<TITLE>04. Par 12-16</TITLE>L-12 In the garden of Eden, there were two trees: One was knowledge and one was Life. And as long as man eat off the Tree of Life, he had Everlasting Life. The first bite he took from the tree of knowledge, he separated his fellowship from God, and every time he takes a bite yet, he destroys himself. He bit off gun powder; look what that does. He bit off automobile off the tree of knowledge; kills more of his comrades than all the wars does. He's got a hydrogen bomb bit off now. I wonder what he's going to with that? God don't destroy nothing; man destroys himself by knowledge. See?
I'm so glad that Tree of Life is still blooming, the Holy Spirit here, where one time It drove us away from the tree until there was--could be reconciled to God through a Blood sacrifice, and now the Holy Spirit's running us back to that Tree. I don't know how it's done. I just believe it; that's all. That's the way to do it: just simple faith.

L-13 Sometimes people look and they misunderstand. I don't know, the brother never explained. He might've thought, "Well, it's..." Here sometime ago, a person that didn't... You can understand what I mean by his feelings perhaps. Sometime ago, a person said--went to a healing service, and went down to Brother Roberts meeting, Brother Oral Roberts, a very fine brother, fine man, doing a great work for God. And he would come through and pray for the sick as they passed through the line. They asked this minister, said, "What do you think about it?"
Said, "Mass psychology."
And they went over to another brother that prays for the sick. Said, "What do you think about that?"
He said, "Just a lot of excitement."
So they sent him down to my meeting. Come back, said, "What do you think that?"
Said, "A polished up soothsayer."
Well, he's born to disbelieve. So that's all you can do. That's all. You can't get blood from a turnip, because it hasn't got any blood. So that's the way it is. You can't get faith from something there's nothing to get faith out of. That's exactly right. So it has to be God in here first, to make faith. Is that right? Just the same as there has to be blood in a turnip, to get the blood out. So I'm so happy, tonight, that God had mercy on me, to make me a believer in His Son, Jesus Christ.

L-14 I wish to read of Him just a moment. In the 2nd chapter of St. John, beginning with the 1st verse, I wish to read the first five verses:
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and Jesus... and the mother of Jesus... (rather)... was there:
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said unto him, They have no wine.
Jesus said unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
Here's to--what I want to get your mind.
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

L-15 That's still good teaching, tonight. Whatever He saith unto you, do it. If He tells you, make ready for death, you get ready. If He tells you you're going to get well, you believe it. If He tells you that you're healed, you are. Whatever He says, you do it. Disbelieve it is sin.
Now, how marvelous we see Him. What a answer there to His mother. "What have I to do with thee? My time has not yet come."
But the mother immediately, knowing that you can't ask Jesus for anything, and He'd turn you down, said, "Whatever He says, you do just as He says."
"Obedience is better than sacrifice, hearkening, unto the fats of rams."

L-16 I am reminded of a little testimony that I was telling to our Brother Joseph today, and he said, "Brother Branham, I would like to have that testimony." It comes to my heart now, just for a brief five minutes or so, and I will try to give it. It'll be on the tape.
Now, I watch every word (I have to) that I say, because here's, oh, eight or ten recorders setting here. There's your voice. See? You must be sure that every word's right, 'cause it's--once said, it's over.


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