Episode 179: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 145

Episode Summary:

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. (John 11:21-27)

19 And we’ll find out every time that God is right. He thinks with his head, but he believes in his heart. Now, the devil thinks through his mind to show him something with his eye. But his heart will make him believe something that would be impossible to look at, because it’s the faith that he has in his heart. He believes with his heart for things that he can’t see. And the devil turns around and takes his head and makes him scientifically prove something. And his heart turns around and denies it.

Oh, if we could get away from our head knowledge and head religion, to heart religion where God could go to work in the Church… Out of our head into our heart… A man believes in his heart. He thinks with his head, believes in his heart.

Now, the mind reasons things. The heart doesn’t reason at all. It just believes what God says. But you see, today we’re so scientific, oh, we Americans anyhow. We are so scientific; it has to be all proved out to us.

20 In the old days when someone said the Lord did a miracle they just believed it. They thought, “That’s all right. Thank the Lord for it.” But today, oh, we’ve got to scientific take it down and prove it. And if it can be proved scientifically, then it’s not faith any more. Oh, I hope you get that. If it’s scientific, it isn’t faith any more.

What if Moses would’ve said, “Wait a minute here. Let me stop for a minute. What kind of a chemical spray has been put on that tree? Them leaves are on fire, but they’re not burning. You know what I’ll do? When it quits burning, I’ll pick off some of those leaves and take them down to the laboratory. And I’ll have them, the chemicals analyzed, and just find out what kind of a scientific thing this is.”

If he would’ve had that kind of a thought, God would’ve never said, “Take off your shoes.” What did he do? He walked up humbly. He didn’t care what the fire, how it was burning, or whether the tree burned up or not; he was searching for God. And every other child of God will believe it the same way. He heard a voice that said, “Take off your shoes, Moses. You’re on holy ground.”

21 If you go down to the meeting tonight, and you come down to find some kind of a fault… “The people make too much noise. The preacher preaches too long. I can scientifically tell you there’s people there that’s weary. They oughtn’t to stay up that long at night.” Go ahead. But those who come with their shoes off, with their head knowledge left behind, and a heart open for God, you’ll hear a voice say, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

“I’ll go down and count how many members of my church attended that revival. And I’ll hurry right back to tell the pastor that our good Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist brethren are down there. What a disgrace.” Well, there you go again, back with the head. God deals with the heart.

58-0326 – “United Under One Head”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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