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William M. Branham
Sich etwas einbilden
Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends
Gospel Echoes
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Prüft aber alles und das Gute behaltet.
[1. Thessalonicher 5.21]
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W-1 Have this time of fellowship
with you people, far away from that
frozen north that I just come out of.
I said to your pastor, up in his study
this afternoon, “This is going to be
one of the greatest meetings I ever
seen, or either I missed the will of
the Lord.” I have never had Satan to
fight me so hard as he did coming
out here. When Brother Williams
invited me some time ago, I just
kind of hesitated a little. I said, “I’ll
let you know a little later, because I
believe in praying over things
before we... we make our choice. Let
it be God’s choice.”
W-2 And I just kept feeling led to
come, because it was a time... I
always appreciate the Full Gospel
Business Men’s Fellowship. And
then... And this was a little extra,
because I would get to meet the
different churches, the different
brethren of the different
denominations. I love to do that,
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and kind of have fellowship there? What about it? See? These
together in different churches, of... people that’s... Little girl here, is a
of all the churches of God. So then young woman now, there was that
when... asthma and everything in her
I said, “I will be sure now that it’s condition. Look what all that we
the Lord calling me.” I said, “I’m know to be true. See? He’ll... He...
going to give Brother Williams quite God, to his wife, too.
a bit of time to get somebody else, Let’s pray.
you know, to go out there. Be... be Lord Jesus, a sick wife. I pray that
sure, that, if he is still waiting on me, this cloth, laid upon her, will be a
then I know it’s the Lord, and if all token of this meeting tonight and
the brethren say they want me to the Word of God. And may she be
come out.” I said, “Heavenly Father, healed for Your glory. Amen.
I’ll just take that for granted that... God bless you, brother. [The
that You want me to go out to brother says, “Brother Branham, I’m
Phoenix.” going to tell you this. Thirteen years
Well, then, I waited several days. I ago, you was down here in Phoenix.
thought, “Now, I better let him I was sitting back in the
know right away, because he’s... congregation. God told me if I’d go
They’ve got to advertise it in... in the up and touch the hem of your
Business Men’s Voice.” garment, I’d be healed. The devil
And so after waiting a few days, said, ‘Don’t go. You’ll get in front of
then I called him up. He said, “Oh, somebody else.’ And you got up
Brother Branham, all the brethren and said, ‘There is somebody in this
want you to come out.” So I said... building, they would come and
Just felt that little nudge I should do touched it, they’d been healed.’ I
it, so I thought this would be a turned around, said to an old
grand opportunity. brother, I said, ‘I’m the feller.’"] No,
W-3 Well, I thought I would come no.
just a... a little early. And I wanted to Bless his heart. Let’s pray.
go over in Mexico and get me a Heavenly Father! Now to God, I
suitcase I was badly needing. That, pray that You will grant this thing!
someone give me the money at ...?... Grant it. And grant this, Father,
Christmas time, to get it, and I could in the Name of the Lord Jesus
get it for about half the price I get it Christ. Amen.
here for, and about twice as good, He did it now. He fulfilled it, after
across the border. I thought, “Well, thirteen years. “They that wait upon
I’ll go down around Texas, so I’m the Lord shall renew their strength.”
going to allow myself about three It’s all right, brother. Oh, it’s
extra days so I can shop out and get wonderful.
a good one, so rest a little while on Well, see you tomorrow night,
the road.” And I was going to start most of you. If I... The pastor here
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...?... (Where’s the service, on a Thursday.
tomorrow? It’s been announced?) [A And we got all ready to start, and
brother says, “Same. Tempe.”] there come a blizzard across the
(Tempe, Arizona.) country, and they even blocked the
[A sister says, “Would you pray for highways, everywhere. And the
that, I want to put it on him while he South was impassable, altogether.
...?... "] And they wouldn’t let us go through
In the Name of the Lord Jesus, the north part, over 66.
grant that whoever this lays upon, I waited two days, and finally they
may they be healed for the glory of opened the roads, said, “You can
God. take your chance.” So I started off.
Isn’t He wonderful? I... I tell you I thought, “Well, it’ll be nice
this, I just like this Way. I... I like God. weather.” Huh! I don’t believe I was
I love Him with all my heart. He’s my ever in a worse blizzard, in all my
Saviour. life; and ice and jams, and all along
W-191 Now, tomorrow night, I the road, and everything.
think the next service is at Tempe, W-4 Finally, one of the recording
Arizona, with Brother... What’s his boys here, Brother Maguire, his car
name? What? [A brother says, backslid on him, coming out. We
“Groomer."] Groomer. Groomer, was going on. And so we was
Brother Groomer, up at the having an awful... I think it just give
Assembly of God. Is it? Assembly of out. I don’t think it backslid. Just
God at Tempe. Full Gospel. Yes. It’s give out, see. And so he got an old
been announced, I think. All right. generator, and the thing wouldn’t
Now, you love Him real well? work right. And he tried it again,
[Congregation says, “Amen."] Amen. and it wouldn’t work right. He put it
Just wonderful! in another shop; it wouldn’t work
Now, I turn the service now to right. He tried three, up till about
Brother... the pastor. eleven o’clock one night, and still
W-192 Somebody, wait, someone the thing...
to be prayed for? Just a moment. Next morning, started up. Red
Go ahead. [A brother says, “My would... He slipped over. Now, he is
wife been sick two years. I want you somewhere listening to me. I’ve
to pray for her."] Why, I’d gladly do never mentioned it even to his
it, my precious brother. father-in-law and them. But he
Now, for his sick wife, been sick touched me on the shoulder,
for two years. Now let’s just believe coming out of the restaurant, said,
Father. I know the world might look “Brother Branham, you just ask God,
down upon this and say, “I don’t and it’ll work right.”
believe that.” What about the lady I said, “You really believe that?”
that testified a few minutes ago, He said, “I do.”
that had that goiter on her neck up And it worked right. We come on
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down. wonderful? [Congregation rejoices.]
So when I got to Phoenix, I I love Him, I love Him,
thought, “Now my trouble is over.” Because He first loved
And if I didn’t get up this morning me,
with the flu, headache and feeling.
And purchased my
Well, I said, “Satan...“
salvation
It’s a fight, so here I am. So we’re
here to enjoying this fellowship. And On Calvary’s tree.
I got to meet the pastor this [A sister says, “Brother Branham,
afternoon, in his study up here, and I’m about to have my son. I been
we had a wonderful time. sent home, sent home, to die with
W-5 Such a lovely little church. cancer. And Sister Waldorf came
And I bring you greetings from all over. She prayed for me. She talked
the household of God, up in the to me, and she told me to believe
middle east, where I’m from. And so for healing. And I’ve been prayed
we know that you’re doing real well for, and I’m believing for my
out here. We hear from you. healing."] God bless you. [“But I’m
And glad to see Brother Norman not well, so would you pray for
setting over here tonight, from me?”] I sure will.
