Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever
61-0205E, Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever, Central Assembly Of God, Tucson, AZ, 117 min





My ministry's a little odd; and therefore, not being able to express it all at one little service, then it makes you wonder about this or that. But when we are for a quite awhile visiting, you can see night after night and watch what's spoke and see if it happens. And then you begin to realize what the ministry is. And then it makes us understand one another much better.

And tonight it's pretty rough on the ministers, and maybe many of their sick people had to get permission to come down to be prayed for. And I wished I could express my feelings to the pastors that turned their congregations out tonight that they could come to hear the service and to be prayed for. May the Lord ever bless men like that, men of--of great--of great integrity, someone who's got a real heart for sick and needy people. I'm sure that they will prosper in doing things like that.
Now, I think there's several churches here. I just had a letter I opened a few moments ago from the pastor of the First Assembly of God here in the city, and he had someone real sick here in the hospital. And if... I don't know... He's in church at this time, I suppose, and I certainly will be in prayer for that person, if the--any of their people are here.

Now, I would like to say this, because of just passing through, and praying for the sick, and saying, "a healing service." Now, we... That's not all my ministry. We believe the first thing is salvation, because if you get healed you'll--live any time, you'll probably be sick again. But when you receive Christ, you got Eternal Life. And how much more is Eternal Life than just the healing of the body. But Divine healing, Christ used it--Divine healing to attract the attention of the people. And about eighty-six percent of His ministry was in Divine healing. Therefore, it's something that shows the supernatural. [Hebrews 13:8]

Now, the only way that we can receive anything from God is (Now, catch this.), is not to look for something... Say, "My hand's crippled; I was prayed for. My hand doesn't straighten out in a moment." That doesn't mean I'm not healed. No. That doesn't have one thing to do with it. See? Because I've noticed in thirty-one years in the ministry (fifteen years around and around the world), that sometimes you pray for a person, it'd be a week or two before it ever happened. [Isaiah 53:5]

And then down the line a little farther was her neighbor, and her neighbor had a growth on her neck. And she was prayed for, and the Holy Spirit had pronounced her healed.
Well, when she went home, she said, "Well, perhaps I'll just go ahead and eat now. I'm all right." So she started to eat, and it made her real sick. And three or four weeks passed, and still she would try to have faith and move on.
And her husband told her, said, "Honey, I don't mind you having faith like that," but said, "you're just bringing reproach upon the very cause of Christ." How little that husband knowed. She can't do that as long as she's confessing His Word, for He is the high priest of our confession. He cannot do one thing for us till first we confess it is done. [Hebrews 3:1]

The Book of Hebrews says He's a High Priest of our confession or profession (both translated the same). When we confess it, He's the High Priest to make intercessions on what we confess. And we confess His finished work at Calvary. [Hebrews 3:1]

She said, "Hubby, if that man could tell me what the things of my life that I have done, and he was correct; and he told me, THUS SAITH THE LORD, I'm healed, I'll believe it until I die." That's the way. Said, "If he foresaw what I was--had done, surely he can tell me what I would do."
"And her husband went to work, and she was washing," she said, "the dishes, and she felt a little cool feeling strike in her." She wondered, "What's that?"
She got real hungry, and after getting hungry, she thought, "I just got to eat a piece of toast." She taken a little toast and eat it. It usually started vomiting (it was a duodenal ulcer), and it'd vomit, but it--it didn't vomit.
Then some of the children had left in their plate (You know how a mother will be, from their children.) some oatmeal. And that just burned her up when she'd eat that oatmeal, and then starches... And so, when she taken a few spoonfuls of that, didn't bother her. So then she eat the rest of the dish of the oatmeal. Didn't bother her. So she fried her up some bacon and eggs, and had a gastronomical jubilee, and drank her a big cup of coffee, and she just had a great time.

Said, "What you doing with the sheet?"
Said, "I'm trying to find that thing that left my throat just awhile ago 'fore I got up." She said, "That place went off of my throat."
And they drove, I guess it was about three hundred miles to catch up with the meeting (or more) to--to tell the experience. That's one of thousands.

Now, that's the way it is. We must remember that healing is a finished work at Calvary, and the only thing that anyone can do... Now, a minister that's taught in the Word, he can stand up and preach the Word to you. Now, if he preaches the Word, "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word of God." That's--that's the original. [Romans 10:17]

And in that is gifts of tongues and interpretation of tongues. And now, that just isn't repeating something or making a vain repetition. It's saying something directly to be interpreted for a certain person in that congregation or something, to make a way. Tongues, by interpretation, is prophecy, and it's prophetic utterance given to the people to--to tell them what to do or something to correct them. Oh, if the great church of the living God could only be set in order... I find it... [I Corinthians 12:8-10]

Prophets are foreordained. They're prophets. Now, there's a gift of prophecy in the church, that could be on one, then the next one, the next one, the next one, and so forth--of prophecy. Paul said you may all prophesy one by one.
But there's a lot of difference between a prophet and a prophecy. A prophecy has to be judged by three witnesses (two or three) before it can be given or accepted in the church, according to the Scriptures. But a prophet, like the Old Testament prophet, they had the Word of the Lord. The translation was right to them. And they were known, because the Bible said, "If there be one among you spiritual or a prophet, I, the Lord, will make Myself known unto him, speak to him in visions, and reveal Myself in dreams. And if what this man says comes to pass, then hear him, for I'm am with him. If it doesn't, then don't hear him. I'm not with him. Don't fear him." [Ephesians 4:11], [I Corinthians 14:37], [Deuteronomy 17:6], [Deuteronomy 18:22]

Now, I find two classes of people in my travel: One of them is fundamental; the other one is Pentecostal. Now, the fundamental positionally knows what they are, but they don't go deep enough. They know positionally that they are sons of God, but they don't go deep enough.

Now, the evangelist had something there, but he didn't have all of it. Who was the one taken that one for Paul? Paul took him deep enough in Christ until he was filled with the Holy Ghost, then was burning so he'd set the whole town afire. But when you just ask them to stand and accept Christ as Saviour, and set back down, they haven't went deep enough to know what to do. You must take them on into the baptism of the Spirit.

It's just like a man... One man's got money in the bank but can't write a check; and the other one can write a check and has no money in the bank. If you could ever get those together, the Gospel would pay off great. That's right. Get some fundamental teachings in a Pentecostal church, or a Pentecostal faith in fundamental meetings...

