<TITLE>13. Par 50-54</TITLE>L-50 Now, if that's operating in your life, with the other, blessed be the Name of the Lord. But if some of it's there without the rest of it, be careful you're on dangerous ground. See? Satan can impersonate most anything that God does. But you can tell it's not mixed with love, or neither has it faith. The Word being preached, not profit them not being mixed with faith.
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] I'll ask first, you to give me bread and you said, "The purchase price is twenty-five cents. And you give me the twenty-five cents, I'm just as happy as if I had the bread. The bread's mine, because I've got the purchase power of a loaf of bread. I can be just as happy standing here with twenty-five cents if I was starving to death and a loaf of bread would save my life, and maybe I'd have to go six blocks before, and stop at every traffic light, and be stopped twenty times by police, and criticized by many critics, and I might be so hungry when I get there I will have cramps and all kinds of symptoms, but as long as I got the twenty-five cents, what makes the difference?

L-51 Faith, if it's in your heart and God has planted it there, and you believe it, there's nothing going to stand in your way. Every doctor could tell you contrary; every pastor could tell you something different; that wouldn't make one speck of difference; you've got it. And you're just as happy, when it drops in your heart, as you are when you possess what you're asking for. There you are.
Now, if our blessed Lord, will be so good to come here tonight, and will manifest Hisself in our presence, and show that He's here... Now, how is faith sent? You say, "Brother Branham, I got a sick child; my mother's sick. I'm sick myself, would you heal us?" I wish I could, but I can't.

L-52 But through a Divine gift it could show you that every promise in the Bible is true and it's yours. And when Christ is present, then reach up and say, "Lord Jesus, manifest Yourself to me just now and give me faith to believe it."
Then into your heart drops that purchasing power, "I have it." No scramble for the prayer line, just going down the street rejoicing, it's settled. It's the evidence of things you do not have, but you have the purchase power. And then, the Bible said that Moses endured, as seeing Him Who is invisible.

L-53 Abraham endured. When God spoke to him, he knew it. And he called those things which were not as though they were. How's he going to do it, seventy-five years old, his wife sixty-five, about twenty-five years past menopause? How is she going to have a baby? That wasn't even considered, neither the deadness of his body or her womb. "He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong, giving praise to God."
And we claim to be His children. Now, do you see why we're lukewarm? You see why Christ... Does this fulfill His Word? If He will come here tonight and manifest Hisself, what's He doing? Knocking at the heart. "I know you're lukewarm; you're neither hot or cold. Oh, but I stand at the door and knock. If any man will hear My voice, I'll come in. I'll sup with him."
"You taught Your promise, Lord, if You'll heal me, I'll promise; I'll quit sinning. I'll quit doubting, if You'll just give me a promise that..." All of a sudden, something begins to move in your heart, He's supping with you then. Oh, I pray that He will.

L-54 Now, Billy, what prayer cards--you...?... All right, 50 to a 100, is that right, 50 to a 100? All right, where'd we start from last night, Brother Sharritt, 50. Let's start a little farther, somewhere tonight, in the U. Last night I believe it was 80. Tonight let's start at 75 tonight. Who has prayer card U-75? Now, there's a little bitty card. The way we do this, is just keep... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]


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