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Doctor Moses (55-0114)
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E-1 Well, what do you know, just about--about two dozen never been in one of the campaigns before. We certainly welcome you, our beloved friend, and love with the Lord Jesus. May His Spirit stir you tonight and your emotions greatly to love Him more and more.
E-2 Now, someone asked me sometime ago, said, "Brother Branham, when those visions come, what is that part of God?"
E-3 But now, perhaps here's a case that cannot mount up to that spot of faith that would believe... You know that's hard to do? Sometimes we in our emotions even try to accept Jesus as Saviour. But that don't mean we're saved.
E-4 Like a--a loaf of bread is worth--is worth ten cents, let's say. Well, here's the dime. Well, that's not the loaf of bread. But it's by the ten cents I purchase the bread. So it's by faith that I purchase salvation. Faith is not salvation. Faith purchases salvation. Faith... The dime paid for the loaf of bread, but the dime is not the loaf of bread. See?
E-5 If you say, "I believe I'm saved." Then God gives you the Holy Spirit to confirm it, gives you the witness of the Holy Spirit. That's right. In your heart, every sin passes away, blackness turns to day, and the old man's gone, and a new man's borned again. When you--When you really believe...
E-6 Now, my work for the Lord is to try to bring that person up to this level where their faith becomes, not negative, but positive. See what I mean?
E-7 Right along, towards the last of His ministry in the 15th chapter of Saint John, I believe it is, he said, "No... Now You speak plainly and not by parables. Now we know that You come from God, and we know that no man has to tell You anything." See? Right. "By this we know that Thou has come from God." Jesus said, "Do you now believe?" See, see?
E-8 No much... How much psychology, that doesn't mean anything. What... I don't say it doesn't mean anything, pardon me. I... It helps, psychology. But it doesn't take the place of reality. That's right. Psychology is something you're thinking of or mentally worked up to. But the reality is God's placing that in confirmation of your psychology. It brings...
E-9 In the book of Saint John the 3rd chapter, reading a few verses. Listen to this.
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for... ( Why do you know it?) We know that you're a teacher come from God. (Yet He was against all the theology, all their teaching. He laid aside and taught the plain truth from God.) We know thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
E-10 That's how they knowed. Jesus done something that brought their faith up to a place to recognize that He was the Son of God.
And as Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
E-11 Jesus, talking to this mighty ruler who did not understand, and He was giving him the Old Testament as Scriptural proof of what He was talking about. Jesus was very fundamental in His doctrine. But it was against their theology of that doctrine. Although in their theology they were very orthodox. They believed and very much of believers in what they did believe. But they didn't have it, the Truth.
E-12 Not long ago, about a two weeks ago, I was talking to a man. And he said, "Well, if God, back in the Old Testament healed the sick." But said, "In the New Testament, He healed the sick." But said, "Now it's a... it wasn't so."
E-13 But He said, "I will be with you always, even to the end of the world. And the things that I do, shall you also. For I will be with you, even in you to the end of the world."
E-14 And I'm thinking now of--of Israel being four hundred years in bondage. They had been there for four hundred years and noticed this. In this four hundred years of bondage, there's not one word written of God doing anything for them for four hundred years. Why?
E-15 God in His election has elected, before the foundation of the world, certain things to happen. That's the reason He can know from the beginning what will be in the ending. For He's already set it in order and it'll have to come to that place.
E-16 All Scripture has a compound meaning, or it runs in cycles. For instance, there where it said in Saint Matthew, I believe it was. "Out of Egypt I have called my son." Now, that Scripture that Matthew was referring to was really pertaining to Israel. And God said, "Out of Egypt, I call My son, Israel." He'd called Israel His son out, but it also meant Jesus. "Out of Egypt I've called My Son." See how it routines back? E-17 Now, Joseph's brethren hating him without a cause, because he was spiritual, is a type of the church, so-called, today. All different denominations, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Holiness, and all together, despising, the formal lukewarm members of these churches... Not all of them are; many of them are borned again Christians out of every one of them. But the ones who are just a normal, nominal Christians, just professed Christians that's never been a vindicated by God by spiritual revelation... That's the only way that you'll ever know what the real meaning of power, and healing, and salvation really means; it is a spiritual revelation of the will and Word of God. You'll never learn it anywhere else, only by revelation.
