<TITLE>07. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 Now, I want you to notice what he did. He brought the fruits of the field. Perhaps he put lilies on the altar, decorated it, maybe, made it pretty, because he was a tiller of the soil. And a shepherd--or not a shepherd, but a tiller of the soil, worker of the ground.
And look, after his nature of Satan, he tried to make things so pretty to please God. Now, that's just about the way our churches get today. Now, I'm not here to slam churches. I believe in every one of them. And I love churches. But friends, when something is going wrong and you see the danger lying, it's best to warn the Church, that they don't step into this thing.

L-25 Now, Cain was a worshiper. And he came and brought his gift. Perhaps had great big lilies laying on the altar... Not long ago, I was talking to a minister. And he said, "Brother Branham, my congregation," he said, "I wished I could get them to come to church." He said, "Every Easter, they're everyone there to show their new bonnets and new clothes." He said, "They all bring a lily and put it on the altar." Said, "I always bid them 'Merry Christmas,' because they won't be back any more till next Easter."
I said, "Because they're just church members and not borned again, that's the reason." A man that's borned of the Spirit of God loves to go to church, better than he loves to eat his dinner when he's hungry. The spiritual man on the inside has got to be fed. If that man isn't fed, he will die. The outward man isn't fed, he will die. And so will the inward man. He's got to be fed on...
The Bible said, Jesus told Satan in the debate, He said, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." That's how man lives, not by his bread alone, but by the Word of God, man lives. His outward man lives by bread. His inward man lives by the bread of God. All right.

L-26 Notice this now, as we go along. Now, Cain came and made his sacrifice. And by the way, God don't want lilies on the altar. He wants sinners on the altar. God don't want your lily; He wants you. You're the person needs to be on the altar. And anyhow, and all this today...
And we've noticed that Satan in the beginning, in the origin, back in the initial condition, he was full of pomp. He wanted something, a better kingdom than Michael, so he goes over to the north and sets him up a kingdom, greater, more beautiful.
Don't you see how beauty is deceitful? And how our churches today are seeing who can build the biggest church, who can make the best pews, who can make--get the best-dressed crowd, the more honorable people among the city to come... That's all of the devil. You may be angry with me after this, but when I meet you at judgment, you'll know that I've spoke to you in the Name of the Lord. That's right.

L-27 We can't humble ourselves any more. We got to have the big, the refined, and the best, and everything like, and knowing that those things comes from Satan, always have been. It was in heaven. That's the reason he was kicked out. That's what he's doing here on earth, taking the churches and deceiving them. God doesn't dwell in big buildings; He doesn't dwell among fine dressed peoples;, He doesn't have to have that. God wants a humble heart to dwell in. Amen.
And it's too bad that we, the holiness people, Pentecostal people, is getting so starchy, till we've forgot about that. Amen. I'm not amening myself, but "amen" means "so be it." I believe it.


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