Now, in here, His written Word. And…[Blank spot on tape—Ed.]…bring forth of its kind if you’ll just receive It in your heart and believe It. You can’t…you might read the Word and be such a scholar till you know all the—the ins and outs of the Word, but that will never do no…you no good until It first becomes quickened to you. See. And if you only know one Word and It’s quickened, that’s what you need (See.), just one Word. Jesus spake the Word; “He sent His Word, and healed them.” And I believe as if I could give an illustration so the children might understand. Let’s take Him speaking yonder, two thousand years ago, and they’re, them Words are floating through the air, and I raise up this Bible and They [Brother Branham hits his Bible—Ed.] hit against the side of the Bible and I turn them around [Blank spot on tape.] Words. If you could tune down some kind of a instrument that would pick up His Words that He spoke literally, you could hear it coming through a television set or something, of two thousand years ago when He was here, It would be just like it is here on this Book. See. His Voice would only be the differen; one would be audible and this is the written Word. Believe it. It’s the foundation of all Christianity and our hope of Life after this life is over. Now, I wish to read some out of this Word, in the 5th chapter of Saint Luke. And you who want to mark it down, we’d be happy if you wanted to do it. It’s just a little Scripture here that Jesus Christ was getting someone ready for a great ministry, and the husbandmen must be partakers of the fruit. And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake…Gennesaret, And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down…for the draught. …Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all…night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when he had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their nets brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down on, at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fish which he had taken: And so was also James…John, the sons of Zebedee, and the partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto them, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

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