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E-39 Now, those
things--your denominations are growing in membership. I appreciate that,
everyone of you. I do appreciate that with all my heart. I've laid everything
that I could to it.
When
I first come from the Baptist church, I seen... When I met the Pentecostal, I
thought, "This is it." Then I come to find out they were broke up in
different denominations like the Baptists was. One said, "Come, go with
us." The other said, "Come, go with us," but I've stood right in
the breach and put my arms around all of them, say, "We are brothers."
We are brothers; that's what we are, friend. We are not divided: all one body
are we. That's right. Onward Christian soldiers.
We
ought to be in prayer, constantly looking for the coming of the Lord, for we
believe He will come soon.
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E-40 Now, if
Jesus was here, tonight, in a visible form, then it would be wrong. If Jesus
Christ stood on this pulpit tonight, the Jesus Christ of heaven, stood on this
pulpit tonight and claimed to be Jesus Christ, he'd be an antichrist. It's
exactly He'd be. For when Jesus comes, the rapture takes place. "As the
light cometh from the east even to the west, so shall it be in the coming of the
Son of Man." Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess. But the
Holy Spirit that was in Him, He's here tonight. He's here tonight, in His
Church. "Wherever two or three are gathered, I'll be in their midst. The
works that I do, shall you do also. More than this shall you do, for I go unto
My Father." We've been over it and over it again. And His Presence is here.
And
what--what shakes me, friend... (Brother David is setting here.) In South
Africa, in Durban, when them blanket natives, thousands of them... There set the
Mohammedans by the thousands, all different kinds of religions, and--that you
never thought of... I ask Sidney Smith (I think that was the, that's the mayor?
Sidney Smith, Durban.) the Mayor of Durban... We was going out. He said,
"Brother Branham, Africa has never had anything like this," going out
to the ground.
And
there was a man with a tag on him, packing an idol. And I said, "What's
that tag for?"
Said,
"He's a Christian."
And
I said, "And packing the idol?"
He
said, "He's a Basothu." I believe it is. Basothu, something like...
Zulu.
Said,
"I can..." said, "I can speak his language. Talk to him. Call him
anything you wish to."
And
I spoke to him. I said, "What you packing that a--a idol for? Are you
believing God?" He believed in, I believe he called Amoya, something like
that, the wind, unseen force. He believed in Amoya. But one day, his daddy was
packing the idol, and the lion got after him, and he built up a little fire,
and--and the --the lion run away; so this idol was god too. Now, that's not
Christianity. That's not Christianity. No, sir.
Then
I said, "Sir, I'm a hunter myself. The fire run the lion away; the idol had
nothing to do with it. It was the fire that scared that--the lion."
"Ahh..."
he'd pack it anyhow. So... "for safety." If Amoya, the unseen god
failed, this one wouldn't. Now, that's--that's sometimes caused strength of
Christianity in many realms. It's too bad.
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E-41 But on the
day when I gave them the simple story, "If Jesus Christ, that's spoke of in
the Bible, if He will come here and do the same thing that He did, if He will
perform the same things that He did when He was on earth to prove to the people
He was the Messiah...
How'd
they know He was Messiah? How'd the Jew know? The real Jew, when they seen
Him... Nathanael came to Him. He said, "Behold, an Israelite in who there's
no guile."
Said,
"Rabbi, when did You know me? You've never seen me in Your life."
He
said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw
you."
He
said, "Rabbi, You're the Son of God. You're the King of Israel." That
was a real predestinated, elected Jew, to Eternal Life.
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E-42 There was
some of the priests, standing there, said, "He's Beelzebub, the
fortuneteller."
Jesus
said, "You speak that against Me, I'll forgive you. But someday, the Holy
Ghost will come and do it. One word against it will never be forgiven."
That's how He made Hisself known to the people. That's how the woman at Samaria
knowed that He was Messiah, for He told her the thoughts that was in her heart;
for Moses said the Messiah would be a God-prophet.
Now,
if He stood here tonight, wearing this suit that He gave me, He couldn't heal
you, because He's already done it. He couldn't forgive your sins, He already
done it. Healing and salvation is a finished work, that's already completed when
Jesus died at Calvary. "He was wounded for our transgressions. With His
stripes we were healed." That's the Gospel, if I know it.
