<TITLE>29. Par 253-261</TITLE>L-253 Now, remember, the denomination is what God is calling "Injected into the doctrine of Balaam." Well, then when he could not get them into this denomination, you know what Balaam done? Now, listen close now; we're coming close to the close. Now, what Balaam done, he done the very same thing they done here at the Nicene Council. That's the reason He said, "You've got the doctrine of Balaam and those Nicolaitanes."
Now, Nicolaitanes was the people who pulled out and wanted to make organizations and--and so forth. Which, finally... How many knows that's the truth? That's the organizations. That's exactly the God's truth. And they finally organized the greatest organization in the world. And what did they make it? A Catholic. And what does the word "catholic" mean? "Universal." An organization worldwide, organized, "All these little things must come into one church." Now, if you'll notice. Oh, I... You just keep on going.

L-255 Look. What was Babylon? Who founded Babylon? Nimrod. What did he do? He made one big tower, and a big city, and made all the other cities pay tribute to this city. Organization, that's the backgrounds of it. Sure. Come right over here in the church age and organized again, and brought the whole nations into it. And right here it said, "The whore that made all the nations drink of the wine of her fornications." Her adultery that she was committing, claiming to be a Christian and giving out such stuff as that: catechisms, prayer books, and everything else... And the Protestants come right along, the same thing, just following right in her tracks.

L-256 All right, let's go just a little bit farther now. All right. All right. He said now, that, "These was the doctrines of Balaam."
Now, what did Balaam do when he found out that he couldn't--that he couldn't curse Israel? He told Balac it would be a good idea then for him to invite these people to the festival of the god. They had a--they had a--a great festival up there; they were--where they were going to have. And they a--a they a... festival was called the feast of Baal-p-e-o-r, Baal-peor. I suppose p--peor, Baal-peor. It was a--a feast to worship.
And Balaam said, "Now, I'll tell you, Balac; I'll give you a good idea. If you'll just--if you... God won't curse them, that's all there is to it, so I'll tell you what we'll do. We can't get rid of them; but if you'll just invite them over, you'll swing the whole thing your way."
See, exactly, exactly what Constantine did. Perfectly. That's the reason the doctrine of Balaam.

L-260 What did they do? They then... Balac's teaching come down amongst Israel, and they invited all the Israelites up to this big feast, the big blowout they had, oh, some big party, shindig of a thing up there they had. And when they got up there, why, these Israelite people begin to see these pretty, sexy-dressed Moabite women. Yes, wasn't like their common girls down there. Oh, they looked so pretty. My. How they were made and, oh, how they could show themselves. And they fell for it and begin to commit adultery. And Balaam knowed if God wouldn't curse them, he'd take them over on this denominational side and cause the anger of God to kill them anyhow; let God kill them Hisself, if he could ever get them out of the way of the truth.

L-261 And as soon as you walk out and join a church instead of receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost, you're dead. Not for you, but on here; I'll let that soak a little while. Dead: "You have a name," said to Luther here, the Sardis age. The word Sardis means "dead." "You have a name that you're alive, but you're dead." That's what God said. Yeah. See?
And when they committed spiritual fornications up there, the church married from the baptism of the Holy Ghost to a denomination; they become dead. There you are. That's what the Bible said; that's what God said, speaking to the churches.
Now, I want to just read something here to you, that I...


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