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My Angel Shall Go Before Thee (53-0213)
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My Angel Shall Go Before Thee (53-0213)
E-1 Friends. Very happy to be [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... both coming up and going back, so I--I thought, well, there that are room would be a little short, but we're happy. You know, some of our most spiritual gatherings has been where two or three are gathered together, He's there. I'm sure that most all Christians can refer back in some manner to some time when we had just a little group, just a little cottage prayer meeting of some sort. It's where I some of my most blessed times, when the Holy Spirit would really come into our midst and bless us when we had little small meetings. He has made that promise that the smallest of church, "two or three gather in My Name I'll be in their midst."
E-2
I wish to read a portion of Scripture tonight, then we'll start and
pray for the people, because they're just a small group of us like this
we ought to immediately come into the realm of God's healing grace and
power and make us well. He promised to do it, and there's hardly
anything that He hasn't left undone to do to reveal His will and His
favor to us, so we just have to believe Him. Is that right?
E-3
God in all ages has had someone to deal with here on earth. Ever since
He's had an earth, He started, has never was a time but what He was--He
had someone that He could His hands on to send them. And during this
time that we're speaking of here I just read on, was He had sent Moses
to deliver the children of Israel. E-4 And God always has had someone He could put His hands on. Now, Moses was borned a proper child. And God ordained that he should bring the--Israel out under his leadership. And before he went down into Egypt after he was called when he was on the desert that morning herding Jethro's sheep, his father-in-law, he saw a bush a burning. Now, I believe that was the first appearance of the Angel of the Lord. He was in this burning bush. And then when He commissioned Moses and told him what he was to do, He went before Him down into Egypt. And when they came out, He was in a form of a Fire again, a Pillar of Fire. And this Pillar of Fire led the children of Israel, which was the same Angel that was in the burning bush; that was the same Pillar of Fire that was in that burning bush.
E-5
And that Pillar of Fire, or the Angel, was the Angel was the covenant.
I believe all ministers would agree with that, that that was the Angel
of the covenant. If it was the Angel of the covenant, then it was the
Lord Jesus; It was God the Holy Spirit. For Moses chose to--to suffer
the reproach of Christ, and counted it greater riches than the
treasures of Egypt. You see? Of Christ... That was Christ the Logos,
the Angel of the covenant that led the children of Israel out of Egypt
to the promised land which was just a foreshadow. As He did in the
natural then, He does in the spiritual today. E-6 When sickness came into the camp he had an atonement made. He promised to be the God in the time of trouble, a present Help. He promised to do these things and to see them through. And now, as He was then in the... so is He today. The same spirit of God that led Israel leads the church today, bringing us through as it was the wilderness to the promised land. We have a promised land, you believe that: "In My Father's house are many mansions; I go and prepare a place for you, and will come again and receive you unto Myself." We're on our way. We're going to this glorious promised land that God has promised us. E-7 Now, along this journey He's promised to supply everything that we have need of: "Whatsoever you will ask the Father in My Name, that will I do. Whatsoever things (Mark 11:24)... Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe you receive it, you shall have it." Now, He gave us the strongest weapon that there is in all the world, and that's prayer. Prayer is what changes things. The Christian doesn't realize what a force he has when he kneels on his knees before Almighty God in the Name of Jesus Christ. He doesn't realize what--what power that is. If the people could only realize that the--that what is given right unto them, anything that you ask for will be given if you can appropriate the faith to believe it. For God's Word is true.
E-8
And now, God's Word will defeat Satan anywhere, any place, any time.
Now, when Jesus was here on earth, I--I believe He was, well, He was
Emmanuel. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. So all
the great qualities of the Father was in Christ Jesus the Son when He
was here on earth. All the Father has was His. And all the fine gifts
that's in God, and all that was, was in Christ. But when He met Satan,
He never used any of those gifts. He, just to be your example, He
brought it to where the very weakest of Christians... He said... Now,
He--He had the power right then to rebuke Satan and send Him away. But
what He did, He never referred to any of His power.
