<TITLE>14. Par 67-70</TITLE>L-67 "Well, then," I thought, "it isn't right, so many of these different ones. I have to go see what the other one says.'"
I went over to the Lutherans. They said, "Oh, no. We are the church." I found out what a church was, was a body of people that was called out. Well, they Lutheran pointed one way, Catholic another, Baptist another, Methodist another, Presbyterian another. I couldn't put no faith in that. Which one is--which one the church? Each one had something sounded all right.
"You know what I said, mother? I went right back to the Bible. 'Let every man's word be a lie and Mine true.' And I followed that Bible just what It said and I got the same results that they did back there. So I'm..."
And we was resting upon that. It's the same results. God's got to keep His Word. That's right. True. If we'll just believe It, obey It, accept It, and act upon It...

L-68 Noah had a promise from God. It was God that spoke to Noah. But Noah, before he could see the mighty miracle of God, he had to go to work on the ark. He had to build the ark holding onto a Word, driving on the boards, beating out the pitch, pouring it into the wood. He had to make the ark ready when it sound crazy to everybody else. But what was he doing? Making it ready anyhow. He must've been on it over a hundred and twenty years a building the ark. Still no sign of anything else but he held onto the Word. He was acting upon his commission. Amen.
"Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." Act upon your commission, see what God does. Act on your commission. "These signs shall follow them that believe," See? Act on your commission.

L-69 You say, "I--I've received the Word of God." You be prayed for, and the Holy Spirit promised you healing. Then I don't care how long it takes till it comes, still act on your commission. Act like you're healed, giving God praise, just keep going on. That's right.
You say, "Well, Brother Branham, I ain't never received the Holy Ghost yet." Accept the promise and keep act... Now, just don't say you've got it because you said it. That won't work.
What if the disciples, after they said, "Jesus told us to go up here now and to wait. He's going to send the promise upon us." And about nine days, maybe Matthew or some of them might have come up... Or say, maybe it was Philip, or some of them, come up and said, "Peter, don't you believe we've already received it? Don't you think we've already had it? Because look, He commissioned us to come up here and wait. See? And we--we've been up here; this is nine days. And you know, the other day I kind of had a feeling maybe He'd already give it to us. I believe we better accept it by faith and go on." Amen.

L-70 No, sir. They stayed there and waited till evidence come. Amen. They come there and stayed till they seen something that they could take a hold of and say, "This is it." Why? They had a Scriptural evidence of it.
How did they know they was going to get it? Isaiah said, now, Isaiah 28:19: "Precept must be upon precept; line upon line; here a little, and there a little: hold fast to that what's good. For with stammering lips and other tongues will I speak to this people. And this is the rest that I said they should see."
Joel, Joel 2:28 said, "It shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I'll pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Upon My handmaids and maidservants will I pour out of My Spirit." They were waiting for something to happen that they could look at and see. If Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, let's see what He promised to do. Let's stay with it until it comes. Yes.


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