<TITLE>06. Par 278-292</TITLE>L-278   Now watch. Here is where the deep part comes now.
For it is impossible for those who where once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
And have tasted of the good word of God,... the power of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing that they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

L-279 Now, I know what you legalists has got in your mind right now, but you're wrong. See? All right. I stand on this, and the Bible confirms it, that, "If God ever saved a man, he is saved for time and Eternity." You can't make It say anything else.

L-280   Some fundamentalist come to me, not long ago, and said, "I got you on one, Preacher Branham. I got you one. You said, 'If a man was saved, he could never be lost'?"

L-281 I said, "That's what God said."

L-282 He said, "I want to ask you something. Saul was a prophet, and he prophesied. And you know he was God's anointed. The Bible said he was. And he committed suicide, and he was lost."

L-283 I said, "He was?" I said, "The Bible declares he was 'saved.' After he become an enemy to God, he was still saved. The Bible said he was. And, after all, he did not commit suicide. A Philistine killed him, and David killed the Philistine for killing him. He did fall on his sword, his spear, sword, but, he did. It didn't kill him. And a Philistine killed him. And then when Saul went down to the witch, and she called the spirit of Samuel, because he hadn't entered Glory, he was in paradise under the shed blood of bulls and goats which couldn't take away sin. But he had to have a waiting place, which is called paradise, until he entered in."

L-284   That's where you Catholic people got mixed up. See? Now, there is no more paradise now. We go straight into the Presence of God.

L-285 And when the witch of Endor called up the spirit of Samuel, there he stood. And she fell on her face, and she said, "Why did you deceive me?"

L-286 And not only was Saul standing there... I mean Samuel, in his prophet robes, he was still a prophet. He said, "Why did you call me out of my rest," said, "seeing that you become an enemy to God?"

L-287 He said, "Well, the Urim won't speak to me anymore. The prophet can't prophesy to me no more. Neither can I have a dream."

L-288 "Well," Samuel said, "you've become an enemy to God. But tomorrow the battle goes the other way, and you'll die tomorrow. And by this time, tomorrow night, you'll be with me." If Saul was lost, so was Samuel, they was both together. Certainly. The Bible said so.

L-289   Now, you can be all worked up in emotion, by speaking in tongues, shouting, jerking, shaking, running up-and-down the aisle. Nothing against that. But you can make yourself believe that you're saved when you're not, you're not saved. Your life will prove what you are. Jesus said it would, "By their fruits you shall know them." Your life will prove whether you're saved or not, if you never open your mouth. It'll prove what you are.

L-290 But all this work-up and emotion and joining church, "And I been baptized in Jesus' Name, hallelujah, I know I got It," that doesn't mean nothing.

L-291 "I been baptized, name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost, face forward, three times. I got It." That means nothing.

L-292   Paul said, "Let's go on to perfection now." We're talking about perfected. And if we'll run this down, you'll find out, the perfected is the Elected. I'll prove it to you, in a few minutes, by the Bible. It's the Elected who God, before the foundation of the world, seen every one of them. And He sent Jesus to redeem that people, not the whole world. He wanted to, but He had to make a way for those. And the only way He could do, was to send Christ; that He might come, the propitiation of our sins, that those who have been elected, He could bring to Him, in Glory.


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