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let's just break in on their conversation. I can hear some of them say--hear
Philip say, "Now, wait a minute. Aren't we taught according to our
Scriptures, that when Messiah comes He will be a prophet?"
"Absolutely.
Moses said so. We believe our prophets, and He will be a prophet."
"Do
you know that old fisherman down there that you bought that fish from, that he
couldn't sign the receipt?"
"Oh,
Simon? Yes. Oh, I even knowed his father, Jonas. Sure, I know him well."
"His
brother, Andrew, brought him to the meeting yesterday. And as soon as he walked
in the Presence of this Jesus of Nazareth, He told him his name was Simon and he
was the son of Jonas. What about that?"
I
can hear Nathanael say, "I'll go see for myself."
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E-66 He's got
more respect than many Americans. They'll stay home and criticize. They won't
go, even try to find out. So they'll...
Here
they'll come. And they went around the bend talking. And then when he come up
into the Presence of Jesus... Now, watch. And as soon as he come in the Presence
of Jesus, Jesus looked at him and said, "You're... Behold an Israelite, in
whom there's no guile." That was Jesus yesterday. "Behold an
Israelite... whom there is no guile," and He looked at him.
You
say, "Well, it's the way he was dressed."
No,
sir. All of them dressed the same way, the eastern people, a garment on. And He
could've been a Greek. He could've been, oh, Egyptian, wearing the turban,
every... See, He didn't know him by his dress. He said, "An Israelite, in
whom there's no guile," not only Israelite, but he's--he's an honest man.
And
he stopped, and he looked at Him. He said, "Rabbi (which means 'Teacher'),
"when did You ever know me? This is our first time meeting. How do You know
me?"
And
Jesus said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw
you."
I
can imagine he look around, and there stood Bishop So-and-so there that was
saying, "The first one that attends one of them meetings is going to be
churched." But it didn't make any difference. He saw a Scriptural Messiah,
and he run up, and fell down at His feet, and said, "Rabbi, Thou art the
King of Israel. Thou art the Son of God." That's the way Jesus identified
Himself yesterday. That's how they knowed He was.
Look
at Jesus turned around, said, "Because I've told you this you believe?
You'll see greater than this." That was His identification.
How
we could go to blind Bartimaeus, and on down to many others, many others, and on
down through.
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there's only three class--races of people on earth. I know you don't believe it.
Or, I don't say you don't. Many don't. This meeting... This is being taped, goes
all over the world. So there's many people that don't believe. So there's many
people that don't believe. The reason that I say this this way, talk the way I
do, it's not exactly you. But this goes everywhere. See? It's put in
twenty-seven different languages. So people that don't believe...
But
there's only three races of people. That's Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people. And
that was Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan. Look at Peter with the keys at Pentecost,
went on down to the Samaritans, and up to the house of Cornelius. And from there
she's open (See?), three races of people.
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was two races of them a watching for a Messiah. That was the Jews and
Samaritans. And Jesus had need go by Samaria. Look how He identified Himself
among the Jews, by being the prophet that Moses spoke of. Now, He goes up to the
Samaritans. Went up to Sychar on His road down to--to--to Jericho, but went
around up into--to the Samaritans. They must know; they must recognize Him.
So
He come to this city of Sychar, and there was a little panoramic well--still
there. And He set down there, tired in the journey, and sent the disciples into
the city to buy food. And while they were gone, there were a lovely woman come
out. She was a woman of ill-fame. She had five husbands. She was a very popular
movie star of today. But she had five husbands and living with the sixth. She'd
been right in line today.
But
she come out of the city to get water. She couldn't come with the decent women.
If you're ever in the orient, you find out they make a difference between them,
and the virgins go early to the well. She come out about eleven o'clock, and
here she set down the big pot. You know, the great big thing with a long neck,
hooks on it. I've seen them put one on their head, one on this hip, and one on
this hip, and walk just as straight, and talk like women can, you know, and
never spill a drop of water. That's right. Walk right down through there. Still
do it. They don't--haven't changed one thing since them days.
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set down to this well. She put the hooks in for the windle to let down into the
well, and she started to let the bucket down. And she heard a Man say,
"Woman, bring Me a drink." And she looked over there, and there set a
middle-aged Jew. He was only thirty-three, not quite thirty-three. But you
remember in Saint John 6, they said He looked like He was fifty. Said,
"You're a man not over fifty years old, and say you've seen Abraham?"
He
said, "Before Abraham was, I AM." See, they didn't realize it. But He
said...
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might've... Middle-aged Man around fifty, He looked fifty years old, setting
over against the well. And she said, "It's not customary for you Jews to
ask me, a woman of Samaria, such a thing. We... There's segregation here. We
have no dealings with one another."
He
said, "But woman, if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a
drink. And I'd bring--give you water you don't come here to draw."
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E-71 See, what
He was doing, now, He was contacting the woman's spirit.
Now,
you remember, in Saint John 5: 19, Jesus said, Himself, "Verily, verily I
say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself but what He sees the Father
doing." How many knows that Scripture? Amen. Not "What I hear the
Father say; what I see the Father doing." See? Exactly like all the
prophets before Him, minors, did, just as God told them.
