<TITLE>15. Par 49-51</TITLE>L-49 Now, we just don't have enough time to... to... to preach the way I like to preach. I'm not much of a preacher, but I like to talk about what I know. See? Look, now, let's take this...
Now, what did he do? Now, to you that's keeping this Scriptures... Now, what was the covenant made? (Now we're going to change the position here in just a minute in the next chapter.)
Now, what did He do? Make the covenant with Abraham, say it with me, "Abraham and his seed." What is the seed of Abraham? The borned again man and woman that's filled with the Holy Ghost.
"Oh now, Brother Branham..." All right. Let's see if He kept His promise. Abraham, in Genesis 12, was justified, called out, by justification and believed God's Word. Is that right? So was the church in Martin Luther. Is that right? Genesis the 15th chapter, he's separating when he completely obeyed and confirmed the covenant to him by blood. Hebrews 13: 12 and 13: "Jesus suffered without the gate that He might sanctify the people with His own blood." Is that right? What did He send? A message to the earth, a messenger. Who was it in the Philadelphian Church age? John Wesley preaching sanctification. That's when He confirmed it. Separating from sin.
He believed through justification, Genesis 12. He confirmed the covenant by blood, spilling the blood of a ram and so forth. on the 15th chapter and sanctified the church.

L-50 Now, the 17th chapter, He gave the Holy Spirit. Notice: "I am El Shaddai." Remember, he's going to receive something into him now from God: strength from a... Like the baby draws the mother's own strength from the body of the mother through nursing, the church was given the Holy Ghost, and drawing the strength of the Spirit into them, nursing in Life. He gave the church the Holy Ghost. The Strength-giver... His own strength. God, giving an outlet to His weak child, that's confessed his faith, to give him strength for something. He's ready to do something for him now.
Justification, Abraham. Justification, Genesis 12: Martin Luther to the seed of Abraham. Sanctification, Genesis 15: confirmation of the covenant. His seed of Abraham, John Wesley: sanctification. Abraham had an outlet to draw from his weak condition, strength, God's own strength. Do you see it? How many sees it, say Amen. God's own strength nursed through a promise, He give it to the Pentecostals: the Holy Ghost, drawing God's own life right out into them. As He did it natural there, He does the spiritual here. See? To Abraham and his seed after him. You get what I mean now? Now remember, the church is still advancing.

L-51 Now, also, in the 18th chapter... Now, here's a little bit... Now, this... You may disagree with this, brethren... Now, you, many of you... Now, you think Luther would believe anything else but justification? No, sir. That was his age. I believe they'll come in the resurrection, sure. All right.
Sanctification. Could you tell a good square-backed Methodist that sanctification isn't the baptism of the Holy Ghost? You sure couldn't. No. "Entire sanctification is the Holy Ghost! "Yes sir." You Nazarenes, and Pilgrim Holiness, and so forth, how you believe that: "Yes sir, sanctification is the Holy Ghost!" It's not! The works of the Holy Ghost, not filling of the Holy Ghost. No, sir.


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