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E-52 Don't get
them threes out of your mind, like justification, sanctification, baptism of the
Holy Ghost; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, all those perfection numbers: first
coming to redeem His Bride, second coming to catch His Bride away, third time
coming with His Bride: all--all's in threes, all through the Bible.
Now.
Watch it close. There's three classes of people. That's believers,
make-believers, and unbelievers. And at the end, when... There's three churches
that these three peoples belong to. Abraham represented the church elect. Lot
represented the church formal in the world. But them Sodomites represented the
world.
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E-53 And coming
to Abraham was three Angels. Two of Them went down, and preached the Gospel and
tried to call Lot and his people out, trying to find even ten people that were
righteous. But One stayed back. And the One that stayed back and talked to
Abraham, and the elected church...
I
believe the church is elected. It's... By God's foreknowledge it's predestinated
to, because He predestinated by foreknowledge. You see? That church is going to
be there. Now, whether I am or not, I don't know. I have to work out my
salvation. But--but I know the church is going to be there. That's right. I just
hope I'm part of it. And I believe, as long as I'm part of it, I'll be there
with it. That's where my hope rests, right there.
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E-54 And now,
there Lot had the Gospel preached to him, and his--the sins of the city vexed
his righteous soul daily. And when he seen these modern Billy Grahams, and so
forth coming, there's something struck him. He knew that that was a little more
than an ordinary man. They didn't perform much miracles, just smote some people
blind one night. And--and preaching the Gospel smites the unbeliever blind.
That's right.
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E-55 But this
Angel that stayed with the church elected, Abraham and his group, set with His
back turned to the tent. And Sarah... She was a little different from some of
our modern sisters today. You know... Don't it make you feel kind of bad when,
you know, men start talking, and women come out and butt right in, oh, it's kind
of rude?
You
know, when God made a woman, He gave her the feminish spirit to be dainty and
sweet, like the real Christian sisters are. But these women with overalls on,
and a cigarette in their mouth, and stomp right out and cuss, and sing,
"God bless America." See? And that, it just don't seem--seems rude. It
just don't... There's something that's wrong...?... That's right. And... But
little Sarah was a little Pentecostal sister that stayed back to take care of
her business. She was back in there cooking some dinner. See?
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E-56 And so, the
Angel setting there was watching Abraham. Now, remember his name was Abram just
a day before that, just before it. And Sarah wasn't Sarah--Sarra, S-a-r-r-a, and
it changed to S-a-r-a-h, and A-b-e-r-h-a-m. Abraham, father of nations; and
Sarah, princess. So this was a strange Man. He had dust on His clothes. He was
just dressed like an ordinary man. And He stood there, and He said,
"Abraham..."
Now,
He just come up and set down. Abraham went out and invited Him in. He was just
an ordinary man, started to pass by. He said, "Come in, set down. I'll
fetch a little water, and wash Your feet. And--and I'll give You a morsel of
bread. Then--then You go on Your way." Abraham, I believe, kind of thought
there was something strange there. See?
Oh,
there's just something about it. You can just feel it, when He comes around. You
can just tell when you're talking to Him.
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E-57 Said,
"Set down." And he got the fly bush and... How many of you southerners
still know what a fly bush is? No, the race is fading out. Why, we never had a
screen door till just recently. And had the old fly bush out there, you know,
and watching him eat. And he killed a calf, and fed this Man some bread that
Sarah had baked, and some veal chops, and had some milk, and He set there and
eat, and he shooed the flies away while They was eating.
And
so He kept looking over towards Sodom, and He said, "Abraham, where is your
wife, Sarah?" Whew. They call it telepathy today. I mean, the modern name
they want to call it. That's what they said Jesus was Beelzebub, a
fortuneteller. What kind of a telepathy would that be?
"Abraham
(called him by his national name, or international), Abraham, where is your
wife, Sarah? (princess)." Watch it, how it's spelled. And now remember, the
Scripture said she was in the tent behind the Man. And He said,
"Abraham..." 'Course, Abraham was a hundred years old right then, and
Sarah was ninety. So they were both well stricken in age. Sarah a little
grandma-like, you know, and--and they'd been promised this baby, and she was
waiting on it; and Abraham with beard hanging way down, stooped, you know, on
his stick.
He
said, "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?"
And
Abraham said, "She's in the tent behind You."
