And now, hybreeding has got into the church, too. Instead of having a real rugged bunch of Bible believers, they’ve hybrid it by denominations. And they have to... “I got this, and I got that. And I belong to this, I belong to that.” It’s hybrid. And the thing can’t produce itself again. We need a book of Acts again. But the only way you’ll do it, is get back to the Bible, and away from some of this hybrid religion. Hybreeding, have to be babied--no faith, just a bunch of powder puffs, just sissified, babied into it. I say, “Are you a Christian?” “I’m Methodist.” “Are you a Christian?” “I’m Presbyterian.” “I’m Pentecostal.” That don’t mean that to God. You’re a Christian because you’re borned in the Spirit of Christ, and the Word of God lives in you. 32 You know, I always enjoy a hybrid [thoroughbred] horse. You know, he’s got sense. You can teach him things, do things for him, and he’ll learn. But you take an old mule, you can’t do nothing to him. He’s just a big, old, long-eared donkey. He sits there and you could talk to him, and he’ll stick his ears out and “Haw, haw, haw,” see. That’s... he’s just a hybrid. That’s what’s the matter with these so-called Christians’ hybrid donkey religion. You tell them, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.” They say, “I don’t believe it,” see. So you can’t never teach them nothing. Denomination, it’s gone anyhow. “My church believes it this way.” “Mine believes it that way.” 33 But God’s Word says He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. I like... Not a hybrid Christian. I like a pedigreed horse. He knows who his papa was, who his mama was, who his grandpa and grandma was. He knows all the generations, all the way back. So does a pedigreed Christian. He knows who his Father is. He come from God. He’s a word of God. He’s the same as he ever was. He’s a real pedigreed product of God. The Word of God is in him, Jesus Christ manifesting Himself. 34 But to unbelievers... Jesus wanted to shake off a bunch of parasites one day; He had too many following Him. He had His disciples, then He had the seventy (the ministerial association), then He had the congregation by the thousands. And then He made this statement: He said, “Except you eat the (blood), eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, you have no life in you.” 35 Now, what do you think a medical doctor would say, sitting out in the congregation? What do you think a sensible, thinking man would--what we call sensible thinking? He never explained it. He didn’t have to explain it. “Why,” the doctor’d say, “get away from that fellow; He’s crazy. We’ll be human vampires, drinking the blood of a man, eating His flesh.” And the congregation... I imagine the priest said, “This is the time. Here’s where we come in. Out we go. We’ll never attend another one of the meetings.” Away they went. Then He got all of them away from Him. Then He turned around and said to the seventy, He said, “What will you say when you see the Son of man ascending up into heaven, from whence He come?” 36 Now, them seventy said, “The Son of man ascending up from whence He come? Why, He’s had us at the very manger where He was born. We know His mother. We seen the clothes, the swaddling cloth He was wrapped in. He was born down there at Bethlehem of Judea. He was brought up over here in Nazareth. There’s His brothers, and sisters, and all of them with us. And then He said, ‘this Son of man ascended up’?” Now, He didn’t explain it. He just said it. Now, they couldn’t explain it. They couldn’t fix it out in their mind. “Well,” they said, “here’s where we come in.” So they went out; that’s as much as they could stand. They still have the same groups. That’s right. We still have them. 37 We notice. Then He turned... Remember, those disciples couldn’t explain that either, but they had faith. Then Jesus turned and looked to the twelve and said, “Will you go also?” 38 Then Peter made those notable words, “Lord, where would we go? For we are fully persuaded. We know that You have the Word of life, and You alone.” 39 They couldn’t explain how they was going to eat His flesh and drink His blood. They couldn’t understand how He was going to ascend up from where He come down from, when He was born in Bethlehem. They couldn’t... But see, faith don’t know no failure. It’s anchored. It stays there no matter what anything says. It stays there. They were ordained to this life, and he... they stayed there. 40 Now, those different kinds--some believed, some said, “A man never spoke like this.” Some didn’t believe, and they said, “Oh, that’s... Mighty disgusted at it.” Some said, “A man never spoke like this man. There’s something strange about Him. What He says, He’s able to back up.” Well, they did say that, you know. They said, “You don’t talk like a priest.” “He doesn’t talk like a rabbi. But what He says, God backs it up. He vindicates what He says.” Oh, my! It must have been young John, then said, “Think of it! We have Him with us right now.” What a comfort that must be, what a security. What a security that ought to be to us. 41 I’m a missionary--round and around the world. And I’ve seen all kinds of religions, all kinds of gods that they have, their heathen gods--the Mohammed, the Buddha, and Sikhs, Jains, oh, whatevermore; and the heathen gods of the tribesmen. But every one of them... There’s none of them right, but Christianity. Every one of them, their founders are dead, and they got the grave of where he was buried. But Christianity is the only one that is right, because our founder died, buried, but rose again. And we can prove that He’s alive. 