Tucson. And I have some people... Heavenly Father, I pray that You’ll
I’m looking over this little bitty heal our sister and make her well.
audience here, and seeing people Through Jesus Christ’s Name, I ask
from up in Ohio, Brother and Sister that this will be completely healed,
Dauch setting here. And I believe for this pregnancy. Amen.
here is the people from Iowa, God bless you, sister. Go and be
setting right back behind us here, well now. Claim your healing.
and... and different ones. They just W-190 See how simple it is? Now,
come from the east and west, don’t tell me what passed by here, to
they, everywhere, flowing in remove that lump and take the pain
together. So we’re happy to be here. away from the woman who couldn’t
And now we’re looking forward even hear the Message? See? Right.
for the nights that’s scheduled for She’s over there praising God. If a
us to speak at the different woman that’s both deaf, dumb and
churches. I think, tomorrow night, blind, can praise God for taking a
we’ll be up in Tempe, was it? [A cancer off of her, surely we, who are
brother says, “Yeah, up in Tempe."] in health as we are tonight, could
Tempe. And then, the next night, I give God praise for it. Don’t you
think, at... [“Brother Outlaw’s.”] think so? Yeah. Let’s just kind of
Brother Outlaw’s. That’s the... [“20th shake each other’s hands when we
and Roosevelt.”] 20th and Roosevelt sing.
Street. Then, different ones. And I love...
the... [Brother Branham shakes hands.]
6 119Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA is the future coming on here. W-6 If you brethren are here, that Heavenly Father, in the Name of I had to miss those two nights, I’m Jesus Christ, heal this, our sister. We sorry about that. But the Lord will ask it in Jesus’ Name. Amen. give us a little special blessing on It’s gone now. Just believe it. those Sunday mornings that we’re How do you do, brother? Going to make it up. So it’s kind of a full to be over, from now on. schedule, but by God’s grace we’ll... Our Heavenly Father, I pray for we’ll make it. our brother, that You’ll heal his And then expecting a great time body and make him well. May it be in this convention coming, this, the over, from this hour on, in Jesus Business Men’s convention. So Christ’s Name. Amen. happy for the opportunity, maybe Bless you, brother. get to meet all of those brothers, W-189 [A brother says, “We know and shake their hands. And it’s... it’s a lady. She’s lost part of her something, to meet friends. And eyesight in one eye, and remains in we... we... There’s nothing like another."] Oh, my! [“And we’d like friends. to...“] Have it prayed over. Why, I’d W-7 I’m going to quote gladly do that, brother. You believe something that I did to the pastor with me now, that she’s going to this afternoon. Oswald J. Smith, he’s get well. a great missionary-minded man. He Our Heavenly Father, the lovely was speaking, some time ago, in lady somewhere, that’s waiting this Louisville, Kentucky, to a friend of handkerchief to be laid upon her. mine, Dr. Wallace Cauble. And he We send it to her for her healing, in said to Brother Cauble, he said, the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of “Brother Cauble, I... I believe that God. Amen. when a man first gets married,” he God bless you. said, “and his wife is young and Now, there’s a lady setting here she’s beautiful and everything,” said, that can’t get up, and one over here, “you know, if she happens to go and a man, too. I’m going down to bad, fly the coop, as we call it, run pray for them. Now, you all pray away, kick over the trace, or with me. Will you? [Congregation whatever, you know, get out and do says, “Amen."] wrong,” said, “you have to leave her, [Brother Branham leaves the or something,” said, “it’s bad, but it pulpit, to pray for those that can’t isn’t.” Said, “You can... You’re young, get up.] Oh, my. [Blank spot on and you can look around, maybe, tape.] and find another one that will be [A brother says, “The lump that right.” Said, “Then after you live with she had in her breast is gone, and her long enough, till the children the pain is gone."] Oh, praise God! comes on,” said, “it’s awful hard, she [Congregation rejoices.] That does it then, you know.” Said, “You 118 7
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really begin to realize you need pretty little girl. Jesus is going to
her.” Said, “When you get to about make you well now.
fifty,” said, “then you just can’t Our Heavenly Father, with my
hardly do without her.” Said, “Then hands upon this little child, feeling
when you get seventy, you sure down in my heart, “What if it was
can’t do without her.” Sarah, my daughter?” It’s someone’s
W-8 I happened to think, kind of daughter. And I pray, Father, that
put a little spiritual interpretation to You’ll heal the little girl, from this
that. When I was a young minister, allergy. And may these attacks leave
every man that made a mistake, he her. May she be well, in Jesus’
was out of the picture. He couldn’t Name. Amen.
even run in the race. That’s all. If he Now you’re going to get over it,
wasn’t a Baptist, he just was out of honey, and be all right. You believe
the picture, that’s all. See? He just that, sister.
had to see the things I saw, or the W-188 How do you do, brother?
man was altogether wrong. Going to make it over, from tonight.
And then after I got a little bit Is that right, sir? [The brother says,
older, I begin to realize that, you “Amen."]
know, the blanket kind of stretched Father, God, I pray that, in Jesus’
a little. I seen where he had to, what Name, that You’ll heal our brother,
he had to go through with; a lot of make him well. May it be finished
toils, a pastor of a church, and the right now, in his life, everything
heartaches that goes with it. I finished; that he’ll have faith,
realized that this blanket spreads a undoubting faith, in his heart. He’ll
little over him, too, you know, to be well, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
kind of keep him from getting cold. Bless you, my brother. [The
And now as we come on down to brother says, “Brother Branham, I’d
about where I am now, I... I... I tell like to get that prayed for, for my
you; we need one another so bad, mother. She’s eighty-three years
we just can’t hardly do without one old. She’s bothered with asthma and
another. That’s all there is to it. heart trouble."] Why, bless your
And as we see the days getting heart!
evil, and things the way they are, Heavenly Father, his mother,
why, I think it’s good that we come eighty-three years old, and suffering
together and fellowship together. with heart and asthma. Grant, Lord,
And I just long to get with the that when this little token is laid
brethren, and talk to them, and so upon her, may she get well, in Jesus’
forth. All the different churches, Name. Amen.
and... and brotherhood, I... I love God bless you, brother, and your
that. See, it’s something about it, mother, too.
