<TITLE>31. Par -</TITLE>L-347-869 Maybe the ladies, Lord, You know I didn't mean anything personal by telling them. But, God, I--I love my sisters, and You know that, Father. You know how I think of them. But to stand and tell them something wrong, I'd be a--a deceiver to them. I do not wish to be a deceiver to my sisters; I want to tell them the truth. And, Father, I take It right from Your Word.
And now, I don't condemn my brethren, but, Lord, I say that they been wrong when they permit these things. And if the lady knowed different and went and done it, then it's up to her; the pastor's not guilty, that...
But, Father, those things are Your Word, and they're to You. Now, You speak to the hearts of the people. I commit them all to You. I'll see what You've done, Father; You know. Speak to each heart. We ask in Christ's Name.

L-347-872 And with our heads bowed, I wonder if someone would raise their hand, say, "Brother Branham, just remember me, that I can be a complete overcomer, and at the last day wear the wedding garment and be with Christ." Will you raise your hand, say, "Pray for me"?
Everybody keep your head down now, and just bow. God bless you; that's fine. There, God bless you, my sisters, and my brothers too, raising your hands. That's wonderful.
Now, Father, You see their hands. I know, sometime you think, "Well, just a little prayer like that?" God, I'm thinking about that mother, said yesterday, "Just a little prayer there in her house that day when that boy was dying, three weeks to live, that malignancy on the brain, and now the change came."

L-347-875 I think of Hezekiah, leaning his face towards the wall, and crying, "Lord, I beseech Thee, to be merciful to me. Consider me, for I've walked before You with a perfect heart." It changed from death to life.
One scream from the Son of God, "Lazarus, come forth," and a dead man came forth.
O God, You said, "Speak; ask, and it shall be given. When you say anything, believe that what you say comes to pass; you'll have what you say."
Now, Father, I pray that each that raised their hand will receive what they raised their hands for. And may they be blessed. And God, I pray that You'll help our sisters, that they'll be... Let them conduct themselves, that Satan through television and "True Story" magazines, and so forth, that's been so loosely handled, and uncensored programs, how the dirt and vulgar on the televisions and so forth, which would--could be an instrument to win millions of souls to You, but how they're not censored, and put out all these old dirty things that they... Oh, how pitiful. And to know that the spirit of the devil has got in and around our sisters, and are tried to make them fashion and dress like that...

L-348-879 And we find out that in the--in our brothers also, Lord, that how they figure that they can smoke, and drink, and carry on like that, and still be Christians because they say they believe. Let them know that the devil believes also. And he is not saved; he believes and trembles.
And now, Father, we pray that You'll be merciful to us all, and forgive us of our sins, and maybe some didn't raise up their hands; O God, be merciful. May the next opportunity they have, may they raise their hands.
We're fixing to take the communion, Lord. Forgive us of our trespasses and our bygones of life. And may we receive of Thy blessing, for we ask it in Christ's Name. Amen.


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