<TITLE>10. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 "How am I going to do it, Brother Branham? I've been through prayer lines; I've done this; I've done that; how can I do it?" God will provide. "How you going to get by with this? You're saying like that, you know you're making yourself targets?" But God will provide. That's all. "How you know when you stand on the platform this..." God will provide. That's all I know. He promised it; we take His Words; we believe it. That settles it; that's all. Walk away from it. 'Cause God said so, that's... Its just got to be that way.
There went the two together on up the mountain. Finally he come to a place; he rolled the rocks together, laid the wood in order. And watch little Isaac, obedient to death like Christ was. Pull his hands around behind him, tied them, tied his feet, and he laid this little boy upon there, his only begotten son, the seed that was to be the promise one, laid him upon the altar, stroked his little hair back out of his face, a pretty little boy... What's mother going to say when you get home and tell that you had to kill that son? But God will provide, long as you're obeying His Word.

L-39 Throwed his little head back like that, reached down in his bosom, took off the--knife out of its sheath, and raised it up like that, pulled his hair back like that, and in his heart choking, swallowing it back, as if to say, "Farewell, Isaac, my boy." Raised his hand and about that time, in full obedience, even if you're doing something wrong and walking in obedience, the Holy Ghost is there to stop you. You say, "I'm afraid if I ever receive the Holy Ghost, I might act indecently." Don't you worry, if it's the Holy Ghost, He will know when to stop you, and when to start you; He's got the button in His hand. You see? So He knows when to turn on and turn off. Just throw yourself at His mercy.

L-40 That's the way you do with healing; throw yourself at His mercy. He promised it; it's His Word. He's got to--He's got to fulfill His Word; if He isn't, He isn't God.
So we find out then, just as he started to stab his own little son to death, the Holy Spirit must've caught his hand, said, "Abraham, Abraham, stay your hand. I know now that you fear God. I know that you love Me."
And what happened? About that time he heard something behind him, and there was a ram, that's a male sheep, that was caught in the bushes with his horns. Now, I want to ask the class something in closing. Where did that ram come from? He had rolled the rocks all around there, and made the altar, and built up the wood and everything, where did it come from? He was at least seventy-five to a hundred miles from civilization, three day's journey. There's lions, jackals, all kinds of wild vicious beasts in there, would just prey on sheep, and things like that. It couldn't have survived it; there's no civilization there. Where'd the ram come from?

L-41 Now, another thing, he's way up on top of the mountain where there's no water. How could it ever got there? What was it? The--the text explains it; He's Jehovah-jireh. He spoke the ram into existence. Now, it wasn't a vision; a vision don't bleed. He went and got the ram, laid it upon the altar, and cut its throat, and blood run out of it. It wasn't a vision. It was a ram.
And that's the reason Abraham called the name of the place Jehovah-jireh. If God has made a promise, God can provide the thing for that promise. Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide for Himself. That ram was spoke into existence in one minute; the next minute it went out of existence. But it fulfilled God's purpose.


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