<TITLE>23. Par 247-261</TITLE>L-247 "Oh," he said, "yeah, there is such a one." (There, O thank God for that.) Uh-huh. "There is such a one," but said, "I hate him. And all the rest of them hate him too." Said, "We kicked... They kicked him out of that organization, every one of them." Said, "He come down here to have a meeting; we run him out of town. Yes, sir. Won't have nothing to do with him. Well," said, "he's a weakling, and he come from a very poor family. His grammar's awful." (Uh-huh, like Moody, you know) "Yeah, his grammar's awful." And said, "Really, for a theologian, he's the poorest I ever heard. I never heard anything like him. Oh, he just simply demolishes their ritual. Why, their Apostles' Creed is tore to pieces by him. I never heard of such a thing. Oh, he just tears it up, and they hate him, and I hate him; everybody hates him."
"Oh," Jehoshaphat said, "don't let the king say so, but I'd like to hear him." He know what Elijah would say. He knowed what...

L-248 God bypassed all the great, strong, intellectual preachers, and put his Message in a little guy that claimed he knowed nothing. But what did he do?
They give him a test, and said, "Now, you say the same thing they did."
He said, "I'll say what God puts in my mouth; that's all." He said, "If you want to become strong... Now, remember you're just... you're--you're kind of out of order here, boy. Remember, you're kicked out of that organization. They might reconsider your fellowship if you just agree with them in this time of crisis like this. We're all fixing to have a great campaign," said, "if you'll just agree with me."
Said, "I'll say nothing but what God has said." Amen. Compromise, could you expect a man of God to compromise on the Word of God? No, sir. Don't lay in them.
Said, "But you're a weakling. You're out of a poor family. Why, you know what, they might..."
"I don't care what they do."
"Well, they'll take you from country to country in an airplane. They'd do anything (See?) if you'd--you just..."
"No, no. I'll only say what God puts in my mouth."

L-256 God bypassed all that bunch (Yes, sir, His true stand did it.), bypassed the four hundred and give him THUS SAITH THE LORD.
Then did they believe It? No, sir. They said, "That's not THUS SAITH THE LORD; our seminary don't teach such things as that. Why, here's our bishop has done said the word; he wrote the ritual. We all got together; we made our schools. God's with us. Which way went God from us when It went to you?"
He said, "You'll see, sometime." Uh-huh, that's right.
What was he? He was weak, but he was the strongest one among them. Why? Because he had the Word of the Lord. Oh, brother, what difference does it make about the--anything else as long as you got THUS SAITH THE LORD?

L-258 "Say, Brother Branham, if you'll compromise on the Name of Jesus for baptism, well, we'll have a great meeting in Chicago or these places like this." Huh. You think he'd do that? I don't care where you get together, what you do, brother, stay with THUS SAITH THE LORD.
I want some of them to come tell me where that's wrong. Show me in the Word of God where that's wrong. Yeah. They won't tackle that. No, sir. But it's THUS SAITH THE LORD. Stay with it, if every one of them kicks you. I don't care how weak you become, "Then I become strong." When they kick me out, God will take me in. Uh-huh, yeah. God... They kick you out, God will take you in.
Remember, it's the off-scours that God always picks up, the nobodies. Then He makes them somebodies for Him. May not know it in this life, but it will be in the one that's coming (See?); that's the one.

L-261 And gave him THUS SAITH THE LORD, for why? He stayed with the Word. He had the right message. God give him a vision. The rest of them didn't have no vision. See? He had a vision. Why? Because he stayed with the Word. There's where we seen signs and wonders. Because... The others are making out like It, but he stayed with the Word. Now, let's hurry.


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