E-18 Watch this just a moment, if I can leave this text. Back in Genesis, when Abel and Cain both come bringing sacrifice, both of those men were believers. Abel and Cain both were believers. They were not infidels. Cain was not an infidel, not a communist. He was a believer. E-19 Notice, of a vindication... Cain worshipped. Cain built him a church, an altar. Cain worshipped at the altar. Cain made a sacrifice. He was just as religious as Abel was. But Cain brought works, fruit of the field, and laid them on the altar.
E-20 Now, surely Cain thought that's what brought us out of the garden of Eden, fruit, something that I have to toil and bring back. And now, he did it by a natural view, knowing that the tree was a forbidden fruit, so he brought fruit back and laid it on the altar. But Abel, by spiritual revelation, revealed to him by God through his faith, that it was not fruit. It was a blood that caused it. So by a spiritual revelation, at the first church buildings that was ever made, the first altar directed, there was the pro and con.
E-21 Jesus said, when He come off the Mount Transfiguration, He said, "Who does man say I, the Son of Man, am?"
E-22 "Blessed art thou, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven." Notice. "And upon this rock, I'll build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
E-23 So if you see then, those children down there after the prophet was dead, Joseph. There was no outlet nowhere. And the church was, perhaps, just as orthodox as it ever was. E-24 But all of a sudden, when the time of the promise drew nigh, God sent down another predestinated creature, foreordained, elected creature, borned in the world and something happened when he was born. His parents knew that he was a child, a proper child of God, so they did not fear Pharaoh's insult. They knew that God had visit the people when he was a baby. See what I mean? It doesn't... All the organizing, all the getting together, all the programs that we have, means not as much as the paper it's wrote on, unless Almighty God starts it. He is the One Who does it. He's the only One Who has the keys to do it. E-25 God's just letting man run to the end of the road, right now in nations. We got great big...?... and--and pentagons, and everything else. But it'll amount to nothing. God has set the world a time that He will judge it. And everything will revolve right up to that time. Everything has to work according the way He speaks it in the heavens above. Yes, sir.
E-26 And now, when Moses came on the scene, He couldn't help being Moses. He was just born a prophet. God sent him down and gave him life on earth, and all of the Pharaoh's in the world couldn't have killed him. He was God's prophet.
E-27 And when the church lays dead for so long, when your church don't have a revival, when the pastor just stands with a cold-cut, slide sermon, when somebody say, "Amen," everybody wants the deacons to take him out of the building. When you get a church like that, it'll lay dormant.
E-28 Now, let us notice again, quickly. While on the journey... Perfect type of the church today on the journey, how God provided things for them and made a way for them as He went along. Then they come a time where the church begin to cool off and they began to speak evil against God and against Moses, complaining. And when they begin to cool off, then sickness come into the camp. Fiery serpents came in, begin to bite the people. And much sickness was in Israel and many of the people died. Now, Moses went and interceded for them as soon as they made confession that they had done wrong.
E-29 Close up the bootleg joints, all the houses of ill-fame. Take cigarettes off the counter. Let whiskey be sold no more. Prove to God that we're sorry for ourself. Close up the night clubs. Get down on your knees and start praying. That's the way to start a revival. That's right. That's true. Think it over.
E-30 You might just run through this prayer line, run through another prayer line, touch this one, touch that one, saying this is... Until you get down and prove to God you're sincere, burn the bridges behind you, and say, "Here I am, Lord." Something's going to take place then.
E-31 God is under obligation to His Word. Peter said on the Day of Pentecost, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." That's the Scripture, just as clear as I know how to read it.
E-32 Now, let's go just a little farther with it. And now, when Moses went and talked to God... Said, "God, what's going to do about this?"
E-33 Now first thing, the brass and the pole, the serpent, is formed and everything spoke of Jesus Christ. Jesus, talking to Nicodemus, said, "As Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up for the same purpose."