He
said, "I do nothing till I see the Father doing it."
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E-72 Now, the
Father had sent Him up here to Samaria, to the Samaritans to give them the
witness of Messiah. The Jews had received it. Some of them, most of them turned
Him down, ninety percent of them ninety-nine percent. Yeah, more than that
turned Him down. But when He showed them Who He was, then He had to show Samaria
Who He was--Who He was.
And
this woman said to Him; she said, "The well's deep, and You have nothing to
draw with."
He
said, "The water that I give is Life, bubbling up." What was He doing?
Contacting her spirit.
They
got talking about where to worship, at Jerusalem, and she said, "Our
father, Jacob..." Now, the Samaritan woman called Jacob her father. That
was the well he gave Joseph, of course. He drank from it, and gave to his
children, and so forth. "And You say this water You've got's greater than
that?" and so forth, talking.
Then
after while Jesus found her trouble. You know what it was. He said, "Go,
get your husband and come here."
She
said, "I have no husband."
He
said, "You've told the truth, for you've had five. And the one you're
living with now is not your husband."
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E-73 Now, watch.
Now, the Pharisees saw Him do that, them great scholars that day, and they said,
"This man's Beelzebub, a fortuneteller." And anybody knows that
fortunetelling's of the devil. It's a perverted spirit.
And
Jesus said, "You speak a word against Me, I'll forgive you. But someday the
Holy Ghost is coming to do that, and one word against It will never be
forgiven." See, the sacrifice wasn't made then. It is now.
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E-74 Watch this
woman. He said, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She
said, "I have no husband."
He
said, "You have said well. You've had five. And the one you're living with
now is not your husband."
Watch
her. Brethren, she knowed more about God than half the preachers in the United
States: in that condition. Now, isn't that true?
She
said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet." The rest of them said,
"Beelzebub." And she said, "I perceive that You're a prophet. We
know that when Messiah cometh, that'll be what He will do." Oh, my. They
had better teaching. That woman, in that--that condition saw it quickly.
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E-75 What was
it? One of those seeds of life, ordained before the foundation of the world. And
no matter how religious... What I was trying to tell you last night. There'll be
so many condemned that thinks that they're holy and pious. "No man could
come except My Father draws him. And all the Father's given Me will come to
Me." And as soon as that light flashed across that little predestinated
seed there, it come to life quickly.
All
the rest of them was all Scriptured up and taught this, that, and the other. But
she knew. She said, "Sir, I know when Messiah cometh, He will tell us these
things."
He
said, "I'm He that speaks with you."
Into
the city she went. She needed nothing else. She run into the city and said,
"Come see a Man Who told me the things I've done. Isn't this the very
Messiah." And the Bible said that the people of the city believed on Jesus
because of the woman's testimony. They knowed that would be the Messiah. If that
was Him yesterday, it'll have to be Him today. Is that right?
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E-76 Now,
remember. When God makes a decision, He can't change it. That's the way He
identified Himself every time. That's the way He identified Himself to the Jews.
That's the way He identified Himself to the Samaritans. Now, we Gentiles... Not
one time in the Scripture was that ever done to a Gentile. No sir. Why? They
wasn't looking for no Messiah.
We
had a club on our back and worshipping a idol in those days, we Anglo-Saxon. But
notice, Jesus prophesied that the Holy Ghost would come and do the same. Now, in
closing, I'd like to say this. As Abraham... And we, being in Christ, take on
Abraham's seed. Now, don't miss it.
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E-77 Notice.
Abraham, when it come to the time of separation, him and Lot, Lot went down in
Sodom. And then it come to this place there where God was going to manifest
Himself. And one day Abraham, setting in his tent door...
He
represented the church spiritual. Now, there's three classes of people: the
unbeliever, make-believer, and believer. Now, the unbeliever was the Sodomite.
The make-believer was Lot, the normal church, the denominational church. And
the... Abraham represented the church elected, called-out, separated. He wasn't
in Sodom to begin with. Oh, my. Watch. That Angel never went to that other
church. He come to the elected church.
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E-78 Three of
Them come up. And watch. When They come up, Abraham went out and said, "My
Lord, come by. Set down," setting in his tent door. There was something
about those Men. They were Strangers, dust on Their clothes. But what it was,
was God Himself and two Angels. That's what the Bible said. Abraham called Him
"Lord, Elohim." That's right. Lord God, Jehovah, the self-existing
One. And He come up, and He set down, and They talked with Abraham.
And
two of Them got up and went down into Sodom. And Abraham pleaded for Sodom. If
He could find fifty, if He could find twenty, on down if He could find ten, and
He promised to spare them for ten. Notice.
Down
in Sodom went two messengers, not doing any signs and wonders, a modern Billy
Graham. The only thing He done was blind them; and preaching the Gospel blinds
the unbeliever. Notice. And he... They preached the Gospel and called out Lot.
And his wife turned around and looked back. We know the story.
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E-79 But that
one that stayed with Abraham, watch Him. He was setting with His back to the
tent, and He said, "Where..." Now, you remember, he had been Abram
till just the day before, and she'd been S-a-r-a-i the day before. But now, it's
S-a-r-a-h, and he's A-b-e-r-h-a-m. He said, "Abraham, where is your wife
Sarah?" S-a-r-a-h.
