<TITLE>13. Par 43-45</TITLE>L-43 Oh, it's true. She had many hindrances, but her faith didn't have any hindrance. You might have some. I have plenty of them, lot of hindrances. But about your faith, that's the thing. If you can't be persistent, if you're going to let everything hinder you. Now, physically, you might feel bad. Physically you might not feel well. And otherwise, you might not feel like do--going to church. You might not feel like doing anything. But your faith don't have no hindrance. It moves on anyhow.
Maybe your pastor prayed for you, anointed you with oil. That's what he's supposed to do. And you go back and say, "Pastor, I don't feel any better." Oh, my. You're not... You oughtn't to have come up in the first place. See? See, you're going by your feelings. But your faith, if you've got faith...
Well, you'll say, "I will just wait till Brother Roberts comes by, or Brother Branham, or some of them others."
Oh, my. That's not it. It's your faith in the Word of God. God said, "Call the elders and let them anoint you in oil and pray over you. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick."
If you've got faith in God and faith in the prayer, then go on anyhow. There's nothing going to stop it. See? Why? You got faith. You believe it. Faith don't have any hindrances.

L-44 Oh, but the woman had plenty of hindrances, and you have plenty of physical hindrances and spiritual hindrances. But if your faith believes in God, there's no hindrances to your faith.
Somebody might've said, "Now, wait a minute. Now, you're a Greek going to a Jew."
"You're a Baptist going to a Pentecostal." You--you know, all of these things.
Some of them might've been saying, "Now, just a minute, dear. You know good and well that the days of miracles is past. There's no such a thing as that. That's only emotion. Haven't we had that all down through the ages? We've heard that bunch of Jews that claim to believe in some supernatural God. Our God down there in the temple do just as much for you, more than what he could do. There's nothing to that."
"You don't see our people all carried away with such illusions as that. We go down to our idol and we bow down to it, and we pay our tribute to it, and all this. And we go back and we live peaceful lives. We're not always tore up like that bunch of holy-rollers. They're always stewing, this, that, and the other, you know. That's just another one..."

L-45 But you see... might... Another one might have come up and said, "Now, wait a minute. Do you know your husband's a businessman in this city? And your own son might've been a priest to the great goddess down there, the Grecian goddess. Do you know, it would--it--it would be terrible. Your husband will turn you right away from home. Why, you shouldn't go down there. That's horrible."
And others might've stand and say, "You go down there with such a thing as that, you'll be the laughing stock of our nation. Everybody will just ha-ha and laugh at you." The little woman standing listening to all that, you know...
You know... And others might have walked up. The priest of her goddess might've walked up and said, "Now, just a minute. You go down there and you take your membership from this church."


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