that’s real. Let it be over, from right now on,
W-9 And I do think, not plugging sister. Just let that be the past. This
8 117Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA humble people walk across the for this little group of men, of Full platform, believing that You will Gospel Business Men, but I do think heal their sickness. They’ve heard so that that’s a great opportunity that much said. “And faith cometh by God has given us all, where we can hearing,” hearing testimonies. come together through that, and we Which, “We overcome by the Blood can have fellowship. They don’t of the Lamb and our testimony.” I draw any lines about any pray that You’ll heal our sister and denominations, and so forth, and make her well, through Jesus’ Name. we can just set together in Heavenly Amen. places in Christ. Now, I realize that it God bless you, sister, leave it right isn’t going to be perfect. They’re there. going to make many mistakes. I see Brother, dear, and this is going to theirs, and they see mine. And you be the hour it’s going to be over. Is see mine; I see yours. And, but we that right? got to... got to live with one Our Heavenly Father, I bring him another, and we got to realize. But I to You, with this church, their think, after all, if it’s all searched prayers, of all these faithful around, for my part, it’s the cream ministers, and deacons, and elders, of the crop. See? That’s right. It’s and lay members, all. The Holy Spirit this. in our midst, bearing record of His W-10 I’ve put my choice with the Word. “They shall lay hands on the Full Gospel, many years ago, and I’m sick; they will recover.” You happier every day about it. And I... promised it, Father. Now heal his I’m thankful to be one of them. And eyes and make him well, in Jesus’ having this grand experience of Name. Amen. receiving Christ as my Saviour, and, Bless you, my brother. Let it be in returns, having Him to fill me with over, from right now on. His Holy Spirit, and living in my W-187 How do you do, sister? heart, daily, as a witness to me, that You believe that it’ll be over from I have passed from death unto Life. now on? [The sister says, “Yes, sir."] Testing my plant of my salvation, Our Heavenly Father, may it be each day, as I take inventory. See over for our sister, from this night just the way the Spirit in me, what on. May she be healed for the glory does It feel like? How does It of God. Amen. cooperate with the things of the Bless you, sister. Believe now with world? Or, is it so Heavenly set till all your heart, believe it’s over. the world seems dull, and dingy, How do you do? The baby? [The and dirty? sister says, “Yeah. She has an allergy W-11 I was passing down this that has caused a nervous street. I come here the first time, breakdown."] Oh, my! Oh, my! thirty-five years ago, this year, 1926, That’s too bad. You’re a mighty in old T-model Ford. And I lived at 116 9
Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA Sixteenth and Henshaw. I see very sick. If you would pray over they’ve even changed the name. It’s that handkerchief, I’ll take it to Buckeye now out there. So him."] I’ll gladly do it, my brother. everything is changing. But I Heavenly Father, his... his father, recognize the old place. You know, I of earth here, is ill. He’s got a rode horses around out through the handkerchief here. [The brother valley down there, the Salt River, says, “Yes."] Wants to lay it upon his and down through that way. Well, daddy. [“Glory to God! Thank You, they had burros just across the Jesus.”] O God, I pray that You’ll mountain there, wild burros, see, honor the faith of his son. [“Glory to and old prospectors would come in. God. Yes, Lord.”] And will heal his My! They got prospectors still father, in Jesus’ Name. [“Yes. Amen. coming in, but they’re in Cadillacs, Thank You, Jesus.”] Amen. [“Praise so still the same. So it’s... it’s God!”] changed quite a bit. God bless you, my brother. May But I find out that the Gospel God grant every bit, and I believe doesn’t change; still brings the same He will. satisfaction. And you go back, years W-185 Sister, it’s going to be over after years, you find out it’s the now, won’t it? From right now on, same. It’s the same experience that it’s going to leave. [The sister says, they received at Pentecost. After “Yes."] two thousand years, it hasn’t Our Heavenly Father, as we, Your changed a bit. We get the same church, pray for our sister in her thing, see, just exactly the same condition, may the power of God thing it done. heal her and make her well, in the As I looked at the magnificent Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. streets, and seeing the places and Bless you now, sister. “Ask and it lights, and... and places lit up, I shall be given.” thought, “Three hundred years How do you do, sister? Is He ago...“ As I was talking to my son, going to make you well from coming over. “This valley laid tonight? [The sister says, “Yes."] peaceful and quiet. Perhaps once in Our Heavenly Father, I pray that a while a coyote would howl, or... or You’ll heal our sister, making her some noise, a burro would bray, or... well. [The sister says, “Yes."] She or three hundred years ago.” And as comes and says she believes that it we look how it’s been, I don’t know will be so. So be it, then, Father. I whether you say converted or ask in Jesus’ Name. Amen. perverted, into what it is now. God bless you, sister. W-12 It would be a convert if this W-186 How do you do, sister? streets was walking up-and-down, This is the hour of deliverance for with people, with their hands up to you. God, praising God for a beautiful Our Heavenly Father, these 10 115
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Well, you know the testimony, what valley, and a lovely place to live, and
we... the Lord has did in His Church a healthy climate; and praising God
in the last days, far beyond what our in churches, and brothers was
little brother has this time. He is brothers, and sisters, and so forth,
God, Who can create. He can... just a great colony of God’s
Where like... economy; it would be a wonderful
Look. If a stalk of wheat is coming place.
up, and a clod falls on it and... and But instead of that, with liquor
defects that wheat, and makes it joints, honky-tonks, prostitution,
turn the other way, then the wheat cigarette-smoking, gambling,
is not growing right. But remove cursing, swearing. I just imagine one
that cause, then the wheat will grow day that God will wipe the whole
right. See? thing clear. That’s right. And those
Well, Satan did something evil who make their choice for Him will
here. But if the prayer of faith can live again here in an endless age,
cast him away, then it’ll grow right. that great Millennium that is to
You believe that, don’t you? come.
Now let us pray for this precious W-13 And it’s to my intention,
boy here. and what I’m here in Phoenix for
Heavenly Father, simple yet tonight, is to try to fellowship, first,
powerful, let the power of God heal to strengthen the church, to pray for
our little brother. May there be such the sick if any comes to be prayed
a change in this boy, that the for. We don’t intend to give out any
mother will be so elated over it, the prayer cards, or so forth. We’re
next few hours. We ask it in Jesus’ coming. We’d do just anything we
Name. Amen. can to help the people. If somebody
God bless you, my brother. wants to be prayed for, only thing
Believe Him. God bless you. Mighty you do is ask, and we’ll pray for
sweet boy. God bless you. them, whatever we can do. I found
[A brother says, “I got high blood out at home, a few weeks ago,
pressure."] High blood pressure. doing that, it’s far beyond anything
W-184 Heavenly Father, our else, you see.
