<TITLE>04. Par 13-17</TITLE>L-13 When a certain, well known, internationally known man, lovely brother from the west coast, spoke to me one day at the beginning of my services on the west coast. I was to be in the same auditorium where he was. He said, "Brother Branham, they won't go for that fanaticism out here: Divine healing."
I said, "Oh?"
He said, "Why don't you to preach the Gospel while you're on the west coast?"
I said, "That's what I'm doing." I said, "If I didn't preach Divine healing, I wouldn't be preaching the Gospel. 'The Gospel come not in Word only, but through power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost.'" See? And I said, "I'm not to argue with you, brother." I said, "You know more about it than I do, but I... what I do know, I know real well." See? I said, "I know that part real well."
He said, "Well, the people on the west coast won't receive you." Said...
I said, "Well, brother, dear," I said, "that'll be all right."
Said, "You're renting that auditorium; going to cost four hundred dollars a day?"
I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "There won't be anybody there." He said, "The first thing this Angelus Temple, McPherson bunch, they got their signs out, 'Divine healer.'" Said, that, "All the Pentecostals, that radical bunch, they got their signs out, 'Divine healer'...?..."
"Yes, sir. That may be all right, but I'm--I'm not responsible for nothing but what God told me to do, and that's what I'm doing." See? And so...
He said, "Well, come on down, kick your hat in."
I said, "I'll see you."

L-14 So when we went down that day, here he had about sixteen, eighteen hundred people, and they all went out, and nice, well dressed people. He asked for the altar call; one woman come down, shook hands with him, accepted Christ. That's fine. But there went his crowd out, and here come mine in with wheelchairs, straitjackets, crutches, beds, cots. Well, it's different when your faith has to buck that. You see? That's right. He just dropped his head and walked out.
But there--there it is, friends. He said to me; he said, "Brother Branham, don't preach Divine healing," he said, "just preach the Gospel. Get souls saved."
And I thought, "My dear brother, you don't realize that I have more converts--converts to Christ in one month than you have in a year." Uh-huh. That's right.

L-15 Just left a meeting down there where I had two thousand that afternoon (about a week before that), and as many as thirty thousand at a time. So but... I just don't sound a trumpet about it. I want it sound it up there, so where it goes up there, just let... The Lord said...?... would see it, knock, you know, and so forth.
But that's it friends, it's... God set some in the church to dramatize, some to preach fiery sermons, others to pray for the sick. But all these gifted brothers, they're in the church for one purpose: that's to unite the Kingdom of God here on earth, the brotherhood. And that's--that's true.

L-16 And we just love our Lord and all of our little frail mistakes He forgives us, and probably laughs at us, for us, and so... We're just happy to know that we got a Lord Jesus like that, aren't we? Aren't you happy to know that you got someone tonight Who's considerate, and knows us, and loves us, and looks over our mistakes and so forth?

L-17 I believe Brother Joseph here gave out that we was to have... I was to speak tomorrow afternoon (and when I was standing there), I believe at four o'clock. Is that right? Now, that will--that will be when I'm supposed to come on to speak--at four. All right. I'll try to come speak for you about a half hour, let you out at four-thirty, in time to get your supper and get back for tomorrow night's services. The good Lord bless you all.


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