Principle of Faith # 1

Principle of Faith # 1

Bro. Lee Vale, January 17, 1966

a) Now, usually it's obligatory in our part to remember the Word of the Lord. By that I mean that we do not have our own thoughts, we have to discover from the Word what God's thoughts are. He has cautioned us that the natural man receiveth not of the things of the Spirit of God. The human mind of itself is not able to comprehend the Word of the Lord. It can apprehend It, it can receive It, memorize It, know It, but it takes a revelation for that Word to become Living Word in the vessel. Now, unless It becomes Living Word by the revelation of the Holy Ghost, we are I wouldn't say receiving the Word in vain, but I would say it was something close to that.

We want to pray to the Lord again tonight to give us revelation concerning the Scripture, because we need to have the Word made alive to us by the Word being alive in us. Scripture says, "We're living epistles read and know of all men." And that means that the Word of God then is being wrought out by the Spirit in our lives. Seems that we're afraid of the Word. The Word is very hard on human nature, but according to the Word we have partaken of the divine nature. And the divine nature in ink is the Written Word. And the divine nature in flesh is the Living Word, so it seems we need a revelation of the divine nature, the same as we need a revelation of faith tonight. Everything depends upon revelation I'm convinced of it. I believe that's our one major lack, our one major sore spot. We don't possess revelation.

b) So, in the days to come we must bind ourselves together by coming together and seeking God for revelation. And I'm cautioning you this revelation is not to be sought by yourself, that is concerning doctrine. Certainly God speaks to individuals at home.

I remember years ago in Canada I left as pastor, I intended to go back to it. We had a good church, the only church I ever pastored, I had sixty percent men, and forty percent women. You say, "Why did you leave?" Well, if you care to examine my head and find out, help yourself. I left. And it was folly to do a thing to leave a condition that's gracious. Imagine, sixty percent men. And you know, I believe if I went back to Ohio and pastored I'd have at least twelve heads of families to start with. You say, "Why didn't you do it?" Maybe you'd like to come and examine my heart. I don't think you need to, I'm afraid that I might be outside of the will of the Lord.

"Don't you like us women?" I sure do, but I like men. I love men because I like to talk to men. I've found so few that I can talk to, but I still look around to see with whom I can have good fellowship.

c) Now, we need the Word of the Lord revealed to us. As I was saying, well, I was home that time when suddenly the Lord impressed on me that after I was gone awhile some of the men took it upon themselves to turn down a building which I had gotten to rent. And oh, it's wonderful, and such a cheap figure. I just knew that they had done it. Well, that was a revelation. That's alright to get a revelation, because that concerned me. But the revelation which Paul spoke of in the Book of 1 Corinthians 14: when they all come together, one asked this if they wanted revelation, that refers to doctrine where's it's all judged.

And so, you should receive revelation not to be where people are gathered together. In perchance you see you have a revelation from God apart from the one, then you must bring it before the people and have it examined. Don't run off, "I've got something from the Lord, and got this revelation." Because you might be completely in error. You say, "Well, Bro. Vayle how do you know?" Because by the hardest study I've been able to do, the most concentrated praying and praying and seeking after God by my own desire and to help from many spiritual brethren by reading their books and all, I have still been one hundred percent wrong.

So, we just caution you along that line in order to help you. Revelation especially on His Word in relationship to ourselves by the walking, by truth bearing is so necessary. Even if we mention each day that we need a revelation of the faith of God of which we have a measure. Now, let's bow our heads in prayer:

Father, we come again into Your Presence at this time preparing our hearts, Lord, for the hearing and receiving of the Word. Let it be, Lord, as though Your servant might hear You speaking to him, and we in turn bringing that very same Word to the people that we together might hear that same Voice. May Your Spirit graciously do tonight the work which Your Word has already said He would do. And, Father, if that is true and we would have no reason to doubt it, we would only doubt ourselves if we are true Seed. But, God, if we are tonight then You, Lord, are obligated by that Word which You have exalted above Your Own Name, and sworn that You stand behind It. That You must reveal to us tonight, dynamically, truthfully, completely spiritually the Word, O God, until It becomes a part of us. Even as the food we take becomes a part of us. And we in turn by that are energized to manifest life. Let now the Word, Lord, become so thoroughly, yes, the greatest part of us, that we'll be able to manifest It.

Give our minds an illumination tonight in our hearts and impetus, O God, that we may know really what is this faith of God and what we have. And we know we're not saying amiss tonight, because even He Who was God manifested in the flesh wept over Jerusalem, saying, "O Jerusalem, if you'd have only known what belonged to you, to your peace, but now your house is left desolated."

Now, Lord, we do not want to be in that condition. We want to know direct from You, by the Word, by the Spirit, They being one exactly what we have in Jesus Christ. Therefore, Lord, we rebuke every spirit which would be against truth. But hinder in any way, even bringing the spirit of man into captivity to the authority of Jesus Christ and causing every thought to bow to those thoughts which are of God tonight. And, Father, we would esteem it such an honor to have this done. Such a pleasure, my God, as well as such a tremendous necessity fulfilled. And therefore, Lord, we commit ourselves to You, in and through Jesus and His holy Name. Amen.

1. Now, we have discovered by reading the Word of that faith which is so important to utilize has been dropped into the heart of every single believer in a specific measure called 'the measure of faith'. "For, (said Paul) to the brethren God has dealt literally dealt, dealt out, (measured out) the measure of faith." [Rom 12:3b]

We know that reprobates do not have this faith. For the Scripture says, "Wicked hands, unreasonable men have not the faith." [2 Th 3:2] So, God has given each one of His own, the Elect of God the measure of the faith of Jesus Christ Himself. We know it's the faith of Jesus Christ, Because James describes the saying, "Have not the faith 'of ', not 'in' our Lord Jesus Christ with respect to persons." [Jas 2:1]

This does two things of course, it causes you to cease respecting people, and it causes you to cease spearing people, and so therefore your position is now a most happy one in the Lord. For you are most proficiently enable now to live a victorious life. And the Scripture does of course bear that out, because It says, "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our Savior." [1 Jn 5:4] It also says in Galatians 2:20, "I live by the faith of the Son of God." And that of course the Son of God is Jesus Christ.

2. And then again in the Book of Acts 3: Peter describing the healing of the man, and denoting the power from whence the healing came, said that's Jesus' Name, and faith in Jesus' Name, made the faith which is by, or from Him has given this man this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

And then of course in the Book of Ephesians 3:11-12, we read:

(11) According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

(12) In whom we have boldness... (we have the ability to speak boldly to God.)

