<TITLE>09. Par 32-34</TITLE>L-32 Now, Nathanael was a orthodox, staunch believer. And I can hear him say, "Now, just a minute, Philip. I've knowed you to be a man of honor, a man of integrity. I--I believe that you're a just man. You must have went off on the deep end somewhere." Everybody that really finds Jesus, the world thinks they've gone on the deep end. "You must have went off into some kind of a ism. Did you say that this Messiah that you're speaking of, come out of Nazareth?" (It's worse than Dallas.)
Said, "Why, you mean to say that it could come out of there? Why it's impossible. Now, looky here, fellow. If that Messiah would come, He would come to Jerusalem. He would come to Caiaphas, the high priest, and all the rest of the priests. He would make Hisself known He was Messiah."

L-33 You Catholics thinks if He would come, He'd go to the Pope. You Presbyterians would think He'd go to the bishop. You Pres--Pentecostal think He'd go to the state presbyter. But God goes to who He wants to and does what He wants to, and it's nobody else's business. He works in mysterious ways. He goes where it pleases Him to go. The pot can't call kettle black. Remember that. God works His own way. And He does whatever He wants to do.
And He said, "You mean He'd go to Jerusalem."
That's what they think tonight. If there could be any healing power, if there could be any manifestation, it would have to come through my denomination. God fools them so many times. He's always did it, and He always will. He doesn't change. He has to remain the same. Tell me one time that He ever come to a denomination? Mention it in the Scripture, anywhere in the--in the age, where God ever dealt with a denomination.
There was a certain man that founded that denomination that He dealt with, but the denomination went to seed. And when he did, He laid her up on the shelf and not one has ever raised since He laid it on the shelf. The Pillar of Fire moves on, and God moves with It, and somebody sees it and goes on.

L-34 Martin Luther found It. He said, "The just shall live by faith." But what did he do? Built an organization under it. God isn't in organizations, so He just moved out. And when He did, left Luther with his organization.
And then John Wesley saw it, and away he went: sanctification, second definite work of grace. And the first thing, he organized hisself: made the Methodists. God just moved right on out.
The Pentecostals saw it in the baptism of the Holy Ghost, but now you're organized so tight, God's just moving right on out and leaving you. That's right. God is not bound to any denomination or any barriers. He's only duty bound to His Word. That's all. And He does it, and He keeps His Word. He must do it.
Now, you say, "Brother Branham, you fight organization." Who thinks that is not reading my--my thoughts. I do not. I think there's grand and glorious men in every organization. But when you think that you're the only pebble on the beach, you're wrong. That's right. You Methodists, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Pentecostals, Assemblies of God, Church of God, whatever you are, you got great men in every one of them. You got great people in them. But don't you never get the idea that you're not going to fellowship with the other one, and remain that way. You'll never do it. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] The whole church, the whole body of Christ, and that's where He works.


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