<TITLE>12. Par 88-95</TITLE>L-88 And, oh, bless your heart, the church is eat up with spiritual venereal, of all kinds of isms and everything else. It's wrong. God, be merciful. Jesus is coming, friends. You ain't going to have time one of these nights, or one of these days. You better check up now. Let's pray:
How many of you say, "Brother Branham," with your heads bowed, your hands lifted, "remember me in your prayer, Brother Branham. I come tonight, I didn't come here just to be seen." God bless you. Just look at the hands. "I didn't come here to be seen; I come to find out something. And I believe that God spoke to my heart while you're preaching, and I realize that I'm wrong. I--I want to be a real true Christian. I want to be a real lover, that when I go to my Lord and kneel on my knees, I want Him to embrace me in His arms, say, 'Oh, My lover.'"

L-90 You remember Solomon, how he spoke of it? He said, "Come, my love, let us walk through the pomegranates; let us walk through the garden of spices." How he said her lips looked like rosebuds, and so forth. How he loved his little wife, said, "Come, let us go and take our fill of love."
When you get down to your altar to pray, is your heart so true and your soul so unadulterated that you say, "Lord God, let us take our love," and you say, "Yes, my Lover, I love You"? Or, have you been committing fornication? Have you been flirting with the world?

L-92 And the hour of the Lord is at hand when all these signs and wonders, with tens of thousands of other things that's taken place, pointing; every marker is pointing. It's getting dark. There's a cooling off in the church. The revival seems to be over. The last bit is about finished. And here we find ourself in adultery. What will He do? He'll shove us from His lap, and say, "Depart from Me, you workers of iniquity."
Now, if there's someone here would like to be remembered again, I might ask at this minute, raise your hands to God, say, "I now surrender and say by God's grace, from tonight on I'll live a true life by God's help." God bless you. God bless you. And you brother, you sister; you, young lady; you sir; you brother; you over here, down there, and you young man.

L-94 Is there a person here that hasn't never been saved and say, "Brother Branham, remember me, I've never been born again. I know I'm not"? Listen, you're not saved until you're born again; you just turned your face towards Something; but when you accept Christ you're born again. You say, "Brother Branham, I've never accepted It. I know I'm wrong. I now raise my hands and say, 'You remember me too.' I've never been saved. I've never--never even tried to serve Christ, but I want to try it. Pray for me, Brother Branham." Will you raise your hand, someone in here now? Is there one person in here that's never been a Christian, would like to raise your hand, say, "Remember me, brother, in prayer"? God bless you, son. Someone else say, "Remember me, brother"? God bless you, lady. Someone else, "Remember me, brother; I want to now believe on the Lord Jesus and accept Him as my Saviour"? God bless you, brother. That's good.

L-95 Someone criticized me the other day, saying, "Brother Branham, why do you say, 'Raise your hand'?" Listen, there's no one believes in an altar call any more than I do. I believe in coming to the altar; that's good; but that doesn't save you. It's your opinion, your decision of Christ. You say, "Well, if I walk up to the altar..." That's good. But, brethren, did you realize when you raise your hand you break every scientific law there is? Your hand, by nature, by gravitation, ought to hang down. If you raise your hand, it shows there's a supernatural being in you that's able to defy the laws of nature, to raise your hand towards your Creator. Something in your heart made a decision. God sees you raising your hands just the same as He sees you at the altar. That's exactly right. If you mean it, God means it too. But look, friend, you can't be halfway; you've got to mean it.


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