Being Led By The Holy Spirit
55-0819, Being Led By The Holy Spirit, Unknown, Karlsruhe, Germany, 93 min





I wish to express my feelings towards all the German people. I have never been treated better in all my life. If I would've been an angel, I couldn't have had better treatment. Yes. That is the reason God is healing your sick. Did you hear them testifying of the lame, the blind? That's what God will do. Just keep loving Him. It's Him that did it. Uh-huh.

See, we don't come to represent any church; we want to represent Jesus...?... So now, you new converts, and you that's been healed, and those that'll be healed tonight, just think, there's people setting here sick now, will be going out of this tent well in the next couple hours. How wonderful. People laying on stretchers, I trust, will be walking out with their bed on their back, going home. Many are setting, nearly--almost dead now will go home well.

I met a pathetic sight. A lady, her eyes pushed out. No one knew what it was. The doctors didn't even know. It was growing worse all the time. I said to her, as my heart went out to her, "Dear sister, do you believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God?"
She said, "Yes."
I said, "Do you believe that He sent me to pray for you?"
She said, "I do." I prayed for her. And when I was praying, I seen something black going from her. Now, something has to happen. Watch them on the platform. Watch what an expression comes over them at once. It'll make the evil spirit leave, not me, but the Holy Spirit that's here. Yes.


Now, what did I tell you last night? When the life is gone out, it has to shrink. Now, sister, that'll be like that for three days and three nights. It may get worse then. Don't worry, that's a sign you're healed. Just keep giving praise to God. When I come back to Germany, come and testify. Wherever I am, I'll pay your way. You'll see what the Lord can do.

And the police is so nice. Everywhere I go in the city, everybody's so kind. It's a wonderful place to be. Uh-huh. So thank you, each one.
Now, you converts, now don't get out amongst unbelief. You go to people that believe. Now, go to some of these churches who believe in Divine healing. Now, there's a group of them that's now accepted it. I was with some of them today. They're going to start fasting and praying for God to give them strength and power. Support them with your presence and prayer. Now, just don't go back to the same life. Get to one of them good spiritual churches, and join those prayer meetings, and live true to Jesus Christ. God bless you.

Now, notice for instance, like death. I'll just take a few moments. There is so many things that I'd like to teach you. Now, keep the Gospel true and clear by the Bible. Following these meetings like this, listen German friends, much fanaticism usually follows this. Don't believe it. Stay with the Bible (See?), 'cause Satan plays along there. Just strike at it. Believe it not. Stay with God.

For instance, sometimes when the teeth is out, 'causes to pull down, and it makes you hard of hearing. Many things like that are natural things. But what if the doctor said, "I don't see why you're deaf, or why you're dumb and can't speak, or why you're blind and can't see."
Now, if it's a ca--if it's a cataract, it's a germ of life, and it's growing a body, and it's covering over the sight. But what if it's not a cataract. What if the doctor says the nerve is dead? Well, what killed the nerve? Not supposed to that way. God didn't want it that way. Just so much of the nerve died. Well, why didn't all the nerve die? Just in the eye? It's because a blind spirit: spirit. Jesus called it that. No matter how old fashion it seems, still the truth. The Bible said so. [Mark 9:35]

Like if there was a transparent band around my hand, you can't see it--you can't see it; you couldn't feeled it; but my hand's getting dead. Well, there's no need of putting salve out here. You've got to deal with it here. After a while if you don't move it, it'll become completely dead. You're--you'll lose the use of it.
Now, what does Divine healing do? Divine healing, prayer to God, faith cuts that loose, takes away that spirit. Then what happens? Energy begins to come in, and the person begins to see better. They might not see perfect at once.
Jesus prayed for a man, and he looked up, and he begin to see men look like trees. He went back to Jesus; He prayed again, then--then he could see clear. See, it takes a little while. If you took a strap off your hand, first it--you can move it a little, but the life isn't circulating right. See? Have to let it go awhile. Same thing is by hearing, by speaking, or by seeing, or anything like that. It's deaf, dumb, and blind spirits. The Bible said so.