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E-43 Faith
cometh by hearing. Then God has set in the church apostles, prophets,
evangelists, teachers, and pastors, all for the perfection of the saints. Now,
if He can get a hold of your heart, then He can work His works. But as long as
you can get yourself out of the way, as long as you can relax yourself, and let
the Holy Spirit take over... He said, "I am the Vine, ye are the
branches." And the--the branch doesn't--the vine doesn't bear fruit, but it
energizes the branch to bear fruit.
Now,
what kind of a fruit would it bear? The kind of life that was in the vine. Well,
that's the same thing the church does. Today, if you want to get--if you want to
get grapes, you go to a grape vineyard. If you want to get pumpkins, you go to a
pumpkin vine. But the thing today, people comes to churches and find a dry, cut
theology, no Spirit at all. What we need today, is a revival of the Spirit of
God among us to bring us back the true and living God.
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E-44 Now, if you
will do like that woman did... (Now, as far as I know, there's not a person in
this audience that I know, except it would be Pat Tyler, setting right there,
and Brother Gene setting right here. That's the only people that I know in this
audience.) If you--if you believe that Jesus Christ died, rose again, ascended
on high, setting at the right-hand of the Majesty (His body is), His Spirit come
back to the church as we been teaching, then if He doesn't keep His Word, then
He wasn't the Son of God. If He does keep His Word, then He's alive. After
nineteen hundred years, He's still living. Now, the thing of it is, will He do
it? If He promised it, and He's God, He has to do it. He's duty-bound to His
Word. And He's no better than His Word. And I'm no better than my word, and
you're better than your word. God's no better than His Word. If He won't keep
it, then He isn't God. If He does keep it, it proves that He is God, Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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E-45 Now, you
sick people out there, if you believe it, and you have faith to touch Him like
that woman did... Does the Bible say that He is, right now, a High Priest that
can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities? Does the Bible say that? All
right. Then if He's the same High Priest, how would He act? The same way He did
at that time, is that right?
Now,
let us bow our heads just a moment and pray. And you pray that God will--you'll
be able to touch His--the border, as it was, of His garment.
Now,
just keep praying. I'll pray. And everybody be real quiet. I'll ask them if
they'll turn the fans off, if they will, just for a few moments. Now, be real
reverent and be in prayer. Now, this is a crucial moment.
I'm
sure that every Christian could appreciate where I'm standing right now. The
things that I have said and been talking about, it's either right or wrong. Now,
just be reverent and pray and everyone keep their seat. No matter where you are,
just be praying, believing with all your heart.
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E-46 Now,
Father, this meeting... One Word from You would be more than any man could say
in a lifetime. Just one word, that these people could go from here tonight, and
say, "from that time..." Let them say this... Like Blind Bartimaeus,
in our lesson last evening, he touched Jesus and stopped Him.
The
woman with the blood issue touched Him and stopped Him. He's the same yesterday,
today, and forever. Lord, let these people touch Him. Send forth Your touching
grace, Lord, that they might touch You for their infirmities, that the world
might know that You're true, and You--You are the Son of God, and that I have
told them the truth of Thy Word. Grant it, through Jesus Christ's Name.
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E-47 Now, just
pray and say, "Lord God, Brother Branham is a man. He doesn't know
me."
[Missing
portion of tape. -Ed.] And of course you all knowed the great visions that's
went forth, been told. Never one time, did ever one fail. First vision come, I
was eighteen months old.
Now,
if you'll be real reverent, the Holy Spirit is begin entering into the room. I'm
looking now to my left, from me. I see a man praying. That Light is over him.
He's setting to my left on the end of the row out there. He's got a rupture.
He's got nose trouble and arthritis. And he's praying for deliverance. Do you
believe, sir, that your faith has touched His garment now and you want to be
healed? Will you accept it? If you will, just raise up your hand, say, "I
accept it." He's setting right back here to my left. Hands over your face
there, praying. All right.
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E-48 There's a
man right behind him, praying also, but he's not praying for himself. He's
praying for his little girl there. That little girl has low blood pressure. Your
wife setting by you, also has trouble with her limbs, doesn't she? You believe
that God will make them well? You believe it? Raise up your hand then, say,
"I'll accept it and God will make them well." God bless you. All
right.
Back
over here in this center aisle, somebody down through here believe, and may the
Lord grant the blessing. Now here, right--right in the center aisle, on the
outside, to my right, there's a woman setting there, she has gland trouble she's
praying about. That you might know what I'm--who I'm speaking to--you got a
husband at home you're praying for and he has a hernia. You believe that God
will heal him? Do you believe it, sister? Raise up your hand if you'll accept it
with all your heart. You believe it? All right.