And that is all that you can do is speak to God. You cannot touch Him, You actually cannot see Him. You actually cannot hear Him. It is all one sided. It is you in faith believing that He's there. "For he that cometh to God must believe that He is." And this faith gives you the dynamism of a boldness that talks to God and you know He's there, and you know He hears you, and that's all there is to it. It is that simple and concrete spiritual substance, so we can only have boldness and access with confidence, On what grounds you have this? Because you are a sweet person? Because you've been at times a considerate person? Because you've been a justified person? Because you've been living correctly? No!

3. It's because of the faith of Him. You have the key that unlocks the door to God, giving you access and confidence. Even as John said, "This is the confidence we have in Him, we ask anything concerning His will, we know that He hears us." [1Jn 5:14-15] And that's what It says. "In whom we have boldness." [Eph 3:12a] He hears us, He's got to hear us.

I often said to people, "Are you sure that God heard you when you said, what they call 'holy ...?...' when you used His name and cursing? You were so sure that every wicked thought was heard and recorded. How come you're not so sure He doesn't hear your prayers now? Oh surely, God can't be all lies to the wicked things, and completely deaf to the good things. That ought to scare you a little bit apart from this verse. It says, "We have boldness and access with confidence on the grounds of the faith of Him." [Eph 3:12b]

But, where is that faith? That faith is in the human vessel, because God has dealt to every believer the measure of faith. The Scripture says, "By grace are you saved, through faith and that not of yourself, it is a gift of God." [Eph 2:8] And every gift from God is good and perfect, because it cometh from above." [Jas 1:17a]

4. Now, remember this Laodicean Age which parallels in a way the Permagean Age. It says here, "I know thy works, where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is." [Rev 2:13] That was ancient Pergamos. But Satan's seat today in now in Rome. And where Satan merely had a seat, now today he will soon be enthroned in a man. Just the same as God came down indwelt Christ, putting in Him all those attributes which were requisite for the salvation of man. So, Satan will put in this man all those requisites by his own spirit in a man, so he'll be incarnate in the last days. And Jesus said, "In that day, you have not denied My...not faith in Me, but My faith. And He said concerning the last day when the Son of man comes, shall He find faith? Yes, we will find faith, He'll find it in the very few Elect, because they alone have been given the measure of the faith of Jesus Christ.

Many other verses in Scripture bear this out that this faith that we possess whereby we were born again, whereby we live, whereby we conquer, whereby we have access to God, where to boldness then confidence, this place whereby we speak, because we walk not by sight but faith. This person's faith whereby we have, as Paul said, we put it over every single thing one of the armaments of God to make them effective this faith whereby we please God.

5. Scripture tells us it was predicted that it would be our portion and our loss in the Book of Mark chapter 11. Remember that Jesus was on His way I believe to Jerusalem, and as He went by a certain way there was a fig tree that which should have been bearing fruit, at least He said it would have fruit. And when He went there, there was no fruit. And He said, "Henceforth let no man eat fruit of thee." [Mk 11:14] And a few days later they came back and the fig tree was completely dead from the roots up.

The disciples were very amazed, and they no doubt said, "How was this done?" [Mk 11:21] And so Jesus explained what He had done for an object lesson. And He said, "Here is what it is, I have the faith of God. And because I've got the faith of God, I got the ability to say what my heart desires, I've got the ability to believe what my heart desires, because I've got unfailing faith, then I say it, and it comes to pass." And He said to these disciples, "Have (the) faith (of) God." [Mk 11:22] He did not say, "Have faith in God, but have faith, the faith of God."

6. And furthermore He was not jesting, He was not saying, "Now, if you could only get a hold of that faith, but of course you can't have it, I alone got it. Now, if you could get a hold of it, you see, you'd be able to curse fig trees. In fact I'll go further: if you simple have this faith, (which of course you don't have and can't have) well you'll be able to say to this mountain to a mountain even, 'be thou plucked out and cast in the sea'. And such faith you'd have, your heart would not even doubt. Your mouth would say it and it would come to pass. Now of course you can't have it."

Is that what He said? No, that's what He did not say. That's exactly what He did not say. Because Deuteronomy 29:29 says, "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God." If they're secret, then we haven't told you about them and haven't been revealed to you, you can't have it. Is that correct? Well come on, that's exactly what It says in the Book of Corinthians.

7. Remember what I read to you the other night, in [1 Corinthians] chapter 2: It says,

(9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: (but) the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

(11) For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

(12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

And so Paul tells us right here the revelation of God are ours. Now the secret things belong to the Lord our God. But faith is no longer secret. It says, "The secret things belong to unto the Lord our God." But those things which are revealed belong unto us. So therefore the faith of God being revealed. And the Scripture says, that the faith of God is revealed. Oh, we need the revelation tonight, so it might become real.

8. This faith of God was predicted. And He said, "Have the faith of God." You can have the faith of God. You have the ability to receive the faith of God. It is a gift, and it's yours if you be an Elect child of God. And He said here: "For verily I say unto you." Notice, He connected the faith of God with the apostles. Did you notice that? "Have the faith of God, and truly I say unto you concerning this faith, that whosoever, (not just Jesus cursing a fig tree, but anybody with this faith of God) can say to the mountain, 'be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea', and with it will not doubt in his heart, but shall believe the things that he saith, shall come to pass." [Mk 11:23] He's got the power to get them.

Notice what He says, "Therefore I say unto you, whatsoever things you desire when you pray, believe that you have received them." [Mk 11:24] That's the exact translation. Look It up in Williams' translation. Mrs. Montgomery, almost anybody, brings it in word study. "Believing you have received them, and you shall have them."

9. Now, you will notice that Jesus was enunciating a principle of how to move mountains and kill fig trees. "Have the faith of God." That's the secret. Notice: Then He says, "I therefore, I say to you, whatsoever you desire, when you get that faith you will have the ability to put into practice the faith of God exactly as Abraham did." You follow me? Am I losing you tonight, or you think you see this? To me, this is simple as a-b-c, because it's got to be.

You see the lesson, He killed the fig tree. How was it done? Look, let's say this microphone is a box that I dropped nickels and dimes into to get the music going. You don't know, and pretty soon these loud speakers begin to blare up here.

You say, "My, I like that music, how was it done?"

I say, "All you got to do honey, is have a dime and you drop it in here."

Because anybody that drops a dime in here has music come out there.

Now do I turn around and say, "Of course you haven't got a dime. So, you're not going to play the music. So, ha, ha, ha."

10. Why do we read the verse that way, if It's not written that way? Jesus said, "All you've got to do is have the faith of God." I'm revealing to you the possibility of having what made that tree die. But there's something bigger than just killing fir trees, pine trees, and fig trees. You can have mountains removed with this faith.

