<TITLE>17. Par 45-48</TITLE>L-45 I thought, "O, Lord, I--I see You there, too." Yes, sir. Well, why? As long as I can hear a good old "Amen," or "Hallelujah," or "Praise the Lord," or a good shout... I tell you, the nightingale, the reason he sings that, is because that it's the--the sun a shining on the star. If I would say to that star, "What makes you shine?"
He'd say, "It's not me shining, Brother Branham. It's the sun shining on me." Well, that's what's the matter with an old-time, what an old-time, Holy Ghost, borned again, old fashion camp meeting revival is. It's not them people excited. It's the power of God shining on them, shining out, giving Light.
And I'm telling you that there are nightingales in the Holy Ghost church, that when they see the first ray of Light, they ring out the praises of God. Hallelujah. He said, "If they hold their peace, the rocks will cry out." Something has to take place when that mighty, rushing powers of God sweep over His audience of people. Hallelujah.

L-46 Sure, God is in His Word. God confirms His Word. God keeps His Word. Yes, sir. Little old David, I remember him keeping God's Word. Certainly. He was up there one day and he'd had a battle. And the battle was going bad. So he... God had come to him by the prophet, and anointed him, and told him what he was going to be. So David was satisfied. The Word of God was on him.
He goes up there, and there come a... He went up to see his brothers. He took him up some raisins and some fresh stuff to eat. And there was a big old giant on the other side of the hill by the name of Goliath. Oh, my. What a horrible boaster he was. And he stood out there, and he said, "Say, any you people over there that like to fight..." He was just about five times the size of any of the rest of them. That's the way the devil does when he thinks he's got the edge on you; he will sure blow like an old goose.

L-47 And he said, "Oh, if some of you guys come out here and fight me." He said, "I will make you a proposition. Now, let... Don't let's not cut up the whole army. Let one--one of your men come over here and fight me. And if he whips me, why we'll serve you, we Philistines. But if--if I whip him, then--then you all serve me, serve this country." Oh, how the devil likes to do it like that, you know, when he thinks he's got the edge.
He said, "Well, where are you all at?" And I mean they was just like a little mouse on the other side. They were all quiet. Nobody had a word to say.
God had a little old boy back there with a shepherd's coat on who knew God and knew God kept His Word. That's right. He happened to be up there one day when Goliath made that boast. He said, "Say, he made his boast at the wrong time." There happened to be somebody there that believed God. Yes, sir.

L-48 Like they say, "The days of miracles is past. There's no such a thing as Divine healing." Try to take it out of churches, the power of God. "These Pentecostal people's all excited." They made their boast one time too often. That's right. That's right. They said, "Oh, it'll finally die down." Yeah, I know they said it'll die down. Uh-huh.
Long time ago, when the church first started and Wesley got all typed off there, and all organized so the Spirit couldn't move in it... When they started off they said, "Oh, you people back there in your little alleys somewhere, back in a little bitty bunch, but they... It'll never amount to anything." But they forgot Samson's hair's growed out now. That's right. Something's changed. The colors have changed. That's right. Said, "Oh, it'll soon burn up. There's nothing to it. It'll soon fan away." Listen, brother, sister, that's right.
When he was back yonder, awhile ago, when some of you fellows out on a street corner there with an old guitar paving the way for these kind of meetings... Back there at the church...


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