Now, you've got to find your objective, and your motive, and then the will of God. And if it is the will of God, and your motive's right, and your objective is right, then the mountain will fall. But outside of that, you could scream till you got hoarse and died, and never would move. See? Your... First thing, it's got to be the will of God; the next thing, it's your objective in going and do it; and then the motive you have. You want to be some big person... [John 15:16], [Mark 11:23], [Matthew 17:20]

Well, that's it. You see? But Christ wasn't a showmanship. He said, "Your time's always." That is right. "He came to His own, and His own received Him not." That's the most pathetic thing I know of in the Scriptures. He came to His own, and His own received Him not. [Matthew 26:3], [Mark 14:7], [John 1:11]

He never made of Himself any reputation. Did you ever think of that? He made of Himself no reputation. The man that made an artificial tooth made a reputation for himself; but the One that made the real tooth made of Himself no reputation. The man that made an artificial arm made a reputation for himself; but the Man Who made the real arm made of Himself no reputation. The way up is down. Always remember that. Be humble; be sweet and kind; be creative. Let Christ be in you.

And man was made to be a god; we know that. Genesis 1:26, he had domain over the whole earth, and he was made to be an amateur god. And now, when he receives God, he becomes a son of God again. He was made in the image of God. God had hands; God had feet; and so therefore a man was made like Him. So he is an amateur god. But sin has blinded every fiber in his body, in his mind, in his heart. But now, don't never try to study it out. You cannot figure it out.
In the garden of Eden Satan chose his part of the man: his head, his intellectuals. God took his heart. The intellectuals will reason. "Why, well, I'm--I'm this way, and I'm that way." You'll never get anywhere with God there. But your heart, your faith will make you believe things that your mind knows nothing about. You cast down reasoning. See, you must be positive, and you stay there until you are positive. Then when you're positive, there's nothing can turn you. [Genesis 1:26]

Our heavenly Father, as we come approaching again in the Name of the Lord Jesus, You said that we would ask abundantly that our joys would be full. Now, we're coming to ask for mercy, first, for our own sins--the things that we have thought and did that was contrary to Your leading. We pray that You forgive us. And as we stand here in this holy sanctuary, where the Holy Spirit present...
And, oh, how I have often wondered how I would feel if I could hold in a glass just two drops of His literal Blood. How I would draw it up to my bosom and weep, because I know that it was that Blood that saved me. But tonight Thou has given me a greater than that--the very purchase of His Blood to speak to. "For He loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have Eternal Life." Now, He thought more of His people than He did of His own Blood, so He gave His Blood to purchase this church. And here I'm standing tonight to teach the ways of Life to this church. [I John 1:4], [John 3:16]

I pray for those who raised their hands, Father. God, be merciful. And I also offer a prayer again for the little, blind little girl standing in the hall tonight, wanted to return to her people to be a missionary. O God, may that child receive its sight. I pray for that precious brother there in the hospital, belongs to the First Assembly of God here in town. He's dying. O God, stay the hand of death as this church, this body, calls out for mercy. Hear, great prayer answering God and Father. [John 15:5-7], [John 14:12]

May this little house here that we're in tonight be open until Jesus comes. If He tarries, may missionaries and ministers be sent from here to all over the world. May it truly be the house by the side of the road where the weary can come in and find rest.
Save the lost; heal the sick; sanctify the believers; and give us faith tonight, Father. O God, that's what we need: faith in Thy Word. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
In Saint John 12:20.
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to the feast to worship:
The same came... to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
And my text is found in Hebrews 13:8.
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to day, and forever.
[John 12:21], [Hebrews 13:8]The same came... to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
And my text is found in Hebrews 13:8.
Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to day, and forever.

And as I look in the church tonight and see a man here coughing, a darling laying there, some mother's precious baby with a big water-head, dying, dear old woman setting in a wheelchair, and so forth...
Oh, if there was some way, something that I could do. See? And maybe these in the wheelchair, and so forth, would live an ordinary life; and maybe a good healthy-looking man or woman setting out there, a young person, will be dead by tomorrow in a heart attack. See? These may outlive them a long time. We don't know. See the white canes of the people, walking blind, oh, if there was just something I can do to help you. If I didn't think I could help you, I would never come by here. If I didn't think I could help the people...

Now, I'm not condemning the brethren who has those big programs, and television casts, and so forth. That's fine. I thank God that there's men in the world that He can trust with money like that, that can...?... But for me, I--I just couldn't do it. I'd have to take up money, and I--I've never done it yet, and I pray God will help me that I'll never have to.
So I'm here to help you. And if I didn't think I could help you, I sure wouldn't be here. I'd be home tonight with my wife and little boy and two little girls. I'd be setting up there by the fire somewhere tonight in the east, enjoying with them. But I'm almost a stranger to them. I just see them now and then, traveling the world around, but...

But if you say, "Well, I... just as I expected, just another, oh, an evangelist standing up speaking," and that--then that's what--all you'll get. You usually get what you're looking for.
So open up your heart tonight, and take down the umbrella, and just, oh, just receive God in your heart. And go away--go back to your churches wherever you're from and tell your pastor that truly the Lord Jesus is the great Healer; that He's the One Who saves and fills the believer with His Spirit, and makes him a new creatures in Christ. The pastor say, "How do you know that?"
Say, "I'm experienced. I know." [II Corinthians 5:17]

I said, "Certainly not. It wasn't for you. It wasn't for unbelievers; it was for those who believe. It's just meant for believers." He--He didn't purchase our--our healing for unbelievers; He purchased for them that believe. The promise is not to unbelievers, but to them that believe.

It's a Name above all names. He came down from heaven, and the world give Him the lowest name there was on the earth: Beelzebub, a fortuneteller, a devil. And He went to the lowest city there is in the earth: Jericho, and was so low till the smallest man in the city had to look down on Him to see Him: Zacchaeus.
But when He paid the price of redemption, God gave Him a Name above every name. Even all the family in heaven and earth is named Jesus. And He exalted His throne so high till He has to look down to see heaven. That's the difference: the way the world treated Him, and the way the Father treated Him when He come up. [Luke 19:3]

Well then, I'm going to ask you a question. Did they--did they get to see Him? Yes, sir. Philip took them to see Him, took them to one of the brothers, and they taken them to see Jesus. So if they inquired, and desired to see Jesus, they were given the privilege of seeing Him by one of His servants. Now. And if Hebrews 13:8 is correctly inspired Scripture, that said, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever," then if that's our desire, then why can't we see Him? [John 12:21], [Hebrews 13:8]

It's hid from the eyes of the wise and prudent, and revealed to babes such as will learn. Jesus thanked the Father for doing that. The Word's not mixed up; it's the people mixed up. It's not the Word. So the Holy Spirit wrote the Word, and it takes the Holy Spirit to interpret the Word, and it'll all work just exactly right. [Matthew 11:25]