And He says, "This faith of God is not human faith, because that fouls." You see, you can say all you want with human faith. "I command something to happen. I command that it happen." It won't happen, because you haven't got what it takes to make it happen. But now there's no longer any room for doubt, because you've got something that works.

"Therefore I say unto you with this faith of God when it comes, you'll be able to say whatever you want." Put it in the past tense, and it's got to come to pass, because the dime works in the nickelodeon. (Uh?) You don't doubt when you put a dime in do you? Bro. Bosworth said, "If you must doubt, doubt your doubts, they're unreliable. But never doubt your faith. Why? Because it's God given.

11. Now, not only is this so, but this faith of God, which we talked about here, which was predicted by Jesus Christ, I said last night, if we could go to Scripture, and find in Scripture a single solitary person, or may be persons, who understood this faith, this measure of faith and use it, we could by study find ourselves in a position whereby we too could successfully use this faith by understanding it, and employing it. And there is such a man, and his name is called Abraham. And the Scripture tells you, you need to walk in the steps of faithful Abraham.

So, let's study about Abraham. The Book of Romans 4: beginning at verse 13

(13) For the promise, (we're talking about promises, the promise of the heir, promise about anything, it doesn't matter as long as it's a promise.) For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not (made) to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (There's that faith again.)

(14) For if they which are (heirs, they which are) the law (of the) heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

(15) Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

(16) Therefore it is of faith, (the promise) that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; (did you get it?)

The promises of God are sure to all the Seed. Why? Because they got the faith of God. Things ...?... but thank you for the 'amen'. Because that's what the Bible says. Now:

(16) ...not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (Right back to faith again.)

Now, this describes faith and Abraham and God, put them all together.

(17) (As it is written, (God said) I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

(18) Who ...(when hope was gone, hope on in faith. That's Moffat's translation, I like it better than King James. Who, when hope was gone.)

Remember I told you last night about that thing called 'death'? No use hoping, but you hope anyway, because you can't stop hoping. Like the gramophone record, it wouldn't stop going round and round and round, because nothing happened to it. The power wouldn't stop. That's what the faith of God is like. Abraham couldn't stop hoping, when there wasn't any use hoping. (We'll discuss that later, just hold that in your mind for another night.)

12. Now:

(18) Who (when) hope (was gone, hope dawn in faith) that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

(19) And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

(20) He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving (God the) glory.

(21) And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, (God) was able (and going) to perform.

(22) And...it was (counted) to him for righteousness. (God said, "You've got it son, it's all yours.)

Now, you'll notice here that this faith of God is analyzed as looking to God, in a particular manner, or seeing it in relationship to God, in a particular manner of raising the dead, and calling things which are not as though they were. Raising the dead, signifies the moving of mountains and calling things which are not as though they were, signifies the things spoken. "Believe that you have received it, it shall be yours." [Mk 11:24b] The very faith that Jesus talked about in Mark 11.

13. Now, as I said last night I can't have faith, to use my hands and ...?... a microphone. Because you see the qualities of this handkerchief are not the qualities that are necessary for me to repose my faith in them in order to be magnified, or act like a microphone. The object of my faith must have the qualitiies which will give me what I have need of. Now, this is a microphone, and it does have the qualities resident in it, so therefore my faith is justified.

Now, God then who is the object of our faith must have certain qualities which justify the use of our faith. Now, just like I can go to this microphone and say, "You're a microphone, I know that you work, let's get working." I can do just the same with God. "God, I know that You're God, I know about You, You're going to do exactly what I need done in the realm of faith, so here we go, I put my faith in You, and we're going to get some results." What is there about God? The Scripture says that God raises the dead, and calls things which are not as though they were.

14. Now, as I said the other night that man can blow us all the pieces, he can sort of un-create every-thing created, but he can't bring back from the dead. Nobody can do it. But It says, "God in showing His power in illustrating it, so that men my perceive that God raises the dead. In other words, there are no limits to God, He's got the ability, He's omnipotent.

So, what would be the use of having an omnipotent God, or like a microphone here that works today but won't work tomorrow? If this microphone will always do the work, then it must have immutable qualities as well as enabling qualities. That's the way God is. He's not only omnipotent, He's immutable. He said, "I the Lord, I change not." Mal 3:6a] "There is neither variableness nor shadow of turning in God." [Jas 1:17b] You see.

15. Now, what did He say? He said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not pass away." [Lk 21:33] The immutability of God lies in His Word. His power lies in Himself. You see, that's exactly what Joel says. In chapter 2:11, It said, "The Lord shall utter His Voice before His army, for His camp is very great: (Why shouldn't He do this?) for He is strong that executeth His word." God never failed in His Word. (See?) His Word is immutable.

Now, watch this, because Word and faith go together. They don't ever become separated. God and His Word go together. They're one. Is that right? These three in heaven, Father and the Word and the Spirit, and they are one! (See?) They're one. Now, God has the ability and His immutable Word causes Him to back up that Word. Or, to bring all things to pass, or bring out His omnipotence.

16. Now, this definition of Abraham in dealing with his faith as he looked towards God, he said, "God can raise the dead." What did that mean? Well, we found It in 2 Corinthians 1: you know the Bible interprets the Bible. That's how you can tell what symbols are. Paul said, (2 Corinthians) 1:8,

(8) For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, (Asia Minor) that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, Insomuch that we despaired even of life:

They were one step... there was one step between them and death. One more step and it was all gone. Now, is this he time to run? Is this the time to quit? Is this the time to stop believing? Notice what Paul said:

(9) But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,...

Notice it, we came to the place he said, where the circumstances were so overpowering and unbearable, it was death. As far as we were concerned because we were faced... (See?) But, we weren't looking at ourselves, we were looking:

(9) ...(to God who) raiseth the dead:

(10) Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

What does this literally mean? It means that you and faith have to come to the place where you no longer fear the cataclysms, the catastrophes and the pressures of life. It also means that you have the power, so like Paul, you don't have to fear.

17. I told you about a lady that I prayed for in Ohio she was going blind. And after I prayed three times, and every time I prayed the darkness got deeper and deeper. The Lord spoke to me, and then spoke through me to her.

And I said, "Sister, the doctors said you're going blind."

And she said, "That's right."

And God told me to tell her this: "Sister, when you believe God that you are going to be healed, as thoroughly as you have believed the doctor that you will be blind, you will be healed."

You see, she said in her heart, "I am going blind. I will be blind and then it's all over."

But God heals blind eyes. It's fear that's stopped you from using your faith. Because you draw a line.

And you say, "If I get pushed over here any further I'm going to quit."

