<TITLE>23. Par 82-84</TITLE>L-82 Is there a sinner in here tonight that's never made a confession, never accepted the Lord Jesus, and would like to be remembered in prayer just now? Would you raise up your hand? And by that... God bless you, lady. God bless you, lady. Someone else? God bless you. God bless you, sir. That's fine.
Another sinner would raise their hand, say, "Remember me, Brother Branham. I truly believe that you've told the truth, and I've always knowed there's something wrong somewhere. I've watched people who claim to be Christians, and I've seen so many acts." God bless you, sir, I see your hand. God bless you, sonny, I see your hand. God bless you, sister; I see your hand. I see your hand back there, yes, my brother.
Say, "I've seen the church, and I--I knowed there was something; I understand now. It isn't God's fault; it isn't God. But I--I want to be the kind of Christian you're talking about. I want that real peaceful, quiet life, Brother Branham. I want something down in my heart that keeps me when the storms are hard against me. I want to know that there's a peace in my heart; I can walk calmly and quietly, even down through the valleys of the shadows of death. And I want you to remember me tonight, Brother Branham, in a prayer." And I'll do it, my dear brother, sister.

L-83 Now, God sees your hands. See it--it doesn't do much good for me to see it, but God sees it. You know there's been eight or ten people hold their hands as sinners. Is there another one here would just raise your hand and say, "Remember me in a word of prayer, Brother Branham, as a sinner, I come." God bless you, my sister. God bless you, my brother. I see you, and you back there by the pole I see you. God bless you, my brother.
Someone else, say, "Remember me just in a word of prayer, Brother Branham, I... Somehow or another I'm strangely tonight. I--I feel that I--I want to become a real Christian."
Is there some in here that would say, "Brother Branham, I--I profess Christian..." God bless you, brother. I see your hand there with your little wife and baby. God be near you, my brother.
What makes you raise your hand? You want me to tell you? Here's what it is: Jesus said, "No man can come to Me, except My Father draws him." It's God. That's the Holy Spirit speaking to you. "No man can come to Me except My Father draws him, and all that comes to Me, I'll give them Everlasting Life, and will raise them up at the last day."
Listen what Jesus said about it, you who's raised your hand. "He (personal pronoun to any one), He that hears My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me..." What does he do? "Hear My Words, believes on Him that sent Me, hath (present tense) Everlasting Life, and shall not come into condemnation, or judgment, but has passed from death to Life."

L-84 While they're praying, I want to ask you something. "What is sin, Brother Branham?" Smoking cigarettes, that's not sin. Committing adultery, that's not sin. Telling lies, that's not sin. That's attributes of sin. There's only one sin, and that's the sin of unbelief. "He that believeth not..." Saint John 3, "He that believeth not is condemned already."
Now, you're either a believer or a unbeliever. And if you say, "Well, Brother Branham, I quit drinking. I..." That still don't mean that, don't mean you're a Christian. See? If it's a results of believing on the Lord Jesus... That's the only thing you can do, is believe; and God gives you the Holy Ghost as a confirmation of your belief. See?


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