Said,
"She's in the tent behind You."
And
He said, "I'm going to visit you according to the time of life."
How'd
He know he was married? How'd He know he had a wife; and how'd He know her name
was Sarah? But you notice, "I..." "I'm going to visit you"
according to the promise that He'd made. "I" is a personal pronoun. It
was God. See? And--and He said, "The time of life with Sarah. It's going to
be... She's going to have the baby now." She was right at a hundred years
old.
And
Sarah on the inside, laughed. And the Angel setting on the outside with His back
turned to her, said, "Why did Sarah laugh? saying within herself, 'These
things can't be?'" What kind of a telepathy was that? And finally, the Man
gave the sign.
And
Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming
of the Son of man."
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E-80 Isn't it
strange, they got a man, the only time in all the history of the world, out
there amongst the denominational churches, with a name something like Abraham:
A-b-e-r-h-a-m, G-r-a-h-a-m. Strange, isn't it, church natural is getting its
visit?
What's
God trying to show? What did He do there? That was God in a body of flesh,
showing that God would be in His church in the last days, in a body of flesh, a
body of human beings, in His flesh, and would manifest the same thing. Because,
if the Jews had that... That was the last sign that the Jews got. That was the
last sign that Abraham got before the fire fell. And here it is, down to the
same time today.
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E-81 If Jesus
Christ has come into the church through the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and spoke
in tongues, and healed the sick, and performed miracles, what's... The same
thing He did with Abraham along the journey, then that was the last sign before
the fire. It was the last sign before God turned from the Jews.
Here
it is. Then the Gentiles has to get the same thing, that is, the church elected
and the church nominal. There He is out yonder, and here's the Holy Ghost here
tonight: the same Jesus Christ that was yesterday, today, and forever, to do the
same thing. He's the same Christ. He can't fail. He's Christ.
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E-82 We would
see Jesus. If I went out in the street tonight, and got you a man, and brought
him in here, had nail scars in his hands, and prints over his face here, and
blood running down from the nail scars, any hypocrite could do that. But the
life... God raised up the body of Jesus Christ, and it sets at His right hand.
You believe that? That's the... He is a High Priest setting there to make
intercessions upon our confession. He's God's High Priest.
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E-83 Now. But
the Life that was in Him, the Spirit was in Him, is down here. "He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also." Why could He tell
them what they were thinking about, what they were doing, who they were? Because
He was the Word. "The Word of God," Hebrews 4 said, "is sharper
than a two-edged sword, and a discerner of the thoughts of the heart." And
then, if this Word... Faith is come in into this Word, and God has set His
church in order, that Word becomes the same thing. That makes Jesus Christ the
same yesterday, today, and forever, the same thing. You believe it? I challenge
you to believe it. (It's getting late. I just keep talking.) I challenge you to
believe that to be the truth.
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E-84 "Sirs,
We Would See Jesus." What more would it be, if a man come in here with
blood over him, and nail scars, and things... Jesus, when He comes, every eye
shall see Him, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess when the
Body of Jesus returns. I believe in His literal coming, corporal body,
descending from the heavens with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, the
trump of God. The dead in Christ shall rise. But His Spirit is here with us.
And
as the church, like the pyramid, comes into a--a point, so has the church in the
days of Luther, days of Wesley, days of Pentecostal. And now just before the
Headstone comes into it, that church has to be honed so perfect, till the same
ministry that He did here, His same Spirit, so predominant, will bring that same
Body right into it, and resurrect the whole thing. That's exactly. Amen. Glory
to God.
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E-85 Look on the
back of your American dollar. On one side it says "the American Seal,"
the eagle with the things in his hand. Why did they put the Egyptian seal and
say, "The Great Seal" on the other side? Not a pyramid doctrine,
that's nonsense. I'm talking about something that they say...
Just
like, why does a woman every time she gets married, put a veil over her face?
She's coming to her husband, the head, just like Rebekah did. She put a veil
over her face to meet Isaac. She has no more head; Isaac's her head. And the
church ought to be so submissive to the Word of God, that it veils its own face.
It has no head. It's... The nature of a woman is to submit to a man. And that's
what the church ought to be doing, submitting to Christ, to His Word, to His
doctrine, to His principles. She takes no thought for Herself. She has no head.
Christ is Her Head, not some ecclesiastical bunch. But Christ is Her Head, the
Word. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us. Hallelujah. Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, today, and forever, that same manifestation of the Word. Do
you believe it? Let us pray.
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E-86 Heavenly
Father, there's one thing that Your servants are responsible for: preaching the
Word. That's all we can do, is just preach the Word. Some falls by the wayside.
Some will get up and go out. Some will set and wonder. Some will receive It.
It'll go in good ground. It'll bring forth the results. It's always been that
way. You said it would be that way, and that's the way it goes. It's always been
that way.