If that isn't true, then the Bible isn't true, and your salvation isn't true, and we're lost and miserable. Of all people, we're the miserablest, because we got a bogus thing we're thinking of a Christ that's coming, and a heaven to go to, and there is no such.
Well, if this Word's wrong, then that Word is Him, and then all's wrong. But if It's right, then every Word of It's right. It isn't some for one time, some for another. It's all the time the same where He can find believers. [Hebrews 13:8], [Matthew 18:20]

Now, remember, Jesus, when the works was being done, Jesus did not heal anyone. He said, "I cannot heal no one." He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My Father, and He dwelleth in Me." That right? "He dwelleth in Me. And a little while..." when He went away, He said, "and the world will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me, for I ('I' is a personal pronoun), I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the consummation," till the world comes to the end. "I... And the works that I do shall you do also. If ye abide in Me and My works in you, ask what you will and it shall be given." Oh, those great promises, how they thrill my soul. [Hebrews 13:8], [John 14:10, 12, 19], [Matthew 28:20]

And we see you can't build your hopes on nothing else but one thing, and I quote Eddie Perronet here when he said.
All hail the power of Jesus' Name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
For on Christ the solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
For on Christ the solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand.
Our only hope... They're trying to build a hole down in the ground, crawl into it. They got a bomb that'll blow a hole in the ground five hundred foot deep, and for almost a hundred miles square. Well, if you was ten thousand feet below the earth, it'd break every bone in your body, the concussion of it.

Someone said, "Brother Branham," said, "you scare the people by telling them the Lord Jesus is coming, the end of the world."
I said, "Oh, my, not Christians. Oh, certainly not."
Paul said, "I've fought a good fight; I've finished the course, I've kept the faith; and henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day; and not only to me, but all those who love His appearing." Oh, what--what greater thing could happen than Jesus come right now? Certainly. Our trials will be over. We just keep holding on until He gets here, working, conserving the time, and making every minute count for Him. Wherever--wherever we are, speak a little word for Him. [II Timothy 4:7-8]

We live on the Ohio River, and, oh, it's a great place for fishing. There was a little boy in our city that used to play down at the river with an old fisherman. And he asked his mother one day (They belonged to a great church in the city.); he said, "Mommy, God is such a great person. Could anybody see Him?"
She said, "I can't answer you that, son." Said, "You ask your Sunday school teacher."
And he asked the Sunday school teacher. And she said, "I don't know. You ask the pastor."
So he asked the pastor. And the pastor said, "No, sonny, no man can see God and live." Said, "You just can't see Him."

In Indiana and around the eastern countries, where the hardwoods... That rain falls and washes off all the leaves; and that little breeze blows, just when... An oarman can only tell, the tip of the oars when it tips those waves, the music it makes on the water. Oh, no wonder the Spirit of God moved on the water first.
To see how that it... Going down, this old fisherman--great old Spirit-filled brother, pulling his oars like this, and listening to his oars tip on the water. And he was looking back, heading... He was going west and looking east. And there was a rainbow came out, and the old man... His companion had been gone years. And he was watching that rainbow. And over his silver beard there come little trickles of tears running off his beard.

And it overcome the old fisherman. He pulled the oars in the boat, braced the little lad in his arms, and he stroked his little hair, and said, "God bless your little heart, sonny. All I've seen for the past fifty years has been God." So much on the inside, he could see Him out, see the rainbow, wherever it is. That's what it is.
If you're looking at Him from the intellectual standpoint, you'll never know Him. You've got to look to Him, let Him come into you and show Hisself His--what He is. We can see God if we'll just look around. And I'm afraid some of us might look too late.

So she come to another counter. She begin to get hysterically, and she picked up something else, like a little boy of that age ought to notice, and rang the little bell on the little trinket, said, "Look, honey. Look, honey," and the little boy just sat staring. She was exhausted, and she just fell over the counter, screaming, "Oh, no, no, it isn't so."
And the bystanders rushed to the lady to see what had happened. She said, "My little boy, a few months ago, just started staring right in space; nothing that ought to attract him attracts his attention." And said, "I took him to the doctor, and the doctor said he was better," but said, "he isn't." Said, "He just sets and stares. He won't look at things that he ought to look at for a little boy of his age."


In India they just pick up the rocks and make fences, and walls, and so forth. They don't have the woven wire and the stuff that we have here. They're very poor people. Four hundred and seventy million there, and about, it looked to me, four hundred million of them beggars, and very pathetic sight.
Some of the minister brethren, if you ever see them sights you--you can never feel satisfied here no more. There's something, them thousands a screaming and crying to hear the story of Jesus; and here you have to almost persuade people to come to church. But they're--they're hungering there for God.

What was it? The same God that could call them into the ark could call them away from them walls. They'd have lost their lives if they'd have stayed around there.
And surely if the Holy Spirit can still have inspiration, and by instinct direct an animal away from danger, and a bird, how much more ought He to do it to His children, borned of the Spirit of God, to get away from the things that's not godly. Stay away from it; come out and lean on each other. Oh, I love that old story, the song, "We're leaning on the everlasting arms." I like that. Just trust Him, simplicity of the trust. Just lean your shoulders against His, and adore Him with all the adoration that you can pour out, and walk with Him daily. Now, you'll see Him.

Then if I'd say to the Catholic, "Would you see Jesus?" Well, he'd say, "Our church represents Him."
I'd say to the Baptists, "Would you see Jesus?"
"Our church is the one who shows Him."
The Methodists, and the Pentecostal, and different ones would all--all have a different idea of it.

Now, let's go back. I'm reading out of Saint John, the 1st chapter of Saint John, and we'll go back and see what He was. Now, you can take it and approach it from anywhere in the Scriptures. We can hold a two week's meeting and just on what He was. Oh, a two weeks, two centuries, and never get out what He was. But just to get a few highlights of what He was, then if He will be the same today right here as He was then, that makes Him the same. That ought to settle the question. You believe it? That's good. [Hebrews 13:8]

And we notice that His congregation come from the--the poor people, the outcasts, the ones that was probably cast away, didn't have much education. Like the man he give the keys to the Kingdom, Peter, couldn't even sign his own name. The Bible said he was ignorant and unlearned. But by his faith it pleased Jesus to give him the keys to the Kingdom, because he had the revelation of Him.
"Who does men say I, the Son of man, am?"
"One said, 'Thou art the Elijah,' and one said, 'You're the prophet,' and 'You're So-and-so.'"
He said, "But who do you say?"
He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." [Luke 4:2, 13], [Matthew 16:13-16]


