<TITLE>01. Par 1-6</TITLE>59-1216, What Is The Holy Ghost?, Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville, IN, 105 min
L-1 Hardly for a meeting... This meeting is to be a little different meeting than what we usually have here. Mostly every time when we come together here, it's a meeting to--for the healing of the sick and for the--a physical needs. It's... The emphasis is put upon that. But tonight we have started this revival for the healing of the soul, the--the spirit of the man.
However, the Lord willing, Sunday morning, at Sunday school, Sunday morning, we are going to have a prayer for the sick and a regular line of healing for Sunday morning, the Lord willing. And these week nights we are greatly pressed to speak on the eternal things for the--the soul.

L-2 Now, we know that when a--a body is healed, that makes us all happy, because we know that it definitely shows that our God heals the sick. But that sick person, if they live long enough, will perhaps be sick again, maybe with the same disease that they were healed of. And that doesn't take away healing. The doctor will give medicine for pneumonia, and maybe two days later they'll die with pneumonia after he's pronounced them well. It reoccurs again. But when that soul is healed, you have then in you Eternal Life.
And I believe that we are so close to the coming of the Lord Jesus, that it behooves us to do all that we possibly can to bring every soul to the Kingdom and to bring the Kingdom to the people, that we might be healed of our Spirit. I believe that the Body of Jesus is the sickest body that I know of; that is, the--the Body, spiritual Body of Christ on earth is very sick.

L-4 And now, we're not planning on keeping you too long of a night, because on the first night we don't have room to seat our beloved friends. We're in the project of building a new church, a big tabernacle right here on these lots, or wherever the Lord will lead; but as far as we know, here.
And now, we have give out the meeting, Wednesday through Sunday. But then at Sunday, it's closing into Christmas holidays; but it--whenever the Lord tells us to stop, that'll be the time. We don't know just what the results will be. But believing that the folks here at the tabernacle and our sister churches, which is--one of them is--is the Holiness Tabernacle at Utica, which Brother Graham Snelling is the pastor; and in New Albany, where Brother--Brother "Junie" Jackson is pastor; and also out on the highway where Brother Ruddell is pastor. We are (and they're sister churches of this tabernacle)--we are trying to bring to--our people into a better fellowship with Christ; that's our purpose. So I have chosen to read and to teach on for the next few nights...

L-6 Tonight I want to speak on the subject of: "What Is the Holy Ghost?" And tomorrow night I want to preach on: "What Was It Given For?" And on Friday night (and to the recorders, I don't want this recorded Friday night): "How Do I Get the Holy Ghost, and How Do I Know When I Have It?" And then we will just let, then see what the Lord will lead us for Saturday and Sunday, and Sunday morning, a healing service and another evangelistic service for Sunday night.
And now, we want every one to know that... And I know the recorders is running in the back room, and we wish to say this: Because in these meetings like this on the evangelistic type, we have people from different denominational churches which has been taught in their own sphere of belief--each one. And that's all right. I have never wanted to be guilty of sowing discord among brethren. And out in the meetings, I just preach on the great evangelical truths of the Scripture, on what brethren who sponsor my meeting believe in. But in the tabernacle here, I--I want to speak on what we believe. Therefore, if you--if you do not understand it, I would be very happy to have a little letter or note from you to ask me a question of--of why that we believe it thus. And I would be glad to try to explain it the best that I can.


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