E-9
And then when you can hit Satan with the Scripture, he's just as
powerless as he can be. See? Well, if anything, I don't care what it
is... Now, it isn't with in me or your pastor to pray... It's for us to
pray with you, But it'll have to be your own individual faith that does
the healing. Now, the only... Jesus never healed anyone without first
the Father showed Him about it. Now, He said that as we had it last
night in John the 5th chapter and the 19th verse. "Verily, verily, I
say unto you. The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the
Father doing."
E-10
Now, His Spirit is with us today. It reveals what the Father shows.
It's already done. Your prayer, for instance, out there be praying. You
be sitting out there a praying, and what the Father would decide and
your faith would move up into a bracket and say, "Yes, I believe it
right now. I accept it right now. I believe it right now."
E-11
The first time it happened, 'course I was just a small baby. I was just
three minutes old, about, when It came in. But down through life, every
time, even before I was converted... Gifts and callings are without
repentance. You know that. That's where I think that many of the... And
see, I'm new in the Pentecostal church. I come from the Baptist church.
And then the Baptist people couldn't see that there was a Divine gift.
The Pentecostal people believed it. So there's where God sent me.
There's where I feel at home. I am one of you (See?), because I have
received the Holy Ghost, and then God made the thing manifest to me; I
started off. But from the--the part itself, has been since a baby.
Gifts and callings are without repentance. You believe in that? If you
believe the Scripture...
E-12
Jeremiah, the prophet, God said, "Before you was even formed in your
mother's womb, I knew you, and sanctified you, and ordained you a
prophet over the nations." Is that right? Before he ever come from his
mother's womb... See, gifts and callings are without repentance. See?
God gives them. You can't help 'cause you have blue eyes, all "who,
taking thought can add one cubit to his statue." Therefore the thing
has got out into the world today with a bunch of "ism," you see, and it
absolutely, it's nothing but a work of Satan to try to take away from
the real thing of God. And that's what you Pentecostal people and what
all people, Baptists and so forth, has had down through the age, is
somebody trying to impersonate something that they know nothing about.
It be better to keep still. "Who, taking thought, can add one cubit to
his statue." If God wants you to be a certain thing, He brings you to
this earth to be that, and you'll be it. See?
E-13
Now, a few years ago, it was firmly not believed by any people, that
there was any other light besides the sunlight. Critics and scientific
world once laughed and said, "Didn't God make an awful mistake when He
wrote the Bible?" Said, "He said He made the--created the firmament
before He made the sun." Said, "The very idea. There's no such a thing
as any light outside of sunlight, that He made the firmament before He
made the sun." And how the apostle said your whole body's full of
light. Well, science looked down with the spirit of meekness and
consideration, and dug into it, and proved that God was right. Now,
there's plenty of light beside the sunlight.
E-14
And not long ago, there was a man who really believed that there--that
electricity could be harnessed. He got him a kite, and he ceased with a
key on the end of the tail of it, but he finally captured what he
thought, what he believed was right, because... People laughed at him,
but he, in his heart there was something there told him that it was
right. So he stayed right with it.
E-15
But we, not we... We who are in contact with the spiritual realm of
God, we... "Well, I was prayed for and didn't get me healed, so I guess
there's nothing to it." Oh, what a poor crow bait you make for God.
See? Look. No, sir. God wants somebody who will not give up. A winner
never quits and a quitter never wins. You've got to stay and call it,
call things right before Satan. Tell him "It's this a way. THUS SAITH
THE LORD. The Lord has said so and that It is written. It's written."
No matter what he says, "it's written," right there.
