<TITLE>25. Par -</TITLE>L-42-4 Did you ever see a Catholic pass by the church and [Brother Branham illustrates how a Catholic would cross himself--Ed.] go over hisself like that? Why? It's God in that church. What is God? That little piece of bread; that little piece of bread (round, made like the sun god that they worship) laying on the altar where the mice and roaches pack around overnight. That's not my God; I'll tell you that now.

L-42-5 First communion, confirmed to the church: nonsense. But that's what they did; that's what the cankerworm did. It took away the Spirit and give them a piece of bread, some bread that some priest made, or some nun, or something. That's what they did; that's exactly right. Go ask now; go looking back in history and see if it isn't right. And you let that thing be shoved down your throat? Not only them Catholics, but you Protestants, a many of you, same thing. All right, there's what's they did. All right.
And then, the Protestants, instead of having the Holy Ghost, you know what they do? They come and join, shake a hand. There wasn't a somebody come up the road and shook a hand when the day of Pentecost come; but there came from heaven a sound of a rushing, mighty wind that filled all the house where they were setting (That's right.), come down through them leaves on the Tree, poured over the bark. That's right.

L-43-1 And now, now, instead of the new birth (that Jesus said, "A man must be born again"), they adopted joining the church: come and join. And instead of the Word, the cankerworm give them a creed. Don't you see? Look here what he's doing; he's giving a natural for a spiritual. Can you see it?
Now, look. Now, we--we're--we're on the Catholic line here, but did you know that come right down through the Protestants too? Where do we have the Holy Ghost demonstrations in Protestant churches today? Where do we have a Pentecostal reaction in amongst Protestants? We don't have... You have it in Lutheran? I--if you do, I want to go to it; I want to go over there and just eat and have a wonderful time. Presbyterian? I wonder where's--where's it at. See? You've adopted something natural.
I'm fixing to leave. You know that (See?), but don't you never let this get out of your heart. Don't take the natural; that's death. This natural man is death; anything it does is death. It's subject and here for death. It's a Spirit that maketh alive, (See?), the Spirit that gives Life, quickens it. It's a Spirit.

L-43-4 So you see, they took (Watch what they done.)--took the Water baptism from Jesus Christ to Father, Son, Holy Ghost, a title which is no name at all.
Now, you say, "What difference does it make?"
All right. Now, if you're going to give... Somebody's going to give you your paycheck Saturday, the--the--the man that pays you. Instead of putting his name on there, just say from a--from "The Boss." That's what it is. Your paycheck; just "pay to the order of John Doe, a hundred and fifty dollars for this week's work, from The Boss." Put it down at the bank and see how it bounces back. Yes, sir. It sure will, sure.

L-43-6 If it don't make a difference, why did Paul command them Christians, praising God, and having a lot of joy, and having great things going on up there, why did he tell them, "You got to come back and be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ"? See?
Make the Word say... Just stay with It. Don't say nothing different; just say what It says. See? That's what we're going to be judged by.


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