And,
Father, I pray tonight that in this little group here, that It'll fall a hundred
percent upon every person. Let them know that the coming of the Lord Jesus is
close at hand. We don't know the hour. No one knows. Only the Father alone
knows. Jesus confessed that He didn't know it. Just God alone knows when He's
going to send Him. But, Lord, You give us signs. We know that them signs are
appearing. We see by the Scripture that the last visit that the Jews had; and
now, the last visit the Samaritans had; the last visit that the Gentiles will
receive, prophesied, told, Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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E-87 O God, if
You should anoint me tonight with the Spirit of Christ, it would do no good
unless You anointed Your church the same way. It takes us together. We're not
divided; we're one body, Lord. I pray that You'll grant it. And may, when the
service is over, may there not be a feeble person in our midst. May there--every
one of them, may this Word fall into their hearts, and may they receive It. And
may great signs and wonders be done.
If
You grant it, Lord, we continue on with Divine healing. If not, then we'll just
continue on with salvation. Let Thy will be done, Lord, to show that we believe
in the full Gospel, and believe that You are the same yesterday, today, and
forever. You are the anointed God of heaven, and You're the same, and we believe
You to be the same; that You're living forevermore, ever setting at the right
hand of the Majesty, ever living to make intercessions upon our confession. We
believe it, Father.
We
pray that You'll shut us in in the Kingdom of God now, and manifest Yourself to
us. And let the people know that when judgment strikes this place, then, Lord,
there'll be no excuse. Let it be known in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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you at length. We won't call too many. Maybe get the rest of them tomorrow
night. He told me he give out prayer cards, I think. What was it? A-1, A-1 to
100. All right. We can't stand them all at one time. We just stand them as we
can, whatever we can stand.
Now,
there's several of them here in wheelchairs and things. Now, we'll have to call
you. And then when we do, we'll see that you're packed up here, when your
number's called. But just as... We'll take them just one at a time, because
there is many cripples.
Now,
who has prayer card number 1, A-number-1? Raise up your hand, ever who has it.
Prayer card A-number-1, A-number-1. Can you walk? All right. A-number-2? Who has
A-number-2? The lady... what say? Number 1? There's something wrong. Look at her
card there. See what card she's got. The lady misunderstood. She don't have a
prayer card. All right. A-number-1? You... Just a minute, lady. If you haven't
got a card... You don't have to have one. Just set there and believe, and watch
what the Holy Ghost will do. See? All right.
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knows there's more healed out there without prayer cards, than there is here?
How many here doesn't have a prayer card? Raise up your hands, and you know that
God can heal you? You just watch Him now, just for a few minutes, if He comes.
A-number-1? Who was the woman had the prayer card A-number-1? All right. Raise
up. Is--is it number 1? Number 2? Who has number 2? Number 3, come up here just
a minute, you--you women. Number 2, 1, 2. Number 3, who has number-3? Number 3,
come over here, you all over this way, if you can walk. If you can't, well raise
your hand. We'll pack you up here. See? Number 1, 2, 3, 4. Who has prayer card
number 4, raise up your hand. Number 4. The lady right there. Come right here.
Number
5. Number 5? All right. Number 6. Just gather over here on this side over here.
Number 6. Ushers, somebody, go down there, Brother Roy, some of you and help the
people. All right. Number 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Number 6. Who has prayer card number
6? 1, 2, 3. Number 6. All right, lady, right in line. Number 7. Right here. Can
you get up? Oh, okay. Number 7. Number 8. All right. There, lady. Number 9.
Right here, all right, lady. Number 10. Number 10? Prayer card number 10. How
would you say it in Spanish? Is many Spanish people here? Number--number 10. All
right, sir. Number 11?
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you... Everyone with a prayer card, we're going to pray for them, because
we're--we're obligated to do it. You hold your card. Number 11? Did it get...
Number 12. That's fine. Now. Now, number 13. Wait a minute. This lady here. Is
that her number? All right. Number 14. All right. Now, number... Is that 13? 13.
Over here. Now, somebody got up wrong. You see? Is that 13? 14? All right.
That's fine. All right.
How're
you getting... Piling them out in the other room? Now, let's wait, and bring
these through. Then we can get the rest of them in as we come to them. If you'll
move that, if it can be moved, or... Oh, they can go around it, I guess, if
the... All right.
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E-91 Now, each
one of you in here, there's not a person in my--my knowing that's here that I
know, unless this is Brother Evans' boy, setting right here. I believe that's
Ronnie Evans. Is that right, Ronnie? All right. That's the only person that I
see in the building that I--I really know, outside of Brother Borders, the
manager, and my son, wherever he went, pastor here. The rest of you are
strangers.
Now,
I see about ninety percent of you were sick. Now, up in the balcony too, it
don't matter where you are, if you're sick up there, don't have a prayer card,
raise up your hand, say, "I'm sick." All right. You believe up there.
Now, remember. While he's lining them up, let me give you another Scripture. I
want you to put these Scriptures down and remember them.
Now,
the minister brethren, and out in here, how many knows this, that the Bible said
that Jesus is a High Priest, right now, that can be touched by the feeling of
our infirmities? How many knows that's the truth? Well, if He is the same High
Priest that He was yesterday, He'd act the same way today that He did yesterday.
Is that right? You believe that? Raise up your hand.