The boys said they give out many prayer cards. And we want to pray for all.
And tonight--tonight I'm asking ministers to help me pray for the sick. I don't want to leave you under this impression, that I'm the only person who can pray for the sick. I am not. Every minister and every Christian that believes in God and believes in Divine healing, has just as much right to pray for the sick as I do. I don't want to leave, and you're looking to me. I want you to see your pastor pray for you. He's a man of God too. And your neighbor, whoever it is, the Bible said, "Pray one for the other." See? Divine healing doesn't lay just in the person. It lays in Jesus Christ. Amen. [I Timothy 2:8]

[The interpreter asks if Brother Branham wants to pray for the handkerchiefs--Ed.] Yeah, I will after this. [Acts 19:12]
Saint Luke 2:25-30.
[The interpreter reads the Scriptures--Ed.]...?... [Luke 2:25-30]

Our heavenly Father, look down once more tonight, the closing of this wonderful meeting. And tonight if it's Your will, we must say to each other, "Until we meet again." O God, let Thy mercies be upon us. And these little efforts that we have put forth with joy, these seeds that we have sown, may it grow to great fields of grain, so that Germany will have a great revival. O God, take them from the grip of that shadow yonder, put them together again under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. O God, let this great loyalty that they have be given to the Lord Jesus. Grant it, Lord.
And I thank Thee for the favor that You have give me before the people. It all comes from You, Father. And I commit them to You, that You'll bless them. Bless their churches, and may there be an old fashion revival break out after this, that'll sweep through Germany like a great fire. And may tens of thousands be saved, great signs and wonders be done, that'll simply shake Europe. Grant it, Father.
Laying before me here, hundreds of letters, people are waiting for them. Now, in the Bible they say they taken from the body of Saint Paul, handkerchiefs and aprons; evil spirits and sickness left the people. Now, Father, we know we're not Saint Paul, but You're the same Jesus. And I pray, Father, that the same results will be given, as I bless them, in the Name of Jesus Christ. And may the power of God rest upon each of these. You know them, Lord; You seen them write these letters. Watch over them, Lord, until they get to their destination. Then heal every sick person that they're laid upon. This we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen. [Acts 19:12]

Our text tonight deals with the--Israel. My subject is, "Being Led By The Holy Spirit." Men of God are led by the Holy Ghost. The Bible says, "They that are led of the Spirit of God are sons of God." How many believes in being led by the Spirit of God? Amen. Then you don't know what you're going to do. You just have to follow the Spirit. [Romans 8:14]

But now, Israel had got away, got all educated; dressed up their priests so much different from other people; and then the Romans come took them. And there they're under their rulership. Fartherest thing in their minds is the appearing of the Messiah. Though they'd looked for Him for four thousand years, but they thought it was too far away then. Listen, friend, just when you least expect it, then God steps in and He does something. It's time now in Germany for the same--for the same thing, the revival you've been praying for. For the spiritual is a renewing.

And so, during this time when the priests were busy at their regular routine, there was an old man who was very spiritual. He was a very renown man. And he was one of the few. Oh, John the Baptist's father and mother were spiritual. And as there might've been two or three more like Ann, or so forth, that were still holding on, that God was supernatural.
Now watch, our very text proves it. Simeon was praying one day, and the Holy Ghost told him, said, "Simeon, you're not going to die until you see the Christ." And he was--was somewhere in his eighties then, a man of great standing among the people. But he wasn't ashamed of his testimony. He went around telling the people that he wasn't going to die till he seen the Christ.
Why, the people said, "The old man's crazy." People that are spiritual are always misunderstood. It is today. Accept Christ and you'll be misunderstood. The Bible said, Jesus Himself, "All that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." Jesus promised us persecution from the outside world.
Now, when--he went around telling people that--that he wasn't going to die. Why, he was practically dead then. But he had a good reason, because the Holy Ghost said so. When the Holy Ghost says anything, the Holy Ghost keeps His promise. Do you believe that? He can't lie; He's God. [Luke 2:26], [II Timothy 3:12]

So the wise men was watching, because the Bible said, the prophet Balaam, he said, "There will come a star out of Jacob." And they were watching for that star. Now, they found it. After they'd looked for twenty--about twenty-five hundred years, generation after generation, finally there it appeared. And they started towards Jerusalem. And look at the trip they had: deserts, valleys, mountains. And how did they go? They never went by a compass; they go--and they didn't go in a scientific way; they followed God's directions by His sign. And they was led directly to Jesus Christ.
As the star appeared for them, the Holy Ghost has appeared for you. Don't go the mechanical way, putting your name on the book and let that settle it; be born again. Receive the Holy Spirit. It leads you to Christ. It leads you to a deep life, a Spirit-filled life, happy life. [Numbers 24:17]

