<TITLE>18. Par 78-80</TITLE>L-78 Christians are borned again of the Spirit of God. The Holy Ghost comes into them, and they're filled with the Spirit. The life of Christ lives through them. They go into all the world and preach the gospel. How far? All the world. Just for this generation? All the world. "These signs shall follow them that believe." How far? "All the world, every creature that believes." "In My name they shall cast out devils, speak with new tongues, take up serpents, or drink deadly things it wouldn't harm them. If they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover."
That's what the orders was. That was the orders from the conference, from God in heaven. Sent down the return--a rushing mighty wind. Oh, how far...? We need another conference, brethren.
What happened in the conference? They didn't walk up and say, "I now take your hand. I will become a member of this church."
Get a salt shaker and throw three or four sprinkles of water... dirt, or water, whatever you want to call it, on them and walk out and say, "Now you're a member."
That's not right. No sir. Not even to water baptism, which is so essential. It's still wasn't the same. But there came a sound, as a rushing, mighty wind, came from heaven. It filled all the house where they were setting. That was the returns of that conference, the way God decided to run His church. How dare us to try to move one iota from that! How dare we, as men, to add one thing or take one thing away from it? How can we do it? That's the way the church is to be run: by the power of the Holy Spirit.

L-79 There was another conference held right away. Those men went forth, preached the gospel, healed the sick. Peter and James passing the gate called Beautiful, and there laid a man crippled from him mother's womb. Said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I'll give you: In the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk." And away he went.
And then what happened? They wanted to put them in jail. The news columns had criticism of all kinds in it. And they just criticized them and snatched them up before the council, the general council of the church. When they did at the Sanhedrin courts, they forbid them to preach that kind of a gospel any more. So what was they to do? They were forbidden to preach the name of Jesus Christ. So what could they do? They held another conference: Acts 4 Conference we will call that, the Acts 4. They got with their own group.

L-80 Wouldn't that be fine if all Christians would get with their own groups, and all Greeks would get together and hold a conference,"What must we do?" Communism honeycombing our nation--our nation is beginning to be wiggled through with communism; and the church is getting cold and ritualistic. The churches are fighting one another, and blasting one another, and members are...
You could ask them if they're Christians. Say, "I belong to So-and-So." That don't have on thing to do with it. God don't care that [Brother Branham snaps his fingers--Ed.] about your organization. He wants to know if you're borned again. If you're not borned again, then you're not a Christian. You can only be a Christian when you take the life of Christ in you. If the life of Christ is in you, it'll produce the life of Christ. Could you gather peaches on a watermelon vine? Certainly not.


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