<TITLE>02. Par 6-9</TITLE>L-6 Now, first the Word, the Bible said, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Now, before It could be a Word, It had to be a thought 'cause a word is a thought expressed. And God, when He seen that the enemy of this world had--was going to do what he did, God thought how He would send the great plan of redemption, and when He thought it, then He spoke it, and It was as good as done right then. And thousands of years later came the Lord Jesus Christ and died for sins and rose again some nineteen hundred years ago this morning for our justification, setting at His right hand now, as a High Priest making intercession upon our confession.
See it's already finished, and any word that comes out of God's Bible, you can rest your soul upon It. See? That's the reason down in Mexico the most of the people down there are Catholic. And being interviewed by Catholic man, he said, "Brother Branham, do you believe that--that our saints can perform miracles?"
I said, "If they're living, not dead."
And he said, "Well," he said, "Well, you..."
I said, "I..."
He said, "What church are you with?"
I said, "The Church of the Lord Jesus."
And he said, "What denomination is it?"

L-7 And I said, "It isn't a denomination. It's the Body of Christ. By one Spirit we all come together to believe, and in there, no matter what the man thinks, it's his personal faith in Christ."
He said, "Of course, that Bible was the ancient history of the Catholic church."
I said, "Well, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I have... I read many histories, and I don't see where the Catholic church ever come into existence for three hundred years, and something after the death of the last apostle; but however, I'll--I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say it was. Then you can call me a Catholic of the old type, 'cause I believe the Bible." That's right. All right. And I believe that every Word can never be changed if God has once spoke It, and It's forever the Truth. See? See? You and I keep learning more wisdom. You know more now than you did a few years ago.

L-8 A little girl setting here, now, she's just a child. Her parents has to lead her. After while she'll grow up and probably in her day she progresses, she might be smarter than her mother is now (See?), 'cause she keeps progressing, but God is infinite. He can't change. He has to... He--He was--He was perfect to begin with. He will be the same at the end. He--He can't change. So whatever His attitude was towards anything in the Bible, it has to be same now, or He did wrong the way He acted then. See? So He's got to never change.
So before we open up His Word, let us speak to the One Who wrote It, the Lord Jesus, while we bow our head.

L-9 Our heavenly Father, today is one of the greatest days of the--on the history of the Christian calendar. It's the day of the resurrection. We pray, heavenly Father, that He Who is alive today, and alive forevermore, will visit with us in these next few moments of speaking and praying for those poor people who are sick and needy today.
I humbly ask that You forgive us all of our sins and trespasses. We do wrong. We realize that, because we're living in a wrong world with wrong motives, wrong spirits, wrong emotions. But, Father, Thou knowest all these things, so we are so thankful that we have Jesus Who sets at the right hand of the Majesty to make intercessions upon our confession that we are wrong; and He promised to forgive us, and we believe it and trust Him.
Get glory out of the service today. Circumcise every heart to hear the Word and the lips who speak it, for we ask it in Christ's Name. Amen.


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