Now, they were looking for a Messiah. They thought John was the Messiah. Many people believed he was. But notice now, we're going to find out what He was.
And when... I can imagine Peter saying, "Now, just a minute." ('Course, his name was Simon then.) He said, "Now, Andrew, you've probably gone off on a deep end somewhere on some kind of a tantrum. I know when the Messiah comes... My old father told me; He said, 'Son (one day when we were setting down by the lake after fishing; I can see his gray hair),' and he said, 'Simon, my boy, your dad has always longed to see the day when the Messiah would arise. But I'm getting old now, and I perhaps won't see it.
But Simon, don't you forget this, that when He comes, there'll be many things taking place. You must remember, Simon, you be Scriptural. The Bible says, our readings tell us, Moses the prophet said, when the Messiah comes He will be a prophet; for it is written in the book of the law, "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto me."'" Is that Scripture.
"'And remember, He will not be a--just a fancy person; but He will be a plain man, a prophet, a great prophet, a God-prophet, when He comes. And you've been well instructed in that.'" [John 1:39], [Acts 7:37]

When he walked up into the Presence of the Lord Jesus, Jesus looked him in the face and said, "Your name is Simon, and you are the son of Jonas."
Peter recognized it right quick that that must be Him. Not only did He know who he was, but He knowed who his father was.
There was one standing there by the name of Philip, the one we read about tonight. It thrilled his heart in such a way he had to go tell his friend about it. There's something about knowing Jesus Christ. When you ever really find the real Christ, you can't set still. You've got to tell it somewhere. [John 1:39, 42]

Said, "Oh, he's back into the orchard back there, a praying, back in the orchard."
And back to the orchard he went. And you know where he found him? Under a tree, praying.
I believe, Philip being a Christian man, he didn't interrupt him when he was praying. After he got through his prayer and said, "Amen," got up and dusted off his clothes, and just then he looked around and seen his friend Philip. He said, "Philip, I'm glad to meet you again. Have you come to visit me, my brother?"

And now, you know, Nathanael was a staunch orthodox believer, said, "Now, wait a minute, Philip. I've knowed you to be a good solid man. But there... Could there come any good thing out of Nazareth?"
Now, I think he gave him the best answer that any man could give. Don't set home and criticize it; "Come, see." Come look it over yourself. Examine it by the Scriptures and see if it's right. That's a good idea. Come, see for yourself. Don't criticize; come and find out.
Oh, I imagine maybe Nathanael said, "Now, wait. What organization did He come through?" That would be the 1961 version of it. But he didn't try to say, "Now, wait a minute. We know if the Messiah comes, He will come to Caiaphas--Caiaphas, the high priest. He's the greatest religious in the country." Or, "We know He'd come to the bishop, or the general overseer, somebody like that."
But God goes where He wants to, and it's none of our business what He does. He does it to suit Himself. Certainly. He never come to anyone... But He come to the poor, and fishermen, and in a manger, and the shepherds, and so forth. [John 1:39]

Said, "Why, He will be a prophet, 'cause Moses said, 'The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto me.' He will be a God-prophet."
You know the Jews always believe their prophets, for the Bible said, "If there be one among you who's spiritual or a prophet, I the Lord will make myself known to him. And what he says comes to pass, then hear him, for I'm with him."
That's the way to judge this meeting tonight. If the Word says so, and the Holy Spirit's true, it'll manifest it. If it doesn't, then it's not the Holy Spirit. That's... Judge it by your own self and by the Word. [Acts 7:37], [I Corinthians 14:37]

"Yep."
"You know his name was Simon."
"Yes."
"His brother brought him to the meeting yesterday before I left, and as soon as he walked up in the Presence of Jesus, He looked at him and said, 'Your name is Simon.' And you remember his dad?"
"Sure."
"And He said, 'Your father's name is Jonas.'"
That was Jesus yesterday. That's the way Jesus made Hisself known as the Messiah. If that's the way He did it yesterday, He will have to do it today if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He will be the God-prophet.
Watch what He did. He said, "It wouldn't surprise me if He didn't tell you who you were when you come up in the meeting."
"Aw, I'll have to see it." [John 1:42], [Hebrews 13:8]

How did He know him? "Oh," you say, "the way he dressed." Oh, no. All of them dressed the same, the easterners: wore turbans. He could have been a Greek; He could have been Arabian. They wore turbans and loose-hanging garments. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
It astonished him so till he stopped and said, "Rabbi (Rabbi means "teacher"), Rabbi, when did You ever know me? Why, You never seen me in your life. How do You know that I'm a--was an Israelite and an honest and just man?"
I can see those eyes look back at him again, and say, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Day before, and fifteen miles around the mountains, what eyes.
What did this fellow say? He said, "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God. You're the King of Israel." Sure, he was taught. He knowed what to believe. He knowed that was the prophet that Moses spoke of. "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the king of Israel."
And Jesus said, "Because I've told you this, you believe now?"
He said, "Yea."
He said, "Then you'll see greater than this, for you'll see Angels descending and ascending." [John 1:47-49]

And if that was the sign of Messiah yesterday, the same sign is the sign of Messiah today. Not because some man walked down the street with scars in his hand, blood and oil pouring from him (or whatever it might be), with a robe on. That could be a hypocrite. But brother, the life inside the vine tells what it is.
Jesus said, "I'm the Vine; you're the branches." If the first branch come out of that Vine produced a Pentecostal church, and they wrote a Book of Acts behind it, if that same Vine produces another branch, they'll do the same thing behind it. A grape vine puts forth grapes. [John 15:5]

And so is it today. We got churches that call themselves Christian churches, but they bear the marks of theology and of organization. But if that Pentecostal vine that made a Pentecostal church ever puts forth another Pentecostal branch, it'll be like it was at the beginning. That's exactly right. If Jesus Christ appears in the church, He will be the same as He was back there. It won't bear lemons or grapefruits; it'll bear oranges if it's an orange tree and it puts forth its branch. It'll not be organizations; it'll not be denominations; it'll be Christ. Correctly.

