<TITLE>18. Par 63-66</TITLE>L-63 O God, while we're in Your Presence, knowing that that and that alone is the Holy Spirit... God is love. God so loved the world that He did something about it, just as that mother deer, it was in her. She was a mother. And when there was a need, she come to the need. She couldn't do nothing else. Her very nature called her to it. And when God seen the world dying in sin, He could do nothing else but come to the rescue. That's what He was, was love. And He so loved the world that He gave His little crying Child yonder on Calvary, that we unworthy, guilty sinners might be redeemed by His love.
No wonder it's thrilled the hearts of poets, till one said:
If all the ocean was ink,
And the skies of parchment made,
And every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry.
Or could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.

L-64 O God, I don't know when I'll preach my last sermon, but I pray God that somehow, that this deep love and peace will settle on ever heart here this afternoon, and that they might become borned again in the love of God, and fellowship and love for each other and the brethren, and loyalty to God. It would revolutionize every organization; it would build up every church; it would build up communities; it would build the Kingdom of God.
And Father, dear, while we're thinking on these things, help us to understand, not to impersonate, but to really have what we're speaking of, something that drives us all: the nature of our own being, God's Holy Spirit.
And while we have our heads bowed and our eyes closed. And if you ever was sincere with God, be right now. My poor decrepit friend that's outside of Christ, do you know what mother love is? You want love for--a mother will do for her child? Well, the Bi... Could a mother forget her little baby? The Bible asks that. Said, "Will a mother forget her suckling babe?" Said, "Yes, she might. But never will I forget you. Your name's engraved on the palms of My hands."

L-65 Now, if God so loved you, and displayed His love at Calvary for you, sent the Holy Spirit here, and the resurrected Christ standing before you, right at your seat, speaking to your heart, will you appreciate it enough to say, "By this, Brother Branham, I raise my hand today and say, 'In God's Name, I'll take my stand for Jesus Christ this afternoon.' And that love hasn't been in my heart, like you've talked of it, Brother Branham, like the Bible has proved it. I now want that love in my heart. And God, You help me to have it."?
God bless you, mister. I see your hand up. Somebody else? "I want that love in my heart." God bless you, lady. Somebody in the balcony to my right, now, raise your hand, say, "I..." God bless you, sir. "I want that love in my heart. I..." You may be a good church member. God bless you, sir. God bless you, over here. Balcony to my left, would you raise your hand, someone in there, and say, "Brother Branham, pray for me. I want that love." God loves you. God bless you, lady. Somebody else? God bless you, sir. God bless you, sir. God bless you. God bless you, lady. That's good.

L-66 Be sincere now. Say, "Brother Branham, you know I've been a church member. I've went to my church for years. But really, it's sure been a up-and-down life. I never knowed where I was at nor nothing. I never did have that kinda love you are talking about. Oh, I've felt like I wanted to serve the Lord." That's intellectual. That's something that you got in your mind. But brother, sister, dear, when He comes down into your heart, it's different. It's something you can't forget. It's part of you.
You say, "Yes, Brother Branham, I've seen lot of times I walked to keep from saying things to people when I hear them cursing and going on. I wouldn't say nothing. I... Oh, I wish I could've had the grace to..." That's it. You want it? It's for you. Just about a dozen hands has been up.


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