<TITLE>12. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 I talked to Jack Shuler. That's one of the--one of the finest men you got. You got millions of fine men in Methodist church people, some of the best. I'm looking in the face of two Methodist ministers right now, that's bosom friends of mine. There isn't better men stands in shoe leather, as I know of. That's right. But you're forgetting; you're not separating yourself. John Wesley was one who started preaching sanctification, and separate yourself from the things of the world. And you Methodist women wearing shorts, makeup on your face. And don't you know what your founder said about such stuff as that? But you got a weak pulpit and a big building. That's what's the matter with you. And don't you just look over and laugh at the Baptists, 'cause, Baptists, you're the same. And, Pentecostal, you're the same. Now, we just have to make it right now that's all.

L-41 Now, what a pity it is. Don't you know that if you're the seed of Abraham, you've got to separate yourself from the things of the world, 'cause it was made to Abraham and his seed after him. And Abraham never did come into the blessing. No wonder... On this grounds here, yonder at Wheaton College, down at Asbury, over to Moody where we're going next, in Chicago at the Moody... Why don't they have revivals like they used to? You're not separating yourself, children of Abraham. How will God ever deal in a place like that, when He can't even get you to live morally? That's right. You can never have a revival based upon such stuff as that.
Now, you say, "Brother Branham, you get angry at us." Let the Lord be my Judge. See?

L-42 What... If--if somebody don't tell you, if something doesn't take place, you're going to wind up out on the little end, a...?... Now, come out of such a thing. You, you who are... What about the Methodist church, you Methodist people, when they used to go down the road... And you Methodists here, when you first come and Asbury was over here, and you had the old fashion meetings when people fell on the floor with the Holy Ghost, praying there, kicking and screaming and throwing their hands up, and you'd dash water in their faces and things like that to bring them to? Oh God. Methodists, what happened to that experience? Where's it at today? What happened? Something went wrong. You see, you're drifting. All along you get them out of the way from the seed of Abraham...

L-43 Now watch, God, the next thing... Now that was justification. To hurry up... Now, what did God do now in Genesis 12? He saved Abraham by election, and Abraham was justified by faith, believing on God's Word. Is that right? Baptists, is that the way you got It? Methodists, is that the way you got It? Pilgrim Holiness, Nazarenes, Pentecostals, is that the way you got it? Sure, exactly right. Now, watch the stage of the journey; on they went.
To make it quick now, I want you to go with me to the next place now to Genesis 15. A lot of things in there we could take weeks, and week, and week after week on. But just to bring these stages to you to show you what He did...
In the 15th chapter Abraham begin to wonder, "How will I ever know these things." Then God confirmed the covenant to him. He give him a confirmation of the covenant. In Genesis the 15th chapter we find that out; when he completely separated himself, Lot went down into Sodom, and the old man died, and Abraham separated himself and got alone, then God begin to speak to him.


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