I will just dismiss the audience with prayer or [unclear words]. I'm waiting for Him.
"Only Believe," if you will, sister. Just everybody real reverent. Be real reverent. Now, while we just talk to the lady a moment. Maybe He will speak.

71 Now, sister... And ever who's on the microphone, watch now, because it's a vision; you're somewhere else; you don't know how loud you're speaking or how soft you're speaking. So ever who's... The engineer, keep it stepped up when the vision starts if it does.
Now, oh, I believe you said that several years ago you was on the platform in Phoenix, Arizona. Them was great days. I remember them. I remember, I believe three thousand come through the line one afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona. He's still the same Lord God. He's great. He can do all things.
Now, in the name of Jesus Christ, every spirit's subject to the Holy Spirit. Be reverent. He's here.
To know you, I do not. If you were sick, to heal you, I cannot. The only way that I could do... If our Lord Jesus was standing here with this suit of clothes on that He gave me, He could not heal you if you're sick. He could only do something to make you know that He's here in answer to His Word.
So He, being in a spirit form can use His servant's body for the same thing. You believe that, lady? Do you believe that I have told the truth from the Bible? You solemnly believe it?

72 And now, you're aware that something's going on. And you know standing here by your brother wouldn't make you feel that way, because between me and the woman there's that light moving.
And the woman is in a serious condition. First thing, I see her... She's coming to me through a room. She's rubbing her sides. She's getting from a chair now real easy. She's suffering with rheumatism. That's right. That's "thus saith the Lord."
Let her be the judge whether it was right or not what was said. Was that right, lady? If it is raise up your hand. All right. Now, what it was, I don't know. But see, if you take like the woman standing here, now whatever it was, you heard that voice but it wasn't mine.
Now, both of us with our hands up that we do not know each other, have never met each other, only she just passed through a prayer line. But now, ten years ago when maybe they was coming through as fast as you could herd cattle through... See?
But look here. Here it is now. He tells her something, whatever it was that's on the tape. She witnesses it's the truth. It was up to you whether you believed or not, see. It's up to you.

73 But now, more you would talk to the woman... Now, that's the same thing, the Lord Jesus found the woman's trouble, and that's what, ever what it was that was truth. She witnessed the truth. And the lady raises her hand. That's truth, is it, lady? There it is. Whatever it was is true.
Now, more you'd talk to the woman, more would be said. We realize that, see. Would you all desire it, being this woman standing here, just to talk to her just a little bit? Would you desire that? Or would you rather just pass her through the line? All right. Let's talk to the woman just a moment. Be reverent.
Now, lady, the only way that I will know... You're catching it, Leo, there, see. All right. Only way I could know would be that. Whatever it's on that tape there. Now, you just look again and believe with all your heart.
I'm not reading your mind. No, sir. I have a thought come from the building. Now, don't believe that. I'm not reading the woman's mind, no indeed. I'm just contacting her spirit. She's a Christian woman, for her spirit feels welcome. She could be a critic, see. But she's a Christian, a real believer.

74 Now, if the voice can still be heard... Yes, I see the woman. She's doing something. Yes, it's a rheumatism. It's rheumatisms in her body. And then I see her at a place where she's changing her underneath clothes. And she's bothered with a something in her... It's in her breast. She has a growth in her breast: cancer, a dark shadow.
And the woman is not from this country either. The woman comes from a city that's near a great lake, a big place where there's lots of fruit that grows. And that's north; it's Benton Harbor, Michigan, the woman's from. And her name is Mrs. Mansfield. That's "thus saith the Lord."

75 Do you believe now, lady? Whatever He said was truth. Is that right? Now, the lady says, "Every word." Certainly. Now, whatever it was, let's pray. You're the church of God now. Whatever her trouble is, you pray with me for her, so she can be ... have whatever she's asked for. Now, your prayers is what's going to count now for her.
Heavenly Father, Your children are believing. Oh, my. The woman is in need. And we ask that whatever she's desiring, may it come to her just now, Lord, and make her... Whatever... If she's sick, heal her. If she has other desires, give it to her, Lord. We ask this in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
The Bible said, "These signs shall follow them that believe; if they lay hands on the sick, they shall recover." Go, believing now. Do you believe with all your heart? As you have believed, you will receive it, just as you have asked for.

76 Are you believing with all your heart now? Be real... Now, you out there, that's a wonderful spirit. Just keep that up, and you'll see the glory of God. You over here in the prayer line, just keep believing a minute. Oh, how wonderful now. Now, now, He's the Boss, now that His Spirit has claimed subjection. Now's the time. Oh, how wonderful. Just believe.
I suppose we're strangers to each other, lady. I'm a stranger to you. You've been at my home. God knows I don't remember you. I've never seen you, as far as I know of, you see. There's hundreds and hundreds and hundreds come there.
Well, let's see. I don't know what you're here for. I have no idea. You know that, as that part. If the Lord will reveal to me what's your trouble, will you accept it? You will? Will the audience believe?

77 And here's my hand, as far as I know I've never seen the woman. She says she's been at my home, but my, that's hundreds has been there, see. So I would never know who it was. But if the Lord will reveal your request, then you'll believe it?
You want me to touch that handkerchief. That handkerchief's not for you. But it's for some of your loved ones. It's a sister-in-law. And she's in a state hospital, not in this state, but in the state of Ohio. Then in the name of Jesus Christ, let it be so, Lord. Amen. All right. God bless you. Now, go and receive what you've asked for.
I suppose we're strangers to one another, sir? The first time we've ever met. Here's a man that I've never seen or met. Sir, you've sat in the audience? He's been in a meeting in Chicago and seen me from the platform. The first time we was ever together. I have no more idea what, who, or nothing about it (see), than anything.

78 I'm withholding some of these things because of the people knowing it, see. They said they'd been some place. If the audience would know that I have... This being our first time to ever be together, I don't know what you're here for. You know that. It'd take God to do that. If He will reveal it, will you believe it?
You believe Him? You're praying then, weren't you? You're dying condition. That's right, cancer. That's true. But you touched Him then. You touched Him, and you never touched me. Have faith [unclear words]. Just have faith. Don't doubt.
You that's here, sitting by her; you looked over to her. I don't know you. You know that. You got trouble with your head [unclear words]. If that's right wave your hand back and forth like this [unclear words]. It's gone from you now. Your faith touched Him.
Just have faith. Don't doubt. Believe with all your heart. You can have what you've asked for if you will believe.

79 I'm sorry. That's just the way He leads. See, it's I have to... It's the light, and I just follow the light as it leads. Oh, thank you, sir. That's mighty nice. You believe it? Then God can do it.
If the audience can still hear my voice, this man here is in a serious condition. He's shadowed with darkness, and he's just come from a doctor. And he's doing something around, beating on you here. They're putting something... It's a heart trouble. That's what it is. It's a heart trouble.
And I hear him say, kind of a strong looking man, and he says to you that it would be weeks before you'd go back to work again. That's right. You've had several heart attacks: seven. And you just feel sick at times till you can't even put water on your stomach. You vomit it back up. That's "thus saith the Lord." Do you believe?
Eternal and blessed God, who raised up Jesus from the dead, bless this man, who we bless in Thy name. And may he receive that which he's asked for. For it's in the name of Jesus Christ we ask it. Amen. Don't doubt now. Believe. I ask for your healing. Go believing.
Have faith. Don't doubt. Don't move. Now, just sit still. Be real reverent. Isn't our Lord wonderful? So good.

80 How do you do? I guess we're strangers to each other. But the Lord God Jehovah, He knows both of us. And if He will reveal to me your troubles, will you believe it with all your heart? This is our first time meeting, I suppose, our first time?
There's something keeps taking place in this direction. It must be back in behind the rooms there somewhere. Just keeps drawing me that way, just somebody that's really having faith.
You believe the Lord could reveal to me what's your trouble, and then you would receive it? Now, how many in the audience now, believe Him with all of your heart? Oh, see. Now, what is it? If He has to keep that word, He keeps every other word He ever said. He has to do it. How much greater is what He's doing now than what it'd be to heal your condition? He keeps His Word. He's bound to His ... duty bound to His Word.

81 The lady's not here for herself. She's here for someone else. And that person that she's standing here for, is not here either. Was that your mother? If God will tell me what is wrong with your mother, that you're praying for, will you believe it? Cancer. That's right.
Now, you did something just now that you didn't know any different, but it was wrong doing it. This prayer card that you received, a friend got it for you, see. That's right. That's not to be done in the meetings. You didn't know any different, because we hadn't explained it.
Someone got it. I see them giving it to you. That's not supposed to be. What's the matter, Billy? How'd you slip up on that? All right. But now, it's all right. You haven't sinned. You haven't done anything wrong.
Now, that little handkerchief that you hold in your hand, go lay it on your mother, put it on your mother and believe with all your heart. May God heal her [unclear words]. God bless you.

82 Let us believe now with all of our hearts. If thou canst believe... What do you think sitting there, with a... Do you believe it, right here, this elderly man kind of shaking his head like? Do you believe that God would heal that [unclear words] and He'd make you well? You believe He'd do it? Raise up your hand if you believe He will do it. All right. Then if you have believed it, let it be according to your faith. Amen.
I don't know you. We're strangers to one another? Never met before in life. Excuse me, there's something else taking place. They just have to watch where it's going to. All right. Here it is. Fighting each other, see. You have trouble with your back. Right there at the end also, back trouble. If you'd believe it with all your heart... That's right. Then it's over.

83 You got trouble trying to hold that? The man was sitting there... Awhile ago when I was speaking, sir, you were trying to believe. Wasn't that right, with all your heart? See, that's your faith was coming in, but I couldn't tell where it was at, see.
Like this, when this spirit here trying to hold the woman, the same thing begin to scream to each other, and a black streak running across this a way. I knew then what it was. And I saw the vision of the woman; I saw a man appear here before me too; and I knew it was sitting in here then. I know where it was at.
You believe with all your heart? You got a spine trouble. That was caused in an automobile accident. And you want to go back down to Kokomo and be made well? All right, go back home to Kokomo and be made well [unclear words].
If thou canst believe... The Bible said, "If you can believe." Do you believe it with all your heart?

84 You out there with the rheumatism, sitting out there, was caused by an automobile accident too. Yes, you really do believe it. Amen. Have faith. Rupture, sitting on this side. You believe the Lord Jesus make you well too?
How many will believe it right now? He can do it every bit right now. Do you believe it? All right. All right. Put your hands on one another. There's no need of going any further. Right here's the time for, all your healing. Lay your hands on each other and believe. You in the prayer line [unclear words]. We'd just do the same thing coming up. Just lay your hands on one another. Now, here you are.
I want every sinner, as soon as this prayer is made, to rush up here to the altar. The presence of the Lord Jesus is here. The Son of the living God is here.

85 Yes, that's right. You with the lady's female trouble sitting there, the Lord makes you well, sister dear. Don't worry about it any more. Certainly.
TB, God bless you. It's all over now. You can go and be made well. That's right. Just have faith now. Believe.
If God will hear prayer from here, He hears it out there. Does He do just exactly the way He did in the Bible times? Then He hears prayer. Let's put our hands on each other now and pray, all over the building.

86 Dear heavenly Father, oh, I am so grateful to know that there's still faith moving in the earth. Oh, this great hour just now, when we're expecting some great something to take place... A believing people, they believe because You've told them these things.
And You said to Nathanael, "You shall see greater things than this. Grant it now, Lord. May they be conscious that Christ keeps every word and every promise. May the Holy Spirit come powerfully upon this audience just now. And if there would be a shadow of doubt anywhere...
Satan, you've lost the battle. You're exposed. The Son of the living God is here. And I adjure thee in the name of Jesus, depart from here. Let every sickness go, every affliction. I ask the devil ... or, cast him away in the name of Jesus Christ. Come out, Satan, and leave these people alone. In the name of Christ, the Son of God. Amen.
Stand to your feet. Give Him praise. You who's sitting here afflicted, put your fingers in your ear. Whatever it was give Him praise. God's Spirit moves over the place and heals the entire audience...

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 I've looked forward for some time of this meeting here, to meet with you dear people here in Indiana. And on the road over tonight, I was just thinking, this is just about my fourth meeting in Indiana. First, I think it was in Indianapolis, then over in Evansville, Hammond, and here, South Bend, if it be five times in Indiana. But of course, you know, I am from Indiana, the little city of Jeffersonville, just across from Louisville, Kentucky.

2 But I have weighed for some time, to come; I've got letters from up in here, and have had the letter from Brother Ward. And Brother Roy Weems called me ... or, I called him, rather, and he so highly recommended Brother Ward and the meeting here. It certainly is a privilege to be here tonight, with all these fine brethren who are on the platform, the sponsors of the meeting.
And I was telling Billy, coming in tonight, the last five meetings we've been in since the first of the year, we brought a snow storm to the city; the first one, Chicago, Waterloo, South Bend, and here. And we've had a snow storm in every one of them. So I hope it isn't bad. And he was telling me, I believe, that Brother Ward's daughter was hurt today, I believe, in an accident. And the good Lord just kept us from having a horrible one also.

3 We was coming up a hill, and a Mennonite brother was driving a wagon along the side of the hill, and a truck must've got impatient, swung right around, and just at that time, he was looking Billy right in the face, and we were right behind him. So by God's grace, we got to one side of the road just in time, that he swept by. The driver must have been drinking or something.
You know, the enemy always tries to upset everything that God tries ... is going to do. God doesn't try to do anything; He just does it. But it just makes the enemy so angry, that he just likes to go about like a roaring lion, devouring what he may. But our heavenly Father knows all things, and all things are working together for good to them that love God.
And now, this weekend, which I trust that will be one of the fine times of our life, where we have fellowshipped around the Word of God and with His people.

4 And now, we love to kind of make this little announcement, that we don't come as healers to heal people; we come as your brother to pray for you; and this is kind of a little motto, I usually say, "I come to pray for God's child, the doctor's patient, my friend." God is the healer. Healing is something that is past tense. He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed. There's no one that has healing power, I don't believe. Although, gifts of healing in the Bible, could be used in many different ways; that is, a person with a gift of healing would be like someone who had a gift of being a minister: a Bible expositor, who could explain it so well, that would bring faith to the people by hearing the Word. And that is the original and initial way of receiving anything from God, is to take His Word for it.

5 I was thinking of Jairus in the Bible, when he said, "Come, lay your hand on my daughter, and she shall live." But the Roman Centurion, the Gentile, he said, "I'm not worthy that You'd come under my roof, just speak the Word." Jesus admired that, and I love that, because that Roman realized that Jesus had every disease under His control, see. "Just speak the Word, and my servant will live." And that's the way we want to be: Christians, to admire, and to stand up as great, gallant soldiers in the face of conflict, and let our Heavenly Father say, "I have a child that I'm proud of." You know, God does look upon us like that, because... You know, He said, "David was a man after His own heart." And that's the way we want to be, after His own heart.

