<TITLE>14. Par 47-50</TITLE>L-47 This is on a higher level than laying on of hands. You say, "Well, Brother Branham, if they lay your hands on..." I know. Brother Roberts, Brother Allen, many of the other brothers who are out praying for the sick, they lay hands on them, maybe anoint them with oil. That's exactly the Scripture. That's perfectly right. See, they have gifts of healing. This is a prophetic gift. That's to touch each one. That's the Jewish way of believing it.
You know, Jairus said, over there he said, "Come, lay Your hands on my little girl, and she'll be well." That was a Jew. But what did the Gentile say? "I'm not worthy that You come under my roof. Just say the word; that's all." There you are. What's happened to the Gentiles? Had too much teaching. That's right.
The Gentile said, "I'm a man under authority." Now, watch what he recognized in Jesus. Said, "I'm a man under authority. And I say to this man, 'You go do this,' and he does it. He has to 'cause I've got the authority over him. I say to this man, 'Come,' he comes, that man, 'Go,' and he goes." He said, "You just speak the word."

L-48 What did he recognize? He recognized that every devil, and every sickness, and every disease was under Jesus Christ. He was the boss of the whole situation. "Just say the word. My servant will live. I'm not worthy, Lord, that You come to my house. But You just say the word, and my servant will live." Jesus turned around and said, "I've not found faith like that in Israel." That's right.
Oh, I want you to believe without hands laying on. Just simply believe that the Presence of the Lord is here to heal the sick. And if the Lord will come here and prove to you that His Presence is here, then whose fault is it? Yours, is right. Certainly. The Presence of the Lord...

L-49 Now, if I lay my hands on you and say, "Now, I'm going to do this. I'm going to... I..." Oh, you say, "Brother Branham sure healed me. Boy, he put his hands on me. Oh, I believe he's a man of God." That would be Brother Branham getting praise.
But if you set out there and say, "Lord Jesus, I love You." And I don't even touch you, Brother Branham has nothing to do with it. Jesus Christ gets the praise. There you are. See? It's Him we want to be praise: "Thy Name shall be praised."
And the only thing that through a Divine gift, if He will permit us, we can prove that He's here. And then where He's here, His Presence is here to heal. How many understands it? Amen. May He grant it.

L-50 Now, of course you realize, I'm trying to get my manager here, Mr. Moore, to do some preaching. I'm hoarse; my throat's bad; I hadn't hardly had a night off since last October or November. I've got week after week yet ahead of me. And then, perhaps, overseas and to Africa, to down in the... Everywhere, overseas, a complete world tour laying right ahead of me, hoarse and weak...
Brother Moore's a fine little man. We all love him. He's one of the finest men I ever met. But he says, "Well, Brother Branham, the people want to hear you. They... You stand up there and talk to them; they--they believe you." I'm trusting that's so.
So now, I'm trying... In preaching, sure, it throws the anointing of that other away. It's another anointing. One is the gift of preaching, teacher, pastor, evangelist. Them's all separate gifts. Prophecy is another, a seer. It's another anointing. But God in His grace so far has helped us. I trust that He will tonight. And if He does, then that'll prove His Presence is here.


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