He
said, "Abraham I (I like that: 'I' is a personal pronoun.) I--I'm going to
visit you, according to the time of life," that He'd promised. Now, you see
Who that was.
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E-58 And Sarah,
in the tent... You know, we call it today "laughing up your sleeve,"
you know. She said, "Me, an old woman ninety years old, and my lord (which
was her husband) out there is old, well stricken." Why, as husband and
wife, they probably hadn't been as husband and wife for ten, twenty years. And
to think, "Me, an old woman, and my husband an old man, and we're going to
have pleasure together like young people?" And she laughed to herself.
And
the Angel said, or, the Man said, "Why did Sarah laugh in the tent, saying
these things can't be?" She tried to deny it. But He said, "Yes, you
did."
Now,
let me just drop a little--little note right here. I hope you people catch it,
you people that believe in the God's grace. Right then God would've slew that
woman of her unbelief. He wouldn't have fooled with her another minute.
That--that was God, Himself. Now, you read, and see if it...
You
say, "It was a man." Say, "Could God eat meat, and God do
this?"
Exactly
right. Abraham talked to Him. See if It isn't Elohim.
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E-59 God made
Hisself known in a body of flesh and performed this sign. And the reason that
God didn't take the life of Sarah... He couldn't do it, for she was a part of
Abraham, and Abraham had the promise.
You
get it? Oh, my. Then He can't take us. We're part of Christ. See, He'd had to
take Abraham too, 'cause that's part of Abraham. And when He... We're the Bride
of Christ, the church is. And then, what is in Christ, we are a part of Him. And
that... He couldn't do it. And He said, "Yes, you did."
Now,
Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming
of the Son of man." What was it? God, Jehovah, manifested in human flesh.
And now, the Holy Spirit, God, in the last days just before the destruction, or
burning the earth with fire like He was going to burn the earth at Sodom, we got
modern evangelists that's sweeping the earth in church natural. And the Holy
Spirit has come into human flesh, the church. That's the sign to the Gentile.
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E-60 Let's go
back on Galilee just a minute. Oh, what a time they were having. I believe they
were all hollering "Amen," too. And then, we could go to, oh,
Bartimaeus, that how Jesus, going up there towards Calvary, coming out of
Jericho... And Bartimaeus, that ragged old beggar setting there, and, why, He
could have never heard him naturally.
Why,
there was thousands of people following Him, hollering, "Hey, you that can
raise the dead. We got a graveyard full of them up here. Let's see you come do
it," throwing overripe fruit at Him, and everything. His face set towards
Calvary, He's going.
But
that old beggar perhaps knowing... Might some young Christian girl might've come
by, and the poor old fellow... They was tramping him down, and he said,
"Madam, tell me who passes by? What's all the commotion?" (It's
strange where Jesus is, there's a lot of commotion, noise, one for, and one
against.)
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E-61 So
they--they find out this young lady said, "Why, sir, I am a follower of
this young Prophet. You are a believer in the Scriptures, aren't you?"
"Oh,
sure."
"Well,
don't you know... Did you ever read the Bible 'fore you lost your sight?"
"Many
times."
"Do
you know the Son of David?"
"Yes.
He's to come."
"There,
He's just passed by."
Then
Bartimaeus must've said, "If that's Him, my voice... I'm weak and old. The
only thing I can do is say, 'Jehovah, have mercy. Oh, Jesus, thou Son of David,
have mercy on me.'"
And
the faith of that beggar stopped Him. Just like the woman with the blood issue
stopped Him with the touch of her faith. The faith of that beggar stopped Him,
and He stood still. I'd like to preach on that tomorrow night, "And Jesus
Stood Still," if the Lord will.
Now.
Notice, and He stood and called him, and said, "What would you that I would
do?"
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E-62 I can
remember Zacchaeus up in the tree. And he got up there to hide, you know. He
said, "Oh, I'm a businessman here in the city. I'd never be mixed up with
that bunch of holy-rollers. Hear them coming up, so I'll get up in this tree.
And when He passes by I'll draw my opinion of Him."
Here
He comes walking right under the tree, you know. He stopped, said, "Zacchaeus,
come down," setting up there with leaves pulled all around him, so nobody'd
see him. But He knows just where you are. You might pull Methodist leaves, and
Baptist leaves, and all kinds of leaves around you, but He knows right where you
are.
