<TITLE>05. Par 17-20</TITLE>L-17 I thought, "Well..." And I looked at Brother Bosworth... I'm not saying this because he's setting behind me, and I believe his wife, and son, and daughter-in-law and them's, setting present somewhere here tonight. I'm not saying this... But I admired him. And he walked out, and Mr. Best when he come over, he went and hired photographers to come, take his picture.
And he wanted to take his picture. He said, "I'm going to skin that old man, and take the hide off of him, and tack it on my study door for a memorial to Divine healing." Quite a statement for a child of God to say, you know, but, so they... He said that. And so he wanted to take the picture.
So they hired the Douglas Studios in Houston, Texas, to come, take his picture. And so Mr. Bosworth who'd never been in a debate before, and so he wanted Mr. Bosworth... Mr. Bosworth thought they would just stand and give Scriptures and discuss them. So Mr. Bosworth had a great load of Scriptures wrote out. He said "Mr. Best, if..."

L-18 And Mr. Best said, "No, you go up and say what you're going to say in thirty minutes. Then I'll say what I've got to say in thirty minutes."
So well, they agreed on that, then had a...?... at the last. Well, I was setting listening wondering what was going to take place. Well, when I seen my Brother Bosworth walk out there coolly, knowed just where he was at, with no doubt in his mind, he said, "Dr. Best," he said, "we're sorry that we have to have discussions like this." but said, "You had a statement in the paper that Brother Branham was a religious impostor and there was no such a thing as Divine healing." Said, "Now, our subject tonight to discuss is not Brother Branham; it's whether Divine healing's in the Bible or not. That's what you--the debate's for. That's what we signed up for: Whether Divine healing was taught in the Scriptures."

L-19 He said, "The gifts of God will prove themselves, but this is what we're teaching whether Divine healing's in the Bible or not." He said, "I have (I forget how many Scriptures there, a hundred or two) he said, "This is Christ present, His attitude, present attitude towards the sick is just the same today as it ever was." So many Scriptures he had... Said, "If you'll take one of those Scriptures, and by the Scripture disprove it, then we won't have any discussion. I've lost the debate, and I'll set down, if you can take the Scriptures and prove that Christ's present attitude isn't just exactly the same towards the sick now as it ever was." And he offered him a paper.

L-20 Mr. Best said, "I'll take care of that when I get up there." Said, "You go ahead with what you're going to say." Said, "I'll take care of that.
And Mr. Bosworth said, "Then Mr. Best, I'll ask you one question, and if you'll answer me yes or no, I'll set down." He said, "Was the redemptive Names of Jehovah applied to Jesus, yes or no?" I never thought of that myself. That settled it. That's all.
He said, "I'll answer that."
He said, "I'm asking you to answer me now." Said, "We don't have to discuss it, if you say yes or no." 'Course he couldn't. Certainly not. If the--if the redemptive Names of Jehovah was not applied to Jesus, He was not the Christ or the Son of God. He wasn't Jehovah-jireh, the Lord's provided Sacrifice, and if He was the Lord's provided sacrifice, Jehovah-jireh, He was also Jehovah-rapha, the healer, the same yesterday, today, and forever. That settled it. See?


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