<TITLE>22. Par -</TITLE>L-43-188 He said, "Brother Branham, what do you think about Pentecostals?"
And I said, "That's the reason I'm dealing with them. That's the reason I'm--I'm fooling with them; they got something that you haven't got." I said, "With their fanaticism and everything, they got a truth that you know nothing about." I was talking to one of the greatest men in America right then. Yes, sir. He's the president of Sudan Missions, is the greatest in all the world: fundamental to the core. He knowed the Scriptures, and the death, burial and resurrection, just preach it like a house on fire. That ain't It. The devil can do that too. The devil's just as fundamental as he can be.
But brother, Jesus Christ said, "Except a man be borned of the Spirit of God he'll not see the Kingdom of God."
Not just because you say, "Yes, I believe that. Yeah, I--I believe that's that way. I believe that. Yes." That don't do it. It's got to be a actual experience of the new birth. It's got to be something between you and God that you know you've passed from death to Life.

L-44-192 Said, "Brother Branham, could I receive the Holy Ghost?"
I said, "Just laid hands on Hyman Appleman down there, and he received the baptism of the Holy Ghost."
This other Jew commenced to cry, and broke the glass on the little coffee table there, and cried a big puddle on there. Both of them said, "Brother Branham, how do we receive the Holy Ghost?" Scholars, sharpest, witty, the best there is in the land...
And I said, "The apostolic way of receiving the Holy Ghost is lay hands on them." That's right.
"Laying on of hands." Ananias come to lay hands on Paul that he might receive his sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Philip went down and preached down there, and baptized a whole bunch down there in the Name of Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost had come on none, 'cause Peter had the keys. And he come down, and laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Is that right?

L-44-198 Paul, in Acts 19, after he had passed over, Apollos, was Billy Graham type up there, was having a great big revival and a good time. He said, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" to that bunch of Baptists.
They said, "We're John's followers. We know. Apollos is our preacher; he's a converted lawyer, smartest man in the country."
He said, "But have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?"
He said, "We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost."
Said, "Then how was you baptized?"
Said, "We been baptized unto John."
Said, "He baptized unto repentance, saying that you believe on Him to come, on Jesus Christ." And when they heard this, they were baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. And Paul laid his hands on them and they received the Holy Ghost, begin speaking in tongues and magnifying God. That's as plain as I know the Scripture.

L-44-202 Now, look, friend. You might be a little difference here in your opinions, 'cause we're mixed up with everything. But let's lay it out, not try to put your interpretation. Say what the Bible says; just leave It this way. And I said, "The only thing I know, brothers, is to lay hands on them that's seeking the Holy Ghost."
He said, "Would you lay hands and ask God to bless us and give us the Holy Ghost?"
I said, "I will." And we knelt down on the floor, and I prayed and laid hands on them. And about a few weeks after that, both of them received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And when this Doctor Reedhead received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, come through speaking in other tongues. Yes, sir.


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