<TITLE>20. Par 77-81</TITLE>L-77 We'll start right here then, and start at this many, and pray for them, until we... How many you missing? All of them there up to 13? What say? Number 13 missing? Well, we'll hold right there now, till they come in. All right, sir. Let Brother Bigby, if you'll... Now, receive their prayer cards down there, Brother Bigby, if you will. All right.
Now, come up this way, sir. Just stand right there just a moment. Now, I believe the man's a stranger to me. We are--don't know each other, But as far as I know, he's a stranger to me. And we do not know each other, but the Lord knows both of us, doesn't He?

L-78 And how many out there that doesn't have prayer cards, and yet you believe Jesus will make you well, you want Him to heal you? Raise up your hand. It's just solid. Now, you don't have to have a prayer card. I'll say this: you do like the woman did that--that had the blood issue. You know, she didn't have, we'd call it, say, a prayer card. But she just pressed her way until she got to touch His garment. You remember that? And it stopped Him.
Now, He didn't feel it physically, because the Palestinian garment is loose. And everybody with their... Why, Peter even rebuked Him, said, "Lord, why would You say a thing like that? Why, everybody's touching You."
He said, "But I perceive that I have gotten weak." The King James says virtue has gone, which, "virtue" is "strength." And, "I've gotten weak," and He looked around over the audience until He found the woman that touched His garment. And He told her that her faith had saved her. Her blood issue had stopped. Is that right?

L-79 Now, listen just a moment, now. It'll do real good for you. Now, does the Scripture say that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and forever? I presume this is a minister. Now, does the Scripture say in the book of Hebrews, that He is a High Priest now? He ever lives to make intercession (See?), and He can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities?
Well, then if He's the same High Priest, and if you can touch Him... You say, "Brother Branham, I'll walk up and touch Brother Bigby." Well, that would be nice to show your fellowship, or your love to Brother Bigby.
"Brother Branham, I'll come touch you." Well, that would be nice, but there is no virtue in us. We're men. Any of these ministers here, we're men. So it wouldn't do no good to come here.

L-80 But why don't you just remember that you're risen with Him, and you're setting with Him, the council of God, Christ. You're setting with Christ now. All authority is right with you. So why don't you by faith just touch His garment?
"Lord, I have a need. I'm sick. Father God, let me touch You tonight. I believe You. And Brother Branham has been telling us a little drama. But it was the truth, the drama was, and he throwed in a few Scriptures there that shows that You're the same, and You have to be the same. So he said that You are here in Spirit form to work today, as You promised before the coming again, that You'd be so..."

L-81 You know, there's a difference between the appearing of Christ and the coming of Christ. That's two different words altogether. He's appearing now in His church. We see Him; we know it's Him. It's the Holy Spirit. See? We know it is.
Now. We believe that the Holy Spirit is God. All of us know that. Like Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, we don't believe there's three gods. We believe there's three offices of the same God. The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit is three offices that the same God has worked in. That's the reason Jesus said baptize, using the Name title Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which, they are not saying three gods, but they are meaning one God in three offices, the same God. Three gods would be heathen (See?), but it's--it's the one God, it's in three offices.


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