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going to ask, if you will, if you'll not move around now for a few minutes. Just
set reverently for a few moments. Don't move at all. And, folks, keep your
children as close to you as you can now, because we're not dealing... We're not
playing church. And many times... How many knows these goes from one to another.
You've seen it happen. Yes, sir, many times. People just set right in their
seats and crumple over, paralyzed. Seen them drop dead right in the, right on
the, right at the platform. That's right. We're not playing church.
You
must be reverent. Now, this is sacred. Now, the Bible said that Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday, today, and forever. And It says that He's the High Priest
that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. Everybody witnesses that
that's the truth. Now, how would you know that you touched Him? You... He'd act
the same way He did when He was here. Well, how did He act? Let me give you an
example, 'cause I'm making you, trying to get you to believe that He is the
same. He hasn't changed. The Bible... My Scripture is that He's the same.
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that... in the... There was a woman, say she didn't have a prayer card. But she
wanted to get in to... She believed He was a holy man, a prophet. And she said,
"If I can only touch the border of His garment, I'll be made well."
You know the story? And she twisted through the crowd until she touched Him.
Now, she ne... He never felt it physically, you know, because the Palestinian
garment hangs loose. It's got an underneath garment also. But He--He never felt
it physically. Because Peter rebuked Him, when He said, "Who touched
Me?"
And
Peter said, "Lord, why..." Rebuked Him, said, "The whole crowd's
touching You."
He
said, "But I perceive that I've gotten weak. Virtue's gone from Me."
And He looked all around. See, He'd been touched with a different kind of touch.
And He turned around, He looked over the audience, until He found the little
woman that touched Him. And He told her of her blood issue and said, "Your
faith has saved you." Was that Jesus yesterday?
Well,
if He's the same today, a High Priest that can be touched by our infirmities,
can't He touch you if you'll touch Him? Can't He do the same work?
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E-94 Now, the...
Now, remember. He might use my voice. If it is, I'm just like this microphone.
It's a mute without something speaking into it. That's right. I don't know you.
But He knows you. So you might touch me. It wouldn't do a bit of good. You touch
the pastors, it wouldn't do a bit of good. They're men just like I am. But you
touch Him once, watch what happens. Now, you don't have to be here. You don't
have to be on the platform. Just--just believe.
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E-95 Now, this
is a picture of where I was speaking tonight in Saint John, 4th chapter, if you
want to read it when you get home. Here's a man and a woman. I don't know the
woman, never seen her in my life. She's a total stranger to me. Awhile ago they
gave out some prayer cards, and she hap--she got a hold of one. The boy comes up
here before you all, mixes them prayer cards up so he don't know which one he's
giving which. So he just hands them out to you, whatever you want. And she
happened... And I call them from anywhere.
Maybe
tomorrow night, I might start at sixty-five, or forty-five, or twenty-five,
or--or ninety and come backwards. You know that. You've been in the meetings. So
it just happened to be tonight.
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that clock get around there. I don't want to hold you. But this woman just
happened to get to where I started, number 1. I guess you're the woman, are you?
You're the--you're the person? All right. We are strangers to one another. We
don't know each other. This is our first time meeting. Here's a little
panoramic. Here's a man and a woman, meeting for the first time, like Jesus and
that woman at the well. Two people, never met before, and here we stand.
Now,
if I said to the woman, "The Lord sent me to pray for the sick. I'm going
to lay my hands upon you." It might not be sickness she's here for. Maybe
it's domestic trouble; maybe it's financial trouble. Maybe it's something else.
Maybe she's not even a Christian. I don't know.
But
if He can tell her what has been, and then tell her what will be, surely she
could believe what will be if He can tell what has been. Is that right? How many
believe that now? All right. Now, if anybody thinks there's something wrong with
it, that you have a better program, better idea, you're welcome to come here and
take my place. If you don't, then keep still about it. See?
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E-97 Notice.
Now, here it is. I have just preached the Word that Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever, and proved by the Scripture that He lives today
in His church, and He's coming. And the last sign that He give to the Jews,
Samaritan, and now to the Gentiles... We've had... Jews had four thousand years
to believe a prophet come in, in its major condition, as the church went on.
Gentiles
has had two thousand years of churchanity. And now on--coming on down to
speaking in tongues, and Divine healing; and now right to the end time where the
great Messiah in the fullness of His Spirit, moving, not just in one person, in
the whole church, flowing.
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E-98 Now, no
matter how much I believe, this woman's got to believe too.
And
now, you out there that won't be in the prayer line, you look towards God and
say, "God, that little old fellow standing up there don't know me, knows
nothing about me. But I'm in--I'm in a serious condition. Let me touch Your
garment, and You speak back through him and tell me something." Try it. See
if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Don't try it; believe it.
Anybody can try it. We don't try Christ; we just take Him and believe Him. He
don't come by trial. Now, if the Holy Spirit will reveal... I've got to speak to
her a minute.
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E-99 Now, look
here. I'm in Spokane. Why did I come to Spokane? We even had trouble getting
here, had to swap meetings with another country. I was supposed to be here later
than this, but had to swap it around. But still, and we... I think they couldn't
get a building, had to come take the brother's church; and these other brothers,
wonderful, coming in, and cooperating with the brother here. That's sweet,
lovely. That's--that's the way I want to see the church get.
