<TITLE>01. Par 1-8</TITLE>57-0825M, Hebrews, Chapter Two #1, Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville, IN, 45 min
HEBREWS, CHAPTER TWO #L-1 57-0825M

HEBREWS, CHAPTER TWO #L-1 57-0825M

L-1      Was here in the class and enjoyed the... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] And now the first Book of Hebrews, is Paul, we found, or we believe. The theologians are at end; they don't know just which, or who wrote It. But, I believe, anyone with a little spiritual discernment would see it was Paul. It's--it's believed, by the most of the writers, to be Paul. And how that he...

L-2   In the 1st chapter, we found that it was exalting the Lord Jesus. Oh, how he brought down, to show by the--by the experience that he had had on his road to Damascus. Now, Paul was, to begin with, a real theologian. Paul was taught under Gamaliel, one of the best teachers of that day. And he was smart and intelligent, and was a real shrewd Bible scholar.

L-3 And I found this, when he was on his road down to Damascus, with letters in his pocket, to arrest all those that were in the blessed old Gospel way, and the man was sincere. But, I've always believed that since Paul seen Stephen die, I think that must have got right next to him. When he consented to Stephen's death, and held the coats of those who stoned him, then Paul was guilty of the blood of Stephen. And he confessed, and said, "I'm not even worthy," said, "because I shed the blood of His--of His, the martyr, Stephen. Cause, he witnessed to it.

L-4   And if you witness to anything, you're just as guilty as being a partaker of it. So if we witness, say, "Oh, yes, they oughtn't to have done this, this so-and-so." Be careful what you say, because you're guilty the way your judgment goes. If you can't decide, don't say nothing, just leave it alone. Then when you testify that you are a Christian, then you're guilty. See? You're guilty of being a Christian, and you must live to that. And when God makes a--a promise in the Bible... I see a man here in a wheel chair. When God makes a Promise, He's guilty of that Promise unless He brings It to pass. God is guilty when He makes a Promise. And the Scriptures are guilty until they are fulfilled. See? They're--they're right there as a--as a statement that God has made. And It's got to be fulfilled or God is guilty. See?

L-5   And so Paul, being a teacher, and coming on his road down to Damascus that day, about, long about noon time, I suppose. There was a great Light shined out of the Heavens, and It blinded him, and he--he fell to the earth. And he said he wanted to know Who it was. He said a voice spoke, and said, "Saul, Saul, why persecuteth thou Me?" I believe the 8th chapter of Acts.
He said, "Who is It that I persecute?"

L-6 And the Voice came back, and said, "I'm Jesus." Oh! "I am Jesus, and it's hard for you to kick against the pricks." And what was Jesus then? Jesus, He was the Light, just a big Light shining bright.

L-7   Now to encourage us and get a basis here. How was He a Light, when He was a Man? Now, no one...
There was a bunch of soldiers with Paul, temple guards, going down to put under arrest. Paul was the chief captain. And they were going down to arrest those people, for their campaigns and so forth, and for their religious hope that laid within them.

L-8   But, now, here was Jesus as a big Light. Now, if you remember, in the beginning, Jesus was a Light. Jesus was the Logos that went out of God. And He was the... He was the Angel of the Covenant that led the children of Israel through the wilderness. And He was the Pillar of Fire that they looked at. And He was... And when He was here on earth, He said, "I came from God, and I go back to God." So if He came from a Pillar of Fire, into a Man, then if He went back to where He was, He went back to a Light again. And there He was when Paul saw Him, He was a Light.


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