brother confesses of the high blood W-14 And I remember when I first
pressure. I pray that You will heal come here in Phoenix. We stood
him, Lord. May it leave him tonight. over there in Brother Outlaw’s
May, when he gets his next checkup, church, he was the first one invited
or whatever it is, the doctor say, me to Phoenix. And then there was
“Why, it’s, you’re back normal a little, Mexican church called
again.” Down in his heart he’ll be Garcia, Brother Garcia, little Spanish-
thankful, Lord. I pray in Jesus’ Name. speaking church down somewhere
Amen. down in there. And what a
[The brother says, “My father is wonderful time we had in there, and
114 11Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA people stand in prayer lines, and W-182 How do you do, sister? being healed, just praying and You believe the Lord Jesus will heal laying hands on them. you? The ministry has come higher. Our Heavenly Father, we pray that Certainly, it has. Gifts has been You’ll heal this little girl, also. May multiplied. But somehow or another, her testimony be like the sister just I wish I was just back like I was at said. From coast to coast may she the first place, you see. Just the... praise God for the goodness that He See? Yeah. I think, more here. We showed. Amen. just forget some of the things they Bless you, sister. ever learned, I think it would be a How do you do, sister? This is the lot better off. See? time for your healing now? Well, I think the road to God is Our Heavenly Father, as the lady through the path of humility and comes, sincerely believing that this service. I think that there’s nothing will be the hour of her deliverance, no better in the world, to lift us up may it be so, Father, as we ask, in to Christ, than that. You get to see Jesus Christ’s Name. Amen. carnal impersonations, and so forth, Bless you, sister. Let it be over, it dulls you and puts something in from now on, no more thinking of it. you. I... I wish it didn’t do it, you see. To you too, sister. We just... If you just made you... It I know that sounds rude, say, “No kind of brings you up. I think it gets more thinking of it.” But I... I don’t you in the state of complex, when mean it in that way. I mean it, that, you should not be there. You should just, it’s a finished work. It’s already just keep all things away, and move done. See? Just as a... on. [A sister says, “I have a... I have a W-15 And so then I hope that, in tumor! ...?... "] Right. And you this, will strengthen our fellowships believe that He will make it all well? together, to each other. Pray that [“Sure do.”] God will heal the sick people that Our Heavenly Father, I pray that will be prayed for. And above all You’ll heal our sister and make her things, save every soul that can be well. We lay hands on her, in Jesus’ saved. I don’t know where they are, Name, asking for her healing. Amen. who they are. So I just... just as Just let it be finished in your preach, and whatever comes in, mind, settled, and it’d be all right. that’s where I try to minister to W-183 How do you do, son? [The them. And hoping that someday brother says, “I got ...?... in... in my through that great Eternity, and a stomach."] In your stomach? You peaceful valley, maybe not the believe Jesus will make you well, Maricopa, but some peaceful valley son? somewhere, we’ll live together, It’s your son? You believe that He neighbors throughout ceaseless will do it, sister? I know. It sounds... 12 113
Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA no more weight, would never be ages. That’s why we’re here. able to gain no more weight. And Now, many are standing. And I... he’s gained thirty, thirty-two You’re so lovely, I could just talk all pounds, since. night. And... and so I know we got [A mother says, “Brother several services, and I don’t want to Branham, there’s a little girl, our girl, take too much time in each place. seventeen years old, was healed in But if we’ll just now reverently your meeting when you were in bow our heads before we open up Phoenix, about ten, eleven years the Word of God, and pray. ago. Our youngest daughter was W-16 Gracious Heavenly Father, it instantly healed in the service. Was is indeed a grand privilege tonight an asthmatic; we nearly lost her. She to be alive, to have the opportunity had pneumonia, fourteen times."] to testify once again before the Hear that, honey? Church of the living God. And as I [The mother says, “God instantly... was speaking to this people a few "] Is the lady... Is she here now? moments ago, and thinking of this [“She is right there, the... the third great, mammoth, beautiful city, yet one from the end, the second row.”] laden with sin like all other cities, I Little lady here with... Oh, yes. I see was thinking as my son said, “What this. [“We...“] Go ahead. [“We is the use then, daddy?” testified, from coast to coast, about I said, “Son, all over this city is her... about her healing.”] Is... scattered the Church of the living You hear that? Now look. Jesus God. It’s that group that we’re healed that when she was probably holding up before God. It’s that... smaller than you. [The mother says, that saints.” “Yeah, she was a little girl."] Little, W-17 As Paul must have looked and she had pneumonia, and upon Rome, with its many everything, just taking it so bad. thousands of population, and as And look, Jesus loves, He loves you. different places that he went, he And He... Look how... how nice she would see the city turned over to looks, see, and well. Now, you’ll be idolatry. But there was jewels in that that way, too. city, that he had to labor for. They’re Let’s pray now. resting yonder, waiting for the Heavenly Father, laying our hands general resurrection in the last day, upon the little girl, we ask that the which we believe is near at hand. asthma leave her, and she’ll be We pray for every church in made well, through Jesus Christ our Phoenix. Every one of them, Father, Lord. Amen. we pray that You’d pour out Your Bless you. Now you go, and Spirit upon them all. May there be you’re going to get over it, and such lights burning for the Gospel, you’ll be well, and testify like that till it would dim the lights of these lady did for her little girl. nightclubs and speakeasies. Grant it, 112 13
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Lord. May the people’s hearts that’s around her neck, knowing she
become so thirsty for You during don’t have to wear it no more, that
this time of visitation, and may You it’s been finished by Jesus Christ, as
truly visit us, Lord. Visit us with Your the church prays and asks this
Spirit, and pour It out upon us in blessing. Answer these Christians,
great measures, Lord. Lord. They’ve consecrated their lives
Bless the convention coming on. I to You. In Jesus’ Name, may she be
pray, Father, that there will be many healed. Amen.
businessmen, and others, that’ll be Just let it be over, stop. It won’t
led to this great experience of hurt no more, and you’ll be all right.
knowing Christ by the baptism of W-180 Brother, it be finished now.
the Holy Spirit. Grant it, Lord. Settle it forever.
W-18 Bless this church that we’re Heavenly Father, in the Name of
here tonight, its lovely little pastor, the Lord Jesus, grant the healing of
its... its whole being, Lord. It stands our brother. We ask this for the
here as an example. It’s a light to glory of God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
this city, that people might see the Bless you, my brother.
way of truth. I pray that You’ll make Be finished, from now on.
its members so salty that everyone Lord, this little woman that stands
in the neighborhood, and here tonight, let the work of the
throughout the city, will thirst to be Lord Jesus be performed in her
like them. body, for by His stripes we were
Now, I know that You plant these healed. We ask for this blessing, in
churches here for a purpose. They Jesus’ Name. Amen.
stand as a witness against evil. And It’s finished now.
there is a witness in them that God W-181 How do you do? You
is just and true. I pray that You’d believe Jesus going to make you
bless them, Father, abundantly. well tonight? [The sister says,
Now, for this coming portion of “Asthma attacks, and I got a tumor
the service tonight, no doubt but on top of it."] Asthma, my, that’s a
what You’ve already poured Your mean old thing. Isn’t it? Certainly.
blessings upon them. We pray that Brother Williams here, brother, a
You’ll bless us, Lord, with Your great Christian businessman. He... Yes, he
Presence. Speak through us, is. Yeah. He had a... Mayos’ just give
through the Word, in the Spirit. We him up, with asthma, said he’d never
ask in Jesus’ Name. Amen. gain any more weight, or anything.