E-34 The serpent, the first place, represented sin already judged from the garden of Eden, the serpent that his legs was taken off.
E-35 When they could get rid of sin, you've got to get healing. Oh, my. That makes the Methodists feel good, doesn't it?...?... Look. Get rid of the cause, and you got the cure already. Drawing interest...
E-36 Led two million people. How many babies is borned every night in two million people? How many old people? How many cripples and how much sickness among them? And Doctor Moses took care of every one of them, and brought them through without one feeble one among them. Why, doctor, you can't even do a family that well. Think of it.
E-37 And if He did that under that covenant, how much greater is the covenant today? If He did that under the type, what will He do under the antetype? E-38 Look how science has progressed in the past hundred and fifty years. Think of it. A hundred years ago, the only way they had to send a message was by a letter or by lip to ear. And today they can send it by telephone, telegram, wireless telegram, televisions. Just think of the way they can send it, how they progressed.
E-39 Think a hundred and fifty years ago, a French scientist (Can't call his name now. Was reading of it here not long ago.) proved, or said he could prove, that if the world was turning in the way that they knew it was (and it being twenty-five thousand miles around it, would have to be... make it more than a thousand miles per hour.), and if a person went the terrific speed of thirty miles an hour, gravitation would take him off the earth. Scientific proof. My, wonder what he had flying? A balloon? E-40 I seen a little, some kind of a little Ford the other day they said would go a hundred and fifty miles an hour. They don't pay no attention about that science said, because they've progressed. They're splitting an atom. And you know what science is begin to find as they're fooling with the elements of the air, through atoms? Atoms revolve on back and break down till it comes to God. Light revolved back to God. Science is proving things now for they're basing it right back to God again. They're finding out that it runs right back again.
E-41 From this pulpit spoke a mighty scientist not long ago when I was here. And he was questioning me back in the room about that Light, that Angelic Light that appeared. Had it on the paper, on a picture.
E-42 You wasn't made to tell lies. You can put a thing around your wrist, and put you there, and let you try to tell something. And if you're not telling the truth about it, it'll show that you're lying, for there's a pressure on the light that goes through your nerves, the energy, which is the soul of man that wasn't made in the beginning to lie, but to be truthful.
E-43 Then he slipped into a man that was an infidel, dying with a venereal disease. And sent a young lady in there to get him all emotional worked up. And then when he got angry with her, begin to curse and take God's Name in vain, and the meter turned back as far as the other way as the Christian did this way.
E-44 Thy Word is true. And Lord, we pray that You'll be with us now in these few words of exalting the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son, Who said, "If I be lifted up, I'll draw all men unto Me." Oh God, help us to lift Him up before the people. Help us to exalt Him high and say, "There He is as He has--has been exalted by the Father." Went in above every Archangel, every name that's named in heaven, His Name is above all. E-45 And heavenly Father, in this poor, humble way that I have, yet blessed, that I'm grateful and thankful for... Seemingly the great Angel of God Who met me that night, stands here at the platform now, warning me, "Call a prayer line." Maybe something would happen tonight, Father, that would cause many to believe. Then when the service is finished, I pray, God, that every unbeliever will rush here to the altar and say, "Now I believe." Those without the Holy Spirit, may they receive it tonight as they're setting in the seat. Those who are seeking God, may this be a glorious night because of Thy Presence. For we ask it in the Name of the Jesus Christ Thy Son. Amen E-46 Strange things work among Christians. [Brother Branham speaks to another brother--Ed.] I don't know whether you give prayer cards or not. What was them, J's last night? J's, we called the first part of them then? Let's call about... How many did we have, twenty last night? Didn't get them all? Well, let's take the last... Got about fifteen be last...?... All right, let's call fifteen here to start with tonight. Let's take J-85, 85 to a 100. That'll...
E-47 Who has J-85? Raise up your hand. You have, lady? Come over here, right down here. Who has J-86? Prayer card 86, would you raise your hand? 86? 86? All right, lady. 87? Who has 87? All right. 88? All right. 89, who has prayer card 89? Are you here? Raise your hand. 89? They have it? 90, who has prayer card 90? 91, 92, 93, 94, 95? 95, did I see it? All right. 96, 97, 98, 99, 100? Let's try those for a few minutes.
