<TITLE>17. Par 72-75</TITLE>L-72 Our heavenly Father, now I commit the audience to You. There might be a wayward person here that may never have the opportunity again. We just hear it on the telephone, a few moments ago, or awhile ago, Brother Tommy Hicks, a precious servant of Yours, his brother that he'd cried to, begged to, just a few weeks ago even sent him a letter and said, "Brother, receive Christ."
But he was making so much money to buy him a $100,000 home, a new Cadillac, he didn't have time to do it. "Think I'll do that later on, Tommy." But it's too late now. It caught up with him down in Mexico. O God, be merciful. Let people know that there's no more coming back to try again; this is the only opportunity. And death does not change the soul; it only changes its dwelling place.
Now, Father, I pray that if there's a soul here that knows that they are made up of this triune being of both soul, body, and spirit, that inside of the pulp that they live in is a spirit; inside the soul that controls them is a spirit, inside the five senses is a spirit, and if that spirit isn't the Spirit of God when this other drops away, it can never rise again. But God, I pray Thee that they will receive You now, and catch this beautiful ensign of the Holy Spirit in their heart and be saved tonight.

L-73 While we have our heads bowed, if there's anybody'd like to be remembered, raise your hand now, and say, "Pray for me, Brother preacher. I..." God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you, you, sister. That's very fine. Someone else?
Now, don't be ashamed. Just keep praying, all Christians. These people raising their hands... God bless you, little lady. God bless you, sister. Someone else? Say, "Remember me, Brother Branham. I... Now I believe. I just believe it somehow. I just believe it." Someone else? God bless you. God bless you over here. Bless you, back there. That's good.
Now, that's people that's raised their hands. They believe it. The altar's standing full of children. They're all over everywhere. You don't necessarily have to have the altar. Your heart is the altar. Your heart is where God comes.

L-74 I was reading the other day in history, Broadbent's, "Pilgrim Church, Nicene Fathers," that where in the early church they never even had any ornaments, never even had an altar, because... The pagans being converted, they used to fall prostrate at the altar. They just had a plain little old building where they set on slab of rocks. They raised up their hands after some godly man gave a message. And they raised up their hands and praised God. They loved that after-effects of the Holy Spirit bathing through them. That was the early church in the times of Irenaeus and Martin, and so forth, right after the death of the Lord Jesus, when the church going on before it went into Catholicism. Oh, that's what we love.

L-75 Now, you in here make that altar your heart, now, and say, "Come in, Lord Jesus."
I'm going to pray for you. Lord Jesus, I trust that, hurrying up real quick, and throwing these words together, getting ready now... And we're waiting to see what You're going to do in the prayer line, not knowing exactly what You will do. But yet, there's been at least a dozen hands went up of young and old that's longing to know You, Father, longing to have that Eternal Life. Let it be a reality to them just now. Grant it, Lord. May the precious Spirit of God bathe down into their souls just now and make them new creations in Christ.


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