<TITLE>03. Par 9-12</TITLE>L-9 I believe in the coming of the Lord Jesus. I believe in the physical return of Christ. I believe it's real close at hand. I believe we're near that time now. Now, no one knows when He's going to come, not even the Angels. He said the Father only knew that. So then, we don't know, but we have signs that we're looking to, to know that when these things begin to happen that the time is getting near. So we certainly can see some mighty convincing signs now, that--that the time is near.

L-10 And so I believe this sponsorship is Pentecostal brethren. I am one too. But we want you to know that Pentecost, to you Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian, we believe you Pentecostal too. See, Pentecost is not an organization; Pentecost is an experience that we all can have. See? Whether you're a Catholic, or Baptist, or Presbyterian, whatever you are, Pentecost is an experience, and it's for whosoever wants it. That's right. And it's everyone. I have so many...
I come out of a Baptist church. Still have fellowship, wonderful meetings for them, and I have Episcopalian, Presbyterian, formerly background Catholic in my family. I'm Irishman. And so through there God has never questioned anybody on the platform, praying for them, "Now, you'll have to change from Methodist to Baptist." That isn't the idea.
You know, I'm an old man. I'm fifty-three years old. I've been with the Branham family all these years. And you know, they've never asked me to join the family. Yeah. Strange, but I believe I was borned a Branham. And so that's the way we believe we're Christians. You see? We--we--we think we ought to join some church and have fellowship. But really, to be a Christian is to be borned a Christian, a borned again experience to being a Christian.

L-11 And now, let me just again, before I take a text, is to say we pray for the sick. Now, there may be doctors setting here. And doctor, I didn't come to take your patients. I come to pray for your patients. See? I--I believe that Divine healing has been one of the most overlooked subjects. And then, there's been so much also on Divine healing that has went out under the name of Divine healing, that should've never went out, which we realize that. In church, salvation, been much of it went out, oh, kind of a intellectual religion, that just join the church like a lodge, and let it all go. We don't believe that. We believe you've got to be born again. We believe you have to be a Christian by birth.
And I believe there's many things went out under Divine healing, the auspices of Divine healing, or called that, and it would--there would be everything else but Divine healing: all kinds of sensations, and--and so forth.

L-12 But I'll make myself clear (This is being taped.), that I believe that every redemptive blessing that goes to the human race has already been paid for, and belongs to you. See? That He was wounded for our transgressions. With His stripes we were healed. It's a past tense. I believe that when Jesus Christ, the Son of God died at Calvary, He purchased our salvation, and every sin in the world was paid for.
Now, it will never do you no good till you accept it as your own personal property. But if you try to just say, "Well, He forgives sins." Yes, the mercy of Christ, the death of Christ atones for the sins, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. But you have to accept Him as your Saviour, or it'll never do you good.
By His stripes we were healed. Therefore, there's no man could ever save a soul or heal a sick person. It's already been done in Calvary. I believe Calvary paid the price. Jesus Christ on Calvary paid the price.


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