<TITLE>21. Par 204-212</TITLE>L-204 Is there, would be, one here today would like to say, "God be merciful to me, I realize that I've done wrong"? Maybe you've joined church. That's all right. But if you haven't received the grace of Christ, would you raise your hand and say, "Pray for, me, Brother Branham"? God bless you, mister. God bless you, lady. That's right. Don't... God bless you, sir, back there. God bless you, and you. Way back in the back, yes, God bless you. Raise your hand. That's right. Just put your hand up, and say, "God, be merciful to me."

L-205   You say, "I belong to church, Brother Branham. Yes, I--I've tried to be good, But I don't know, I just seem, look like, I can't do it." Oh, poor pilgrim, poor decrepit friend, you've really never seen the vision yet.

L-206 You say, "Brother Branham, I shouted. I've spoke with tongues. I done all this." That might be true, too. That's all right, nothing to say against that.
But, my dear, lost friend, but, to speak with tongues, or to shake, or to shake hands, or to be baptized, that, that's all right. But, to know Him, is to know a Person. "To know Him is Life."

L-207 You say, "I know the Bible, real well." Well, to know the Bible, is not Life. "To know Him," the personal pronoun, "to know Him, Christ," that you know He has forgive you.
Would you just raise your hands, again, someone else? God bless you, lady. God bless you, sir. God bless you over here, brother. God bless you back there, young man. God bless you over here, sister. God bless you, way back in the back, there. That's right. "To know Him, is Life."
"Brother Branham, remember me. I'm now, right here in my seat, going to accept Christ."

L-208   Say, "Come into my heart, Lord Jesus, and give unto me that peace, that sweetness." Go to church, play the music as hard as you can, dance up-and-down, run through the aisle, go home weary, and toss and fuss, that's not Christ. You go to church, set and listen to some little sermon about how the bridge is going to be painted, or something, another like that, never hear the Word. The Word brings Life. It's the Seed. Don't you want peace?

L-209 Are you bothered about dying? You'd have a heart attack today, does it worry you? Or would you rejoice, to say, "I'm going to be with the Lord Jesus on the end of this road"? Do you know Him? If you don't, just raise your hand. We're going to ask prayer for you. Yes, brother, you, too.

L-210 All right, in your heart now.
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy Blood was shed (for who?) for me,
Because I promise, I'll believe,
O Lamb, O Lamb of God, I come. I come, tenderly, mercifully.
Just as...
Just walk right to Him, by faith. Believe that He is standing right there by your side. He is.
... -ting not
To rid my soul (of how much now?) of one... (temper, malice),
To Him Whose Blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb...

L-211 "By faith I'll walk to the cross, this morning. I lay my burdens down. I come." God bless you back there. That's good. [Brother Branham begins humming Just As I Am--Ed.] Don't be indifferent now. Warmly, sweetly, walk right up to the cross.

L-212   In the Old Testament, they brought a lamb. They knowed they'd sinned, they knowed it by the commandments. You know it now, because God spoke to your heart. They took a look at the commandments, "Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not do so-and-so." And they took a lamb, went and put their hands on the lamb, priest cut the throat. The little fellow was kicking, and bleeding, and blating, and dying. His hands was all covered with the blood. The lamb died in his stead, but he walked out with the same desire to do it again.


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