Episode 111: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 77

Episode Summary:

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:15-18)

41 It reminds me of a lady in Chicago. Her boy went away to a seminary, to learn to be a minister, some Bible school and seminary. And while he was away, the old mother took real seriously sick. And so they sent word for the boy to ‘stand by,’ his mother with such a high fever, she had pneumonia, and said that (she) it—it might be an emergency call. So the boy packed his clothes and got ready. Finally, the next day, he never heard no word through the night, and the next day, said, “All is well.”

42 So about a year later, he returned from the school in the East, some great school of teaching. And he came home and he greeted his precious mother, and he said, after talking a while, said, “Mother, I never did get the chance to ask you what happened.” Said, “One night they told me to ‘stand by’, and the next morning, said you were ‘well.’” Said, “What drug did the—the doctor use?”

Said, “Honey, the doctor didn’t use nothing.”

He said, “Well, how did you do it?”

43 Said, “You know where that little mission is down here on… almost to the loop, there at the square?”

“Yes.”

44 Said, “There was a lady. They was having a prayer meeting down there, one night, in this little mission, that poor little humble bunch of people, and,” said, “one of them was inspired to come up here and see me. And two women came, and they asked me if they could bring their pastor up and—and pray for me, and anoint me with oil, and—and,” said, “and lay their hands upon me, that I’d be well.” And said, “You know, I told them ‘sure.’ And they brought the pastor up, and he laid his hands upon me, and prayed.” And said, “Honey, he read it right out of the Bible, Mark the 16th chapter, said, ‘These signs will follow them that believe.’” And said, “You know what? The next morning, the doctor was so puzzled, he didn’t know what to do. There was no fever in me.”

45 “Oh,” he said, “mother, you didn’t associate with that group, did you?” Said, “See,” he said, “we in the school, we learned that Mark 16, from the 9th verse on, is not inspired.”

She said, “Glory to God!”

46 “Why,” he said, “mother, you’re beginning to act like those people.”

47 She said, “I was just thinking something.” Said, “I’ve been reading the Bible, all the way through, and other promises in other places, too, similar to that.” And said, “I was just thinking, if God could heal me with the uninspired, what would He do with that really is inspired?” That’s right.

48 To me, it’s all inspired. God, give me faith to believe it and confirm it!

64-0621 – “The Trial”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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