<TITLE>22. Par 201-203</TITLE>L-201 While we have our heads bowed, we're going to take up the moment now by singing "I'm Going Through," with your heads bowed now.
I'm going through, yes, I'm going through,
I'll pay the price, whatever others do;
I'll take the way with the Lord's despised few;
I've started in with Jesus, and I'm going through.
I'm going through, yes, I'm going through,
I'll... (Do you really mean it now? If you do, come up here and stand.) whatever others do;
I'll take the way (Are you ready to cleave like Naomi of old?)
I've started with Jesus, and I'm going through.
From Bethlehem's manger came forth a Stranger,
On earth I long to be like Him;
All through life's journey from earth to Glory,
I only ask to be like Him.
To be like Jesus, (You want to be like your Redeemer?) like Jesus,
On earth I long to be like Him;
All through life's journey from earth to Glory,
I only ask to be like Him.
Shine on me, Lord, shine on me,
Let the light from the lighthouse shine on me;
Shine on me, Lord, shine on me,
Let the light from the lighthouse shine on me.
To be like Jesus,...
Was there anybody else you'd like to be like besides Him? Won't somebody else come now and kneel here with this young woman as she kneels, taking like Ruth of old, taking her way this morning?
... like Him;
All through life's journey from earth to Glory,
I only ask to be like Him.
Just to be like Jesus,...
Somebody else come up now, walk down here and kneel down like this lady has here. Have you started? Will you put your hands in His?
... I long to be like Him;
All through life's journey from earth to Glory,
I only ask to be like Him.
[Brother Branham begins humming the chorus--Ed.]

L-202 Our heavenly Father, while the church is humming this song, "To Be Like Jesus," this woman this morning has stepped out like Ruth. Ina Belle, coming like Ruth of old, no matter what the price is, she's come to pay it. No matter what the--how she's to be laughed at or made fun of, she's taken the place now, standing here confessing her sins, kneeling down, marking the place where the great Lord of the harvest laid down at the cross. There to receive His Spirit, His grace that spoke to her as the Word went forth, like Naomi of old, directing, and It struck the right one in the right place. And now she comes to take the place of a believer, kneeling at the cross there where she confesses her sins, lays aside all the old things of life, and becomes a new creature in Christ Jesus.

L-203 We pray, Father, this morning that every alienated person in this building, every man, woman, boy, or girl who doesn't know You, don't let these words pass by, Lord. We don't know just what hour we are to come into the judgment. It may be yet today that many of us may have to come. Maybe before we get home an accident will happen. Maybe a heart attack might strike us. We don't know. O God, let us prepare this hour, while the Spirit is here, while we have witness that He's here, while the God of heaven in all of His infinite mercy is here to take us in.
Give us of Thy grace, Lord. Send others this morning to the altar and accept Christ as Saviour as this woman is doing now. Grant it, Lord. Be merciful to her, knowing that her people... Her brother's setting here on the platform with me, her sister Wood setting back out there, and mother and daddy setting here, Lord God, I pray for mercy. Grant it, Lord. You know what I mean in my heart. I ask that Your shedding forth of Your Blood in mercy will come now at this hour; grant it, Lord. Grant while we are waiting for others... May others come too, Father, and be reconciled to God through Christ.


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