<TITLE>13. Par 59-63</TITLE>L-59 Someone, years ago when I first started preaching, they said, "Billy, you preach that and your church will be tore up."
I said, "Any church that's tore up by old fashioned gospel preaching ought to be tore up." That's right. That's exactly right. I said, "I'd preach It if I have to lay on my stomach and drink branch water and eat soda crackers every day of my life and preach to a four pillar post in the church." I'd rather do it and tell the truth and have favor with God than preach to ten thousand people and eat fried chicken three times a day. Yes, sir. To be honest with God...
What difference does it make? You're going out of this world one of these days. You better be right before you go. There ain't going to be no disappointments and see the boot-legger and the harlot, all that condemned. But one of the disappointments is going to be to you that thought that you were all right. There's where's the disappointment's coming.

L-60 And you say--here Him say, "Depart from Me, I didn't even know you."
"Oh, Lord, I've done many things in Your Name."
"I know nothing about it. Depart from Me." So you better be searching up, checking up on the book. And this is the Book to check by, not your creed, not your catechism, check by God's Book. This is the one that's got Eternal Life. Notice, to know Him is Life. Now, just a minute.

L-61 "What can we do, Brother Branham?" Just become a lamb again. When you become a lamb, the dove will come right down and live with you. She hasn't gone very far, friend. She just took her flight and flew up there on the roost somewhere. She's ready to come back if you're ready to come back.
You say, "Well, Brother Branham, I remember when John Wesley meetings, I've read of it, when he first come over here..." Now, this is to you Methodists. What do think John Wesley would do today if he knowed you Methodists was acting the way you're doing? When in the church, the way you do...
When John Smith, when he was preaching one of his last sermons, he said, "Oh, I don't know..." He only preached a short one, four hours. And they had to pack him to the pulpit. And he said, "I don't know what's going to happen." Said, "You know the daughters of the Methodist church is even wearing rings on their fingers."

L-62 What would he say today to see the choir members in shorts? See? There you are. And you Baptists, my own church, shame on you, out here running around with the rest of the world: dress, act, look and dog with the world just like the rest of them, like dog eat dog.
And John Smith when he prayed and cried until his wife would have come get him to the room and feed him his breakfast from the swelling of his eyes... What do you think he'd do if he could look at a Baptist church today? My, what a disgrace.

L-63 What do you think it does when God looked down out of the heaven and seen when men begin to congregate together and multiply upon the earth, how that every intention of his heart was evil. It... God cried from the skies; it--it repented Him that ever even made man. What does He think today that you professed, who laid your hand on the dying Lamb's head and promised to be a Christian and walk after the ordinances of God and out here acting the way you do? Shame on you.
The Holy Spirit's took His flight. No wonder you fuss at me about praying for the sick. No wonder they--the churches and things carry on about preaching, say, "You're too flat with it, Brother Branham." Oh, brother, we're not flat enough with it. That's what's the matter. That's exactly what it is. We're not flat enough.


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