<TITLE>19. Par 71-74</TITLE>L-71 Look friends. It reminds me of a little story. The parents of Jesus, they went up to Pentecost. Now, listen close. They went up to Pentecost to worship with Jesus when He was twelve years old. When they come back, away from their worship, they put--they just thought that--taking it for granted that He was along with the kinfolks. And after a long journey, they went to seeking Him and couldn't find Him.
That's what the church is doing now. It's trying to find where He's at. You thought you found--could find Him among your kinfolks. He's not there. Sometimes you think you'd find Him if you go join the church. You won't find Him there. Where you going to find Him? Where you left Him. Church, you're wondering what's the matter: "The great Jesus that used to be. Why doesn't He do these thing, He promised them." What's the matter? Go back where you left Him. Where did the Church leave Jesus? At Pentecost. That's right.

L-72 Jesus said, "I am the vine, ye are the branches." Now, listen close. How many... You all know that's the truth, Saint John 17--15, I believe. "I am the Vine; ye are the branches." Now, remember, the vine does not bear fruit. The branch bears fruit. Where does it get its life? From the vine. And if a vine starts off and it produces a branch; whatever that first branch is, the second branch that comes out of the same life will produce the same kind of a branch. One... Take this one branch, say it's a grape vine; well, it'll produce grapes. Now, the next one might be a pumpkin, and the next one a watermelon; every vine--every branch that comes out of that vine will be a grape branch, because it's out of a grape vine.

L-73 And if the first Vine that come out of Jesus Christ produced a Pentecostal Church filled with the Holy Ghost and power, the second branch will do the same thing, the third branch will be another. It'll... Every branch It puts forth will be the same kind of branch.
We've left Him somewhere. Same way they did, at the Feast of Pentecost, the Feast of Pentecost. Jesus is the same God, the same Christ, the same Son of God. He's still the same as He was then, He is now; only His Spirit is in here to carry on His work as He promised He would do.

L-74 Now, for instance, here's a line of people. What if these people would come here and say, "Brother Branham, I'm sick. Can you heal me?" Nope. What if Jesus was standing here with this suit on that He gave me? What if He was standing here, and they'd come up and say, "Will You heal me, Lord?"
He'd say, "And you say you are a believer on Me? You read My Word?"
"Yes, Lord. Oh, I love Your Word. I read It."
"And then you would ask Me to heal you? How can I do anything that I've already done? I've already healed you. When I died for you, I healed you." Is that right? Then if He died, and the--the healing is completed, then the only thing that you have to do is to accept it. Now, He might tell you, do something that He did, perform some kind of a sign like He did back there.
What was that sign? What was the sign that made the people know that He was the Messiah? Here... When He told Peter who he was, what his father's name was, and what his name was, Peter recognized It to be the Messiah. He went over and found another guy, Philip did. Nathanael, when he came to Jesus, Jesus told him who he was, where he was at, said He saw him under the tree.
And he said, "Thou art the Son of God, the King of Israel."
Jesus said, "Because I told you this, you believe? You can see greater that this." Sure, 'cause he was a believer.


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