<TITLE>17. Par 56-59</TITLE>L-56 And brother, sister, "I know the trials are hard. I'm getting old, and I've preached. I've done everything that I know to do. I've got to a place to where I see I can't do no more. I've just laid the whole thing in the lap of the Lord Jesus, and I'm riding on it. I'm riding on God's promise. I, the Lord have planted it; I have watered it day and night, lest some should pluck it from my hand."
God's Church will endure forever. The Word of God will stand, and exactly right, wherever. And regardless, if Kingdoms come, or atomic bombs fall, or America backslides, whatever takes place. This is His Word; He keeps It. And I'm riding on it. I believe It with all my heart. Let us pray.

L-57 Blessed Jesus, oh what a ride, down over the riffles of joy, down through, hallelujah current. Oh, we're just riding on it. You promised. Your promises is all true. And we know that every one of them bears record that they're true. And through the ages, we've seen the blessed old Bible unfold to us. And now the great hour is approaching, the midnight hour.
Lord, great holy ministers of the Gospel, has went across the nation preaching, crying, drinking branch water, persecuted, run from pillar to post, run out of cities, locked up, made fun of, scorned, laughed, starved. But the Church has moved on, for Your Word said, "Upon this Rock I'll build My church. And the gates of hell shall never prevail against it."

L-58 And we're riding on it today, the Rock, God's eternal revealed truth of the Lord Jesus Christ; upon that solid Rock the Church stands today. The atheists, the communistic, the elements of this earth has rose, and they've beat, and they've stormed, but she's built upon that solid Rock. The devil has sent--sent in faults finders, that's made fun. It's persecuted. It's called everything in the world. And we've been docked about, and tested, and tried, and oh, everything.
But O God, as Caleb and Joshua of old, we still say we're standing eternally on the Word of God. He keeps His promise. He said He'd do it and we believe it. And may each individual here this morning, get a close view of that now, what it means. That now, now, we're riding on this... Someday we will be there at the camp, where the saints are camped on the breadth of the earth. God and His children will be rejoicing forever. Grant it, Lord.

L-59 And while we have our heads bowed our eyes closed in this tabernacle this morning, I wonder if in Christ's Name, if someone would have the courage to say, "Brother Branham, this day right now in this church, I now raise up my hands to Christ and saying, "From this day henceforth, I'll ride on Your Word Lord. I'll stand there, accept Christ as my Saviour. Never try to do things to try to merit my own salvation, I'll just believe on the Lord Jesus, and accept Him, and let Him put that deep Divine love in my heart, the peace that passes all understanding. I'll wait on the Holy Ghost to give me... I raised up one time, and thought I could go do it, but I found out that I couldn't." Sure, you never will. But if you'll just stay there long enough till He does it, then it'll stay there. Then it's anchored. But if you just try to do it, you're going to fail; you're got to fail. That's the reason you have your ups-and-downs, and ins-and-outs, and all the things you're doing. It's because you try to do it. You say, "Oh, I believe I'm all right now."
That ain't it. That isn't--that isn't it. No, it's the Holy Spirit that comes in. He takes the place. He takes all the old roots of bitterness out, the old anger, and temper, and jealousy, and love of the world, and things, and takes it all out of you, and then you're a new creature.


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