<TITLE>03. Par 9-12</TITLE>L-9 You say, "Brother Branham, would you read such a little text for a great service?" You see, it doesn't make much difference how small it is, it's what it says. It's the contents in it. The context, what makes it so valuable. That is enough Scripture to convert the entire world to God and to Christ tonight. If it be received in the right mental attitude, it would do it, would bring every sinner to his knees.
And the reason I chose this, tonight, is because my theme has always been love. I think love is the most powerful force that the world has, because God is love. And there's no more power--more powerful force than God. And love is one of the greatest things that I could speak of. So it is written in a little, small text, perhaps one inch square, would more than cover the text. But as I said, it doesn't go in quantity; it's in quality.

L-10 Here some time ago, I was reading where a little boy up in an old garret (attic) was searching around up there in some old relics. And he run onto a little postage stamp, perhaps one half inch square. Well, the little fellow thought this must be of some value. So he rushes down the street to a man that he knew was a stamp collector.
And he said, "How much will you give me for this stamp?" Said, "It looks like an old stamp."
And the man said, "Well, I do not know the value of it, sonny, but I'll give you a dollar for it."
He said, "All right. I'll sell it to you."
So he bought it for one dollar. A few weeks later, he sold it for fifty dollars. A few weeks after that, it was sold for five hundred dollars. And the last I heard of the stamp, it was worth a quarter of a million dollars.

L-11 Now, it isn't the size, neither is it the paper. It's what is on it that counts. This text--it isn't how small it is, it's the message to the people that counts. It's God's Word of pardon and grace to Adam's dying race. It is a love letter that God has given to ever fallen man and woman of Adam's race.
Now, it's a pardon to those who will receive it as a pardon. But if you do not wish to receive it, it's nothing to you. It was tried in the courts a few years ago in the U.S., that a man had committed a crime. And it was a--a military offense. And he was going to be shot at sunrise. And some friend begged the officials until they persuaded them to--that the man be pardoned and give another chance. And when the pardon was wrote out and sent to the man which was in prison, just a few lines from the governor, or the official, said, "This man is pardoned." And wrote just his name. "Pardon So-and-so."

L-12 And when it was given to the man, he refused to accept it. He said, "It's not enough writing on that to pardon me." And he turned it down. And the next morning, the man was shot at sunrise. And then when this pardon being officially, returned back to the government, here's a man that was pardoned by the governor, and the man that was pardoned is shot. Now, what about it? And they tried it in the federal courts. And the verdict was passed by the federal judge, that a pardon is not a pardon if it isn't accepted as a pardon.
John 3:16 is a pardon, if you will accept it as a pardon. James 5:14 is a Divine remedy for your sickness if you will accept it as God's remedy. John 3:16 is a pardon for your sin. But if you will not accept it, then it returns back to God, and it is not a pardon to you. If you cannot accept your healing, then it's not healing for you.


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