I was reading an article yesterday (I believe it was), a series of newspaper clippings from Jack Coe, the late Jack Coe, one of my converts to the Lord Jesus, who was a mighty man of valor in his day, and was called to question down in Florida, because of asking a young child to remove its braces from its legs and to walk across the platform. And upon doing so, the child walked across the platform normally and fell when it got to its mother, all being a setup of the enemy of Christ.This young woman and her husband brought our gallant brother into the courts of the land. And when every church ought to have stood by Brother Jack, when every churchman that mentions the Name of Jesus Christ should've stood by his side gallantly, every man that calls on the Name of the Lord Jesus should've fell to their knees in prayer; but instead of that, across the headlines of the papers, one of our great denominations said they joined hands with the atheists to condemn and prison Brother Jack Coe. Could you imagine a church calling themselves the Name of Christ, would join hands with an atheist to condemn a godly man, who was trying with all of his heart to stand for the Bible? But they did it.
And then Brother Gordon Lindsay was at the rescue, and when the unbelieving judge said, "This man is a fraud, because he taken the braces from that child and sent him across the platform, and said he was healed, and he lied, and he did something contrary to the doctor's orders; therefore, he has a defraud case against him."And Mr. Coe raised up, and he said, "Sir, I defy that statement. God healed the boy."
And the judge said, "I will ask any man in this court if that statement could be true that God could heal that boy on one end of the platform, and let him be sick on the other end. If that statement can be proved by the Bible, then I say Mr. Coe has a right for his statement."
And a minister raised his hand and said, "Your Honor, sir, may I state it?"
And the judge said, "State on."
And the minister stood to his feet and said, "One night on a rocking sea, when a little ship was about to go to the bottom; all hopes of being saved was gone. They saw Jesus, the Son of God, come walking on water. And one of the apostles by the name of Peter, said, 'If that be You, Lord, bid me come to You on the water.'"And He said, "The Lord said to the apostle, Peter, 'Come on.' And he stepped out of the boat, sir, walking just as good as Jesus was walking on the water. But when he got scared, he begin to sink before he got to Jesus."
The judge said, "The case is dismissed." WMB~ Rejected king 60-0515M
In the discussion when the late Jack Coe... Many might have known him. He was a very personal friend of mine. I thought very much of Brother Jack. And he had such a (excuse the expression), like a bulldog faith to just hold on for healing. And he would... Someone would come up with crutches, he had him an axe or something there, he'd cut them up and break them up, before he had them... prayer for them. He wasn't going away on them crutches anymore. If they couldn't walk away, they could crawl away until they got enough faith to...And he had a little anvil and a hammer laying there, and someone would come up with glasses on to be prayed for, for their eyes, he'd reach up and take them off, and break them all up with the anvil, throw them over to one side.
So he got in some trouble down in Florida. Satan set a trap for him and got a child that he took the braces off of. 'Course you know the story. Reverend Gordon Lindsay was down there in the trial when the judge said, "You claim that boy to be healed?"And Brother Jack said, "He was healed"
"Oh," said, "there's no such a thing as that."
Said, "When I took the braces off of him, he walked across the platform. He said he was healed."
Said, "Now, if you can produce one Scripture where God ever did anything like that--would be healed here, or something, and it'll just last a moment, why, I'm willing to take down on it."
Brother Lindsay raised up and said, "I can produce a Scripture."
Said, "Let's hear it."
Said, "One night on a stormy sea, Jesus told Peter to come walking to Him on water. As long as he walked... He was on top of the water as he believed, but when he got ready to disbelieve, he sank."
So that's right. So the judge dismissed the case. There could be no more about it. That's exactly. See, he was... As long as he was walking he was all right; but when he begin to doubt, down he went.And that's just how long divine healing lasts: as long as you believe it. And that's how long salvation lasts: just as long as you believe it.