Said, "I don't go to shows."
She said, "Let's go to the dance."
I said, "I don't dance."
She said, "Will you smoke?"
I said, "No. I don't smoke."
She said, "How do you have any pleasure?"
I said, "I have more pleasure in five minutes than you do in half your life."
A few--few nights after that I was preaching to a large audience of people. The girl was setting in the audience. I offered Jesus to the audience. Hundreds of sinners come forward, weeping. I motioned to her. I--I said, "Come here. You want to know where I have pleasure? Here's my pleasure, better than anything in the world." She went down to the altar and got saved too. See? It's the greatest thing in the world to follow the Holy Spirit to a complete surrendered life.

"Oh, yes," I said. "It's possible they can see it and you can't."
He said, "Oh, no. If my eyes are human, just as much as theirs are, if they can see it, I can see it too."
I said, "Oh, no. God hides Himself from people and reveals to others." Perhaps somebody's in a guessing now.

Are you expecting something tonight? Are you expecting to go home well? God... Then you'll do it. You get what you expect. If you come to the meeting to find something to criticize it, the devil will show you plenty. If you come for the good of it to be saved, the Holy Spirit will speak to you. You come expecting to be healed, the Holy Spirit will see to that. You get what you expect; so be expecting.

Now, notice. Now, there was a--a... In them days... Listen, if there is a deep calls to the deep, there's got to be a deep to respond to it. David said that: "At the noise of Thy waterspouts, the deep calling to the deep..."
And otherwise, before there's a fin on a fish's back, there has to be a water first for him to swim in, or he wouldn't have any fin. Before there was a flower to grow in the earth, there had to be a earth first or there wouldn't be any earth--or any flower. [Psalms 42:7]

How many here believes in Divine healing? All right, thank you. That shows there's a fountain of Divine healing somewhere. There's a God that--that's got a fountain of healing somewhere, or you'd never be here. Before you can have a hunger here, you had to have something to make that hunger.
Listen, here it is. Before there can be a creation there has to be a Creator to create that creation. Do you see? Because you believe that there is healing, something has to put that in your heart. And if there was no healing, you would never have it in your heart. You see what I mean?

Now, every little Israel... Every little child in--in the Jewish people, when a baby was born, eight days, [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] the--the mother had to come and have the baby circumcised. It was a covenant. And also, she was to offer a--a offering for her purification. And a--a rich baby could offer a little lamb. But a poor baby offered little turtledove. They were cheaper. [Luke 2:26], [I Peter 2:25], [Isaiah 53:6]

But along the row, I see a little virgin. She can't afford a lamb, so she's got two little turtledoves. The baby is not wrapped in fine needlecloth; it's in swaddling's cloth. What is swaddling's cloth? It's what they take off the back of a yoke of a ox, and wrapped the baby in it. Think of it. The King of heaven, the Ruler of heavens and earth, didn't have clothes to put on when He was born. Don't be ashamed that you're poor. But she was standing there, the women keeping their distance. "I don't want around her." She was misunderstood, and so is Christians today. But she knew Who that Baby belonged to. And there was Jesus in the temple, the first time: the Son of God.

"Where must I go, Lord?"
"Just keep walking." Walking in the Spirit (Oh, hallelujah.), what a way: sons of God, led by the Spirit of God. Don't know where he's going, don't make any difference anyhow, God is leading. Here he comes out, goes over to this line of women, starts walking down. And he comes to that little virgin, about seventeen years old, married to a man about forty-five years old. She's holding the Baby wrapped in swaddling's cloth. Old Simeon, the tears running down his cheeks, running off his white beard, he reached over in her arms, picked up the Baby, pulled It up in his bosom, said, "Lord, let Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy Word, for my eyes see Your Salvation." Hallelujah. Led by the Holy Spirit. [Romans 8:14], [Luke 2:29-30]

Now, you're at the Fountain. Embrace Him. Take Him as your Saviour. Take Him as your Lover. Take Him as your Healer. Do like Simeon. May your strong arms of faith embrace Him tonight and every promise He's given, for it's yours by promise. Amen. [Matthew 24:35]

Now. Wake up your conscience. Wake up your soul. He's here. Germany, it's your time; it's your hour of visitation. Go to church; love God; pray; stop sinning; give your love to Him. All your loyalty, give it to Him. It's your hour. Believe it.


