<TITLE>19. Par 137-144</TITLE>L-137 Ephesians 4:30, says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you're sealed until the day of your redemption."
A famous Baptist preacher said to me, not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. What more could he do but believe God?" He said, "We believe we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe."
I said, "But you're wrong; you're honestly wrong. Paul said in Acts 19, to those Baptists who had a good pastor up there, a converted lawyer, 'Have you received the Holy Ghost since you have believed?'"
He said, "The original doesn't say that."
I said, "It does say that. I've got the "Emphatic Diaglott," and it does say it in every translation, both Greek and Hebrew. He said, 'Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?'" I said, "Abraham believed; that was true. But God give him a sign that He'd accepted his faith, by give him the seal of circumcision." That's right. He'd accepted him, because He give him a sign that He'd accepted him.
If you say you believe, and haven't received the Holy Ghost yet, God hasn't sealed you yet, hasn't had enough trust to trust you yet. When you come to God, God seals you with the Holy Ghost till the day of your redemption. And that's the message of the church. Amen.

L-142 Just a little farther. All right. Now, I Corinthians 12 and 13, "By one Spirit we're all baptized into one Body."
Acts, here's the way we entered. Here's the inauguration of the church: Acts the 2nd chapter. When the first message was preached to the church after the day of Pentecost, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Mary, all the apostles, were all filled with the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues, and just carrying-on like a bunch of drunk people. And when they were just having an awful time, just shouting and praising God, and staggering under the impact of the Holy Ghost, they didn't care whether it was Sunday, Monday, what day it was. They was having them a big time, just shouting and going on. Why, the--the great intellectual people said, "These people are drunk on new wine."

L-143 Now, here stands Peter with the keys to the Kingdom, on his side, the keys to the Holy Ghost. Jesus said, "I say thou art Peter. Upon this rock I'll build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." What is it? A spiritual revealed truth. "Flesh and blood has not revealed This to you. You never learned this in a seminary. Somebody didn't teach it to you out of books, but it's a revelation." Revelation... "I say that you are Peter. I give unto you the keys to the Kingdom. Whatsoever you bind on earth, I'll bind in it heaven. Whatsoever you loose on earth, I'll loose it in Heaven." He has to keep His Word. On the day of Pentecost, who was the spokesman? Peter, 'cause he had the keys.

L-144 And they were laughing at him, said, "These men are full of new wine."
Peter said, "This being the third hour of the day, these are not full of new wine, but this is That which was spoke of by Joel the prophet, 'It'll come to pass in the last days, saith God, I'll pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy. Upon My handsmaids and maidservants I pour out of My Spirit. Your young men shall see visions, your old men will dream dreams. And I'll show signs in the heaven above and the earth below. It shall come to pass that whosoever call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved.'"
"When they heard this, they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what can we do to be saved?'" There's the condition of the church. Now they want to find out how you get into this mystical Body. All right.
Acts the 2nd chapter, begin at the 37th verse, the inauguration sermon. You can't change it. You can't change it. Listen.


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