<TITLE>02. Par 7-12</TITLE>L-7 Now, we find many of them doctors and science--scientists who does not believe in God. And we find ministers the same way, just about, I believe, more unbelieving ministers in Divine healing I have seen than I have doctors. Now, that is true with a worldwide travel. It's too bad, but we have them.

L-8 Now, we notice when we're approaching on the medical side... Now, the medical doctor says that the... Now, not in every case, no time... But many times the medical doctors will say, "The surgeon's wrong. They don't need an operation."
The surgeon will say, "He don't need them sugar pills. You need an operation." The... Both of them will say that the chiropractor's crazy. And the chiropractor will say the osteopathic. And one will with another, and many times they don't want the preacher to pray for the sick.
But I have come to this conclusion, that when you see attitudes like that, the motive behind it is wrong. We have to admit that there's been many lives saved and helped by operations, many helped by medicine, many helped by chiropractic, many helped by osteopathic, and many healed by prayer. So if the right kind of a motive was behind it, we'd put our arms together and march forward to try to help our suffering friends, humanity, the minister, the doctor, the chiropractor, the osteopathic, all together.

L-9 But when you see men who runs someone else down when the man is proving he's doing a good work, then there's a selfish motive behind it. It's either for money, or fame, or for something. God wants us to work every one hand in hand to try to make life's journey a little more pleasant as we're journeying through. But, oh, it seems to be in this day and time, that there's so many things that's looked upon like that in the wrong light. And not only in this day, but in other days we find it the same way.

L-10 In Matthew the 10th chapter, we read in the Bible where God sent out His twelve apostles, and He gave them power to heal the sick, to cleanse the lepers, to raise the dead, to cast out devils; and to do it freely. Just as free as you receive it, freely give it. Now, we find these disciples sometime later...

L-11 By the way, a man said to me sometime ago; he said, "Brother Branham, you're right half way." Said, "God gave that power to the disciples only."
I said, "I can show you in the Bible where God gave the power to the church. Now, you give me the verse and Scripture of the Bible where God taken the power back from the church." God never gives anything and takes it back. He couldn't do it and be God. When God gives anything it's forever and for eternity. It's God Who's infinite and knows everything perfect.

L-12 We find these twelve apostles about ten days after God gave them power to heal the sick and to cast out devils, to raise the dead. Oh, if we would only look we'd find those men totally defeated on a epileptic case. Jesus came down from the mount and He finds them out there with a boy with epilepsy, and they could not cast the spirit out. Oh, they maybe were shouting, and praising the Lord, and--and kicking, and anointing with oil, or whatevermore; but they could not cast him out. And when Jesus came to the scene, the father of the child run up to Jesus and said, "Lord, I brought my boy to Your disciples and they could not cure him. And if Thou can, help us."
Then when this boy was brought into the Presence of the Lord Jesus, he had the hardest fit he probably ever had and stretched out like he was dead. Insomuch that many said he was dead. But Jesus said, "Take him up; it's gone from him." And the boy was healed.


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