<TITLE>10. Par 84-93</TITLE>L-84 Now, it's in... We find that greed though, in church, and in politics, and in national affairs. One nation... Look down here in Africa now what's going on. Look, because of greed, look what's happened down there now in Africa; not only there, but all over the world everywhere, because man wants to be somebody. They--this is all they have, is right here on earth, or, they live that way.
If this was all I had, I'd be a miserable person. I'm looking for a City whose Builder and Maker is God. There's where we lay our treasures up, for that purpose.

L-86 The sons of Cain, or rather sons of Satan... They are sons of Satan because Cain was the son of Satan. And so therefore, the sons of Cain today... And you say, "Are you sure of that, Brother Branham?" Yes, I am. I'm positive of that. Well, listen.
Jesus, when He was here on earth, He promptly told them religious leaders that, "Ye are of your father the devil." And yet they were pious, and they were religious, and they were scholars, and they had great buildings, and they had great churches, and they had great scholarships, and priesthood, and orders, and so forth, but they failed to recognize Who Christ was. They failed to catch their day.

L-88 And as they did then, so do they do now, just exactly the same. They fail to realize the day that we're living, and the things that God is doing. Now, we see therefore, would put... If those religious leaders...
Now, here it is. If those religious leaders in that day were called sons of the devil, we know then that the devil in the beginning was the one who inspired Cain to persecute his brother and to kill him. That's the same thing taken place by them same leaders that persecuted Jesus Christ and killed Him. They were forced to a decision just the same as they were forced back there in the garden of Eden. They were forced to make a decision. "Well, what about This?" The sons of Cain, the sons of Satan...

L-90 You say, "Does that go to nations?"
When Satan took Jesus up to the top of the mountain for temptation, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world. Now, that was all that was and all that would be, all the kingdoms of all the world. And he said, "These are mine, and I do with them whatever I want to. I can make them fight; I can make them do this or any." And he claimed the kingdoms of the world, so then we can see how greed and selfishness comes into politics. See? We can see then where it is in the church and in the church leaders, where greed and selfishness comes into the church.

L-91 Now, watch that same old greed that started in the garden of Eden, that put a bad seal on one and the right Seal on the other, come right down into the times of our Lord Jesus. When He was here on earth, He was given a trial by what was called justice, a courts of justice. What an unjust mockery that was. There wasn't one thing that they could find against Him. That was the political side. They couldn't find nothing against Him. Even so much as Pilate, himself, said, "I find no fault in Him."

L-92 And then comes the church. They're forced now to make a decision. After the political world had set Him free, to cooperate with that same spirit that was in the church, that was in politics; to show that if Satan lost his battle here, he still had something in reserve, he could fall right back to the church. And they crucified Him, because they were forced to make a decision. And they said, "Give us Barabbas instead of Jesus." See how they did it?

L-93 It's right before our eyes today, the same thing, and has been and always will be: forced to make a decision.
Now, when they forced the decision, Pilate knew in his heart that when he released them to--released Jesus to the church, that he knew the church was one delivered Him to be crucified; and if he loosed Him back to the church, the church would crucify Him. So Pilate isn't excused. He got water and tried to wash the Blood of Christ off his hands, but he cannot do it.


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