<TITLE>10. Par 46-50</TITLE>L-46 Now, I say this not to be different. And with this Bible laying open before me, it's the Word of the living God. But do you know what the word "heathen" means? "A heathen" means "an unbeliever." And it's better to--and easier to convert a heathen that has no education than to try to convert one that does have an education. That's right.
The heathen with no education will be simple in his thinking; but the heathen that has an education, he will figure every way around he can to make it a lie. The devil has used the educational system to send more souls to hell than anything I know of. That's exactly the truth.
Now, I don't mean for your children to grow up illiterate. But first place Christ at the door. But don't never place education ahead of Christ. Education will cease; Christ will never. Let Christ come into the heart, then the rest--education will follow.

L-47 I'd rather my little boy Joseph over there, not even know his abc's and know Jesus as his Saviour, than to have him to have all the education in the world and be the President of the United States and not know Christ. Absolutely. I'd rather have it. If he could be both, it would be fine. But if I had preference, let him know Christ. And if he has to be a beggar on the street, let him know Christ, would be my prayer to God.

L-48 The eyes open.. We look at flashy things. Remember, everything that glitters is not gold. I've done a lot of prospecting. And fool's gold, which is iron pyrite, shines a lot brighter than real gold. But the value in it... Be sure that your eyes see the right thing.
But the American people--we have just seen so much of God. God's been so good to us until we don't recognize Him. It becomes... You say, "Let's go down to the meeting" to some neighbor.
"Who's preaching?"
"Well, so-and-so, Oral Roberts."
Oh, Oral Roberts is a great man of faith. Oh, he has a, if you'll excuse the expression, a bulldog grip. He will stand there and throw that big hand down holler three or four times, and if nothing else, he will scare the devil out of you. But he has a bulldog grip. He believes it, and God honors it. Oral Roberts is my bosom friend, a mighty man of faith.
"Oh, I've heard Oral Roberts before."
You say, "Well, Brother Branham is down there."
"Oh, yes. I seen Brother Branham stand up there and it would be discernment and tell the people; I've seen that before." The trouble of it is, you seen so much of it; it's become so common to you till it doesn't give the results that it ought to give.

L-49 In closing, I might make this statement. A man once was going to the sea. He wanted to smell the salt water. He wanted to hear the wild gulls flying over. He wanted to see the great spray of the waves as they leaped into the air with the salt briny spray. He wanted to take his shoes off, wade up-and-down the banks in the salt water. Oh, it was going to be a real thrill for him to get out there.
On his road there he met a man returning, which was an old "salt," as we'd call it, a sailor. And he said, "Where goest thou, my good man?"
He said, "Oh, sailor from the big sea," he said, "I'm going down to enjoy the blessing of the salt water, and of the blue skies, and the many things that the sea holds."
"Oh," he said, "I was raised on it. I don't see nothing thrilling about it."

L-50 You see, he had saw it so much and enjoyed it so much till it become common. That's what you Americans have done to Christ. He's been so good to you. You seen Him open the eyes of the blind. Some wouldn't walk across the street to see it again. You've seen Him heal the sick. You've seen Him perform miracles. You've done all this, and it's so common. It doesn't thrill.
It's been my great mystery in my life. How can the Scriptures be so plain and the people set there and know that the Spirit of Christ is in the room and can hold your peace? I can't understand it, 'less there eyes are not open. He's so good.


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