<TITLE>06. Par 23-26</TITLE>L-23 Many people will let Him in the door, but they won't let Him be Lord. "Lord" is "ruler, ownership, possessor." People let Jesus in. "I don't want to die unsaved, Lord. I don't want to go to the devil's hell, so I'll accept You as my personal Saviour." But when He comes in, can He be Lord over your house? Is He welcome?
Now, here's where I want to speak for the next few minutes. In your heart you've got a lot of little secret closets that you don't want Jesus to come into. That's the little doors inside the door. Now, as you turn the corner to the right, after you come in, where Jesus, you accepted Him in as your Saviour...
But you'd say, "Now, look, Jesus, You stand right there. Don't you go to meddling in my business now, or any of my societies, or telling me what I have to do, or like, or what I have to wear, or what I have to do. You stay right there. Don't let me go to hell. It's all right. You can stay there. But don't you meddle in my private life."

L-24 Oh, we each have a little private life all of our own. And we don't want nobody tampering with that. "I've got my own ideas of things, so you just stay away."
Now, would you feel right if you come to my house, and I would say, "Brother Branham, I was at your--your meeting in New England."
I'd say, "How do you do? Step in." But what if you... I'd say, "But don't you move from this spot. You stay right here. Don't you meddle around in here anywhere."
You'd feel not welcome. You'd probably go back out the door. And I wonder if that isn't the reason that we come and get all worked up during the time of revival and then after while we find ourself right back into the world again. Is because we don't let Jesus become Lord of our lives. We won't let Him, surrender our own private lives and all--all we are over to Him. That's what He wants in for, is to take control of you.

L-25 And the first thing, if we say, "No, no, no, no, no. I don't want You to do that. Well, I play cards, but don't--don't--don't do that. I--I--I--I'm--I'm--I'm a woman. I--I cut my hair, but I know the Bible says not to. Don't--don't... No, don't tell me that." See?
"I wear manicure (or ever what they call it, the stuff you put on your face). I know women don't do that, not supposed to, that the Bible said they shouldn't. But now, but don't you tell me about that now." First thing you know, He's right out the door again. And you're in the same shape that you were before He come in the door. He's not welcome.

L-26 "Now, don't tell me that it's going to hurt me to go to a little dance now and then. And the Joneses and all of us come over and have just a few little bottles of beer and a sociable drink on Christmas day and so forth. Now, don't go to tampering with that." See? He walks right out the door. That's the reason that we have the trouble in the churches that we've got, is because we're... Jesus, they accept Him as Saviour...
Just recently when the great famous preacher, Billy Graham, and our paths have crossed many times overseas, taking the same stadium, but I never had the privilege of shaking his hand until he come to Louisville, Kentucky.


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