<TITLE>06. Par 21-25</TITLE>L-21 Now, watch. That man that had went through trials, that man who had been purged... God was not dealing with a sinner now; He was dealing with a saint. See? A man that'd been purged by God, proving to Satan that there was mortals who would serve Him in the face of conflict.
And he said, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman." Now, he never said she was foolish. He said she spoke like a foolish woman. "The Lord gave; the Lord taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord."

L-22 Here come these fine counselors or church members. Job cursed the day he was born. He said, "May the stars not shine at night or the sun by the day." But he wouldn't curse God. And there, Satan got him right down to the very thread-bare moment.
Then some of his friends came, and instead of consoling him, they accused him of being a secret sinner. Like they might accuse this woman here in the wheelchair, the young man there on the bed, the little spastic child, the father standing there, maybe being a secret sinner, something you've done. That's not always the case.
Jesus said one time, the disciples said, "Who sinned," the blind man, "he, his father, his mother?"
Said, "In this case, neither of them sinned, but that the glory, the works of God might be made manifest."

L-23 Job had not sinned; he knew he hadn't sinned. And he--he had not sinned, so he would not confess it, because he absolutely hadn't sinned. But God was really trying him, putting him to the test. And I believe that every Christian that's borned again, has to go to those tests. Every son that cometh to God must be first chastened, purged. Is that right? If you cannot stand chastisement of the Lord, then you become a bastard, or a illegitimate child. You claim God to be your Father, and you know nothing of Him. See? A real, true, borned again child of God stands firm. We are sowed with the incorruptible seed of God; it cannot perish. See what I mean?

L-24 Now, if you've got a--a--a way that, you say, ups-and-downs, and ups-and-downs, I would advise you to go to God, and stay there until you're really borned again. When trials, and troubles and heartaches, and disappointments set in, something holds, not you holding; something holding you. See? It isn't a question whether I hold on or not. It's a question whether He held on or not. It isn't looking at me; it's looking at Him. He was the One.
If I... A man came here, not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, I'm not worthy to be saved."
I said, "No, you're not."
And he started weeping. "He said I've tried since 1940 to get saved." He said, "But I find myself not worthy."
I said, "You never will be worthy."
He said, "Then I can never be saved."

L-25 I said, "Oh, no. It isn't you; it's Him." See? "God don't look at you. He looks at Him. And if you can find any fault in Him, then you can't be saved. But if there's no fault in Him, then you're all right. The blemish that you find in Him is on you. But if there's no blemish in you... in Him, then there's no blemish on you."
He said, "I see it, Brother Branham, I see it."
He wanted to shout. I said, "Get straightened out first, then that'll take place next. You see?"


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