<TITLE>34. Par 44-45</TITLE>L-44 Now, now my brothers, I'm not throwing off on preachers; you're godly men. You're doing a lot for this meetings and so forth, there's godly preachers, but if you ever want to get in trouble, just get muddled up with a bunch of preachers. That's right. That's the reason I keep clear of them. That's right. Now, that's right.
They said, "The Lord speaks to us, as well as He speaks to you."
I said, "Korah had that same thought, one day." That's right. I said, "I know..."
He said, "Well, the Lord told us to make that itinerary."
I said, "Maybe He did. But He told me not to take it. Now, you can decide for yourself. I'm not going." And I went on back in. And here done come the cars.
Brother Baxter said, "Brother Branham, you're--you're going to have to make some kind of a move."
I said, "Well, I'm not going."
And he said, "Well, I'd at least go to this one, then we can get it later," said, "they're already out here waiting."
And I said, "Brother Baxter, remember, in the Name of the Lord I speak. It's not God's will."
He said, "Well, Brother Branham, it's great now."
I said, "I don't care what they say down there; God told me not to do it." And went on down.
I started in with Mr. Schoeman, the chairman. I said, "Mr. Schoeman look, God is telling me not to do this. You are deliberately taking possession and doing things that you shouldn't do. Remember."
He said, "Brother Branham, I'm just one of the committee. The committee says, we've got to do it. We promised Brother So-and-so, we'd bring you there. We promised Brother..."
There--there you are. Uh-huh! "No matter what you promised Brother So-and-so, God told me not to do it." And I said, "I--I'm not going."

L-45 So he kept on, went a little further, about sixty miles out of town, going little Klarksdorf. Is that the name of the little place, Klarksdorf? Going down through there. We was going along. I said, "Stop, Brother Schoeman. Just stop. Let the rest of them catch up." And then here they all come up, caught up.
Brother Schoeman walked back said, "You have to go talk to him. He's still determined he's not going to do it."
Brother Baxter come over there, and he said, "Brother Branham," Brother Baxter is listening at me now, said, "Brother Branham," said, "I believe if they've got that committee already formed, you should go ahead."
I said, "Brother Baxter, listen to me." Now, it goes to show, I will show you the lesson of it. No matter if he's my manager, he's a good man, a religious man, a fine man, a Christian man, full of the Holy Ghost. But God is my Guide. And God was trying to get that to me.
He said, "Brother Branham, as he already, here's what you're saying. You saying you're going out to Jackson's farm to hunt, like that."
Said, "I didn't mention hunting."
He said, "Them--them brothers think millions of people laying down here suffering and you go hunting."
I said, "If I never seen another gun, or never fired another gun, it doesn't matter to me. God said so." He seen that break between there. He kept me under too long, it would be like I was about three years, laid up for eight months. Couldn't stay too long. I said, "God said so. And I must do it."


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