Beelzebub's the devil, and anybody knows that fortunetelling is of the devil. All those things are of the devil. And everything the devil has is something that's perverted from real. The devil cannot create. He's not a creator. There's only one Creator; that's God.
He can pervert what has been created. A good woman can be in the world, moral and just. The devil can pervert her and make her and her a wicked one. What is a lie? Is the truth misrepresented. What is evil? Is righteousness perverted. That's what... What is unbelief? Is belief perverted. The devil perverts, but cannot create. He's no creator. There's one Creator; that's God. He could create anything he wanted to if he was a creator; but there's only one Creator, and that is God.
Now, we find those fellows there saying that this Man was doing this through the power of a devil. Listen. Listen close now. Don't miss this. Jesus turned to them, and said, "I forgive you for that (calling him a devil, calling the--the Spirit of God that was doing those works, a devil)." Said, "I forgive you. But someday the Holy Spirit's coming to do the same thing; and one word against It will never be forgiven in this world, neither in the world that is to come." So you see where we stand? All right. [Luke 18:18-19]

But when Jesus, coming around Hallelujah Avenue and down Glory Road, when He turned the corner there, and here stood Zacchaeus up in a tree all camouflaged, maybe a leaf, just raised it up, looking out. "Oh, I'd like to see Him," he said, "when He passed by. I heard my wife say that He could speak the thoughts of the mind, and He could do these things. They tell me He's a prophet. But I tell you, He'd sure be some prophet to know where I was at. But I'll fool Him now. I've got behind these bushes here, setting on a forked limb."
That's where a lot of people sets: where your way and God's way meets. You got to take one of them.
Oh, see him setting up there, looking over this leaf, looking down. Jesus, walking straightly and quietly, come right under the tree and looked up, said, "Zacchaeus, come on down. I'm going home with you today." Oh, my.
That was Jesus yesterday. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. It'd be Jesus today. [Hebrews 4:12], [Luke 19:5], [Hebrews 13:8]

How many of you all know what a pallet is? Well, what part of Kentucky are you from? I was raised on one, sleep at the door in hot weather. [John 5:2-3]

He said, "I have no one to put me in the water." He could walk. Said, "While I'm coming..." somebody else outruns him, gets in the pool first.
And He said, "Take up thy bed and go into thy house." And then Jesus was questioned of it. If He come to this city and did the same thing tonight, He'd still be questioned.
But what did he say? Listen. Saint John 5:19: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." Jesus never performed one miracle without the Father showing Him first, or He told something wrong there. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself." [John 5:6-8, 19]

"Here's old Sister Cashorn over here. Why, she's had arthritis for years. Why didn't You heal her? She's a good woman. She's a member of my synagogue."
He said, "I do just as the Father shows Me. The Father worketh and I worketh hitherto." Oh, that's Jesus yesterday; that's Jesus today. The same Jesus works as the Father shows Him. We notice it. [John 5:17, 20]

Now, He couldn't feel her touch just by simply feeling it physically, because the Palestinian garment hangs loose and had an underneath garment to keep dust off their limbs. Then they had... That's the reason they washed feet. And the hem of His garment... I couldn't feel if you touched my coat, and how about that garment hanging loose? But He felt the spirit. All men was around Him, but that little woman touched Him. And she stood up, for she said within herself, "If I can just touch the border of His garment, I'll be made well."
And Jesus stopped and said, "Who touched Me?"
And Simon Peter said, rebuked Him, and said, "Why do You say a thing like that?" Said, "Why, all of them's touching You."
He said, "But I perceive that I have gotten weak. Virtue's gone from Me." And He looked around over the audience until He found the little woman. And He told her of her blood issue and said, "Thy faith has saved thee."
That was Jesus yesterday. And tonight (Ask the clergymen.) the Bible said that Jesus Christ tonight is a High Priest setting in glory that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. If you touch Jesus tonight like that woman did, then how would He act? He'd act the same way He did then. If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He'd turn and say, "You had so-and-so, but now thy faith has healed thee," if He's the same. [Mark 5:27-31, 34], [Hebrews 4:15], [Hebrews 13:8]

Them that believed Him had Eternal Life. Those that rejected Him went off into everlasting destruction. Now, we find Him... That's how He made Hisself known to the Jews. We could go... Look at blind Bartimaeus, and how... Oh, the--the Scriptures we could refer to.

He set on the well, a panoramic something like this. And there was a (I'd say, a beautiful young woman came out. We know her here in America as being a prostitute. She had bunches of husbands she lived with.) And she came out to get her water. Maybe it was 'cause she'd been out all night and slept up till noon. Usually the virgins go to the well early in the morning.
You ought to watch them how they windle that water out, and put a five-gallon jar on top their head, and one on each hip; and walk and talk like ladies can, and never spill a drop of it. But... Pardon me. [Brother Branham coughs--Ed.] Now, but maybe she couldn't come with the nice people; she had to come when all the rest of them had got their water. [John 4:4, 18]

He looked... Well, He was only thirty, but the Bible said He looked fifty. You know that. I guess His work done that to Him. Well, they said in Saint John 6th chapter, "You say that you have seen Abraham, and you're a man not over fifty years old?"
He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM." I AM was in the burning bush, you know.
So said, "You're not over fifty years old." [John 4:7], [John 8:57-58]

He said, "If you knew Who you were talking to (I wonder, tonight, if the church really knew the Presence of the Lord was here...), if you only knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink, and I'd give you water that you don't come here to draw."
She said, "The well is deep, and You have nothing to draw with."
And the conversation... What was He trying to do? Contact her spirit. The Father had sent Him up there. He didn't know why, but this woman come out. He was trying to contact her spirit. He said--He said... [John 4:9-11]

Jesus said, "God's a Spirit; they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and truth." The conversation went on for a few minutes till He found what her trouble was. Now, listen. It'll do you good in a few minutes. See?
He talked to her till He found her trouble. And He said, "Go get your husband, and come here."
She said, "I have no husband."
Watch. He's making them Samaritans now. He's done been to the Jew. Said, "Go get your husband, and come here."
She said, "I have no husband."
He said, "You said well. You've had five. Therefore the one you're living with now is not your husband. You said the truth." [John 4:16-24]

She said, "Sir..." She didn't call Him Beelzebub, a fortuneteller. Said, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet." Now, listen. "We know that when Messiah comes, which is called Christ, He will tell us things": sign of the Messiah. "We Samaritans know that the Messiah will do this sign. So You must be His prophet."
Jesus said, "I am He that speaks to you." Oh, my.
See, she was taught to know what the Messiah would do. Not how He would dress; but what He would do, not what kind of a teaching He'd have, but...
He said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe me." They knew He'd be a God-prophet.
She said, "You must be a prophet. Now, we know when the Messiah comes, which is called Christ, He will tell us all these things (See, that's the sign He would do.) But Who are--Who are you?
He said, "I am He."
What'd she do? She left the water pot; she ran into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man Who told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah?" And the Bible said that the men of the city believed on Him because of the woman's testimony that He told her what her troubles was.
If that was His sign yesterday, it's His sign today. [John 4:19, 25, 28-29], [John 10:37-38]

