<TITLE>05. Par 43-54</TITLE>L-43 What a beautiful picture it is today, when we look at the Church and see the Church in its condition, every man that's born of the Spirit of God despises the world. "And if you love the world or the things of the world, the love of God is not even in you." That's what the Bible said. And the real pilgrim, on his road, simply hates the things of the world. He hates to see men drinking. He hates to see men smoking. He hates to see women on the street, with them little old dirty clothes on. He hates to see buncos and card parties.

L-44   And yesterday, while Brother Tony... or Brother Woods and I were coming through the street, and some more, some of the men... There was a little lady there in Louisville, coming down the street, lovely looking little women, with the clothes on that was horrible; just a little way up on the hip, and a little ribbon tied on her hips, on each side, and a little bitty round piece of cloth in front of her, and tied with a string behind. Walking down the street, horribly, and every man on the street looking at her. I said, "She doesn't realize that she is guilty, in the sight of God, with committing adultery with every man that looked on her in that manner. And she'll answer at the day of judgment for committing adultery with those men."

L-45 Jesus said, "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery with her already." That's right.

L-46   So, you see, Brother Woods said to me, "What do you allow for that, Brother Branham?"

L-47 I said, "It's either mental deficiency or devil possession." There's only two things to make it. A decent, clean woman won't wear those things; unless she is devil possessed. That's exactly the Truth.

L-48 Now, a pilgrim that's on his road to Heaven, he lives in a different atmosphere. You don't have to worry about him looking at her. He'll turn his head if he's got God in his heart, for he's living in an atmosphere that's a million miles from those things. That's right. You don't want to be guilty of that stuff, at the judgment. So he turns his head and say, "God, have mercy on the woman," and on he goes. We're in our journey. We're on our way to Canaan's Land. We're on our way to that Eternal and blessful Rest that God has given us. And in the journey, we are tempted. We are tempted of all kinds of things, but yet be tempted without sinning.

L-49   Now notice, as we go to the 4th chapter, "Let us therefore fear."
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us to enter into his rest,...

L-50 I want you to remember, that, unless we find out, unless God has revealed it to us! No matter how much we go to church, that has nothing to do with it. God must come by revelation and reveal Hisself to us, that takes all the things of the world out. "Now, while it is said, 'Today if you... '"

L-51 Now let's start the--the 4th chapter.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us to enter into his rest,...

L-52 Now remember, when they were on the road to Rest, the Pillar of Fire led them. Now we want to find out, "What is this Rest?"
Let us... fear, lest, the promise being left us to enter into his rest, watch, any of you should seem to come short of it.

L-53   Now, here is the promise. Here is what we got to fear: if there's not a promise left us. But there is a promise! And then, the next thing, don't come short of it.

L-54 Now, the thought is, if we are on our way to the Rest, what is the Rest? Where is it? Is it joining church? Is it being baptized a certain way? Is it becoming a member of the greatest church in the city? Wearing better clothes? Is it education? Is it money, so we can quit work and just lay down, rest the rest of our life, as we call it? That's not it.


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