<TITLE>05. Par 13-15</TITLE>L-13 Now, most people will say, "Well, my church teaches be baptized in the name of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The Seminary I come out of taught me that, so that's the way I'll do it."
To me that's not right. (I'm hitting over here and hitting over there. I'm making a forty-inch group.) That ain't making the Scriptures right. It's got to zero. It's got to zero. Well, then, how's it going to zero when Matthew said, "Baptize in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," and Peter said, "Baptize in the name of the Lord Jesus." (both of them disciples, one a scribe and the other one's an apostle?)

L-14 And then, every person in the Bible was baptized after that, was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. And those who had already been baptized by John, had to come and be rebaptized again in the name of Jesus Christ before they got the Holy Ghost.
Well, I said, "See, you're not zeroed there. There's something out... "Now, if we believe the Bible to be God's infallible Word, we can't make it splatter all over a piece of paper and then be zeroed. You understand me? It's got to hit the target or it ain't hitting. If it's out, it's out.
Well, why did Peter turn around and do something Jesus told him not to do, and then God recognize it and give them the Holy Ghost, when, when Jesus said, "Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost." And Peter said, "No, baptize in the name of Jesus."
Now, you, you can't make that hit the target. See? Now, there's something wrong somewhere, sisters. See? Either the one lied, or... Which one lied?. Which one was it? Now, to me that just won't work. Just like it is by...
Is the baptism of the Holy Ghost evidence speaking in tongues, or is it not? Some says, "Yes," and some says "No." What's the Scriptures say about it? It's got to zero! I find there where some did speak with tongues and some didn't. Well, what is it?

L-15 Other outstanding questions: Is women to be preachers? Yes, or no? Some place says, "I'll pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and your daughters shall prophesy." Another said, "I forbid... not a woman to speak in the church," even. See?
Now, that don't zero. It don't zero, so the... Just don't leave it like that because the seminary, the factory, said it was... that's as good as you're going to get it. No, sir. No, sir. It's got to zero, or it is no good. Well, now if it zeroed for them, it'll zero for me. If it zeroed once and brought a results to claim the resurrection of Jesus Christ with power and signs and miracles and wonders, it'll do it again.
Now, somewhere we've... we're... we got too much static on the barrel. See what I mean? This is a rude way to express it, about shooting a gun, but I'm miss... I made putting that for a base so you understand what I mean. There's static on the barrel somewhere: it's not bedded right, the powder's either too high or too low, or either one screw's tight and the other one's loose or one too loose and the other one tight and... There's something wrong somewhere. [A man speaks to Brother Branham--Ed.] Yeah, yeah, yeah it might be the guy behind the trigger, is right. But now, what is it then?
Now, if there is a contradiction in the Word of God so...?... point blank as that is, then it's not the Word of the God that I know. If He can confuse Himself, and confuse His Word, and get confused Himself, He is not infinite. He's finite like I am. Is that right? That Word either has to be right and every bit of it right and it's zeroed, or either it's not God's Word.


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