A woman touched Him one day and went out in the audience. He said, "I got weak. Somebody touched Me."
Everybody said, "Not me."
But Jesus looked down, and He told the little woman, "Your faith has healed you."
One time He talked to a woman at a well, and He told her what kind of a life she was living: Saint John 4. The other place was Saint John 5. And so, this woman said, "Well now, I know when Messiah comes, which is the Christ, He'll be able to tell us these things. But Who are You?"
Jesus said, "I'm He." [John 5:19], [Mark 5:34], [John 4:18, 25, 26]

Last night, I guess you wondered a strange thing. I act strange anyhow. My wife, before she died years and years ago, Billy's mother, someone said, "I can't understand Brother Branham."
She said, "Neither can I. Even his mother can't."
I don't understand myself. I must do what He says, and I'm a servant of His. You're led by the Spirit. [Matthew 17:27], [John 14:19], [Matthew 28:20]

Now, if He comes to this platform tonight, and does the same thing that He did when He was here on earth, will you believe that He is risen from the dead, accept Him as your Saviour, and your Healer? Now, that's outside and inside. Will you do it? Raise your hand to Him; He'll see you. If... Now, no matter where you're at, He sees you. God bless you...?... There's many thousand people here tonight. I was told awhile ago that they're--they're so packed around on the outside just as far as you can see. So where you--ever you're at out there, Jesus loves you and He wants you to serve Him.

It's hard. In--in America, I don't have to do that, 'cause they can understand. But when I go to speak and have to go through the translator, it's a horrible barrier, because I'm conscience of him speaking behind me, and I can't submit myself to the vision like it should be. So that's the reason I nearly have to have the person before me unless the people is praying with all their heart.

Now, let--let everybody set real quiet. Now, how many doesn't have prayer cards, raise up your hand--that's--that's sick? Raise up your hand, saying, "I..." Do you believe? No matter where you're at in the building, where you are outside, just look. When one is being healed here, there can be a thousand healed out there. It's your faith in God. Just believe now.

About... I think that'll be enough now. That's enough...?... Now, don't no one move. Just set real still. Be in worship. And each one of you say to Christ, "I want You to touch me, Lord." If You'll just tell to my heart, that--that I'm going to be well, then I'll serve You all my life." And then you can go home and get well. And just be in worship. And just--you can watch this a way. But whatever I say, now do just as I tell you, for it isn't me. When the anointing strikes me, I don't even know until my brethren play a tape and tell me what I said. So you see, just--it's so--it's so timid, the Holy Spirit. It--It--It--It... Just the least little thing grieves It. Be real--be real reverent and Jesus will come to you. If you're all excited (See?), He can't come to you. See? Be reverent and believe.

Our heavenly Father, I pray that You'll help us tonight and bless us. And let Thy Spirit be upon us. And keep Thy hand upon us. And, Lord Jesus, please, once more tonight, show that You've raised from the dead. Do something a little different tonight, and let the people see that I have told the truth about You. O grant it, Lord. May every sinner be saved and all the sick be made well. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Now, is--is--some... Brother Arganbright, I wonder if he'd come, just help me to... See if this is the lady, the patient, would you? Is this the patient? ...?... Then you lead them off for me, if you will, as they come. Now, just stand right here, lady. And you stand on this side to help Brother Arganbright if you... Brother Guggenbuhl or Billy, one, gets there. You see? I'm missing them See? Everything has to be almost in order or you miss it.

This is a very simple picture and a direct picture, just like the Lord Jesus when He talked to a woman. She's a woman and I a man, and this is our first time to meet in life like Jesus met the woman. He talked to her a little while, till He seen where her trouble was, then He told her what was wrong with her. And she said, "I perceive that You're a prophet. And I know that Christ will do this when He comes."
And He said, "I'm He." [John 14:19], [John 4:25-26]

I want to ask you something. While that was going on, something went through you, just something that seemed to tell you, "This is the end of my trouble." That is right. If that's right, raise your hand and wave it. Hallelujah. God bless you. Praise the Lord.

