<TITLE>18. Par 71-75</TITLE>L-71 I'm going to ask you something just now. How many feel that your sins are all under the Blood, would you just raise your hand? "I now believe that God forgives me, and I--I'm His child." Oh, my.
Now, the dying thief he rejoiced to see that fountain in his day. He was dying. He rejoiced to see the fountain in his day. There may I, though vile as he, wash all my sins away. While we're singing this verse, and then we hit the chorus, I want you to shake hands with someone setting near you, say, "God bless you, Christian brother, sister." Whoever it is.
Now, let's sing to the Lord now, first verse. Let's raise our hands if we can and sing, the dying thief. Now, and in the chorus then, shake hands.
The dying thief rejoiced to see... (Father, we're worshipping Thee now.)
... fountain in his day;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
Wash all my sins away,
Wash all my sins away; (Now, get one another by the hand.)
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

L-72 How happy we are today as Christian believers, as fellow citizens of the Kingdom, that God has washed all our sins away and made us new creatures in Christ Jesus. Now, are you happy for the Lord? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Wonderful.
Now, remember, friends, the services will be back here again this evening. God bless you. I took a little longer this morning than I aimed to. I got an appointment right away after this service, and I am to meet some of you dear friends. I wonder if it could be possible we could postpone that until this evening when I come back for the services tonight, 'cause I just, I thought I'd be through by eleven and now we got to... How many is to be prayed for? Let's see your hands go up everywhere. We got a large audience to pray for. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]

L-73 And I told you how that Lutheran man up yonder wrote me such a letter and condemned me and said that a man of, that preached to the people that I did and would say the devil couldn't heal and so forth... And I answered him just as gently as I know how. He wrote back a letter and said, "I'd like to meet you at the Business Men Convention."
And I--and I asked Brother Moore if he would give him a place. He said, "Yes." And they taken me out to the Lutheran seminary, and set a dinner there where all the students and the teachers... And this was the dean; he set by me. And we had dinner together. And they were German. And they had a--a--a great dinner set, and the--the ladies, they all waited on us and so forth. After the dinner was over, this Lutheran dean of the Lutheran College stood up and said, "Brother Branham, I brought you out here for one purpose." He said, "That is, we want to find God in the baptism of the Holy Ghost."

L-74 I looked at him, looked at Brother Moore, and Brother Moore looked at me. He said, "I criticized you, and I'm sorry." Said, "Brother Branham, you're right. And I ask you to forgive me. And now, we want the baptism of the Holy Spirit." Said, "We've seen a lot of kicking over chairs and tearing up things." But said, "We want the real Holy Spirit."
I said, "Do you believe?" He said... I said, "What's the Lutheran sem... What's the Lutheran denomination?"
Said, "We don't care what the Lutheran denomination; we want Christ."

L-75 And Bob Shuler and them, the editor of the Christian Herald, and them had just received the Holy Ghost, a bosom friend of Billy, and all them--them brethren are hungering for the Holy Ghost.
And then I said... He said, "Is it for Lutherans?"
I said, "It's for whosoever will let him come."
He said, "How can we receive It?"
I said, "Are you really sincere?"
He said, "Yes, Brother Branham, from the depths of our heart."
I said, "What about you students?" Every hand went up, and tears running down their cheeks, "We want Jesus."


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