<TITLE>14. Par 88-94</TITLE>L-88 Did you notice here in the Corinthians here, in II Corinthians Paul said even of death, we possess death. Think of it. Possess death? Yes, sir. It minds us. Amen. Well, glory. I done forgot about that explosion of the gun now. See? Why didn't it kill me? Because it couldn't. That's why. God wasn't ready. He could come as much as he wants to, but he can't take you. Amen. Glory. I paid my debt for that a long time ago when I believed on Jesus Christ Who's alive forevermore. Now death listens to what we say. Amen.
You say, "A possessor of death?"
That's what Paul said here in Corinthians. Death, even we possess it. Why, when they was fixing to cut his head off, he said, "Oh, death, where is your sting? Where is your sting? Show me where you can scare me."
Death said, "I'll squeeze you down and put you down in the grave, and you'll rot and canker."
He said, "But oh, thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Yes, sir. Death, hell, and the grave, I possess it all, because He conquered it all for us: possessor.

L-92 Just like Joshua and Caleb brought back the evidence of a unseen land that had been given to the people by a promise. Joshua and Caleb brought back an evidence that there was such a land. Now, down here they had the promise of it. God gave them the promise, and they come right up to the land, but they'd never seen it, and Joshua and Caleb went over into the promised land and brought back the evidence that the land was there and it was a good place, flowing with milk and honey. Amen. What was it? They was going to possess that land. They had the promise. They was on their road over there, and they were almost to the Jordan, and Joshua crossed over and brought back the evidence that it was a good land.

L-93 Just what Joshua did for the children of Israel... "Joshua" means "Saviour," the word "Joshua." And that's the same thing Jesus done for the Church. When they killed Him, He conquered death, He conquered hell, He conquered the grave, and He rose up again with the evidence, the baptism of the Holy Ghost, that there is a land beyond the river, that they call that sweet forever. Amen. He come back and brought us an evidence. What does It do, Brother Branham? It make you stop lying, stealing, drinking, cursing, immorals, everything. It makes a new creature out of you. I who were once dead in sin and trespasses, nevertheless I live, not me but Christ lives in me. I'm a new creature in Christ Jesus (Amen.), an heir to the promise. Hallelujah. Yes, sir. That land belongs to us. How do you know it? Joshua rose from the dead, brought back the evidence, the Holy Ghost. I got It. Amen. Whew. Glory. I'm an heir, oh, a child of the King, a child of the King, heir to all things. The Bible said so. The same God--the same God that give Israel a promise of that promised land (it was a unseen thing to them), that same Bible, that same God gave us a promise of Eternal Life, and the Holy Ghost bears record of it. Christ is alive. He's not dead. He lives right among us, lives in us, through us, and we're surrounded. Amen.

L-94 It was Him setting on that bench down there the other day when Satan seen a chance to kill me, but he couldn't do it. Amen. And he'll never do it until Christ says it's ready. Amen. No matter how many times he comes, he'll go back empty-handed until Christ gives an order. Amen. It's promised. God promised it. It's God's Word that promises it, and we believe it because we're heir.
I'm an heir of Divine healing. I'm an heir of joy, got a right to be happy. "So what makes you so happy?" I got a right to be. "How do you know?" Because I'm an heir to it. Amen. Woo. Now, I feel religious. Look. I'm an heir to the happiness. I'm an heir to joy. I'm an heir to peace. I'm an heir to Eternal Life. I'm an heir to the Holy Spirit. Amen. I'm an heir to every evidence It's got. Amen. I'm an heir to the authority of God. Amen. "Who made you that?" Not me, He did. Every one of you is an heir to the same thing.


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