<TITLE>14. Par 56-60</TITLE>L-56 I think of the day, great theologians... I stood in schools and seen them with their great, big fire painted and the great things that happened on the day of Pentecost, and they produce it all to be in history.
How can a freezing man get warm by a painted fire? How can a starving man eat from a painted picture of food? If God is not a man Who will entice, and tantalize with some painted picture. What the Holy Ghost was then, what Jesus Christ was then, He is now, just the same as He was then, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Certainly. We just need the Fire. Let the fires go out in your church, brother, and the church is gone. That's right.

L-57 Someone said, not long ago, said, "Preacher, if you ever..." Long time ago, there was an old colored man in my city. And he got the Holy Ghost. He was a Baptist too. And he got the Holy Ghost. And the elders come around the corner, said, "Fellow, you know what? If you don't quit preaching like that, you are sure going to kill your church."
He said, "Looky here, elder." He said, "Any church that ever dies with the Holy Ghost Fire in it," he said, "I'll climb them old vines out there and I'd...?... to the top of this pinnacle, lay my black hands up on top and say, 'Blessed is the law, the dead defying the law...?...'" Right.
On...?... they don't die, they just get alive. They die to things of the world in order to come alive in Christ Jesus.

L-58 Reminds me, one time my brother and I were out walking. We were kiddies. And I seen an old turtle. I don't guess you have them in these country. And oh, they walk so funny. You know how he will... I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen.
And I went up to him to pick him up. You know what he done? He went [Brother Branham illustrates.--Ed.] right up in his hull. Just reminded me of some of these old cold, formal churches when you go to preaching the Gospel. That's right. "Days of miracles is past. That's dangerous. Don't fool with it."
You know what I done? I went and cut me a long willow switch. I poured it on him. Didn't do a bit of good, not a bit. You can't beat it into them. That's right.

L-59 I said, "I'll fix him." And I took him down to the creek and stuck him down in the water. Just a few bubbles come up. That's all. Brother, you can baptize them this a way, that way, head forward, upside down, anything you want to. They go down a dry sinner and come up a wet one. They're still sinners.
I couldn't make him move. You know what I done? I got me a piece of paper, and some wood, and kindled a little fire and set the old boy on it. He walked then when I mean to tell you...?... Holy Ghost in the power, the power of God moving in every heart. That'll make them get out and move and come to church on Sunday morning and shout glory to His Name. Amen. Beautiful type...

L-60 Watch that church rising. Let's bring it up here to Israel crossing. Just ten... About ten, fifteen minutes out, you could...?... that long. We're coming up to Israel, called out of Egypt, on its road to the promised land.
Now, he had to pass through... Israel had to pass through the land of Moab. And Moab was a brother to him. Cain and Abel again, watch these two vines. You know who Moab was, where they come from. That's Lot's daughters' children, the Moabites.
They wanted to pass through. They said, "Oh, no. We ain't letting you holy-rollers pass through." Oh, brother, I--I just might as well say it.


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