Here
we are, standing here like this. And here I am. Why? God sent me here. I felt to
come here. I don't care how much battle I have to have, He said come here; and
here I am. Not because I didn't have no other place to go. Ask the manager.
We've got a book of invitations, world around, hundreds of them. But I just felt
to come here. Why? I don't know. Maybe He's going to break a revival. Maybe
you're receiving your last message. I don't know. I can't tell you. But He sent
me here; I don't know why. Here I am.
Jesus
went up to Samaria. Why? He didn't know. A woman come out. He just got to
talking to her. Then He found her trouble. And she run and told everybody,
"That's the Messiah."
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E-100 Now, lady,
if the Holy Spirit would reveal to me something you're here for, or something
you've done, or--or whatever it is, you know I don't know you. And--and if He'd
reveal it, you'd know it'd have to come from some spiritual power. It'd have to
come... You know that, don't you, brethren? It'd have to come to the sister.
Then it'd have to come through a spiritual power. Do you believe that, out
there?
Then
it depends on what you think it is. The Pharisees said, "He's
Beelzebub."
But
the believers said, "It's the Messiah." They were Scriptural people
who believe the Scripture.
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E-101 Now, I'm
just going to talk to the woman, and please keep seated. Now, don't move
because... You say, "Brother Branham, you're stalling for something."
Certainly. Did they have the picture of that Angel up here? There it is in
Washington D. C., and so forth, the only supernatural Being was ever
scientifically proven, same Pillar of Fire that I told you was with Israel. When
It was made flesh... we see what It did in flesh.
Now,
if that's the same Pillar of Fire, It'll manifest Itself the same way. It's the
same life. You put the life of a grape in a pumpkin vine, it would bear grapes.
Certainly it would. It's the life in it that bears the fruit. Christ said,
"I am the Vine; ye are the branches." He's ascended on high and sent
His Life back. His Life bears record.
Now,
if that be... I'm waiting for that anointing. And if it doesn't come, I'll just
lay hands on the woman, pray for her, and go on. I don't know. I can't say. It's
stalling, or I'm stalling, waiting for it. That's exactly right.
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E-102 What's the
matter with everybody? What's the matter? Can't you believe? Have faith,
friends. The Scripture laying here before you, and a person walk up here, and
dare before an audience of people to take God's Word, and challenge the whole
world with it? Believe. Have faith. Amen.
Now,
in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I take every spirit in here under
the control of the Holy Spirit which has me anointed. Now, have faith. Look here
just a moment, as Peter and John said, "Look on us." I'm trusting for
you. I don't know. You're just standing here, a woman. But if the Holy Spirit
will reveal something to me that's in your life, you'll know whether it's the
truth or not.
Now,
I'm talking to you individually. That's the reason I have some one up here, just
to get a contact. The Spirit gets me anointed, and then I--I can start to the
audience, or wherever it's at, to see wherever He will lead me then.
Now,
I'm just speaking to you to find out, just see what He would tell me. I don't
know. That'd be up to Him to say. But I'm sure He will do it. Yes, sir. The lady
goes from me, moving away. She could witness right now there's a feeling around
her like a real sweet, humble feeling, 'cause the light settles right over the
woman. And the woman is suffering with a throat trouble. That's right. That's
right, lady. You believe?
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E-103 Why is it
invariably, every time, somebody will think "He guessed that?" I got a
good notion to call on who did it. Don't do it. You believe. I never guessed
that to that woman. She knows I couldn't do that. How could it be perfect, and
be...
Here
just... She seems to be a lovely person. Let me talk to her just a moment. Now,
ever what He told you, I wouldn't know. It's on tape. See? I'm somewhere else.
It's like another dimension. It's a vision. You see? Yes. It's a... It's throat.
You got throat trouble, and you're bothered with nervousness. You seem to be
extremely nervous.
Well,
you just have complications; many things are bothering you: get real weary in
the late of a evening, tired, wore out, your work done. That is right.
Another
thing, there's somebody else that you're interested in, you're praying for. I
see a man appear. It's--it must--it must be your husband. It's in the same
place. The man's here now. You believe I can tell you what's the trouble with
your husband? Would you believe me to be His servant? Your husband suffers with
a heart trouble. He also is nervous. And--and you've brought somebody from a...
It's your sister. You brought her from a--a nursing home. She's setting right
here. That's right, crippled.
You
believe? Now, is He the same yesterday, today, and forever? Then what does that
bring? Christ here with us. Do you believe with all your heart? Then go and
receive what you've asked for. Don't doubt. You can have what you've asked for,
and God be with you.
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move around. Set real still, set still, set still. Reverent... See, each one of
you is a spirit, and when you move I can just--you can just tell it. It's
moving. There's something wrong. See? Just be real reverent, quiet.
This
is the lady. The--the Angel of the Light that I watch, It appeared over in here
somewhere, right in here. Be real reverent. Now, just keep praying. Now, if I
look down and say, "Well, that person that's laying on a cot is crippled,
or got arthritis. It's going to..." You'd say, "Sure. Look at it. Sure
it is. You can see that."
