<TITLE>04. Par 11-14</TITLE>L-11 And so he said, "We're hungering and thirsting for God."
I said, "That's fine."
Said, "And we want you to tell us how to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost." He said, "Now," said, "we believe that--that in we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe."
And I told them, "Did you ever read Acts 19?"
And he said, "Yes."
I said, "Well, there's some mighty fine Baptists up there had a good pastor, good preacher; his name was Apollos; he was converted lawyer. He was proving Jesus the Christ of the Bible." And I said, "Paul passed through there in the upper coasts of Ephesus, he find certain disciples, and he said to them, 'Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?' They said, 'We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost.' See? So after that was done, and they was baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and Paul laid his hands upon them, and then they received the Holy Ghost."

L-12 He said, "But Abraham believed God, Brother Branham, and it was imputed to him for righteous, because he believed. What more can a man do but believe?"
I said, "It's all a man can do." I said, "You believe and accept Christ as personal Saviour; that's your faith. But remember, God gave Abraham a seal of circumcision as a confirmation of his faith." That's right. And I said, "Then and that was the Old Testament. In the New Testament, when we say we believe, God gives us the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is a seal of confirmation. See? Ephesians 4:30 says, 'Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you're sealed until the day of your redemption.' See? It's a seal that God has recognized your faith. But if He hasn't give you the Holy Ghost yet, He's never recognized your faith. See?"

L-13 So he said, "We want the Holy Ghost."
I thought, "You're a Lutheran college?"
I said, "What's the Lutheran people going to say?"
Said, "We don't care what the Lutheran people say; we want God."
Well, I said, "Wonderful." I--I said, "When do you want..."
He said, "Right now."
I said, "Well, scoot back your place and I will pray." And I had them all go around by the wall like that, laid hands on them, and seventy-two Lutheran students received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. They got signs and wonders and healings going on in the Lutheran college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. See?

L-14 Oh, He's wonderful. It's not just for you Pentecostal people. It's for the Lutheran, the Baptist, the Presbyterian. Whosoever will, it's for all. The only thing we just... The thing of it is, I think what we need is to get ourself in control, and just quit scattering and jumping, and respect the gifts of God and things, and put them in their places like that, and let the Holy Spirit operate the church, and then them other people will go to hungering and thirsting for it. But as long as you let it just run loose, and this one this way, and that one that one, and no control, they just think it's a babbling. They talk better than that in the Bible. It's not the gifts that they've got against; it's the way you loosely use it. That's what it's against.
Jesus said, "You're the salt of the earth." But the salt can only be a savour as it contacts. So you've got to make a contact. And your life is the best thing to make a contact with anybody. I'd rather you'd live me a sermon than preach me one any time. And the rest of the world will the same thing.


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