W-19 This afternoon as I was W-19 Heute Nachmittag, als ich mich He come by up there, been about
setting, reading, my eyes fell upon a hinsetzte zu lesen, fielen meine Augen auf pretty near a year ago, I believe, up
little text here that I might want to einen kleinen Text hier, den ich lesen und the tabernacle one night. And I went
read, and use some of it for a etwas davon als ein Thema verwenden out, prayed for him, and the Lord
context, if God being willing. And I möchte, so Gott will. Und ich schrieb einige made him well. I guess he’s gained.
wrote down some Scriptures and a Schriftstellen nieder und machte ein paar He sit... They said he couldn’t gain
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May the finished work of Christ at few notes, I’d like to speak to you a Notizen, worüber ich zu euch ein wenig
Calvary be completed in him, by little bit about, for the glory of God. sprechen möchte, zur Ehre Gottes. Nun,
healing him. Amen. Now, you that wish to turn, let’s wenn ihr es aufschlagen möchtet, wir
Bless you, brother. Be it over, turn to Numbers, the 14th chapter, möchten 4. Mose, das 14. Kapitel,
tonight. and begin with the 41st verse. aufschlagen und mit dem 41. Vers
W-179 How do you do, sister? We Numbers 14:41, and we shall read, anfangen: 4. Mose 14,41, und wir werden
going to believe that it’s going to as it begins: lesen, wie es anfängt:
be finished tonight. [The sister says, And Moses said, Mose aber sprach: Warum wollt ihr denn
“I do, too."] God is going to Wherefore now do ye den Befehl des HERRN übertreten? Es wird
complete it right here. transgress the euch nicht gelingen! Zieht nicht hinauf,
Our Heavenly Father, just... It has commandments of the denn der HERR ist nicht in eurer Mitte;
been written, now it will be spoke, Lord? but it shall not damit ihr nicht von euren Feinden
then it must be done. Let it be so in prosper. geschlagen werdet! Denn die Amalekiter
our sister’s body. In the Name of Go not up, for the Lord und Kanaaniter sind dort vor euch, und ihr
Jesus Christ we ask it. Amen. Amen. is not among you; that werdet durch das Schwert fallen; denn weil
We believe it now with all of our ye be not smitten before ihr euch von der Nachfolge des HERRN
heart. She’ll be all right. your enemy. abgewendet habt, wird der HERR nicht mit
Broken neck? [The sister says, euch sein! Aber sie bildeten sich ein [And.
For the Amalekites and
“No. It was a bad throw."] Bad Übersetzung: "Aber sie waren vermessen
the Canaanites are there
throw. [“And a sign on here. I carry und wollten auf die Höhe des
before you, and you
it.”] Oh! Yes. Uh-huh. [“There’s pain Berglandes..."], sie könnten auf die Höhe
shall fall by the sword:
all the time! ...?...“] My! Misery! Well, des Berglandes ziehen; doch weder die
because you are turned
sister... Lade des Bundes des HERRN noch Mose
away from the Lord,
Now, each one of us here, verließen das Lager. Da kamen die
wherefore the Lord will
Christians, all of us, we just imagine Amalekiter und Kanaaniter, die auf dem
not be with you.
how we would feel, with that on us. Bergland lagen, herab und schlugen sie und
Now, what if it was just vice versa, But they presumed to go zerstreuten sie bis nach Horma.
the lady was praying for me? Or up unto the hill top: Möge der Herr Seinen Segen zum Lesen
what if she was praying for you? nevertheless the ark of Seines Wortes geben. Ich möchte von dort
Now, how she is in misery all the the covenant of the Lord, einen Text nehmen, so der Herr will, über
time! Now, how you’d want and Moses, departed not das Thema "Sich etwas einbilden" (oder
someone to be real honest, sincere, out of the camp. "etwas annehmen", "vermuten").
and dead earnest about this! If it Then the Amalekites Ich liebe einfach, das Wort zu lesen, weil
was me, I would. And now do unto came down, and the ich weiß, dass das wahr ist. Es ist das Wort,
others as you’d have them do unto Canaanites that dwelt in an dem wir bleiben. Es muss immer das
you. Now, every one of you just the hill... in that hill, and Wort Gottes sein, sonst werden wir auf dem
hold this faith, and like a real smote them, and falschen Weg gehen.
church, say, as we are, say, “Father discomfort them, even to
God, take the misery from our sister Hormah.
now.”
May the Lord add His blessings to
Our Heavenly Father, may she
the reading of His Word. I wish to
come back, bringing this piece
take a text from there, if the Lord
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willing, upon the subject of: act like to be a Christian, to be
"Presuming". It’s a... baptized and so forth, like that. You
I just love to read the Word, believe it when I pray for you, you’ll
because I know that That’s true. The get well, sister.
Word is what we stay by. It must Now, all the church pray with me
always be the Word of God, or when we pray.
we’ll... we’ll go on the wrong road. Our Heavenly Father, this young
W-20 It’s written over in Saint W-20 In Johannes, ich glaube im 15. lady standing here, and in the
John, I think, about the 15th Kapitel, steht geschrieben: "Wenn ihr in Mir Presence of God. I lay my hands
chapter, “If ye abide in Me, and My bleibt, und Mein Wort in euch..." Seht, das upon her, and ask for her healing, in
Word in you.” See? The Word abides Wort bleibt in dir. "Dann werdet ihr bitten, the Name of our Saviour, Jesus
in you. See? “Then ask what you will, was ihr wollt, und es wird geschehen." Denn Christ. Amen.
and it’ll be done.” Because, it’s not es bist nicht du; es ist das Wort, das in dir God bless you, sister. Let it be
you. It’s the Word that’s in you. And ist. Und das Wort ist Gott, Gott in dir. Gott done from now on.
the Word is God, see, God in you. ist das Wort. "Am Anfang war das Wort. W-178 [The sister says, “Brother
God is the Word. “In the beginning Und das Wort war bei Gott, und das Wort Branham, I come in proxy for my
was the Word, and the Word was war Gott. Und das Wort wurde Fleisch mother who has cataracts on both
with God, and the Word was God. gemacht und wohnte unter uns." eyes."] Yes. Oh, I see. [“She is ninety-
And the Word was made flesh and Nun, nachdem der Heilige Geist five.”] Ninety-five. This is a sweet
dwelt among us.” zurückgekehrt ist und das Wort in uns thing, coming for her ninety-five-
Now, in the return of the Holy gebracht hat und es darin bleibt, dann bist year-old mother with cataracts.
