<TITLE>16. Par 57-59</TITLE>L-57 Now, if you knew that Jesus was standing right by the side of you, do you believe if you'd touch Him that He would heal you, like the woman did that had the blood issue? Do you believe that?
Well now, if the Bible here tells us, that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, let's us just pray, and say, "Lord, I've come into this Refuge. I am Your servant. And now I am afflicted with something, or there's something wrong with me. Can I touch You? If it's my faith... if I got faith enough to touch You, then speak back to me. Now, Brother Branham doesn't know me, and I don't know him; but You know both of us. And I believe that the Bible says, that, 'You are the same yesterday, today, and forever.' And if we're baptized into You, and in there You have offices to operate Your great church for the perfection, to get all the doubt... I'm going to be the eagle tonight. I'm going to set against this Rock, and beat till all the unbelief's gone from me. See? When I feel all the unbelief is gone, confess all my sins, say, 'Lord God...'"

L-58 Now, you say, "Brother Branham, I don't smoke, drink, chew, commit adultery." That--that ain't it. That's not sin. That's the attribute of sin. That's the attribute of unbelief. See, if you believed, you wouldn't do that. See? No, that ain't what sin is. People can... Unbelief is sin. "He that believeth not is condemned already." See? That's just a attribute of unbelief.
But if you can beat all that away from you, say, "Lord God, I believe just exactly what Your Word says, and I believe (as we preached last night), that the appearing of the Lord comes before the coming of the Lord," for it's just two different words altogether. See? Now's the appearing, as He promised in the last days that He'd be with us.
And what a Refuge, and what a consolation it is, Christians, that we can stand here tonight in the Presence of God in the face of His Word, and the impossibilities that He's promised in here, we can see manifested right before us. What a wonderful thing. If that isn't a Refuge, if that isn't a haven of rest, I don't know what would be, to see Jesus, Who said, "The works that I do shall you do also." Oh, what a promise that is. Now, how many believe that that's the truth? All right. Now, let us pray.

L-59 Our heavenly Father, Thou art God. I pray that You will grant tonight the things that people are asking for. And I pray that You will show Yourself alive, to give consolation.
Awhile ago when I asked for believers to raise their hand, Father, as far as I could see, it was one hundred percent, that all of them was believers. Many... Most all of these people I am a stranger to. But Lord, You know them.
Now, I have told them that--that there is a Refuge, a Tower, a--a Rock in a weary land, a Place in a weary land now, that where we can come to and be safe. The Bible said, "The Name of the Lord is a mighty tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe."
Now, to assure the safety, Lord, when the people will know that it isn't denominational safety, it's the Holy Spirit, the Blood safety, that we come into... Let this be known tonight, Lord, that You're still Jesus, that You've raised from the dead, that You are now a great High Priest that's making intercessions for--for anything that we ask for.
We believe that You promised us, that, "If we would ask anything in Your Name it would be done." You promised it, "If we would abide in You, and our--and Your words in us, then we could ask what we'd wanted to, and it'd be granted to us."


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