<TITLE>08. Par 24-26</TITLE>L-24 Now, I want to ask you something now just... Now, that's Matthew 28:19, the Scripture you're asking me to explain; what we have in view here this morning. Now, let's read that careful, just don't, don't run over it. Read it careful. Now, watch closely. "Go ye therefore... teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son..." Not "in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost." That's the way people baptize--baptize that way. That's not even Scriptural. See, it isn't in the name of the Father, the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost. That's wrong. That's not Scriptural. And it isn't the names of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. It's in the name, n-a-m-e, singular. Name. Look, "in the name." All right.

L-25 Now, now, if there's anywhere that you don't understand... (I'm waiting for Sister Sewell there to find it. You got it there? Matthew 28:19, 19th verse.) Now, Sister Sewell, I believe you was the one was questioning it the strongest. Now, does that say, "In the names of the Father, the Son..." ? Says, "In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son..." ? No; "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Not in the name, putting a name before each one, but just in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and Holy Ghost. Now... now we realize then there has to be one name there, cause it said one name.
Well, I want to ask you, which one of them names should we baptize in then? Now, is "Father" a name? No, so we couldn't baptize in the name of the Father cause "Father" isn't a name, is it? Well, in the name of the "Son," then, we'd say. Is "Son" a name? I'm a son, you're a son, he's son. See? "Son" is not a name, is it?
Well, "Holy Ghost" then; in the name of the "Holy Ghost." [A man speaks while Brother Branham is speaking--Ed.] Yeah, here... Well... here... well... Let's say the... in the name of the Holy Ghost. The "Holy Ghost," is it a name? No; that's what it is. (We're all human.) That's what it is; It is the Holy Ghost. But "Holy Ghost" is not a name; that's what It is. We're all human, but that's not our name. See? No. There's three titles, then, isn't there?

L-26 Well, then, what kind of a thing have we got here, then? He said, "Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Well, if "Father" is no name, and "Son" is no name, and "Holy Ghost" is no name, they're not names. So you couldn't use that for a name, cause there's no name to it at all to begin with. Now, you understand that? They are not names. They are...
It's just like they call me "Reverend." Some people call me a prophet. Some call me a preacher. Well, now... Yeah, I'm a father, I'm a son, I'm a human; but my name is William Branham. But, but reverend, prophet, or reverend, elder, and minister, that's titles that belong to me. Well, them belongs to many other also. Like soul, body, and spirit, that belongs to me, too. But it belongs to him, him, her, her, and all. See? It's all the same. See, it's titles but that's not my name. That's not your name. Soul, body, and spirit is not your name...?... That's what you are, but it's not your name.
Well, you are a lady. You are a mother. You are a wife, a daughter. Yeah, all them things, them, that's, that's just what you are. And say you... I've always called you "Doctor." (You was a nurse.) Say: you are a doctor. Well, you are a mother, too, but that's not your name. If I just wrote "doctor," there's a lot of doctors.' If I wrote "nurse," there's a lot of nurses. See? But that's still not your name. So when anyone says they was baptized in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, if they'd only think, it's not even a mental... It's not... It's not even a... It's not even mentally right. The name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost...


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