E-16
Then Edison, hour after hour, something in his heart... They never had
no electricity before, but--to light a light, but Edison believed that
it would do it. And finally he conquered it, because something in his
heart said it'll do it. And as long as there's something in here saying
that it'll do it, there's got to be something out there to respond to
that. That's right. E-17 Now, brother, sister, you can call a fanatic if you want to, but I know that there is a power of God. First thing, because God said so. Second thing, because in my heart there's something in there that says that there's a power of God to heal every sickness. I believe it. And as long as I believe that, I'll spend my life (See?), that I know that it's the truth. It's God's Word first, and there's something in my heart telling me, "It's there." And I'm searching every wire, everywhere, trying to find a place that we can get it into church. Fanatics may rise and go, but God... You'll see the day, that the church of Jesus Christ will stand to its feet with this great power that they're laughing at us about today. It'll be brought forth just like electricity was, 'cause there's something down in the human heart says it's there. See? It's the same Angel of God.
E-18
Now look. David said, "When the deep calleth to the deep..." If there's
a deep calling to a deep, there's got to be a deep to respond to that
call.
E-19
Now, as long as there's something down in our hearts... How many here
believes in Divine healing? All right. Then as sure... Look... Be... As
sure as there is a call down in there, a desire to be healed of God by
Divine healing, there's got to be a fountain open somewhere.
See?...?... 'Fore that creation can be in there, that creation to make
you desire that, there has to be a Creator to create that creation. Is
that right? Well, there's got to be God then somewhere, that's putting
that desire in your heart to desire that. And if He has put that desire
there, then there's got to be something out there to fulfill that
desire that you got. Do you see? The deep calling to the deep... And
somewhere out here, someday you'll find out, and we're all going to see
it, that God's going to have a church that's going to break into that
yonder, brother, and all them marvelous things that once belonged into
the church of the living God that's been throwed aside, is going to
stand on its feet someday and take a journey up through the sky.
E-20
The trouble of it is, we try to get ahead of the Angel. Let the Angel
lead the way, and He will lead us to the fountains of the water of Life
and give it to us freely. Do you believe it? Shall we bow our heads.
E-21 [Brother Branham speaks to someone--Ed.]...?...
go ahead with these...?... All right. You see, it's kind of a hard
thing, friend, for us to determine how praying for the sick. Brother
Baxter, I guess you've explain that to them how that we have to give
out cards in order to keep a orderly line. We try to say, "Well now,
let these just so many here come, or go back there and get so many
there." You'd say, "Uh-huh, there you are. You got a respects..." So we
just give everybody cards and there we just start along through them
somewhere and call them out.
E-22
And now, I want each and everyone of you to be deeply and sincerely in
prayer. Will you do that? All right, while they're coming, I see a--a
young man setting here before me. He's very badly afflicted; I wish God
would heal the man or give something to us, some revelation. While I'm
here I'd like to see... I've seen worse than that, that our Lord has
did.
E-23
Now, the Angel of the Lord... How many's ever seen the picture of It?
Let's see your hands. On... That picture that halo of light like that
taken down there? Many of you have. I believe we have some of them
left. And we are... All right, 50 to 65. Turn your prayer cards over,
friend. Look on the back of it. You'll find there's a...?... 50 to 65.
If you will, there's about, is not--they're not all all lined up. 50 to
65, if you'll line up here we'll try our best to do what we can. 50 to
65, is that H? Was it H-50? All right. All right.
E-24
All right, if the that's coming up here is no assurance that these
people's going to be healed, not a thing. They're just simply standing
here. But the only assurance there is, is how much faith you have in
God. Your faith is what does it.
E-25
Now, I'm--I'm your brother, and I'm just here for one purpose, and--and
that's to help you. And the only way I can help you is to get you to
see what Jesus Christ has already done for you.
E-26
And the only thing that... Now, here's these ministers here, back here
behind me, and my own manager here, Brother Baxter. Now, they could
explain the Word probably where I couldn't even touch it. They're...
God has called them for that. See? And if you'll just believe what
they're telling you, that's what does it. It'll do just exactly the
same; it's God's Word.