42 At the grave of Mohammed for the past two thousand years, nearly, there has been a white horse. Change guards every so many hours, waiting for Mohammed to rise up from the dead, and ride down the world and conquer it. But Jesus is already up from the dead; been up for two thousand years, and is with us tonight. 43 And then, when we see the darkness, and see the end of time the way it is now, coming up to the hours that we’re living... While we are sailing life’s solemn main, when the stormy seas and the vessel can wreck at anytime, these little lights can snap out like that. 44 Or, we might never leave this building tonight, none of us. We don’t know what time death is coming. And what a secure feeling it must have been to those disciples to know that the very Creator, that had thoroughly identified Himself to be that person, was sailing with them. And what a blessed thought it is, what a blessed hope it is, what an assurance it is, at this dark hour at the end of world’s history, to know the Creator is sailing life’s solemn main with us, safely tucked in. Bombs, whatever may come--let them ride, burst, blow, whatever they want to--it makes no difference to me. I’m sailing with the Creator. What a security, while sailing these waters. 45 Now, all speaking, talking of Him, about what great things He’d done... After a revival feastings, Jesus was probably resting like He is, I said, between the revivals. And we... He had been so clearly identified to who He was. The people knew who He was;... of those who’d been blinded, but those who had a hold on the Scripture. Because they knowed that the Scripture, God’s Word, has been given, allotted, to each generation; and that promise of that age has to be fulfilled. And He fulfilled exactly what was supposed to be done, in the time of the Messiah. He met every qualification. Then we... he was assured that He was the man. But you see, He was so common. He didn’t dress like a priest. He had no... not an education, as what we’d call education. We have no record of Him even going to school. But there was something about Him that was different. And then He invited them... When they couldn’t understand, said, “Search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and that’s the thing that testifies of me. They tell you who I am.” And now, remember, they all had this in their hearts and was thinking of these things. 46 And while sailing around on the sea, how they could be like children as long as He was in the ship with them. Now, friends, what that ought to do to us. The same identified Jesus Christ, the same Creator, the same God, is with us tonight. What a security it is, what a feeling to know that His presence is here. Now, we find, right when they was having this great time, all of a sudden trouble arose. The ship rocked; the sails blew off; the water filled the boat. All hopes for survival was gone. 47 Now, isn’t it strange? Just like it is now, as we’re coming down to the end now, isn’t it strange? We can talk about how great He is, we can tell how great He is in our church when we testify. We tell our (employees), employers how great He is. We tell the people on the street how great He is. And when trouble strikes, we’re flusterated, see. We just... things that we’ve seen Him do, the things that we know He does--and just let a little sickness or a little trouble strike the home, watch what happens. All gone to pieces, all hopes is gone. Though they had seen Him do so many things, all forgotten when trouble strikes. Like now, we have seen this great revival. We have history of other great revivals. We have His presence. We know these things. And sometimes trouble sets in that we can’t remedy. They... For instance, like now we have trouble in our churches now. We have denominational troubles, arguments in our churches. We don’t know what’s going to take place. We see a great thing forming up there. All of us believers in the Bible see something’s fixing to take place. There’s nobody but what knows that. 48 All the churches are going to be brought into that ecumenical council of churches. And when you do that, you’re going to forfeit your great evangelical teaching of the Bible. And the Pentecostals are sympathizing with it--going right into it, like a hog going to its slaughter. Right. Ecumenical council, many great Pentecostal leaders agreeing with them. 49 I’m telling you, don’t you never stick your neck in a thing like that. That’s exactly what the Bible said would come to pass. There’s the beast and the mark, perfectly. Everything’s set right in order. And we see this, and we wonder what’s going be the outcome of it. 50 Trouble set in. And they forgot that the very one that they were talking about, the very Creator was in the boat with them. Now, you say, “If I could think that...” Well, remember, we still have Him, because He’s the Word, always. 