<TITLE>05. Par 18-21</TITLE>L-18 And now, pray with me now, while we come to the climax of our text. Last evening we were going back for a context on what the text was speaking of, this Abraham upon the mount here, with his son to be offered up as a sacrifice. And we got over part of the way with Abraham, and the Holy Spirit kind of got in the Word, and I got lost and I come to find out it was past time for the prayer line.
Now, notice. Last night we left Abraham where God had confirmed the covenant with him that he would--swore to him by an oath by Himself (there's no other greater He could swear by), that He would keep His promise to Abraham and his seed; and the promise was given unconditionally. And what we were trying to do was to get the fear out of people's hearts and mind. That's one of the greatest curses that's in the Church today is the people who are afraid to lay hold of God's Word, the promise.
How could God ever take back one of His Words? Why, it would be easier, as we said last night, for all the stars to just vanish out of the skies, the sun, moon, and earth to pass away, but God's Word can never pass away. It's eternal and It's forever right. And oh, how I love to rest my weary soul upon every word of It. It just seems like when you could just hang it up there and say, "There it is." It's got to happen 'cause God said so. And if God promised it, God has to keep His Word.

L-19 At nighttime when these visions come, that's exactly the--my plea to God. "You have promised it, God." Therefore, I've never had one minute's fear or worry, because that I know that God promised it. And in Africa, being challenged by witch doctors, and soothsayers, and in India by all kinds of hypnotizers, and fakers, and everything, never seen a time but what God stood right by His Word, and--and brought it out in a great victory at every time.
Now, that's... A few times like that, then you get a confidence in what God's saying, if you see Him answer it. That's the reason, if Jesus is risen from the dead tonight, and proves Hisself to be alive here with us, then we ought to have supreme confidence in every word that He said, because His Words are true.

L-20 And then, we found out that where God made the covenant with Abraham, and not only Abraham, but to his Seed after him. And we find out that we, who are Christians today, that's dead in Christ, are Abraham's seed and are heirs according to the promise. Then, the promise is just as sure to us as it was to Abraham.
Now, if be so, that we are Abraham's seed, we have to have Abraham's faith. And Abraham believed God and called those things which were not as though they were, because God made the promise. Isn't that marvelous?
What if you went to the doctor? Number one killer, heart trouble... And what if the doctor said, "Lady, I'm sorry to tell you, but the cardiogram shows that your heart is gone; you are finished."

L-21 That's... That's all the man knows to do. He looked at it, here's the cardiogram; that proves it; then you're gone. That's according to medical science; that's all can be done. But now, yet, down in that funny beating heart there's just something, you begin to read the Word, or something happen that you realize that Christ is near, and down in your heart, you feel that God's giving you that promise that you're going to be healed. Wouldn't do the doctor any good to tell you you are going to die, because you know you're going to get well.
Recently, I was called to a case like that, an old man. And his boy... Oh, it's... I said "recently," it's been about six, seven years ago. And the boy was dying with black diphtheria. And so, I went to pray for the young lad. The old father said, a very fine old man, he said, "Brother Branham, will you come, pray for my son?"
I said, "Well, sir, yes, I guess I could go over there." So wasn't any service right at the time. So I--I went over to pray.


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