<TITLE>17. Par 52-53</TITLE>L-52 Now, notice. The Word doesn't contradict Himself. God's Word always runs perfectly smooth through the Bible. Now, this statement then.
This little woman had done all she could. The doctors had done all they could. They were honest and couldn't help the woman. It was probably a menopause case, and she'd been in it for many years. She had an issue of blood, and she was thin and frail. And she said... She'd heard of Him, and she believed He was a holy Man of God. Now, there it is. It's her approach. Now, listen. Are you ready? It's your approach; it depends on what you think about it.
The woman touched His garment. Now, anyone knows the Palestinian garment hung loose, and there's an underneath garment on it too. And I'd never feel it if you touch my coat. But they touched His garment and went back, and He said, "Who touched Me?"
Peter said, "The whole mob's a touching You," rebuked Him.
He said, "Who touched Me?" And everybody denied it; she denied it; all denied it. But Jesus said, "I got weak." Virtue went from Him. And He looked around. I'll explain that in another message, what happened. Said, "He looked around [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] till He found where a...?... was pulling. And He found her. Ah, He looked at her; He said, "Daughter, be of a good comfort. Your blood issue's all over. You--your faith has saved you." Couldn't hide it. She touched the fountain somewhere. Can that fountain be open tonight? "Brother Branham, could you touch Him tonight?"
"Yes, sir."
"The same way she did?"
"Certainly."
"How can you do it? Does the Bible say so?"
Yes, sir. He is the High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities: a High Priest. Touch Him and find out. Your healing's complete, done finished. But He'll have to have another way to let you know that you touched Him. When He comes into the meeting to vindicate Himself, touch Him once and find out if He's the High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of your infirmities.
Touched Him, and He said, "Thy faith has saved thee."

L-53 Now, He comes down in the 4th chapter of Saint John. He goes... Or 5th chapter... He goes down into a pool called Bethesda. There laid a great big multitude of lame, halt, blind, withered (Now, listen real close; we'll close on this remark.), great crowds, multitudes, hundreds and hundreds of people packed together. Look what a massive people that was. Now, listen close.
Now, do you believe He was full of compassion? Bible said He was, but it's different from the kind of compassion we call compassion. There's two different types of compassion. One of them is human sympathy. The other one is godly compassion. Godly compassion is to do the will of God. Human sympathy throws everything in a puddle.
Here. It's just like the two Greek words for "love." One of them, the Greek word means love for your wife: phileo, a phileo love. That means love that you have for your wife. If a man would insult her, you'd kill him for it. And then there's another Greek word called for love called "agape." And that word means "divine love of God." And that same love would cause a man to pray for the man's lost soul instead of kill him. That's how much difference there is. One make you kill a man; the next would make you pray for him. See? Now, that's the same thing as human sympathy: "Oh, Brother Branham, don't do this. Let..."
"Say, you divine healer, I know old John Jones sets on the street; he's been blind for forty years. You go down, heal him, I'll believe you." That's the devil. That's right.


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