<TITLE>13. Par 143-155</TITLE>L-143 And we see today that God promised in these last days that these things would take place. What's the matter with the people? They're blind.
Them demon powers, even in the ecclesiastical realm... "You said, 'Jesus never said anything.'"
They said, "We cast out devils."
Jesus said, "I knowed nothing about it." They were saying things that they didn't do. "Oh, we..."
Someone said, a certain denomination church; he said, "Let preacher Branham heal one, and I'll heal a dozen."
I said, "If I healed one, you could heal a dozen."
He said, "If you had a gift that you say you have like that," said, "why don't you go out to the hospital and say, 'All of you sick people get up and come on out'?" Said, "They'd all have to obey you."
I said, "Are you a Gospel preacher?"
He said, "Yes, sir."
I said, "Go down here to the bootleg joint and say, 'You're all saved, come on out.'"
He said, "I could if they'd believe me."
I said, "So can I."
There you are: faith in the Word. See? You couldn't save no one. And preaching the Gospel of salvation doesn't make you a Divine Saviour, no more than preaching Divine healing makes me a Divine healer, but it's the faith in God's spoken Word.

L-150 And I know this, that some of us has more faith than others, and those who have abundance of faith are supposed to pray for those. But if you don't live the right kind of life, you better leave away from it; the devil will laugh at your prayer. But when you live right, and do right, and act right, and have faith in God, Satan will tremble when you speak, 'cause God swore under obligation He'd take care of that prayer. That's true.

L-151 Now, listen. Abraham now an old man (Oh, I'll hurry through.)--an old man now, well-stricken in age, hundred years old, God had done give him this son about sixteen or eighteen years later, maybe--maybe a hundred and eighteen, twenty years old... He said, "Now, take him up and destroy him."
And Abraham staggered not at the promise. Listen at this. He was like God; he had a part of God in him, for he believed. Listen, 18th verse.
And who against hope believed in hope;... (Wasn't even any hope for it, yet he believed in hope.)... that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

L-153 Now, listen, 19th verse. Put on a jacket; hold up the cup. Watch.
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,...
Now, if your father Abraham, who you're a child of through Christ, considered not his own body when it was dead, what about yours which is alive this morning? See what I mean? And that was before Christ came; that was before any atonement was made; that was before the great cloud of witnesses was gone on, before the Holy Spirit came; and Abraham believed God. "Being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body." Don't consider your sickness; consider what God said about it.

L-155 If I had considered mine, when Mayo Brothers told me, "You're finished," I'd have been finished. But I didn't consider my body. I didn't consider my sickness. I didn't consider what they said. I considered what God said.
But when I was blind, going around here with glasses on, couldn't even get a haircut; take my glasses off in the barber, and my head would shake. I'd have to set down, let him cut somebody else's hair awhile, then get back in the barber chair and try to cut mine. What if I would've considered it? But I didn't consider the blindness of my eyes when I learned of God.


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