<TITLE>12. Par 41-45</TITLE>L-41 Now, here's what we are: We're all at a great big carnival. And while we're standing along with this group tonight, maybe the Lord made me just a little taller than you are. But maybe that was His grace to do that, but you're a little stronger than I am.
Well now, we look all around, and first thing we see: way up here is a knothole. Well, I'm not quite tall enough to reach up to it myself, and surely, you're not. So then, I want to see what's on the inside and you do too. So you say, "Brother Branham, see what's on the inside."
Say, "Just a minute." I get down make a great big jump; my fingers just barely catch the top of the board. I pulled real hard, and I look through this little knothole; I say, "I--I--I--I see an elephant."
"Oh, you did?"
"Uh-huh."
"What else did you see, Brother Branham?"
Well, I try again, I jump way up and grab a hold of it, and hold it with my fingers, "A giraffe, yes, sir."

L-42 Now, after while, the carnival owner comes by, "What's the matter, boy?"
"Oh," I say, "I was just looking through that knothole."
He said, "Now, just a minute." He picks me up by the back of the neck and holds me up; he said, "You see yonder. Now, you start in here, and that's this, and this is this, and this is that, and this is that," and on down. "That's the whole thing. See?"
Then he sets me down. I'm not panting and blowing. He lifted me up. Now, do you know what I mean?

L-43 Now, adults, when the person comes to the platform, and a vision is formed, it's their faith. Like the woman that touched His garment. He didn't know no... how did He know she touched Him? He said, "I got weak." What was it? The woman was pulling through Him, God, which she needed for her healing.
Now, which was the greatest miracle? When the woman touched His faith and got heal--touched His garment and went out there and He said, "Who touched Me?" Nobody knowed.
She said, "Not me." All of them denied. He kept looking around until He found that channel, we call it. Just say that. That channel where He found the woman, He said, "Oh, you're the one."
And she come and fell down and said, "Yes, that's right."

L-44 Now, He--He got weak at that. But now, when God wanted to use His gift, Christ. And He picked up Christ and said, "Now, wait, You leave this home, and you go away and be gone four days. And they're going to send for You, but don't You go, because Lazarus going to die. And on the fourth day You return back; You're going to find a stone laying over the grave. I'm going to get glory to Myself, and I want You have them to take away the stone, and then You speak. And when You speak Lazarus' name, he's coming forth."
Jesus obedient to the Father, does nothing, He said, till the Father showed Him first in a vision. Does the Bible say that? How many's read it this week since we've been talking about it? Saint John 5:19. Yes, sir. Jesus said, "I do nothing at all, until the Father shows Me first, then I go do what He tells Me. I do nothing except He shows Me." That's right. Jesus said that. Did He tell the truth? He had to.

L-45 Then, when Jesus had that vision, come back. You said, "Did He tell Him that?" Why, at the grave He said so. Said, "I thank Thee Father; it's already said, because I said it for those who stood by, that they might know the example to pray." See, He was an example. And He said, "Lazarus, come forth." He knew.
Look over there He said, over there, He didn't have to wait till He got there, said, "Lazarus, our friend is dead; and for your sake I'm glad I wasn't there, but I go wake him." See? See, He knew what was going to happen, 'cause the Father had showed Him.


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