The elderly lady looking at me, ...?... she has a blood disease, setting right down there. You believe that God healed you, sister? Yes. You believe that God healed you? You may be made well then. You were praying to God to help you. The lady with the glasses on with her hand up, you were praying. And I felt your faith pulling, and it went right to you. Amen. [Mark 9:23]

You're not here for yourself. You're here for somebody else. And that person's not here. The person's at another city. And it's a great city. I have never seen the city myself. I see great roads going in, and many people going around. It's in Germany. And from where I stand now, it looks to me, geographically, like it must be Berlin. It is a lady, and she is a--in bed. And that's why she could not come. I see her--someone looking at her. I hear what the doctor's saying, but I can't say what he's saying. The woman--what it looks to me, the way that it's striking her back, it must be multiple sclerosis. Does thou believe? You believe--have faith enough now that when you see her...?... be healed? I've asked you, my brother. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, may you go and receive that what you've asked for. Amen. Hallelujah.

O God, Father, You're so present to do these wonderful things for us. May Thy Spirit come and help now. And bless this woman who I bless in Your Name. And may she be made well; in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Have faith in God, and don't doubt, but believe. The elderly lady, there stands that Light by the woman setting right here, sit in the front row, about four in, she has high blood pressure. If you believe with all your heart, you may be made well. Amen. God bless you.

Our heavenly Father, bless this woman, who I bless in Thy Name. And may Thy Spirit come upon her. And I rebuke the evil spirit and say to him, "Leave this woman, in Jesus Christ's Name." Amen.
Now, you're quiet. It has left you. You feel quiet now. That's right, isn't it? If it is, raise your hand. Now, it will always stay from you if you just keep on believing. When you come up, something was even trying to hold you back, when you come up there. That is right, isn't it? Wave your hand. It was the devil. He didn't want you to get here, for he knows Jesus is here, and he knowed he'd have to leave. And you're the witness yourself. Now, go home and sleep like a baby. Amen.

The man, I don't know--know him. God knows him. And I know him not. We are strangers, aren't we, brother? If Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, Who we are in the Presence of now, will show what your trouble, will you believe with all your heart? If you will, raise up your hand.
Now, friend, the Holy Spirit knows every one in here. There's not a thing can stay from Him. We could just keep on coming down the line, but I want it settled. You--you... You either believe now, or you do not believe. That is true. You believe that?

I see a black spirit, very horrible looking. It's looking this... Just a moment. It's epilepsy. The lady with a white... Yeah. Amen. There's one right down here too: epilepsy. Right there on the cot, on the cot. Raise up, little lady. The lady with the white ...?... on, rise up. O God, I cast away these evil spirits; in the Name of Jesus Christ, come out. Amen.
Don't doubt. Believe. You have what you ask for. Amen. Have faith. It's your faith that does it. It's your faith pulling the gift of God. It isn't me. I know nothing of you. I would go to each one of you, but I can't. It's your faith; your faith is doing it. Have faith in God.
Now, setting right here, right in that other section there--over there, looking right at me, there's a Light hanging there--there they have a heart trouble and nervousness. The lady setting on the end. All right. Right back there is holding her hand's like this, you have nervousness, and you was praying for me to call you. Amen. Be well.

Dear God, be merciful on this man and give him everything he desires, according to Thy riches in glory. In Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.
If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Way down there, right through here, lady, there suffering with TB, if you believe with all your heart, way back that direction right here. God healed you; go home and be well. Amen. [Mark 9:23]

Dear God, as I hold this darling little child, a girl, up against my body, I'm thinking tonight, away across the sea of my little Rebekah, crying when I left. Did You send me, Lord, for this little girl? We're unworthy. Thou art worthy. O God, let this little child receive its sight. Grant it, Lord. Be merciful. This is beyond man; a blind spirit has blinded her eyes. Thou can give her sight. Make him go tonight, Lord. Grant it, Lord, for Your glory; through Jesus' Name. Now, keep your head down.
Satan, you blind spirit, you're not afraid of me, but you know you have to obey Jesus. I come in His Name, the Name of Jesus Christ, Who died at Calvary...?... And as His servant I challenge you in faith. You have no legal right. Your rights was took from you at Calvary. Christ holds all rights. And I say in His Name, you come out of the girl, in the Name of Jesus. And don't you hold her any longer, for God's glory and the praise of Jesus Christ. ...?...
Raise your head. Jesus has restored sight to the baby. See me...?... Raise up your hand to Jesus. Now, look at me. Now, put your hand on my nose. Put your hand over on my nose. You are healed. [Mark 9:23]