<TITLE>21. Par 74-77</TITLE>L-74 He said, "Abram, I'm not... Your name is no longer Abraham--Abram, but your name is Abraham. You're not S-a-r-r-i, your S-a-r-a-h from now on, "princess." What did He do? Placing His son. What is God's Name? Elohim. Is that right? Elohim, is that Who He is, Lord God Elohim, Preserver of heaven--heavens and earth?
And what did He do to Abraham? He give Abraham part of His Name: from Abram to Abraham, Elohim, because he too was a father (Amen.): placed him, positionally, give him a name: Abraham from Abram to Abraham: Elohim, Elohim, h-e-i-m: h-a-m, Abraham.

L-75 I want you to notice. That was just before the destruction now and before the promise was fulfilled. Watch just a moment now. After He'd him that, placed his name now, positionally placed him, called him through justification (You believe that?), his seed through justification, sanctification through the Blood, to the seed, filling with Hisself, pouring Hisself into him as El-Shaddai, the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit... Now, placing him and giving him a part of His Name, Elohim, a small Elohim, and man was born to be a god.
Now, say that's wrong. Jesus said, "Does it don't stay in your own laws, 'Ye are gods'? And why do you condemn Me then, if Your own law says you're gods." He was given a domain; the domain was the earth. The whole earth is groaning, waiting now for the manifestations of the sons of God. If I'm a Branham, I'm a Branham; I'm part of a Branham. And if a man is a son of God, He's made in the image of God and given the domain here on earth to rule this earth like God ruled it. And the second Adam proved it. Amen. He stopped nature: "Peace be still." Amen. Cursed the fig tree... Certainly, He was a Man yet He was God; He was a manifested Son of God. That's what we're to be one of these days. We're just coming to it through justification, the seeds of Abraham coming up.

L-76 Now, notice what He did to Abraham: give him that name. Now immediately about three or four days later, Abraham had separated Himself from Lot. Now, listen real close now. Are you ready? Say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Now, have you followed it close? Say, "Amen." ["Amen."] You see where He done everything that He did to Abraham, He's done to His seed, say, "Amen"? ["Amen."] Right.
Now, we're coming down now to the next thing. Now, watch our three classes. Now, there was... What does the word "church" mean? "Called out, called out." Israel was the people of God till they was called out of Egypt then they was called church of God. See? "Called out," the very word, go get your dictionary and find out if it isn't "called out."

L-77 Now, what was Abraham? Called out and separated. He was the elected church. Lot represents the church today. Please don't miss this, please, in Christ's Name don't miss this. Listen close. What did he... Abraham was out here in a weary, tired land, poor, no water for the cattle, but what did Lot do? He was a Christian too; he was a believer. So he went down into Sodom and--and become the mayor of the city. Is that right? That's your denomination, your lukewarm, so called Christian. Down there the sins vexed... Oh, see drunkards it vexes their heart. Sure. It vexed their heart.
Now, there was the Sodomites, the unbeliever. There was Lot right there with them in his lukewarm condition, but here's Abraham. Oh, my. So the time is drawing near to the end now. And watch close.
One day while Abraham was setting under his oak, he saw three Men come walking up, dust on Their clothes. And Abraham went out, and he said, "My Lord, will You come in? For this cause You come." Something within Abraham's heart made him believe there's something there about that Man.


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