And you get pushed and you do quit.

You say, "I've been not feeling good, but I've got arthritis, I'm going to be put in a wheel chair. And when I get in a wheel chair it's all over."

Not so, God can ...?... wheel chairs. You tell God I've got a malignant tumor. It means a doctor will operate, now die. No sir, God heals cancer. Don't you know one of the commands of the Word of the Lord was to raise the dead? (See?) In other words, this faith that you and I have was meaning that, so that we could be in the diverse and the severe extremities with death facing destruction, bankruptcies, broken up homes, kids in jail, God knows what, and still come right through. May not see that and stop running, you'll never use your faith. The faith is perfect, but the vessel's a mess. And we're going to learn the principles how we get the vessels under control.

18. Now, when Abraham was called by God to give up his son in death, he was not only going to kill him, or slaughter him for sacrifice, he was going to burn him to ashes and bones, positively. And then stand back and say, "Now God, raise him up," and believing He'd bring him right back. That's the kind of faith you and I have tonight. But we've got to come to the place where we'll lay Isaac on the altar, not only cut his throat but burn him.

Now, we've got the faith that does it. And if we will not allow ourselves to be placed in a position for the outworking of that faith my brother, my sister, God calls it off. And if you don't believe, all you've got to do is examine the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. God gave a promise to Moses and He vowed that I'm going to deliver Israel. But he said, "Before I do it, I caution you, I'm going to harden Pharaoh's heart and he won't let you go until I make him let you go. An it's going to get rougher, and tougher, and rougher, and tougher."

19. And Moses like you and me, went pitter, patter, ...?... hallelujah, going to lead them out, bless God. And Pharaoh turned on Moses and made it rough and Moses, "Oh my God, my God what happened anyway, it hasn't got better, it got worse!"

God said, "Shut up, that's just what I said happened. Now watch what I'm going to do!"

After Moses smartened up, he went down ...?... He said, "Go ahead Pharaoh make it worse." Hallelujah. And Pharaoh made it worse, he said, "Okay, make it worse again." And after several times to make it worse and worse, then God struck and He struck ...?... He killed Pharaoh's son and the rest of them. But He took Israel out alive. But they had to face death, because He said, "Without the blood there is going to be death." (Uh?)

20. Now, bless your sweet little heart, if I was a muscle man could lift five hundred pounds, you think I'd go around demonstrating how big I was could pick on one half pound punk. "Look at what I can do. Hoo, hoo, hoo!" Oh they'd say, "Vayle you cotton-picking nut, pick on something big!"

With the faith of God, do you think He's going to ask us anything short of letting him raise the dead in our lives with the faith of God? (Uh?) I'm just trying to get us all ready for some trouble ahead, because it's coming. The word 'raise the dead' means exactly what It says, you've got to come to the place where's it's got to take God, or brother/sister it's all over. And then, even then when it's all over you can still crawl out waving the flag of victory.

21. You want me to tell you a story? I'll tell you a story. If you believe the story of Polycarp, where Polycarp wrote a little epistle, you will find that the early church fathers were so anxious to believe God and did believe God, (like I'm talking about) they even accepted the myth of the Phoenix bird. The Phoenix bird is supposed to be bird, a mythological bird that I believe is born, or hatched in Egypt. Then it goes up to Asia Minor, (that this is mythology now) and when it gets so old it's time to die, it flies back to Egypt and gets in a nest and it dies. And a worm inside the bird, eats the bird and then it grows feathers and wings and flies back to Asia Minor.

And they said, "That's a type of the resurrection." Those men believed anything, it didn't matter what it was as long as it looked good they believed it, when it came to the power of God and miracles. We sit back and what do we do? We don't use this gift we got it right out of ...?... We're like a bunch of millionaires and are afraid to write a check for twenty-five cents unless we go broke in writing the check

The Book of Isaiah says, "The mountains shall be removed and the hills shall depart." But It says, "The peace of God's covenant shall not depart from thee." [Isa 54:10] And why are people going to pieces all the time because of a bit of pressure? The Christian is supposed to welcome pressure. Paul said, "Like I need You, yes sir, I can hardly wait to get into the ring and prep." We say like the very fine talent, I can hardly wait to call the cops, and duck out of that alley." Tell me, would any of you people be afraid tonight to spend fifty bucks if you had five thousand, unless you're sick? If you're sick, don't answer the question. You say, "Certainly not, because you see I can do it." That's the faith of God too.

22. Now, without repeating anymore where we see last night, I want to give ourselves time to go ahead. The second part of this definition is, the power of faith is described as God calling those things which are not as though they were. That's the immutability of God exalting His Word above His Name. "For heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word, My given promise shall not pass away." [Mt 24:35]

Now, if It won't pass away, or change It's immutable. If God and the Word are one, and God's immutable there is neither variableness, nor shadow of turning, God doesn't get smaller. God doesn't get bigger, God doesn't change His mind. If God is the Word, then there is neither variableness nor shadow of turning in the Word of God. It's the Word, and you better believe It. Eve didn't believe it, Adam didn't believe It. And to prove it they brought every heartache, sorrow, wars, misery, sickness, and poverty, you name it in this world today. But believing God's Word will reverse all of that, and put you in the paradise of God and the Bride of Jesus Christ. Because the Bride is the Word.

23. Now, turn back to Genesis the story of this man Abraham. In Genesis 17:5-6, It says,

(5) Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

(6) And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

(7) And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, ...

Listen, the only Seed that God recognized of Abraham was Isaac. And Abraham had two sons. One by Hagar called Ishmael, and one by Abraham. And yet when the time came to test Abraham God said, "Now take thou thy son, thy only son." And in Hebrews 11: [7] It says, "Abraham took his only begotten son." And the covenant of God which is immutable is to the Seed. That ought to make you shout. Because if you're Seed, God said, "You're immutable to that." And then He said, "I tell you, I have made you a father of nations, and I will multiply you."

24. In other words, God put it right in the past tense. Why? Because He's immutable. If God says It, It is, and that's all there is to it. That's why he said in prayer, "Whatsoever things you desire believe that you have received it, and you shall have them. Why? Because it's God's faith in God's Word. How can you miss. (Uh?)

Now, of course we can change the order, of the meeting, just start getting a boy up here with the guitar, and I'll just do what some of you boys do. Hallelujah, glory, stick around, [unintelligible comments]

You know something? I've been in that kind of tommyrot for years. Not for years, because I quit a long, long time ago. But you ought to be have been here mostly, and you ought to have been running around this building about now, just what you hear tonight. (Uh?) You've been hearing the Word of God. I knew a place ...?... It's the truth, not the chorus that sets you free honey. It's not the emotions that sets you free. It's the truth that sets you free. [Someone says, 'Amen'] You weren't even saying, "Amen." You know why? You didn't have a chance, you had to listen, and that's just the way I like it. Keep listening.

