<TITLE>08. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 But Abraham, the Bible said, believed God and counted those things which were not, as though they were. He didn't take consideration his own body dead nor the deadness of Sarai's womb. He just never staggered with unbelief, but was strong giving praise to God, for he was persuaded that He Who made the promise was able to keep the promise. Amen.
And now, you say, "Oh, Brother Branham, if I could only be like Abraham." Just a minute. All right. "If I could only have the covenant like Abraham had it, unconditionally. Oh, that would take all the scare out of me." Just a moment. God never only gave the promise to Abraham, unconditionally, but He give it to Abraham's seed in like manner, unconditional. "I have saved you and your seed after you."
Well, you say, "I am a Gentile, Brother Branham."
Wait a minute! "We being dead in Christ take on Abraham's seed. They're heirs according to the promise."
You say, "Brother Branham, I sure did a whole lot to get saved." No, you never. "I sought God." No, you never. God sought you.
"No man can come to Me, except My Father draws him first. And all that comes to Me, I'll give him Everlasting Life. That makes the devil get real, "fidgety," as we call it here in the south. God's promise, give to His people...

L-25 I've always said, "You don't know who you are." That man setting by you is a son of God. That woman setting by you is His daughter. And we are sons and daughters of God, setting together in heavenly places right now in Christ Jesus, Him working with us, confirming the Word with signs following. Not, we will be in the millennium; we won't need healing in the millennium. Now is when we need healing. Now is when God is Jehovah-jireh to provide anything that we've got need of, for we're Abraham's seed under the covenant, through the death, and burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Amen. That'll make a Baptist shout. That's right.
Think of that. My, I really feel religious when I think of that: saved by the grace of God, not by my own will, but by His will. Not by my own desire, but He changed my desire. I, who... My mind was once away from God, was changed and brought to God. I could no more make myself do that, than a leopard could lick his spots off. No, sir. It taken God to do it. It taken God to bring you here tonight. It taken God to save you. And God is doing everything He can to show you His goodness to you. Oh, I hope you see it.

L-26 Now, I can hear him go down and get ready, say, "Come on, Sarai, we're going to have a baby." You know what? The first month he said, "How you feeling, Sarai?"
"No different."
"Oh," he said, "Hallelujah, going to have it anyhow." Second month, "How you feel, Sarai?"
"No different."
"Praise God! We're going to have it anyhow." First year past, "What about it, Sarai?"
"No different."
"Glory! Going to have it anyhow." Ten years passed. "How you feel, Sarai?"
"No different."
"Praise God! We'll have it anyhow."
"Why?"
"God said so. That settles it."

L-27 The Bible said that he got stronger all the time. Now, we--we say that we're Abraham's seed. "Lord, will You heal me tonight? I accept You as my Healer." Well, you know in the morning, "I don't feel any different. Maybe I never got healed." You're a poor example of Abraham's seed. Right. Abraham called those things which were as though they were not, for he took God at His Word. And a true seed of Abraham will do the very same thing, for it was the same Holy Spirit. Right.
Now matter what it looks like, if it's contrary to God's Word, call it a lie. You look at symptoms. "Well, my hand's no better. I took Him to my Healer, but my hand's no better." It'll never get no better as long as you look at that. Don't look at that; look at this! Here's what you look at. You look at that; you got your heart out of this. Call this as though it was, and take this as though it were. God said so! Amen! When God says it, that settles it for eternity. God said so. Stay with it.


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