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E-63 While they
were--while they were out there... We'll hurry up the testimony and then pray
for the sick. Let's watch just a minute, go back, a little further back. Let's
go back now. They said, "Oh, praise God." They were all shouting, and
having a great time.
And
a little breeze blew up. What was it? Satan must've looked up from over that
desert dry hill, and he thought this: "There they are, and they've gone off
without Him. Now's my chance."
That's
what he wants--to get the church. You know, lately we've been so busy anyhow.
You know. There's been a revival across the land. It's kind of died down now.
Fires are going out. But we've been so busy, making new organizations and new
sensations. And I wonder if we don't run off sometimes without Him. You know, He
is the Word (That's right.), the Word. Stay with the Word. God can do anything
He wants to. But to me, just... He's the Word. As long as it's in the Word here,
then I believe it. See?
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E-64 So we've
been running here, and there, and running after everything. But I--I--I... Maybe
we might have left Him somewhere. So as soon as the devil sees the church
without Christ...
You
know, it's too bad. I--I almost preached on that, but too many of us fell in
love with television programs, instead of Wednesday night prayer meeting. Then
we just--just kinda going off without Him. We got a hold of a lot of money, and
we got to thinking about dressing, and our sisters all cut their hair off...?...
We
got kind of fashion, looking after other churches, and maybe we go off without
Him. So the devil says, "Now's my time to get them." That's when he
takes that dead shot. So they're going off without Him.
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E-65 So he
raised up across the hill, and begin to blast his breath out. "I'll sink
them." And the poor fellows started pulling. They tried to hoist the sail.
And the winds cut the sail down. And they tried to pull with their oars, and
they broke. They tried to join one church and then another. First thing you
know, their own little bark was waterlogged.
What's
the matter today? Oh, I--I tell you it's--He is great. And I think a lot of
little barks is becoming kind of waterlogged, but you know, they find out that
they pulled with all their heart in sincerity. So no matter how much sincerity
you pull, you've got to have Him. So they pulled, and they pulled, and all hopes
was gone--just about ready to die.
And
that's about where it's at now. She's going right out formal again, the little
church that once professed holiness, living for God, going right straight back
in the world again, making her inroads right out. And if they won't have them in
this one, and act like this, they'll go to another one, and act like that. Just
little inroads. Devil will see that you got a way out. That's right.
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E-66 Now, we
find out all this was taking place, and all hopes was gone. But you know what?
Here's the good part about the story. He hadn't left them. He sent them away on
a revival, waving and shaking hands with the people, and have a jubilee. But you
know what He done? He climbed the highest hill there was around there, so He
could watch them. That's what He's done.
He
climbed Calvary. They cut Him off of there. They buried Him, and then He started
climbing. And He climbed till He passed the sun, moon, and stars, Jupiter,
Venus, Neptune, and Mars, just kept going on. He climbed till He passed this old
house of clay, and then went running up the Milky White way; climbed so high
till He passed heaven.
The
Bible said He looks down upon it, you know. He's higher than the heavens. His
Name's above everything that's called in heaven. He got way up there, so He
could look back and see the whole universe. As the old song used to go,
"His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me."
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E-67 And right
in the hour when all hopes that the--the church was waterlogged and was going
out on the wrong end, here He come walking right among them. And they were
scared of Him. The only hope they had of saving themselves from that waterlogged
ship in that storm, they was scared of the only hope they had. They were afraid
of it. If they'd just knowed the Scripture... They were afraid of it, and they
said, "It's spooky; it's a spirit," and they cried out for fear.
"Don't have nothing to do with it; it's telepathy, it's a
fortuneteller."
Jesus
spoke, said, "Don't be afraid. It's I." He's the same yesterday,
today, and forever. You believe that, don't you?
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E-68 I hate to
stop this testimony, but I'd--I'd like for us... I trust now, as we pray, that
He will give us a personal testimony. Don't be afraid. It's Him, the same One.
He's the High Priest, setting at the right hand of His majesty in glory, that
can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. And if He's the same High
Priest that He was then, He can be touched by the feeling of your infirmities,
and He will act in the same way He acted then, because He's the same High
Priest. Let us bow our heads.
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E-69 Great
heavenly Father, Who has the--those great men that give the testimony to us
tonight, the writer, Matthew, and all the dear beloved saints that were
authorized to write this Bible...
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...
say that it's right.