E-27
Then He sent, first He sent prophets, teachers, evangelists, and... Is
that right? Gifts of tongues, interpretation, it's all for the edifying
of the church. Is that right? All for to edify the church, God has set
them in the church. Who has? Not because somebody laid hands on you,
but because God has, not man has. God has set in church. He give...
E-28
And while we're here, I want you to get all the superstitions away from
you, settle everything down, and make yourself subject to the Holy
Spirit, that God can move through you, and you'll get the benefit of
God's blessings for you. That's what I've come to you. I've moved down
like this and saying, "Now, God, You help me. And let the people all
believe and so I can minister to them. And when I leave the city, the
glory of God will be everywhere, and the people will be praising our
dear Lord Jesus, Whom we dearly love with all of our heart and working
for His vineyard.
E-29
Now, I believe this lady standing here... I--I do not know you, do I,
lady? I've never seen as far I know of. We're perfect strangers, never
seen you in my life. Then, well, if I don't know you and probably you
raised hundreds and hundreds of miles down here, probably, then it's...
And then when come down here to--to talk to you, why, me raised up in
Indiana, probably you down in Florida. Well, then when we come together
to talk to one another, we've been miles apart, but God's knowed you
since before you were born. He's knowed me since before I was born.
E-30
I want to get close... I just... 'Course you know what I'm doing now;
I'm just contacting your spirit. See? But I--I... In talking to you, I
want you to believe this (See?), that God knows all things, and what
it's trying to do, is to get you in condition to receive Him as your
Healer (See, see?), just something stimulate the faith that's--that's
in you. For 'cause being a Christian, it's there, but it may be laying
dormant. See? And now, just to talk to you for a few moments to
kindly... Being the first patient, it's always just a... I would like
first to take time to the patient, till I know that His Presence there,
then I just praying for the people, because they'll--if they'll halfway
believe, they'll get a blessing (You see?), if they--they'll just
believe it.
E-31
Well, then if--if that be a spirit... Now, both of us here are spirits,
just the same as we're natural, we're supernatural. And then if you be
a Christian woman and me a Christian man, and then in you is a
something, a--a spirit of sickness, and then God has sent me as your
brother. See? And I talk to you and I tell that He told me to go pray
for the people; now, that's all. Said, "If you'll get the people to
believe you, be sincere when you pray, nothing will stand before the
prayer." Now, that's the thing: be sincere when I pray, and get the
people to believe. E-32 All right, I just want you to look--look, just keep looking to me and believing. I tell you, Christian friends, it--it's a quite a problem. See, you got spirit all around. In my--in my auditorium meetings I never have no one behind me (See?), no one around like that, or nowhere but out this one way, so I can keep my back this way to look the patient straight. But, see, there's sick people setting back in there. See, and just soon I... This woman, just as soon as it starts to coming in, it's moving from everywhere (You see?), and you have watch or get tangled up. But it has to break, single down to a vision to know. And see, there's people setting there that's sick, here sick, here, here, back around here, and all around, stand in front of me. But I pray that God will be merciful.
E-33
You--you're... Yeah, you're suffering with a... There's something
wrong. It's a--it's--it's--it's cancer. Is that right? Isn't that
right? You just had an examination of that. And wasn't that on the
breast? Is that right? Now, let's just see if I'm right. Wasn't it on
the left breast. Is that right? I seen the doctor when he was moving
that thing around over you, kind of a tall fellow was looking down.
That right?
E-34
All right. How do you do, lady? Come. How, it's the... Your little
baby? Well, he's a fine little... I see he's a breaking out on his
face. Uh-huh. Oh, that's too bad. Now, don't... Now, that ain't
bothering me a bit. See, that's all right...?... I imagine that's a
kind of eczema on his face. Is that right? Do you believe what you've
heard to be the truth? You do that. Your baby has something else too,
doesn't he? Kind of asthmatic condition. Is that right?