6 Most of the ministers who preach divine healing are usually (all that I have ever met) are great teachers of the Word. Some of them just have a great powerful faith, just lay hands on the people, and scream out, and make the enemy leave them. Now, that's faith; that's a gift of faith. They believe that they're going to receive what they ask for. That's the reason they take a hold of it in that manner. And I admire men like that, men like Oral Roberts, and A. A. Allen, and many of the men on the field, who has great ministerial gifts of the Spirit to move in faith.
Now the little humble gift that the Lord Jesus, by His grace, has let me have (I'm not much of a preacher; if any of you know me, you know that), but my gift is by vision, to see. And now, in the Bible, we're taught that gifts and callings are without repentance. It isn't that you're... Because God give you a little gift, it doesn't make you any different from anyone else. You're just all human beings, sinners saved by His grace. It's all we can make of ourselves.

7 But God has set some in the church, first apostles, or missionaries (They're both the same word.), meaning "one sent." Now, how that people ever wanted to be called a missionary instead of an apostle, I don't know. But it's the same word, "one that has been sent."
Apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, pastors. God has set those in the church. Now, that's His ministerial gifts that's given to the church.

8 Now in each local church there's nine spiritual gifts that's given to the people, and that's what you know of I Corinthians 12, of speaking in tongues, and interpretations, and the gift of prophecy, and wisdom, and knowledge, and so forth. Those ministerial gifts ... or, those gifts that go into the church, which is... Every member of the body of Christ is subject to any of those gifts at any time. God gives them, and works through the members of His church. And they're all working together for one purpose, to the perfecting of the body of Christ. And that's what we are here for tonight, for the setting in order, or the getting ready of the soon appearing of our blessed Saviour, Jesus Christ, which we believe with all of our hearts, will soon come down through the skies to take home a church, that's the remnant of those who love Him and keep the commandments of God.
And we believe that we're living in that type of a day now, when sputniks are in the skies, and the modern tower of Babel is being in the making. They fly to the moon and so forth. We believe that Jesus is soon coming, and it's later than we think.

9 That's why I'm in here tonight with my dear beloved friends here, the ministers that's on this platform, and others here in the audience, is to sandwich this little meeting in, to try to bring, maybe, to you, the best of my knowledge, what God would have in this day, and placing my ministry with these brother's ministry, is not to make this different, but what it's to do is to magnify Jesus Christ to all the ministers and their churches. That's what it's for; that's the only thing it's purposed for, is for that. And to find brethren of like precious faith, it certainly thrills my heart, because the evening is coming, the shadows are falling, and the day is far spent.
And I would like to get back sometime, if the Lord would permit, before His coming, to come back for a longer meeting. The people that I have met since I've been in your city, about three hours, or a little more, has been lovely, fine people, and I love that. The rooms we was staying in, very nice people. We was eating at a little place this afternoon here (not a little place; it was a nice big place) and the lady wouldn't even let us pay for it. She said, "You are my guest." I haven't been treated that way anywhere. So that was very fine. So I'm certainly thankful for this fine courtesy, and to come to the platform, tonight, and shake hands with these fine men, with fine spirits (amen), to believing then that God through this will bring us together for a great rally now, for these next few days. May He grant it, is my prayer.

10 And now, remember once more (so I'd sure that when the people begin to come in maybe, if the storms don't get too great, to hinder our crowds of people) ... remember, I say, "That healing is something that has already taken place." Every person in here has been healed for nineteen hundred years and something, since Christ died, see. And the only... And every sinner in here has been saved that long too. But it'll never do you no good till you accept Him as your personal Saviour. See?
He settled the sin question when He died. He settled the sick question when He died. But it's our individual faith in that blessing that He redeemed us to ... brought us out of the world to receive this blessing. Or, maybe I'd make it like this: it is our personal faith in something He has already done for us. And when we receive that, we are healed the minute we believe it. If I could stand here tonight and say, "Jesus Christ healed you, everyone, nineteen hundred years ago; by His stripes you were healed."

11 And now, let me say this too, that there's no blessing in the Bible that you can obtain without first confessing it. He said, "He's the High Priest of our confession." In Hebrews says, 3 says, "Our professions." "Profess" and "confess" is the same word.
Now if He's the High Priest of our confession, then He's sitting at the right hand of God the Father to make intercessions upon our confession. Do you believe that? Certainly. Now, what is He? Acting as a High Priest, with His own blood, before the Father, to act upon our confession. What we confess that He has done, He's standing before the Father to make it good: our confession.

12 And now, we could come to the altar, and pray all night, go back and fast for ten days, and come back and pray again; we might cry. I believe in all that. That's all all right. But we might do all that and still not be saved, until we in our heart can believe that Christ died in our stead, and reckon ourselves as sinners, and accept His righteousness. When we do that and accept Him, He stands before the Father then, to make good that confession. That's right. And the same thing by His stripes, we were healed.
And what does confess mean? Confess means "say the same thing." Don't say nothing contrary, but say what He said. Then we will be Abraham's children, which could call those things that were not as though they were, when God has said something.

13 Abraham being a hundred years old before He received the promise, but all through that twenty-five years, no matter how long it took, Abraham left everything contrary to God's Word. No matter how the circumstances looked, he endured as seeing Him who was invisible.
And He called the things that were as though they were not: the weakness of Sarah's womb, the deadness of it, the deadness of his own body. Seventy-five years old when God gave him the promise; he was a hundred years old before the baby ever come. But instead of getting weaker, he got stronger all the time, be more of a miracle, confessing that he knowed nothing else. He already had everything ready for the baby, and they waited for twenty-five years, got stronger all the time, because God said so. And we are Abraham's children, and if we are Abraham's children, the faith of Abraham dwells in us. And we call anything contrary to God's Word as though it was not. We believe what God has said.

14 Now before we open His Word, just for a little exhortation, and before we pray for the sick, let us bow our heads just a moment.
Eternal and blessed God, Who in sundry times and divers manners, spake to the fathers through the prophets, but in this last day has spoke to us through Thy beloved Son, the Lord Jesus... And oh, how we love to come together in heavenly places, gathered in His name, where He promised that He would meet with us, and there fellowship around His Word, to have the privilege of feeling His divine Spirit as It moves in upon us and gives us unction in our lives, for testimony to the Word of the living God.

15 Forgive us, our blessed Father, tonight, of any thing that we have did, or said, or even thought, that would be contrary to Thy divine will. O Lord God, wash us in the blood of Thy Child, as we humbly confess our wrong. Pour out upon us tonight that promised Spirit.
As we see the Gentile days ending, and the coming of the blessed Lord Jesus, we would ask that our hearts would be made pure as we study the Word. Give us the Word for the washing of the water by the Word to cleanse our minds from all unbelief. Take from our midst any shadows. Let us have divine favor with Thee this night, Lord God.

16 And we pray that You will even sanctify this building in which the meeting is being held, that the angels of God may take their positions by their posts, and by their seats, and around every person that will sit in this building. And grant, Almighty God, that their hearts will be stirred by Thy presence.
Bless these ministering brethren on this platform, and maybe many out there that could not get in on the platform. We would ask that this would be a great time of refreshing for your children and your pastors, the shepherds of the flock. May Your presence be so great that it would inspire them to move up closer, take a new hold, and to shepherd the sheep in a great way.

17 Lord, help I, Your unprofitable servant; cleanse me from all uncleanliness, anything that would be in my life, that would not be just according to Your will for me, take it away, O God. And let Thy divine Spirit move through us all, that when we leave here tonight, and start on our road to our different places, may we be able to say like those who came from Emmaus, "Did not our hearts burn within us, as He spoke to us along the way?"
We would ask tonight for Brother Ward's daughter, coming to the meeting to greet her daddy and mama, how that we struggle to get our children into this school. As she was coming on her road to hear the gospel of Thy divine grace to heal the sick, the enemy has caused her to be crushed, or thrown into a car some way, and has hurt her. She's probably laying on the bed somewhere, now waiting. Oh, let God's great mercy and His divine presence, overshadow that child at this minute. We say to the enemy, take your hands from that child. And may the kindness of the Lord Jesus bless her, that no harm come from this. Grant it, Father. May she hurry home, and be well and healthy, and just be a testimony of God's grace. Heal others, Lord, who are waiting. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

18 In the Word of the Lord tonight, just for a little familiar text, and then just to speak a few moments, because I know many of you might have to drive far, and it's slick. But I'm going to ask you tomorrow to get on the telephone, and call the sick people, and your neighbors, and bring them out, so that we can pray for them. And get the sinner friends and bring them in. Everybody would be welcome. If they are sinners, that's all right; this is a place where they should be.

19 And now, I want to take the Scripture reading from Saint John 12:20.
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to the ... worship at the feast:
The same came therefore unto Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
I've read this Scripture many times, but never do I ever read it, unless it thrills my heart. God's Word is just as eternal as God is Himself, and God is a part of His Word. I'm as good as my word; you're good as your word, and God is no better than His Word. And all down through the age, while men has read these words, it's thrilled their hearts. Then for a little context ... or, for a text, rather, as the campaign theme is based on Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever."

20 I would like to speak from this spot: why can't we see Him? And I think that these Greeks, who came to the feast, well expressed the feeling of this audience tonight. And every man that has ever heard that wonderful name of Jesus Christ, has longed to see Him. Oh, the anticipation from my heart is to see Him. The motive of my life, and my great objective is that some day I shall see Him face to face. Just to touch Him would be worth a thousand lives of service, and them lives full of struggles too, just to see Him.

21 And after these three Greeks came up, and their desires to see Him... And did you notice? they asked one of His friends to see Him. That's the way each one of you Christians, perhaps, got to see Jesus, was when you were introduced by a friend, one of the pastors, or the preachers, evangelists, or someone, who introduced you to the Lord Jesus by preaching His Word.
Sometime ago, I heard a little story from the river where I live; it's the Ohio River. And there was a little lad, who used to go to Sunday School every morning---Sunday morning---and he was an enthusiastic little fellow, and he played down on the river quite a bit.
And no man can get around and see the trees, and how that God lives in the bush. You know, there was a great story about the bush once, of Moses in the bush, saw the Angel on fire.
But did you know, you can't look at any bush without seeing God. What intelligence is in that little bush, when the winter comes on, to run that sap of the tree down into the roots to stay there until spring, and then bring it back up again. Put water on a stick, and see if there's any intelligence to run it down into the ground and bring it back up into the stick. God's in every bush. He's in every flower. If you just look, you can see Him everywhere. He's good. That way we could all see Him.

22 And this little lad, said to his mama one day, she said ... or, he said to her, said "Mama, can anyone see God?"
She said, "You ask the pastor."
So he said, "I've asked my Sunday school teacher, and she told me to ask you." And said, "Now, you say, 'ask the pastor.'"
So he asked the pastor, and the pastor said, "Certainly not, son. No one can see God."
So one day he was with an old fisherman up at the river, and on his road down, there'd come up a storm, and the leaves were all clean, as the storm cleans the leaves from the dust. And the little ripples, as the river bounced back to it's normal procedures, and just the boatman knows how the rhythm of that little waves dancing on the oars... As he pulled the boat, the old fellow kept looking over his shoulder. And after awhile, the little boy, sitting in the stern of the little rowboat, noticed great tears coming down the old man's beard, dripping from his eyes. And the little fellow got so enthused; he said, "Sir, what are you looking at?"
He said, "That rainbow."
And he said, "I'm going to ask you a question that no one seems to be able to answer me. Can anyone see God?"
And it was too much for the old fisherman; he pulled the oars in his lap, put his arm around the little lad, and he said, "Blessings on you, my little man; all I've seen for forty years has been God." Just so much God on the inside, you can see Him anywhere. That's the way we find God, is when He's on the inside looking out.

23 These men wanted to find, and see what He looked like. And I think, after nineteen hundred years, and we're taught that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And how we have sacrificed to build up churches, sent missionaries to the field. And in the hard times, that you younger people don't remember, but we older people, when the depression was on, how we just had to break a piece of bread between us, struggle to hold on. What's all this about? Is it just a philosophy? If it's just a philosophy, Mohammedanism can produce just as much philosophy as Christianity.
Is it psychology? Well, Buddha can produce just as much psychology as Christianity. Oh, they go into tantrums, and they scream, and they... And the Mohammedans run splinters through their fingers, and pull it out without bleeding, and lances through their chins. And I've seen them take a sword, they'd drink, throw a sword through them, and put it through the back, and pour water through them under that frenzy of worked up and so forth.

24 So we see, any religion could produce psychology, and could produce philosophy, but the Bible says that Christ rose again and He's alive forevermore. It isn't a philosophy, and yet it is. But it's a philosophy, and the only one, and the only religion, that can be proven to be the truth. So you have nothing to worry about, and all should rejoice because our God lives, just the same today as He ever lived. All of His powers and things is just as sufficient, and just as willingly given as it ever was. Oh, that should make us extremely happy to know that. And now, if He has rose again from the dead... I say that "if" not to be sacrilegious, but just for a point. If He has risen from the dead, and is alive, the Bible declares Him to be the same, yesterday, today, and forever. And then, if He is the same, He is the same in principle, the same in power, the same in manifestation.

25 The only way He'd be any different, would be a corporal body. And His corporal body is at the right hand of the Father's throne, making intercessions upon our confession. And anything that He died for, any attribute that His atonement called for, it's our personal property, of every believer to accept it, and confess it as a finished work, and receive it. How great Thou art. How great Thou art.
And it seems to be in the Christian church today, that the greatest hindrance that the Christian church has is a fear, just a try-at. Now, Christianity is not a try-at, it's a know-so. It's something that is real.

26 Now before our blessed Saviour left the world, He said in Saint John 15, I believe, "I am the vine, ye are the branches." Now, the vine does not bear fruit; the branches bears fruit. But the branch cannot bear fruit, unless it's in the vine. Now, as you know the vine then, by the kind of fruit it bears.
If we call ourselves Christians today and do not bear the works of our Lord Jesus, which He said in Saint John 14:7, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do, shall he also."... And then, if this church doesn't bear the fruit of the vine, and the same fruit of the same vine, then we would be connected into another vine. Like a wild gourd, that was in the days of Elijah.

27 Now we could organize church: Good. We can organize deacon boards: Fine. We can build fine churches: Wonderful. We can have good scholarly men and women: Wonderful. But that's still isn't what He said. He said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel." And the gospel, Paul said, did not come in word only, but through power and the manifestation ... or, the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, as a live resurrected God moving among the members of His body.
Now if it's a pumpkin vine, it'll bear pumpkins. If it's a watermelon vine, it'll have watermelons. If it's a grape vine, it'll have grapes. And if it's a Christian vine, Christ in the church, he will energize His branches that's in Him, to bear the fruits that He did when He was here on earth. That declares Him then to be the same, yesterday, today, and forever.

