<TITLE>19. Par 79-82</TITLE>L-79 Faith cometh by hearing. Now, today we would say, "Ha. Hm. We're Methodists. We're Baptists. We got nothing to do with that kind of stuff. No." That--that's the reason we don't get nowhere. That's right. "Holy-rollers, that bunch of Pentecostals? No--no, nothing to that, bunch of holy-rollers." See, go ahead. Our name's on a bomb out yonder somewhere. We--we'll get it. We'll get the reward, don't worry. So then they did in the day they rejected Jesus. They did the day they rejected the rest of them, rejected Noah and on down through. And God never fails. He's always the same. So we'll get it.

L-80 Now, we notice the first thing happened. Now, let's just watch for a--a few more minutes. Now, the little queen begin to thirst, hungering and thirst. What did Jesus say? "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst for righteousness." Just even whether they got it or not, they--just thirsting for it, you're blessed. So she said, "I must go see."
So now the first thing she does, she has to go see her--her pastor, her bishop, you know, before she can come. So you know, she's a dignitary, you know. So I can see her go up and say, "Holy father, they tell me that the Israelites up there has got a revival going on, and their God has come down, living in a man, and he's got a powerful discernment. And there's nothing like it."

L-81 "My daughter, [Brother Branham clears his throat--Ed.] I am the holy reverend father, and you really understand that if there was anything in the supernatural line going on, our church would have it." We still have them, you know. "So don't pull up that bunch. That's illiterate bunch up there. There--there's nothing like that. That's just a make believe. There's nothing to it. Don't go up."
"Well," she said, "Look. If it was in our church, then why ain't I seeing it in our church?" There's a good question. "Why don't I see it. Now, I've been here and my grandmother belonged to this church. My grandmother and grandfather were members here. My great grandfather and grandmother was here, and we have never seen one move of anything supernatural. So now you tell me all of this, and these idols and so forth, and you got a lot of books here, and a lot of theology, but I don't see them. But they tell me that something's alive up there (Amen, I like that.), something that's real, something that can produce itself (Hallelujah.), not hybrid, but it can produce the right thing."
Well he, said, "Now, my daughter, listen. Do you realize that you have a social standing? You belong to the... all these clubs and things. If you go, you know what's going to happen."
"I don't care what happens." Boy, when a man or a woman goes to hungering for God, there's nothing going to stop them. She goes back down.
I wish we could linger longer on it, but we got to hurry.

L-82 So she goes back down, and she said, "You know what? I'm going anyhow. So I don't care if they excommunicate me and take my name off the book; I'm going anyhow. It doesn't make any difference. If our church is not co-operating with it, that don't mean a thing. I'm going because Something in my heart's telling me there is a living God somewhere. And I'm determined to find Him." Amen. Now, when you get that, there's nothing going to stop you. No holy fathers, or bishops, and or nothing else is going to stop you; no pagan ceremonies, or no man-made theology, or anything else, if God is pushing at your heart. If He isn't, woe unto you. God be merciful to you.
Then we find out, she said, "Well now, if they take my name off the book..."
All the sisters got around, said, "You are the queen."


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