Come back and said, not long after that, some man bought a car from him. He slipped off and didn't pay it. See? Said, "Brother Branham..."

I thought, "The poor man!" Owed him four hundred dollars. I said, "I pray." I sent the Word. The Word went, got on his track, found him.

When, we went down to find the man. He, never a Christian, see, he did--he did... He laughed. They asked him, go to church, one time. He said, "Well, while the preacher is preaching, I'll look for pretty blondes." So, you see, you can't find... Yeah. That's--that's--that's devil, that's, see, so the Word couldn't hold on to him.

What did the Word do? It kept him in eye. See? Just don't... Brother Welch just kept holding on, said, "It'll be all right. It'll be all right." The Word went after him. See? "If ye abide in Me, and My Word in you, ask what you will." See? The Word got after him.

First thing you know, one of his boys was driving along, down here on the road, and there it was. He seen the man in the car, got his number, turn, turned in, to Brother Woods. They called it, find out where it was. He was in Bowling Green.

God in Heaven knows, I never heard one word about it, knowed nothing about it.

Last Sunday, it was a week ago, afternoon, when we got through preaching here, went up there and changed my clothes, and got ready to go to Florida, for the... or down... Brother Welch, for the meeting that following night. When I got in the car, I seen that man. I said, "Brother Welch..." I couldn't tell him, now. He's got to make the move, hisself, see, just like Meda had to make her decision there. See? I said, "We're going through Bowling Green."

He said, "That's about thirty miles out of the way."

Went on down the road. I thought, "Oh, he--he, he'll--he'll get it. See? He'll get it. See? He's just got to get it."

Went on down. Sister Evans and I... And after while, he said, "You know, Brother Branham," he said, "have I been so thick-headed?" Said, "You said Bowling Green, a while ago."

"Yeah."

He said, "You know that man that got my money, run off with it?"

"Yes."

Said, "He's in Bowling Green. I been thinking about it. Just... I got a thing here. I'm going to turn it over, find where he's at. Then I'm going to turn..." I said...

Said, "What would you do? Would you go on down there, get your money?"

Now, see, if I tell him, then... See, he's got something to do, hisself. See? He's got something to do. I couldn't tell him. If I did, it would break the vision right there. See? So I had to let... See? Just like...

Why did Jesus stand there, say to Mary and Martha, "Take ye away the stone"? Why, He was God. He could said, "Stone, be no more," and it wouldn't been there. But she had something to do.

Why did He stand there, look upon the harvest? You believe He was the Lord of the harvest? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] He said to His disciples, "You pray the Lord of the harvest, that He will send laborers into His harvest." Other words, "You ask Me to do what I'm going to do." See?

We're buddies. We're--we're... It's a Church. We've got something to do, ourself. You've got something to do. Here is the Gospel, I know It, but if you just set here and don't preach It, what good is It going to do? See? You got something do. You got to make an effort. You got... You say, "Well, I believe God can heal, but I just don't know." Stand up and let that Word become your word. Believe It. Don't reason It; just believe It.

I said, "Well..." I knowed, if he didn't go, he was going to lose it. I said, "If it was me, if it was me, I'd go get my money right now." And he did. When he got the man up out of the bed, he had some money. He just called over to the neighbor, got the rest of it, paid it off.

What is it? It's the Word. See, if It can find a place, It can turn. Now, same thing on Divine healing.

Now, what if Brother Welch would have said, "Well, don't think I'll go down; just think I'll go the other way." What if that fellow say, "Well, I ain't going out there where that car ain't"? See? It won't happen.

But you've got to believe. You've got to believe it. And that's... Then that falls into an atmosphere of faith, and it's got to produce it. It's just got to. Oh, that's...

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