<TITLE>16. Par 52-54</TITLE>L-52 I just... But now, that's when I'm pushing the gift itself. But then, when I just stand, don't even have nothing to do with it, God just kinda reaches down and gets me of the back of the collar, and raises me up over the fence, say, "You see where it started back here? See all about them along here? See what it's going to be over here?" That's when God does it. See? That's when He does it at His own will. When I kind of press to it like this, 'cause it's a Divine gift, and that's the reason I go easy, because I'm pressing to it myself. Do you understand? If you do, raise up your hands, say, "I understand, Brother Branham. I--I believe you." All right. Thank you.
God bless you, now. I'm going to pray for all that I can tonight. I'm sorry to keep you this late. My... One of my first meetings in Kentucky, and I--I--I want you to be... I want to do everything that I can for the Lord while I'm here. It's kinda been noised abroad, maybe next week, we'll be just across the river over there in Evansville, and, if the Lord willing. Now, let's bow our heads.

L-53 [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Just going to move this back. And I want everybody be just real reverent. Now, I'm... You know how I believe in the old fashion religion. I believe in praising the Lord and shouting the praises of God. But now, when we're standing like this, I tell you what it does. When you move (You see?), or--or the reason... If there's a bank of faith around, and you'll feel demons will pull one from another. You see? If there's something wrong with a certain person, and it... Like a certain person in the building, there's something wrong with them, well then, when there's something wrong with a patient here, that's sympathetic--sympathizing demon, they'll pull back and forth one to another. And the same thing will be when you got--when you got faith. If you get a wall of faith around you everywhere... Remember Jesus putting them all out of the building and things like that, and then praying for the sick and the... Remember that? See, it taking those who really believed, and those who were really up with God.

L-54 Now, this man standing here, I suppose we're strangers to one another, are we? Sir, I don't know you. And... But we are--we're perfect, total strangers to one another. All I know that he's just standing here on the platform. He's the man. And I--I pray that God will help.
Now, I want to ask: Is there anybody here for your first time? Let's see, Your first time you've ever been in one of my meetings? Well, my, just look at the hands. That--that makes it bad. See, every night it should be gone through and...?... see?
Now, when Jesus was here on earth... I'll just ask you this: If Jesus Christ was here on earth, as far as healing this man or anybody else, He couldn't do it. He's already did it. Is that right? But well, if He was here on earth, He didn't claim to be a healer, did He? When He passed by cripples, and multitudes of people that were lame, blind, halt, and withered at the pool of Bethesda, He passed right by every one of them.
Do you believe He was... Do you believe Jesus was God, He was Emmanuel, God was in Him? God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself. The Bible said so. And He was the great Jehovah God, anointed One here on earth: God with us. And He passed right down through those crippled, afflicted, a Man full of compassion and love for the people, passed by the lame, halt, blind, withered, and never done a thing to them; walked over to a man laying on a pallet, and healed that man, told him to pick up his bed and go. Walked away and left that whole multitudes lay there. Is that right?
If God willing, in the next few months, I want to walk right down that same ladder, or that same place into the pool. I'm going to be in Palestine, the Lord willing, in the next few months.


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