<TITLE>05. Par 15-19</TITLE>L-15 See, people don't realize it. You don't realize what these... You say, "Well, if I had a ministry like that..." You'd want to get rid of it right quick. You don't realize what it does to you. It kills you. But it--it... God has given it to you. Critics laugh, make fun, everything and me standing right here. I know what they're thinking. Certainly I do. I used to call them out and say everything. But when I did, I found out it hurts. Jesus said let both go; don't pull up the tares; that's God time at the end to pull the tares out (See?) at the end it will harvest. Just let them alone. See? Go ahead, I've got the ministry to serve and so... Got to serve and I just do it the best I can and then go on.

L-16 Well now, when you come to the platform, that's you that's doing that, like the woman touched His garment. It's your own faith that does that. I have nothing to do with it. To me I--I can do noth... I've asked God for something over and over for myself for the past five years, and He won't even say a word to me about it. My own mother was laying here dying and saying, "Son, what shall be my end?" And my sweet old mother, I couldn't tell her until God tells me. See? I... He has to speak. I don't do the speaking; it's Him. And it's not me that causes the vision here on the platform.
Ask my brethren that's with me. This week I have eat nothing but crackers and milk. That's true. Fasting, waiting, seeing which way the Spirit will lead me... The boys at the door said, "There's a big smorgasbord down here, Brother Branham. How you love to--to go to a smor..."

L-17 I said, "I do, but not in healing services." And wait on the Lord. This comes out only by fasting and praying. Here comes tomorrow night and cripples, and hospital cases, and dying people will be setting here. Be ready for it. You love people. And if you don't love people, you might as well get out of the ministry; that's all. Because if your heart don't burn for them... I'd rather you'd say something good about my son than you'd say about me, because that's my son.
And if we can't love one another, how are we going to love God Whom we haven't seen. See? We must find the vein. We've got to love one another. Though we different, you got to love anyhow. You can't bluff it. You got to really do it. You got to. And that's the greatest power they found in healing, is love, when you have sympathy and love for the people, trying to help them.

L-18 Sometimes I scold and--and go back home and just think, Lord, what did I do it for?" But it's because I love them. If I have to scold my little boy for running out on the street... He will get killed if I don't get him off that street. Sometimes I have to whip him, correct him, say, "Son, stay off of that street." It's not because I don't love that child; it's because I do love him. That's the way God has to do to us, scold us, and shake us, make us a real true... Person that let's his child just do anything is not a good parent. That's right. There's too much of that in America today, and we need the old fashion mothers.

L-19 Now, someone comes to the platform, a lady. Here I am; I've got myself relaxed. And she comes up, who is she? I never seen her, don't know her. What is she? I don't know. "O God, I'm depending on You now." All day long I pray. "What is it, Lord? Step across this Bible here. God, there's Your Word; You made the promise, between me and that woman stands Your Word. Your Spirit's here somewhere. God, maybe one thing that might set this whole building a fire. Maybe the Holy Spirit has come in, ward off all the unbelief tonight. There's nothing in here but what's going to believe me, everything's going to believe because I have preached it just as simple and I can. And they've read the Bible and know it is the truth, and a promise for this day. Surely they will, Lord."


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