<TITLE>08. Par 26-30</TITLE>L-26 A man thinks with his head, but believes with his heart. That's right. The intellectual will reason. Oh, I'm too bad. I can't do this. This... Oh, if I could go over there, I will be... oh..." See, that's reasoning, but the heart doesn't reason. It just accepts the Word the way It is, and believes It. The Bible said we should cast down reasoning. That's right. We're to believe, not reason. Just believe it.
"A new heart will I give you." Now, here's where many of the people has made a mistake. "And a new spirit will I give you." Now, He never said, "I'll just polish up the old spirit, polish up the old heart," but, "I'll give you a new heart and a new spirit."

L-27 Now, many people's thought that to be the Holy Spirit. And they made a mistake. The Methodist thought surely they had it when they shouted. Said, "Brother, we got it." Anybody that shouts, but they found out, there was a lot shouted didn't have it. That's right.
Along come the Pentecostal and said, "When we speak with tongues we've got it." But they found out a lot spoke with tongues that didn't have it. That's right. You admit that.
Well, now we got all kinds of everything for coming, and you haven't got It, till you get it. But brother, you haven't got it until there is the Spirit of God comes from heaven and changes your life, that makes the fruits of your life a different person. "By their fruit you shall know them." That's the reason you have so much ups-and-downs.

L-28 You get a new spirit; you quit your drinking. You get a new spirit you quit your drink--lying. You get a new spirit; you can do most anything with that spirit, but that isn't what God's talking about. "A new spirit," He said, "I'll give you..." Now watch, "I'll give you a new heart and a new spirit." Why, He'd have to give you a new spirit to live for Him.
Why, you couldn't even live with yourself with the spirit you did have. You couldn't live with your neighbor. You couldn't associate with the next man on the next corner. You couldn't associate with these Christians. Why, you'd have had an awful spirit. So He has to give you a new spirit. "I'll give you a new heart, a new spirit." Now, watch. "And I will put My Spirit in you." There's the difference. "I'll put My Spirit in you."
And there's where you find it so hard that you go down to church and you get a different concept. "You know what? I believe I ought to go to church."

L-29 Then you go back home and say, "Hallelujah, I got it." No you haven't. Then you go down to church and you say, "Oh, I believe that something's happened. I don't look at things the way I used to. Hallelujah!"
And in a few days you find yourself right down into the same old rut you was: doubting, reasoning, everything else. "Well now, if Pastor So-and-so said that wasn't right, I don't believe it's right. I'll just take his word for it. And I tell you I'm going to do this, and do that." And you find yourself up-and-down, and in-and-out. See, you just didn't go far enough.

L-30 Oh, you say, Brother Branham, I--I got all the evidences." I know, but we're not talking about evidences; we're talking about the product. That's right. Yes, sir. I've seen heathens shout. I've seen them speak with tongues. I've seen them lay down a pencil and write in unknown tongues, and a witch raise up and read it, interpret it and tell the truth.
If a man could speak with tongues, if a man could shout, if a man could see visions, if a man could do any of these other things that he can do without Divine love, they are lost. That's right. Christ is in the heart. See?
So don't be deceived by signs and evidences. There's all kinds of signs. The Bible said, in the last days false prophets will rise up and show such signs, it would deceive the very elect if possible. Come back to the Bible signs.


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