E-48 How many in here that believes, that's sick and wants God to heal you tonight? Will you just raise your hand while we're... That's... I just wanted to see where you're at. He's here. I don't know why, but It's already here before the music plays or anything. Praise be to God. Seldom this happens this way.
E-49 Oh, I wished I could see this church at just this moment break in this great realm now, every heart in here fall into it. I tell you, the papers would be full of it in the morning. It's just hard tell what would take place. People would be coming in from all down in New Orleans and everywhere else tomorrow. Hungry Christians from across the world, everywhere, be flying in here in the next few days, if everyone could break into this realm now. Oh, I wished I had some words to express it.
E-50 I used to sing the old song "For He Is So Precious to Me." You believe that, don't you, lady? Do you? What if I told you your arthritis is gone, would you believe it with all your heart? You believe it? Huh? You believe He'd healed you? He has. You're already healed. Praise be to God. How glorious He is.
E-51 Jesus Christ the Son of God is here tonight. Have faith in God. Believe it with all your heart; you'll see the glory of God.
E-52 That's an old man setting back there, is wondering about that prostate trouble he's been having. Had a operation, didn't you, dad? Still bothering you. Don't worry, it's left you. God bless you. Just have faith, believe. E-53 Come, lady. You believe Jesus raised from the dead? We are strangers to each other. I don't know you. But God knows you. You must have help from Him right away. You been to a doctor. The doctor examined you. The examination come from the breast, the right breast. It's a cancer. And there's no hope for you. That's what the doctor said. Jesus Christ died for you to heal you. Believe it? In the Name of Jesus Christ, I condemn this devil from my sister to be free. Amen. God bless you, lady.
E-54 Come, lady. Perfect strangers to each other, as far as I know. Is that right? We do not know each other. I've never seen you in my life. Had a lot of sorrow a few days ago, haven't you? Some loved one or friend died or something another, a minister. You got a growth. Is that right? You believe you're going to get well? Almighty God, I bless the woman in the Name of Jesus Christ that You heal her, Lord. Amen. God bless you, lady. E-55 Lady, I'm a stranger to you. You don't know me, and I don't know you, but Jesus Christ knows us both. Is that right? You believe? You're here standing for someone. It's a--a sister or a half-sister. She's not a full sister. It's a half-sister. She's just been sick and ill recently. It's a... I believe he said... I didn't understand. I believe he said rheumatic fever. Is that right? Doctor... You also got a daughter that's sick. She has a fever also. You got a sick son. You want me to pray for your teeth, don't you? Come here. Dear God, Who made heavens and earth, send Thy blessings upon this woman, who I bless in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. Do you believe with all your heart? E-56 You want to see me about someone else, isn't it? You want to ask me to pray for a brother for a--a cause of insanity like. Isn't that right? You got a--an elderly lady you want me to pray for. She's your mother. She has diabetes. Isn't that right? You need a closer walk with God. You've always wanted that. Never come to the place where you really felt that you was doing just exactly, perfectly His will. Will you be willing to surrender your whole life to Him now, go home and receive what you ask for? You believe if you'd do it, make your full consecration that God would answer your prayer? I do, too. Almighty God, in the Name of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, bless this woman, who I bless in Your Name. Amen.
E-57 How do you do? I just love Him with all my heart. You shouldn't need no more of a friend. Just to... It's just... I--I--I just can't explain this. Oh, what--what do you need? What more can the Holy Spirit do? There's just... Oh, what could happen at this moment. E-58 You believe, lady? You have female trouble, don't you? That lady right there has it also. That lady has goiter also. You're both healed. You believe? Stand up just a minute. Stand to your feet. I don't care what's wrong with you. Stand up to your feet. "I now believe the Lord Jesus Christ. I now accept Him as my Healer." Almighty God, I condemn all sickness and in the Name of Jesus Christ, I cast out every devil...?... through Jesus Christ Thy Son through the power of...?... of these people...?... |
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