<TITLE>08. Par 38-42</TITLE>L-38 You say, "Now, Brother Branham, what do you mean?" Listen here. You say, "I'm an American."
Some of you women say, "I'm an American. Last week you preached on the way we wore our makeup. You preached on the way we wear our shorts out on the streets and things. I'm an American citizen. I've got just exactly the right to do what I want to, as long as the law puts up with it. They sell it in the store. That's my American privilege." I know. But, sister, if you're a lamb of God, you'll forfeit your rights, because... That's right. Yes, sir. You'll forfeit it.
You say, "Well, if I want to stay home and see 'Who loves Susie' (ever what them things are to look at), that's my own American privilege." I know it. But if you're a lamb, you'll forfeit it, because it's not sheep food. Amen. Right.
You say, "It's American--my American privilege. If I want to put some beer in my icebox, and drink a good cold glass of a night when I come home from supper, that's my own American privilege." I know it, sir. But if you're a lamb, you'll forfeit your rights, to become a Christian. That's exactly right.

L-39 I'm not at all surprised to see a pig out in a manure pile rooting, not a bit. He's a pig; that's his nature. I wouldn't holler at a sinner out drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. But when you see a... And a sinner woman out on the street with herself dressed to attract attention of a men... Now, don't tell me you're not trying to attract the attention of a men; you are. That's right. You might as well come out and be truthful. Who are you trying to attract then? Why are you dressing like that for then? Then you become a show to the world. That's right. That's right.
Well, you say, "That's my privilege. And you preacher, you ain't got no..." Yes, but if you're a lamb, you'll forfeit it.
The Bible said, "Let the women dress in modest apparel as may become holiness." That's right.
Well, you say, "If I don't cut my hair, it gives me a headache." Get it all off then; that's what the Bible said; shave it. You wouldn't have a headache much more if that was it. That's true.

L-40 Well, you say, "You're a burning the women up." Yeah, and I'm going to tell you men something too. Any man that'll let his wife act like that, and smoke cigarettes, and act the way she does, that shows what you're made out of. That's a very little thing for a man. That's... God gave you the rulership over her and what are you doing? She's ruling you, and that shows what you're made out of. That's right. True. Oh, brother, no wonder the holiness church is gone to the dogs. That's right.

L-41 Now, if you seen a pig out rooting in manure pile, you wouldn't think nothing, because he's a pig. But I'll tell you one thing; you'll never find a lamb coming over and eating with him. That's right. That's right. And you people, you know that's true.
And you find a man that calls hisself a Christian, out indulging in the things of the world, telling old dirty jokes, and listening to Arthur Godfrey, and them kind of dirty things on the radio, and tell me you're a Christian? You act like a pig in the stead of a lamb. That's right. Come into your house and on the wall's old pinup, dirty pictures, in your office boogie woogie music going on, and tell me you're a Christian? That shows what's on the inside of you. Yes, sir. Then you wonder why we haven't got the victory. That's right.

L-42 Here the other night I went to a Pentecostal meeting, and the women out on the platform with earrings, looked like the devil had done put a saddle on them and used them for a stirrup, hanging up and down the place, and dancing, their little old dress on that looked like she'd been poured in there, so tight the skin was on the outside; and you mean to tell me that's Christianity? Not according to the Bible it isn't. That's right. Now, you know that's right. That's exactly right. Something's happened.


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