<TITLE>17. Par 74-78</TITLE>L-74 I don't know what's the matter with me tonight. But that's truth. Too starchy, too stiff, too cold, too indifferent, you're sharing with others. You're sharing with the devil. That's the reason you can't. That's the truth. If I never see you again, I will meet you at judgment with a clean heart. I know it's the truth. There you are.
But this poor mortal, she was washing His feet and wiping them with her glory. What a place. What a time. Wished I could've stood there. I like to stay where she stood. Oh, my, what a time she was having, washing His feet, taking her glory and wiping His feet, and the tears running down, crystal tears of repentance to wash. And she was rubbing them, kissing His feet, just beside herself.

L-75 You say, "What happened to the party?" Who cares what happened to the party. A sinner come to God. Amen. The trouble of it today, we got too much ritualistic routine. Sinners can't get to God on them kind of grounds. Hallelujah.
Oh, this poor sinner with the tears of repentance running down her cheeks, dripping off on His feet, washing them with her hands and kissing them with her lips, taking her glory and wiping His feet, what a beautiful picture. Jesus felt right comfortable then.

L-76 Oh, what about Pharisee? Oh, the party stopped. Sure. The embarrassment, oh, I can see that Pharisee. There's the sinner, not the woman, the Pharisee. Sin is unbelief. That woman was a believer. The Pharisee was all religious, but he was the worst sinner in the country. And it's still the worst sinner the world has got... is the stiffy, starch, backslidden church, the pastor the same way. Hallelujah.

L-77 You'll hate me after this, but God's the One that's telling me to say it, so there it is. Amen. There it is. That's the sinner, that starchy one.
This poor woman, after washing His feet... Pharisee stood there with a... [Brother Branham makes a noise to imitate the Pharisee--Ed.]... My, I can see his face turned red, and then white around the lips. Oh, my, he's raging.
He said, "Now, you see, Jones, all of you?" Said, "You see? If that Man was a prophet, or a seer, like He says He is, He'd know what kind of a woman that is." Ha, like He didn't." Said, "He'd know what kind of a woman it was." Said, "Why, she'll ruin His reputation." Why, Jesus' reputation's made among sinners. Sure, that's the ones that'll receive Him. His reputation can't be made before you, starchy, and stiff and indifferent, and read some old ritual off like that, and call it preaching the Gospel. How in the world is He going to have a reputation with you? You got your reputation in the church. Amen.

L-78 There He is. He said, "You see, if He was a seer, if He was a great Man, He would know that that woman was a sinner that's touching Him. See? That's around Him."
What had happened? Let's look. Oh, my, she's just beside herself. Would Jesus would have moved a foot? She'd have jumped up. No, He set perfectly quiet and watched her. I believe He felt real good about it. He was watching that sinner repent.
After while, he said, "You see, you see."
Now, watch. First thing, He moves aside, and He raises His head; He looks up. The woman stops, half way up. Look at her hair hanging down the side of her face, the dirt off of Jesus feet, the oil, all over her lips and face. She's been kissing Him, kissing His feet. And she's standing. Her eyes are staring now. Jesus is fixing to speak. And she's looking right at Him. He looks right down to her. Then He looks off at Pharisee. And He said, "Simon, I have something to say to you." Oh, my. Watch this, what it'll be at judgment too.


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