But
God, I believe that those disciples were authorized to write the Word, for at
the end of the Book it said, "Whosoever shall add anything to it or take
anything from it..." I believe it. My hopes is built on nothing else but
that, Lord, and the hopes of this little group of people here tonight. We
appreciate their testimony being kept by You, that we can read it. And we read
there that You are the same.
Now,
Father, I pray that You'll walk in tonight, among the people. And the God that
was in that mortal flesh that talked to Abraham, the God that was in the mortal
flesh of His Son, Christ Jesus, may that same God make Himself known tonight in
a church that He has sanctified with His own Blood, and has washed it, and
cleaned the house out of unbelief, and moved in to abide unto the end of the
world as He promised. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, I ask it. Amen.
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E-70 Now, I come
not to heal the sick; I come to pray for God's sick children. I...?... God heals
the sick, and the sick is already healed. Anyone knows that.
I
didn't come to save the lost; I come to tell the lost that they're already
saved, if they'll just accept it. I've come to tell those who have been saved,
and wants this evidence, that they have--they have got the assurance and tasted
the heavenly gifts from across the Jordan yonder, as Hebrews 6 said they would,
"been made partakers of the Holy Ghost and tasted the heavenly gifts."
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E-71 If you'd
like to taste of it, I recommend you to the Book of Acts, where Peter said at
the day of Pentecost, "Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the
Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; you shall receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost." If you've never been baptized yet, and you have
repented, there's going to be a baptismal service here tomorrow. Come down.
Believe it. When you step into the waters, believe that God's going to give you
the Holy Ghost. He will do it. It's what He promised. He can't lie; He has to
keep His Word, and He will do it. You come believing it.
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E-72 And now, if
you're sick tonight, I say to you, that One that I'm talking about, when He died
at Calvary, right there the stripes across His back, in the sight of God,
purchased your healing. You're already healed.
Now,
they have orders of laying on hands. I think maybe... Recently we had our
Pentecostal brethren, a group of them, to go off... I better not say that.
I--I'm no judge of no one, because you know... I think of laying on hands, and
giving gifts... See, gifts and callings are without repentance. See, they're
ordained before the foundation of the world to be in them things. You see?
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E-73 We might
recognize them, and lay our hands on them, as Paul did Timothy there, to
sanction it. And knowing that the gift was in him, that they seen it work. And
they just give him the right hand of fellowship, like, to bring him into the
service of God. And that's the only thing we do, by laying our hands on the
sick, when they're sick, because, Jesus said, "These signs shall follow
them that believe."
Not
that the people here... The people that believed would lay their hands on the
sick, as a sanction that they believed it. Now. But I believe that Jesus Christ
is here. I believe He's here in every strength, and everything that He ever was
on the earth. Only thing different is the corporal body that sets on the throne
of God. And that's there as a peace offering for you. It's there of your
assurance that everything that He died for, you have it, if you'll accept it and
believe it. Believe it.
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E-74 Now, I
believe my son said that he gave out some prayer cards. Usually the first few
nights up there, we had no prayer cards, and usually do not. But he said the
people were asking for prayer cards, and he gave out prayer cards. Has the
people in here got prayer cards? Let's see. He--he mixes them up together, and
gives anybody a prayer card that wants them.
Anyone
that's been in the meetings before, know that there's many more gets healed out
in the audience then there is on the platform. You don't have to have a prayer
card. It's just getting someone up here to pray for them. That's all. Now, I
will come pray; you believe.
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E-75 Now, where
is Billy? What prayer cards did he give out? I don't know. What was it? Has
anybody got prayer card 1? Let's see if there's one like that here. Prayer card
number 1? Has anybody got it, hold up your hand. Prayer card number 1. Well,
maybe it never... Maybe he started somewhere else then. Prayer card number 1?
Nobody's got prayer card 1? 2? Who has prayer card 2? Well, then he started
there. All right, sir.
Prayer
card 1, 2, 3, stand up. Now, it might--look around at somebody's card. Maybe
somebody's deaf and can't hear. See? They got prayer card 1, 2, and 3. Now, I
only see one person standing up. 1, 2, 3, I see this one. What's yours? 3.
Here's 2. Where is number 1? Well, if they don't come in... All right. Come.
Yes, sir. Yeah. That's all right. All right, sir. Number 1, 2, 3.
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E-76 Now, you
come up this way, if you will. You all with the prayer cards come right here, 1,
2, 3. 4, 5, 6 stand up. 4, 5, 6, all right, take your place right over here. 7,
8, 9, 9. Oh, all right. 7, 8, 9. I don't think we're going to have too much room
there, to stand too many. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11? Way back in the back. 11, 12, 13, 13?
