<TITLE>09. Par 38-42</TITLE>L-38 And notice, the Bible said Abraham instead of getting weak... If you went and was prayed for one night, and the next morning say, "I ain't no better. Well, I guess there's nothing to it." Oh, what a poor son of Abraham you are. That's right. Yes. Not much of a son or daughter of Abraham...
Abraham received the promise and believed it. And as it lingered, he got stronger and stronger, going to be more of a miracle all the time. After twenty-five years, the baby hadn't come yet, and he still believed it. Amen. Oh, my. Why? God said so. God's got to keep His Word. He's got to keep It. He kept His Word.

L-39 Then years passed, Abraham and Sarah still believing they was going to have the baby. Why? God said so. God said, "I have saved you, Abraham, and I've saved your seed after you," not only Abraham, but Abraham's Seed also.
Now, I want you to know what Abraham's Seed is. Abraham's Seed is not seeds. It's the Seed of Abraham which come through Isaac, Isaac through Christ. And we... Hallelujah! We being dead in Christ take on Abraham's Seed and are heirs according to the promise. How's the covenant given? Unconditional.
Every one that God calls, chooses, elects, that person has the same promise Abraham had. Amen. Brother, if that don't shake us up back to the will of God, I don't know what does. You're Abraham's Seed. Not what you do, what God has done for you. You're in Abraham's Seed. And God...

L-40 Now, Abraham wanted to know a confirmation that He would keep this. Oh, I want you to notice this, such a lovely, so beautiful. He said, "How will I know these things, Lord, seeing that I'm old, nearly a hundred years old now. And how am I going to know that I... You're going to keep this with me? How do I know this covenant is going to be kept?"
Here's what He said. Listen now. He said, "Come out here, Abraham. And I'm going to show you what I'm going to do."
And Abraham took a heifer of three years old. He took a goat of three years old. He took a ram of three years old. And he split them in half, and laid them out on the bank. And then he took two turtle--turtledoves, or a turtledove and a pigeon, and he didn't separate those. Oh, my. I wish we had time to get to this really... but just a few more minutes. But we can't. Got to hurry. We will sometime.

L-41 Notice, he said, "Now..." To this... Why didn't he separate those? I wish I had time to go in and show you how law and grace was different, and so forth. But when it come to the turtledoves, or pigeon... And any Bible reader knows that that was the cleansing for healing. That was a healing, which in these covenants here are separated. But Divine healing has always been in every covenant and every time; they're unseparated. They're laid in there, the pigeon and the turtledove.
These other laws and grace, and so forth, was divided. But this turtledove and pigeon was not divided. They were laid in whole. Then notice. Oh, I want you to get this. Oh, I feel real religious about this time. I believe a Baptist could shout once in a while, when he got down to a place where he had to. [Brother Branham laughs--Ed.] Amen.

L-42 Notice, then at that time God said, "Abraham, I'm going to show you how I'm going to do this." And He swore by it, swore that He would do it. Then watch what He did. He went out there and told Abraham... He put him to sleep. And Abraham, watch the first verse, offered the sacrifices until the sun went down. He drove the birds off the sacrifice.
Then when the sun went down... Now, watch. God telling Abraham, now, "I'm going to show you, Abraham, that you or your seed after you, hasn't got one thing to do with this. I'm doing this Myself by election." Hallelujah. Oh, my. Get it, Pentecostal people. Here's the foundation of grace. Here's the foundation of faith, and why we can have faith, an unmistakable faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.


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