<TITLE>13. Par 44-48</TITLE>L-44 Baptists, do that. Methodists, do that. Pentecostals, do that. Separate yourself from the things of the world and see if God don't go to talking to you. Separate yourself from the things of this life and find out if God don't talk to you. But when He completely did it, he said, "Now, seeing that You made me a promise of the son, and I go childless, and my only heir is this Eliezer of--of Damascus," Said, "How am I going... How's it going to be done?"
Now, listen close all of you. Now there, Abraham in Genesis 1 was justified by faith. Now, here comes in your John Wesley doctrine. Here comes in your--your sanctification, or your confirmation of the covenant.

L-45 Remember, Abraham took a she goat, a heifer, and three animals: a goat, a sheep, a heifer, of three years old, them three being the confirmation, the threes I told you again to hold, three years old. And he killed them and split them apart. Is that right? Then he took a turtledove and a pigeon which represents Divine healing, never separated them. Notice that? He never... The Bible said he... When you're reading this back now after I'm gone, he never separated the pigeon and the dove, because why? There was a change in the covenant from Christ to the--from the lamb unto the Lamb of God, but Divine healing has always been based upon your faith. He never separated the dove and the birds. He laid them down there, but he did split the three year sacrifices.

L-46 Now, what was it? The shedding of the blood. The first one of Abraham's seed in the church age... Do you believe the church age started after Pentecost? Do you believe that first round there of Jews and so forth, then do you believe that first reformation of the called-out church for the rapture was Lutheran's group? Sure was. He preached the just shall live by faith. He refused the communion of being the literal body of Christ and throwed it on the floor, that young priest Martin Luther, and preached the just shall live by faith. Is that right?
John Wesley preached sanctification, the second definite work of grace (Is that right?), separating himself from the things of the world.

L-47 Now, He dealt with Abraham under justification. Then Abraham's seed was Martin Luther under justification. Now, He comes to Abraham to the confirming of the covenant and also He's coming over here to Abraham's seed in the confirming of the covenant for coming back to the blood, the killing of the sacrifice. Oh, do you see it? Say, "Amen" if you do.
Oh, listen, then He comes back to the sacrifice. Watch, let me take just a minute how the sacrifice was confirmed. And we'll hurry.
Now notice quickly. How do we do when we confirm a covenant? I say to this brother here. Stand up just a minute. You're a pastor, have the church? You say a... You have a church? All right. Say you got a church? All right, stand up just a minute. You have--you have a church. You say, "Brother Branham, let's go out and have a little lunch together."
"All right."
"Would you come to my church and hold a revival?"

L-48 "Let's see. Oh, I--I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll certain-certain thing. Yeah, I'll do that. Shake, boy; that's it. Be right there." Is that it? That's the way we confirm our covenants (Is that right?) by a handshake: eat a little something, shake a hand. We'll agree. That's our pledge to one another, our right hand, "Put her there; we'll do it. That's a covenant in the United States.
Well, you know how they do it in Japan? They go out and have a little bite to eat, and when they come back, and they're going to make--confirm their covenant, they give a little cruse of salt, and they stand and throw salt on one another. That's salt is to contact, a savour (You see?), which means that they--that's how they confirm their covenant.


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