25. God said, "Abraham, I have made you the father of nations, and I still bring it to pass." (Uh?) Abraham became what God said he was. Oh, this is the language everybody hates, especially Pentecostal people. Well, you're not organized Pentecostals, so you're alright, I trust the actual real Holy Ghost Pentecostal's, not by doctrine, but by the literal infilling. Because you know that God told a big fat lie, he called Abraham what he wasn't. You heard people say, "I won't say that, because I'd be a liar. I wasn't killed two thousand years ago, and I'm not here, because you say, "I won't be a liar."

Well, I've got news for you honey, the Bible says, "Let every man be a liar, but let God be true."

[Rom 3:4a] And God said, "Abraham, I have made you a father of nations." [Gen 17:5b] And he wasn't the father of anything. But when Abraham said what God said he was, he became. "So, you're preaching Christian Science." Whoa, I don't care what you call it honey, doesn't bother me, but I can read my Bible, this man called God, this Spirit, individual that's supposed to never change, and be all the things He said He was, He looked down, the poor old boy, that hungered for a son, had a barren wife and couldn't do anything about it, and getting old now and He said, "I've made you a father of nations."

26. And he said, "Hallelujah, that satisfies me." Gave me a ...?... of what God said what he already was, and he became it. You noticed how God worded it? He said, "See, that's a revelation." That's got to be revelation, because poor old Abraham looked and he just, "Don't see a thing." [Bro. Vayle chuckles] It was a revelation. See, look and keep looking. Don't turn around now, keep looking. "See, I have made you a father of many nations, and I will multiply you."

Why did God put it in the past tense? What matter does it make where God puts it? He's not the great 'was', or the great 'will be', He's the great 'I Am'. There's no future or past, God is all present anyway, but He speaks this way to you and to me. To get us to understand that God's immutable and His Word is immutable, that He's omnipotent and His Word's omnipotent, He's God, and His Word are one. And if He said it, that's it!

27. Now, Abraham is going to get older and sicker and God knows what. But that's ...?... He's going to bring you right down to a place, we will talk about later, we was seminally dead. I said, he was seminally dead. But God raises the dead. You say, "Man, I got that kind of faith?" Oh, you're just getting wise, now you're just getting it. That's why I'm not praying for the sick, we maybe before the week's over. When you can came and say, "Bro. Vayle, I've got it, [snaps fingers twice] I'll pray for you'll be healed right then, so I'm not going to waste my time and yours. Otherwise, because we'd only hurt you.

Here's one of the hardest things to learn about faith. And yet it's within our power to do this very thing with this faith even as God caused Abraham to follow in that the principle of faith. And that is to learn to put things in the past tense, and recognize them done in spite of the fact that it's not yet manifestedly done. It's like you receiving a letter from your lawyer saying I have placed in the bank in trust the deeds to some properties, it's over in Australia and it's worth a lot of money. And you're so happy because you know that he is placing your name that's worth, you haven’t seen the property, but just the same that doesn't bother you, because you know it's yours, you've got the deed. This Word is greater than any title deed that any man can give anybody, because God gave it to you.

28. Now, if you think I'm giving you a story which isn't true, I want you to turn to the Book of Luke 13: we'll read verses 12-13, and I want you to see where Jesus, who was God, very God manifested in the flesh, did a very, very, very terrible thing. Notice, let's read in verse 10 down.

(10) And (Jesus) was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

(11) And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.

It was all over, she was tied, it was finished. So, don't even bother praying it's too late. Is that so? Listen to the rest of It!

(12) And when Jesus saw her, (that's the difference) ... (He) said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed...

In the Greek, it is woman, you have been loosed. I said, "Loosed," said she, "What kind of a kook is this fellow, that says He's Jesus the Son of God. I'm loosed? I can't get up, I'm all bowed over, I can't understand it." Now, that's good Pentecostal Twentieth Century Assembly of God, Oneness, and what have you teaching and reaction. Also Presbyterian, Catholic, Methodist, Nazarene, Brethren, Church of Christ. May be you can forget about them, because they don't even believe it. Christ without Christ would be more like it. So, just mark them off. (Uh?)

29. Just what He said to Abraham, He said to his daughter, the daughter of Abraham, "You have been loosed." She said, "Hallelujah." He said, "It's I must be loosed." What's the next verse say?

(13) And (then) he laid his hands on her: and...she was made (whole.)

"Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, believe that you have them, and you shall have them." (Uh?) You say, "Bro. Vayle, that'll make me learn to talk like God." What do you think I'm driving at? (Uh?)

Remember, Bro. Branham taught you? He said, when you say this mountain, "Be thou removed." He said, "And maybe just one teaspoon of that mountain starts to go. Maybe even a little later on it's just a cup full gone. Maybe later on, it's just a scoop shovel gone. As time goes on, it's just a chunk of a bulldozer's goes out. But the day is coming when that mountain's gone.

Why? Because don’t you see we have the equipment. You see why now I keep saying, "We've got to come for revelation and still say the same thing, because I'm giving you the truth tonight. I'm quoting you the Word, I'm not telling you one single solitary lie. It's going to take God's Spirit to make this thing dynamic in your life and mine.

30. If we do nothing else but come together for the next six weeks and pray three hours a night, It'll be more than worth our time to that, just say, "God give me the revelation of what I have in You and from You." Because it's got to be alive, it was alive to Abraham when God said, "See, I have made you a father." He said,

"That's it, that's it, that's it, I am a father." And maybe changed his name, he's happy to change his name, because God said he was a father.

And this woman, the daughter of Abraham, was responding in the very same way. "When He said, "Thou hast been loosed." On Calvary you were healed. She said, "Praise God I've got It." It was only then Christ laid hands on her and she was healed.

Now, every child of God, every true Seed, because remember, it's the Seed that has it, not the rest. Just the Seed. Because if you've got that measure of faith, that brings the Holy Ghost right into your life, you're baptized with the Holy Ghost, baptized into His body, you then that word 'redeem' means to 'buy back'. You will agree with ...?... in Him were brought back. And now if she was the one member manifestation of God, together if we're Bride, we are the many membered manifestation and see we've got that faith. We'll respond the same way as Jesus did, as this woman did as Abraham did. Exactly right, no other way about it.

31. Tonight you may say, "I can't see it." Many can see it. I'm going to sit on my hands. I can't do it. But how many got it? (Uh?) Good, if you had enough get yourself ready and I'll pray for you. You say, "I doubt it." "Let God be true but every man a liar." [Rom 3:4a] Is that Bible? Exactly correct.