Now, in closing, my last comment, I might say this. (I don't... look at that clock back there and it makes me nervous.) Notice, there's so much to be said, so much you could tie in. But now remember Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people: the Jews, the Samaritans, and the Gentiles.
Now, the Jews and Samaritans was looking for a Messiah, and He made Hisself known to them as the Messiah by being able to show them that He was the prophet that Moses spoke of that would come. All understand, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen"--Ed.] All right.
Now, the Gentiles has had two thousand years, and now the Gentiles are coming to the end. Now, what did we say this morning? If God ever makes a decision and does anything one way, He's got to do it the next time the same way, or He did it wrong the first time. You understand it now? [Genesis 5:32]

There's always three classes of people. Abraham represented the called-out church. He was called out. He separated himself from Sodom. And then there was the Sodomites, the wicked. And there was also Lot and the--the nominal Christian down there, lukewarm believer. But he had separated himself from Abraham, because Abraham was too poor, out on the barren ground... And took the rich places. That's what the big classic churches has done today, the rich. But the true group, the called-out church... Now, remember, there's three classes. Two of them is down in Sodom, the Sodomites, and also the--the borderline believer, Lot. And then there was Abraham the called-out group. [Luke 17:26]

And so he ran out and met Them, and said, "Come in and set down under the oak, and I'll fetch You a little water, wash Your feet. And have a morsel of bread, and then go on about Your business."
He run into the tent, told Sarah, said, "Knead some flour, some meal, make some cakes on the hearth." And he run out and got a calf and killed it, give it to his servant, and said, "Dress it."
And when they dressed it, brought it out, and They set there and eat: men eating like men. And One kept looking down towards Sodom. Finally, Two of them went down to Sodom. And this One that stayed behind told Abraham, said, "I'll not keep it a secret from you what I'm going to do." He said, "I--I've heard about Sodom being in that condition. I've come down to investigate." Abraham knew that was God. [Genesis 18:2-7]

I said, "Abraham said He was. He was called Elohim. See if it isn't right: Elohim."
He said, "In a body of flesh?"
I said, "Absolutely. You don't know how great our God is." I said, "I can see Him walk out of heaven, reach out... We're made out of sixteen elements: petroleum, potash, and cosmic light, and petroleum. He just got a handful of that... [Brother Branham makes a blowing sound--Ed.] "Whew," said, "Step in here, Gabriel." Reached over, and got another one, and stepped into... another angel... Stepped into one Himself, and then stepped right back out of it again.
I'm so glad I know Him. Someday when I'm nothing but dust, He will call me and I'll answer Him. He can call you, you'll answer. He's Elohim, the self-existing One. Certainly. [Genesis 18:3]

But watch the One that come to the Elected church, the one in the minority... close... He had His back to the tent. Women in them days, not like they are now, have to run out and take their husband's place, and do all the talking. They stayed back in the tent where they belonged. So then He was... Wasn't brazen as they are. Oh, my. Well, I... That's your-all's business, brethren, straighten that out.
But anyhow, notice. This man set with His back to the tent, and He said, "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?" How did He know he was married? How did He know his wife's name was Sarah? [Genesis 18:9]

And He said, "Abraham, I (that personal pronoun again), I'm going to visit you according to the promise I give you. (Sarah was ninety years old then.) I'm going to visit you according to the promise I give you. You're going to have that baby."
And Sarah in the tent laughed in herself, went... And the Angel with His back turned said, "Why did Sarah laugh?" What was that? Knowed her name was Sarah, give him the promise, and knowed she laughed at--in herself in the tent.
Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." The Gentiles had two thousand years of theology, like the Samaritans and them did. Now, what was it? An Angel, God, to be working in human flesh. That's what it was. It was God in a human form. [Genesis 18:9-13], [Luke 17:26]

Now, "Sirs, we would see Jesus." Where is He today? He's in His church. Who is His church? The called-out. What kind of a sign will He do? As He promised. How will He work it? The same way He did when He come to Abraham, the same way He did when He come to the Jews, the same way He did when He come to the Samaritans, and promised it at the end of the Gentile age.
Now, if we can see Him come on the scene... No matter how much He would anoint me, He's got to anoint you too. When He come to His own city, many mighty works He could not do because of their unbelief. So He has to anoint you, and He has to anoint me. And that makes the world see that Jesus Christ is the same, because He's working in His church in human flesh that He has sanctified with His own Blood, for the purpose of manifesting Himself, making Himself the same yesterday, today, and forever.
"A little while and the world won't see Me no more." Now, the world there's spelled--is a Greek word "cosmos," which means "the world order," See? "The world won't see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me (ye, that's the believer, the church), for I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world," Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. [Hebrews 13:8], [John 12:21], [Hebrews 13:8], [John 14:19], [Matthew 28:20]

Then if He done it to the Samaritans, and to the Jews, and promised it to the Gentiles in the last day before the coming of the Son of man... Oh, what day we're living in, brethren. We're here. We're at the end time, brother, sister. It's most any time it can happen. Remember, when they turned it down, you know what happened. Sodom burned. The Jews was destroyed. And now we're at the Gentile age of two thousand years. [Hebrews 13:8]

We've had two thousand years of church organization, just a dismal day, enough to see how to join the church and live a good life. But it's sun setting time. The same Son, with the same thing that He had in the east, shines it on the earth again in the west. And we're on the west coast. If we go any further (Civilization's traveled with the sun.) we'd be back east again. So we're in the evening time with evening Light, with the same Holy Spirit that was on Him is in the church doing the same things: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. [Zechariah 14:7], [Hebrews 13:8]

Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
For Thou the Stream of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Or whom in heaven but Thee?
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
For Thou the Stream of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Or whom in heaven but Thee?

We commit it all in Your hands now. I am finished; there's no more I can say. It's up to You to speak now, Father, because the people sees it's a promise. Just a few minutes here to lecture a little bit, I trust that the Holy Spirit will take the Word right down deep in their heart, that they'll not fail to get it. I pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.

So now, I--I want you to remember... Now, if we could see Him tonight come and do just like He did then, would we be like those who went home from Emmaus? They walked all day with Him and didn't know it. That night He acted like He'd pass by them. He may act the same way to you tonight, like He's going to pass by you. You might not have a prayer card; you might not even be in the line; but He won't pass you. Just invite Him, say, "Let me touch You, Lord." See what He does.
Oh, isn't that a challenge? Think of that. It's more of a challenge than to walk down to this woman in a wheelchair and say, "Stand up and walk." Certainly. She could actually do that through psychic power. That's right: mental. She could do it in Christian Science faith. It's been done. But when you see Christ come into the people and do the same manifestation of the sign of heaven, given back in fulfilling of the Word, what a miracle, what a power.

