<TITLE>07. Par 27-29</TITLE>L-27 Faith. Oh, you say, "I'll join the church, but I believe that the days of miracles is past." Then you refuse to let the Lord come in the door of faith and manifest Hisself to you.
Oh, yes, you say, "But, Brother Branham, I am a Christian." I know, honey dear, you are a Christian, and I appreciate that, by accepting the Lord. But you're living under your privilege. You're keeping your door closed. You're running from pillar to post, and so forth, because you don't believe. You must open that door of faith and let Him in. Then He will give you the desire of your heart.
"He that waiteth upon the Lord shall renew his strength. They shall mount up like eagles. They shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."
"If ye abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask what you will. It'll be given to you." Oh. "Verily I say unto you, if thou shall say to this mountain be removed..." And in the original Greek Lexicon says, "Be raised up and thrown into the sea, and believe that it's being done..." Oh, my. "Believe that it's being done, you shall have what you say." Certainly.

L-28 Oh, it don't have to be spontaneously. It don't have to be that way. Certainly not. Just as long as you believe it. There's where Christians fail today. The Bible said, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for. It's the evidence of things not seen." Then what would you say to it then?
Now, it's not a myth. It's not a thought. It's not a hope. It's not a wish. It's a substance. It's actually something that you possess. For instance, I come to you and I say to you, "I am hungry. I have to have some bread."
And you say, "What do you need? What money do you need?"
"I need twenty-five cents to buy a loaf of bread. I'm hungry."
And you say, "Here is the twenty-five cents."
Now, twenty-five cents is the purchase power of the loaf of bread. And as long as I've got the twenty-five cents, I've got it. It's a substance. I can be just as happy standing here with the twenty-five cents, and the loaf of bread on Spring Street.
Oh, blessed be His Name. You don't let Him come in. Open that door of faith. When He says anything, it's the truth. When His promise is to you, that's the substance, when faith anchors to know that God cannot lie. It's settled.
Now, I've got the twenty-five cents. It's not just something I imagine. I'm possessing the twenty-five cents. I walk out the door. Why, I'm just as happy as I--if I had the bread, for I've got the purchase power.

L-29 And if I've got the faith, the works is finished. [Brother Branham knocks--Ed.] He can open that door and come in, and give me the faith of God in my heart. It's finished when I can really believe Him. It might not happen right then.
You know, the Bible said that Moses endured seeing Him Who was invisible. Many of you has been over to see the "Ten Commandments" that's been showing in Louisville for some time, wonderful picture. Now, Moses endured as seeing Him Who is invisible. The invisible he endured. That means he held out.
Abraham, when he was given the promise when he was seventy-five years old that he was going to have a child by Sarah, it was settled the very hour that Abraham opened up his heart and his door of faith and said, "It will be done." And as he got older, he--the Bible said he never weakened in unbelief, but he was strong in faith, giving praise to God. For he knew that He was able to perform that what He had said. There's faith.
Years passed by, Sarah no different. But he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong, giving praise to God.


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