You say, "I'm not using it. " You can if you will. How do you know? Elijah was a man of a right passion. He was had his troubles too, but he shut the heavens for three and a half years. He called in, he called down fire too on three groups of fifty. I don't admire him for it, but I sure admire that he could to do it. [2 Kg 1:9] You say, "It doesn't seem to work." It's not the faith's fault, it's the vessel's fault. (See?)

You say, "I don't see this." Naturally. How many of you people see your hair? Everybody's bald headed. Well there you are. [laughter] I knew it ...?... I thought you were the funniest looking ducks I'd seen, nobody with any hair. Not a person with any hair. I've seen ...?.... Does anybody see their stockings? No, nobody got socks shame on you. ...?...

32. Well, that way it is with faith, we don't feel it. In fact many times you have to go against your feelings. Certainly, nothing to do with your feelings. Why? Because your feelings aren't God. (See?) Faith is based upon God, it's a gift of God. It's literally the actual attribute of Christ Himself when He said, "Have faith in God." Though a man couldn’t understand why his stomach wasn't healed with epilepsy and all. "If thou canst see that all things are possible to him that believeth." [Mk 9:23] And if all things are possible then there is no limitation, or anyplace where we may be placed, but what we are able to more than overcome.

As the Scripture says., "We are more than conquerors. We're killed all the day long, we're accounted for sheep for the slaughter." [Mk 8:36-37] But in all these things we are coming out more surplus, and victorious. "Run though a troop and jump over a wall." [Ps 18:29]

33. Now, you may not feel it, you may doubt it, you may refuse to use it, but you still have it if you're Seed. And you are responsible to use it, or you'll never please God. Don't you admire hero's of faith? Every missionary's book, or anything ,you love to see about the man that believed God. It makes you weep to read about a Hudson Taylor, who deliberately would not ask... even his boss for his salary, because he knew when he gets to mission fields there'd be no one to ask but God, and God would have to do it. And there he was penniless and hungry with no money to buy anything, or pay his rent. He was literally locked out, and he just sat waiting and the boss suddenly came in, and literally in tears, he said, "Why didn't you ask?"

"Because I was going to make you, or God make you do it, or somebody else gives me."

I want to ask that's living. I think it's tremendous to look at these pictures where you see little kids in Acapulco and places, may be dive a hundred and fifty feet, sure that's nice. But I'll tell you, there's nothing thrills me like you read a story of a man who can stand up and believe God. Because every-thing pales and is insignificant in the face of a hero of faith marching against principalities and powers and defying and victorious when all around was death and decay. And every single one tonight is a Seed of God has got the measure of the aith of Jesus Christ, not one lacking.

34. Now, the trouble is, we are not recognizing the presence of our faith, and admitting it, and working that out as we ought to. Now, it may come as a shock to us tonight, to think of possessing this measure of faith with so little results. That ...?... may be so great you'll even wonder if you've even got it. But listen to me, if you and I are children of God, then tonight we have something even greater than faith, which is the Life of God Himself. And how much of that are we showing tonight? (Uh?)

You deny your faith and you're on your way to hell, because that's exactly Scripture. You deny Jesus Christ, you're on your way to hell. Oh would you deny tonight Jesus Christ at the chance of your eternal life, would you? But yet how much truth can anybody here dare to stand to his feet and say, "I truly manifest the living God of Zion, as son of God." You wouldn't dare anymore than I would. Yet you cannot help but confess that He is in your life, and you are joined to Him, or you're reprobate and you're on your way to hell. And if you've got Jesus Christ, then you've got His faith. Is that correct? (Uh?) Well, we're gaining ground.

35. Let me show you why I teach this way. Over here in the Book of Isaiah, this we find, (and I guess I could quote It, maybe a little stumbling around would be easier to find) we'll try to quote Isaiah 55: 8, It says:

(8) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

(9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Is that correct? In other words, you couldn't even begin to think in your wildness moments the thoughts of God. Is that right?

36. Turn now to the Book of Romans 11:33, to get the same things:

(33) O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his (what?) judgments,...

On your own, you'll never find them. You couldn't dare to strive for them.

(33) ....and his ways are past finding out! (It takes a revelation.)

Now, turn to Romans with me now, we're going to talk about something that should thrill you, or might scare you. In Romans 1:16-17

(16) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of (Jesus) Christ: for it (the Gospel) is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

(17) For therein (what therein? For in the gospel) is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

What is revealed in the Gospel? Tell me somebody. [Someone says something] That's there, but you missed it. Not that one. (Uh?) The righteousness of God. Whose righteousness? Does the Gospel reveal your righteousness, tell me? [Someone says, "No."] Are you sure? Who's righteousness is revealed? God's righteousness.! You satisfied?

37. All right, turn to [Romans] 3:25, It says:

(25) Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness...

Is that your righteousness? Who's is it? God's righteousness. Verse 26

(26) To declare... at this time his righteousness: (to declare at this time who's? God's righteousness, that God) might be just, and the (declarer, or) justifier (the One that declares righteous, those who) believeth in Jesus. (You follow it?)

38. All right, hold it in mind. Turn now to 1 Corinthians, 1:30. and we'll see now where we're going:

(30) But of (Jesus, of Him, of God, same verses) are (you in union, the Word) in Christ Jesus, (always means in union with, joined.) But (of) him are (you) in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Who has become our righteousness? [Someone says "Christ."] Are you sure? All right, 2 Corinthians 5:21

(21) For (God) hath made (Jesus) to be sin for us, (this Jesus) who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God (by our union with) him.

What are you tonight according to Scripture? Say It: [congregation says, "The righteousness of God."] Hmm, now, let’s settle it. "For he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit." Is that correct? Did your spirit make God's Spirit believe? So, He is no longer God, and God makes your spirit like God's. What is it? Tonight are you the righteousness of God? You feel like it? No, hasn't got a thing to do with feelings. Do you act like it? No. But are you the righteousness of God? Say it: "I am the righteousness of God." All together: "I am the righteousness of God." If you aren't, you're going plumb to hell.

39. Let me prove it to you. If you took the righteousness of every man since Adam, even without sin, and put it all in one human being, you would not dare approach unto God. You'd fall for Him, the life of the judgments of God. You wouldn't dare approach. Tonight, it is either grace, or perish. It is either Christ or death. And if you are not the righteousness of God, (not of your own) because the Gospel does not declare your rightnessess . But It declares, "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." [Rom 4:8] God will not impute sin to you, He never has and He never will. Because justification is not the same as forgiveness. Forgiveness of course means: 'removed the guilt from the offending one'. And not imputed unto him. Even if though he had never sinned, and even healed the breach. That's what forgiveness is, and that's what God did by Christ dying.