51 In John 1:1, as we spoke last night, He was the Word; and the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. And we still have His Word that directs us to His thoughts and His doings for this day. See, the... Not the thoughts Moses had in his days, not the thoughts of the disciples, not the thoughts of Luther or Wesley, or the Pentecostal age, or any of those--we have the Bible here that tells us of what’s going to happen now, see. We see the Pentecostal revival in the Bible, the Lutheran, and all those church ages. We saw them. But we also have the Scripture here telling us what is going to be now. And that’s God--God interpreting His own Word for this age that we’re living in. He’s His own interpreter. And yet, we get flusterated. Don’t be flusterated. 52 His disciples sometimes get in physical troubles that they can’t remedy, such as sickness, cancer, so forth, that the doctors can’t... don’t know what to do about it. We, like them, forget who’s in the ship. They should have known that He knowed all these things. 53 He knew they were going to happen. He was there. He knew all things, so He knew this was going to happen. It’d already happened to Him... Why was He letting it happen? When He got in that ship, He knew that was going to happen. He knows that we had to meet this condition, and He has foretold us here in the Bible it would be that way. Now, what was He doing? Testing their faith. 54 Why would He let a fine, little, mother-looking woman sit in a wheelchair like that? Why would He let a fine young fellow here, these young men sitting here in these wheelchairs--and ladies, and so forth? Why would He...? And still, they might be crippled, just live an ordinary life. But there may be some sitting here with heart trouble. If God don’t heal you, you may be dead before morning. That’s right. He knowed it was going to happen. 55 Maybe it’s time to give our faith a test. That’s what it was done for then. He said so, see. Same now. He had proven who He was by the words and signs that... He had proved among them that He was the vindicated, anointed Messiah that was to come. And He’s proved among us by the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and the return of the things that He’s promised in this day that He would do. He’s proved that He’s here. He’s proved that He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. And see how easy we can get flusterated at any little thing? We should never let it happen. No. 56 He said, “If I do not the works that is written of me, then don’t believe me.” And as the church, if the Holy Spirit today isn’t doing the things that it was supposed to do for this hour, then don’t believe the message. You’ve got a right to disbelieve it. But He promised that these things that He’s doing right now would be taking place right at this time. So it ought to make us feel so secure. Say, “I’m going up to the meeting. The great Holy Spirit, I understand, is up there revealing the secrets of the hearts of the people.” That’s exactly what He said He would do when He’d be revealed in the last days. Jesus Christ said Himself that that’s exactly what He would do. 57 And He said the world would be in the condition like it was in the days of Sodom. That’s just where it’s at now. He said the churches would be separated, just like they was then--Lot, the lukewarm, down in Babylon or, down in Sodom, and the Sodomites. He said Abraham, the elected, called-out group... And He sent a messenger to the elected group, and He sent two messengers down to them, representing each one. And that’s just what He’s done, even to every name, to every action, every move, everything just perfectly; every sign, every manifestation just exactly the same. He said it would happen. Now what are we scared about? What do these things haunt us for? He’s trying us; see what we’ll do about them. 58 Notice, He told them, said, “Now, if you can’t believe me, believe the works that I do. They testify of who I am.” They should have known Him, but they didn’t. He was God who created, the creator of the winds and the sea. If He could create the winds and the sea, could He not more make them obey His Word? If He created everything, can’t He make everything obey? 59 Let us remember, also, He created our bodies. They also will have to obey His Word. “Well,” you say, “if I could just be sure of that.” Well, we are sure of it. He’s here to prove it’s so. They have to obey it. Remember, He’s got... When we were laying nothing but maybe a spoonful of ashes, He promised to raise up that ashes. He promised to raise it up. The body has to obey Him. And