<TITLE>01. Par 1-6</TITLE>59-0405A, It Was Not So From The Beginning, Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, CA, 43 min
L-1 Standing just for a moment of prayer. Shall we bow our heads. Lord, we are grateful to Thee for this most remarkable opportunity to speak to Thy people. And it is written in the Scriptures, "If the people that is called by Your Name shall assemble themselves together and pray, then You'll hear from heaven." And that is the attitude that we come in now, O Lord, is why we are assembled together, that You will receive us, and pardon us of our sins and our trespasses against Thee, and condition our lives, so that there would be no good thing withheld from us, that Your Spirit would deliver to us freely, as we know You have made preparations for them to be given to us.

L-2 Bless the words that has gone forth, the singing of the hymns, and our loyal Brother's message just now. And we pray that You'll continue to be with us, and help us tonight in the healing service. May as we pray, may You be here to answer prayer, healing the sick and the afflicted. And above all things, save the lost, Father, for this we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen. May be seated.

L-3 Just behind the curtain, I've been enjoying this grand message that Brother duPlessis, from South Africa, had just given us. And these messages, he will giving each morning, giving instructions on how to receive Divine healing.
For this afternoon, so that we will not linger too long, for the boys wants to pass out the prayer cards immediately after this service. Tomorrow, the prayer cards will be given out at six to seven o'clock in the evening.
But I believe they're having a concert of some sort here in the Temple tonight that takes up that time. So the cards will be given out immediately after this service.

L-4 I wish to call your attention to some of God's Word. And that's... This portion that I shall read just now is found in Saint Matthew's Gospel, the 19th chapter and the last seven words of the 8th verse, Jesus speaking:
 It was not so from the beginning.
This is rather an unusual text. And it's for an evangelistic service, as we're in now. But as I have said before, God is unusual. He does things in unusual ways. But all is good, because it comes from God. All of His Words are e--eternal.

L-5 And maybe by taking such a text, it might be thinking that we were trying to say something, that someone else was wrong and we were right. Now, we would pray God that no one would take that attitude.
Just today, before coming out here, I was met and greeted by a good friend of mine, who is Catholic by denomination. And he loves me, and I love him. And I have, by the grace of God, thousands of such friends across the nation, or the world, that would firmly disagree with me on Scriptural doctrines, but in fellowship...

L-6 A minister called my wife about a month ago, and he and I had been talking on some Scripture. He firmly taken his stand, that my belief in Divine healing was wrong, that the Scriptures did not support what I was teaching, that Christ was the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Well, he is an American and got a right to his own beliefs. But I tried to talk to him nicely. No matter how much he tried to argue, I just talked to him like a Christian should talk, stayed on what I believe, but give him room for his belief. He called my wife, and he said, "Is Brother Branham at home this afternoon?"
Said, "No, he's on his hospital calls."
Said, "Sister Branham, I want to say one thing. I have disagreed with Brother Branham upon Scriptural doctrine. But one thing I know, he's a Christian." I like that. Just so we are Christians.


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