<TITLE>30. Par -</TITLE>L-48-5 Not long after that some man bought a car from him; he slipped off and didn't pay it. See? Said, "Brother Branham, I..."
I thought, "Poor man." (Owed him $400.) I said, "I'll pray." I sent the Word. The Word went, got on his track, found him. When we went down to find the man, he was never a Christian. See? He did--he did... He laughed at... They asked him to go to church one time, he said, "Well, while the preacher's preaching I'll look for pretty blondes." So (You see?), you can't find... Yeah, that's--that's--that devil, that's... See?

L-49-2 So the Word couldn't hold onto him. But what did the Word do? It kept him in eye. See? Just don't... Brother Welch just kept holding on, said, "It'll be all right; it'll be all right." The Word went after him (See?), "If ye abide in Me and My Word in you, ask what ye will." See? The Word got after him. First thing you know, one of his boys was driving along down here on the road and there it was. He seen a man in the car, got his number, turn up-turned in to Brother Wood. They called to find out where it was. He was in Bowling Green,.
God in heaven knows, I never heard one word about it, knowed nothing about it.

L-49-4 Last Sunday (it was a week ago) afternoon, when we got through preaching here, went up there, and changed my clothes, and got ready to go to Florida for the--or down in Brother Welch's for the meeting that following night. When I got in the car, I seen that man. And I said, "Brother Welch..." (I couldn't tell him now. He's got to make the move hisself, see, just like Meda had to make her decision there. See?) I said, "We're going through Bowling Green."
He said, "That's about thirty miles out of the way."
Went on down the road; I thought, "Oh, he'll--he'll get it (See?), he'll get it. He's just got to get it."
Went on down, Sister Evans and I, and after while he said, "You know, Brother Branham," he said, "have I been so thickheaded?" Said, "You said Bowling Green awhile ago."
"Yes."
He said, "You know that man that got my money, run off with it?"
"Yes."
Said, "He's in Bowling Green, and I've been thinking about it just... I got a thing here I'm going to turn it over and find out where he's at, and I'm going to turn it..."
I said, said, "What would you do? Would you go on down there and get your money?"
Now, (See?), if I tell him then he... See? He's got something to do hisself. See? He's got something to do. I couldn't tell him. If I did, it would break the vision right there. See? So I had to let...

L-50-4 See? Just like... Why did Jesus stand there and say to Mary and Martha, "Take ye away the stone"? Why He was God; He could said, "Stone, be no more," and it wouldn't have been there. But she had something to do.
Why did He stand there and look upon the harvest? (You believe He was the Lord of the harvest?) He said to His disciples, "You pray the Lord of the harvest that He will send laborers into His harvest." In other words, "You ask Me to do what I'm going to do."

L-50-6 See? We're buddies, We're--we're... It's a church. We've got something to do ourself. You've got something to do. Here's the Gospel; I know it, but if you just set here and don't preach It, what good's It going to do? You've got something to do; you got to make an effort. You got... You say, "Well, I believe God can heal, but I just don't know." Stand up and let that Word become your word. Believe It; don't reason it; just believe It.
I said, "Well,..." (I knowed if he didn't go, he was going to lose it.) I said, "If it was me, if it was me, I'd go get my money right now." And he did. When he got the man up out of the bed, he had some money. He called over to the neighbor, and got the rest of it, and paid it off. What is it? It's the Word. See, if It can find a place, it can turn.


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