<TITLE>18. Par 79-83</TITLE>L-79 Now, that's the way to get something done. Now, that's the way you congregation ought to be about your pastor. See? That's when God will answer. That's right. You've got to approach God's gifts in the right way, with reverence. And ministry is minister gifts. They're gifts in the body; five spiritual gifts that's predestinated and foreordained of God to the church. I know there's nine local gifts in the body, but these are God's office gifts, the office: apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, evangelists. And we must respect them if we expect something from God.

L-80 She ran right up to Him, and she said, "Lord, if Thou would've been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, whatever You ask God, God will give it to You."
I like that. Although the doctor said this... "But even now, Lord..." The doctor says you got cancer, "But even now, Lord..." The doctor says you can't get well, "But even now, Lord..." That's it. "Even now, whatever you ask God..." And He's setting on the right hand of the Majesty, a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities, ever living to make intercessions. Oh, my. Own Bloody clothes laying before the altar of God: High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities.
Your faith can touch Him. He can take a office in the church, and speak right back through them lips, and tell you exactly: He'd do the same work He did when He was here on earth. He promised to do it, and He's doing it. Amen. Why can't we be persistent? Certainly--with such as that, far more than she had.

L-81 Notice. Now, Martha, she said, "Even now whatever you ask God, God will give it to You." Look at that. Though He'd turned her down, said, "Only thing I want you to do is just ask prayer. Whatever You ask God, God will give it to You."
Listen to this. Boy, the cogs begin to come together then. Faith begin to meet with God. It's just like putting the negative and positive together; you're going to get light pretty soon. Now, you notice what happened.
Now, He said, "Thy brother shall rise again." She said, "Yes, Lord. He will rise again in the last days, the general resurrection. He was a good boy. He will come forth."
Then Jesus straightened up. See, things just begin to happen now. She's sweating it out, like Noah, and like this woman we're speaking about, this Greek: sweating it out.

L-82 He said, "I am the Resurrection and Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
She said, "Yea, Lord. (Oh, my.) I believe that You are the Son of God that was to come into the earth. That...?... God... I believe that You are what You profess to be: the Son of God. Something's got to happen. I believe that You're the Son of God that was to come into the world."

L-83 A woman met me some years ago and was discussing that with me. She said to me, said, "Brother Branham, there's only one fault I find with your preaching."
And I said, "Thank you. Just one fault, that's--that's very good."
And she said, "That is this: you brag too much about Jesus."
I said, "Oh, my. If that's it, I--I'm so glad that I do." I said, "I can't brag enough."
She said, "But you see, Mr. Branham, here's one thing..." Her church doesn't believe He's Divine; just believes He was a prophet. If He's just a prophet, we're all lost. If He's anything short of God, we're all lost. That's right. Certainly He was God.
And she said, "You make Him Divine, and He wasn't Divine."
I said, "He was Divine."
She said, "You claim you believe the Bible."
I said, "I do."
And she said, "If I'll prove by the Bible He wasn't Divine, will you accept it?"
I said, "If the Bible said He wasn't Divine, I will; but you can't prove it."
She said, "I'll do it."
"I said, "All right."


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