But listen, to justify, means that he never gave into sin. (Uh?) Oh, this is rough, gives you a head-ache thinking about it. Give you a heart ...?... ...?... Take away your heartache, may leave you with a headache, but take away your heartache even if you didn’t get it. God never gave into sin to the Bride, He couldn't. So, He redeemed her. That means He bought her back, and He justifies her and forgave her through Christ's death, He propitiated. Propitiate means to 'turn away the wrath of the offender, from the offended one'.

40. And that's what Jesus did, turned away the wroth by His death, and God could not impute to her. Why? Because She's always has been of His member. She was in Him before the foundation of the world. As God became a single member being in Christ, now the Bride, every single born again member since the time of Jesus' Resurrection, has become a part of the many membered body of Jesus Christ. And you can't bring two streams, because God ...?... It's a tremendous thing that only God can turn and make even evil work together for good. So, He couldn't impute sin Himself, but then He died for the members.

And tonight you are absolutely as righteous as God, because you have become His righteousness on the grounds of your union with Him. Now, that's difficult, but it's true, I've told you the truth. You accept that tonight? And if you accept that, you must accept that you have a measure of His faith, and that's all there is to it.

I'm going to tell you about this righteousness , this is the very thing that Dr. Kenyon discovered in his studies. When you come to the place of a revelation of God's righteousness, then you can lick the devil but not before. Because every single time the devil is going to point his finger at you, and he's going to say you haven't got the power, because you are a failure.

41. Dr. [E.W.] Kenyon [1867-1948] said, "When I realized that I had become the very righteousness of God by my union with God, no more, no less, but by an absolute union with God, so I have become a new creation. God broke down that middle wall of partition, He became, he was that missing link between God and man. And God and man met in Jesus Christ, and now God meets through you, making you the same God man. Remember, it's the body that the church has the fullness of God. One member, one has it, but now all together we've got it.

And he said, "When I remembered that I was the righteousness of God, then every devil trembled, and every cancer fled from that time on, my ministry was victorious." (Uh?) People try to lie and say that Dr. Kenyon died of thick dissolution, poor old decrepit man." That's a lie, and every one of these melee mouth foul Christ . Word hating detractors will do it. Whether they're Nazarenes, Baptist's, Pentecostal, Mormon it's just plain heathen without a title. Like the heathen with the title, it sounds great. Oh, they tried to besmirch his character and said he died. I heard them, but I happen to know that how it would to a product in his ministry. They're still living in their seventies in Seattle having a great time glorifying God. And they knew, because they were there, the one night dear old Bro. Kenyon ripe in years, but healthy strong, simply went to bed, slept on this side, and got up on that side wide awake. Just like the Bible said, "God just took his breath."

42. This is the lesson that God keep trying to show Bro. Branham when we were with him in Topeka, Kansas, the word came that a young man building a church the entire wall fell on him. Spleen ruptured his liver, caved his chest in and the news came Bro. Branham was having breakfast. "Now. (he said) isn't this something, (he said) here I am just a man, but wouldn't it be good if Jesus were here?"

And the word came and changed this young man that loved his dog, almost dead. Well, he knew him. He said, "Why, he's just going to heal him ," But he said of course, "I'm not Jesus."

And he thought within himself, "Well, (he said) I can't very well go and pray, too much for a prayer of faith, don't expect you to, because (he said) you see, his hands aren't too clean, I'm not the kind of man like God. Jesus could do it, because He is perfect, but I can't do those things."

And then he thought , "Yes, every now and then I get a vision. Now, if God gives a vision I can lay on hands, because that never fails. I'll go and lay on hands in the vision, and I'll say, 'arise', and the man will arise."

The Spirit of God said, "Aren't they the same hands, with or without the vision?"

He said, "I'll go and pray."

43. He went down there and the face of that wife just snarling and sneering, because God does...she's Pentecostal too. Because God doesn't do those things you know. Bro. Branham prayed that prayer of faith and that man was out of that hospital. (See?) Look, when you realize those hands are as righteous the hands of God. Don't look at the flesh now. That prophet's nothing. I'm not saying let him get messed up. I'm just saying you look at those hands, they're as righteous as God's hands, because there is where righteousness is , His righteousness declares, not yours, and not even your righteousness that comes out of His righteousness is declared, It's His righteousness is declared. And that's where it leaves It. But you get it by being united with Him.

44. You can say tonight, "I'm as righteous as God." You can also say, "I have that measure of the faith of God. I've got mountain moving faith." You have too. I may never use it, I may be ashamed to say it, but I've got it. If I simply put it away in a napkin, and put it under a pillow, or hid in the ground, I've still got it.

All right, repeat after me: "I have the faith of God."

Say it: "I have the faith of God."

Say this: "I have God's own faith."

[Congregation repeats] "I have God's own faith."

"I have within me now mountain moving faith."

[Congregation repeats] "I have within me now mountain moving faith."

"I do have it right now, the very faith of Jesus."

[Congregation repeats] "I do have it right now, the very faith of Jesus."

"I have the ability to call things which are not as though they were."

[Congregation repeats] "I have the ability to call things which are not as though they were."

"There is nothing impossible to me."

[Congregation repeats] "There is nothing impossible to me."

"The measure of faith brings all the promises of God."

[Congregation repeats' "The measure of faith brings all the promises of God."

45. Now, you know why I had you confess it? Because It says over here in 2 Corinthians 4:13

(13) We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I (have) believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

You see why you confess it? Because you've got the faith of God. Everyone tonight is a child of God as a measure of that mountain moving faith.

Now, our time's gone, (at least I'm going to quit at this particular spot here) we may review a little bit tomorrow night, as you can see each night I cut down. And the reason I review is because it gets a hold of you. In other words, it becomes a part of you by repartition. Even the apostle Paul repeated. And he wasn't against repeating, because It says over here...and I can't quote it for you, but I can find It in the Book of Philippians 3:

(1) Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

He said, "I don't mind doing it, and I know it's good for you, and I like repeating It, and I know it will help you too."

46. So, that's why we do it. It's absolutely scriptural. In fact I know, there isn't anybody here that's in the genius class. See, even know when we were little kids, and heard the little verse,

"Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

And all the kings horses and all the kings men, couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again."

Now, the first time you heard it, you couldn’t say it. You might have tried, but you missed it. But after somebody kept saying it over and over and over it got a hold of you. And that's what I do, because the secret of memory depends upon retention. And retention depends upon impression. If the first impression is enough, if I can get some method to make you either makes you laugh, or keep yourself looking silly and we get it that good.