And now, we can't call all them prayer cards at one time. And I'd just like for them to come just a few at a time, as they call, or wait a minute. I'm sure he said he give out cards. Where is Billy? Where? Oh, excuse me. Yes. A-1 to a 100? All right. Let's begin at 1, number 1 then. Who has prayer card A-number-1. I'll call them, so we can pack those that's in the wheelchairs and get them...
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There come hundreds of people that the day before was on crutches and wheelchairs with seven of them great big African vans, as long as them two posts together, piled plumb high, full of that, coming with their hands up. Been at war with one another in tribes, walking the next day singing, "All things are possible; only believe." Twenty-five thousand healed at one time. Why? They wasn't all indocumated with everything. They were virgin. They heard the Bible; they believed It, accepted It, and it taken place.

Now, I guess that in this prayer line here, every one of you are strangers to me. Is that right? Raise up your hand. If you're strangers, raise up your hand. I do not know you.
Now, if I could heal you and wouldn't do it, I'd be a hypocrite. But I can't do what God's already done. I can only... What if He was standing here tonight with this suit on that He gave me? You'd say, "Lord, will You heal me?"
You know what He'd say? "My child, I've already done that. I can't do it twice. I've just done it once. You must believe it."
But then He might show--show you something to prove that He was the Messiah. Now, not by nail prints, 'cause anybody could have nail prints in their hands. But He'd do the same sign that He did the first time, as he promised He would do. He'd never go beyond His promises. What He promised, He will do.

Now, this is the first time, as far as I know, we've ever met. Then if I would come you'd... Now, perhaps, if you're in the prayer line, you'd be sick, and if I'd say, want to put my hands on you, say, "Receive your healing in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Go, believe," you'd have a right to do that. That's true. That's right.
But now, what if He would come here and tell you something that you have done, or like He did the woman at the well: talked to her and revealed to her what--what her trouble was? Then you'd know that it wasn't me, wouldn't you? 'Cause I don't know you. I've never... Here's my hands. I--I hold my hands to God over His Bible; I never seen her in my life. I know nothing about her. And that's true. I don't know one person in that prayer line, or nowhere out there as I can see, but those that I called the name of.

Now, if you do not believe it, better be quiet, 'cause you know what happens. Lots of time afflictions goes from one to another. It's got to find a place. Remember in the Bible? See, it'll go from one to another. Oh, I've seen so much done like that. So just as a brother, I say if you don't believe it, better just set reverently, and keep your head down till it's over. [Hebrews 13:8]

But as long as God made a promise, He keeps His promise. And when the Angel of the Lord met me up there fourteen years ago, and told me these things I was born to do, and knowed it all my life... And the Baptist brethren tried to tell me it was the devil and everything. Then come to find out, it was the very God of heaven trying to get to me. I've believed it ever since.
It's alarmed the world. I've seen literally millions come to Christ around the world. Now, here it is in Tucson for the first time. Here it is in the Bible. Here's the promise; but will it work? It'll work when He works it, and that's all.

I want to talk to you just a minute, being that you're the first person, like our Lord did the woman at the well. He was trying to contact her spirit. Very beautiful, to be a woman, the first one in the prayer line, just got through that at Saint John 4. Now, I can just see Him setting there, and see that woman come out to get water, and He begin to question her.
I believe... Now, you'll--you'll just have to almost take my word for that. I believe He was trying to contact her spirit. The Father had sent Him up there; He had need go by. And He said He did nothing till the Father showed Him, so the Father had to show Him first. After while He found out where her trouble was, and He told her what her trouble was.
And she said. "Well, that's the sign of the Messiah. I know when He comes, He will tell us all things. So You must be a prophet."
He said, "I'm He." And she went and told the city. [John 4:4, 19, 25], [John 8:28]

The woman's shadowed to death. There's a dark shadow hangs over her, and she's suffering with cancer. That is right. If that's right, raise up your hand. Now, do you believe it?
Now, I feel that coming to me again, "He guessed that." Don't think that. You can't hide yourself now. He's here. See? It's already anointed now. I never guessed that. Well, wait a minute, let's put a stop to that now.

Another thing to that, your doctor told you it's going into the spine also. That's right--working into the spine...?... If the Lord Jesus will tell me who you are, will that make Him the same God Who could sit...? Is that right? Miss Hall, that's right. You're not from here. You're from cold country, real cold and full of mountains. It's Colorado. That's THUS SAITH THE LORD. Do you believe on Him with all of your heart? Return, and be healed in the Name of Jesus Christ then. May His blessings and mercies rest upon you, and give you the...?... God bless you.

Now, don't--don't move around, folks. See, you're each one a spirit, and every time you move, it just bothers me terribly. See? Set still. Set real still. Be quiet. Watch this a way. Just don't move. See? Each one of you is a spirit and that anointing comes, it's just--just like a stream. See? And I'm in contact with you, and you're in contact with God. As you contact God, He just speaks His Word.
This microphone is a--is a mute. It's got to have something to speak into it. So am I, just a mute on these things. It's got to have something to speak in. So each one when you move, or go around, or do something... See? Jesus took a man outside the city one time to get... See, just be real reverent. Watch. Now, if you want to praise God, that's all right; but don't get up and walk around, you know, and things like that. It--it interferes. The Holy Spirit's very timid, real timid. 'Course, you didn't know it, maybe, till now, but be real reverent.

Now, you're just a young woman, and I never seen you in my--my life, I guess we're strangers. I suppose you're Spanish. You... but I don't know you, and you don't know me. And we're setting again tonight just like it was in Saint John 4 again: a woman. I don't know nothing about you. We're two nationalities of people. And you're just a girl, and I'm a middle-aged man. But we meet for the first time. But if God of heaven Who sent His Son, Christ Jesus, and raised Him up from the dead, and sent back the Holy Spirit in His Name, and promised, "The works that I do, shall you also..." Do you believe now that you're standing in His Presence, not mine?
You got an odd feeling, because that Light's settling right over the girl. See? I want you to say this to the audience if this is right. A real sweet humble feeling is around you. If that's right, raise up your hand so the audience can see. I'm looking right at that Light around the--the girl.
You're not here for yourself. It's not your condition. You're here for someone else. That person's a dying. That person has cancer, and the cancer is in the glands, and I believe the doctor just announced it's a leukemia, he calls it, in the blood stream. That is right. The man isn't here--from New Mexico, your brother-in-law. That is right, isn't it? Believe now. Have faith that he will be healed. According to your faith so will it be. Go and God's peace rest upon you, my child. Father God, bless her request I pray, in Jesus' Name. Amen. [John 14:12]

Now, here's a woman I do not know. I don't even speak her language. [The woman begins interpreting what Brother Branham is saying--Ed.] I am a stranger to you. If God will reveal to me what you're here for, will you believe Him? Will you believe me as His servant? Then I am His servant, and then He will reveal to me what you're here for, then you know it'll have to be Him, and not me. You are not here for yourself. You're here for your baby. If that is right, raise up your hand.
If God will reveal to me what's wrong with your baby, will you accept its healing? The baby's bothered with an allergy, the doctor said. Allergy... If that's right, wave your hand like this, so they can see. You believe? He did have it. He hasn't got it now. It's left it. See, she don't know it...?... Let her find that out. See? She's a fine person. (Don't interpret that.)

