<TITLE>12. Par 46-49</TITLE>L-46 Now, you say, "Oh, if He was here tonight, I'd like to do that." But He is here. "Well, Brother Branham, is there a Scripture that tells us He will do the same thing?"
Yes, there is, thanks be to God. The Bible said, the New Testament, "He is our High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities," Hebrews: We can touch Him with the feeling of our infirmities.
"Then how would you know you touched Him?" He'd turn and say the same thing that He did then, if we touch Him. All right.
"Then how would I know it?"
Now, He--after He left the earth, He became the Vine, or He became the One through where the Spirit comes. "I am the Vine, ye are the branches." Now, the vine does not bear fruit; it only produces the life, and the branch bears fruit. So the Church is the branches, and if it's really connected in Christ, it'll bear the fruits of Christ.

L-47 The Bible says, Hebrews 13:8, "He's the same, yesterday, today, and forever." And if He did those things in the days gone by, He must do it today to be the same.
Oh, I trust that that's so plain, that even the children will understand it. I can't do it in human lips. But may the Holy Spirit come into your compartments tonight. Open up the doors of faith; open up your eyes that you can see; open up your hearing, your understanding; open up your entire being; you come, and say, "Now, Jesus, be Lord of my house. You are welcome in tonight, Lord. Here I am; take me. I'm sick; I'm miserable; I'm a doubter; I'm an unbeliever; I'm been so skeptic of all of it, come in and be my Lord."
Watch what takes place. Oh, the joy bells of heaven will ring anew. Your eyes will become open and see that's it's not some little ed--uneducated preacher, that can't even speak correct English. That has nothing to do with it; it's the Presence of the manifestation of His Being, according to His promise of His Word. God grant it.

L-48 Now, Father, the rest is in Your hand. I have said what I thought that You would have me say. And whatever is accomplished, Your Name shall be praised; grant it, Father. I commit this little group of people into Your hands. And with them I present myself as Your servant. Now, Lord, "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing by the Word." And I pray that tonight, that You will work wonders among us for the glory of God. In the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.
How many sick people's in our midst? Just look. How many's here without prayer cards, raise your hand? Well, I guess two-thirds, has not prayer cards. That don't have to have prayer cards. You just have to open the door. Now, just... Would you spare me another five minutes for something, that I--the Holy Spirit puts on my heart, that I believe would help you right now? Just bear me, just five minutes.

L-49 What is faith? I talked about the doors, now let's find out what it is. What is faith? Oh, it's been so misinterpreted. Many call faith emotion, oh, jumping and shouting. Now, remember, when I'm speaking of those things... I believe in shouting; I believe in praising the Lord. I believe there's a gift of speaking in tongues and interpretation. I believe in everything the Bible says, but we can't go to seed on one thing. See? Get the Giver, and the gift will take care of itself. See? But if you get the gift without the Giver... I could give you an apple off the tree and you'd still not have the apple tree. See, see? And this tree has nine different kinds of fruit on it.
So if this tree is the Church, and one--one gift differents from the other, by one gift we can't say we got it. All nine gifts has to be working in the Church. And the fruits of the Spirit is love, joy, faith, long-suffering, gentleness, patience, goodness, meekness, temperance; there's the fruits of the Spirit.


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