<TITLE>17. Par 107-111</TITLE>L-107 Now, if denomination was wrong... If it'd been right, God would've said, "Now, we're going to have denominations." And if the Catholic church was pronounced in the Bible as a whore, unrighteous, because she was giving to her congregation her own theology and not the Bible... Brother, sister, doesn't the Catholic church laugh in your face about the Bible? They say they don't care what the Bible says; it's what the church says, what their denomination says. Well, then, how can you call them wrong when you'll "knuck" down to a baptism of Father, Son, Holy Ghost, when the Bible condemns it? 'Cause the Methodist say so, the Baptist say so? Why will you agree to sprinkling and pouring when there's no such a thing in the Bible? There's no such a thing as anybody baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost. Then why do you do it?

L-108 See that's why we're not a denomination. We don't have to cater to them. We take... When the Spirit shows the light on the Scripture, we stay with the Scripture and THUS SAITH THE LORD. There you are. There's no such things as that. It's not written in the Scripture.
Oh, you say, "How about Matthew 28:19?" Now, we've combed through that a dozen times. That was an issue that Jesus said. "Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost." Was it ever carried out? Was there ever a person ever baptized that way? Not one. Then there must be something wrong somewhere. Sure, it's Catholicism did it.

L-110 Find out if there was ever in the history up to the ante-Nicene fathers, you historians. Read the books of the ante-Nicene fathers and see plumb on to the king of England, every one of them baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ until the Catholic church. And the Catholic church has power they said to change anything they want to. And they want to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost. Martin Luther brought it out; John Wesley followed it, and Alexander Campbell come with that, and John Smith of the Baptist church followed on. Here's Pentecost on with it yet. But the hour has come.

L-111 Watch the candlesticks as we was on last night. The first candlestick is light. It went darker, darker, darker, till it went through the fifteen hundred years of dark ages; then started lighting up. And just before the last church age, she lit back again; in between the two church ages the Light come. Follow the Scripture of the Ephesian church, Thessalonica church, on down to the dark age, each one of them. He said, "You have a little strength, but you haven't denied My Name." And the next church, "you've done a great thing, but you haven't denied My Name." Follow the ante-Nicene fathers down through that. "You haven't denied My Name." Then fifteen hundred years of dark ages; then the Lutheran church came out. He said, "You don't have My Name, but you have a name," not no more Jesus, but Luther, and Catholic, and Baptist, and Presbyterian. "You have a name that you're living."
"We're a living church. We're thriving. We're going on."
"But ye are dead." Scripture said so. "For there's not another Name given under heaven among men whereby a man may be saved." Not, Baptist don't save you; Presbyterian don't save you; Catholic don't save you; Jesus saves you.


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