52-0224 Believing God

"I have just returned from the mission field." In this powerful homecoming service, Rev. William Branham reports on the historic 1951 South African campaign, where the manifestation of God’s power reached unprecedented heights, and teaches the fundamental principles of "Believing God." Sermon Highlights: The African Report: A gripping account of the revival in South Africa. The speaker describes seeing 30,000 people accept Christ in a single afternoon and witnesses the emptying of countless wheelchairs and the healing of thousands of "outcasts" who had never heard the Gospel before. The "Sixth Sense" of Faith: A cornerstone teaching of the 1951-1952 series. The speaker explains that man is a three-fold being—body, soul, and spirit. While the body has five senses to contact the physical world, the soul has only one sense—Faith—to contact the spiritual realm. Faith vs. Feeling: A stern warning against relying on physical symptoms. The sermon teaches that if you believe God’s Word only when you "feel" better, you are not using faith. True faith is the "substance" that accepts the promise as a finished fact, even while the five natural senses report pain or sickness. The Confession of Secrets: The speaker explains that the purpose of "discernment" (revealing the secrets of the heart) is to bring the individual to a place of total surrender. He notes that in Africa, when the secrets were revealed, the people didn't need a prayer line—they simply believed God en masse. A Challenge to the Demon of Infirmity: The service concludes with a dramatic confrontation. A man who has been "crippled up" is brought before the speaker. After his "secrets are told," the speaker issues a direct challenge to the "demon" in the Name of Jesus Christ, adjuring it to leave. The Result of Believing: The transcript records the immediate physical change in the man as the "spirit of infirmity" leaves, serving as a living example to the Jeffersonville congregation of what happens when a person moves from "hoping" to "believing God." Key Quote: "Faith is not a sense of the body. It’s a sense of the soul. You cannot see God with your eyes; you cannot taste Him with your mouth; you cannot feel Him with your hands. You can only contact Him by faith." Scripture Reference: Hebrews 11:1; Mark 11:22-24; Romans 4:17. #WilliamBranham #BelievingGod #SouthAfricaRevival #DivineHealing #1952Message #Jeffersonville #HolySpirit #Faith #SixthSense #Miracles Note on the Series: This was a special homecoming service following the legendary 1951 South African mission. It marks a transition in the ministry toward "mass faith," where the speaker began to emphasize that the entire audience could be healed simultaneously by simply "believing God" without the need for an individual laying on of hands.