Prayer card number 13.
I
don't want to miss anyone, because we want to pray for everybody that's got a
prayer card. See? And they come and get a prayer card. But don't take--don't
take your prayer card, and go off, and don't come back. See? Somebody ought to
have it.
Prayer
card 13. We'll wait just a moment. Maybe it's a mother with a baby, or
something, they had to step out, or something. May be back in a minute.
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E-77 We'll start
right here then, and start at this many, and pray for them, until we... How many
you missing? All of them there up to 13? What say? Number 13 missing? Well,
we'll hold right there now, till they come in. All right, sir. Let Brother Bigby,
if you'll... Now, receive their prayer cards down there, Brother Bigby, if you
don't mind. All right.
Now,
come up this way, sir. Just stand right there just a moment. Now, I believe the
man's a stranger to me. We are--don't know each other, But as far as I know,
he's a stranger to me. And we do not know each other, but the Lord knows both of
us, doesn't He?
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E-78 And how
many out there that doesn't have prayer cards, and yet you believe Jesus will
make you well, you want Him to heal you? Raise up your hand. It's just solid.
Now, you don't have to have a prayer card. I'll say this: you do like the woman
did that--that had the blood issue. You know, she didn't have, we'd call it,
say, a prayer card. But she just pressed her way until she got to touch His
garment. You remember that? And it stopped Him.
Now,
He didn't feel it physically, because the Palestinian garment is loose. And
everybody with their... Why, Peter even rebuked Him, said, "Lord, why would
You say a thing like that? Why, everybody's touching You."
He
said, "But I perceive that I have gotten weak." The King James says
virtue has gone, which, "virtue" is "strength." And,
"I've gotten weak," and He looked around over the audience until He
found the woman that touched His garment. And He told her that her faith had
saved her. Her blood issue had stopped. Is that right?
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E-79 Now, listen
just a moment, now. It'll do real good for you. Now, does the Scripture say that
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and forever? I presume this is a minister.
Now, does the Scripture say in the book of Hebrews, that He is a High Priest
now? He ever lives to make intercession (See?), and He can be touched by the
feeling of our infirmities?
Well,
then if He's the same High Priest, and if you can touch Him... You say,
"Brother Branham, I'll walk up and touch Brother Bigby." Well, that
would be nice to show your fellowship, or your love to Brother Bigby.
"Brother
Branham, I'll come touch you." Well, that would be nice, but there is no
virtue in us. We're men. Any of these ministers here, we're men. So it wouldn't
do no good to come here.
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E-80 But why
don't you just remember that you're risen with Him, and you're setting with Him,
the council of God, Christ. You're setting with Christ now. All authority is
right with you. So why don't you by faith just touch His garment?
"Lord,
I have a need. I'm sick. Father God, let me touch You tonight. I believe You.
And Brother Branham has been telling us a little drama. But it was the truth,
the drama was, and he throwed in a few Scriptures there that shows that You're
the same, and You have to be the same. So he said that You are here in Spirit
form to work today, as You promised before the coming again, that You'd be
so..."
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E-81 You know,
there's a difference between the appearing of Christ and the coming of Christ.
That's two different words altogether. He's appearing now in His church. We see
Him; we know it's Him. It's the Holy Spirit. See? We know it is.
Now.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is God. All of us know that. Like Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost, we don't believe there's three gods. We believe there's three
offices of the same God. The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit is three
offices that the same God has worked in. That's the reason Jesus said baptize,
using the Name title Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which, they are not saying
three gods, but they are meaning one God in three offices, the same God. Three
gods would be heathen (See?), but it's--it's the one God, it's in three offices.
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E-82 The
Fatherhood... not even an animal could touch the mountain, he must be stoned, or
cut through with a--a spear. That great Pillar of Fire... Then that Pillar of
Fire was made flesh and dwelled among us. What is it? God, condescending. We
felt God, touched God, God was manifested in flesh among us.
Jesus
said, "It's not Me that doeth the works. It's My Father. He dwells in
Me." Then He said, "I come from God, and I go to God." Then
He--He died, crucified; rose the third day, and after His ascension, Paul was on
his road down to Damascus, one day, to arrest some Christians. And that same
Pillar of Fire fell before him, even put out his eyes. The rest of them didn't
see it, but it was so real to him it made him blind. And he said, "Lord,
Who are You?"
