<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>57-1208, I Stand At The Door And Knock, Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville, IN, 101 min
L-1 Jesus, and He saves us from sin. And now, we're going to read just a little text and talk to you a few moments from the Word of God, 'cause after all, that's the all-sufficient part is the Word. "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word of God." Now, let us bow our head just a moment before we open His Word.
Most gracious Lord, we are happy this morning for the privilege that we have of standing in Thy Presence, looking up to Thee and calling Thee our Father. When we remember in our Scripture, that Thou hast said, "Pray ye, our Father Who art in heaven..."
To know that we are altogether impure, we were borned in sin, shaped in iniquity and come to the world speaking lies. And such a miserable wretch as we, and yet by the Blood of Thy Son, the Lord Jesus, through the unmerited grace that we have been given, we have the privilege of looking up and saying, "Father." Oh, how we thank Thee for this.

L-2 And today we would ask You, Lord, to search our hearts as we worship. We come here for no other purpose but to worship Thee. And to see in this great day that we're now living when it seemingly that everything has failed, but there's one sure thing that can never fail: that's Jesus. For He said to us when He was on the earth, that, "Heavens and the earth would pass away, but My Word shall never fail." What an assurance that we have then to rest our soul's eternal destination upon His Word.
And now, it is... It has been given to us in the form of a Book called the Bible; know that It was written by the Holy Spirit and can only be interpreted by the Holy Spirit. May He come now over this written Word and speak through mortal lips to mortals ears and give eternal understanding. Grant it, Father, that it might stir our hearts to love Him more and to have better fellowship with Him to bring us to a close communion.

L-3 Then we would ask you this morning, Lord, that there is many sick and needy here in the church and throughout the land. May we receive the benefits of His striping of His body upon ours today. For it is written that, "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed."
And as David of old cried out, "Bless the Lord, oh, my soul, and forget not all His benefits, Who forgives all thine iniquity, Who healeth all of thy diseases." Grant today, Lord, that in this worship, that every person here that's in need of either thing, salvation for their soul or healing for their body, may we draw the benefits of this great supreme Sacrifice today.
We submit ourselves to Thee now, Lord. And we pray that You will speak through us, and will hear through us, and answer prayer. For we ask it in the Name of Thy blessed Son, the Lord Jesus our Saviour. Amen.

L-4 There is so much good in the Word of God till it is a hard thing for any persons to ever select a certain Scripture. When I am reading the Word, I'll say, "This sounds so good. I'm just going to underline it. And then when I go to the next service I'm going to preach on this subject."
And I'll sit down for a few moments and I'll listen to the Spirit as It speaks. Then it won't be but just a little bit till I'll be reading a little farther. And I find something that even sounds better. And I'll underline that and say, "This is what I'm going to speak on when I go to church next." And the--the first thing you know, my Bible is marked up with certain things I'm going to speak on when I go to church.
That's how good the Lord is and how precious His Word is to His saints. And what a great privilege that we have today in this hour, and when seemingly all hopes is gone, but yet, to find one solid sure foundation; that's the Word.


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