But
here this person looks perfectly normal. What's wrong with her? There's the
thing. Now, look this way just a moment, lady. We're strangers to one another,
our first time meeting. The great Holy Spirit is here. You believe that? You
feel it. Isn't that a sweet feeling? See, it just feels... Knowing you're a
Christian, to see the welcome into that Spirit, just look like it He just acts
like that. said it's a real sweet, humble feeling. It's such a wonderful thing
to be a Christian.
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the Lord Jesus will just tell me something about you, or what you're standing
here for, what you want from Him, you'd believe it if He could tell you
what--what it was about.
Now,
if I could heal you, I would do it. But I can't. You see? If He was standing
here with this suit on that He gave me, He couldn't heal you, because your
healing's already purchased. He would make you know that It was Him, and how He
would do it, by He proving Himself the same yesterday, today, and forever, just
what I preached about. The audience... I believe we all believe that. Yes.
Now,
you just believe. You're suffering with a hernia. That is right. It's true. Then
you've got something wrong with your right side. You have pain that hits and
goes all the way down your right side plumb into your feet. That's right, isn't
it? Do you believe that that's Christ that you're anointed by now? Accept Him as
your Healer, a finished work. It'll all leave you, and you'll never have it no
more if you'll believe it. God bless you. God bless you, my sister.
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heal. I... If He was standing here, He could not heal. How many knows that? He's
already done it. See, He just let's you know that He's here. He's risen from the
dead. That's the only thing He could do: make Himself known that He's still
Messiah.
How
do you do? I suppose we're strangers to one another. I've never seen you in my
life, and we're just standing here for the first time, a man and a woman
meeting.
There's
a man keeps coming before me; see, it's somebody praying. You just keep praying;
that's all right. That's right. You just touch Him. I just ask you, in the Name
of the Lord Jesus, to believe what I told to be the truth. For I have told the
truth, and you know that's right. It's out of the Word. And if I've told the
truth, God's obligated to His own Word. See? He's not obligated to me; He's
obligated to His Word. See? And I'm just speaking His Word.
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knowing you, but if the Lord Jesus would tell me something about you, or
something that you've done, or something you ought not have done, or some
you--trouble that you've got, and maybe it's financial, domestic, I don't know.
But if He will just explain it, you'll know that it has to be some kind of a
power. It'll have to be the Word of God, because It's a discerner of the
thoughts of the heart. That's right. You believe that God sent this in the last
days, and It's Christ testifying of His soon coming? If you believe that, then
God surely will grant your request.
You
have a rupture, two of them. That's right. You have something else wrong, which
is a bladder trouble. That is right, isn't it? You believe He knows who you are?
Mrs. Peterson. That's who you are. Now, go believing and...?... no more. Have
faith. Don't doubt. Do you believe? Just have faith in God. Don't doubt. Don't
doubt.
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strangers to each other, but the Lord Jesus knows us both. And do you think that
He could do something, or tell me something about you that would help you? Would
you believe it?
Now,
you realize the condition it's got me in right now. I'm just shaking all over.
You say, "Why, Brother Branham? Why would you do that?"
Well,
if one little woman, touching the border of the garment of Jesus, made the Son
of God weak, what do you think it would do to me, a sinner, saved by faith?
Here's... The only way I could do even one is because He said, "The works
that I do shall you do also. More than this shall you do."
King
James says "greater," but it's not interpreted right. The right
translation is "more." Who could do any greater? He healed the sick;
He raised the dead; He stopped nature. He done everything there was to be done.
See? You just do more of it, because He'd be divided amongst His church:
"more than this."
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E-109 Now,
here's a little lady much younger than I. Don't know her, never met her. We're
strangers to each other. But the Holy Spirit knows us both. And if the Holy
Spirit will reveal to me something like that, will it make the whole audience
believe? Everybody?
Here's
my hand. Here's the Bible. I don't know the woman. See? And there she stands.
She might've been in a meeting somewhere. Was you ever in one of my meetings
before? Never been in a meeting even before. She's just standing here. We're
perfectly strange to one another.
All
right. May the Holy Spirit grant your request, sister. Yes. The lady suffers
with a rectal trouble. She has colitis, which has caused this. You've had a lot
of trouble in your life, haven't you? I see you going to a hospital. No. One,
two, three, four, five, six times, operations. That's THUS SAITH THE LORD.
Believe with all your heart, and it's all over. You believe it?
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E-110 Come by
here. Lay hands...?... You believe God can heal heart trouble? All right. Go
ahead, off the platform.
Do
you believe? Here, raising up your hands, you believe He heals that prostate
trouble you got, make you well? All right, if you believe it, you can have it
also. Just have faith.
How
do you do, lady? You believe He heals arthritis? Well, just keep on walking
then, and He will make you well, just... He will make it well, if you'll believe
it.
What
about you, lady? Would you like to get over that stomach trouble and be well?
Keep on walking, saying, "Thank You, Lord. I--I receive it."
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E-111 If you can
believe. What is... All things are possible to them that believe. You believe?
What if I didn't say a thing to you, just laid hands on you. Would you believe
it? You believe you'd get well? Come here. In the Name of Jesus Christ, may she
be healed. That's one that didn't want to see anything. See? She just believed
that whatever it was, it was all right.
