<TITLE>15. Par 52-55</TITLE>L-52 Now, he said, "But Brother Branham has been like a... in this discussion," said, "wiggle out of everything like the worm in the lemon." But said, "I would like him to wiggle out of this one." (And of course all debaters hold the key note till the last part of it.) So then he said, "At the baptism in Matthew 3, the display of three persons, absolutely three distinct persons, the Son standing on the bank, the Holy Ghost like a dove in between them, God, the Father, speaking out of heaven."
I said, "Sir, is that your key note?"
He said, "I want to hear you wiggle out of that one."
I said, "Sir, you just wiggle back and read the Scripture the way it reads." I said, "That's the only thing; you're just misreading the Scripture to the people." I said, "That is thinner than the broth made out of the shadow of a chicken that starved to death." I said, "Well, you're just... you're making it wrong, brother. You're misreading it to the people." And I said, "Now, look here what the brother says."

L-53 Now, I'll take it like this, like these I got--Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Now, this here will be the Holy Ghost. And that's wrote "Son," this wrote "Father." Now, watch how they read that. "When Jesus was baptized... went straightway out of the water: the heavens was opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God, like a dove, descending... and a voice from heaven saying, This is My beloved Son in whom I'm pleased to dwell." I said, "See, three beautiful illustrations--the Son on the ground, the Holy Ghost like a dove in between, and the Father out of heaven speaking. See how the devil can stand there and deceive a person, if you don't have the revelation of God, if God isn't merciful to us? We ought to be thankful.
He made that say something it didn't say, just like Matthew 28:19, making it say something it don't say. He never said, "Baptize them..." He never said, "Baptized in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost." He said, "Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," which is Jesus Christ.

L-54 Now, let us take this illustration. Now, let's see. You're getting the Scriptures wrote down, Matthew 3 there, last three or four verses. Now, [one of the ladies speaks--Ed.] that's all right. She'll get them. You can study it alone. I'll give you the Scriptures so you can study it alone. Now, look, notice.
Now, they say that was the Son standing on the bank; this is God the Holy Ghost, like a dove, in between them; and God the Father was speaking out of the heaven. Now, it's look like that would make that exactly three different voices and three different places. Now, notice. Now, when Jesus was baptized...

L-55 Now, we realize that "heavens" means above, the atmospheres, whatever it is, in the heavens. Now, "When Jesus was baptized, He went straightway out of the water, and, lo, the heavens was open unto him and he saw the Spirit of God..." I thought they said God was up in heaven speaking. "The Spirit of God like a dove..." The dove was God. See? We just got through it here. Holy Ghost and God is the same Person. See? It's just a title to it. See? And he saw the Spirit of God. Not another God up in heaven speaking, but the Spirit of God was in the form of a dove. That was the Holy Ghost and it was God--the same thing, See?


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