<TITLE>11. Par 37-40</TITLE>L-37 Jesus had been rebuking that generation because they failed to recognize Him. Now, I want you to pay close attention. And the reason I changed my subject from "East And West Meeting" to this, was because to--to build faith around Christ the Healer, instead of Christ the Saviour: Christ the Healer--the same Person. But so that your--your faith will be looking to healing, because that's what we're set this day aside for: praying for the sick.
Now, the generation that He was talking to, He was rebuking them. If you read the--the chapter, well, the--the beginning of the chapter, we'll find out that Jesus was performing His--His works. He was a Seer. He was not only a Seer; He was God and Seer. He was a Prophet, sure.
They asked John the Baptist, "Are you Elijah? Are you Moses? Are you Jeremiah? Are you that Prophet?" See, "Are you that Prophet that was to come?"
Who is that Prophet? If you've got a Scofield Bible, or--or a Thompson Chain, or any one you wish to, take your margin reading, it'll go back to the Messiah, because Messiah was to be that great Prophet. How many knows that, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] He was to be that Prophet, and He was. "Art thou that Prophet that should come?" meaning Messiah.

L-38 That's the reason the woman at the well said to Him, "Thou must be a prophet. I perceive that Thou art a prophet. We know that Messiah, when He comes, He will tell us these things." See? She was looking for that Prophet Messiah.
And Jesus, as we had in our lesson last night, "The Uncertain Sound"... Then, we find that--that many had not been trained to that sound of the Word, and they missed the Word when It sounded, because He was the Word.
Let's say that together. [Congregation repeats after Brother Branham--Ed.] "He was the Word." Now, let's say it again. "He is the Word. He is the Word." That's right.

L-39 And all that God was, which was the Word, He poured into His Son, and His Son became God the Word. And all that the Son was... He gave His life. God raised up the body, the tabernacle, sets at His right hand. And all that was in the Son, which was the Father, He poured into the church in the Name of the Holy Ghost. So it was God above us, God with us, God in us. See?
So if the life of anything is in another, it does its works. For instance, what if I told you the life of John Dillinger was in me. Whew. You'd run hide. I'd have big guns and be an outlaw, because his life is in me. I'd be dangerous to stand before. Well, what if I told you the life of some great, famous artist was in me, you'd expect me to take the--the--the paint brush this afternoon, and put a piece of canvas here, and catch them pretty, briny waves that I talked about with the poet, or these beautiful, big tall pines, and paint it there till it looked like you was standing right with them. If his spirit was in me, I could do it.
Well then, if the Spirit of God is in a man, he will do the works of God. Jesus said the same. "If I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe Me." See?

L-40 And how the people had got off onto creeds and so forth... And Jesus told them, said, "You have taken the commandments of God, and made them of non effect by your traditions." And then they say, "Where is God? What happened to the God of Moses?" What good is a historical God if He isn't the same God today? See?
What good does it do to feed your canary bird all kinds of fine vitamins, and make big strong bones, and good feathers, then put him in a cage?
What good does it do to take Bible history, and learn of a great God that opened up the Red Sea, a God that rained down plagues, a God that perceived the thoughts that was in the minds of the people, a God that could heal the sick, and say, "Oh, but the days of miracles is past"? What good does it do to school our children in things like that, if we're--if we're--we're... It's a pitiful thing.


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