28 Now let's get a view for a few moments, the life of our Lord. There's only one place in the Bible that we're asked to contend, as far as I know, and that's in the book of Jude, and that is earnestly contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints, now, not a faith, but the faith. And in a mixed up audience, we would say, the Methodist church, "Yes, we contend for that faith." Baptist, "Yes," Pentecostal, "Yes"; Church of God, "Yes,"; Nazarene, "Yes." I believe that. But I believe that the church is so matured now, until it's back into it's original form.
Like a grain of corn, when it come up in the field, it was little shoots, like little leaves; well, it was corn. By and by the corn went a little higher and become a tassel. The tassel looks back and says, "I have no use for you anymore, leaf. I'm a tassel, I'm different." And that was perhaps, the first shoot; we'd call it the first reformation, Luther, reformation, the Lutheran church.

29 But when the Wesleyans come along with their revival, they said, "We don't need you Lutherans anymore." But did you know the very life that was in the blade, made the tassel? And it can go no further until it uses the blade, because it's got... It's a pollen, shakes off itself down into the blade, and there brings forth an ear. By and by, an ear of corn came out; it had grains on it. That was the Pentecostal, the restoration of the gifts coming back into the church.
Now the ear can't look back and say, "Tassel, I have no need of you, or blade either one," because it taken the blade and the tassel to make the ear. What is it? It is God's church, further matured, and all that is in it.
We can see these things now, that the ear's ripe, the ear's at the time of end. Oh, I know we got a lot of fungus on this ear, but it's still a ear just the same. That's right. We have a lot of ins-and-outs, and little isms, but God will shave that all off some of these days, and He will have a perfect ear of corn, one of these days. The same Holy Spirit that fell on Pentecost is bringing it all about.

30 Now if we would examine this vine, now, at it's a beginning... Now, let's turn back. Usually in a meeting, it should be three nights of teaching before we even have a prayer line, because many times... And as these days especially, when people who are not, maybe, taught just in the deep things of this great move of God, in these past forty years, that's swept around the world. They might not understand just right, and they come just a little critical or something, or maybe not wanting to be, but not understanding the Word. So you can imagine what a job it would be for the Holy Spirit to press that into hearts at one night.
Notice. Let's just turn now... I read on Saint John tonight. Let's turn back and find out what Jesus was yesterday. And if we can find out what Jesus was yesterday, then we ought to have a good conception of what He is today. And if we could find out how He manifested Himself to let the people know surely, that it was Him, the Messiah, He should do the same thing today, if He is the same.

31 Now we find here in Saint John, that in the beginning when God had made Christ His dwelling place... And God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself. We all believe that. God tabernacling in flesh. Now, in Him was the fullness of the Godhead bodily, but when He met the devil, He never tried to use any of His powers. Yet, the Father could have spoke anything to Him. But He never used it. He used the Father's written Word. And He never used His powers, but He used God's Word, and said, "It is written: man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God ... or, out of the mouth of God." See, He defeated the devil on the Father's Word.
And let me say this now, that the Word of God will defeat the devil anywhere, anytime, or any place. He will defeat the devil. And the right mental attitude towards any divine promise of God will bring it to pass. If you can look at it the way God wrote it, and accept it in your heart, God will make that Word become life.

32 Some man said to me a few days ago; he said, "You mean, Mr. Branham..." After I'd preached on the handwriting at the wall, and the sputnik in the sky, he said, "Do you mean, that you believe this world would be destroyed? How can it be?"
I said, "The same Word that spoke it into existence, will speak it out of existence." It's by the Word of God that it is so.
Let's notice what Jesus did and the life that He lived. Then let's see if we can find Him tonight. And now notice, we find that when He begins to call His disciples here, there was one got converted by the name of Simon. He was a fisherman. The Bible said, "He was ignorant and an unlearned man." But isn't it strange, that God would call such a person as that? God looks for hearts that He can work through and work on. And when this fisherman came with his brother Andrew, we find here in the Bible, a very startling thing.
Being it's a little late, I won't take time to read it; just read Saint John the 1st chapter when you go home.

33 And we find that when Simon came up in the presence of the Lord Jesus, Jesus told him who he was and told him what his father's name was. That's what the Bible said: "Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas." And He was going to give him the name then of Peter, meaning "little stone." Wonder how that man felt when he seen a strange man tell him such a thing as that?
There was one standing by, by the name of Philip, and he was of Bethsaida, the same city that Simon Peter lived in. And when he saw this happen, he goes around the mountain, and he finds a friend by the name of Nathanael. And Nathanael was a very staunch, orthodox believer in the old Jewish church. And when he found this man, Nathanael, he was under a tree, praying. And now, he waited perhaps, being a gentleman, till he finished praying, and he would say, "Oh, Nathanael."
"Philip." And I can see those two men clasp each other's hands, and shake their hands, and as the old tradition was, hug each other, and pat them on the back.
"Oh, Nathanael, it's been a long time since I saw you."
"Yes, Nathanael ... or, Philip, I haven't saw you for some years."
"Here, I come to tell you the best news that you've ever heard."
"What would it be, Philip? What's your face so lit up? Why, you look like a different person." Any man that's ever been in the presence of Jesus Christ, it changes him. "You look like a different person."

34 "Oh, I want to tell you, something's happened."
"What is it? Don't keep the news from me any longer, Philip. I'm a man who loves to hear good news."
He said, "Come, see who we have found."
"Who did you find?"
"Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Now I can see the countenance on his face, expressed, and said, "Now, just a minute, Philip. Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Or one of those little missions or whatever? "Could there be any good thing come out of a place like that?"
And I think Philip give him the best answer that any man could give him. He said, "Come and see. Just come, see for yourself." And He was willing to go, upon his friend's invitation.
And if you're ever in Palestine, look how far that was around the mountain. And no doubt when Philip, going along, said, "Now, I tell what I saw done. Simon come up, the old fisherman over there in Bethsaida, and when He came up, He even spoke to him, and knew who he was. It wouldn't surprise me but what He'd know who you are."
"Aw, now, come on now, Philip. I believe maybe the hot sun has just got the best of you. What kind of a cult have you got into anyhow? What's happened to you?"
"Well, just come on."

35 And as they went around the mountain, finally they came into the view, where Jesus was having a little prayer line, perhaps, praying for the sick. And when Philip walked up with Nathanael, Jesus turning and looking at him, looked out, and there was all the Jews. The great orthodox church was standing there, just all soured down. And Jesus looked back to Nathanael, and said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
Now all men dressed alike, and they wore beards, and robes, and so forth, so you never know whether he could have been a Greek or he could have been anything else. But Jesus said, "There is a just man, that's truthful."
And it almost took the little Jew from his feet, and he said, "Rabbi (meaning 'teacher'), when did You know me? And other wise, You've never seen me in Your life. How did You know I was just and honest, and was very much of a child of Israel? How did You know that I was circumcised, and all these things it takes to make an Israelite a different and a peculiar people. How did You know that?" Listen to Jesus' Word...
Here it is. He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the trees, I saw you. Why, seven miles around the mountain, I saw You."

36 What did the man say? Now, he represented a Jewish nation of believers. He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."
And Jesus said, "Because I told you that, you believe me? You'll see greater than this."
Now the Jews was standing by, according to Luke's statement, and they said, not out loud, but in their hearts, "This man is Beelzebub." When they seen His work... You know what Beelzebub is? Is "a devil, a fortuneteller, a great power of the devil." Said, "This man is Beelzebub."
What did Jesus say about it? He said, "If you speak a word against that, against the Son of man, it will be forgiven you. But whosoever speaks a word against the Holy Ghost, when He comes to do the same thing (Just a little later in the lesson we will get it.), when He comes to do the same thing, one word against it will never be forgiven in this world, or the world to come." Because they called the Spirit of God an unclean spirit. No wonder we are ready for judgment.

37 Notice. How did that Jew recognize that to be the Son of God? If Jesus manifested Himself before the Jewish race of people, and that is the way He did it, to manifest Himself to the Jew at the closing of their age, if that was Jesus yesterday to the Jew, it's Jesus today to the Gentile. Remember, He never did anything like that before a Gentile. And He told His disciples, "Don't you go to the Gentiles, for they had their time now." But He's the same; He's got to do the same.
Now we know there's three races of people; that's Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people, which turn to be Jew, Gentile and Samaritan.

38 Now in the 4th chapter of Saint John, we find Him going... First He was on His road down to Jericho, and He went up around to another city called Samaria. He sent His disciples away, and there sat a Samaritan woman on the well ... or, by the well. And when Jesus came up and the disciples went away ... or she came up later rather, Jesus said to her, "Woman bring Me a drink."
And she begin to talk to Him and said, "There's a law of segregation here. We Samaritans and you Jews have no fellowship with each other; we don't agree. And why would You ask me to bring a drink to You?"
He said, "But if you knew who you were speaking to, you would ask Me for a drink. And I'd give you water you don't come here to draw." And the conversation went on about the well, how deep it was, and Jacob the father dug it and so forth. What was Jesus doing? Contacting her spirit. And then when He found what her trouble was, He said, "Woman, go get your husband and come here."
And she said, "I do not have any husband."
He said, "You said, right; you've got five husbands, and the one that you're now living with, is not your husband. Wherefore thou saidst right."
What did she say? Now, this is a Samaritan. Closely, don't miss this. She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. We know (we Samaritans), we know when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us all things. He will do these things that You're doing." But she couldn't understand who He was. She knew that would be the sign of the Messiah.
And He said, "I'm He that speaks to you."
And she ran into the city and said, "Come, see a man that told me the things that I done. Isn't this the Messiah?" If that was Jesus yesterday, it's Jesus today, the same yesterday, today.

39 Now we find one time that He was going through a crowd of people, and a little woman touched His garment. For she said within herself... She believed that. He was just considered, just about like any person that tries to live right with God, "some crank." And she said, "If I could just touch His garment, I will be made well." And she touched Him.
Jesus stopped; He said, "Who touched Me?"
And Peter rebuked Him, said, "The whole crowd's touching You, Master."
And He said, "But I perceive that I've got weak. Virtue's gone from me, strength." And He looked around till He found the woman, and He revealed to her and said, "Thy faith has saved thee." That was Jesus yesterday. If He is the same today, He will do the same, He will display Himself the same, He will manifest Himself the same---the same yesterday, today, and forever.
You say, "Brother Branham, is that Scriptural?" Yes, sir. The Bible said, New Testament, Hebrews, that He is now a High Priest, sitting at the right hand of God, a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. Right now. Well, the way He acted when He was touched then by infirmities, He will have to act the same now, if He is the same. "Sirs, we desire to see Jesus."

40 He works through His branches. No matter how much He works through one, but He works through all His branches. He just can't work through one branch. No matter what God could do in one place, if there isn't an audience out there to receive it, and to believe it, it'll never work. Jesus didn't even know nothing about that woman. God hadn't showed Him a vision, yet He said, "He didn't do nothing till God showed Him a vision." Do you believe that?
Let's take just for a minute, and find out a few days later. He passed through the pool of Bethesda, where great multitudes of lame, halt, blind, withered people were laying. Watch Him. Full of virtue, God in Him, walking among the people, around through the lame, halt, blind, and withered. He come down the steps into the pool, where people were there, waiting for an angel to trouble the water.

41 In every age, God's had some representative on the earth for healing of the body---an Angel. Many people thought they were fanatic; some thought it was just... Historians thought it was water, the wind circling around and troubling the water. But the Bible said it was an angel. And they were waiting to get into the water, to test their faith. While they were waiting there, here come Jesus walking through the ... around the lame, blind, halt, withered, and come to a man that was laying on a pallet.
How many knows what a pallet is? I was raised on one. It's a little old quilt laying down at the door, a pallet.
And as He saw this man, He knew that he'd been in this condition for thirty-eight years. He wasn't lame, halt, blind; he had an infirmity, maybe TB, maybe a prostate trouble; however, it was retarded. It wasn't going to kill him; he'd had it thirty-eight years. And watch Him passing by all these people, and going to this one, and healing him.

42 The man was packing his bed on the Sabbath. He was questioned. Saint John 5, now, still in Saint John, 5th chapter, the 19th verse, if you want to mark it, 5:19. Jesus was questioned. And listen what He said, "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." Other words, "I do nothing until the Father shows Me first what to do." See, it was all...
No flesh can glory in the presence of God. God was in Christ. And if Christ is in you, then your faith is like the faith that was in Christ. You believe the Father, for you are sons and daughters of God by the adoption by Jesus Christ. Ephesians, 1st chapter, about the 5th verse: predestinated to the adoption of the children of God through Christ.

43 Now notice. That was Jesus yesterday, how He manifested Himself. Now, I will close here until tomorrow. Look, how did He make Himself known to the Jews? By telling Philip ... or, Nathanael, where he was before Philip found him: under the tree praying, or whatever he was doing. And Philip had instructed him, no doubt, that Jesus could do that. Do you believe He can still do that?
Then when He made Himself known to the Samaritans, it was by the same way: talking to a woman till He found her trouble, and told her what her trouble was. And she declared it that it... She knew that the Messiah would do that. And did you notice, when Jesus went into the city, He didn't have any healing service in the city? Why? He knew that there'd be another man come down, a little deacon, right after Pentecost and he had a... Philip, he had a real revival down there. Do you remember that? Healing the sick, and casting out devils, because they'd had the Word of God preached to them.

44 Now Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever; therefore, if He will manifest Himself in the same manner... Now, if He did that to manifest Himself to the Jew, and to the Samaritan, and forbid it to be done before the Gentile (For Paul turned to the Gentiles years later.), then I want to ask you something, at the closing of the Gentile dispensation, Christ is obligated, if He is the same, to manifest Himself the same before the Gentile, as He did before the Jew, to make Himself known that He's still alive. He is the same Lord Jesus, alive tonight in our midst, working signs, and wonders, and miracles.

45 We have His picture here on paper. Many of you has seen it. We don't have time to tell you of it. That's not my picture; I'm your brother. But it's been questioned. "What was that?" To me it was the same God that led the children of Israel by a pillar of fire. We all know that that was the Logos, that the Angel of the covenant, which was Christ, that led the children of Israel. Christ declared it to be so. He said He was the I AM, that He was in the burning bush, and He was the Rock that was in the wilderness.
That pillar of fire was made flesh and dwelt among us. And when He was here, He said, "I come from God, and I go back to God." And after His death, burial, and resurrection, when He appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus, He had again, the same Logos in a pillar of fire, manifested Himself, and remember Paul said, "Who is it, Lord?" The light was so bright that it put Paul's eyes out, yet those standing by couldn't see it. It was a reality to those who God would reveal it to, but the others who stood by, didn't know nothing about it. [Gap in the audio] ... the revelation came.

46 They took him into the temple, and the Urim and Thummim, which was the breastplate of Aaron, had the twelve stones of children of Israel. When they began to prophesy or tell their dreams, and if those lights conglomerated together, and made a supernatural... God always answers by supernatural. And He manifested Himself through those lights, that it was supernatural. If the Urim and Thummim spoke back, any Bible reader knows that they accepted it, that it was of God. And if it didn't manifest itself in the lights, then it wasn't of God.
Now when the Aaronic priesthood closed, the Urim and Thummim went with it, that Urim and Thummim. But God has another Urim and Thummim; that's His Word. And when a prophet prophesies, or a preacher preaches, or an evangelist preaches, or a dream is said, or whatever it is, if it isn't according to the Word, it's wrong. This is God's Urim and Thummim. And if that Angel who has declared Himself, and has proven, if He doesn't, in the human flesh declare Himself, to be the same nature, with the same Spirit, working the same signs, that He did when He was here on earth, then it's a wrong angel. But if He declares Himself to be the same, it's Christ in the church manifesting Himself these last days. That's as clear as I know the Word.

