<TITLE>10. Par 43-47</TITLE>L-43 You say, "Brother Branham, my church believes..." We see the women on the streets today smoking cigarettes, wearing shorts. You say, "Well, my pastor don't say nothing about it. Our church says that's all right."
But Jesus said, "It wasn't so; from the beginning it wasn't so." For a woman that'll put on a garment pertains to a man is an abomination in the sight of God.
You say to me, "Brother Branham, a few nights ago you condemned sprinkling." But you say, "My church teaches that you can be sprinkled and it's all right."
But Jesus said, "It wasn't so from the beginning."
You say, "But, Brother Branham, my church believes in pouring; and I'm sincere, and it's a great church. But Jesus said that It wasn't so from the beginning.

L-44 Say, "Brother Branham, I have been immersed in the Name of the Father, and in the Name of the Son, and in the Name of the Holy Ghost."
The Bible said, "It wasn't so from the beginning." There never was such a thing. Following some man-made dogma, and creed...
Peter said on the day of Pentecost, at the first church, "Repent every one of you and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that are far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." Anything contrary to that it wasn't so at the beginning.

L-45 You say, "I belong to a great denomination that says we speak where the Bible speaks and silent where It is silent. And our church says that the days of miracles is past." It wasn't so from the beginning, for Jesus said He would be the same yesterday, today, and forever. All heavens would pass away but His Word would never pass away.
We live in a day that they have taken the commandments of God and have perverted them into traditions of men. But it wasn't so from the beginning. It's a tradition of man that we worship and not the commandments of God.

L-46 We stood here with our own eyes last night and seen a blind preacher receive his sight, stand at the platform. I have seen Him heal the very shadows of death, seen Him bring three people to life after they had been pronounced dead by the doctor. You say you don't believe that, "My church don't believe it." But that was true from the beginning. Anything contrary is not so from the beginning. 'Cause God is a God of life, the Almighty God. He cannot fail. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

L-47 We cannot find Him in our creeds. We cannot find Him in our denominations. We've got to find Him back where we left Him. You say, "Well, I have... Brother Branham, I tell you what I done. I danced in the Spirit; I know I've got it." It wasn't so from the beginning. "I spoke with tongues, so I know I got it." It wasn't so from the beginning. That's right. You say, "I shouted, and I got it." It wasn't so from the beginning. That's right.
To know Christ is to know the Person of Christ in the forgiveness of sin, and it changes your life. I've seen people dance, shout, speak with tongues, and so forth, and live any kind of a life. So that couldn't be right. I've seen them join churches, shake hands, baptize, go through all kinds of creeds, and still live like the devil. It wasn't so at the beginning. To meet Him, the Person, the Lord Jesus, to know Him as your own Saviour, to know Him as your Lover, to know Him is Life. But these other creeds and things, never at the beginning was ever witnessed by our Lord.


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