<TITLE>02. Par 5-8</TITLE>L-5 Now, what did that Roman say? "I'm a man under authority. And I'm a centurion." That meant he had a hundred men, a century, a hundred men under him. And he said, "I--I--I say to this man, 'Go,'and he goes, this man,'Come,' and he comes." For why? He was over them. He was a master over them. And what did he say by telling Jesus that? That He was ruler, could rule all sickness, and anything that He said had to be. Oh, isn't that a real way to meet Him? "You just say my son lives, and he lives. Just speak the word. That's all You have to do."
Now, Durban, South Africa, recently, I don't know whether the boys has ever put that book out yet or not on Africa, written by Captain Julius Stadsklev... We had come into to Durban, South Africa, where we'd had meetings in Johannesburg. And oh, my, such things that would take hours to say what the Lord did... But when we went to Durban...

L-6 I never forget; Sidney Smith, the mayor of Durban, came and got me, and he said, "Oh, Brother Branham," said, "this is African history." He said, "You..." said, "they've been pouring in here for about five days." And said, "They're four or five days away yet," bringing their loved ones by homemade cart, way they could pack one another. And when the lion comes, they push him up a tree till the lion leaves, then go down, "Bring them on," trying to get them to the meeting. For they'd heard of what the Lord had did over in another place, Johannesburg, and--and then had be Johanna... many of the places. And so...
And I tell you; Christianity in Africa is a weakening thing. It certainly is, because we have taught reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of doing what Jesus told us to do. He said, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel. These signs shall follow them that believe." Now, He never said, "Go teach the Word." He said, "Preach the Gospel." And the Gospel is demonstration of the risen Christ; that's the Holy Spirit. Paul said, "The Gospel come not in word only, but through the power, manifestation, demonstrations of the Holy Spirit." It would have to be to fulfill Mark 16.

L-7 And I was going out, Mr. Sidney Smith and I, the mayor of Durban, going out to the race tracks where... It's the second greatest race track in all the world. And then there they were... All the places taken up, all the way across the track, and places built on the other side. That was just our second day there. We had one day left. And it was on a Sunday afternoon.
Oh, you know how people can give a evangelistic count of being, some of them, "A half a million." You know how they do when... So it's... I judged a lot less then what they said the people was.

L-8 But today people are trying to see how many people you can get out. That doesn't have anything to do with it. It's whether Christ is there or not (See?); that's the main thing. And it's... And I'd rather be just by myself and be with Him, than be with ten million and Him not there. I... It's just wherever He is. And that's the main thing. It isn't who can get the greatest crowd and swing it out in papers and all that. Why, the Catholic church can beat all of us on that. In the United States Mr. President Kennedy could beat all them, I suppose, here in the United States.
So it isn't crowds. God doesn't dwell in crowds; He dwells in humble hearts. That's where He is. "Wherever two or three are gathered in My Name, I'll be in their midst." That's what we want to look at, not the great flowerly things, but the--the reality of a risen Lord Jesus.


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