<TITLE>07. Par 29-32</TITLE>L-29 Now, but when this Messiah finally came, when Messiah finally came, and John had the honor of baptizing Him... He came just--just exactly right. All the signs was right. He showed the Messiahic sign, and John knowed that, that He was the Messiah. That's the Messiah. There's no doubt about it. John said, "I saw that Pillar of Fire, Light coming down upon Him in the form of a dove, a Voice speaking from that Pillar of Light, saying, 'This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am pleased to dwell in.'"
He knew that was the Messiah. John said, "I didn't know Him, but He that was in the wilderness, said for me to go baptize with water; said, 'Upon whom thou shall see the Spirit descending and remaining on, He's the One that'll baptize with the Holy Ghost and Fire.' And I'm sure this is Him." So he blasted it out.

L-30 But when trouble set in, Jesus come and showed the Messiah, that He was Messiah. But then something went wrong. John had introduced the Messiah with a fan in His hand, going to burn up the chaff. But he found out the works of Jesus, He was meek and lowly. So it wearied him. He didn't know--he didn't know what to say. He--he thought, "Now, there's something wrong here somewhere."
Seemed he had--he had believed the wrong thing. It seemed like it wasn't working right. And there's many times that we think too, that it isn't working right. But it's working right. As long as we know that He's here, what difference does it make? It's working right. Maybe it ain't a working it according to the way we think it ought to work, but it's working according to the way God wants it to work.

L-31 You say, "Well..." John thought, "Well, now, I introduced a Messiah that had His fan in His hand, and He was going to purge the floors, and take His wheat to the garner. And--and I told them the axe was laid to the root of the tree. And He was going to take all the trash and burn it up. And here He is, instead of a great mighty Man like that, here He comes meek and lowly. Something must've went wrong somewhere," he said. "There's no doubt but something's wrong somewhere." He thought it wasn't right.
He become dismayed like many of us do. When we see things going on that it isn't what we think is just right, we become dismayed. Don't be weary. It will be all right. The devil got a hold of him in there. The devil thought, "Now, I've got him in the jail now. I've throwed him in jail, so I'll rough him up right good while I got him in there. God isn't using him right now; I've got him in jail. So I'll just put every kind of a blanket over him I can. I got him all caged up. I got the eagle in the cage. So I'll--I'll just--I'll just make him wish he had never preached the Gospel."

L-32 That's the way he does a many. And there's a many a good man in that same shape today. That's exactly right. We think it ain't working right. But it is working right. Everything's all right.
Here the other day, a little... I see so many people that come in, say, "Well Brother Branham, I was prayed for the... I--I--I really didn't get any different. Well, there's something wrong." No, there's not. There's nothing wrong with the system. There's nothing wrong with God. There's nothing wrong with the Bible. There's nothing wrong with the Holy Spirit. The thing of it is, is something wrong with you.


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