<TITLE>17. Par 50-53</TITLE>L-50 Now, setting there in a wheelchair, a young fellow, a little boy setting here, my. I wonder back in the audience; there may be people back there with more serious things than that, maybe, with heart trouble, going to die in the next few days. Maybe, someone with cancer, passed going, oh, my, if something isn't done they're going to die. The doctors has looked and said, "I can't do no more; it's between you and God now." When the doctor's done all he can do, then I come to try to try to help you to get to God (See?); not to take you away from your doctor, not to take you away from your church, but to help bring you to Christ (See?), so you can believe. And He's done so many things Christians, I--I just believe He does all things well. That's why I'm here to help you.

L-51 Now, I can't heal you...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... this boy here, any of you out there that's suffering, and sick, wished I could do it. If I could do it, I'd sure do it. You believe that, don't you? But I can't. I'm just a man. But by the grace of God, He has given me a gift to see visions. And that was only done, not because I merited it, that... I wish I could trade it for any good preacher, to go out and preach, and just walk out right now, and make my altar call. You don't know the sorrows that go with this. You just don't understand.

L-52 Five years ago, six years ago I was strong, shoulders straight, once had the bantamweight championship of the three states, full head of hair, not a wrinkle on my face. Look what five years has done for me. See? What will another five do? But here's what it is: when the end comes, and I've done fought my last battle, preached my last sermon, and I stand where the breakers are dashing against my soul, I know I'm going, I want to put the old sheaf back in the shield, take off my armor, say, "God, send out the Lifeboat; I'm coming home this morning." He will be there. Don't worry.

L-53 And I want to meet you, set down by the evergreen trees, where the angelic choir's singing all the time, for there's no night, it's all day. I want to meet you There, and say, "Oh, Brother Branham, you might've went through a lot of toil and things, but I heard you one day. I watched Christ work by you, and I believed. And here I am. I'm so happy." Oh, how good that'll be then.
Say, "Come over to my house, over here on the hill, visit with me just a thousand years." You see? That won't be very long, just a thousand years, that's nothing.
That's what I want to do. That's why I'm gradually dying, as I am. But it's for His glory. And I love to do it. Wished I had a thousand lives I could live for him.
Now, Billy, I forgot to ask... Where's he at? Did... Prayer cards? How many? One hundred, one to a hundred?
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...?... Now, He said, "A little while and I'm going to be the Vine, and you're going to be the branches." Now, the--the vine only energizes the branch. The--the vine doesn't bear fruit. The branch bears fruit. How many knows that? You don't pick it off the vine; you pick it off of the branch. And who is the branch? The Church, the branch.


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