<TITLE>12. Par 130-140</TITLE>L-130 Another thing, it was the first Easter morning. Jesus, the resurrection of all life, was alive and amongst the springtime, amongst the whistling of the birds, amongst the bringing forth of the new flowers. The resurrected Jesus was in the springtime, also, coming forth of the--the resurrection.
How that He walked along there with them, and begin to talk with them, telling them. Said, "Well, now, you ought to believe what the prophets said. You ought to believe what all the Scriptures that's been written concerning Christ: how He must suffer, and raise again on the third day, and so forth." Well, they were too brokenhearted.

L-132 After while, after He begin to speak, there was something about this Man that spoke a little different from other men. He wasn't the average line of man. There was something about Him that seemed to have a deep sincerity. There was something about it that had a meaning, and He begin to explain about the Scriptures. He was a Scripture Teacher: that how that the prophets said that Christ would die, and raise again on the third day. How their hearts begin to burn within them; something was taking place.
And as they journeyed on, they talked through the day. Now, they was about a few furlongs, about a mile and a half from Jerusalem, where they were going, slowly walking along, right with the very resurrected Christ, and didn't know it.
How many times has He set in the seat with you? How many times has He stood with you in the hours of your trials and troubles, and you didn't recognize it? How many times He was at the wheel when you almost was killed in that accident, or just dodged that accident or something, and you didn't recognize it was Him. How that He was with you when the barrel was empty, and the cruse was dry, and there was nothing for the babies; how that man come and set them groceries down at the door, whatever it was. That was Christ. He's alive today. He's not dead, but He lives.

L-135 Standing a few mornings ago, by a very atheotic doctor in Louisville. He was... I was down, after coming back from Africa. They was giving me examination for ameba. He said, "Rev. Branham," he said, "and you believe that's foolishness...?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
And he said, "You mean to tell me you believe that Man rose from the dead?"
Said, "Yes, sir, I believe it."
And he said, "How can you prove that He rose from the dead?"
I said, "I can prove that He is the resurrected Christ." "How can He?"
I said, "He lives in my heart. That's how I know Him. In here He changed me from a sinner to a Christian. He changed my nature. He changed my attitudes. He changed all that was in me. He made me a new creature. Therefore I know, personally, that He rose from the dead."
He said, "I believe He died."
I--I said, "I do too. But He died; yea, more than that, He rose from the dead."

L-140 And today He lives within our hearts. That's why we're happy and can sing. That's why we can notice Him. Here not long ago, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, done a great miracle for me in my own life. He's done miracles for you. He walks with you daily. He walks with every believer. "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." No matter what comes or goes, Christ still lives and reigns today in the human heart.


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