And
He said, "I'm Jesus."
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same God, the Holy Spirit, working among us... Then He manifests Himself in our
flesh, like He did then. So I believe it, God. Now, I'm speaking to you as a
believer. Now, You speak back the way You did through Your church. Why, that's
Him Who's... When You speak in an unknown tongues, and they interpret it, and
tell the truth, that's God, God in you. See?
See,
all that God was He poured into Christ. All Christ was He poured into the
church. So it's God above us, God with us, God in us. See, see? Now, you just
believe, and look this way, and say, "Lord Jesus, I believe," and God
will send His Spirit down. And see if He don't do the same way He did back
there. Now, just be reverent. Don't be just... I want you to praise God, but
when you're approaching these things, come real reverent.
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E-84 Now, here
is a man, and here is my Bible. I have never in my life seen this man as I know
of. He might've been in a meeting somewhere, and perhaps he's never seen me. If
it has been, it's been somewhere where he's been in a meeting, or somewhere,
maybe seen me or... Have you ever looked at me before? Never seen me in your
life. This is our first time meeting.
Now,
if the man... He might be sick. He might be standing there for somebody else. He
may have domestic trouble; he may have financial troubles; he might be a
deceiver. And if he is, watch what happens. See? Just watch. See? I don't know.
But if the Holy Spirit can come here, and tell two strangers... tell him
something that has been, or something about him, or what he's here for, then he
will know whether it's the truth or not. He will--He will verify that. And then,
if He can tell him what has been, surely he'd believe if you'd tell him what
would be. Certainly. See? That's why we have confidence in the Bible. (See?
See?) It's truth.
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wonder how many of you pilgrims tonight, sojourners here in the city, and around
about, would believe, and know that it would be impossible for me--a man--to do
that? Why, sure, it would. If you're mentally right, you'd believe it. It's
totally impossible. So there would have to be some kind of a power to do that.
You know he would. Well, now, it depends on what power you think it is where
your reward will come from. See?
Now,
the Pharisees said when they seen it, "It's Beelzebub"; but the
believers said, "It's the Son of God." Now, we know the Scripture has
promised it in this last day, hasn't it? He promised it, we know.
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these ministers here saying, "Amen." That's your shepherds. They know
what they're talking about. See? They know it. And I am their brother, fellow
citizen of the Kingdom, working for the Kingdom of God. They're clergymen,
speakers, great forceful preachers. I am not. This is my ministry. This is when
I'm doing my preaching, just by a gift. And I love the people real well, and the
Lord let me preach to them this way.
Now,
if the Holy Spirit will say these things, and do that, will it convince you,
every one, that Jesus Christ lives today, and He's here again? It would do you,
wouldn't it, sir? It certainly did Nathanael. He was a believer, because no
matter what any of the rest of them said, it sure worked on him. And he knowed.
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E-87 Didn't make
any difference whether the people down in Sychar believed that woman or not. She
had experience. She knowed it. He told her what her trouble was.
He
knows your trouble. It's your throat. That's true. This might help you. You want
that throat, because you are a preacher. It'll be all right. Go ahead. It'll be
all right. Certainly. God loves His people.
How
do you do, sister? Now, you believe with all your heart? Amen. Here's a picture
again, that I was talking about. There's a man and a woman meet for the first
time, I suppose. We're strangers to one another. So if the people back in the
back might not be able to see you nod your head, would you just raise up your
hand, when I said we're strangers to one another? I don't know you, and you
don't know me.
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is a picture about like the well in Samaria, where our Lord was setting, and a
man and a woman meet for their first time in life. I don't know her; she doesn't
know me. She's just a woman, come down awhile ago. And--and she might've held up
her hand, and a boy handed her a prayer card over here. And it happened to be
that she's standing here in the line. That's all there is to it.
Now,
the next has to be God. But if He's the same God, and He's in you, and He's in
me, and our lives are consecrated to Him, and He has given a gift that I just
submit myself to Him; and then He shows me a vision, and then I'll say just
while the vision is going on what's taking place, and you'll know whether it's
the truth or not. I think the other one just passed was a man; this is a woman.
See? Then you'll know.
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thing, the lady is suffering with a bad case of nerves. She's real nervous.
She's got kind of complications, many things that's bothering her. Now, that is
true, isn't it? If that is true, raise up your hand, so the people see.
