<TITLE>27. Par 351-362</TITLE>L-351 Now, if I happen to say, "Bow your head," do it right quick, honey, 'cause evil things leave, such as cancer and diseases, and it goes out amongst the people, and gets into others. All that believe that, and know it's the Scripture, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] We find, in the Bible, that evil spirits went from one to the other, when they was cast out. And they try to find a place.

L-352   And how many times have we seen it in the meeting! People come to the meeting, perfectly healthy and well, sit there and criticize; and, a day or two after that, be found totally blind, or stricken with a cancer, paralyzed. See, because they were unbelievers. I'm not responsible for them; only for the believers. Many of them went in the institution, many years ago, and still there, some went to their grave, just because of being arrogant, unbelieving.

L-353 There is no place for an unbeliever now. It's a place for believers. Have faith in God!

L-354   Heavenly Father, now the meeting is Yours; it's been Yours, all the time. Now, I can speak on Your Word; but now, from now on, I can't speak. You're the One Who speaks now, Lord. Let it be known that Your servant has told them the Truth. May people here, maybe many are here sick, and won't even be in the prayer line, but You're still here, Lord. You can heal out there, just as You can heal anywhere. Let Thy Word be made known, in Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

L-355   Now if I can get your undivided attention for just a moment. I want to look down this prayer line. I don't really believe I know one person. Are you, in this prayer line, all strangers to me, you know that I don't know you? Raise up your hands if you are. They are. How many out there knows that I don't know nothing about you? Raise up your hands, out there, see. Sure, ninety-five percent of the people here, I don't. That's true.

L-356   Now here is a little woman, I never seen her in my life. She is a total stranger to me. Now, she may be here for sickness. She may be here... Maybe she has done something. Maybe she is here for finances. Maybe it's domestic trouble. Maybe she is here for someone else. I don't know. I have no idea.

L-357 But here is exactly a picture that's in Saint John, the 4th chapter, a man and a woman meets for the first time. And no doubt, that, the young woman that met Jesus, He was much older than her, because, "He," they said, "He looked to be fifty, or over fifty," and probably just a young beautiful woman that was out there at the well, was just a young girl. And here again, tonight, two people meet, young and old, without knowing one another.

L-358   And now she stands there. There is some reason she is there. I don't know. She might be standing there, as a deceiver. She might be standing there, saying something, when it isn't, just to see what will happen. If it is, you watch what happens. See? See?

L-359 Now, I don't know the lady; I've never seen her. She just held her hand, a while ago, that I was a stranger to her. And I hold my hand, she is a stranger to me. I never seen her. Well, now if I...

L-360 Just as a man, I'd have to say, "Lady, what is the matter with you? What are you doing here? What do you want?"

L-361 And she would say, "Mister Branham, I'm--I'm here because I--I suffer with a--a cancer. I suffer with TB. I suffer with a tumor." Or, "I'm out of money. I... My husband left me." Or, "I'm not married, and my boyfriend did so." She would have to tell me.

L-362 "Well," I would say, "all right, I'll--I'll--I'll pray for you; and lay my hands upon you, and say, 'Lord God, give this woman what she wants. Amen. Jesus, do it!'" Let her go away. Well, I guess, if she believed that, she'd get well. That's all right. That's been a ministry for many, many years.


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