<TITLE>11. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 Sometime ago I was going with my wife to the grocery and we found a surprise. We hadn't seen it in so long. Excuse me, sisters. There was a lady with a dress on. Hadn't seen it in so long. I said, "What do you know? If I had a camera, I'd take her picture. I ought to go shake her hand."
And she said, "Billy, I want to ask you something. Them women some of them sing in choirs. They go to churches, and they say it's all right."
I said, "But the Bible said that a woman that'll put on a garment pertains to a man, it's abomination in the sight of God." Exactly what He said.
She said, "Well, why is it we do that and we believe that, we Pentecostals?"
I said, "Because we are not of their race. We're not in their kingdom. We are different Kingdom."
"Oh," she said, "We are Americans, aren't we?"
I said, "No." I said, "We live in America. That's true, but we've been borned."

L-41 When I went into Finland, the brothers was all going to go down and take a sauna, one of the Finnish baths. I felt kindly funny. I didn't do it. Dr. Manninen said, "Come on, Brother Branham." There's no soap in them time right after the war...
I said--I said, "Thank you. I--I don't believe I want to do it. I don't know why." Brother Jack laughing, because he was there. Well, the brethren all went up there and went in a room, and I don't know why I didn't want to, but I just set out there. Here come a little blond-headed woman along with a big bunch of towels, going right in that room where those men was undressed. I said, "Hey, hey, hey. Stop."
She looked around and waved at me and walked on in. Here come about a dozen more taking those men out there and giving them a bath. After it was over, I said, "Dr. Manninen, that isn't right."
Said, "No more than your American nurses do. They're trained from baby-hood to be scrub women."
I said, "Anyhow, it's not right. It isn't right. God put clothes on people and separated them from that. It's not right."

L-42 We go into Germany; we find people with a German spirit. Finland, we find people with a Finnish spirit. To my surprise at San Angelo in Rome, as low as that goes, there was a sign to the American women to please put on clothes in honor of the dead.
Used to be France led the fashions; we do now. They come over here to find out how these women are dressing. They're far beyond them. Oh, it's a shame. It's a disgrace. It's not because the Word hasn't been preached. God's got somebody that won't compromise with sin. There's the doctors, and there's balm. You receive the Holy Ghost, you'll dress different. You'll act different. You'll be different. You'll live different.
Because you refused the remedy, that's all. You refused the remedy, afraid of the new birth.

L-43 The wife said, "Well, what kind of a kingdom do we belong to."
I said, "Each man in his own domain, in his kingdom, he acts that way. The people out there, Germans act like Germans. Swiss act like Swiss. French act like French, and Americans act like Americans."
"Well," said, "aren't we Americans?"
I said, "Potentially, yes. We live here, but when we're borned from above, we have a Spirit that come from a holy place, where people are holy and a holy God, a holy Saviour; and you are a royal priesthood, a holy people. You are bought with a price. You're sure you're a--you're an alien."
I wished I could sing this old song:
 We're pilgrims and we're strangers here,
 We're seeking a city to come,
 The lifeboat soon is coming,
 To gather the Jewels home.
Oh, I love that. Pilgrims: Abraham, and Isaac, Jacob was seeking a city to come, confessing that they were pilgrims and strangers, but they were looking for a city whose Builder and Maker is God. They'd tasted of the heavenlies, and a man that's been borned of the Holy Spirit is no more of this world. He's seeking a city and a Kingdom where holiness reigns, where God lives, seeking a city to come.


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