You're praying for your mother. If that's right, raise up your hand. Your mother... You believe that God can tell me what's wrong with your mother? She has a lady's trouble called female trouble. If that's right, wave your hand. You want me to tell you where she's at? She's not here. She's in Tijuana. It's all over. He has healed. Go, believe Him now in the Name of the Lord Jesus...?... [Hebrews 4:12]

Just a minute. Where's that little girl? Come here. That man with his hand up, setting back here, right here on the end of this bench, right up here on the end. He doesn't speak English, but he's praying. He's praying for a loved one, a sister. (Stay there. Let him come. Now, tell him to stand right there.)
Do you believe me to be His servant? If I will reveal to you what you're praying about, will you believe on the Lord Jesus? Have you a prayer card? Don't have a prayer card? You don't need one. (Tell him he don't need it. No, not necessary.) Look on me. Look here. You have a good faith. You don't need a prayer card. You touched His garment.
You were praying for someone real sick: your sister. That's right. You believe God can tell me what's her trouble? She has TB. That's right. If that's right, wave your hand. Down in Nogales... Wave your hand. that... Send her word that Jesus Christ makes her well...?...
You believe with all your heart now? God bless you. I challenge any... What did he touch? What did he touch? [John 12:21]

"Sirs, we would see Jesus." Well, don't you know He's here? Don't you know that's Him? Have faith in God. "If thou canst believe, all things are possible." [Mark 9:23]

Does the Bible...? Do you read the Bible much? The Bible says, that the Word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword, and cutting to asunder, even to the marrow of the bone, and a discerner of the thoughts of the heart. Is that right? What is the Word? "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." So therefore it's Jesus Christ in us, discerning the thoughts of the heart, the Word made flesh among us tonight. A sinner saved by grace... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... God of heaven interpreting the very thoughts of your heart, and healing the sick. [Hebrews 4:12], [John 1:1, 14]

You've got a ulcerated stomach, and you've got also a heart trouble. The doctor give you some medicine to take, but you can't take it. It makes a fluid in you, and you can't take your medicine. You're not from here. You come from another cold country. You're from the state of Ohio, a city called Youngstown. Your name is Mrs. Mink. You've got a husband's got diabetes. Go, believing, and the Lord Jesus will make you well.
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Now, don't--don't that. See? You're moving around. That just tears... I'll just have to stop. See? That's... Well, first thing you know my son will be beating me on the side, and that means go. See? Be reverent. Just be quiet just for one more, will you? Then we'll just ask them to lay their hands on one another. When you get up like that (See?), it grieves the Holy Spirit, and I get--gets away from me and I--I can't control it. See? 'Cause He grieves, and He leaves me. See?
You must... If you believe me, you'll do what I tell you to do. Not obey me; you're obeying Him through my voice, when I'm talking to you. When you get up and move around like that, you just interrupt awfully. See? And it's hard to hold the Presence of the Holy Spirit. You don't believe, then you just get up and walk around and move. It hurts. See?

I'm a stranger to you, sir. This... God knows us both. Now, when the... As far as I can remember, you're the first man that's been here on the platform tonight, as far as I know. I think there's some more out through the audience, but the first one that I know of. Now, if the Lord Jesus will perform the same things like He did when Simon came to Him, and tell me your trouble or what you're here for, you believe me as His servant? Will this convince all the men, as same as the women did?
Now, see, those people out there doesn't have prayer cards. See, it doesn't matter. Just touch Him. Just say, "Lord, let it be me." That lady setting right there, said the same thing just then, bothered with liver trouble. It left you. That kind of striped dress, heavy-set woman, you've been bothered with liver trouble, haven't you? You said, "Lord, let it be me." Raise up your hand now if that's so. All right. It's over. What did she touch? See how far she is from me? Thirty or forty feet. But she believed. I seen that torpid liver just go down like that. It's all right. Believe you're going to get well now.


If you believe God, the heart trouble will leave you. Go, believe with all your heart, and believe it. You believe out there, each one of you? Just have faith. That's all you have to do.
Now, lady, when you got up there awhile ago, was all mixed up, that back trouble's going to leave you, if you'll believe. Go on and be made well and believe. Just have faith, and say, "God, I believe with all my heart."
You'd die if that cancer isn't healed, but if God could heal cancer on one, He can heal it on another. You believe it? All right, then you go and believe with all your heart, and God will certainly do it. Amen.

Now, Jesus is at the right hand of God in heaven, but He sends His servants back to do it. So now, the servant... He said, "If this servant says that I sent him, and he don't do My works, then he's wrong. But if he does the works, that means I sent him."
Now, Jesus come to heal you. Now, if He will tell me what's your trouble, would you believe Him and go home and be well? Then you won't cough any more, and you don't have to take any more Asthmadore. The old asthma will leave you in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen. Have faith. [Mark 10:14], [Luke 16:18]

Come, lady. Been a long time since you've been able to eat, and eat right. Your stomach's bothered you. Go, eat now. Jesus Christ makes you well. Have faith...?... God bless you.
You're out here for that asthma, thinking it would leave you. But God's a Healer. He's everywhere, so just go and believe it. That's it.

Right down here for epilepsy. You believe God will heal epilepsy? There's another one setting back there: that young fellow with the blue-looking suit on, with his hand up. You believe God will heal epilepsy, brother? Rise up and accept your healing. Believe that Jesus... What did you touch, thirty yards from me? [Mark 9:23]

Then lay your hands on one another right now, and they'll--it'll--you'll just go right, and every one of you be healed. Put your hands over on one another, wherever you are. Lay your hands on one another. Up in the balcony, do the same. Put your hands on one another. There you are. Now, don't you pray for yourself; the other person's praying for you. You--you pray for him or her. Now, the Bible said, "These signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover." Now, according to the way you do at your church, say, "God, heal this person. Make them well." [Luke 16:15-18]

Every man and woman in the building that can now believe that you're healed, stand up on your feet and accept your healing. I pronounce you healed in the Name of Jesus Christ. Raise up and give Him praise.