<TITLE>25. Par 76-78</TITLE>L-76 Now, God is here tonight. And some of you say, "Well now, Brother Branham, if I ever get saved, you mean to tell me that I'd have to--would have to join up with you?" Don't have to join one thing. The only thing you have to do is get saved. God takes care of the rest of it.
Why, a woman told me sometime ago, she said, "Well, Rev. Branham," she said, "I believe you, but I will never in among my... number myself among that bunch of illiterate holy-rollers."
I said, "Lady, just reminds me of an old colored man down south one time. He was always happy and singing. And his boss said, 'What are you so happy about, Rastus?'"
He said, "I've got old-time religion, that heartfelt religion."
Said, "There is no such a thing."
He said, "Boss, you made one mistake. You can say there is no such a thing as far as you know." But said, "I know different."
He... One day it was raining; he said, "Say, Rastus, could I get any of that heartfelt religion?"
He said, "Yes, sir."
Said, "I'd like to be happy like you all the time, singing." He said, "I'd like to have that heartfelt religion."
He said, "Well, you can get it, boss." Said, "It's for you."
He said, "Well, where can we get it?"
Said, "Any time you want to get it."

L-77 He said, "Well, come on." So the boss led him over to the corn crib, and over there he had some hay laying out. He said, "This is a..." I mean sacks. He said, "This is a nice place."
He said, "It don't come here, boss."
He said, "All right." He took him up in the hay loft, and it was nice and... up there. Said, "Now, it's raining outside," said, "maybe we'll get right down here. Maybe He will come and give me heartfelt religion right here."
Said, "No, boss. It don't come here."
He said, "Well, tell me where it comes."
Said, "Come on. Follow me." He walked out in the pig pen, mud up to his knees. He said, "Come on, boss. Right here where it comes from."
He said, "Oh, I don't want it out there."
He said, "You won't get it until you're willing to get it anyway God sends it."
Amen. That's the way. That's right. You take God's terms. You meet His terms, not your terms. God ain't obligated to meet your terms, but you are to His terms. That's right. I will take the way with the Lord's despised few. I started in with Jesus, O Lord, take me through.

L-78 And I stood down there not long ago. Say, "Will it last?" Yes, sir. I stood there when my own baby, about fourteen years ago, fifteen, my own little baby, six months old when I was praying for it, and it died and it went out from under my arms. I was walking up the road... I lost my father, my brother, and my wife (You know my story.), just because that I wouldn't hook myself up with you people.
My mother-in-law said that we were too good to be with such people, said they were nothing but a bunch of backwash. And I come to find out what she called backwash is the cream of the crop. And I say that with respect. That's exactly right. I will say that with respects now to other churches. But I will tell you, brother, well, I--I will save that for some other time. But let me tell you, that's true.


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