<TITLE>02. Par 10-18</TITLE>L-10 And then we'd walked into the--the dining room at the Flamingo Hotel, where we're--court we would call it here, where we were staying. And everything there is based upon the European plan; when you pay your rent, you pay your food bill; it all goes with the--the rent. And we was having breakfast. And there was great number of the Full Gospel Men there, and with others also. And the question come up, "Those visions," they said, "they are wonderful. It just would be wonderful if they would appear anywhere."
"Oh," I said, "they do, most surely." And I said, "That doesn't heal anyone." I said, "If you ever noticed, I ask the people, 'Will that help your faith to believe God?'"
Visions doesn't heal; Christ has already done that. It's just to help your faith. It's just something God added; a blessing that He promised to send, a vindication of the last days. We'll get into that later, through the week.

L-13 But, we were setting at the table and I said, "Here now, the Holy Spirit is present now." And Brother Shakarian, most all of you know him, Brother Demos, and a very bosom friend of mine, and Brother Arganbright, and oh so many different ones, Brother Sonmore, the presidents and vice-presidents and so forth, of the Full Gospel Men.
And I said, "This boy coming here is sick," the waiter. And he got up close to the table, and the Holy Spirit begin to speak to him, and told him, said, "Now, you suffer with a heart trouble. Your wife also is a Christian. You believe, but you're afraid." And that... And begin to tell him who he was, and all about it. And that boy almost dropped the butter dish in my plate.
So he said, "That is so true."
I... Then I told him; not I, but the Holy Spirit told what was wrong with his wife at home, and of their prayer that they'd had together that morning before he left, and his intention was to see me that day. Oh, my, he just liked to fainted.
And he said, "I just don't understand how that's done."
I said, "Neither do I."

L-16 The only thing I know is, Brother Shakarian or... Excuse me, Brother duPlessis just was out at the car when I drove up, and Brother Mercier and I were talking about the lovely Spirit at this church. We love that, such a fine fellowship. That's very good brother, keep that up. That's very good, our brother, pastor. And that's good. And we were talking, and I... He said, "Brother Branham, I guess you have lots of hard..."
I said, "No. The thing surprises me is the grace of God." I said, "I have exhausted His mercy many times, but I never can exhaust His grace, and I'm so glad of that."

L-18 And so while we were talking at the table that morning, then there was a young woman went down with some sheets over her shoulder, going down through the place to one of the halls to fix the beds. I said, "Now, there is that Light hanging over that girl." I said, "Just call her back here." And we called her back. And the Holy Spirit begin to tell her all about her troubles.
And she was not a Christian: not a full Gospel believer, I might say that. She had made a profession, and when she was a little baby and her mother taken her to church, and she'd... Twelve years old, or something, she'd been baptized, but never attended church. That's the reason I said, "not a Christian."
The church doesn't make you a Christian. The church only helps you to be a Christian, helps you to remain what you've been borned into, helps you to contain your experience, while you're fellowshipping together with brethren of like precious faith.


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