I
catch that same spirit always saying, "You guessed it." I'm not
guessing at that, friends. That's not a guess. Now, you remember, I'm catching
your thoughts. See? I used to call them out. Many of you know it. Then it hurts
feelings. See? How many's been in the meetings, and seen woman with men pull a
man right out of the meeting, and this one here, and prove they was living in
adultery? You've seen all of that, and everything taking place. See? But you
have to watch. I've got a little more wisdom since then (See?), 'cause Jesus
said let the wheat and stuff grow together.
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good woman. She has a good feeling to her spirit. While she's got that, let's
see if I was guessing it. I forgot. He said... Oh, yes. I see it now. Nervous,
upset, bothered. Yeah. You're bothered about something real bad. You're scared
of a cancer. That's right. And that cancer is on... not in the middle. It's on
your left breast. That's right. You're scared of it; isn't that right?
You're
worried about somebody else too. Do you want me to tell you? Is it all right?
It's your daughter. You want me to tell you what's wrong with her? She has a--a
blood condition. She's been for a long time, a blood issue. That's right. Do you
believe now? You believe you're--when you go back you're going to find her all
right? Go, believing...?... Don't doubt. Have faith. Amen. It's a testimony.
Now, you don't guess those things, friends. Just don't doubt now. Don't doubt.
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start the prayer line, you know, praying for the people, I think that's about
two or three to witness or confirmation. I think that's right, isn't it?
A
nice lady standing here. We're strangers to one another, I suppose. You was
in--well in a prayer line when I was here before. Well, of course, I wouldn't
know that. You know, so many thousands... I have no idea who you are, or what
you're here for, or nothing like that. That is right. I wouldn't know. But He
knows. If He will reveal it to me, will you accept your healing then? Well, if
you'll believe it with all your heart... You're nervous too, and complications,
and upset, but you'll never have to have that operation for that tumor in your
side. It'll leave you, if you'll believe it. Will you believe it? Go on your
road, and say, "Thank You, Lord Jesus." Believe it with all your
heart. Just believe with all your heart, and you won't have to have it, if
you'll just believe it. See, that's your faith now. See? Let us have faith.
Don't doubt.
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do, lady? We're strangers to each other? Just a moment. That's a different
woman. Now, just be reverent and pray. Just remember, you got... You can only
have two thoughts in your mind. I'm thankful you're ninety-nine percent right.
(See?) You believe it's God, and it is God. Just a moment. Just thank our Lord,
the One that we're going to love, and meet, and go up to meet Him. We're...
You
know, he come out in the evening time to walk in the fields, and the beautiful
Rebekah had never saw him. She just heard of him. She jumped off the camel, and
run to meet him. He's already, maybe, left glory on His road down. We're on our
road to meet Him now, passing right up to Canaan land.
Something
happened in the audience, another woman appeared here, not this woman. Yes, I
see her now, setting back there praying. Don't fear. You're going to be all
right. Your legs are troubling you, because you was in an automobile accident.
You have on a green dress, and it was a different color green from this one. So
there you are. Don't worry. You'll get all right...?...
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know the lady. We're strangers. The Spirit, that Light hanging by the lady, it
seemed to cross over to the next lady setting by her. No, it's not that lady.
She's a-praying for a child. It's a little girl that's got a stomach trouble,
that's up for an operation. That's her hand up. Lay it on the child, there.
Heavenly
Father, may the power of Almighty God that now, that knows the secret of the
heart... Lord, they know I could not heal, because You've already did that. But
Your Presence makes them believe, Lord. And if that woman had enough faith that
touched Your garment to pull You back into there, surely that baby will be all
right. I pronounce it this way in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Just have
faith.
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setting across about evens where they are there, that's got that back trouble
setting there: Sir, if you'll believe it with all your heart (kind of weeping,
and watching), if you'll believe, your back trouble will leave you; you'll be
all right. God bless you. It's all over now. Go home and be well.
What
do you think? Isn't He wonderful? He sure is. We are strangers to each other.
There it is again. It's... it isn't this... Oh, you're standing for somebody
that's got leg trouble. It's your sister. That's what it is. Yeah. That's right.
I seen legs, and people that... Yeah, you want her to come to church, bring her.
She--she couldn't even get her shoes and things on. You believe? Go back, and
find her the way that she...
