<TITLE>07. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 Oh, you'd might say something like this to me then, "But just a minute, Brother Branham. I've already done that. I let Jesus in a long time ago."
Well, there's no way for me to express to you how grateful I am to you for letting my Saviour come into your heart. I'm grateful to you. But is that all you did, just let Him come in?
Now, what if you let me come in, and said, "Now, Brother Branham, I'll let you in. I'll take your gifts. That's fine. Thank you, Brother Branham. But I don't want you to go any farther than this door."
Now, that's the attitude of many Christians. You see, inside the heart... Coming in is one thing. And then after you get into that first door in the human heart, there's other little compartments in that heart, got little doors in there also.
Many people will let Jesus in for the sake of not being lost, but they won't let Him be their Lord. When Jesus comes in, He wants to take control. The world's full of people that wants to let Jesus in, but then they don't want to let Him in on His own basis. Oh, they'll take His gifts. Sure. Eternal Life... "You want to heal me, that's all right, Lord. I--I appreciate that if You heal me, but don't go to messing around with me."

L-25 If you invited me into your house, I'd feel like I was welcome. If I come into your house, you'd say, "Come in, Brother Branham. Just make yourself at home." Why, I'd believe you meant that. I'd go in, go down to the refrigerator, and get me some cheese, and some bologna, and some onions, and some rye bread, and I'd make me a great big sandwich, and take off my shoes, lay down across the bed and eat it. I'd feel like I was home if you told me to come in.
That's the way we got to let Jesus in, so He can just take control. He wants to be at home with you. He wants to be welcome. He wants all you are. He wants to be your Lord. And lordship is ownership. He wants to own you so that you'll...
You say, "Oh, but wait a minute, Lord, I... You... I know You're leading me to do that, but I know better."

L-26 Many a person walks out the door of evangelist--evangelistic meeting, knowing that God leading them to the altar, and yet claim to be a Christian. How can God ever control that person?
God wants to come in and control you. He doesn't want to come in and be controlled by you; He wants to come in for His own purpose of controlling you and leading you to Eternal Life, something good for you. When you accept Jesus, you must say, "Thou art my God. Thou art my Lord. Take me all that I am, soul, body, and spirit; I dedicate myself to You. No--no intellectuals of my own at all, just leaning on Your everlasting arm."
 Where He leads me, I will follow.
 Though the way gets hard and weary,
 I'll watch for His footprints all along the way.
 Whether it's uphill or downhill,
 Whether it's home or across the seas,
 Where He leads me, just let me follow.
Don't let me try to lead Him, but let Him lead me.
Now, that's the basis that Jesus wants to come into the heart. Jesus longs to come into the heart on those basis. Now, we are trusting the Lord to do those things for us.

L-27 Now, let's look into the human heart, if it has doors inside the door. Now, people say, "Jesus, come into my heart, because I don't want to go to torment when I die. I want to accept You as my Saviour, but I don't want You to be my Lord."
Now, there's quite a difference. He can be your Saviour and still not be your Lord. When He's Lord, He's Lord over all. Every part of you, He's Lord, welcome to any place in your heart.
Now, let's look into the human heart just for a few moments. Into the human heart, I'm going to make just a little--kind of a mythical draw. Just as you turn in, after you get into the door of the heart, there's another little door. It's a room that goes into another compartment of the heart. And that little door is the door of pride.


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