<TITLE>46. Par -</TITLE>L-582-451 [A brother asks, "Brother Branham, would this be correct then with that? These people came to John the Baptist and they wanted to call him the Messiah. And I heard you one time say that the Jew thinks the Messiah was God."--Ed.] What say? ["I say, these people came to John the Baptist, thinking that he was the Messiah, the Christ. I heard you say one time that the Messiah would be God, for the Jew."--Ed.] Yes, sir. That's right, the "rabbi."
[A brother says, "Well, John rebuked them, saying that he was not, that Christ was coming."--Ed.] That's right. ["But isn't it true that the disciples called Jesus 'Lord'? And Jesus agreed to that, saying, 'You call Me "Lord," and so I am.'"--Ed.] Yeah. ["In--in John 13, where He washed...?..."--Ed.] Yeah, He would admit it. ["As being Lord, yes, He admitted it."--Ed.] He admitted it. ["He accepted it."] Uh-huh, uh-huh. But, see, Jesus being Lord, when He was asked if He was, He said, "Yes, sir. I'm Your Lord and Master. You call Me that, and you say well, for so I am." But... ["But there's never been no other being that would, that..."--Ed.] could say that. No.
Like if it... If somebody'd say that I was a god, well, let me tell you in the Name of the Lord Jesus that that's an error. See? I'm a sinner saved by grace with a message from God. See, see?

L-583-Q-124  124. Should or should not a local church take care of her own--of her--her local (own) responsibilities before taking care of foreign needs in other lands? However, after she--her... After she meets her needs, it is Scriptural for a local church to help in missionary work as she is able?
Yeah. Right. Charity begins at home. You see? We--we--we take care of our own needs here, 'cause we'd have... This is the church of God, or ever, your little church, the church of God. Now, if you can't even pay your pastor, you can't even get song books and things, you shouldn't be sending it somewhere else. See? But then after you got your church paid for, and everything, your debts all up and everything, fixed and ready and go on, then help that other brother that needs a little help out yonder. You see? Get a little...
I believe, while... If you're making payments on your church I'd also have a little fund set somewhere for a missionary offering if the people felt like they wanted to give to missions. 'Cause a lot of people will give to missions when they won't give to home churches and things. So if they don't give it to missions, they'll spend it for something else. So I'd say just have a little mission box, not... That's the way we try to do.

L-583-Q-125  125. Luke 1:17, please explain John's coming in the spirit of Elias.
Well, I think we just got Luke--Luke 1:17, uh-huh, coming in the spirit of Elias.
[A brother asks, "Is that where the reincarnationists get their doctrine?"--Ed.] Pardon? ["Is that where the people that believe in reincarnation begin their theory?"--Ed.] Must been. ["See, they believe he come back in..."--Ed.] Yes. ["he come back into another body."--Ed.] Yes (See?) it is true that a spirit never dies. That's true. God takes His man but never His Spirit. ["They say, 'If you've been good you'll come back in--into some fine fellow.'"--Ed.] Yeah. Yeah. ["If you've been bad you may come back in a dog."] Yeah, they have... Yeah.
Well, now, like over in--in--over in India, it was in a group of men where we met like this, and they'd--they'd even mop the floor; step on a little ants or something, it might be some relative or something. You see, they wouldn't do it. But, you see, that's--that's pagan. See? That's pagan. That's true.


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