<TITLE>22. Par 223-238</TITLE>L-223   Now you there, you pray to God and say, "God, Brother Branham doesn't know me. He doesn't know me. But I know You do, so let me touch Your garment. Let me touch Your garment, 'cause You're High Priest. And then You speak through Brother Branham and say like You did the woman that touched Your garment on earth. Because, if You're the High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities, 'the same yesterday, today, and forever,' He'll have to act in the same way."

L-224 How many you think believed, that day when that woman touched Him and went and set down? You think it influenced the people there? See, it--it probably did. Well, it would. Why, we Gentiles of this day, we're just as thankful for Jesus. We should be more thankful. See?

L-225   And this little woman touched Him, she went over and set down. Jesus said, "Just a moment. Who touched Me? Who touched Me?"

L-226 Why, Peter rebuked Him, said, "Lord," in other words, "it won't be a sane thing for You to say that. Why, You are well thought of amongst the people, as a Prophet. Why, how would You say 'who touched Me,' and everybody is touching You?"

L-227 He said, "Yes, but, otherwise, this was a different kind of a touch. See? See, virtue went out of Me, strength."

L-228 And He looked around until He found the woman, told her she had a blood issue. And she felt in her own body that it had stopped, for He said, "Thy faith has saved thee." See?

L-229 Now He is the same High Priest. And now if you can just touch Him!

L-230   Now, to touch me wouldn't do a bit of good. I'm just like your husband, your brother, your father, see. To touch one of the pastors, it'd do just the same thing. See? But touch Him, He is the One. I don't know you. I don't know nothing about you. I could not heal you. If I could, I'd sure do it; but I can't. I can't do what He has already done.

L-231 Now if He was standing here, He would just make Hisself known that He is among you. Just think of it. Now we all know we are headed for something right away. We can feel that.

L-232 Now, there is a right and wrong. There is too many different ways pointing, to say, "Well, this is the way, that." There has got to be a right way somewhere.

L-233   And to think that the very God, that's going to judge you at Judgment, to come right down here in your midst and stand with you right here! "Wherever two or three are gathered in My Name, there I am. See, the works that I once did," He'll do it again. He promised do it. "You are My witnesses; Jerusalem, Judaea, New York City, see, all the world."

L-234 And you just sit real quiet, and you pray. Believe with all your heart. Don't doubt. Just believe with all that is in you, believe (soul, body, and spirit) and God will grant it to you.
Now let us bow our heads just a moment.

L-235   Great Creator of heavens and earth, all that I have stood here tonight and said, will be of no account unless You come and prove that it's right. We've heard so much, and people has heard so much. Now one word from You, Father, will make it all right. And we're looking for that.

L-236 Now, we know that You only speak through human lips. You made men Your agency. One day You were standing, You said, looked upon the harvest and said, "It's ripe," said, "pray the Lord of the harvest that He'll send laborers in His harvest," and You were the Lord of the harvest. But You so connected Your program, You and men together, you do nothing apart from that.

L-237 Now I pray, God. And just if You would anoint me, and do not anoint this audience, to believe, it won't do any good. We have to be together as one unit, as brothers and sisters. I pray, God, that You will anoint us together, that we might see again, again this side of Eternity, the glorious Lord Jesus, a greater than Solomon being here. We ask it in His Name. Amen.

L-238   Now I want just this be as reverent as you can now. [Pianist begins playing Only Believe--Ed.]


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