<TITLE>11. Par 108-118</TITLE>L-108 And now notice, then this is a beautiful picture. Oh, my. I can see Adam, or Cain and Abel, rather, toiling now, or going out to make a sacrifice. I believe they built their altar right at the gate, at the Throne, where they could worship.
Notice, here comes Cain. He probably worked all year, toiling, doing everything he could to get the very biggest apples, or the very biggest pumpkins, or whatever he had, brought it up to the gate. Built him an altar right there by the side of the gate in the Presence of God, put all of his fruits, and the big calla lilies and everything, and laid them on the altar correctly, then knelt down and worshipped God.

L-110 Now, I want you to... I hope this just soaks way down, as it never before, till you get it. See? Now, notice. If God only required you to go to church, Cain was just as just as Abel was. Cain built an altar unto the Lord. You say, "Well, Brother Branham, I don't only do that, but I make a sacrifice. I pay to foreign missions, and I..." Them things are all right. Them's all right. But God requires more.
Cain did that, himself. See? He brought a sacrifice. He worshipped the Lord. He knelt down and offered praise unto the Lord, and said, "Lord, here am I. Here am I, and I've brought You an offering. I've built an altar." Amen.
In so many words, "I am a member of a church." Did it hit the bottom? Look. "I am a member of a church. I believe in You." It'll go to the bottom now. Let it soak real deep. "I am a believer in God. I have built an altar. I have brought a sacrifice. And here I am, Lord. I am worshipping You." And God turned His back on it. Right.

L-114 "And Easter morning," like a pastor of this city said, "you know what I do, preacher, on Easter morning?"
I said, "What?"
Said, "I tell all my folks, I bid them a 'Merry Christmas.'"
Said, "Why?"
Said, "I won't see them any more till next Easter."
Everybody comes out on Easter, that's all, buy new bonnets and new clothes. And what's that got to do with Christ? Oh! And there'll be millions of dollars spent this year, tomorrow, in the Protestant realm, of lilies, great beautiful lilies; each member will come around and lay it on the altar. God don't care about the lily on the altar. He wants you on the altar. It isn't the lily; it isn't your sacrifice. You are the guy should be on the altar. That's the difference. Putting what God requires on the altar, is you.

L-116 Now, I want you to notice how that, that strain, that was Satan in Cain. And notice that the very...
Now, this ought to make you feel real good, some of you that's a pilgrim and wayfaring person. And we have to maybe say, "Well, I wish we could do this in our church, and that." Be satisfied. Hallelujah. I'd rather worship in a little, old room somewhere in a back alley, and have God in it, than in a cathedral with God not in it. That's right. Sure. There! He was a poor man. Notice. Then he brought his offering, Cain did, and laid it upon there. Now, notice, he came from the line of Satan, because he expected God to receive it, because it was beautiful fruit, something that he done, himself.

L-118 And so many people say, "Well, I belong to the certain different orders. And I--I give to the Red Cross, and I give to charity. I donate to churches. What about that, Brother Branham?" That's all all right.
But, "Except a man be born again, he will in no wise enter the Kingdom." Notice it.
Those charitable things are fine, but out... That's not God's provided way yet. Cain come his own way. And many, tonight, are coming their own way.


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