E-35
All right, come. Have you believed? Why not be healed? No matter what
would come, what would go, God has now a vindicated Himself. He's here
present. Who is these people? There's been two or three come by. I
never seen them in my life. I know nothing about them, never heard of
them or seen them in my life. And you have to admit that there's
something here. You'll have to admit it's in the supernatural realm.
Now, believe. It's the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the same One that knew
where some mules were tied, the same One that said to Philip when he
came with Nathanael, He said, "Behold an Israelite, in whom there is no
guile."
E-36
Well now, if you're in here and not a full Gospel people and you got
little superstition about you, get it out of your way. These people are
not crazy; they've got the Spirit of God upon them. They're foolish to
the world, but It's the Spirit of God moving right into them. I was
once in your condition. But God moved me in with people who believe.
Now, get away from that doubting and things you got in your heart and
believe and you shall also receive and be glory--have glory of God.
E-37
Come. Now...?... Have faith in God. Believe Him and He will bring it to
pass. Come...?... Do you believe? Only thing you have to do is have
faith. Believe God and God shall bring it to pass. E-38 You believe with all your heart? Have faith in God. Don't doubt; just believe. You in the line there, you wouldn't have to come in the line if you just believe. You out there, you won't have to come in no line if you just believe, have faith. I seen a... Where'd that man go I just prayed for just then? Back there. I seen a pulpit a lying in here just a few minutes ago, but there's a woman standing behind it. Oh, it's the... Aren't you a lady minister there, have something wrong with your lung, don't you, sister? Isn't there lung trouble or something in that, along with your lungs. Is that right? Do you believe with all your heart God will make you well? All right, stand up and accept your healing then, in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
E-39
All right. Come. Lady, do you believe with all your heart? If I be
God's servant, then God is here. Is that right? If I wasn't telling the
truth, God would never testify of a thing. Is that right? God only
testifies of His gift. If I've proclaimed that and it's wrong, then God
never sent me. If I tell it's the truth, you have a right to doubt me,
but not God. Then it's God now. It isn't me no more now; I was just
testifying awhile ago. But now He's testifying. You want to get over
those kidney stones? You do? All right, then go, and may the Lord Jesus
make you well and heal you in Jesus Christ's Name may it be...?...
Let's say, "Praise be to God."...?...
E-40
All right, bring the lady. Come, lady. You'd also like to get over a
heart trouble, wouldn't you, sister. You raise up your hand say, "I
accept it right now." In the Name of the Lord Jesus...?... Amen.
E-41
You each one can be healed, if you'll just believe. The Presence of the
Lord is near. The Presence of the Lord is here to heal you. Do you
believe, lady? You want to get over that asthmatic condition you have?
Say, "Praise God for healing me." Go, believe it with all your heart
and God will bring it to pass. Have faith...?...
E-42
You have mental troubles, distress; late of a evening when the sun
starts going down you start getting real nervous. Isn't that right?
You're all tore up. You're in the menopause; it's 'cause you to have a
stomach condition that you can't eat things: turns to acid. Is that
right? Raise up your hand, say, "I believe You, Lord." Go...?... now
rejoicing, saying, "Praise be to God." All right. Let's say, "Praise
the Lord." Then if it's so, why, you don't have to be standing here. I could tell you setting there. Is that right? You have female trouble. Isn't that right? It an abscess on the ovary. Raise up hand. If any of you got--any got female trouble, raise up your hand. Is that right. Now, turn around and go on back off the line and get well. Let's say, "Praise be to God." Don't you believe He'd heal you right now, if you'd accept it? Let's stand and...?... it then, to your feet everywhere. Now, let's pray. Let's raise our hands. Let's...?... God alone... Dear Jesus, we thank You...?... be to my heart... May the Spirit fall. May You heal every one of them. May they go from this building tonight rejoicing and happy...?... |
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