<TITLE>12. Par 31-32</TITLE>L-31 I was talking to a man here not long ago. He said, "Preacher, do you believe that Divine healing is by the atonement?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "Why, if I prove to you that's wrong, will you believe what Isaiah said there about it?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
Said, "If I'll prove to you that's wrong, will you accept it?"
I said, "Yes, sir. If you'll prove it's wrong, God knows I--I want to be right with God." I said, "I certainly want to be right with God."
So He said, "If I prove to you that's wrong, then you'll accept it?"
"Yes."
 He said, "Matthew 8," said, "When they brought the--Jesus brought all the--they brought the sick to Him, that He healed them that it might be fulfulled which was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah."
"Why," I said, "you mean to apply that to the atonement?"
He said, "If--by--He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes we--bore our infirmities... "
Said, "Yes."
"Why," I said, "Then if that be the truth, the atonement had more power before it was made. That was a year and six months, before Jesus died. Then the atonement had more power before it was--was made than after it's in the force." I said, "Who did Peter heal? (The man at the gate called Beautiful). What kind of a power did he have?"
He said, "Only the twelve apostles, the only one that had that power."
I said, "Shame on you; and have a doctor's degree." I said, "I got a boy at home, eight years old knows better than that--know better Scripture than that." I said, "You say the only twelve Apostles...?"
He said, "Yes."
I said, "What about Philip? He wasn't an apostle; he was just a deacon. And he went down there and healed the sick, and he's cast out devils, and had a great revival. Many more too."

L-32 Notice, but He said--He said, "Well, Brother Branham, if there was Divine healing was included in the atonement, it would be so killed till there wouldn't even be any pain."
I said, "Is there temptation?"
He said, "Yes."
I said, "Then there's pain." See? Temptation... "If the--if the atonement killed sin so bad, there's no more temptation then. But it's by faith you overcome your temptation. It's by faith you overcome your pain. It's in the atonement." I said, "We won't argue with that. I'll ask you one thing: Is Divine healing in the Word?"
And he said, "Yes." He has to believe that, because Jesus said, "The things that I do... And whatsosever things you desire... (whether it's Divine healing, what it is), when you pray, believe you receive it."
Said, "It's in the Word, but it's not in the atonement."
I said, "Then if it's in the Word, it's over the atonement."
"Oh," he said, "Brother Branham, ridiculous."
And a great singer, and a great radio minister was standing there too, and this fellow was quite a character.
And he said, "Why, Brother Branham," said, "that's ridiculous. You mean the Word is over the atonement?"
I said, "Yes, sir. God's got to keep His Word."
This guy said, "I'm just believe what God said's the truth." He said, "Why, no."


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