<TITLE>07. Par 29-33</TITLE>L-29 It used to be wrong for Pentecostal women to cut their hair. "Now, don't go to med..." There you are. See? Now, the Bible says it's wrong to do it. And if the Bible says it was wrong, and mother didn't do it, it's wrong for you to do it, and God will hold you responsible for it. That's right.
It used to be wrong for the Methodists, and the Baptist women, especially, and in the Pentecostal, to wear these little old clothes that they wear now. Well, if it was wrong in mother's day, it's wrong today. You just can't make it anything else. God is infinite.

L-30 And I look upon the streets, and, friends, it's... You say, "Now, Brother Branham, about me wearing long hair..."
The Bible said if a woman cuts her hair, her husband has got a right to divorce her.
You say, "Where do you find that?" In Corinthians. If she cuts her hair, she dishonors her head; and her husband is her head. That's correct. And a dishonorable woman should not be lived with. That's right.
Now, you might not love me after this, but you're going to know what's the truth as far as I know it. See? Because I'm responsible; I believe Christ is coming soon, and we've got to preach this Word. Something's went wrong.
And old Methodist preacher friend of mine used to say--sing a song.
We let down the bars,
We let down the bars,
We compromised with sin.
We let down the bars,
The sheep got out,
But how did the goats get in?
Well, you let down the bars. That's just exactly. It's the truth.

L-31 And to see Pentecostal women, and Methodists, and Baptists, and all of you out on the street with these little old clothes on, little what you call shorts... You say, "Now, you're getting off..." Now, I'm getting into your private life, and I'm talking about doors.
"Now, you got other things to preach on." Yes, but this ought to be preached on too. See? It's been neglected too long.
And I'm not saying this disregarding my brethren at all. But what it is has been... We need not so much of this little fancy, curly haired, snicklefritz, Hollywood evangelism; we need some old fashion, God-sent, Holy Ghost, backwoods, sin killing, religion like your fathers had when they beat the tambourine down on the corner, and mama had. But what we've got is a bunch of little incubator chickens around here, chirping, chirping; and all they think about is a big offering, or some big something to do. We don't need big churches, big crowds. What we need is the baptism of the Holy Spirit back into the church and the real power of the living God. You know that's the truth.

L-32 Why, you say, "Brother Branham, I don't wear shorts. I wear slacks." That's worse. That's right. The Bible said that any woman that'll put on any garment that pertains to a man it's an abomination.
And you boys run around here with them little haircuts like this Arthur Godfrey, or (What is his name?) Elvis Presley. Why, you look like a woman. And women chop all the theirs off to look like a man. God made man one way and the woman another way.

L-33 Well, you say, "I don't wear neither one." And some of the women in these little old dresses you're wearing, going down the street, looked like you was poured into it, the skin so tight till skin's on the outside, and Pentecostal preachers' wives (that's right), deacons' wives. Why, shame on you.
How you going to have a revival on such as that? You can never do it. God will never build His church upon such as that.
We can denominate, or interdenominate, whatever we want to; until we get back to God's Word, we are just fighting the air. Repent and come back to God.


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