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E-1 [The
following is a personal interview Brother Branham had with Sister Bruce during
the song service preceding the Message, "Masterpiece." He refers to this interview
(while preaching), in paragraph 57 of "The Masterpiece"--Ed.]
...?... I visit you in the hospital that...?... I prayed constantly God wouldn't
let you die, 'cause you're a value to the church. Now, I know you. I know you're
going to be all right, Sister Bruce. I believe that with all my heart.
[Sister Bruce says, "Brother Branham, most of all,
I want the experience that I been sealed in the Holy Ghost. And if God will
reveal it to your heart..."]
I believe, with all my heart that you are a real borned again believer, Sister
Bruce. How could that Spirit be...?... when you get sick you get weary. And
you're a nervous-type person.
[Sister Bruce says, "Yes."]
And--and you get things on your mind (See?), little bitty things. It just keeps
building up both ways. You'll get somebody on your heart you want to pray for
them, get up and pray for them. You can't rest till you get that person prayed
for. That's you.
Then take it on the other side. Satan maybe might present something that you...
And not this way. See? That you... The--the God... You--you're a nature. And
God works. And Satan works. Then when Satan tries to make you believe that you're
not... See? You keep building this, "Maybe this might..." See? Don't look at
yourself, Sister Bruce. Remember.
E-2 I'm fixing to pray
for you. I'm not worthy of that. I think, "What would I do if Jesus Christ was
setting here now?" and, well, "what would He do if He was setting here?" He'd
lay His hands upon you and with His great faith (See?), you'd get well.
Well now, I think, "Well, I'm a sinner; I'm not Him." But I come to represent
Him. Must, remember, me being a sinner and before God, I'm not a sinner, neither
are you; we got a Blood Sacrifice laying there. God don't even see us. He hears
our voice, but He sees the Blood of Christ. That's it. See? He sees the Blood
of His Own Son. It's our voice, Christ's Blood, and it's Christ that's talking
through us to God; so therefore, we're not sinners no more. We are Christians.
I believe you to be a genuine Christian woman.
E-3 I remember the thing...
[Sister Bruce says, "I make so many mistakes, and
I fail so many times."--Ed.]
That's why Christ had to die, so that you with your mistakes wouldn't be 'lotted
to you. See? He took your mistakes. Your desire in your heart is to serve Him.
[Sister Bruce says, "Yes."]
All right. That's what He died for, so that you could serve Him. See? Not...
Your mistakes are not looked--not allotted to you. See? He is your Propitiation.
See? He is your Sin-offering. Your sins are not known. You're not a sinner before
God. Christ took your sins and became you, 'cause your desire is to serve Him.
E-4 [Sister
Bruce says, "But I've never had an experience that I have been filled with the
Holy Ghost, that I could put my foot on."]
All right. Notice this. Ordinarily, a human being is born in sin, shaped in
iniquity, come to the world speaking lies. That's the nature of a human being.
[Sister Bruce says, "Yes."]
That was your nature. It change once. But what changed it? ["Christ."]
There you are, sister. See? That's it.
"He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath Eternal Life,
and shall not come to the judgment; but hath (past tense) passed from death
to Life." Saint John 5:24, Jesus speaking. See?
So you--you're--you're a Christian, Sister Bruce. I've watched your life. I've
watched you under vision, and I know you're a Christian. See? Not one speck
of... See, I am your shepherd, as it was... [Sister
Bruce says, "Yes."] Somebody's got to be. See? If there was any doubt
in my mind, if I thought you was--something was wrong, I'd tell you, Sister
Bruce.
[I believe that."]
But if there's anything wrong in your experience, anything wrong between you
and God, as far as I know anything about it, Sister Bruce (See?) there's not
one. We're going to pray.
E-5 [Sister
Bruce says, "'Course, I'm going to die unless God undertakes for my heart."]
You're not going to die, I don't think, Sister Bruce. If it is, it's hid from
me.
Dear God, this little woman has constantly, constantly done good. She has tried,
like Dorcas of old. And now, she's getting to this time of her heart's very
bad. But did not Your Word that we put our whole soul and life in, say, that
all things will work together for good to them that loves You? Then it must
be that You're working something that we know nothing about. It's all for the
good, for she loves You.
Now, to the great Shepherd over all of us, the Lord Jesus Christ, and in His
Name, I lay my hands upon my sister. May the God Who made her and brought her
to this earth, may His Spirit that sealed her away from the things of the world
to be Your servant, may It heal her sick body and make her completely well,
for we need her in the service, Lord. I commit her to You with this prayer of
faith, my hands laying upon her to identify myself with the prayer, and to say
to this mountain, "In the Name of Jesus Christ, be moved," that our sister may
live to the Kingdom of God and for the glory of God.