47 You have to know it was a spirit. Flesh cannot do those things. What is it? The vine, the branches, the same life that was in the vine comes through His branches. He feeds the branch through His vine. That's how He declares Himself to be the same yesterday, today, and forever, for He said, "I'm the vine." The Holy Spirit now, Christ in Spirit form in you, energizing you with His Spirit to believe God, and everything that He does, He manifests Himself just like He did in the Bible times. "The works that I do, shall you also. A little while, and the world won't see Me no more (How many knows He said that? That's the unbeliever.), yet ye shall see Me (the believer), for I ('I,' personal pronoun), I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world." Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. "The works that I do, shall you do also."
Now the word there in King James says, "Greater works than this will you do." But if you'll run that back to the Greek Lexicon, you'll find out that it doesn't mean "greater," it means "more." You couldn't do greater. He stopped nature; He healed the sick; He raised the dead; He done th... Well, there could be no more done. But you could do more of it, because He would be in His church as the vine in His branches, or the whole world around and the same thing.

48 Oh, my. When I think of it, and how He promised to do it... Tell me where the Jew back there, when it was manifested before him, where he got that at: knowing that was the sign of the Messiah. How did the Samaritan woman know it? The same way that the believer knows it today. It's God's promise, and we look for it. And we're in the end time, and the power has gone back to the grain again, and the church is making herself ready to stand on her feet to be carried into glory when Jesus comes. We believe Him to be here.
I don't say that He will. I don't know that He will. I've stood before tens of thousands, just a half a million at one time, and took the Bible in one hand, and the Koran in the other, and said, "One of them is right, and the other's wrong." I said, "You just got through saying, 'You're waiting for somebody,' when I landed in India." That's where it taken your place.

49 All the bishops of the Methodist church, and many of them met me out there, the Pentecostal brethren, many great churches. They said, "Mr. Branham, we don't want you to come here as a missionary. We had the Bible two thousand years before you was a nation; that's a eastern book. You western people don't have the slant on it." Not disregarding our education to it, but that's a lot of truth, because it's an oriental Book, wrote in oriental customs. Right. He said, "We know the Word, but we understand that God has given you Yankees, His spirit to make this Bible live again." Said, "That's what we want to know."

50 That night (after being entertained that day by seventeen different religions of India, and every one of them against Christ.) ... that night, before the Mohammedans, before the rest of them, every mouth was closed, and God in His great mercy, give sight to a man that had been blind for twenty years. Standing there, even tell who he was, and where he come from, had to spell his name, couldn't even pronounce it, and so forth. Then I could see with tens of thousands, looked like, of black hands raising up to receive Christ as personal Saviour.
There in Durban, South Africa, my last meeting there, something taken place on the platform. We stand as white people; we're full of superstitions: Dr. So-and-So said it was mental telepathy; somebody else said it was something else, something else, something else, till the poor people don't know what to believe. But they're heathen, and when they stood there...

51 How many of you people remember Dr. F. F. Bosworth? Sure you do. Brother Bosworth just went home a few weeks ago. When the old man stood there, and they seen something take place at the platform, and they begin to move. I haven't time tell you about it, but I seen thirty thousand raw heathens break their idols on the ground and come to Jesus Christ at one altar call. Oh, how I love to... Sat not long ago, at a little party where...

52 Dr. Davis ordained me in a Baptist church, and told me I'd lost my mind, in going out with a bunch of holy-rollers. How I'd love to stand there and say, "Dr. Davis, what you call fanaticism, our Baptist church has spent millions of dollars on missionaries over there, and what did we find them with? A tag around their neck, packing an idol.
Oh, they're Christians, yeah, but "If Amoyah, the unseen God fails, this one won't." That's the weakness of the Christian church. But when the seeds of power, of the resurrected Christ manifests it, it settled the question, and the idols was broken, thirty thousand heathens... More than the Baptist had won in a hundred and fifty years of missionarying. At one time, because it's what Christ said would take place, and we're living in that hour and in that day. And this is our day of visitation, friends; it's later than you think. Let's pray.

53 Lord God, I'm just so thankful to have the opportunity to say to hundreds of believers here tonight, that Your great presence has never left us. You're still the Spirit that moves through our bodies, and performs Your works, and the church is moving on. I pray, God, tonight, that You'll energize every person here with Your presence; that You will come into our midst, Lord Jesus, and do that, just what You did before Your death, burial, and resurrection.
That's how Cleopas and his friend knew that You were risen from the dead. They'd talked to You all day, and yet didn't know You. But when You did something, just like You did it before Your crucifixion, they knew that You were the only One that did it that way. And it had to be You, and they recognized You.

54 And there may be many a soul sitting here, tonight, that's served You for years in some church. O Lord, You've talked to them, and You've helped them; now make Yourself real tonight, and manifest Your presence, just like You did before Your crucifixion, that they might go back to their church with a stern testimony, and shake the hand of the pastor, and say, "Pastor, I'm more determined to work for our Lord. Give me something to do."
Grant it, Lord, and in doing this, Thou knows our objectives and our motives, whether they be right or not. May there come an old fashion revival in the city, that'll sweep thousands of souls to their knees.
Grant it, Father, before this whole earth becomes a powder from the hands of wicked men, but being ordained of God to do it, because the unbelieving world has come to it's end.
And we pray now, Father, that You will manifest Yourself, according to Your Word. For we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.
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55 Now, let us pray just a moment. Now, Lord God, this is as far as any human being can go. The next has to be Thee, O eternal God. Hundreds of hands went up awhile ago, for their first time in the meeting. First, we laid the Word, to let them see that it was the Word and God's promise. Now, Father, may You manifest Yourself, tonight, as You did in the days gone by, that the people might be without an excuse at that great day. Help Thou, me, O Lord, and as we yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit, we will be led by the Holy Spirit. We pray that You'll give us this victory, in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.

56 Now ever who's the engineer on these... When visions come, through subconscious conditions... How many knows that? Sure, you are. How many knows that one vision made the Son of God weak? One vision caused Daniel to be troubled at his head for many days. One caused Elijah to wander forty days in the wilderness. My, what a time. Only God's grace permits it.
Now would you stand up, sir? Brother Vayle, if you all come up, get on down the line.
Now be real reverent. Don't move. Sit still. Pray. Yes. Thanks. [Someone says, "Not all can hear."] Is that better? Can you hear me?
Now the reason on the platform... It's just the group that's with me here, see. I know what's the matter with each one of those people, see. Oh, you could put people around me, be all right, but it wouldn't be so ... be hard, see. For as soon as the anointing of the Holy Spirit comes, that sets every demon to screaming, see. It's no use trying to explain it. How many's seen the picture of it, tonight? Did you get to see it? Raise your hand. They got it here. Washington, DC, by George J. Lacy, the head of the FBI, fingerprint and documents...

57 Suppose we're strangers to one another, sir? If that's right, would you just raise up your hand, so the people will know. I don't the man; never seen him in my life. And here's a perfect example of what I just read tonight: Philip and Nathanael, two men, Nathanael standing before our Lord. This is our first time meeting.
Now if this man is sick, say he's got cancer, he's got TB, or some disease. If I'd go up and say, "Brother," and say, "Thus saith the Lord, brother, 'Hallelujah, you're healed, go and believe the Lord.'" He might not even be standing here... He might be a critic. See? Might be. If it is, watch what happens. But if the Holy Spirit would come and tell him something like He told Nathanael, then he will know whether that's truth or not, something that's hid somewhere back in his life; he will know whether that's true. He could doubt me on the others. He can't doubt that, because he knows. Let him be the judge. Would that be right, sir? That'd be right.

58 Our first time meeting? We're probably born miles apart, maybe years apart. But here we are for the first time. Now, I want to ask you, if the Lord Jesus, both of us men saying that we never met before, if Christ will come, and do the same thing that He did, like He met Nathanael and Philip, like He did in the Bible, how many here will say, "I will love Him, and believe Him with all my heart."? Would you raise your hand, and say, "I will love Him and believe Him."? Now, be in prayer.
I just would speak to you a moment, like our Master did at the well, because after preaching... Little short meetings are hard, see. After a few nights of laying the gospel down to where you see that the people sees it's the gospel, then it's not hard then, see. I can just go right in then, Dr. Vayle can preach, and I walk right behind him, and start praying for the sick. But this way, when both preaching and trying... This is two different... It's the same Spirit but two different gifts, two different manifestations of the same Spirit.

59 Now if the Lord Jesus will reveal to me what you're here for, you will believe. If you're sick, I couldn't heal you. And if you're needing money, I might let you have five dollars, but I... If it's domestic trouble, I don't know. You know I don't know. That's right. I don't know, but God does. And if He will grant it, then you'll accept it. And the audience said they would accept it.
I just want to ask the audience something else. How many will believe for yourself, if He will reveal it like that? You'll believe for yourself. The Holy Spirit sees. You say, "Why are you stalling, Brother Branham?" For that anointing. That's right. That's exactly right.
I don't know this man, don't know none of you. Now, you out there, just keep believing, praying, "Lord, speak things to me." I'm waiting for Him. If He doesn't come, the only thing I can do is lay hands on you sick people. That's all.

60 Now if the audience can still hear my voice, I see the man suffering with an extreme nervous condition. He's extremely nervous. That's one of the things he wants prayed for, but there's something else, and that is the use of his hand, his left hand. It's been hurt, and that was caused by a power saw, that he buzzed his hand, and cut the nerves loose in his hand. That's "thus saith the Lord." If that's right, raise up your hand. Go and believe now, and it'll all be over for you. God bless you. Now have faith; just believe.

61 Young lady, I suppose this is our first time meeting? What I was just preaching about awhile ago, do you believe that to be the truth? You believe it. I'm totally strange to you, but if Jesus Christ will reveal just like... This is a case again, a man and a woman. Like Jesus in Saint John the 4th chapter, the woman at the well, a man and a woman.
Here we are, the first time we've ever met. That was the first that He and the woman ever met, but He knew where her trouble was. If God will reveal to me where your trouble is, or something about you that you know I don't know, will you believe?
You too are awfully nervous, and you've got pains all in your body. And that pain was caused down at the female glands, because you had a operation, here some time ago, and it's never been right since. You got pains down in that part of your body. You never came from this city; you're from another city, looks like that city would be like Scotland, Indiana. That is right. Do you believe now? Then go home and be well. God bless you. Hear, O Father God.

62 How do you do? What do you think sitting there, lady, at the end of the seat? Do you believe this to be of God? You were trying hard to press in. You were praying for me to call you. And it isn't for you; it's for that child there. That's right. If God will reveal to me what the trouble is, will you accept it as being from God? You will? If you will, raise up your hand. Convulsions. You believe? That's right. Raise your hand if that's true. Put you hand over on her. O Lord God, Creator of heavens and earth, she touched Your garment, just then and she's got her hand on the baby. In the name of Jesus Christ, I condemn the devil, as causing this harm to the baby. In Jesus' name, may it leave. Amen. Don't you doubt. What did you touch? You never touched me, did you? You touched somebody who knows you, the High Priest that can be touched with the feelings of your infirmities. Have faith in God.

63 How do you do, lady. If the Lord God were to reveal to me what your trouble is, will you believe me to be His servant? All tore up about something; I see you walking, holding your hands like this. You're going through a room, where some curtains swept by, praying before you come, that you'd get into this prayer line tonight, because you're suffering tremendously. You got tumors; the tumors are all over your body. They're in your lungs, and in your kidneys, and pressing in such a way, till it's pressing fluid against your heart causing you to have heart trouble. That's "thus saith the Lord." Do you believe He will make you well? Then go, and if you have a need [unclear words].
Are you believing? You out there in the audience now, have faith; don't doubt.

64 How do you do, sir? Do you believe God has... If the Lord God will reveal to me, sir, what you're here for, would you believe with all your heart? I have no way of knowing you, or knowing anything about you, but God Almighty does. Do you believe you can eat your supper after this? You've got stomach trouble. Do you believe the rupture on that boy will be healed? You're not from this city, though. You're from another place. It's in Indiana; called [unclear]. That's right. You're a minister of the gospel. Reverend Mr. Hubbard; that's your name. Never saw you in my life. This is the first time. Go home and eat your supper now.
Have faith in God. Don't doubt. If thou canst believe, all things are possible. Do you believe it with all your heart?

65 Do you believe God will heal you? Jesus said, "If thou canst believe."
I'm just a bit disturbed. Just a moment. The man has got some connection in the room here. It's a woman there; that's you praying; it's your husband. That's right. Do you believe God sees that diabetes, make you well? Do you believe He's the same God that knowed Peter? Well, Mr. and Mrs. Courtney, you can go home now and be well. Both of you step out of the line [unclear words].
Do you believe the Lord? Listen, friends [unclear words] that's Him. Open up your heart now. Just let your heart go. It's the Word. What happened? Touched with the feeling of our infirmities.

66 What if I told you of your back trouble left you, sitting there, would you believe it? Well then, go on your road and rejoice ... like heart trouble; it's nervousness. Do you believe God healed you? Go on your road, and rejoice, and say, "Thank you, Lord." with all your heart.
Believe God healed your stomach trouble, and make you well? Go, eat your supper. Be made well, for the glory of God.
No, I'm not reading minds. Now, you remember, your thoughts is known.
Sir, sitting right here looking at me, right there beside that black-headed woman, you got a prayer card? You haven't? Do you believe that God will make you well, if I tell you what you're trouble is? You're really believing it, aren't you? That's right. That happens to be your wife sitting next to you. Yes. She has trouble with her throat. You've got a hernia. If that's right, raise up your hand. All right. Then go and receive your healing, and believe with all your heart.
I challenge your faith to believe.
Here, here.

67 Bring that person here. Put your hand on mine, sister. I've never seen you in my life. If God will tell me, looking this way, so get that telepathy from your mind, if God will tell me what your trouble is, will you believe Him? You will? You got a lady's trouble, female trouble. That's right. Raise up your hand if that's true. You had it. You don't have it now. Go on your road rejoicing.
Do you believe that heart trouble has left you? Then go on your road and rejoice.
Look, sister, you sitting there crying, telling Him that you believe with all of his heart, sitting there crying, praying, trying to press in, you touched Him. All right. Do you believe me to be His prophet, will you do that? All right. Your bowel trouble leaves you then. You can go home and be well. That was your trouble.

68 Just a moment. What do you think about the same thing, believe God healed that bowel trouble too, make you well? You believe with all your heart. Stand up. It's over now, go on rejoicing. Go rejoicing. That little lady [unclear words] was awful nice about that, sister, to tell Him, His microphone. That's spinal trouble that you been having, you believe it's gone? If you do... All right, stand up on your feet. Believe Him with all your heart, be well. If thou canst believe.
What do you think about that heart trouble? Do believe it'll leave you? Go on your road, rejoicing, say, "Thank you, Lord." All right, sir, here, come here just a minute. Like to go eat? Go get you a hamburger. God bless you.
Sir, you're nervous; you got deep thinking. You cross bridges before you get to it; it's caused you to have a peptic ulcer in your stomach; your food sours and comes back. It's gone now. Go on, believing with all your heart.

