<TITLE>06. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 Sometime ago, there was woman who said to me, that belongs to a denominational church, who doesn't believe that--that Jesus was any more than a prophet. Friend, He was more than a prophet. He was either God or the greatest deceiver this world's ever had. He was Divine. And this certain woman said to me, "Mr. Branham, you put too much bragging on Jesus being Divine."
I said, "He was Divine, and I cannot brag half enough on Him."
And she said, "If I'll prove to you by the Bible, that He was not Divine, will you accept it?"
I said, "Certainly, if the Bible said so. But I don't believe you can prove it by the Bible."
And she said, "In Saint John, the 11th chapter, the Bible said, 'When He went down to the grave of Lazarus, He wept.'" Said, "You see, He could not be no more than a human and then weep."
I said, "Sister, your argument is too thin. He was both God and man. And when He went to the grave of Lazarus, He wept like a man. But when He stood and pulled His little frame together, and said, 'Lazarus, come forth.' And a man that had been dead four days, stood on his feet and lived again. That was more than a man."

L-25 He was a man when He come down off the mountain, was hungry, looking for something to eat on that tree. It was a man when He was hungry, but it was more than a man when He taken five biscuits and two pieces of fish and fed five thousand. That was more than a man.
He was a man when virtue had gone from Him all day, and He laid on the back of a little ship, and the waves where ten thousand devils of the sea swore they'd drowned Him. And Him being asleep and got tired; He was a man. But when He put His foot on the brail of the boat, looked up and said, "Peace be still." and the winds and the waves obeyed Him, that was more than a man.
He was a man when He cried at Calvary for mercy, but He proved that He was God when He broke the seals, and raised from the tomb, and declared Himself to be the Resurrection. He was God made manifest in the flesh, God in Him.

L-26 And that Martha, she had respected that and believed it. And in the days of His flesh on earth, many respected it, received His reward. But He was telling these people of other great people, who came on the earth, and how they respected it, and what they got, and those who turned it down, what they got.
And now, in the days of Solomon God had given him His gift, and all the churches rallied around him. The news must have swept throughout all the country. And I just wonder, in this last days when the Holy Spirit is coming down, and great revivals are hitting the nation like Billy Graham, and Jack Shuler, and Oral Roberts, and many of those great evangelists, and God doing great signs and wonders before the people, would it not be wonderful if all would put their hearts together and rally around that? Why, all the world would come to Christ in one year's time or less. But we just split up in division, and as long as there's shooting at each other, Satan just steps back and lets them unload their gun. So if we can get together, and put our hearts together, our efforts together, and our cares together, we'll get somewhere.

L-27 So they respected that great gift of Solomon, that God had given Solomon. And here he was in the temple doing things, and the people--all the passer-bys must have thought, "Oh, this is a great thing." And everybody (no one talking against it), everybody for it; they said, "Our Brother Solomon, God has give him a great gift, and oh, you should come and see it." to all the people who came by, and the news spread everywhere.
And way down into the south, in the land of Sheba, a little queen down there, a little pagan queen, everybody seemingly come by her place would say, "You should see the great things that's going on in Israel. Great, mighty wonders are being done by a gifted man from their God, one by the name of Solomon. Oh, his wisdom is unmatched. His discernment is perfect; never a case fails. He's just perfect on it."


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