Spirit, bringing the Word in us, and es nicht du, der redet; es ist das Wort Our Heavenly Father, as she
It abiding in there, then it’s not you Selbst, was hervor kommt. Also wird das stands proxy, she said, for her
that speaks, it’s the Word Itself Wort das Werk vollführen. mother, well-stricken in age, with
coming out. So It, the Word, will "Sich etwas einbilden." Ich habe das cataracts, we pray for her mother. O
perform the work. Wörterbuch genommen und nachgeschaut, God, this church offers our prayer
Presume, I got the dictionary and was das Wort "einbilden" eigentlich for her mother’s healing, in the
looked up what the word presume bedeutet. Webster sagt, es heißt "sich Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
actually meant. Webster says it erkühnen ohne wirkliche Vollmacht". Sich Don’t doubt it. Just believe.
means “to venture without actual etwas einbilden ist, ohne wirkliche Sister, dear, is it going to be fin-...
authority.” To presume anything, is Vollmacht ein Wagnis einzugehen, oder Can you believe that it’ll be finished
“to venture without actual authority, etwas als selbstverständlich anzusehen. Sich tonight? [The sister says, “Amen."]
or to take for granted. To venture zu erkühnen ohne wirkliche Vollmacht, oder Our Heavenly Father, with hands
without actual authority, or to take etwas als selbstverständlich anzusehen, laid upon her, for a finished work to
for granted. To do something etwas zu tun, bevor du bevollmächtigt bist, be completed, may it be so in her
before you are authorized to do it; es zu tun, ohne die wirkliche Vollmacht zu now. In Jesus’ Name I ask it. Amen.
without the actual authority to do haben. God bless you, sister.
it.” My brother, you believing now
W-21 Now, we have just passed W-21 Nun, gerade sind zwei der with all your heart?
two of the major holidays, that we höchsten Feiertage vorbei, die wir hier in Father God, we bring this young
know here in America to be the Amerika kennen, nämlich die man to You here, laying hands upon
Christmas time and the New Year’s. Weihnachtszeit und Neujahr. Eigentlich ist him, in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
16 109Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA along a line, I’ll never forget it there, It’s actually not a Christmas. It’s a es kein Christtag. Es ist ein Tag, den wir a lady holding a handkerchief. I day that we set aside. Course, we begehen, obwohl wir erkennen, es ist nicht thought she was weeping. And realize it isn’t the Lord’s birthday. He der Geburtstag des Herrn. Er hätte nicht am when she took it down, the couldn’t been born on December 25. Dezember geboren werden können, weil handkerchief, she had no nose. the 25th, because it’s... it’s so cold es dort so kalt ist, dass keine Hirten auf den Cancer had eaten her nose off. And up there, shepherds could not have Bergen gewesen wären und so weiter. Und her son was an exterminator over at been on the hill, and so forth. And if wenn du einmal in dieser Jahreszeit in Texarkana. And I... I prayed for her. you was ever in Judaea along that Judäa gewesen bist, wirst du erkennen, dass The very next meeting, a lovely time of year, you’d know it wasn’t... es nicht in der Winterzeit war. Sondern es woman standing there, looking, she it wasn’t in the winter time. But it’s wird angenommen, dass es vielleicht looked very young, and looking at thought that it was perhaps along in irgendwann im April oder Mai war, wenn me. She said, “Don’t you remember April or May, when lambs are born. Lämmer geboren werden. Und wie Er mit me?” And like He come by all nature, just der ganzen Natur kam, so wie die I said, “I don’t believe I do.” like the regular lambs are born; He regelrechten Lämmer geboren werden; Er And the boy started kind of was the Lamb of God, and He was war das Lamm Gottes, und wurde weeping and looking. It was that born along that time. But I don’t irgendwann in dieser Zeit geboren. Aber ich lady. She had a new nose. It growed suppose that He cares what day we meine, dass es Ihm nichts ausmacht, back on her face. I know that set aside, because the actual day is welchen Tag wir begehen, weil der wirkliche sounds unreasonable. And I... I lost. But it’s in commemoration of Tag verloren gegangen ist. Aber es ist als wouldn’t... I wouldn’t want to say His birthday. Erinnerung an Seinen Geburtstag. something that wasn’t right. So, Instead of we making it a Und anstatt dass wir es zu einer there, we shouldn’t do that. We commemoration and a day of Erinnerung machen und einen Tag der should be dead earnest when we worship to God, for His sending His Anbetung zu Gott, dass Er uns Seinen Sohn say these things. But I looked at the Son to us, we have a celebration. gesandt hat, haben wir eine Feier. Seht, wir lady who was standing there with See? We celebrate Christmas. And it feiern Weihnachten. Und es ist keine Feier. no nose. And then a few weeks is not a celebration. You could Ihr könnt Washingtons Geburtstag feiern after, I met her again, she had a celebrate Washington’s birthday or oder Lincolns Geburtstag oder irgend eines nose. And it... it just... She said the Lincoln’s birthday. Or some other anderen großen Mannes Geburtstag, wenn cancer just quit eating. And after great man’s birthday, you might du ihn feiern willst. Aber Weihnachten sollte while it just started like something celebrate it. But Christmas should ein Tag der Anbetung sein. Aber wir haben growing back, and there she had a be a day of worship. We have es herumgedreht und haben daraus einen nose again. See? It’s so wonderful to twisted it around and have made it der größten Geschäftstage gemacht. Es ist see how He could do it. one of the greatest commercial alles darauf fixiert, einander Geschenke W-177 Now, He that can do that, days. It’s all fixed up on passing auszutauschen und beleidigt zu sein, wenn could heal you. Couldn’t He, sister? presents one to another, and having wir es nicht tun und ihnen zurück zu zahlen. It’s not the question, His power to feelings hurt if we don’t do it, and Es ist einfach völlig verdreht. do it. Is willingness. And I would like pay them back. And it’s just twisted to say this to you, sister, as a mortal, all up. that both of us has to stand like this W-22 And then a few weeks ago, W-22 Und dann vor einigen Wochen, als in His Presence some day. He’s when wife and I were over in the meine Frau und ich in unserem kleinen Dorf already did it, if He could just get shopping center in our little village zu Hause im Einkaufszentrum waren, you to believe it. And there’s a little at home, we overheard a bekamen wir zufällig eine Unterhaltung von 108 17
Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA conversation of two girls talking. zwei Mädchen mit. Und eine sagte: "Ach, And... and the lady is suffering. And And one of them said, “Well, what was hast du deiner Mutter zu Weihnachten you come, believing that Christ will did you get mother for Christmas?” gekauft?" "Oh", sagte sie, "Liebes, mir fiel heal you, and you want to spend all “Oh,” she said, “dear, I couldn’t nichts anderes ein, was ich hier kaufen your life for Him in service, to do for think of anything else to get her. But sollte. Aber was ihr mehr gefallen wird, ist Him. Then, Christians, I think we what she’d enjoy more was a pack eine Schachtel Zigaretten für Mutter." Und have a right to bring this lady of, or, a carton of cigarettes and so, sie sagte: "Für Papa habe ich einen Kasten before Christ, and He will heal her. for mother.” And she said, “I got Whisky." Und sie sagte: "Ach, da bin ich Let us pray, all of us. dad a quart of whiskey.” And said, froh, dass du das getan hast, Liebes, weil ich Our Heavenly Father, our sister “You know when...“ habe ihm neue Poker-Chips gekauft." Seht comes in humble adoration tonight, And she said, “Well, I’m glad you ihr, das ist Weihnachten. knowing that her doctor has done did that, dear, because I got him a all that he could do. He tried hard, new bunch of poker chips, you see.” but still it won’t heal up. But Thou You see, that’s Christmas. Seht? art the Healer. Let... let her be W-23 How can the world stand W-23 Wie kann die Welt noch viel länger healed, Father. We commit her to much longer, a celebration? And bestehen? Eine Feier... Und dann, nehme ich You, that You will heal her, in Jesus’ then I suppose they presume that an, bilden sie sich ein, dass das der rechte Name. Amen. that’s the right way to do it. See? Weg ist. Das ist, was sie annehmen zu tun. Bless you, sister. Be healed now. I That’s what they’re supposing to do. Aber sie bilden es sich nur ein. believe it’ll heal up, and you’ll be all But they’re just presuming that. Und hier kommt dann Neujahr. Wenn der right. See? Neujahrstag heranrückt, nun, W-175 How do you do, sister? And here comes New Year’s normalerweise haben die ganzen Leute eine You believe that He will heal you around. After New Year’s gets große Neujahrsparty. Und dann bekommen tonight? [The sister says, “I don’t around, why, usually the people all sie in dieser Neujahrsparty so um know what it is, but He knows."] All have a great New Year’s party. And Mitternacht einen ganz großen Rausch. Und right. He will do it, though, if you then in this New Year’s party, they ich nehme an, sie töten ihre Sünden, welche just believe Him. You will? [“Yes.”] all get on a great big drunk around sie in dem Jahr getan haben, um sie alle zu All right. Let us pray. midnight. And I suppose they put to vergessen. Sie werden einfach so Our Heavenly Father, the lady death their sins, to forget them all, betrunken, dass sie alles über ihre Sünden comes, believing. She said she don’t what they’ve done in the year. They vergessen. Und ich vermute, sie bilden sich even know what’s wrong with her. just get so drunk that they forget all ein, dass das der Weg ist, um von Sünden But He knows. Whatever it is, Lord, about their sins. And I guess they los zu kommen. Aber sie sind verkehrt. Das she wants to get rid of it. We... She presume that that’s the way you get führt nur zu mehr Sünde. Man kann durch knows it’s of the enemy. I pray that rid of sins. But they’re wrong. That weiteres Verkehrtes etwas nicht zu Recht You’ll grant her request, in the only makes more sin. You can’t machen. So bilden sie es sich nur ein und Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. righten anything by doing another ertränken es. Bless you, sister. You go, believing wrong. So it’s just presuming, with all your heart. drowning out. W-176 How do you do, sister? W-24 I wonder what people think, W-24 Ich frage mich, was die Leute You believe that tonight will be the that, when, and the pleasure of denken... Und das Vergnügen zu trinken, settling time? drinking, that they call pleasure. was sie Vergnügen nennen... Wenn Whisky I was thinking, the lady from When whiskey becomes into the in den Körper kommt, erhitzt er das Blut in Arkansas just testifying. I remember, 18 107
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are Pentecostal tonight. system, it heats the blood in such a solch einer Weise, dass es den Sinn verdirbt,
W-173 Now, if He can make that way it addles the mind, the brain, das Gehirn, und du wirst leer. Dein Sinn
nice Christian woman’s neck smooth and you become blank. Your mind is wird durch die Hitze dieses Alkohols in
like that, He can heal you. Can’t He? so addle until, with the heat of this deinem Blutstrom so verderbt, so sagen die
He sure can. alcohol in the blood stream, so the Ärzte, dass es deinen Sinn einfach
Our Heavenly Father, with hands doctors say, that it just kind of irgendwie entleert.
laid upon our brother, we ask for his blanks your mind. Nun, wenn du eine Krankheit in deinem
healing, in the Name Jesus Christ. Why, if there was some disease in Leib hättest, die deinen Sinn entleeren
Amen. your body that would make your würde, dann würdest du jeden Arzt in der
God bless you. mind go blank, you’d search every Stadt aufsuchen, um irgend etwas zu
He is just the same for you as He doctor’s office in the city, to find finden, sie los zu werden. Und doch feiern
would be for her. Is that right? something to get rid of it. And yet, die Leute den Geburtstag von Christus und
Our Heavenly Father, a simple people celebrate the birthday of versuchen, ihre Sorgen zu ertränken, indem
little prayer with simple faith! Oh, Christ, and trying to drown their sie ihren Sinn entleeren. Erkennst du nicht,
I’m so glad Lord, You make it sorrows, by blanking their mind. mein Freund, dass du das am Gerichtsstuhl
simple, so that I can understand it, Don’t you realize, my friend, that, verantworten musst? Du kannst damit nicht
just accept You. And, Father, I pray people, you’ve got to meet that at durchkommen. Aber sie nehmen an, dass
that You’ll heal him, and make him the Judgment Bar? You can’t get by das die ordnungsgemäße Gewohnheit hier
well, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. with that. But they presume that in dieser Nation sei, deine Gesinnung am
W-174 How do you do, sister? that’s the regular custom here in Weihnachtsabend oder in der
[The sister says, “Brother Branham, this nation, is to blanken your mind Neujahrsnacht durch Trinken zu entleeren.
