<TITLE>20. Par 190-203</TITLE>L-190   He took His hand and patted His side, took His finger and wrote "pardoned" on my book; throwed it over behind Him, the Sea of Forgetfulness. I watched it a little bit. And He said, "Now, I forgive you, but you want to condemn her." See? Said, "You're forgiven, but what about her? You want to blow her up. You didn't want her to live."

L-191 I thought, "O God, forgive me. I didn't mean to think that. I didn't want to do that. I--I--I didn't want to do that."

L-192 "You're forgiven. You feel all right. But what about her? She needs it, too. She needs it."

L-193 "Well," I thought, "God, how did I know who You've called, and who You haven't called?" It's my business to speak to everyone.

L-194   So, when the vision left me, I walked over to her. I said, "How do you do, lady?" And them two men had went to the rest room. And they... She was setting there, hiccuping, you know, laughing. The bottle of whisky setting on the table, or beer, it was, alcohol setting there, where they been drinking. I walked up. I said, "How do you do?"
And she said, "Oh, hello."
And I said, "Could I set down?"
She said, "Oh, I got company."
I said, "I didn't mean it in that way, sister."
She looked at me when I called her "sister." She said, "What do you want?"
I said, "Could I set down just a minute."
She said, "Help yourself." And I sat down.
I told her what had happened. She said, "What's your name?"
And I said, "Branham."
She said, "Are you the man down here in this arena?"
I said, "Yes, ma'am."

L-195 She said, "I've been wanting to come down there." She said, "Mr. Branham, I was raised in a Christian family." She said, "I got two young girls that's Christian. But certain, certain things happened, and she got on the wrong road, or started."

L-196   I said, "But, sister, I don't care, the Blood is still around you. This world is covered over with Blood." If It didn't, God would kill us, every one. He... When that Blood is moved, look out for judgment. But now, if you die without that Blood, you go beyond that place, then there's nothing to act for you. Today the Blood acts in your stead. I said, "Lady, sure, the Blood is still got you covered. As long as you got breath in your body, the Blood has you covered. But someday when the breath leaves here, the soul goes out, you'll go beyond that Blood, and there's nothing but judgment. While you got a chance for pardon..." And I took her by the hand.

L-197 She was crying, said, "Mr. Branham, I'm drinking."

L-198 I said, "That don't hurt. Something, another has warned me to come tell you." I said, "God, before the foundation of the world, called you, sister. And you're doing wrong, and you're only making it worse."

L-199 She said, "Do you think He would have me?"

L-200 I said, "Absolutely, He'd have you."

L-201 There on her knees, we got down in the middle of that floor, and an old-fashion prayer meeting. That police took off his hat and bowed on one knee. There we had a prayer meeting, in that place. Why? God is sovereign.
"Laying aside these dead works, let us go on to perfection."

L-202 Let's move into that realm where these, "I belong to church; I belong that," that's all finished. And let's go to perfection.

L-203   My sinner friend, if you're without the Blood today, without salvation, without grace, the Blood of Jesus Christ holds you. You say, "Well, I got by all this time." But one day you're going where there's nothing left for you then.
Let us pray now, while we bow our heads.


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