that’s... When we die, we rest assured that we’ll be raised up because He promised He’d do it; and His promise is His Word, and we believe. Do you believe in the resurrection of the body? Sure. If not, you’re not a Christian. So, we believe that He’ll raise us up at the last days. He promised to do it. And what is that? That’s His Word. That’s where we stake everything that we got, right on that Word. 60 And then, when it comes to the time that we see the Word being identified to be with us, then we’re like the disciples in another case when they was out on the sea, and they was about to sink again, on another occasion. And they seen Jesus come walking on the water, and they got scared. They said, “It’s a spook. It’s scary,” afraid it was a spirit. And they cried out with fear. The only thing that could happen, they was a-scared of it. And so is it today. The very... only thing that can help people, they’re afraid of it. He said, “Fear not. It’s I.” 61 He speaks. How would you know it was Him? He’s identified by His Word. That’s the way He was identified the first time. That’s the way He’s identified every time--by His Word. Notice, after these disciples found themselves at the end, it must have dawned on some of them that the Creator was still with them. I hope it does that to us tonight, for Hebrews 13:8 says He’s the same. 62 Then what did they do? They awakened Jesus. “Go awaken Jesus. Wake Him, call Him on the scene.” He’s very easy called. They had seen so many things that God had done, and the Word’s a-vindicating Him; so have we. And He was not hard to be called into action. They woke Him up and said, “Do you... Carest thou not that we perish?” You say, “How can we be sure of this? Can we prove it?” John 14:12, Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.” That’s exactly, our faith bringing Christ in our presence. 63 He said in Luke, 17th chapter, “In the last days, when the Son of man is being revealed, it’ll be a time like Sodom and Gomorrah.” We see that happening. He said before that time taken place, in Malachi 4, that there’d be a message go forth that would restore the people back to the original faith that was once delivered to the people--always God’s program to do that. Then the wicked would be ashes, and the righteous would walk out upon their feet. We see all these promises. He’s waiting right now for you, you, you, every one of you, to call Him on the scene. Calling Him on the scene, that’s where He wants to be--called on the scene of action. 64 Notice, when you call Him on the scene... So then we’d say, “Let us wake Him,” then call Him to confirm His Word, and the thing that He promised to do. The way He... we would know in the revelation of Jesus Christ in the last days, would be like it was in the days of Sodom. He promised that revelation to the church, when He would be revealed. So don’t doubt, fear. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. 65 I heard a woman one time... When I was talking about Him being so great, she said, “There’s one thing I have against your teaching, Mr. Branham.” I said, “Thank you. If you only have one thing,” I said, “I hope God only finds it that way.” She said, “Well, you brag too much on Jesus.” I said, “I hope that’s the only thing that’s against me.” And I said, “I don’t brag enough on Him.” She said, “Oh, yes, you do.” She said, “You make Him divine.” Here’s a woman who didn’t believe that Jesus was divine. She was Christian Science. And said, “You make Him... you make Him divine. You make Him God.” I said, “He’s either God or the greatest deceiver the world ever knowed.” I said, “He...” She said, “Well, I can prove to you by your Bible that He wasn’t. He was just merely a prophet.” I said, “He was a prophet, truly; but He was God, also.” She said. “He was a man, and He was mortal.” And I said, “That’s true also.” She said, “On the road down to raise Lazarus from the grave” (St. John, the 11th chapter), said, “the Bible said, ‘Jesus wept.’” I said, “That’s true.” She said, “Well, that proves that He couldn’t be divine, and weeping.” I said, “Oh, my, lady! Is that your argument?” I said, “That’s a weak one.” She said... I said, “True, He was a man when He was weeping. But when He put His little body in motion, pulled His little shoulders back, and said, ‘Lazarus, come forth’; and a man that had been dead four days and was rotting in the grave, stood on his feet and lived again--that was more than a man. That was God.” 66 He was a man out here in this boat that night, when He was out on the sea, where ten thousand devils of the sea swore they’d drown Him. That little old boat tossed about like a bottle-stopper out there, on the stormy sea. He was a man, tired, sleeping. But when they awakened Him and called Him on the scene, He put one foot up on the brail and looked up and said, “Peace, be still,” and the wind and the waves obeyed Him. That was more than a man. That was God. 67 He was a man when He come down off the mountain hungry, looking on a tree to find something to eat. He was a man when He was hungry; but when He had taken five biscuits and two fishes and fed five thousand, that was more than a man. That was God in that man. 68 Every person that’s ever amounted to a hill of beans has been people who believed that. Right. Poets, and whatmore, believed that--that God was in Christ reconciling Himself to the world. And now, Christ is in the church reconciling the people to God. He promised to do it. It has been written that He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do you believe that? I believe it with all of my heart. He’s just waiting, now, to be called on the scene. 