Topic: Divine healing & miracles

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Why does First Corinthians 12 speak of 'gifts of healing' in the plural?

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Gather the people together, and speak to the rock. I’m going to try to start this prayer line about right now. Pray for all that I can…?…It won’t…Everyone will be prayed for tonight. What I’m speaking for now, is trying to find…?…for God in the…?… Moses had brought all the children of Israel through...

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Were people in the Bible healed without anyone praying for them?

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The brass serpent couldn’t pray for no one, could it? The pool of Bethesda, the Angel didn’t pray for no one. It was a troubled water. Is that right? They just looked and lived with the brass serpent. And in the days of the apostles, they laid in the shadow of Peter and was healed. Now, if you don’t...

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Why were people healed when Peter's shadow passed over them?

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So therefore, the same Spirit that was in that day, is here today. The same signs, wonders, miracles are being performed. The same people are believing in the same manner. When they seen the apostle Peter, and recognized him to have the gift of God in him when he called out and told the people what...

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What should you say if symptoms appear after hands have been laid on you for healing?

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Now, the Bible said, “These signs shall follow them that believe.” Is that right? “If they…” Now, that’s the last Words that Jesus give the Church. “If they lay their hands on the sick…” What will happen? “They shall recover.” Now, if symptoms should arise, what would you say? “It is written.” Is th...

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What must a person commit to before hands are laid on them for healing?

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This is a sacred order of the Church, that, “These signs shall follow them that believe; if they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover.” Now, that wasn’t me that said that; that was Jesus Christ Who said that. Now, the first thing you must do, is surrender yourself entirely to Christ, and...

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Did the woman who touched Jesus' garment have a Scripture promise for her healing?

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Now, listen to the Scripture, not the promise that you have. But she said in her heart, “If I touch His garment, I will be whole.” See? Now, you have more than that. You have a Divine promise. Is that right? You have a Divine promise, and a Divine gift here in your midst now. Just look how much more...

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What is the difference between a healing and a miracle?

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And I want you to get to you people something here, that I believe that you people in Cleveland know this…?…You know, many of you gets the wrong conception of Divine healing. Now, this is not a gift to perform miracles. Miracles is a separate and different gift from healing. Did you know that? The B...

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What did Jesus say caused the deaf and dumb man's condition?

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Now, I want you to notice the arrangements of the Scripture here. First, the blind man. And he just…?…Yea, he said, “Lord, have mercy.” And Jesus said, “I can if you believe that I can.” (Did you get it?) Then He… They said, “Lord, we believe.” So He touched their eyes and said, “Now, according to y...

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Who has the right to pray for the sick?

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Now, I know there’s people goes through the country, and says they’re the only one that has the right to pray for the sick, and so forth. Now, that is an error. Any Christian has the right to pray for the sick. The Bible said, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for the other.” Everybo...

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How does Brother Branham define the supernatural?

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Oh, what I would think tonight, “Lord, let us look a past the curtain of time, just look over just a little peek, see what it’s all about.” We’re fighting here tonight a great warfare: right against wrong: Word of God against modern theology, and trying to make the—the Word of God, bring It to the p...

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Why might someone healed of cancer feel worse about three days later?

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Someone wrote me a letter today, a woman that was healed with cancer. She said, “For the first two or three days, I was gloriously, I felt wonderful. Then on the third day,” said, “I had an awful upset. Have I lost my healing?” Now, that should be explained in every m—every case each night. No, that...

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Why did Jesus pass by crippled people without healing them?

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Jesus passed by the cripples and left them lay there. He said, “I can do nothing except the Father shows Me first.” Is that right? Saint John 5:19. “Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself but what He sees the Father doing.” See? It has to be showed first. Balaam, when he tried to c...

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Was Brother Branham against doctors and medical treatment?

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When you get out of here and some critical doctor…All doctors won’t be that narrow minded. But if some critical doctor tells you you’re not healed, and so forth, and don’t believe in that. You just go right on, and do what God told you to do. Don’t you listen to none of it. Go to another doctor if y...

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What part does a person's confession play in being healed?

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And when the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is here to inspire you, remember, God will make your body come into your confession. If you say you’re a drunkard, and want a drink. Don’t worry, you’ll soon be one. If you say you’re a sinner, and want to sin, you’ll be right into it. If you say you’re a...

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Did Brother Branham ever claim to be a divine healer?

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So…?…I said, “Well, I…The only thing that I can do,” I said, “I’ve spoke, I guess, three or four million people, direct or indirect. I have never, at any time, ever claimed to be a Divine healer.” I said, “Never. I can heal no one. But,” I said, “the things that I say, if they are of God, then God w...

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Can Brother Branham heal anyone?

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Tonight, I’d promised that we could go right straight to the prayer line. We’ve got a…?…[Blank spot on tape—Ed.] the reason that I read this just now. I was questioned just a little bit before coming here tonight by someone. Said, “Brother Branham, why don’t you heal all those people?” And I believe...

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Why did Jesus heal only one man out of a great multitude of sick people?

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But notice. When Jesus passed by there, He saw that great multitude. Doesn’t it seem like for Him, with all the powers of God in Him…I believe that He could’ve healed every person there. Don’t you believe that tonight? I believe He could’ve done it. But do you believe He was a true prophet sent from...

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Does a person receive what they come to a meeting expecting?

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Just a few words upon “Expectations.” Now, I want you to give me just very close attention, if you will. This is a little difficult. Standing here, already there’s an anointing. And then trying to come over to speak on the Word, it’s—it’s a hard thing…?…now. Expectations, usually, every one…Can you...

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What happens when a sick person keeps testifying that they still have their sickness?

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What if someone came up in the morning to your door, express agent, and throwed a whole basketful of rattlesnakes, and had your name on them. Said, “Here they are; they’re yours.” You know they’re there, just like you know your symptoms is there. If you receive them, they’re yours. But you don’t hav...

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Whose faith does healing come through?

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Now, healing can only come through faith, faith, not in my faith, but in your faith, the individual faith. I might have faith in Jesus to be saved. There’s been a many does not have faith to be saved. You cannot be saved until we have faith. I have faith in healing. Maybe you do not have faith in he...