<TITLE>03. Par 8-10</TITLE>L-8 Now, over in the reading of the Word... I love to read God's Word, because It is right. And my words will fail, like any other man's word. But God's Word can never fail. It's the same always.
Well now, we want to speak, as every meeting, about Jesus Christ. And He's the Center of our worship, the Center of our attraction, the Center of our life, all that we have and want--are and will be is based upon Him. He was the One Who came and gave His life for us, come down from God, out of glory, and was made flesh, dwelled among us. And taken upon us--upon Him the sin of us all, the sickness of us all, bore it away to Calvary, and there paid the price. He's worthy of all praise that can be given Him.
Someone said, not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, you brag too much about Jesus."
I said, "I don't brag enough about Him." You could never say too much in bragging about our Lord Jesus Christ, 'cause He's worthy of all praise.
Now, in the writing of Saint John, the 1st chapter, and beginning with the 44th verse, we read these Words:
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, a city of Andrew and Peter.
Philip findeth Nathanael, and said unto him, We have found him of whom Moses and the law... did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Nathanael said unto him, Can there be any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said... Come and see.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said to him, Behold an Israelite... in whom is no guile.
Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou were under the... tree, I saw thee.
Nathanael said... answering and said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Now, shall we bow our heads just a moment, for prayer.

L-9 Our kind, loving Father, we approach Thee tonight in the Name of Thy beloved Child, Jesus Christ, thanking Thee from the depths of our soul, for the privilege that we have of representing Him in the way of preaching the Gospel and ministering to your poor sick, needy people. Bringing sinners to repentance by the preaching of the Word and the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, they become submissive to the Word of God.
We thank Thee for these things. And we're living in the day just before His coming again. Our hearts are quivering with joy to know that soon, we'll be caught up to meet Him in the air. We'll be changed and made like He is. We'll see Him as He is. And to think that we were one time alienated from God, cut off without mercy, Gentiles, packed away with dumb idols, worshipping, and know not what we were worshipping.
And due season, Christ come, the lovely One for the unlovely, the righteous One for the unholy, and has gave His Life, giving His precious Blood for a sacrifice, that it might reconcile us, before God, that we'd be--appear in His righteousness, blameless and faultless before Him. Oh, how we love Him and adore Him.

L-10 Now, Father as I speak just a few moments, no man can open the Word of God. We realize that in the reading of the Scripture, John said, that, "No man in the earth, or under the earth, or in heaven, was worthy to open the Book or to loose the seals thereof, or even to look thereon." But a Lamb which had been slain from the foundation of the earth, He came and took the Book, for He was worthy.
And now, Lamb of God, I have read Your Word, but now open It to us. That we might understand. For we ask it in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen.


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