69 Arthritis is a easy thing for God to heal. Do you believe that, sir. Then just go on your road, rejoicing, say, "Thank you, Lord Jesus," and be made well.
You believe God will heal your heart trouble? Believe it with all your heart? Get up and go on your road rejoicing, say, "Thank you, Lord."

70 I challenge your faith in Jesus' name, to look this way and believe. How many believes with all your heart? Say, "I do believe." What else can He do? There's no need of calling any more cards. It could go on till I would drop, but that's God's promise. Do you believe it to be His promise? Do you believe He's in His presence? Then bow your heads just a minute.
You know it has to come from some power. Well, do you believe like the Jew did in His day, the orthodox unbeliever, that it's Beelzebub? That's whose reward you'll get. If you believe it was God, you get His reward. Now, you believe while we pray.

71 Eternal God, we thank Thee for the Spirit of the Lord Jesus. Oh, I pray Thee, God, to be merciful just now, and to heal every sickness in here. How could we doubt any longer? Your presence is here; You've manifested Yourself. You're here in Your Word; You're making Your Word to live. Every promise is true. Therefore, Lord, just, only thing that could keep people from being healed is doubting. May every doubt be moved just now, and may the Holy Ghost sweep into every heart, and now, pour His presence in there and let them know that You're the healer. And make them all well, in Jesus Christ's name, I ask it. Amen.

72 Do you believe you're healed? Do you accept your healing? Could He do anything else? There's nothing else He could do. If you believe you're healed, no matter what's wrong with you, stand to your feet and accept Him as your healer. Stand up, you that want to believe. Raise your hands up to Him. Thank Him. Say, "Praise His name." Give Him praise and glory. The Great Physician now is here, the sympathizing Jesus. He speaks the drooping hearts to cheer; no other name but Jesus. Just raise your hands and give Him praise. Say, "I thank you, Lord, for healing me."

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever

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1 So happy to be back down in this wonderful Tennessee again. Much water has went down the river since the last time I was here. But I have long remembered that meeting. Standing here on the platform, and yet people come to me many times to be prayed for, and would say to me, "Brother Branham, I was healed of a certain, certain thing when you were in Chattanooga." So it's lasting results.
Out of that same meeting came several preachers. They'd been to see me, that, young fellows that just caught the vision. And they are out on the field tonight, battling away for the Kingdom of God. When you see a man, a young fellow, or a meeting (I might say it like that) that will produce a preacher, that will produce souls in the Kingdom of God. So we're happy for the last meeting. And we're praying that God will double that portion this time and give us a great meeting: not because that Brother Vayle and I are down here, but because that we believe that we're living real close to the second coming of our Lord.

2 He being willing this week, after we kinda get quietened down, and the building begins to get the people in, if they come, we want to talk on some of those subjects at night: of the second coming of the Lord and the signs of the time. I believe that by God's Word I--I don't see one thing left that would hinder the coming of the Lord Jesus tonight. Now, that sounds rather erratic, but it is truth. All the prophecies pertaining to His second coming, as far as I know, is already fulfilled, waiting for His coming. So what kind of people should we be? Alert and ready at any minute for His appearing. And let's live in this meeting. Let's do this just as if this may be the last meeting, last revival that'll ever be in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

3 Did you know it wouldn't be hard for this night to be the last night that Tennessee ever stands on the map? She could be powder before morning, and never... wouldn't be anything alarming about it, no more than it's going. It's true. Or the whole world could be just powder by morning. The weapon is in the hands of sinful men. And God predicted it would be done, what's left. We should wake ourselves up. And I want each one of you people who are Christians to promise God tonight that you will constantly pray for this meeting. If you have to call a fast and pray, let's pray that God will get glory in this meeting, and give a call...

4 There's just so many people that's going to be saved. That's when the body of Christ is completed. It will not be a freak body. There will never be one extra person added. When that last person comes into the Kingdom, the doors are closed. There will be no more room after that. For those who He foreknew, He has called; those who He has called, He has justified; those who He has justified, He hath glorified. See? What God foreknew by foreknowledge He calls, and when the last one's called, that'll settle it. Oh, it might be tonight. It'd be a terrible time for a sinner friend. It'll be a glorious time for a Christian. And we're trusting to God to help us.

5 Now, I would like to read some of the Word. Each night, I love to read the Word, even after Brother Vayle has--has done the speaking. I like to read and talk just a little bit, especially on this first night, because there's strangers, perhaps, in our midst who has never been in any of our meetings. And we would like to explain to them why we have meetings and what the purpose is.
I would just like to know around in the audience, everywhere, how many here has never been in one of our meetings? Let's see your hands go up. Never been in one of our meetings? Well, we're thankful to God for you; and so welcomed to be back.

6 And now, we are... Reason I preach the Gospel is because it was a Divine call. Paul said in the Bible, "I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision." Therefore, every minister, whether he's Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, whatever he might be, he has a Divine call, and he has to be obedient to that call, even if it's contrary to what some would believe. You must be obedient anyhow, because it's a Divine calling, an inspiration from God. And I have honor for a man, though I might disagree with him Scripturally, but if he will be honorable and reverent to a Divine call, the man should be honored, any man that would stay by his call.

7 Now, many times the meetings are referred to, many times just as "healing services." Healing is not the service. Healing is just the--the bait that's used to catch the sinner. It's just like going fishing. You live here on the river. You never show the fish the hook; you show him the bait. See? He grabs the bait and gets the hook. That right, brother? Uh, huh. So that's what we try to do. Divine healing is merely... It's in the atonement; it's God's Word. And we believe that, teach that, and know that it's so. And we have seen the Lord, around the world now... Since I've been here, the Lord has taken me around the world, and I've seen some of the greatest meetings that I have ever seen of, or read of our Lord do.

8 In Durbin, South Africa, recently, I had a meeting there, and after the Lord had did a miracle at the platform, a miracle of discernment, there was thirty-thousand raw heathens come to the Lord Jesus Christ in one altar call: thirty-thousand. It's pretty near half the population of this city. And those were... That was not somebody, just backsliders that come back. That was blanket natives who didn't know right from left hand. They broke their idols on the ground, and they tagged thirty-thousand of them at one altar call.

9 Bombay, India, recently there was no way of seeing. We couldn't get the churches to cooperate, because of the cooperation we went under (another church) and the... Some of the churches were down on them, and that started the rest of them down on this group. But the people come anyhow.
It's such a sad thing. If we can get the ministers to cooperate, so that the--the man when he's converted, he can have a church home to go to... If you turn him back out in the--the devil's pig pen, then he'll become back again just like he was. But if you got a place that you can direct him to, some good... Like Jesus with the Samaritan, he taken him to the inn. He said the Good Samaritan taking the m--the falling man to the inn. That's... We got to have a place like that.
And so the little church that was sponsoring us was insufficient to take care of a place where it was estimated that, in the time we were there (three days), that around five hundred thousand was present. And, oh, I just wouldn't know how many tens of thousands of Mohammedans and everything came to Christ, with no way at all to take care of it. So you can imagine what a situation arose from that.

10 I'm so glad to see this fine group of ministers on the platform here tonight, that if souls get saved, you know where to, what they can do. They can take you, and bring you to their church, and teach you the way of the Lord more plainer. And I am happy to be here with this fine bunch of men and women that's behind me here to pray for me while I'm ministering.

11 Now, as a preacher, I'm not very much of a preacher. But the Lord has given a gift, a Divine gift. Which in the Scriptures we're taught that gifts and callings are without repentance. That's church gifts, not the church, the gifts in the local church which we're to pray for, like First Corinthians 12. But there's five ministering gifts which are--are the foreknowledge of God. And the first of those are apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists, and pastors. Those are Gods sent gifts to the church.
Apostles or missionaries... We call them "missionary" today. In the early day they called them "apostle." Now, any one knows--knows that the word "apostle" means "one sent." And the word "missionary" means "one sent." So it's both the same thing. Missionaries, prophets, teachers, evangelists, pastors.
Then in every local church there's nine spiritual gifts should be operating in that church, if they're a good praying congregation. And then the pastor who should be the head of the church with the wisdom of God to have that church set in order so no fanaticism, no nothing takes place wrong, just everything proven purely the Spirit of the Holy Ghost working among the people, then you got a real church that's an example church to all the regions around about. It's like a--a hive where the bees come, a lovely church.
And I pray that God will bless each one of these men here and give them, if they haven't already got it, that type of church at the ending of the service. God bless you.

12 Now, we do not claim to be healers. And may every one know that. I never healed anyone in my life. And be honest with you, I don't believe anyone else ever did. If they did, doctor, or hospital, or minister, if he ever healed, then God told something in His Word that's wrong. Psalms 103:3, He said, "I'm the Lord Who heals all thy diseases: all thy diseases." You say, "Brother Branham, don't you believe that doctors heal?" I never heard one say in my life that he healed. I've been interviewed at Mayo's, and many of the fine great places, and never did I ever hear a doctor say that he healed. He doesn't heal.
What if you broke your arm, you went out, and said, "Doctor, heal my arm right quick, I want to continue my work." He'd say you need mental healing to ask such a question. That's right. The doctor can set your arm, but he doesn't heal it. If you got an appendicitis the doctor can remove the appendix, but he doesn't heal it. To heal is to--is to create tissue. See what I mean? And there's only one Creator; that's God.
The devil's not a creator. The devil perverts what has been created. But he's not a creator. If he was, he'd be equal with God. He could make himself a world. But God is the only Creator, and the devil perverts what God has created.

13 And then in sickness, diseases, we're very thankful for our hospitals and our doctors, and the great work that they are doing, as they study this body, and know how to give different drugs to poison different germs. We're thankful for that. But the doctor does no healing.
It might be said, "Then, Brother Branham, what about a penicillin? If you got pneumonia, and the doctor gives you penicillin, does that heal you?" No, sir. Doctor won't tell you that healed you. The doctor says he gives you penicillin to kill the germ.
Now, it's just like if you had a lot of--of rats in your house, and they was eating holes through it. And you put out rat poison and it'd kill the rats, that doesn't patch up the holes. It just kills the rats. So that's what penicillin is: it just kills the germ. God heals the--the cells that's tore down. God builds them back up. We call it nature. Nature, what is nature? God is in nature, which makes nature act according to His Divine will.

14 Brother Vayle preaches on these things, I suppose. I know he does, and a great teacher. Each afternoon come to hear him, because it's builds for the service. And you'll have a--a way of... It isn't something like touching a po--totem pole or some little hocus-pocus something; it's believing in a finished work that Jesus Christ did for you at Calvary. There's no man has healing power. There's no healing in anyone's hands. There's no healing in anyone's body, except the Holy Spirit that's in there to heal that body. See?
But healing is just like salvation. Healing is a faith in a finished work. You wasn't saved ten years ago, two years ago, or twenty years ago; you were saved nineteen hundred years ago. You accepted it two years ago, ten years ago, or when you did. But it--it was finished at Calvary where He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed, your faith in that. The only thing a minister can do then by a Divine gift, a gift of healing, what is it to do? Is to explain the Word in such a way, that you would believe Christ, then the healing takes place. When you accept it and can believe it in your heart, not mentally, not an intellectual conception, but a heart knowing so that God has did it...

15 When Jesus said to the tree, "No man eateth from thee," and the tree withered within twenty-four hours, the disciples wondered about it. And He said, "Have faith in God; for if you would say to this mountain 'be raised up and cast into the sea,' and don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say is coming to pass, you can have what you say." What "you" say. Then how could a man move a mountain? Only Deity can move a mountain. So if we're sons and daughters of God, then you go out and say, "Mountain move." That's not what He said. See? You'd say, "I'll show you, I can move it." That's wrong. If your objective is right and your motive is right, then it isn't you speaking, it's Deity Itself speaking through you. "I am the Vine; ye are the branches." And when you can get your own way so away from you, that it's not you no more, but Christ speaking through you... Like these ministers when they get anointed by the Holy Spirit to preach the Word; you don't have to worry about any words. The Holy Spirit just delivers them. You don't know what you're going to say. The Spirit just says it, and it's always right. Now, that's the way it is by speaking to the mountain. If your--your objective is right and your motive is right, it isn't you speaking anymore, it's the Spirit of God speaking; and that's what moves the mountain: not you, it's the Spirit of God.

16 Now, I want to read a familiar little text of Scripture found tonight in St. John the 12th chapter 20th verse:
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
The same therefore came to Philip, which was of Bethesda of Galilee,... desiring him, saying, Sirs, we would see Jesus.
That's what I want to use for a text tonight: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, found in Hebrews 13:8.
Now, this is the theme of our campaign, and the theme of this campaign now, that we are here under these--with these contentions: that Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

17 And I think that these Greeks truly expressed the feeling of every person in this building tonight; or every person that ever heard of Jesus, their desire is to see Him: "Sirs, we would see Jesus." And every man that ever heard that precious name, there's something about it that charms the heart: "We would see Jesus." And yet we're told in the Bible that when we do see Him, physically, materially speaking, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. And I just wonder if that desire of those Greeks in that day, expressed to Phillip of Bethesda... If that expression was good in that day, I wonder if our desire be the same, if there is a possibility of us being able to see Him today.

18 I want to ask my audience tonight, "How many would really like to see Jesus?" Just see, or... If you're a sinner even, I'd just like to see your hand. Well, the... Thank you. Then why can't we see Him? Now, if this Word, which is the Word of God, is the infallible Truth of God, and It expresses that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, if... That's either the truth or it is not the truth. If it is not the truth, I would close the Book and go home. What would be the use of me standing, a preaching something, and giving my life, twenty-seven years of my life, now in the ministry, trying to say something that there's no truth in. If it's not right, then it's not right. And if it is right, then it's all right.
And we hear that it's said that He is the same. Then if He is the same, He's got to be the same in principle, power, attitude, in every way that He was the same; nothing in His Word to contradict anything of it; but His corporal body, which He raised up, or God raised up from the dead, and sets at the right hand of His Majesty tonight to make intercessions upon our confession.

19 When He was here on earth, He said, "I am the Vine; ye are the branches." And the vine does not bear fruit. The branch bears fruit. The vine only makes energy for the branch. And if you went out into the field down here in your river bottoms and found a pumpkin vine, you'd expect that pumpkin to be bearing pumpkins. If you found a watermelon, it should be bearing watermelons. If it's a grapevine, it bears grapes. Because the life in the vine is pressing forth grape juice, or grape life, or watermelon life into the branch, and the branch is producing what the vine is energizing for.

