<TITLE>01. Par -</TITLE>58-1007, Church Order, Jeffersonville, IN, 30 min
1L-191-1 We have just closed the big meeting, of five nights at the Tabernacle, where, by God's grace and by His help, I have tried hard by the Scripture, to set in order the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, as we believe at the Branham Tabernacle.
The first thing I wish to say is that the pastor is always in full charge of the Tabernacle in my absence, and I only look to the pastor when I return. So he is in full charge to change or to do whatsoever he thinks is best under the leadership of the Holy Spirit while I am away.

1L-191-3 We believe in an apostolic Church, teaching apostolic blessing for people of this day. We believe in the full Gospel, and believe that all of the signs and the wonders that was spoken of by our Lord Jesus Christ, would accompany His Church until He returned. We believe in those things, and believe that they are to be set in order, that the Church has its order. And each church has its doctrine, and order, and discipline.
Our church has no members as joiners. We believe that the whole universal Church of the living God is our brothers and sisters; and that all people are always welcome, regardless of what denomination they belong to, at the Branham Tabernacle, at 8th and Penn Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

1L-191-5 We believe in justification by faith, Romans 5:1. We believe, that after a person being justified by faith, he has peace with the Lord Jesus Christ. But it's possible that this same person could have habits such as drinking, smoking, doing things that he should not do, filthy habits of the flesh.
Then we believe that the Blood of Jesus Christ sanctifies this person for the service of the Lord. And that's... We believe in sanctification according to Hebrews 13:12 and 13, "Where Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His Own Blood, suffered without the gate." And we believe that sanctification is taught in the New Testament, and meant for the believers through the New Testament age, which we're now living. And we also believe that after the person has been sanctified, unclean habits has gone from the person.
He is a believer on the Lord Jesus Christ, and his habits are gone; we believe that then he is a candidate for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which comes as a filling of the believer. And then when the believer...
It's just, as many times as I have taught it, like picking up a glass out in the chicken yard. Justification is picking it up, ready for--to use it, with a purpose in heart. That's what God does to the sinner. He is still filthy.
Then he is cleansed by the Blood of Jesus Christ. And the word "sanctify" is a compound word, which means, "cleaned, and set aside for service." In the Old Testament the altar sanctified the vessel, and it was set aside for service.


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