<TITLE>35. Par 226-230</TITLE>L-226 From the foundation of the world, when God looked down... Now, God don't run His office, say, "Well, now, I'm going to... Oh, what we going to do now?" See? There is nothing...
Remember, unrighteousness, sin is righteousness perverted. The devil cannot create. Does all--all understand that? That's a doctrine of this church. The devil cannot create. He can pervert what God has created. Now, what is perversion? Here, you all look like adults, mostly. Listen to this. We're married people. And you married men and you married women can live together as husband and wife, and them women are just the same as they never was... They're virgins as long as you stay with your husband. That's right. Now, that's legal and lawful, and it's all right; it's ordained of God to do so. Another woman can do the same act of your wife. One of them, you're righteous in the sight of God; and the same act to another woman, you're condemned before God to death. What is it? Righteousness perverted (See?), righteousness perverted.

L-228 Now, the devil cannot create, but he perverts what God has already created. What is a lie? Is the truth perverted. Somebody said, oh, "It was Saturday night, nine o'clock, yep, Bill Branham was in Jeffersonville (Correct.) down at Anthony's saloon, drunk." A lie. What was it? I was in Jeffersonville; that's true. It was the righteousness perverted to a lie. See what I mean? See, a lie perverts right. It's something that told where I was at. Now, if it said, "At the church, preaching." Correct. That's righteousness; he told the truth. "At the tavern, drinking." A lie. Perverted (See?), truth perverted. See what I mean? All unrighteousness is righteousness perverted.

L-229 Death, what is it? Life perverted. Sickness? Health perverted. You're supposed to be a good strong man. All right, if you're sickly, what is it? Your health is perverted. See? That's all there is to it. What is it? You used to be young beautiful women, and strong beautiful men; now you're wrinkling and getting old, what is it? Life perverted (See?), coming right back around again. See? And it has to come back. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. God has promised to bring it back. And just as sure as it... And if it is, we know it's here; so just as sure as it is, God's going to bring it again. He promised it and swore He'd do it. That's what gives us...

L-230 Now, how--what kind of people ought we to be? Now, notice how these things take place. Now, those who He foreknew, He called; those who He called, He justified; those... When? Before the foundation of the world, before the world ever began. Now, if we could take this Scripture and really justify it, we'd take hours on it, but we--we don't want to do that. But all this unrighteousness here, is righteousness perverted to unrighteousness. That's what the devil does.
Now, when you come to the age of accountability, and you know what's wrong and right, you're supposed to turn from your wrong. Because you're born in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies, that you're--you're actually born as a sexual desire, and then you must be borned again in order to receive a new birth to enter into Heaven. Because this kind of a birth you have here...
You see where the Jehovah Witness would be so far wrong there, to think that the new birth is the resurrection of the body. You see? It couldn't be. See? It's got to be something...


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