<TITLE>07. Par 24-28</TITLE>L-24 That's the way it is today. We, guilty, unworthy, should die. We're not worthy of living; we're not worthy to come to Christ; we're not worthy to ask anything; but God never looks at your unworthiness; He looked at the Lamb. Now, if He can't find no fault in Christ, then you're free. See? He died in your stead. Now, if there's any fault with Him, you're not free yet. But God don't examine you; He examines the Lamb.
You say, "I'm not worthy to walk out of this wheelchair tonight." That's right, you're not, but God don't examine you; He examined Christ. And if He's worthy, then you can walk. See? That's right. Depends on what you think about it.
You say, "Brother Branham, I'm an awful woman; I've lived illegally. I've done--I've even broke my marriage vows. I've done this..."
"And Mr. Branham, I tell you: I've been a drunkard, I've done this..."
No matter what you done, God never looks at you; He looks at the Lamb. And He's already accepted the Lamb, so you're free. God can't see you; He sees the lamb, dies in your stead. That's enough to make a fellow shout, isn't it? Sure is. When you think that, upon those basis of the Word.

L-25 You believe in shouting? I heard you doing it awhile ago. You know, I'm not very emotional, myself, I believe it. Of course I get a little religious sometimes, you know, and get kindy carrying on a little. But you know, it reminds me, by that, so many people criticize shouting, happiness in the Christian heart. We should be happy. We got a lot to be happy about. If there's anybody in the world ought to be happy, we should.

L-26 Puts me in mind of a farmer, one time, who--who went and he wasn't very much of a farmer. He had a lot of great, big, nice barns, and tractors, and--but the fellow was just too lazy to work. That's all. He wouldn't make no hay. And puts me in mind of some of these big churches, and theologians that won't dig down, and really take the Word of God. They got big churches, and a lot of music, and a lot of refinery, but that don't mean it all. So, they--he wouldn't work.
And over... His neighbor had a little old barn over there, and he didn't have very much of a stall to keep his cattle in, and things, but he sure was an industrious man; he really worked, raised great, big crops of alfalfa, and put it up in what barn he had, the man in the mission you know.

L-27 So you know, it come wintertime, and there's a little calf born in each one of the st--the barn. The next spring, when the spring winds begin to blow, they turned the little calves out. Well, this one little calf they turned out of the great, big cathedral, you know, he was so poor, he couldn't stand nothing. The wind nearly blowed him down. He walked out there, and little fellow didn't have nothing to eat all through the winter. So he's fed weeds, and he didn't have very much strength to stand on. No wonder they can't believe in Divine healing, need some vitamins.
Well, the first thing you know, they let the other little calf out, over in the other barn, and brother, he was all fat, and round. He'd had good alfalfa, plenty of vitamins, and he was fat and round. That wind begin to hit him, that mighty, rushing wind, you know, coming down. My, he just kicked up, and jumped, and bucked, and run all around in the corral just as hard as he could.
And that little, bitty, skinny calf, out of the great, big, fine barn, stuck his head through the crack in the fence, said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, such fanaticism." Just... Why? Underfed.

L-28 That's what it is today with the Church, undernourished. Christ died for sinners, that you could be free. Yes, sir. He died to heal the sick. It's not fanaticism.
Let the Holy Spirit strike you one time, and you feel like a little cutting up too. Yes, sir. Sure. Get some good, rich vitamins first, from the Word of God. That's the best Vitamin I know of, is the Word of God.


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