<TITLE>14. Par 28-31</TITLE>L-28 Remember, if you spurn mercy, there's nothing left but judgment. That's all that you can... If you trespass and step over the boundary line of mercy, there's nothing left but judgment. So God, before He does anything here on earth, He always sends a warning.
Now, before Jesus was born, He sent a warning. And He's always... Another thing keep in mind. No matter how formal and indifferent the world gets, God has never left Hisself without a witness on earth. He's always had somebody He could put His hand on and say, "This is My servant."

L-29 And in this day, before the coming of the Lord, the Church had got away, about like it has in today. It's under the Roman government. And the old fashion types have just about cleared out. But they had somebody who kept the faith. And that man's name was Zacharias. And he had a wife named Elisabeth. And they were righteous man and woman. They lived together godly. They served Lord with all their heart.
Elisabeth was barren. Her husband, the priest at the temple, his duty was to burn incense while the people were praying. And one day while he was down at the temple a burning incense, while prayers were being made, a righteous man, notice, holy man, feared God, had his house in order. While he was making this offering there of incense, he looked over on the right hand side of the altar, and there stood Gabriel, the Archangel.
Now, do you believe in the Angels?

L-30 Here not long ago, a man met me; he said, "Brother Branham, I tried to search your ministry, your teaching, but there's only thing..." and this a full Gospel brother. He said, "There's only one thing that you make a mistake in." He said, "That is: talking about an Angel." Said, "That's God."
I said... He said, "There's no Angels of the New Testament. Angels was of the Old Testament." Said, "Daniel had Angels, and so forth, that followed him, and the old prophets and so forth. But in the New Testament the Holy Spirit governs and leads the Church."
I said, "You're correct. The Holy Spirit does. But still we have Angels which are ministering Spirits sent from God."
And he said, "Not in the New Testament, Brother Branham."
And I said, "Yes." I said, "How about the Angel Gabriel with Mary?"
Said, "That was before Pentecost."
I said, "Then you mean after Pentecost?"
He said, "Yes."
I said, "Do you believe that Philip had the Holy Ghost?"
He said, "Sure."
I said, "Who was It that called him away from that big revival down there and sent him out into the--the desert, Gaza, then? What was it? Was it the Holy Ghost or was It the Angel of the Lord?" It was the Angel of the Lord.

L-31 I said, "Who would doubt, but what that great Saint Peter had the baptism of the Holy Ghost? You believe that, don't you? And when he was in jail that night, and they was going to behead him the next morning, and down at John Mark's house was having a prayer meeting, Who was it come in like a big Pillar of Light and shined in on him, and loosened him up? Was it the Holy Ghost? No, sir. It was the Angel of the Lord." That's right.
Who would say that Saint Paul didn't have the Holy Ghost? And out there on that ship, and it waterlogged, fourteen days and nights no moon or stars, and all hopes they'd ever be saved was gone. And he went down in the gallery to pray, and when he come back out, said, "Be of a good courage, for the Angel of God, Whose servant I am, stood by me last night, saying, 'Fear not, Paul. Thou must be brought before Caesar, and lo, God has give all these that sail with you to you.'" Said, "Wherefore, be of a good courage. For I believe God, that'll be just as He told me." Amen. Paul had the Holy Ghost.


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