20 Now, if we call ourselves Christians, and we are the Christian church, then we should be bearing the same type of fruit that the Vine bore when He was here. For He said, "I am the Vine; ye are the branches. If ye abide in Me, and My Word in you; ask what you will, it'll be done for you." And the branch cannot live unless it abides in the vine. Now, if it's a good healthy branch... The branch if it's not healthy, something is wrapped around it, cuts off the energy, soon the pruner comes by and cuts that branch off, and then it's destroyed. And then today, after nineteen hundred years, and we're taught that Jesus is not dead but He is alive... Do you believe that? That Christ is alive.

21 Now, I'm not degrading any of our churches or the theology that we teach and hold dear to our hearts. But there's something wrong somewhere. And men mentally right know that. Now, are we just worshipping some sort of a dead creed, some sort of a book like the Koran, or the book on Buddha, or the Sikhs, or Jains, or any of the great religions of the world?
I've stood with the Bible in one hand, the Koran in the other, before tens of thousands of Mohammedans and their priests. Mohammad is the greatest in number religion in the world. It's twice or three times the size of Christianity. That's including Catholic and all. But said, if... "One of these books has got to be right. They both can't be right, because they're contrary one to another." Don't be afraid to put Christ to a showdown, for if He is Christ, He's the same yesterday, today and forever. We don't have to be afraid.

22 If a servant of Christ should be afraid, there's something wrong with that servant. When Moses looked this a way and that way, when he slew the Egyptian, it showed he was out of the Divine Presence of God. For a servant of Christ don't have to look and see if a man said, "Am I doing all right? Is that fine?" Or, "Oh, I'm afraid you'll say something about me." A man that's commissioned of God, looks upward and onward. You don't have to care what the world says about it anyhow. He's not listening to the world. He's got a Divine commission from God and enjoying that presence. So He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Oh, to just see Him.

23 Some time ago there was a story told about an old colored man down here in the south who, one day during the time of slavery, he had a, he got saved in, at an old plantation singing, and on his... Next morning he was going around telling all the slaves that he was saved and he was free. And the owner of this plantation said, "Mose, I hear you say that you're free."
He said, "Yes, boss." He said, "The Lord Jesus has made me free from the--the penalty of death and sin."
And he said, "You come to my office, Mose." And he went to his office, and he said, "Tell me that story again."
He said, "Last night, we was over playing the banjo and singing some songs." And he said, "Boss, the Lord Jesus saved my soul. And I's a free today from the law of death."
He said, "Mose, if you really mean that, I'm going down today and sign the proclamation, and make you free so you can preach the Gospel to your brethren."

24 After many years of service, the old darky was dying. Many of his white brethren come to see him. And when they thought he was gone... He'd been laying in--in a coma for quite a few hours. He woke up, and he looked around in the room; and he said, "Oh, you don't mean that I'm back on this old cruel earth again."
And they said, "Yes, Mose, did you go over?"
He said, "Oh, I just got in the door."
Said, "Mose, did you get your crown and your robe?"
He said, "There was one come up with such a--a thing, and He said to me, 'Mose, you can now have your crown and your robe.'"
He said, "Don't talk to me about crowns and robes."
Said, "What do you want for your reward?"
Said, "Just let me look at Him for a million years; that'll be a reward enough for me." And I think that well expresses the way we feel. "Just let me see Him and look at Him. It's good enough for me."

25 Why is He so great? I live on the Ohio River. A little boy here some time ago, who lives in the city where I was raised up, he went and asked his mommy; he said, "Mommy, God is so great, can anyone see Him?"
She said, "Ask your Sunday school teacher."
And she said, "I can't tell you," the Sunday school teacher said. Said, "You should ask the pastor."
The pastor said, "Why, sonny, certainly not. No man can see God."
And he used to stay down on the river, so he went up the river one day with the old fisherman, and there come up a storm. And after the storm was over, the old fisherman was rowing his boat back down the river, and he noticed a rainbow in the sky. And the stillness after the storm, and the larks a singing, and all the birds, and the old fisherman begin to weep. And as the tears rolled off of his bearded face, the little lad, setting in the stern of the boat, become so enthused that he run to the middle of the boat and knelt down by the side of the old fisherman. And he said, "Sir, I'm going to ask you a question that my Sunday school teacher, neither the pastor, or my mother can answer." Said, "Could anybody see God?"
And he grabbed the little lad in his arms, and he hugged him, and he said, "Honey, God bless your little heart; all I've seen for the past forty years has been God." See, He has to be in here. If He's in the heart, you can see Him. You'll look through a different eye, not a critic eye, but an eye that's looking to see Him.

26 To justify our statement of Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever; if I should go tonight to some of our fine denominations such as the Presbyterian, or the Methodist, Baptist, or the Church of God, or Pentecostals, or whatever, Nazarene, Pilgrim Holiness; I'd say to them, "Do you believe that Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever?"
"Sure."
"Well, is He the same in every way except His corporal body?" Well, there would be a question.
They would say, "Yes, of course."
But if Christ is the same, He's got to be manifesting Himself just like He did. For He said, "The works that I do, shall you also. More than this shall you do, for I go to the Father. A little while and the world will see Me no more (The world, kosmos, which means the world order, the unbeliever), will see me no more." But listen to this glorious promise, "yet ye shall see Me, for I (and I is a personal pronoun), I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world." "Ye shall see Me." That's His Divine promise.

27 Now, let's go back to justify, and see what He was yesterday, and the way that He made Hisself known to the people yesterday. Then if He manifested Himself in a certain manner, then He is obligated to do the same thing today: obligated to His Word. And if we see it the way He did, if it was building great schools, if it was building great seminaries, if it was building great churches, if it was educating His people in mathematics, and--and in the grammar... But the way that He made Himself known yesterday, and He's the same today, He would have to declare Himself in the same manner.

28 Now notice. Let's preview His life just for a few moments, so that we'll see. Now remember, every time there's a reformation or a--a ministry that goes forth, it cannot be received just in a moment. His was not. The prophets were not. Luther was not. Wesley was not. Calvin was not, and many of the others we could call. But after a while, when they began to see that it's Scriptural... Now there is no other foundation but this Foundation: God's eternal Word.

29 Now, in the Old Testament they had a way of finding out whether a prophet, or a seer, or dreamer was telling the truth. Now, the clergy here behind me would know this. Maybe some of you laity wouldn't. But in the Bible they had (under the Aaronic priesthood) what was called Urim-Thummim. It was the breastplate that Aaron had with the twelve tribes and the twelve stones, birthstones, of the twelve tribes of Israel, they'd hung in the temple. And if they doubted a prophet, they taken him to this Urim-Thummim, and let him prophesy, or a dreamer tell his dream. No matter how real it seemed, if a sacred light didn't flash over that Urim-Thummim, they rejected it. But if the sacred light flashed over that Urim-Thummim, then it was received, because God, through the supernatural, was speaking back, that He had accepted that, that it was the truth.

30 Oh, I hope this little audience tonight understands this. But God always manifests Himself in supernatural, but always according to His Word, for He is supernatural. And in that, all ages it's been the supernatural manifestation of His Word.
Now, when the Aaronic priesthood ceased, that Urim-Thummim was taken away. But God's got another Urim-Thummim today, and that's His Word. And if a dreamer dreams a dream, or a prophet prophesies, and it's not according to the Word, it's wrong. Let it seem ever so good, it's wrong. It must be THUS SAITH THE LORD from the Scriptures, for that's the Foundation. Now, it may not be THUS SAITH THE LORD according to your theology.
When Jesus came, and the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the great teachers, they condemned Him on the spot, and said He was a devil. He was contrary to their theology, but He was straight with the Scriptures. And we know that. And it's the same today. It is always the same.

31 Now let's find what He was. Let's start off tonight from the book that I read from: St John. Let's begin at the first chapter. Now, when go you home through this week, study this where I am going to quote from, you, just now, because time won't permit me to read it all in these next about ten minutes.
Notice, when Jesus was here and on earth after He received the Father into Himself... For we truly believe, and I'm sure that, you southern people, here believe that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, that He was Divine.
A lady sometime ago said to me, "He was just a prophet." Well, if He's just a prophet, we're all lost. He was Deity: God manifested in the flesh (absolutely), nothing less than Jehovah dwelling in a body, His own Son; that by His own great will He created a tabernacle, a body, virgin born, that He lived in, and expressed Himself to the world through that body.

32 Now, we find Him as soon as God came upon Him, He was anointed, went into the wilderness, and out after forty days, and defeated Satan by the Word of God. What did He do? He brought any Divine promise in reach of--of the weakest of Christians. If He was God, why did He let Satan say, "If Thou be the Son of God, perform a miracle here and show me you can do it? Turn these stones into bread and eat."
He said, "It is written: man shall not live by bread alone." So then as Satan always tries to coat the Word, went back and told Him when he put Him at the pinnacle of the temple... And he... Again, "It is written." And He defeated Satan on the Word of God. That shows that you can defeat Satan on the Word of God. No matter, the Word of God will defeat Satan any place, anywhere, under any conditions. If it's in the belly of a whale, or if it's in a lions' den, if it's on the bed with a cancer, or if it's laying yonder bleeding to death in a automobile accident, the Word of God will defeat Satan anywhere. And the weakest Christian can use It. It's your God given privilege to do it.

33 Notice, there was a man, an old fisherman, who came to Him by the name of Simon Peter. His name then was Simon. And when he came, the strange thing about it, Jesus yesterday, He knew who he was, and He told him what his name was (Saint John the 1st chapter), said, "Thou art Simon, and your father's name is Jonas." What do you think that old fisherman with that greasy apron on, thought when Jesus, a Man that had never seen him, told him what his name was and what his daddy's name was? That was kinda strange. Said, "Now, I'm going to give you another name. I'm going to call you Peter, which is by interpretation: 'a little stone.'" That was Jesus yesterday, manifested Himself to His church.

34 Right away there was a man by the name of Phillip, that we read of tonight. He was from the city of Peter and Andrew, his brother. And he knows of a good man who's honest. He lives around the mountain, thirty miles from where Jesus was. And he goes around to get him. And when finds him, he's under a tree, praying. And he, gentlemen like; he waits till he gets through praying. And when he found, got through praying finally, he raised up. And he said, "Come, and see Who we have found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
And this man, Nathanael was his name, very staunch, very fine fellow, but knowed nothing but just the law of Moses and his orthodox church teaching; he said, "Now, just a minute. Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth? Could anything come out of that bunch of people down there?" Poor illiterate bunch of what we'd call today the slums or something... "Could there be anything good come from Nazareth?"
And Phillip give him the best answer that any man could give another. He said, "Come and see." That's the best way. Don't stay at home and criticize it; come, find out for yourself. Don't believe what someone else said. Go and stay till you're convinced.

35 And on the road around, no doubt in their testimony, as Nathanael was giving to, or Phillip giving to Nathanael, he told him, perhaps, about what Peter had come up, and He had told him his name, or said, "You remember that old fisherman down on the river?"
"Yes."
"Why, He told him who he was, who his father was, when he got there."
Oh, I can just imagine Nathanael said; "Now, just a minute, Phillip, you probably went off on the deep end. You must be joining up with some holy rollers or something. What's went wrong with you, Phillip? You and I used to set in the same synagogue, worship together, how we've sung the hymns of David, and how we have worshipped Jehovah; and here you come telling me of something like that."
"Well, just come on and find out." And around the hill they went, about a day's journey. And when they come up... Remember, this was Jewish people.
And when he come into the Presence of Jesus... Oh, perhaps he might've been out in the audience, or maybe he was in the prayer line; I do not know. But when he come into the Presence of Jesus for the first time, Jesus turned and looked at him; and listen what He said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile." Now, all men dressed alike. He could've been a Greek, and he could've been a thief. He could've been a unjust person. But Jesus, on His first seeing him, said, "You are an Israelite, and you're just an honest truthful man."
It astonished the man, and he said, "Rabbi, when did You know me? Why, You have never seen me (in another words) all Your life, and I've never seen You. And I'm from thirty miles around here at another place. You've never even been in that country. And how would You know me?"
And you know what He said? "Before Phillip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." What eyes, thirty miles around the mountain.

36 What did this Jew say? What did he recognize like that when Jesus displayed that before him? He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. You are the King of Israel." That's what the Jew said when he saw it.
Now what did the unbelieving Jews say? They were standing by, and they said, "This man is a fortuneteller, a devil, Beelzebub." Who was that? Atheists? Church members, scholars out of the best schools that the world's ever had, the best schools of theology.
"Thou art the Son of God," said the man, who the miracle was performed on.
And the unbelieving Jew said, "He is Beelzebub, a devil. He's doing that as a fortuneteller."
And Jesus turned to him and said this, turned to them first, and He said, "You can say that against Me, the Son of Man; I'll forgive you for it." And I want you to notice: they never said it out loud; they said it in their heart. And Jesus perceived their thinking, said, "You say that against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven you; but when the Holy Ghost is come," in otherwise, to do the same thing, "one word against it will never be forgiven in this world, neither in the world to come." Be a pretty serious thing when He manifests Himself through the Holy Ghost in the same way, wouldn't it? "I'll forgive you, but when the Holy Spirit's come to do the same thing, just one word against It, thought, mind, or any way, will never be forgiven in this world, nor the world to come." And the Scripture goes to say, "Because they call the Spirit of God in Him that was doing this a fortuneteller or Beelzebub," an unclean spirit.
Now, that's the way He made the Jews know. The real true Jew that was borned and foreknowledge of God to be saved, recognized it, because God was with Him. And he recognized it quickly and said it's the Son of God.

37 Now, the next He made known to that was the Samaritans. Now remember, He said, "Don't you do it to the Gentiles." He told His disciples; "Don't go to any Gentiles": Matthew 10. They got their day coming. "But go, rather, to the lost sheep of Israel."
But when He come to Samaria, and He set down on a well, and a young woman come out... She was a woman, as we believe here, to be a woman of ill fame, a bad woman on the street. And she came for water. And she started to let the crock down into the well. It was probably around noon. He'd sent His disciples away to get vittles. And when she let the pot down to get some water, she saw a middle aged Man. He was only thirty, but the Scripture says He looked to be fifty. But His--His work probably had did that. And He was setting, leaning back against a wall, in a little panoramic something like this with vines over it where the well's at, if you was ever there to look at it.

38 And this woman, when she let the pot down to get the water, Jesus said to her, "Woman, bring Me a drink and come here."
She said, "There is a segregation law here. It's not customary for You to, Jews to have any dealings with us Samaritans; we have nothing in common."
He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink." The conversation went on. What was He doing? Now remember, He was on His road to Jericho, which is straight from Jerusalem down to the valley. But Samaria's back up around the mountain. But the Bible said He had need to go by Samaria. Why? We'll find out in just a few moments.

39 And He--she said, "The well's deep," and so forth. So she said, "Our fathers drank from this well, and Jacob, and he drank, gave his cattle to drink," and so forth.
The conversation went on till Jesus contacted her spirit and found out what her trouble was. Now watch, that's the first time before the Samaritans. And He said, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
He said, "That's right. You've got five, and the one you're now living with is not your husband." He knew her trouble.
And she said, "Sir..." Watch this Samaritan now, some of us orthodox people. If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, look how He declared Hisself to the Jew. Now watch, to the Samaritan. She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now, we (Samaritans), we know when the Messiah cometh, He'll show us these things." But she couldn't understand who He was. See what the sign of the Messiah was to be?
And He said, "I'm He that speaks to you."
And she dropped the water pot, and into the city, and she said, "Come, see a Man that told me what I've done. Isn't this the Messiah?"