69 Now the only thing that can call Him on the scene is for us to awaken Him in ourselves. Call Him on the scene. He was the greatest gift that God ever give the world. “God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son. Whosoever believeth on him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” Watch God in His gift. 70 Now, the people use God’s gift. A little woman, one time, she believed that He was the manifestation of God in flesh. And she said, “If I touch His garment I’ll be made whole.” Now, she touched His garment. And He turned around and said, “Who touched me?” See, “Virtue, strength, has gone from me.” She touched His garment. That was her using God’s gift, see. He got weak from that. 71 But when He went away from the home of Lazarus... Remember (St. John 5:19), Jesus said, “Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in himself, but what he sees the Father doing.” Remember, Jesus Christ never performed one miracle, never did anything in the way of the supernatural until first He saw a vision on what to do. How many believes that to be the truth? St. John 5, “Verily [not what I hear, not what somebody tells me], what I see the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise.” 72 Now if that isn’t so, then the rest of the Scripture isn’t so. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in himself. But what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son. The Father worketh and I worketh hitherto.” In other words, He just acts it out, and done what God told Him to do. 73 Now remember, when He went away from the home of Lazarus, He was gone several days. Lazarus got sick and they sent for Him. He didn’t go. Two days later, Lazarus got sicker, so they sent for Him again. He still didn’t go. Then, when the appropriate time the Father had showed Him would happen, Lazarus died. And He turned when Lazarus died, and said, “Lazarus is dead, and I’m glad for your sake I wasn’t there.” They’d been wanting Him to pray for him, and so forth. And He just done what God told Him to do, what He saw--a vision. See, He’d seen a vision on what to do. “But I go wake him.” There you are. 74 Watch Martha come on the scene. She said, “Lord, if Thou would have been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, whatever you ask God, God will give it to you,” see. He knowed what He was going to do. 75 Watch Him at the grave of Lazarus. He said, “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me already. But I just said it for these that stand by. Lazarus, come forth.” And Lazarus raised from the dead. Now, He never said a thing about getting weak there. That was God using His gift. And the people using God’s gift was different, for He was the Word. And “the Word is sharper than a two-edged sword [says the Bible], and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.” That proves that God is in the midst of the people. Yes, let us believe it. He’s ready, according to His Word, to be called on the scene tonight. How many’s here, sick and needy? Raise up your hands. Let’s see your hands. How many’s sick and needy, anywhere? Only thing He’s waiting for, is to be called on the scene. Just ask Him. 76 Now, what if He was standing here with this suit that He gave me, and you came up in front of Him and said, “Lord Jesus, I want you to heal me.” You know what He’d say? “I’ve already done it.” He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed. He can’t do it the second time. So see, He’s already done it. You have to believe it. 77 There’s nothing you can do meritorial to anything, to earn your salvation or healing. There’s nothing you can do about it. It’s a free gift of God. See, it’s grace--a free gift. If I give you a million dollars, and you straighten up my tie, I didn’t give it to you; you done something for it. See, God’s gift is free. The only thing you have to do is believe it, that He has purchased this for you. It’s already purchased. He did it for you. 78 And there’s not a man in the world... I don’t know what youd have here in Baton Rouge--everything is drifting the country, impersonations and that... We know that’s just got to be that way. But when a man comes in and says he has power to heal you, he’s lying. 