<TITLE>03. Par 7-9</TITLE>L-7 Now, instead of advancing on and see what God promised, we look back and see what some brother behind us says. Let's don't look back, look forward, keep moving on, on. We have untapped resources. Jesus said in Saint Mark 11:23, "Whatsoever... Why, if you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you have said will come to pass, you can have what you said." Un... No--no conditions, it's--it's not--it's just unlimited. "Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe you receive them; you shall have them," whatever, Divine healing, joy, peace, anything.
Now, you say, "Brother Branham, what if we'd ask for something that--for somebody's life to be taken or some evil thing." Well, you couldn't really have Christian faith for a thing like that. It takes a Christian spirit to ask Christian things. To receive things from Christ. You must have...

L-8 Always remember, uh, church; God's Words are true. I believe the right mental attitude towards any Divine promise of God will bring it to pass, if you can look at it in the right way. But remember, here's been my--my standard in life. I have tried to do this. The first thing, I want to find out whether it's the will of God or not. That... Then I know it's God's will. The next thing, is my objective to it and my motive in doing it. Then if it's the will of God, and my objective is right, and my motive is right, I have faith that it'll be done. Because, first, it's the will of God and I have--and my objective is to glorify Him, and my motive is to give Him all the glory. See? So there's no selfish motives about it. If you have a selfish motive it won't work. If your objective is to make money for yourself or something, why, you'll never succeed. And then try to do something outside of the will of the Lord, then it won't work to begin with.
So there is genuine faith, but you must come into the real channel of God to have that genuine faith. There's human faith, then there's faith of God. And you must have a godly faith to believe. Now, then to have godly faith, you must have the mind of Christ in you. Then that's how God projects to you visions, revelations, and all these things comes by the mind of Christ being in you. You get it? "Let the mind that was in Christ be in you."

L-9 Well, it thrills me tonight again to say to be back here in Long Beach after many years. I remember when I first come here, there was a whole lot of doubt about the ministry. I was about the only one on the field at that time having healing campaigns. I remember how it was so criticized. I remember the night when I left here, and I listened to the thrilling message of Doctor Fuller. I set right along out there that afternoon and heard his great stirring powerful teaching message. I seen his audience leave, fine people, intelligent, nice looking clean people, seen them all leave the building. That was his audience. Now here come mine in straight jackets, wheelchairs and... I thought, "That's quite a little thing difference of...?... faith (You see?), we got to know." But it was a challenge to the Word of God which God had promised that was true and He'd stand behind it. Around the world I've been with this message, not one time has God ever failed me.
And after about fourteen years since being here, I stand tonight with the same message to Long Beach, that I had when I come here, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." See? He's not diminished one bit. He has never failed me. I've stood before witch doctors and devils and drinking blood in a human skull and calling on the devil and challenge you right down. And I've never seen one time that a challenge was ever made but what God moved on the scene and done a great thing. I--I challenge your faith tonight to believe the Lord Jesus.


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