40 I call your attention. That was never done before a Gentile. It was forbidden. Why? This is your day. If He manifested... There's only three tribes of the people; that's Ham, Shem, and Ja--Japheth's people: Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan, which is half Jew and Gentile.
In that age He caught both Jew and Samaritan, but this is the last day. And the Bible said that the Son of Man would reveal Himself from heaven in the last days. He'd reveal to the church in mercy, and then His second revelation would be in judgment upon them who rejected Him. We're in the last days.

41 Jesus, the same yesterday, today, and forever. If He made Hisself known at the close of the Jewish age, and this off between, the Samaritan, between Jew and Gentile, half-breed... He made them know to them in His day. Then if He, at the end of the Gentile age, He's obligated to His Word to manifest Himself in the same way that He did then, if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Sirs, we would see Jesus. Certainly we would see Jesus.

42 Watch what He said. He went through the pool of Bethesda. There was, though, great multitudes of people, perhaps as many as this arena--this auditorium would seat: laying blind, halt, and withered, crying, cutting one another to get into the water, when an angel troubled the water. They wanted to get in, test their faith. He walked right through that crowd of people. (Still Saint John 5, all this is in Saint John from 1 to the 5th chapter.) And then when He went through there, He searched around till He--He found a man that was laying on a pallet.
Now, you southerners know what a pallet is, don't you? I was raised on one. It's a quilt, or something, or a little mattress laying by the door or something.
He was laying on the pallet. He wasn't crippled. He wasn't blind. He could walk. He said, "When I'm coming down to the pool someone outruns me."
But Jesus knew that he'd been in this condition for thirty-eight years. And He said, "Take up your bed and go into your house," walked right away and left the rest of them.

43 Saint John 5:19: don't forget 5:19. He was questioned. Watch what He said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself; but what He sees the Father doing." How many ever read that? Let's see your hands. Well, you're Bible readers anyhow. "The Son can do nothing..." Then Jesus' Word, which the Scriptures cannot be broken, He did nothing until God showed Him by a vision what to do first. That's His own Word. If that's wrong, then the rest of it's wrong.
God showed Him first, no man. Not even His own flesh was glorified till after His resurrection, but then God alone is the Healer. God alone is the only One can heal. And Jesus said, "I do nothing until My Father shows Me first. The Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." You get it?

44 A woman, just before that, had pressed through a crowd, and she said within herself, "If I can touch His garment, I'll be made well." She touched Him went off and stood out in the crowd.
Jesus stopped and said, "Who's touched Me?" All of them denied it. But in Him, (Oh, blessed be His Name.), in Him was the sufficient power of the Holy Ghost, which could discern and say, "You call Me Beelzebub, why reason ye in your heart? I saw you before you come to the meeting. Your name is so and so." If that was God manifesting Himself... And the woman touched Him. And Jesus was determined. And Peter said, "Lord, why the whole multitude's touching You. Why do You say something like this?"
He said, "But I got weak. Virtue went from Me." He looked around, and He was endued with the power that He found the woman, who she was, and He told her what her trouble was, and told her that her faith had made her well. That was Jesus yesterday. That's Jesus today if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
You say, "Brother Branham is that Scriptural?" Yes, sir. "Where is that in the Scripture?" In the New Testament, the book of Hebrews, the Bible said, "He is a High Priest (right now, this hour), a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities." How many ever read that? Let's see your hand. Certainly.

45 Well, if you touched Him, how would you know you touched Him? If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He'd manifest Himself in the same manner. Is that right? Certainly it is.
Friends, we are living in the last days. This is mercy before judgment. What is it? All through the ages... Just a little before closing, we'll pick it up next time when we speak.
Read Saint John 1 to 5. See what He done. Take it in consideration. How did He manifest Himself? By them signs. That's how He did it. And He never did it before a Gentile, nowhere in the Scriptures. But here He's doing it now. He's here now. He's alive now.

46 And the Holy Spirit that you've worshipped under for so long, it's--it's the same Holy Spirit. It's just like a corn growing. The first is this little stalk. The next is a tassel. The next is the grain, the original that went into the ground. And what is it? Is it any different from the stalk? The life was in the stalk made the tassel and the grain. But it's a further matured stalk of corn. And that's what you Methodist, you Lutheran, what is this? It's the same Holy Spirit that brought Luther out in his day, that brought Wesley out in his day. It's a further matured church than what it was then. For it's back to the original again.

47 Listen, to you people, we got a lot of fungus on the ear. You know what fungus is, don't you? We got a lot of fungus on the ear, a lot of nonsense and carrying on, a lot of fussing and fighting between denominations; but still it's the ear of corn, and God will trim it out some of these days and take it to the garner.
It's the same Jesus, yesterday, today, and forever, the same, same in power, same in manifestations, the same in every way that He was then, He is now or the Scripture's wrong. Blessed be His Name. Mercy now, judgment next: we're at the end time.

48 Now, you say, "Brother Branham, you mean to say a message like that, and a people here of about a thousand people setting in the church tonight maybe less, under that? Certainly. The people don't know their day. They've never knowed it.
Let me ask you Protestants. Did they know Elisha? He was--he's just a man like we are. They didn't know him till he was gone. Did they know John? Even the disciples didn't know him. They said, "Why do they say Elisha must first come?"
Jesus said, "He's already come and you didn't know him." Is that right? Jesus, did they know Him? Not till He was dead, buried, crucified, rose again. They never knew Who It was.

49 Now, to you Catholic people, how about St. Patrick, you call a saint? He protested the Catholic church. And you didn't know he was a saint till he was dead for a hundred years.
How about St. Francis of Assisi? What was he? A walking preacher with a Bible under his arm who said to the little starlings that day, "Be still, little sisters, while I preach." He protested the Catholic church, and you hated him. But after he was dead, then you made him a saint.

50 How about Joan of Arc, you children in school. She was a spiritual woman. She saw visions and talked to angels. And what did you do to her, you Catholic people? You burned her to a stake as a witch. You did. And you said, "She has a evil spirit, a Beelzebub."
Oh, no wonder Steven's... could shine like an angel, said, "You hypocrites, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do you." If you'd have knowed your day... If it would've knowed the day, this place and city would've been packed to see Jesus Christ. But they don't know the day.
What did you do? After a hundred or so years, when you found out Joan of Arc was a saint, you done great penance, didn't you? Dug up the dead body of those priest and throwed them in the river. It's still against your church. And you expect this message to be any greater, any less? It'll go across the nations, Jesus Christ in His church, with His people, manifest Himself in people, and you'll set on the sideline, and let it pass by, and don't know it. He's raised from the dead. The Holy Ghost is here in power and demonstration. The same Christ that walked on the Sea of Galilee, Who returned in the form of the Holy Ghost, manifesting Christ, the Light.

51 The Angel of God, whose picture's back there, if it doesn't bear record of Christ, then it's a wrong angel. That about Joseph Smith seeing an angel, it didn't bear the record of Christ. But a true Angel of God will bear the record of Christ. A true--a true grapevine will bear grapes. And a true Spirit of God will manifest Jesus Christ. If it doesn't, then it don't answer to the Urim-Thummim.
I defy the devil and all of his works. It's the hour of the church's deliverance, and they're setting under creeds and denominations, and fussing, and going on, till they don't know their day. Rise, you that sleep, and shake yourself, and call on God. Isn't it written that this Laodicean church age will be a lukewarm one? They'll be spewed from the mouth of the Saviour.

52 Let us pray. Eternal God, Who brought again Jesus from the dead and manifested Him as the living Christ... And right after His resurrection on that first beautiful resurrection morning, two men walking right along down to Emmaus, Cleopas and his friend, talking with Him and didn't know it. When He got them inside and shut the doors, then He made Hisself known. He did something just like He did before His crucifixion, and their eyes were opened. And they rushed back quickly, saying, "Truly the Lord has risen and we've seen Him." And as the Scripture said tonight, "Sirs, we would see Jesus."
God, in this last days, down in this southern country, where these dear old southern hearts was raised up and tutored under the Gospel, and many of their great founders could rise today; they would shame the church for its slothfulness.
God, I pray tonight, that You will send Jesus; send Him in the power of His resurrection; send Him in His full manifestation; and get into the members of the body of Christ, that the people might see Him manifested. Grant it, Lord. We commit this to You now.
No matter what I would say, all the words that I could speak would never mean one iota, or one ounce, to the great weight that one of Your Words will. Mine will fail, but Yours can't. Now, Lord, we're looking to hear You speak. Grant it, Lord; in Jesus' Name we pray. Amen.
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53 One who you worship, that He will come tonight and these few words that's been kinda throwed together, that He'll plant it into your heart or put a ground in there that the seed can take root in.
You couldn't raise sweet potatoes in bluestone. It just won't raise them. They don't have the strength. They can't spread out; it's too packed together. You have to put them in sandy ground.
You've got to have the right kind of a material in your heart before the Word of God can be manifested. It's got to be in your heart. Only God can do that. "No man can come to Me, except My Father draws him. And all that comes to Me, I'll give him eternal life and raise him up at the last days." What a challenge.

54 It is that we can't pray for everyone at one time. The ministry's too slow in this--in America; there's too much superstition, too many things. What it is, the people just sets here in the--in the... They come to the meeting; they get all kind of funny ideas in their head. They don't know. They don't understand. They ought to be out with us in a campaign sometime. Be out at home and watch what takes place. Get at home one time and watch how those great mighty visions sweep down and send you to a city, and tell you to watch a certain thing to happen, and things be done, walk away.

55 No more than day before yesterday, Mr. Sothman (Many of you might know him. He's a Canadian manager.), he called on the phone; he said, "Billy, I'm coming down to Chattanooga."
I said, "Fred, fly."
He said, "Oh, Billy..."
I said, "You heard, Fred, in Jesus' name, fly." He got in his car and started anyhow, and laying up here on the road now, wrecked, and his face all broke, and his wife cut up, and his child.
Listen, oh, just many, many things. Every day, every day something's taken place. The people just come here and set in the meeting; they say, "Well, it might be that it's a telepathy, or something on that order, or some other kind of a something." See? They don't understand. But God's just. He does it anyhow, 'cause He's obligated to His Word.

56 If Jesus Christ will come and manifest the Words... If He don't--if He don't take care of what He said, then He wouldn't be Christ. But if He does make Hisself... If Christ makes this promise true, He'll make every promise true. You believe that? How many will say, "If He'll do the same thing tonight amongst His church here that He did when He was here on earth, I will accept it and believe it, and put every muscle I got, and all of the mentality that I have to make the revival a success to the glory of God," would you raise your hands, and say, "I'll do it, by the grace of God." God bless you. Fine.

57 They give out prayer cards each day. I guess Dr. Vayle's already explained it to you. They give out prayer cards at night. We come down and call some from out of that place. We don't know. One time we call from one place to another. Every day... If we give out all the cards today, somebody comes in tomorrow, they don't get a card. And then, we sent them all to the preachers at first. I believe that's the way we done it when we was here before: sent them to the preachers. That causes a fuss. One say... You take fifteen or twenty preachers, each one of them a hundred cards, which one gets his congregation in first, that's the one that stays in. See? So the rest of them don't get, even get a chance.

58 What if you go down and give them all out the first day? The second day people, there's no need of coming, if they're not there the first day. Then we used to get them--give them all out. I had a man giving them out, caught him selling prayer cards. He was done right there.
So I had my brother to come with me, and then he got married; I had--brought my son with me, so that nobody would sell a prayer card. Then I'd have little children setting on the front, say, "Come up here, Junior; you start counting. Wherever you stop counting, that's where we'll start." Believe it or not, mama had junior stop right on her card. See? So it'd start right there. And it was caught right in the meetings. I prayed, "Lord, what can I do?"

59 Now, we send the boys down. They'll either be my son, or Brother Mercer. I don't see him here tonight. Brother Goad, or Brother Mercer... Here they are, right beneath me, right here. One... Some of these boys will be giving out prayer cards. They're just honest boys. They'll take these prayer cards and mix them all up together before you right here. You might get 1, and the next one get 50, and another 25, and all around. Then they don't know where you're going to be, call from. I come down and where ever I feel led to start from, there's where I start.
We get a few up here at the platform. While one's being healed here, there's maybe fifty healed out there in the audience. Just believe Him. You don't have to be up here. Just believe from where you are. Watch and see if that isn't true.

60 All right. Now, be in prayer. And now, we're just got a few minutes left. I don't know what time it is to close. We're a little late tonight. We won't be next week. We're going to try to be out at exactly nine-thirty each night if possible.
Now, let's start. Oh, this is the first night; let's start from number-1. (And what's the--what's the letter of the card? Who give them out? Did you give them, Gene?) All right U, U-number-1. It is a little flat card; it's got a U on it and a--and a--a number on the back. U-number-1, would you raise your hand if you're able? If somebody's here has got prayer card number-1? Look at your neighbor's card, may be deaf, dumb.

61 [Gap in the audio]... So we don't have a big rush to run. How many up here, how many all over the building now that's sick and you want Jesus Christ to heal you, you don't have a prayer card, raise up your hand: yes, doesn't have a prayer card now, so I can get a general conception? In the balcony, all right. Now look, just be real reverent. And you look this a way and say in your heart, "God, I believe that man's told the truth, because he brought it out of the Word. I'm sick. You let Him... If You're going to touch my body, have him turn and say it to me, like he does there, like You did in the Bible." Just start praying like that and see what takes place. Don't be nervous. Be sincere. Don't try to push something, just...

62 You can't push nothing into God. See? You've got to come His way. Here's a--an artisan well on this side, and here's a crop burning up over on this side, this hill. You can't stand there and scream, "Oh, water, come over here. Oh, water, come over here and water my crop." It won't do it. But if you'll work according to gravitation, the laws of gravitation, the water will come over, water the crop. Is that right? You work according to God's plan, and watch if God don't come and heal your body. See? But you got to come His way, not your way. "Oh, Lord, here I set, Lord; here I set here." Now, He knows you're there, certainly He does. But you just work according to His laws. His law is love.
"Jesus, I love You. I'll die if You don't help me. Forgive my unbelief, and in my heart take away every shadow, and let--let me hear You speak to me tonight, Lord. I'm way up here in the balcony. I'm way down here. I'm--wherever I am." (See?) " Have mercy on me, Lord God. I need You." See what happens.

