<TITLE>03. Par 20-25</TITLE>L-20 And that's the reason that we have never become a denomination. The Lord has give us the opportunity to merge this little church in many different denominations; but we don't do it, because we want to stay just like this, so it can be under the rulership and headship of Jesus Christ. That's right. Whatever He reveals to us, and we see that it's the truth, and it lines up with His Word all the way back and forth through the Bible, that it is the truth, and the Spirit is agreeing on it, we have no denominational barriers to hold us from accepting that; we go right ahead into it and move right on.

L-21 And so when the denomination says that, like the Church of Christ (they're under denomination--so-called Church of Christ), that days of miracles is passed and all these things like that. Why, where would you ever find that in the Scripture? Why, they couldn't do nothing else about it. They're denominated under that (See?); so you--there's nothing you can do about it. But we want to be free where we can just move as the Spirit moves us, by deeper depth and higher heights, and just keep moving on and on and on and on and on and on, just wherever...
But now, we won't accept any fanaticism; we draw a line right there. If somebody gets a little something the Lord's revealed to him, and it doesn't coincide with this Bible plumb through the Bible from Genesis to Revelations, becomes a doctrine, then we will not accept it. See? It's got to come from the Bible. And it can't just become by somebody's revelation. If a revelation is right with the Word, all right.

L-23 A man come to me some time ago, and he said, "I just come to the United States, Brother Branham." He said, "Now, I got acquainted with a Christian sister." And said, "This Christian sister was one of the most lovely women." But said, "Come to find out that she had three or four husbands," and said, "that--that right while I've knowed her, since being here three months, she got rid of that one and married another one." And said, "She had the Holy Ghost, spoke in tongues completely all the time, regularly," and said, "gave prophecies and revelations." Said, "She was a real Spirit filled woman." And she was a lady minister. And said, "I went and I asked the Lord why would such-and-such a thing be. Why is it that this woman could do such as this." And said, "I had a dream of my wife. And my wife was having an affair with another man which was immoral." And then said, "She come and knelt down by my feet and said, 'Will you forgive me for what I've done?' He said, 'Sure I forgive you.' And said, 'Why do you forgive me so freely?' Said, 'Because I love you.'" And said, "The Lord spoke back in the dream and told me that, 'That's the reason I forgive her is because I love her.'"
I said, "Sir, your dream was mighty sweet; it was mighty nice; but the Lord never give you that dream. It don't cooperate with His Word." That's right. It won't work with His Word. No matter how real it seems, it's got to come from the Word.

L-25 In the Old Testament they had three ways of knowing a message: first of course, was the law, next was by a prophet, next was by a dream. Now, the law was the written oracles that was kept in the ark. And that was the commandments and the laws on the commandments. And then, a prophet could prophesy, or a dreamer could dream a dream, which God deals both ways, with prophets and with dreams. "If there be one among you who's spiritual or a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself known to him in--in--in--in dreams, and will reveal Myself to him in visions. And if what he says comes to pass, then hear him, for I'm with him. If it doesn't then don't hear him."
Now, when they took a prophesier, prophet, or a dreamer and they--He had a dream or prophecy, and they wanted to find out whether that was the truth or not, they took him up to what was called the Urim Thummim.


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