I’ve had an operation for on Christmas eve night, or on New
tuberculosis. And six of my ribs was Year’s eve night, blanking your mind
taken out, and it hasn’t healed right. with drinking.
And... and it gives me so much W-25 They call it, “A little... a little W-25 Sie nennen es einen kleinen,
trouble. I can’t use my arm too clean fun. A little pleasure that sauberen Spaß oder ein kleines Vergnügen,
good, you know."] Yes, ma’am. [“Get people have to have, to give vent.” was man hat, um sich auszulassen. Nun,
tired.”] I see where you breathe, too. Well, if that’s all the pleasure that a wenn das das ganze Vergnügen ist, das
I guess the... [“Yes. I can’t breathe person ever got out of life, what jemand in seinem ganzen Leben hat...
good.”] That’s such an awful thing. pleasure would it be? To blanking Welch ein Vergnügen soll das sein, deine
[“I can’t breathe good. My lung is your mind so blank that you don’t Gesinnung so auszuleeren, dass du nicht
collapsed, you know, on one side.”] even know what you’re doing, then einmal mehr weißt, was du tust? Das nennt
Oh, yeah, my! That suffers then, I call it pleasure. man Vergnügen?
guess, terribly. Oh, my! [“Yes. Yes. Now, I could see the men of the Nun, ich könnte nachvollziehen, dass die
Then it put pressure on my heart.”] world doing that. But when it comes Menschen der Welt das tun. Aber wenn es
There’s no reason for her to suffer to the church doing that, people kommt zur Gemeinde, die das tut,
any longer. Is there? [Congregation who call themselves Christians, then Menschen, die sich selber Christen nennen,
says, “No."] See? The doctors has it goes to show that there’s been a dann zeigt das, dass da irgendwo etwas
perhaps operated, and they taken letdown somewhere, ’cause that’s nachgelassen hat, weil das nicht der Weg
the ribs out of her lung, and not the way you forget sins. They’re ist, dass du Sünden vergisst. Sie sind in
probably give her pneumothorax on God’s Book. And the only way Gottes Buch, und der einzige Weg, sie los
treatment, and collapsed the lung. they can ever be gotten rid of, is put zu bekommen, ist, dass sie ins Meer der
106 19Sich etwas einbilden William M. Branham • Mittwoch, 17.01.1962, abends • Phoenix, Arizona, USA
in the Sea of Forgetfulness, the Vergessenheit geworfen werden, dem Blute At Brother Reed’s service at
Blood of Jesus Christ, and then Jesu Christi, und dann gegen dich nie mehr Jonesboro, Arkansas.”] Jonesboro,
remembered against you no more. gedacht werden. Das ist der einzige Weg. Arkansas. [“Praise God!”] My, many
That’s the only way. But they Doch sie nehmen an, dass der rechte Weg, years ago!
presume that the right way is to do es zu tun, der übliche Weg sei, den die What was your trouble, sister?
it the way the regular, the people Menschen gehen. [“Well, I had a goiter. If you... I don’t
does it. know whether you remember, or
W-26 We also have preachers of W-26 Wir haben auch Prediger von not."] I don’t. [“But I had a goiter. It
denomination, great denominations Denominationen, großen in der Nation had some... It was out like this, and
across the nation, and these verbreiteten Denominationen, und diese it was affecting my heart. And that
ministers preach the doctrine of Prediger predigen die Lehre ihrer morning... The majority of my
their denomination, presuming that Denomination und nehmen an, dass sie people is Jehovah Witness. That
they are doing exactly what’s right. genau das tun, was richtig ist. Viele von morning, I said, ‘He’s just the
Many of them, no matter how ihnen, ganz gleich, wie gegensätzlich es zur prophet of the devil.’ But I went out
contrary to the Scripture it is, they Schrift ist, sie nehmen an, sie handeln to my garden. God spoke to me. He
presume they’re doing right when richtig, wenn sie diese Lehre predigen, was said, ‘Catherine, if you go to Brother
they preach that doctrine, let it be es auch immer sein mag. Sie nehmen an, Branham tonight, you’ll be healed.’
whatever it might be. They presume dass es genau das ist, was Gott fordert: ein And I went back in the house and I
that that’s just what God requires: a bestimmtes Glaubensbekenntnis oder eine told them all. I said, ‘If I go tonight,
certain creed, or a certain affiliation. bestimmte Mitgliedschaft. Sie denken, das God spoke to me, I’ll “be healed.”’
They think that’s just all that God sei gerade alles, was Gott fordert. Sie ‘And we was going to just go, to
requires. They presume that they’re nehmen an, dass sie die Leute dadurch in please her.’ They went with me. The
taking the people to Heaven by just den Himmel bringen, dass sie nur einer majority of my people are now
joining a church and preaching a Gemeinde beitreten und ein Pentecostal.”] Praise the Lord!
creed. They presume that that’s all Glaubensbekenntnis predigen. Sie nehmen Could you hear the testimony?
right, that’s all you have to do. What an, dass das in Ordnung sei, dass das alles [Congregation says, “Amen."] Wait
a mistake that is! That’s a terrible sei, was man zu tun hat. Doch welch ein now, just a minute, sister. I’ll repeat
mistake, just presuming on that. Fehler ist das. Das ist ein schrecklicher it.
Fehler, das zu meinen. At Jonesboro, Arkansas, it’s been
W-27 There’s only one creed in W-27 Es gibt nur ein Glaubensbekenntnis some, about fourteen, fifteen years
the Bible: that’s Christ. See? We only in der Bibel: das ist Christus. Wir müssen ago, she had a big goiter hung out,
have to... to know Him, is to know, is nur Ihn kennen, das ist Leben zu haben. on her neck. And she was a Jehovah
to have Life. Outside of that, there is Außerhalb davon gibt es keinen Weg zum Witness. And that morning, when
no way to Life, outside of knowing Leben, außerhalb davon, Christus durch she had heard about our service up
Christ by your personal experience dein persönliches Erlebnis mit Ihm zu there for the Lord, she said I was “a
with Him, and not by joining a kennen, und nicht durch einen prophet of the devil.” And she went
church, or reciting a creed. And Gemeindebeitritt oder Aufsagen eines out in the garden to pray, and the
when we only bring it to that Glaubensbekenntnisses. Und wenn wir es Lord spoke to her, and said, “Go up
shallow condition, that’s why we nur auf diesen flachen Stand bringen, there and” she’d “be healed.” And
have drunken New Year’s parties by deshalb haben wir betrunkene the Lord healed her. She has no
Christians, so-called. That’s why we Neujahrspartys von sogenannten Christen. goiter. And her people, which were
have celebration of Christmas and Deshalb haben wir Weihnachtsfeiern, Jehovah Witnesses, most all of them
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