<TITLE>14. Par 51-54</TITLE>L-51 They say heart trouble is number one killer. No, no. Sin trouble's number one killer. That's right. Number one killer... It's got into our Pentecostal groups. A man was talking to me today about the Pentecostal people, and he said, "You know what, Brother Branham, it's getting to be just like that I don't know what." Said, "You know a lot of our people are--they have their children, they bring them right in, put them on the cradle roll and come up. And that's the way. They just expect it to be that way."
As David duPlessis once said about such a thing as that, "Why, you can't get in like that." That's what--that's what made the Methodists what they are. That's what made the Baptists what they were. They just kept bringing their children in, put them on the cradle roll, and bring them up. God don't have any grandsons. He just has sons, sons and daughters, not grandsons and granddaughters. God don't have grandchildren. He ain't...?... God--God ain't grandpa; He's Father. Amen.
I hope I don't hurt your feelings, but I hope I scare you a little bit anyhow to get...?... started. God don't have grandchildren. And when you... Just 'cause you were Pentecostal, you papa and mama paid the price, that don't make you Pentecostal till you pay the same price to get the same thing they had. There's plenty of it left. There's plenty of balm in Gilead yet, plenty of toxin there for sin, unbelief. Yes, sir.

L-52 Our Pentecostal brethren raising up, and saying--denying Divine healing and such things at that. It's just because you refuse the toxin, you grandson. Not a son of God, a son of God is born of the Spirit of God. He's God's child, but God don't have any grandchildren. Right.
You know what's the matter? They're afraid of the new birth. That's all's the matter. Let me tell you something, brother. I don't care what kind of a birth it is; any birth is a mess. If it's in the pigpen, or if it's in the stable, or if it's in a pink decorated hospital room, any birth is a mess. And the new birth is the same. It'll make you get down and squall, and bawl, and do things that you never thought you'd do before...?... healing. It'll bring forth new life as sure as the world.

L-53 It might mess up your theology, might mess up your card parties; it might mess up your swimming and dancing and roller skating. It might make you grow your hair; it might make you get something different, and make you quit smoking cigarettes. It's a mess but it brings forth life. Amen. What we ought to have is birth, life, messy; has to get messy before it gets right. Yes, sir. You have to have... 'less... Except a corn of wheat fall in the ground and rot (messy, get dirty with it)... That's right. Just die out. Get down there and...

L-54 A woman said to me one time, said, "I'd be ashamed. Them people down there," said, "I couldn't hear you even preach." Said, "Why, them women and men hollering 'Hallelujah, Amen, Praise the Lord,' I couldn't hear what you was saying."
I said, "If they didn't say it, it'd scare me to death."
She said, "When that woman got up there and started crying," said, "just chills run up my back."
I said, "If you'd ever get to heaven, you'd freeze to death," I said, "because everybody will be screaming and shouting and praising...?... Right."


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