<TITLE>02. Par 4-5</TITLE>L-4 We shall now turn to the Scriptures to read just for a little text to find a context, Saint Mark the 11th chapter and the 22nd verse, just one verse of Scripture.
 And Jesus answering said unto them, Have faith in God.
I wish to take that for a text tonight: "Have faith in God." And the subject would be this, that, "Tested Faith Produces Goods."
And now, you say, "Brother Branham, for a meeting, and here where several hundred people have gathered, do you not think that you read too small a text for the size of this audience tonight, just four words, 'Have Faith in God.'" No, that's plenty. That's enough. If we'll just believe what we have read and act upon the same, it's enough to convert the whole world. It's enough to heal every sick person that's sick in the whole world tonight. "Have Faith in God." It's a pardon to all those who want to be pardoned. But if it must be a pardon, it must be received as a pardon.

L-5 Some time ago, or a few years ago in the early days of our young America, I'm told that there was a man who committed a military crime. And he was found guilty and was sentenced to be shot by a firing squad in so many days. But a good man who was acquainted with the President, I believe being Lincoln at the time, they went to Mr. Lincoln and pleaded for the life of this dear person, saying, "Mr. Lincoln, maybe he has done the crime but you have the power to release him or the power to kill him." And said, "He's a mortal being; he was raised in a good home. Why don't you give him a chance?"
And Mr. Lincoln, kind hearted, generous Christian gentleman as he was, he said, "I'll do that." And he wrote on a little piece of paper, "Pardon so and so. Abraham Lincoln."
And the man rushed as quick as he could to the prisoner, and he said, "Sir, I have your pardon." And he laid it before him.
"Oh," he said, "That's not a pardon. That's just a piece of paper."
But he said, "It's your pardon; there's Mr. Lincoln's name on it, and he's the President of the United States."
He said, "If it was Mr. Lincoln's correct paper, it would be gold trimmed; it would have a seal, and so forth."
He said, "But sir, that's the President's signature." And he refused to receive it, thought the fellow was only making life more miserable. And the next morning he was shot at sunrise. And then there was a signed declaration from the President of the United States that this man was pardoned the day before, and here he was shot. Now what? It was cried--tried in the federal courts of our land, and here was their decision. "A pardon is not a pardon except it be received as a pardon."
And that's what every Word of God is, it's salvation to those who receive it that way. And it's healing to those who receive it as healing. It's just five little words, but what does it mean? "Have faith in God." Or four little letters--words...


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