<TITLE>37. Par 389-397</TITLE>L-389 God, be merciful to us. How we need Him. Here we are, all of us together now. Remember. Now, at the judgment, if I... I'll have to stand (and that may be before night) and face every Word that I've said (See?); I'll have to face it. Now, remember that iniquity is off of my hands; it's off of my conscience; it's off of my soul; it's off of God.
If you don't... If you are standing in those conditions and still don't feel condemned (Whew.), what--what--what you going to do? Then you know God doesn't deal with you; you know you're past that. See? You're past that. You might be ever so religious, you might belong to churches and so forth, but you're past that. The Word of God goes down in and brings a person out. That's the thing that brings them back. See? So that's the Word. I ask any minister, any person anywhere to deny That against the Word of God. That's right. It's not so. See?

L-391 So let us be real Christians. Even we who try, the ones who try, we need to be cut down and boiled over. Yes, sir. We all need it.
God, have mercy on me. God, take me and mold me. It's my intention after this week to go before God, to find out what to do next. God, take me. What... All--all's about me (and there's much) that's no good; God, cut it off, is my prayer this morning. Circumcise my heart, ears, my being. Make me, Lord, make me something that--whatever He wants me to be. That's my prayer.
"Whatever I need to be, cut off, cut me off, Lord. Show me in the Word; tell me; I'll go do it. Let the Lord say it, and I'll... I'm right there ready to cope with it. Whatever the Word of God says, that's what I want to be. I want to be a--a Christian in God's Word, "Letting every man's word be a lie, and God's be true." Wouldn't that be the trend of the time, wouldn't that be it? That the way you believe it?

L-394 You looking for the place for baptismal, son? Yeah, back over here, brother, in the corner. All right, right over this way.
Many of you should be coming, men and women that's believers, that are being--confessing their sins, to be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ (This way, brother.)--in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins, and they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost."

L-396 Now, to you Catholic people here, that's what remission of sin is. You say that the church has power to remit sins, how did the church remit sins? God... Jesus did tell the church, "Whosoever's sins you remit, to them they're remitted. Whosoever's you retain, to them they're retained." How did they remit the first, the sins in the early church? They called them to repentance, and they baptized them in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins, not under a confession booth; no, indeed. But they repented before God in their hearts when they were standing there, and they believed. "And as many was bap--believed was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, and they was filled with the Holy Ghost." Amen. You love Him? Now, let us stand.

L-397 Now, there'll be many wanting to wait for the baptismal service. Any more wants to come, any more has believed, come, either side: men to the left; to the right, the women. Believe on the Lord Jesus with all your heart, with all that's in you.
Now, let us bow our heads together, while we repeat this model prayer together, as I feel very strangely led to do this just now. As we bow our heads, you pray with me [Brother Branham and congregation pray in unison--Ed.]:
Our Father Who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thine will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us of our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.


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