<TITLE>06. Par 17-20</TITLE>L-17 Two years, no difference. Five years, no difference. Ten years, no difference. But Abraham kept saying, "Praise God, we're going to have it anyhow. God said so." That's a good reason to believe it. Uh-huh. "God said so." I can imagine he went and got the--the little napkins, and got the pins, getting everything ready, for God said. No matter how impossible, God said so. That settles it.
Twenty years passed, no baby yet; but Abraham still believed God. And he got stronger. He kept giving God praise. Now, what would you do if you was prayed for tonight and--and tomorrow you wasn't well? You'd say, "There's nothing to it." That shows you need to be born again. Abraham's children, which we are--only Abraham's children has the blessing. We, being dead in Christ, take on Abraham's seed and are heirs according to the promise. That gives every believer that's been born again, the same faith that Abraham had to call what God said to be the truth and to call what you see with your eyes, if it's contrary to God's promise, to be a lie. Amen.
Now, you... We don't go by sight. ...(By sight, we don't walk by sight.)... We--we don't walk by sight or we don't go by feelings. We go by God's Word. No matter what the outside looks like, we believe it.

L-18 And when Abraham was a hundred years old, twenty-five years later, Sarah was ninety, God gave them the baby. Hallelujah. Why? Because he believed God, and called the things that was contrary to the Word, he refused to look at it. He refused to know his own body was dead. He did not consider the deadness of Sarah's womb. The...?... The Bible said, "He staggered not that the pro--at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong, giving praise to God, knowing without a shadow of doubt, that God would--could keep what He had promised." I believe the same. Do you? Amen. Then you can have what you ask.

L-19 I met a man, here the other day. He said, "Brother Branham, I don't believe that. I don't care what happens."
I said, "Certainly not. It wasn't made for unbelievers. It was only for those who believe." Unbelievers can receive nothing. The believer can have what he asks for. Jesus said so. Now, if you can come back in fellowship, get all the carnal out of your mind, all the things that reasons against the Word, and say, "God, You're able to keep what You promised. I believe it, and it's mine through Jesus Christ's death at the cross. And I now accept it. And that settles it." Just go right on thanking Him for it, and God will bring it to pass.

L-20 How many Christians are in here? Would you raise up your hand? Thank you. Wonderful. Now, how did you accept Christ? You say, "I was saved ten years ago." Or maybe, "I was saved a year ago." No, you were saved nineteen hundred years ago when Jesus died. Then you have to accept it now. And when you accept it, it isn't necessary for you to feel like--feel anything. When you went out of the church, the--the unbelieving crowd said, "There's no difference in you. Your eyes are still the same color. You're still wearing that same suit. There's no difference." And there's nothing you can show him that there's any difference. But here it is. You believed there was a difference. Why? God promised different. It'd gone to work on the inside. It'll show on the outside pretty soon. But you raised up; accept Him as your personal Saviour. Then you go out. No matter what the unbeliever says, you say, "I'm a Christian." You talk like a Christian. You act like a Christian. You associate with Christians, and you believe you're a Christian. And you make all the actions of a Christian. What does it do for you? It makes you a Christian. Why? He was wounded for your transgressions.


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