<TITLE>11. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 What brought on juvenile delinquency was parent delinquency, the parent failing to take care of the children. You remember a few years ago, when my boy was born; that has been about, I think he's about nineteen now. I remember the doctor told my wife, said, "Just let that kid squall." Said, "It ain't going to hurt him. And if grandma comes along to pick him up," said, "take her--keep her hands off of him." Said, "He ought to be crib broke at six months old."
Now, you know better than that. Sounds like a talking of a witch doctor instead of a real doctor. And then you know what it hatched out? It hatched out a bunch of neurotics and a bunch of gangsters. Listen. God gave you that baby to love. I don't care how bad you spoil it; love it anyhow. That's right. Love it. If you don't love it now, it'll grow up in a cold home and indifferent, and it'll seek love somewhere, or something. It'll make an out-light for somewhere. Mother, take that baby and give it fellowship and love now. Make it a part of you, which it is, and act like it, and hug it, and kiss it, and--and love it. Don't be too cold with the things of the world. God gave you that as a treasure; raise it right. Amen.
Notice, that's what's the matter; we got away from the things of God. You get away from nature, and then you're out of the will of God.

L-41 Now, I want you to notice then, Job, thinking of his children, he said, "Now, peradventure, when they go out, they might sin." So he offered the only preparation that he knowed about was a burnt sacrifice, the shedding of blood. And he shed the blood of a lamb for his children, making preparation, if they did sin. You see it? Job was mindful of his children to make a preparation for their sin.
And mother and father, if we would quit spending money on our children learning tap dancing, and things like that, and some kind of "how to be a actor," and put more time a pleading the Blood of Jesus up over them, and showing them love and fellowship, we'd get along better. The child would too. Teach your child.

L-42 I believe if every parent would take their child and... The first, the parent come back to God, and take the beer out of the icebox, and take the cards off the table. "Oh," you say, "it's innocent." You see what it hatches out. Brother, I wouldn't let a card light on my ground. No, sir. It's the devil's thing. Keep them away from it. You say, "You're old fashion, Brother Branham." Well, it was an old fashion Gospel saved me. Amen. It's old fashion salvation that makes me happy. It was old fashion Holy Ghost that healed me. It's the same thing that's going to take us home to glory, sure. Teach your child.

L-43 Looky here. Look what the world can do. Now, this is little clean things, I suppose. I ain't got nothing to do with it. But looky here. Every kid in town could tell you who Davy Crockett was. My, my. It's on his teaspoons, on his hat, on his tie, everywhere, David Crockett. The world taught the children, America by a fad taught all the children about David Crockett. They could tell you he was from Tennessee, when he was born, and all about it. He wore a coonskin cap, and killed a bear when he was three, and all these kind of fiction things. They know all about David Crockett. And you're willing, and like to tell him about it.
Well, if they could learn about David Crockett, and dress like David Crockett, and act like David Crockett, surely you could teach them about Jesus Christ, and they would act like Jesus Christ, and love Jesus Christ, as well as they could love David Crockett. Fellowship around the Bible. Tell them Jesus loves them.


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