79 God alone can heal. “I am the Lord thy God, who heals all thy diseases.” He’ll not share His glory with anybody. There’s no man has power to heal. But there is men has gifts to manifest God. Your pastor (pardon me), he can take God... By a gift of a teacher, he can explain the Word so you’re bound to see it. If you got any eyes to see with, you’ll see it. There’s another one, maybe, some other gift. But there’s always a gift that manifests the presence of God. And through there you, yourself, have to believe it. 80 A sinner might come here at the altar as a young man or woman at the age of fourteen years old; and they’d bring you your meals here, and you’d cry to the Lord until you were ninety years old--you’d never be saved. But the... You’ve got to first accept what He done for you, see. You’ve got to accept it yourself. Then, when you accept it, then He is a high priest, mediator, to make intercessions upon your confession of what you believe. Now, that’s the same thing by a gift this a-way. It’s getting your own mind away from you, and then see what He says do. 81 I see people come to the platform, they jump up and down, scream and say, “Oh, Brother Branham, I got all the faith in the world.” What are you doing up here, then? That’s emotion, not faith. Genuine faith knows no defeat. It’s already done. It’s already over. God said so, and that finishes it, you see. God said so. 82 Now, that’s the same thing anytime. When you really believe it, that touches Him. Now, that little woman that touched His garment, she said, “If I but just only touch His garment, I’ll be made whole;” and she did it. And when she carried out what her faith wanted her to do--touch Him--He felt it, see. And He turned around. He spoke to her. Now, He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. If you would just only believe Christ. Believe Him. Let your faith touch His garment. And He, right now, is the high priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. We all know that. And if He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever, He’ll have to act today as He did yesterday, if He’s the same high priest. Now, won’t you believe it? Just have faith in God. 83 If I’ve told you a lie, then, God won’t back it up. [Blank spot on tape.] “...of me, if they don’t testify of me, then don’t believe it,” see. And if the Scriptures doesn’t testify of what I’m telling you now, that He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever, then don’t believe the Scripture, because the Scripture said He was. And He promised these things for this last age. 84 You remember, just at the end of the Jewish age, that’s how He revealed Himself Messiah. The end of the age of the Samaritans, He did the same. Now, it’s the end of the Gentile age. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. Awaken Him in your conscience. Call Him on the scene while we bow our heads. 85 Heavenly Father, just a word from You, now, will be sufficient. It’ll be all that we need--just a word from You. May the people clearly understand. The achievement, what we are trying to do, Lord, is to let them get the benefits of the Lord Jesus that they love and serve. May they do it tonight, Lord, because your death was not in vain. You were wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity, the chastisement of our peace was upon You. And with the stripes we were healed. I pray, God, that everyone in here in divine presence, will understand this and will get the vision, and will be healed for the glory of God. Through Jesus Christ’s name, I present myself, with this congregation, to His honor and glory. Amen. Now, be real reverent just for a few minutes. Now, just a word from Him would mean more than all I could say, or all anyone else could say, because it’s Him a-doing it. He is the one. He’s the doer. And we are trusting that the Lord Jesus will grant these things to you. Now, each one... Now, let’s see. What time is it? I didn’t know it was that. I tell you, to get out here on time, what we’re supposed to, we haven’t the time to bring up this line. Let’s call it right from the audience. 86 Now, let’s just take the Scripture just a minute. Now, the Bible promises in this day that the repeat of Sodom and Gomorrah will be repeated. How many believe that? Now, raise up your hand. The Bible identifies that. Now, and then, what was that at Sodom and Gomorrah? It was God in the form of human being. And the way that Abraham knowed it, is when He said, “Why did Sarah laugh in the tent behind,” or why does she doubt it, the words that He had spoke to be so? He could perceive what Sarah was thinking behind Him. Now, you just see if that wasn’t... 87 Now, that wasn’t to the church at Babylon or, the church at Sodom. No, no. That wasn’t to them people down there in the denominational ranks. No, sir. Never goes to them. They got their messenger, see--but to the elected church, the super-seed of Abraham, that’s supposed to believe the Word regardless of what circumstances is. Abraham called those things which were not as though they were. God said so, and he believed it. Now friend, I know that God’s obligated to this Word to keep it. Now, I want you, wherever you are in the building, to sit reverent for a few moments, wherever you are. And believe, just believe with all your heart. 