Come.
lady. What if I didn't say nothing to you. Would you believe the same thing?
Well, if you do, the female trouble... I done told you, so go ahead. That lady's
trouble...?... it'll go and leave you, and you'll be all right, if you'll just
believe with all your heart. Believe.
You
believe with all your heart? Go eat your supper and say, "Thank the Lord
for healing me." Amen. God bless you, sir. Just have faith. Don't doubt.
Just believe with all of your heart.
Come,
lady. You've had a nervous stomach for a long time. You've had a lot of trouble
with it. It's all over now. You believe it? All right, go say, "Thank You,
Lord."
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believes out there? With all of your heart? You believe that He is the Son of
God? The same yesterday, today, and forever? You believe it? Start walking off
the platform then, saying, "Thank You, Lord."
There's
something's got me anointed, isn't it? I lay hands upon you, saying,
"Praise the Lord."
Come...
anointing. Come. You believe? Have faith. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, go be
made whole. Believe.
Come.
If I don't say nothing to you, you'd believe anyhow? Well, you're nervous. Well,
you're... You've had nervousness for a long time. Really, one thing's that
change, that menopause that's got you all upset. You get real gloomy spells, and
you... Everybody's saying, "Get next to yourself," but you can't.
There's something scaring you. But it's gone now. It'll stay gone. See? Just
believe it with all your heart. Go and believe with all your heart.
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believe? Somebody out there in the audience believe. Oh. You believe? "Sir,
we would see Jesus." You know it can't be me. Well, Who do you think It is?
What about this little Mexican woman, setting here, suffering with dizzy spells?
That's right. Do you believe? Who'd you touch? You touched the High Priest. You
never touched me; you're too far from me. All right, your dizzy spells has left
you. Amen. Amen. Ask her if that's right. See? Just have faith in God. Believe
God.
What
about you, laying there on the stretcher? Yes, you. You believe with all of your
heart? You pointed your finger. You believe me to be God's prophet or His
servant? I'll say it that way. That stumbles people. You believe it? If... I
can't heal you, sir. But God can. If you lay there, you're going to die. Doctors
can't do you no good. One thing, you got a stomach trouble, got arthritis in
your back. But no one can heal that but God. But if you'll believe God, and act
upon the Word, you can raise up, take your bed, and go home.
What
about you in the next stretcher, over there? Do you believe? There he goes.
Praise God. You see him straighten out? There he goes. Let's give God praise.
Amen. Do you believe Him? Amen. Isn't He the same yesterday, today, and forever?
I can't heal. I can't make well. Christ can.
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scared about? When I said a few minutes ago about that woman being nervous, you
turned me plumb around. You're scared. There's nothing's going to happen to you.
You'll be all right. You believe that? How could you pull the faith of God?
Who'd you touch to let know it was nervousness bothering you?
You
believe God? You believe Him, take Him at His Word? You believe me to be His
prophet? Then in the Name of Jesus Christ, rise up out of that stretcher, and go
home, and forget about it. You believe it? Come out. Get up. Take up that which
you have, go home. Be made well. Have faith in God.
You
believe? If she'd only believe... You was praying. There's a Light over you. If
you believe, you'll get over that polio and be made well. Return to the mission
field. Don't doubt it.
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E-115 You
believe Him? What about you over there? Back trouble, bladder trouble,
complications, all taking... Nothing will do you any good. Christ's the only One
can heal you. Is that right? Why don't you believe Him? You believe me to be His
prophet? Would you take my word as His, to tell you He's the same yesterday,
today, and forever? How can He stand here and tell you all about yourself,
without being you have some contact with Him? Why don't you believe Him, rise
up, take your bed, and go home, get well? If you'll accept it, then come out of
the cot. Believe the Lord Jesus Christ. You have faith, believe.
This
little lady setting here in this wheelchair, I can't heal you. But if you'll
believe with all of your heart, that diabetes will leave you, and you'll go home
and be well. Have faith in God. Believe it. Get out, go home. Be made well.
What
about you laying there, suffering with bleeding in the throat, everything. You
believe with all your heart? If you believe with all your heart... Everything's
wrong with you, but why don't you raise up, and come out of that bed, come out
of that cot? In the Name of Jesus Christ, rise up. Amen. There they are.
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E-116 Everyone
that believes, do you believe it? Sirs, We Would See Jesus. Do you believe it?
Put your hands on one another then, right quick. Put your hands over on one
another, every believer. Here's the wheelchairs emptied, the cots. Put your
hands on one another and pray.
Heavenly
Father, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, may Satan lose his power amongst
these people when he can see the cripples, the arthritis, the twisted-up can
come forth and be made well. Grant, Lord, that they'll believe it. In Jesus'
Name may Satan leave them. Amen.
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E-117 Every one
that believes on Him, accepts Him now as your healer, stand up on your feet in
the Name of Jesus Christ and be made well. Amen. There you are. Every one of
them up.
Let's
sing praises to Him. Raise up your hands and give Him praise. Sirs, We Would See
Jesus. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He never fails. He's the Son
of God eternal, and He can never fail. Believe on Him with all your heart. Be
made well. Get up and go home.