You
believe the infallible Holy Spirit, God, our Father? He's glorious, wonderful,
our Lord. But we--we must believe Him with all of our heart. That's the only way
that we can get our blessings from Him, is to accept Him, to believe Him.
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do? I suppose we're strangers to each other. God knows both of us. Do you
believe that that feeling that you have now... Now, there could not be a feeling
like that come from me. See? I--I can't explain it. It's like another dimension.
But right around you now, is a Light, the One that you all have here in the
picture. That's what makes her feel that way. Standing by a man wouldn't do
that. See? Now, it's moving between me and you. Yes.
You
are here, and you're seriously sick. You have a kidney trouble that's bothering
you. And the trouble of it is, that your kidneys have--have failed to function,
to throw the poison off, and it's backing up and bothering you. That's right.
You believe? You're not from here; you're from Charleston. You believe with all
your heart? Isn't He wonderful? Listen, Pearl, go on your way. You believe?
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asthma too. You believe that, don't you, sister? Amen. Go believing with all
your heart, and you can have what you ask for. Amen. God bless you.
Diabetes
is nothing for God to heal. He's a real Healer, isn't He? Amen. Just believe.
Arthritis
cripples a many one. But if you will believe, it won't cripple you, if you will
just believe. Just have faith.
Are
you believing? You didn't get to hear what was said to the other woman, but
arthritis... He can heal you too. Do you believe that? All right. Just right go
on, saying "Thank You, Lord Jesus."
Now,
brother, do you believe? Go eat your supper then. Eat something. That old ulcer
will leave you and do you're...?...
You
believe? Back trouble. Do you believe it'll leave you? Then go on your road, and
just start rejoicing, saying, "Thanks be to God," if you can believe
with all your heart. But you must believe.
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moment. Something somewhere... A younger man than this must've been in the
audience. Here, wait. Yeah, you that jumped just then. Impediment of speech. God
can give healing to the impediment of speech, if you'll believe it, if you'll
just have faith.
You
over there with your hand up, the lady over there on the end with cancer upon
your left breast, raise your hand. You believe that God can make it well and
heal it? Did you know He healed you then. Go on your road, and be happy, and
rejoice and say, "Thank you."
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continue our testimony. Isn't He wonderful? Does He lie? Certainly not. "Be
not afraid. It's I." Why not invite Him into the little boat tonight? Are
you sick? Raise up your hands, children. Raise your hand you believe this. Now,
just drop your hands over on somebody near you. You said you was a believer.
Now,
the One Who is our God, and our King that's here with us tonight, has give us
the assurance that if they lay their hands on the sick they shall recover. You
believe that? Are you scared? Are you afraid? Or do you love Him? Do you believe
it's Him? Then invite Him in, say, "Come into me, Lord Jesus. Come into my
heart tonight. I want you to take me safely through this journey. And I'm going
to be well."
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pray for the person you got your hands laid on. Don't pray for yourself now. You
just pray for the--that man's praying for you. You just pray. I'll finish up the
cards tomorrow night. Lay your hands... Or you might not have to have any
tomorrow night. Just lay your hands over on one another, and you'll go home, be
well.
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heavenly Father, we are bringing to this audience Jesus Christ, the same
yesterday, today, and forever. Satan has blowed his breath. He's tried to tell
people many times, people has took them off on wrong roads. But tonight we sure
that this is Your Presence, and You're telling them, "Fear not. It is I. Be
not afraid."
I'm
putting my hands on these handkerchiefs laying here. It's for sick and the
afflicted. O God, may the power of God rebuke every devil that's bound these
people, and in the midst of the people.
And
Satan, you unbeliever, you can't hold these people. You can't make them
disbelieve anymore. They are aware that the Son of God has been risen from the
dead for two thousand years, and that His Presence is here now, in the form of
the Holy Ghost. You can't keep them sick any longer. You can't keep them like
this. Come out of them, in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Come out of every one of
them that they can be made well.
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got their hands on each other. They are believers. Jesus, You said, "These
signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay their hands on the sick they
shall recover." It's Your promise, Lord. Come out, Satan, and let these
people go free.
All
that believe, and accept your healing from Christ, just throw down your prayer
card, and stand on your feet, and say, "I'm not afraid, Lord. It's You, and
I accept You." If you'll do that with faith you shall receive your healing,
if you can believe it. You just believe it. Do you believe it? Then stand up on
your feet and accept your healing, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I
hope...?...