88 Now, if I could heal you, if I could heal this little girl that my heart goes out for, if I could heal that little thing lying there, I’d crawl from here to the North Pole, if I could, to do it. Anybody that’s got any human feelings... But I could no more than do that than nothing. Maybe some of you there won’t live but a little bit, with a cancer. If I could heal you, I wouldn’t be fit to stand on this platform if I could do it, and wouldn’t do it. I couldn’t. My heart goes for you. I’d do it if I could, but I can’t. There’s no other man can do it. That’s right. 89 But you see, Jesus has already done it, see. And He’s only trying to get you to believe that. But I feel sorry for the people. There’s been so many things that just blinded them this way and that way. The poor people are like sheep without a shepherd, hardly. They don’t know what to do. One says this, and one says that. 90 Don’t think what man has said: “Days of miracles is past. There’s no such thing as baptism of the Holy Ghost.” No, remember, Peter said on the day of Pentecost, “The promise is unto you and your children, and them that’s far off; even as many as the Lord our God shall call,” see. 91 Jesus promised these things would happen in the last days, that God would return in the form of human flesh (like you and I here tonight), and would work that same thing just before the world would be destroyed. And the world would be like a Sodom, see. Now, we got the Sodom condition. Right. Every position, every person, everything’s sitting just exactly right. Now, can’t our faith come to that? Can’t we call Him on the scene? Call Him on the scene. Your faith is the only thing that can do it. Now you believe with all of your heart, each one of you, now. 92 And I want to ask you something. Without any prayer cards, without anybody up here, if that great Holy Spirit will come down here, and by the anointing of you and the anointing on me, and will identify that Jesus Christ is working in among us like this, what more could He do? There’s not another promise in the Bible above that. That’s a supreme promise. How many know that? Sure, it is. It’s the last thing to the church age. 93 The Jews in time of the tribulation period and on... there, they have a visit back there. But not to the Gentile church. This is the last thing promised to the Gentiles. It’s true. See, it was the Gentiles down there in Sodom that was going to be burned. And that... here’s the... bride (which was the royal seed of Abraham being the bride), called out from amongst the Gentile--that’s their ending sign. All of it. Mark it in your book. I’m an old man. But just mark it in your book, and see if it comes to pass or not, see. 94 You’re at the end now. When, I don’t know. I’m looking for Him today. If He isn’t here today, I’ll be looking for Him tomorrow. If He isn’t there tomorrow, I’ll be looking the next day. If He isn’t here this year, I’ll be looking next year for Him. I know He’s coming. I don’t the minute or the hour. But I know everything is fulfilled, ready for the rapture. The church is called out. It’ll be a secret going--just vanish, and that’ll be all. 95 The world will go right on, just the same: people preaching, and people thinking they’re getting saved, just exactly like they did in the days of Noah, and so forth. Noah entered into the ark and people went right on, the world turning just the same--think of it--and eternally lost, thinking they’re saved. 96 Some of these days, I’m going to bring a big tent to this country and pitch it up here, so we can have afternoon services and instructions, so you can understand these things better--get all our brethren together so we can have services. 97 Now, if Jesus Christ fulfills His promise, then we are obligated to believe Him. I want you all, each one of you, just to have just simple childlike faith to believe Him. Now, if you’ll just kindly start with your heads bowed, and start praying and saying, “Lord Jesus, now I know that this man doesn’t know me. And I’m needy. And we’re told that You’re a high priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. If You’ll just let him... If I can touch You, just speak through him, Lord, that I know his... know it’s You. I know he doesn’t know me.” And that’s out there in the audience, just a mixed-up audience with belief, unbelief, make-belief, sinners, saints, all together. Now you must believe. Now, if He will do this from this audience here... I want each one of you in here to say, “Brother Branham, I know that that has to be Him,” just looking upon the congregation as He did then. I want you... If you really will believe, I want you to raise your hand and say, “Lord, I’ll accept it with all my heart, that I believe it’s Christ Jesus, according to His promise.” All over the building, God bless you. That’s fine. Oh, it’s just too bad we haven’t got a month to be around here. See, just let... I’m new to you. See, it’s hard. You just keep believing. 