<TITLE>14. Par 99-100</TITLE>L-99 God, let every man and woman, boy or girl, search their heart at this time; not them, but let the Holy Spirit search them. And they will make up in their heart, "Yes, I believe I been wrong. I really have never got to that place yet to where all those things has passed away. Now, and now, Father, I accept You just now to be my Help while You're knocking at my heart. You're still calling me, or You wouldn't be talking to me like this." And may they raise up their hands, not to me; but to You. And by doing so, say, "From this day henceforth, Lord, I'm taking myself up to the river of self-denial. I'm taking myself up to the river of death. There I'm plunging beneath, to lose every stain that's wrong with me: all my habits, and uncleanliness, and my thoughts, all my differences, my quarrels, and argues, and tempers, and--and all these things. I must plunge them right beneath the flood, that when I come up, I want to feel like the Gospel said that I should: clean, ready, with a pure heart, real love for my fellow man. No matter how cruel they are, I still love them. I want to enter into a fellowship with Thee till I will feel to my enemies like You do; I want to really know it, Lord." For, we can't play with it now; it's too late. We might be gone after today. We might be gone after five minutes from now; we'll never have another chance. And, God, let men and women think of this solemnly, setting in this little church today, for we ask it in Christ's Name.

L-100 And while your heads are bowed, I wonder if there'd be one raise your hand, and say, "God, remember me. I'm the one who wants that experience with You. I'm raising my hand." Now, if you haven't got that real positive assurance, just raise your hand. God bless you too. God bless you, lady. Now, everyone that's not positive, you got... God bless you, sir. God bless you, sister. Now, something... God bless you, my brother. God bless you, my sister. You're not real positive... See? See, whenever you go through, brother, nature, all that you are is changed.
"Oh, yes, I believe, Brother Branham."
But if it's just an intellectual affair, you're believing because you have a mind to believe, that's not what I'm talking about now. I mean, you're really have been saved, you've been sealed by God's eternal love, that you can love the people that's unlovely to you, and in such a place that you can stand before them, hold their hands, and not--not with fanatics, or fanaticism, rather, but with a real true heart, so he can feel it. He knows whether you're putting it on or not. Take ahold of his hand; say, "Dear beloved brother, I--I--I been in the wrong, I--I pray you'd forgive me. I--I love you." And with that kind of an attitude, can you really from your heart do that? Can you? Can you lay aside all the things of the world just to serve Him?
Does He become first place in your life? If so, bless you; and His blessings will be on you. If not, accept Him just now; and He will bless you, and His blessings be on you. Wouldn't you rather have Him smiling at you? I'd rather have Him to smile on me, and every person in the world hate me. Of course, I believe if He smiles on me and loves me, the people will love me too; all His children will. And He'll fix me in such a condition till I can love the unlovely, like He did, 'cause His Spirit would be in me.


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