<TITLE>25. Par 96-98</TITLE>L-96 You said, "If you speak against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven you," when they called You Beelzebub, 'cause You were discerning the thoughts of their minds. They should have knowed that was the Spirit of God there. It was on Solomon, upon the prophets, and here it was made in it's fulness in You. And they spoke against You and called You an evil Name, called the work of the Holy Spirit a devil. And You said, "I'll forgive you for that. But when the Holy Ghost is come, you speak against that, it'll never be forgiven."
Well, the Holy Spirit, after It had been in You, and then come upon the Church, here it is today which would be greater then, because Your Life has sealed a work for the Holy Ghost and brought it to the Church. And yet, "a word against It will never be forgiven." And here He is today, the lovely Holy Spirit, the Person of Christ, standing in our midst, doing the same thing that He did. Scripturally from Genesis to Revelation according to the last days, He was to be here and do these things; and here He is. Father God, how we thank You for this.

L-97 And I pray today that each one of those who raised their hand, recognizing upon this simple little affair that happened, Lord, about my good friend (Your servant, now) Burt... How that that took that cruel-hearted man... When You didn't have anybody in that country seemed like that could do it; I myself could not even lead him to You. But he saw that real something in that deer, more than he could see in me or any other man. But God, You showed it by an old mother deer, and she led him to You. Bless his loyal soul, Lord. I pray today that through the simple story, of telling it, many has raised their hands. Give them their desire, Lord. May it, through the simplicity of faith, reach up and take a hold of the throne of God. And say, "Lord, pour the golden vial of oil of God's Holy Spirit into my heart." Then they'll be ready to die for Christ, display His love, His loyalty in their workshop, in their homes, in their organizations, wherever it might be. Grant it, Lord. I commit them to You now, in the Name of Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Amen.

L-98 You love Him? Let's just sing one verse of my--one of my favorite old songs: "I love Him, I love Him because He first loved me." And while we do this, we're going to have a healing service, or the prayer service for the sick just in a--a little bit. Now, let's just sing now, raise up our hands. (All right, brother.)
 I love Him, I love Him
 Because He first loved me
 And purchased my salvation
 On Calvary's tree.
Now, while we hum it through once... This is a mixed audience: Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterian, Pentecostal. Let's sweetly just take a hold of somebody's hand setting next to you and say, "God bless you, brother and sister," while we sing that again.
 I...
 ... first loved me
 And purchased my salvation
 On Calvary's tree.
[Brother Branham hums--Ed.] Now, the message is over; just worship Him in the Spirit. Paul said, "If I sing, I'll sing in the Spirit. I worship, I worship in the Spirit."
 ... He first loved me
[Brother Branham hums the rest of the song--Ed.]
Don't you love that sweetness of the Holy Spirit?
 I love Him (Just mean it with all your heart.) love Him,
 Because He first loved me
 And purchased my salvation
 On Calvary's tree.
Oh, isn't He real? So real in our hearts; so good, so full of mercy. Blessed be His holy Name. Now, we're going to call the prayer line, pray for the sick while this lovely anointing...
Don't you... Don't the Word just kindy scour you out? Feel good and clean. How many feels that way? Just like...
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
 Drawn from Immanuel's veins;
 And sinners plunged beneath that flood,
 Lose all their guilty stains:
 Lose all their guilty stains,
 Lose all their (Aren't you so glad there's a fountain?)
 And sinners plunged beneath that flood
 Lose all their guilty stains.


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