98 Now, it’s a light. Now, God is light. We know that--pillar of fire. And now, you just pray, and touch it, and may the Lord Jesus answer. 99 Now, I take every spirit in here under my control in the name of Jesus Christ for His glory. Now, be real reverent, pray, be real reverent. Now, here it is. There’s a lady right here in front of me. She’s got her head down, and she’s praying for her own affliction. If you want to raise your head now... She’s right here in front of me. Do you believe with all your heart? Do you believe that God can heal that diabetes and make you well? Now, that’s what you have, diabetes. 100 I do not know you. You’re a total stranger to me. But do you believe me to be His servant? If we’re strangers to one another, raise your hand like this, so the people can see. Here’s the lady. And now she’s suffering with a diabetic condition. And do you believe that God can tell me who you are? Would it make you believe? You’re Mrs. Martin. If that’s right, raise your hand, see. You just have faith. Don’t doubt; have faith. Now, what did she touch? I want to ask the audience. What did she touch? There’s a woman with her right hand up, and mine, too, before God, see. She touched something, just a simple little woman. If... actually, to tell you the truth... Now, you see if this is a... It surprised her. She didn’t know she had that much faith. Faith is not something you manufacture; it’s something you have. She was surprised. Even right now, the woman feels different than what she did a few minutes ago. She knows something has happened to her. 101 Here, don’t you see that light? I... See it right here over this woman, right here, right back here? She’s suffering with a... She’s got her head down. She’s praying. But she’s suffering with trouble with her back. If she’ll believe with all of her heart, she can be healed of that back trouble. Sure she’s going to miss it, as certain as anything, see. Her prayer’s still moving on. Lord help me. Mrs. deVille, it’s you. 102 That’s grace. The woman was praying, wasn’t even thinking, didn’t even hear me say nothing. Now, you ask her if she knows me. That’s who she is, and that’s what her trouble. What did she touch? That’s the vindication of Jesus Christ. The Word discerns the thoughts that’s in the heart. 103 Do you believe? Just have faith. Pray, anywhere. Just believe. That’s all you have to do. Just believe. Just believe that I’ve told you the truth. Now, I’m not He. I’m just His servant, just His servant. If you just have faith enough... I can’t call him. I know what his trouble, but... Just wait awhile; maybe it’ll change. Certainly not impossible. But you’ve got to move out of that bracket. He can’t believe for himself. You’ve got to believe for him. 104 A lady suffering with kidney trouble. She isn’t from here; she’s from Mississippi. If she’ll believe with all of her heart, God will heal the kidney trouble. Mrs. Palmer, if you’ll believe with all your heart, you can be healed of it. It’s left you... Turned right over; it’s gone from her. Have faith in God; don’t doubt. 105 There’s a lady sitting right next to her. She’s suffering with arthritis. Do you believe me to be God’s prophet, lady? You do? Do you believe if God would tell me who you are, would that help you to believe? Your name is Mrs. Meadow. You believe with all your heart, now. You can be healed too. 106 That’s caught fire to a lady next to her. She’s sitting there, also. There it’s going, right down the line. A lady sitting there, she’s suffering with--next to her--is suffering with diabetes, with sugar diabetes. They want her to go to the hospital, but she refuses to do it. She’s got a son she’s praying for, also. That son isn’t here. But do you believe God can tell me what’s wrong with that son? He’s got heart trouble. You believe, and He’ll heal you. Do you believe God can tell me who you are? Mrs. Dufflee, D-u-f-f-l-e-e, kind of. That’s right. If that’s right, raise up your hand. Oh, your hand’s up. All right. Now, you believe and you can be made well, too. 107 Do you believe that that’s the same thing that...? Do you believe that Jesus Christ’s presence is here now? How many accept that? Oh, what a security! What a security! 108 See, what did you do? You awakened Him. You brought Him on the scene. Here He is on the scene. Now, it don’t make any difference what the boats are saying. Remember, He can say, “Peace, be still.” Do you believe that with all of your heart? If you do, stand up on your feet and accept it. Stand up and say, “I believe it with all my heart.” Raise right up to your feet. “I now believe.” That’s right. No matter what your trouble, stand up. Give Him praise. Heavenly Father, we bring to You this audience. They’re conscious that You’re here, Lord. May every devil of unbelief, may it leave its hold, and may Jesus Christ heal all of them. Satan, come out of this audience. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are resented.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:28:36 +0000