But the way...the first rule of successful pedagogy, or teaching, is go over and over. And we're going over it. You've got a measure of faith of Jesus Christ. There's no doubt about it. You'd never would be born without a doubt. It's a measure of the faith of God Himself. It's the faith that He predicted. It's the faith that Abraham had. It's the kind of faith that knows all about the kind of God there is. "He calleth those things which are not as though they were." [Rom 4L17b] Put in the past tense, because they can't help but be that way. He's the God that raises the dead, nothing shall be impossible to you.

47. See, that just takes the revelation of it, but keeps thinking it, keeps thinking it, and keeps thinking it. It just like eating olives. The first time you eat olives you didn't like them. Some people never do learn to like them. But you eat enough olives you'll learn to like them. Just like shrimp. I don't like shrimp. You keep eating shrimp, you'll like it. Another thing, you get hungry enough you'll like it. So, either you keep on eating the Word concerning your faith, or you get hungry enough. If you keep on, you'll come to a place where you'll get it, It'll get hold of you. Or you'll get so hungry you'll begin ready, looking into the matter.

So, there it is, you've got a measure of the faith of God. It makes every promise sure. But remember, don't forget that this faith puts you in a place where Paul was, pressed out of measure. (See?) What are we afraid of? Aren't we afraid of being pressed out of measure? That's it, we don't need it anymore, because you've got the Word of faith. (See?) Don't need to worry, about dents when you've got a million dollars in the bank. Say, who cares, let them roll in, it's fun writing checks.

48. You know something, you couldn't spend a million dollars, couldn't, and neither could I. You could never exhaust your faith either. There's no limit to it. Do you know what Paul said about faith? He said, "Thought I have all faith to move mountains." [! Cor 13:2b] But Jesus said, "If though I have the faith of a grain of a mustard seed, I can move mountains." [Mt 17:20b] So, big faith and little faith, aren't big and little faith at all, it's the same faith, which can either be big things, or little things. Faith ...?... of you taking that measure of faith and doing big things like moving mountains. If you're happy to just have a little wart removed, and you can't believe that God that took care of the wart, will take care of the cancer, you'll never get rid of your cancer.

But you see, the God that took care of the wart by the measure of your faith is the same God that has the same measure of faith that takes care of the cancer. You know that? That's all, I'm not lying to you, that's the absolute truth. I've proved it to you, because Jesus said, "A grain of mustard seed faith moves a mountain." Paul said, "All faith moves mountains." So therefore, put little or all them together means what? It simply means the same faith will do anything either big or small, it's up to you, think big. (Uh?)

49. You know why Bro. Branham was so unique? He's the only man I know in the Twentieth Century was bigger on the inside, than he was on the outside. Most men are big on the outside and pretty small on the inside. But that man was bigger on the inside, then he was on the outside. That's why he could have a prayer line, and by his faith, and before he died even he admitted that if God would allow him, every person in the building would go out healed, because he has that power. But God said, "Get them to believe." (See?)

You want to get help tonight, I'm here to help you. Only one way to help is to get your faith up. Get you to see, you have the faith of God, and that measure is sufficient. If it were not, He would have given you more, but it's enough. Let's pray. Let's rise shall we.

Gracious Heavenly Father, we thank You again tonight for Your Presence. We thank You, Lord God, that Thou art here in the midst of the people, because Thou art in them. And because You are in them, we believe You're going to work through them, but it's going to be according to Your Word. Because even when You were upon earth you said what? "I hear My Father say, that I say. What I see My Father do, that I do." And the will of that Man, that God Man, was in perfect subjection to the Spirit.

Lord, tonight we are in a position here as a many membered body of Christ, if indeed we are, and we believe we are, Lord, part of that body, to see the Lord of glory, that Father's Spirit work in and through us according to Word. There's none of us that do not have the sufficiency. The sufficiency of Thy grace, O God, the sufficiency of Thy faith, of Thy Spirit, of Thy love, of Thy Word. Of all the attributes, Lord, we have not been wanting, but we're surplus Christians, we are more than conquerors. Yea, though we are even counted as sheep for the slaughter. Killed all the day long, we're more than conquerors. Not life, and that scares some of us. And not death, that also frightens us, creation, faith to come, faith past. Oh, remember, the shadows, we are face to face, no, none of those things. Lord. No, nothing scares us, because we're surplus Christians, Hallelujah.

Let it be dark, God makes it light. Let it be light, God makes it light. No matter what it is, we're more than conquerors, surplice, because of the faith of God Himself. We don't need to worry about our condition, we don’t have to fuss about ourselves, because we know we have become the righteousness of God. It's simply letting faith cover that breast plate of righteousness. And it's advancing in faith that we are what He said He is, that we are. And we become manifestly so, those Christians who walk like Jesus Christ.

Lord, when they told You to deny that You're the Son of God, You said, If I do, I'm a lair just like you. If You're to deny that, that minute that I know that, even as that God-man, they see that man there walked, he walking into sin. Lord, I know you don't walk right into sin. But as long as You confess that truth, You could say to people, which of you can find even one word wrong with Me, and nobody could do it. Because You confessed what was true. Lord, tonight it is true that we have become Your righteousness, by our union. It scares us, but thank God we took a step by saying it. And go on, Lord, so the revelation becomes ours.

Now, Father, we're going away again for a little while. Come again tomorrow night, if You so please to bring us together. Father, don't let one word be lost. Your Own Word once more told us and we're relying on It. That's why we're talking this way. It's a Spirit that was given to bring all things to our remembrance. And I don't know anything more important, Lord, to remember that what You have become to us. Otherwise, we would be so dishonoring that You came, and became and made us and we knew it not, How tragic, how ungrateful, how rebellious. Surely, Lord, we wouldn’t even have a right to look at Satan, and challenge him that he was certainly a wrongly constituted person to do what he did. If we tonight with all the attributes of God accord us, imputed to us, and part of us, we stand back and deny what we have become to our union with Christ.

Father, forgive us, because we have been just that naughty. Lord, we need a fresh back in the blood as it were, another cleansing through the Spirit of God. Lord, prove tonight then, illuminate our minds and our hearts until the torch flames once more, revealing those flaming torches. The burning emitting Word, the Sword of God, manifest living epistles, read and known of all men.

Father, I believe that the kind of praying You'd want to hear from our lips tonight. Because It's in Your Word. Grant it therefore, now unto the King Eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be all power and honor and glory through Jesus Christ indwelling these lives, because we want to give Him glory. Amen. God bless you.