<TITLE>14. Par 53-57</TITLE>L-53 If you only knowed the price that I've paid, my brethren, to stand here tonight. I could tell you something that would shock you. Just because of the truth and the Gospel that I've stood clearly for, you don't know what it's cost. Certainly you don't.
To maintain favor in the Presence of God is to be honest with God and to be honest with you. And if I won't be honest with you, I will not be honest with God. And if I can't be honest with my brethren who I do see, how can I be honest with God Who we can't see?
It seemed to me last night, when I was standing here, that Angel made a move right in this corner here. And I looked at that little, yellow, sacred glow hanging there in the corner. It seemed to me that spiritual people would've, should've been over. Then I didn't think that I would say what I did, and all of a sudden a cruel rebuke came. Hundreds swarmed down. See?

L-54 Tonight there's a different feeling in the building. Why, it should been that way at the first place. We're ready. You just believe God now. Now, let's put God to a challenge.
How many in here that, especially some that I can see, when the anointing gets a little deeper... Now, look, no matter how much of a gift God has given me, if you don't believe that gift, it'll never do one speck of good.
When Jesus Himself with the Fullness of the Godhead bodily in Him, He came to a city, they said, "Now, who is this anyhow? Ain't that the carpenter's son? Why He never went to school around here; He has no education to speak of. Where did He ever get this learning at; what school did He go to? We know nothing about Him." And they were offended at Him. And many mighty works He could not do.

L-55 But when they believed Him, when He performed a miracle on Philip and told him, or Nathanael, and told him where he was at... Performed a miracle on the woman at the well and told here where her trouble was, she said, "We know the Messiah will do that when He comes, but Who are You?"
He said, "I'm He." My, she went in... Now, He never went into the city and done any miracles, 'cause He knowed He left that for Philip to do after He left; but He sowed the Word. And Philip come down and had the miracles in--in Samaria.
Now, Christ is raised from the dead; He's here. Now, everyone look this a way. And if Christ, by three witnesses in this building tonight, will prove that He is alive...

L-56 Now, how is it, "We are the branches; He is the Vine." How many knows John 15 teaches that? Jesus said, "I am the Vine; ye are the branches." Now, the vine does not bear fruit, does it? No, sir, the branches bear fruit. The vine only energizes the branches. Well now, we're the branches. That's God's Word. Now, don't look and say, "Brother Branham this, or John this, or so-and-so." Jesus is the One you're looking to. He's the Life of the vine; He's the Life of the branch. And the same Life that's in the vine will be in the branch, and It'll produce the same Life that's in the Vine if it's truly a--a branch. Now, if we're the branches, Christ will appear.

L-57 Now, could I save you? No, sir. You that held your hand awhile ago; it's impossible for me to do that. You've been saved every since Jesus died. Could I heal you? If I had healing power my brother wouldn't set in that chair another five minutes. No, sir. I've watched each night over that man. I know him; I love him. See? And I've prayed in earnest and just got a letter here in my pocket from my secretary, said, "Be sure to see Brother Dawson." I called him, and I said, "He's setting right before each night. I'm watching." If I had one speck of healing power, he wouldn't set there like that, or none of the rest of you would. I haven't got it, and nobody else has got it; it--it's yours. It's the purchase of Jesus Christ nineteen hundred years ago that He died for you and "He was wounded for your transgressions; with his stripes you were healed."


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