<TITLE>05. Par 15-17</TITLE>L-15 Now, now, the Catholic says He built it upon Peter because he was a little stone. If that's so, he backslid a few days later. See?
You say, "He built..." Protestants says He built it upon Himself, He is the rock. That is wrong yet.
He built it upon the spiritual revelation: revealed. "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed it." That's the reason He gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom. He had the revelation of who He was. "Upon this rock I'll build My Church; and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it (That's right.)," the spiritual revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. When God has made Him known to you as a Person, as your Saviour, as your God, as your Redeemer, as your Healer, as your King, that's Who the--how the spiritual revelation comes.

L-16 Now, we're going back to deal with Abraham tonight, because he was the one that was given the promise. Now, I read from Genesis the 22nd chapter and the 14th verse, but we're actually going to turn back unto Genesis 12 to start, because Abraham...
The beginning of Abraham, he'd come down from Babylon, from Shinar, and dwelt in the valleys. And we know all about Babylon, how that Nimrod was the first one to try to make an organization. He organized the great religious move and made all the little churches pay tribute to him, to this big city of Babylon; and built a tower there that went up into the heavens, and so forth. He thought... With his own thoughts he thought that he could do something that would save the people.
But see, there's not a thing that you can do to save yourself. There's not one thing. You've got to solemnly trust on the grace of God to do it. You can't save yourself. I don't care how religious you are, and how good you try to be, and keep all the commandments, and everything; that won't do one thing. There's not one thing you can do to merit anything. You're just simply lost, and that's all of it. There's not a way for you. You have to accept His provided method: that's Jesus Christ. And it's freely... You don't have to do one thing but just accept what's been given to you: not a thing you can do.

L-17 If I--my tie was crooked and I'd say to Brother Buntain, "Brother Buntain, I'll give you a million dollars."
And he'd say, "Thank you, Brother Branham. I'll straighten your tie up, that much." I didn't give it to him; he done something. See? He straightened my tie up for a million dollars. See, you can't do one thing. There's not...
People say, "I just sought God and sought God." No, you're mistaken, my brother, no man does that. It's not--it's not you seeking God; it's God seeking you. You say, "I prayed, I fasted, I sought God."
No, God was seeking you, 'cause Jesus said, "No man can come to Me, except My Father draws him first."


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