<TITLE>15. Par 42-45</TITLE>L-42 I seen so many of them at meetings. You're talking about the baptism of the Holy Ghost; they get up and go home like a mule. That's exactly right. They don't know who their father was; just stand there and look, and "Haw, haw. [Brother Branham brays--Ed.] The days of miracles is passed, Haw. There's no such a thing as that. Haw, haw."
Now, a horse ain't like that. He's gentle and sweet, come up, put his neck over your shoulder and nicker; he's gentle. But not a ignorant old mule. Now, he don't know who is papa was, who his mommy was. He can't cross himself back; he can't reproduce himself. He's just a... He's a cross breed.
And that's a--what's the matter with a lot of so-called Christians today: cross breeds with the world. No wonder you can't never be settled: double minded, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Man's got to know God by the new birth, and be borned and filled with the Holy Ghost; stand in those sea--those tracks there, where Moses stood; stand in the Presence of God and hold a conference. That's when God called man. Certainly.

L-43 Moses goes right down into Egypt, and no matter what hard thing come along. All of the Egyptians and everything else could perform, and do, and impersonate; that didn't stop Moses. He kept going on, because he had had a conference with God. There might be snake handlers, and oh, I don't... fire walkers, and everything else come up in the world, but a man that's ever received the Holy Ghost knows exactly where he's standing, if he's ever had a conference and talk with God, been borned... Those things don't shake him; certainly not. He knows Who he believes; he know Who his papa is.
Isn't it mighty fine to look at a thoroughbred horse? You go back to his pedigree, you know who his father was, who his grandfather was, who his great-grandfather was; just go on back. He's got a pedigree. I tell you, we got too many straggling Christians without pedigrees.
Say, "I was a Methodist last week, a Baptist the week before last, and Presbyterian before that, and a Pentecostal before that, and..." Oh, my, they got no pedigree at all.

L-44 But a man that's come to God, and stood in the Presence of God, and accept God's grace and His salvation, been borned again, and filled with the Holy Ghost, he is a son of God. Hallelujah! All the devils in hell can't shake him away from it; he knows where he's at. He knows Who his daddy is. He knows where his strength comes from; he knows Who he's believed, he knows His God! Certainly. He knows His Word; he stays with it. He believes God. He eats... He eats children's food; he eats sheep food. Too many feeding weeds today instead of sheep food--starving them to death.
What we need today is the Holy Spirit back to feed the children, down by the shady green pastures and the still waters. Certainly. God's peace, like a river flowing through our soul, knowing that we've passed from death unto life, that we are new creatures in Christ Jesus.

L-45 All right, he done just exactly what God told him to do. On his road out, he hit opposition. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] That's right. You're going to hit it right in the line of duty, testifying for God, doing the right thing. You're going to hit a--you're going to hit a snag. The Red Sea was there.
Now, we're going to talk about another conference. We're going to tell--call this one the Red Sea Conference. Right in the line of duty, where Moses went up against a snag. There was the Red Sea before him, Pharaoh's army coming, mountains and deserts on every side, no way of escape, looked like.
Now, when we get in the line of duty, and hit something like that, it's time to call a conference. I think that's where the Pentecostal church has come to tonight. In the line of trying to hold up the right thing, there's a place where we've hit a snag somewhere. It's time to hold a Red Sea Conference. We got to cross over to shore; God gave the promise. We've got to go over.


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