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E-49 Here's a
woman setting right out here from me, in a aisle. She's praying. She's praying
for her son. Her son is in a bed of affliction. He isn't here. He's not even in
this state. He's in Arkansas. His--he's an alcoholic. Miss Kelly, that's who I'm
speaking to. Do you believe, Miss Kelly? Stand up on your feet so I... Get up.
Stand up, Miss Kelly. Now, I don't know you. I've never seen you in my life. Is
that right? Now, now you go find him the way you have believed. God bless you.
A--if
you believe, friends, just have faith. Are you believing God now? Have faith
now. Just believe with all your heart.
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E-50 Here's a
man setting right down here, right to my right again. He's setting out here on
the end. He's got lung trouble, very bad. Do you realize that that's cancer,
sir, in your lungs? I don't know you. Is that right? If the people will just
raise their head, it's all right. I don't care when you're--when I'm talking to
someone. I'm a stranger to you, is that right, sir? I do not know you. Do you
believe that God would heal you and make you well? Got cancer in the lung.
You're a minister too. That's right. That's... You are a minister of the
Assemblies of God. And I'm a stranger.
You
believe that God knows who you are? You believe He could tell me who you are?
Would you believe--make you believe now, 'cause you've got to believe or you're
going to die? Reverend Lee Hildreth, that is your name, isn't that right? Raise
up your hand. All right. I never seen him in my life. If that's right, raise up
your hand? The Holy Spirit, He wants to spare your life, sir. You believe with
all your heart.
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E-51 Do you
believe now, all of you, with all your heart, all that's in you? Everywhere, do
you believe? Somebody else want to believe?
Here,
I see another minister. No, it's his wife praying for him. He's got stomach
trouble. He's not here, but he's home. Mrs. Philips, believe with all your
heart. Jesus Christ will make the brother well if you'll believe it. Amen. Do
you believe with all your heart? All right.
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E-52 You believe
the Holy Spirit is here now? All right. Then I want you to do this. How many
believers that's here, raise your hands. Now, how many believes that that's the
sign that Jesus gave that He was Messiah? That's what He give to the world.
That's what the Bible said. That's what He promised: "as it was in the days
of Sodom..."
What
was the Sodom sign to the elect church? They found--there was a great revival
went on down in the Sodom, but up here, in the elect church (Abraham), there was
an Angel Who knowed that Abraham was married, had a wife, her name was Sarah,
and He asked where she was at.
Said,
"She's in the tent behind you." And she laughed.
And
He said, "Why did she laugh?"
Jesus
said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of Son
of Man." Is that right? Well then, that makes Him here.
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E-53 If you're
believers, with all your heart believe Him, raise up your hand, each one that's
a believer. Now, you lay your hand over on somebody next to you. Just lay your
hand on somebody next to you. I'm going to quote to you a Scripture. Jesus said,
"These signs shall follow them that believe." Is that right? Now,
don't you pray for yourself. Let that person that you're praying for pray for
you. And now, you pray for one another, and God promised "the prayer of
faith shall save the sick." And the whole group of you, the Holy Ghost is
out there. He's right over you now. Now, bow your heads. And there's only one
thing to keep you from receiving it, that's that little shadow of darkness. I'm
going to ask God to make that devil leave here, that devil of unbelief. And each
one of you can be healed. Now, you pray for the person that--that you got your
hands on.
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E-54 Heavenly
Father, we bring this audience to You now, seeing that You have proven Yourself
alive after nineteen hundred years. Your Scripture says, "These signs shall
follow them that believe." O Lord, You are here. Your power is here. Your
children is praying. Your Spirit is here. We cast out this doubt. We defeat
Satan by the power of God. In the Name of Jesus, may the devil turn these people
loose, everyone of them. And may the power of God fall into this building. May
every person here be liberated from the powers of sickness and the powers of
darkness. May the Holy Ghost have the right-of-way in every heart. Grant it,
Lord. We give them to You. In the Name of Jesus Christ, I cast out the evil
powers of Satan. May he leave this audience and each of them be healed.
Do
you believe Him? You believe you're healed? I don't care how crippled you are,
how bad you are, I command you, in the Name of Jesus Christ, in the Presence of
Him that knows all about you, stand on your feet and receive your healing. I
don't care what is wrong, stand up. Amen. There it is. Praise the Lord. You are
healed. God Almighty makes you well. I pronounce it in the Name of Jesus Christ,
as I turn this service to Brother David...?...