<TITLE>02. Par 5-7</TITLE>L-5 I seen a vision one time at Tulsa, Oklahoma, where I was just holding a meeting in a big auditorium. And--and one man, being a minister somewhere, had been called out in the meeting (I believe a Baptist minister), and begin to tell him about his life. One of the local sponsoring pastors called this man up and asked him, "Was that so? Did you ever know Brother Branham?" not knowing that I'd know all about it in my hotel room. See? But the... And after the Lord had revealed to me that what he had done, well, then I looked, and--as one of the men had went down and said, "Now, Brother Branham, when he's under the anointing is a servant of the Lord, but his theology is no good." Said, "He's a prophet when the anointing is upon him." But said, "When the anointing is off of him," said, "oh, his theology is no good."
A man that would make a statement like that don't even know what the word prophet means. A "prophet" means "a Divine revelator of the Word." See? And these signs are a vindication that that's what is the truth. See? But, just there's where you come. Them denominations bind them up in such a place; it's--it's really bad. And then a man down there talking like that, and walked right down to my hotel room, and was telling him what he said. Well, you just get it that way.

L-6 'Course you can see, many people now will never know the battle till we hit the other side. Then it'll be revealed what... It's a price to pay. Where it sets at the table with people, and in the public with people, and see those things; and somebody pat you on the back and say, "Brother Branham, we sure are for you," and not knowing right then that I know that's a lie (See?), 'cause I'm looking right at him, telling just exactly what it is. See? And that certainly makes it hard. You think these things are very easy and a flower bed of ease, but it isn't, friends. It's a battle. Oh, my! I'd rather not know it. I--I'd rather not know it at all. I want to just feel the place where I don't even see it, or anything, just so I can just go moving on, you know. And if you know that the person's telling you something that's wrong, then you know--him standing there, or she, or whoever it is, trying to make it sound so real, and yet right there you're watching a vision: that's exactly wrong what they're saying. Then you know that, and that--it sure is a hard thing.
But each one of us has a work to do. Each one of us has a ministry, and the peculiarity of it, and so forth, it all is together to glorify God, all working together for good. Now, the Lord be with us and help us.

L-7 I was thinking... said a few days ago that I thought I would start on the four horse riders of Revelations, because the Holy Spirit had blessed so great on those meetings at home a few weeks ago on the four--or, the seven last church ages, the ministers or the angels of those church ages, and how He blessed it. But then I got to thinking, I had better maybe go back a little piece and--and kind of settle the church, because of some things the Holy Spirit... I only can speak by inspiration. That's all I know. Just wait for Him to say it, or give it to me, and I say it. That's all I know about.
And I was telling your pastor this morning in the room, that many times I say things that just nearly kills me to say it. But someone said, "You're going to hurt your ministry by doing it." How can I say but what He says say? If somebody don't tell them, what's going to happen? What kind of a...? You see what... There's been too much neglection of it now. See? That's what the church is in such a condition now. There's too much neglecting of it. Somebody's got to cry out against the wrong. It's not that you're crying out against the people; it's the wrong that the people has been smothered in, trying to type after somebody else, or do this, or something like that, and not looking to God. See?


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