<TITLE>02. Par 3-6</TITLE>L-3 In the garden of Eden, He told man, He made a covenant with man not to eat of that tree. But they did it anyhow. But then after that, He said, "I will put enmity." See? "I will." That covenant doesn't break. That's what God did. See? And He turned men and women back to the dust of the earth, from where they come. They go right back. And someday He's promised to redeem that again to its original state. He will do it. Now, God will do it. And that's what we're all striving for, for the good of salvation to lost souls.
And now, I wish to... And sick bodies, I may say. I believe the full Gospel is both for soul and body. See? I don't believe now... Someone was talking here not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, do you tell me that you believe that Divine healing is in the atonement?"
I said, "Yes, sir." Yes, sir. And it happened to be a good Baptist brother of mine.
He said, "Do you mean?" Said, "Brother Branham, if Divine healing is in the atonement, where do you allow it? To Isaiah?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "Oh, no." Said, "I can prove that's wrong."
I said, "All right."
He said, "Isaiah, prophesied, He took our infirmities, and so wounded for our transgressions, and with His stripes we're..." Said, "In Matthew 8, it says that He took on Himself our infirmities to fulfill that which was spoke of." Said, "He fulfilled it then."

L-4 I said, "My brother, if He did that to fulfill what Isaiah said, He fulfilled the atonement before the atonement was made. A year and six months before He ever died, or bled for the atonement. See?" I said, "Then what... After that what did Peter, James, and John and all the rest of them heal by? After that, what was that in?"
Said, "They were just twelve chosen."
I said, "Now, brother... Just twelve given that power?"
I said, "Oh, no." I said, "You think Philip was one of them? Was he one of the apostles?" No, sir, he was a deacon. And he went down through Samaria and he healed the sick, and devils screamed, and they had a real revival. Is that right? He wasn't one of the twelve." That's right.
And Jesus on His last commission, said, "To all the world," with it. That's right.

L-5 So, he said, "Well if they... Look here, Brother Branham." Said, "If you would teach Divine healing in the atonement," he said, "there would be no more pain. There is no pain, if you teach Divine healing in the atonement."
I said, "Now," I said, "do you believe salvation's in the atonement?"
"Yes."
I said, "Is there temptation?" There you are. Yeah. "Is there temptation?"
"Oh, yes, you can be temptation, but His grace is sufficient."
I said, "Yes, there's pain, but His grace is sufficient." That's right. His grace is sufficient.
So it's strange how smart men can sometimes get off the tract isn't it?

L-6 The other day I heard a man preaching, one of the most brilliant preachers, pretty near compare with Brother Baxter. Now you see what I think of Brother Baxter. I think he's a real preacher. And I believe you'll agree with me. That's right. And he had a very fine sermon. And then he got on Divine healing. He said, "Sickness is of God." He said, "No matter what we do, we must embrace sickness, and say, 'Oh, that's right, Lord.'" Said, "Then we spit dust in the devil's face by doing that." Said, "When you have arthritis, and rheumatism, and things. Say, 'I love you, arthritis,' or so forth, 'the Lord gave it to me. You see?'" Oh, my.
I'd imagine, just to make a long story short, that same man would get appendicitis, he'd go to the hospital and have it cut out. And if appendicitis is a blessing, why go have it cut out? Don't cut the blessing out; leave it alone; go ahead and die with it. See? So we--we see that that's wrong. See?


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