Someone said to me some time ago, said, "Brother Branham, I don't care what you would produce, what you would say, or anyone else, that... You might raise up ten dead people, and make every cripple walk," said "I still would not believe it."
I said, "Certainly not. It wasn't for unbelievers; it was just for those who believe." That's all. It's just for believers.
Jesus said, "To those that believe." Unbelievers are not even included, see. You're just to be pitied. Something wrong somewhere. So if you're a believer, why, it's for you. If you're not a believer, then it's not for you. WMB~ CONFERENCES 61-0410
And then Brother Gordon Lindsay was at the rescue, and when the unbelieving judge said, "This man is a fraud, because he taken the braces from that child and sent him across the platform, and said he was healed, and he lied, and he did something contrary to the doctor's orders; therefore, he has a defraud case against him."And Mr. Coe raised up, and he said, "Sir, I defy that statement. God healed the boy."
And the judge said, "I will ask any man in this court if that statement could be true that God could heal that boy on one end of the platform, and let him be sick on the other end. If that statement can be proved by the Bible, then I say Mr. Coe has a right for his statement."
And a minister raised his hand and said, "Your Honor, sir, may I state it?"
And the judge said, "State on."
And the minister stood to his feet and said, "One night on a rocking sea, when a little ship was about to go to the bottom; all hopes of being saved was gone. They saw Jesus, the Son of God, come walking on water. And one of the apostles by the name of Peter, said, 'If that be You, Lord, bid me come to You on the water.'"And He said, "The Lord said to the apostle, Peter, 'Come on.' And he stepped out of the boat, sir, walking just as good as Jesus was walking on the water. But when he got scared, he begin to sink before he got to Jesus."
The judge said, "The case is dismissed." WMB~ Rejected king 60-0515M
In the discussion when the late Jack Coe... Many might have known him. He was a very personal friend of mine. I thought very much of Brother Jack. And he had such a (excuse the expression), like a bulldog faith to just hold on for healing. And he would... Someone would come up with crutches, he had him an axe or something there, he'd cut them up and break them up, before he had them... prayer for them. He wasn't going away on them crutches anymore. If they couldn't walk away, they could crawl away until they got enough faith to...And he had a little anvil and a hammer laying there, and someone would come up with glasses on to be prayed for, for their eyes, he'd reach up and take them off, and break them all up with the anvil, throw them over to one side.
So he got in some trouble down in Florida. Satan set a trap for him and got a child that he took the braces off of. 'Course you know the story. Reverend Gordon Lindsay was down there in the trial when the judge said, "You claim that boy to be healed?"And Brother Jack said, "He was healed"
"Oh," said, "there's no such a thing as that."
Said, "When I took the braces off of him, he walked across the platform. He said he was healed."
Said, "Now, if you can produce one Scripture where God ever did anything like that--would be healed here, or something, and it'll just last a moment, why, I'm willing to take down on it."
Brother Lindsay raised up and said, "I can produce a Scripture."
Said, "Let's hear it."
Said, "One night on a stormy sea, Jesus told Peter to come walking to Him on water. As long as he walked... He was on top of the water as he believed, but when he got ready to disbelieve, he sank."
So that's right. So the judge dismissed the case. There could be no more about it. That's exactly. See, he was... As long as he was walking he was all right; but when he begin to doubt, down he went.And that's just how long divine healing lasts: as long as you believe it. And that's how long salvation lasts: just as long as you believe it.
Someone said to me some time ago, said, "Brother Branham, I don't care what you would produce, what you would say, or anyone else, that... You might raise up ten dead people, and make every cripple walk," said "I still would not believe it."
I said, "Certainly not. It wasn't for unbelievers; it was just for those who believe." That's all. It's just for believers.
Jesus said, "To those that believe." Unbelievers are not even included, see. You're just to be pitied. Something wrong somewhere. So if you're a believer, why, it's for you. If you're not a believer, then it's not for you. WMB~ CONFERENCES 61-0410
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