63 All right, now where we at now? Number 15? Was that the last one? We're going to start the prayer line. All right. Okay.
If you will, sister... That's all right, brethren. You're a fine bunch of men; just set right there and keep praying for me. See? Now, the reason on the platform, usually I don't have people, is because, just my own my party, I know what their trouble is. You see? And I... That's the reason that sometimes when--when people are trying to, both sides of you... You understand what I'm talking about, don't you? It's just like a... Well, if you... To you ministers preaching the Gospel and you had a bunch of atheists (See?), just atheists all around you, it'd be a hard thing. You want Christians around you. See? Well, that's the way it is here (See?), because you could feel that atheist, his spirit of unbelief, you'd know it. Well, that's the way it is here. You're not atheists; you're Christians; but your sickness, He knows it (You see?); that's where it is. It's just all around, everywhere and you kinda get mixed up sometime, so you--you want to... He's never let me do it yet, but I--I trust that He will. Just be praying for me, brethren.

64 All right. Everybody in the audience now, pray and be real reverent. First thing I want to say to these people: I do not think there's a person in here that I know personally outside of Brother Mercer, setting right here, Brother Littlefield, right here, and Brother Darnell. I've looked over the building, and there's not... How many knows that I'm strangers to you? Let's see your hands. I don't know you, know nothing about, just raise up your hands. See? How many in the prayer line says that I--I'm a--I'm a stranger to you. Raise up your hands? Right, you people in the prayer line, raise up your hands if that's right. All right.

65 Now, let's pray. Now, don't--don't move. Just set still. Be real reverent for a few minutes. They don't let me stay but just a few minutes.
This is the--this is the lady, doctor? All right. Now, you just stand right where you are, lady. That's all right. I don't guess I know you. I guess we're strangers to each other. When I was in the meeting here before, you was in the meeting? Oh, you were healed of a throat trouble when I was here before. Well, I wouldn't have any idea knowing that. You know that I've... That's been about seven or eight years ago, I suppose. I don't know you, don't know what you're here for. All right. If that's right just kinda raise your hand so the audience can see. She said when I was here before she had a trouble in her throat and she was healed. The Lord healed her while I was in the meeting here the other time. I don't know the woman.
Here is a--a picture of what we been talking about: a man and a woman. How many believes that? Now, see, a man and a woman, just like it was Saint John 4. Now, will Jesus display Hisself to the Gentile as He did to the Jew, as He did to the Samaritan? If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He will.

66 Now, the woman may be sick. It may be her throat trouble again. I--I can't tell you that, God knows that. I don't. But whatever it is, if she's sick... She may be a critic. I don't know who she is. God knows, I... As far as I know... She said she was, went through a line and was prayed for. There's hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them went through the line. I wouldn't know it. I, as far as I know, to know the woman, I've never seen her in my life. Here's my Bible and God's my Judge. See? Then it would be totally impossible for me to know what that woman's there for. It may be domestic trouble. It may be financial trouble. It may be anything; I don't know. But whatever it is, if God will reveal it, let her be the judge.
Now, if she--she'd say, "Yes, Mr. Branham, my throat trouble come back on me again, I want you pray for me." I put my hands on her and say, "The Lord says you're going to be well; go on." She'd have a right to doubt that. So would you. 'Cause you don't have to take my word, 'cause me being a man. But that's what I tell her will be. But now, if something here knows what she has been, let her be the judge of that. If He knows what she has been, surely He'll know what she will be. Is that right? The same One... That's where the--the miracle. She looks like a healthy woman; she may be. God knows that. But let her be the judge, and then you judge. And if the Lord Jesus will perform the same thing, you know it couldn't come from your brother. It'd have to come from Him.

67 And I want you to watch each one that's a real believer, when the anointing strikes around the platform; watch the expression on their face.
Tomorrow night they'll show you the picture of it, which is in Washington, D.C. now: taken in Germany, taken here in--in America, and so forth. Only supernatural Being was ever scientifically photographed in all the history of the world. George J. Lacy, the head of the FBI, said so. A Pillar of Fire, same One led the children of Israel: same One was manifested in Christ. How know... How many knows that--that the Angel of God was a Pillar of Fire that led the children of Israel? How many knows that that was Jesus? And when He was here on earth, He said, "I come from God and go to God." Do you believe that?
When Paul met Him on the road to Damascus, what was He again? Pillar of Fire, a Light that put Paul's eyes out for a season. That's right. See? He's the same, manifested the same, same Angel, the same God: God in another office: God in the Father, God in the Son, God in the Holy Ghost; not three Gods, three offices of the same God. See?

68 Being a stranger to you, lady, never knowing you, as you know I don't, but here we are. Now, what I have preached tonight, it's either the truth or it isn't the truth. Then if the Bible is the Truth, then Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. If He energized and we're still His branches; His life comes through us.
And He set some in the church to be apostles and some prophets and some teachers and evangelists and pastors. He did that. He said He did.
Now, you at the engineer with this here, whatever, this microphone, watch now, if the anointing of the Holy Spirit start, I--I don't know whether I'm talking loud or--or so forth. I couldn't tell you.

69 If Jesus will tell me something that you have done, or something that you want, or like He did the woman at the, or what her trouble was. If He'll do the same thing tonight, will you accept it as coming from Him? You'll know it'd have to come from a supernatural power. But if you believe it--if you believe it's--is--it's a evil power, you receive a evil one's reward. If you believe it's the Spirit of God, you receive God's reward. See? Depends on what... You have to recognize it.
The woman that touched His garment, virtue went to her, but the Roman soldier that put a rag over His head, and hit Him on the head with a stick and said, "Tell us who hit you; we'll believe you." He didn't get no virtue. He didn't approach it right. That's what it is today.

70 If the people can still hear my voice, the woman seems to be going from me. She is. She's extremely nervous. She's upset about something. And the reason she's upset, I see her, she's been... She's come, going into an hospital. You've just come from a hospital. In the hospital you had an operation, and that operation was on a breast. And the breast was a malignant tumor. They took the beast off, took the tumor out. You returned home. Then you had to go back again. And they put something in your breast; it was a tube or something to... It--it had a drainage from your breast. That's THUS SAITH THE LORD. That's truth. Is it? You believe it? Then go home, be well; Jesus Christ will heal you. You believe it now? Go on your road rejoicing and be happy. The Lord God bless you.

71 How do you do, sir? I see you remove your glasses, 'course anyone would know if you wore glasses, something wrong with your eyes, lest it's reading glasses. Man of your age should have glasses anyhow to read by. After you pass forty years old, the natural procedure, your eyes goes flat. You can see off all right but not close to you.
I've never seen you in all my life, sir. I suppose we're strangers to each other. But God knows you. He knows me.
Here's another picture. That was a woman, like the woman at the well. Here's a man, like Phillip went and got Nathanael, a man: two men meeting. If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever to this Gentile generation, as I've just spoke Him to be, He's got to manifest Himself the same yesterday, today, and forever. You believe that, sir? You believe that I've told you the truth out of the Word of God tonight? If He'll manifest the same thing, you'll believe Him?

72 Now, just a moment; just be real reverent now, some--you praying. Someone did something then. You touched Him. I--I don't know who you are, but just be reverent now. You, some of you somewhere, something happened. It interrupted the Spirit here at the platform. Now, now, keep believing: if thou canst believe.
Back to you again, sir. If I could help you, and wouldn't do it, I'd be an evil person. And if you're needing healing, I couldn't do it, because God would have to do it. It's already done. The only thing that I could do, maybe God display Himself through a Divine gift to make you realize His Presence, then you'd believe.
You're suffering with a--a trouble that you're afraid's a cancer. It's an infection. It's called an infection. It's on your face. That is true. You're scared it's cancer, been thinking about it. That way it's enough to make you fear. That is truth. If it is, raise your hand. I don't see it physically on your face. But it's, anyhow it's on there. Let me tell you. Do you believe me to be His servant? There's someone out there in the audience; that's your wife. She's trying to contact God too. And being that you're believing, something struck you then. You believe if I be God's prophet, or His servant, I could tell you what's wrong with your wife? Would you believe it? She's suffering with weakness (That's exactly right.), weak spells. If that's right, raise up your hand. You're not from this city. You're from another city not far from here. It's up north from here; it's called Cleveland. That's true. Your name's Glover, Led Glover, and so, exactly right. Ledford, that's your name. You believe He's the same Christ yesterday, that knowed who they was in them days? Then go home; you're going to be well, both of you. Jesus Christ makes you well. Don't doubt; go, believing. God be with you.

73 How do you do, lady? I don't know you. We're strangers to each other. Now, keep believing. Just be reverent. Keep praying.
If the Lord Jesus will reveal to me what's your trouble... The first thing, we're strangers to one another; are we? Just so the people will see, raise up your hand, 'cause of distance. See? This is our first time, I guess, meeting in life? First time. Then if God has manifested Himself according to His Word, made His promise, He'd know you. He's knowed you before you... He knowed you before the world ever started, 'cause you are a Christian. You're a believer, and you're suffering with a stomach trouble; and you got a ladies' trouble: female disorder (That's right.), causes a drainage. It's an abscess. You believe your husband out there is going to be healed too? He's setting out there praying. He's got stomach trouble, hasn't he? You believe he's going to be healed too? You believe me to be His servant? You're praying for someone else and that's a sister. She's in the hospital with a nervous breakdown. Just believe on the Lord now. Is what you believe that's just the way it's going to be. God bless you. Go. May Jesus Christ ever make you--make you what you ask for, sister, give it to you.
Just a moment, lady, Miss Reed, just go on your road. That's all right. God bless you.

74 Be reverent and stop thinking that mind reading now. Now, you remember, evil could come to you for that.
I suppose that we're strangers to one another, lady. God knows all things. Do you believe that?
The gentleman setting there on the end of the row, brown suit on, glasses, you believe God will heal you of that high blood pressure? You do? That's your wife setting next to you there. She's suffering with a sinus trouble. Put your hand over on her too, and have faith in God. It won't bother you no more.
Now, there watch that spirit. Can't you see that dark streak? Look here. This girl setting right here, right in front over there, she's got sinus too; with the red coat on. You believe God will heal you, girly? You do? The lady setting next to you also has sinus, the little lady with the glasses. Stand up, raise you hands up if that's right, you two women. Stand up, yeah. You was both healed the same time she was healed. Your faith did it. Uh huh. What do you think about?
You setting on the end of the seat crying now, you believe with all your heart? You believe that throat trouble left you? Yes, uh huh. You believe it? All right. Raise up your hand, accept Christ, and be healed. Uh huh. What did she touch? Who did she touch? Not me. She's forty feet from me or more. She touched the High Priest. Can you realize, friends? The High Priest, she touched something; it was Him. Just believe with all your heart. Don't doubt.

75 Is this the next lady? I guess we're strangers to each other. God knows us both though, doesn't He? If God will reveal to me what you're standing here for, will you believe with all your heart? How many in the audience will believe? Is anybody out there know the woman? All right.
It's an extreme nervous condition you have, for one thing. Another thing, it's hid. It's a growth. That's right. You have a growth. You believe God can tell me where that growth is? It's on your hip. You're not from this city. You're from another city across the mountain: Knoxville, Tennessee, it's where you're from. That's right. That's THUS SAITH THE LORD. You believe with all your heart? What do you think about that brother? You believe he's going to stop that hemorrhaging's out of his mouth there? Do you believe he'll do that? If you believe it, then go on your road and rejoice, and thank God for it. Uh huh.
I challenge you anywhere, in Christ's name, to look and live. Look and believe that He's here. You just do it and see what happens.

76 I suppose we are strangers to each other, lady. This is our first time meeting. If God will reveal to me what's on your heart, you will believe it?
See, friend, this could go on so long. But if you--if you don't believe now, you--you just never will believe it. See? That's right.
You're nervous and you got trouble in your neck. That's right. And your eyes are going out, going blind. That's right. You say, well, someone says, "She's got glasses on." Well, that... Let me talk to her again just a moment. You got a heavy burden on your heart. You believe me to be His servant? You believe that God can reveal that? It's about your daughter. She's in an insane institution. That's right. You believe with all your heart? Then she'll come out, if you'll believe with all your heart, just go believe with all your heart. Uh huh. Just have faith in God. Don't doubt, but believe with all your heart.

77 I want you to get that out of your mind about read... Look here; come here. Lay your hand on mine, lady. You believe God will heal you of that heart trouble and you get well? Then just go on away, thanking God. Believe with all your heart. If thou canst believe, all things are possible. See, you've got to believe it. All right.
Want to try your faith. If I didn't tell you anything that was... If I told you was healed, setting there in the chair, would you believe it? All right. Go on; go on across the platform make your way...

78 You, lady, setting there with the handkerchief up over your mouth, you believe God could heal those varicose veins for you? You believe it? You were praying about it, wasn't you? Right. If you believe it, you can have what you ask for. Just believe.
You believe the Lord Jesus to make you well, lady? You believe He'd do it?
What do you think about that high blood pressure, setting right there with your hand up to your chin? Do you think that God will make you well? Lady, you believe it will all your heart?
What about you there with that bladder trouble, setting right beside her? You believe that God will heal you of the bladder trouble there, lady? She missed it, but you got it. All right. Raise up your feet, the young lady there with the bobbed hair, setting there. Right here looking right at me now. Yes, yes, sir. Raise up your hands now and accept Christ, you can be well. Amen.

79 You too; go on you road rejoicing, saying "Thank You, Lord." The female trouble has left you. Uh-huh. Let's say, "Praise the Lord."
Lady, would you like to eat again like you used to, old stomach trouble gone, everything make you well? Go on your road happy and go on and eat; just be well. Believe with all your heart.
All right. Come. Yours is a nervous trouble. It started as stomach trouble also. If you'll believe with all your heart, you can go home, rejoice, and be well. You believe it? All right. Let's say, "Thank the Lord."

80 All right. Doesn't matter now, that's all right. See? All right. Bring the next lady...
That heart will beat a long time if you'll just believe it. It's a nervous condition causing a smothering, especially when you lay down. It's really not a heart trouble. It's a gas on your stomach, that presses up against your heart. Now, go on, forget about it, and be well. God of Heaven make you well.
Come on. Bring the lady. You believe, lady, with all your heart? Then go on; your back trouble left you; and you can go on across the platform, be made well in the name of the Lord Jesus. If thou canst believe...
You had the same thing. Do you believe with all your heart now that God made you well? Go right on across the platform, rejoicing, and being happy.
All right. Bring the lady. That blood condition, you believe God would heal that--that diabetes? Go on across the platform, rejoice, and be made well.
You do the same, lady; you had the same thing; just go on across. Don't... Believe, just don't doubt in your mind, just go on believe it's gone from you.

81 How many in this audience are convinced that Jesus Christ lives tonight, raised from the dead, and is a living? Are you convinced? Do you believe that He lives now? Do you believe He's here to make you well? Do you believe that His Word, "The things that I do, shall you also"? You believe that? Then He said this: "These signs shall follow them that believe." How many's believers? "They shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Lay your hands on one another. Lay your hands across on one another. Don't matter what your trouble is. You pray for the one setting next to you. Each one pray for each one setting next to you while I pray.
Lord God, You look at this; this is Your Spirit. They are convinced, Lord. This little group of people knows that You live tonight. And we challenge the devil. He's exposed. And in Jesus Christ's name, Satan, come out of here. You can't hold them any longer. Come out, in Jesus Christ's name, and may the people be made well for the glory of God.