<TITLE>29. Par -</TITLE>L-44-5 Amos never blamed the government. Did you notice him here (when you read it when you go home)? He never blamed the government; he blamed the church for electing such a government. Uh-huh. Umm, you politicians... Let me let that grind in you awhile, here and across the world where it'll go.
The church elected such a thing as Jeroboam. Wonder if you--we haven't done about the same thing? Let's say it's a good government. Government can't build a house on a rock when the people elect house on a sand. Can it? Don't say, "Our government, our government"; it's you the nation; it's the people. How can we...

L-44-7 A minister said to me; he said, "Brother Branham," said, "look; I know you're right in that," but said, "if I would preach that, my denomination'd kick me out; my people will run me out of the church." Said, "I'd never preach another sermon."
I said, "Preach it anyhow."
Yes, sir. It's God's Word. You're responsible, if you're a prophet of God, true, you will stay with the Word; if not, you will stay with your denomination. Depends on where you're from.
Look. No, sir, we cannot build... The government can't build a house upon a solid rock, when the people are voting for a house of pleasure on sinking sands.

L-45-2 Look what we want. Let's just take a minute now. Or... I hope I don't wear you out. But let's look what we want, just a minute. I can't pass this comment, this note. Look what we want.
Look at our television. That's what we want. We want some of these comedians to stand up there and turn all kind of dirty jokes, and we stay home from prayer meeting on Wednesday night, or the preacher will let out early so that you can go and see it: some old filthy, dirty, five or six times married prostitute, cracking dirty jokes, sexy dressed, and carrying on like everything, and you love that better than you love the house of God. It shows what kind of spirit's in you.

L-45-4 We permit it. We the people... If the people of this nation would write letters to our government (say, there'd be a hundred million letters fly into that government), "Stop them filthy programs," they'd have to do it. We are the people, but we the people want filthiness; so that's what we get.
Look at the radio programs. Oh, my. Turn "Rock of Ages" into  twist, "Old Rugged Cross" into swing, rock-and-roll by it--"The Old Rugged Cross," yeah, sure, on our radios, television, all the...

L-45-6 Took here not long ago them hoops, them little girls... Everything just as immoral as they can get, that's what we love. What's it sponsored by? Beer, whiskey, cigarettes, the money of the nation. What do they do? Take their tax money that should go to the government for taxes and pay for the dirty filthy television programs they put on.
The Pentecostals used to wouldn't go to them dirty, filthy picture shows when they had such plays. The devil put one on you, and put the television in your house.
A way of a true prophet's pretty hard, but let's stay with the Truth. Yes, sir.

L-45-9 Look at our billboards: women standing out with cigarettes in their hand, every little Jezebel in the country... Why, I went to the... The other day I seen a strange thing: there was one woman that (I come over to the school out there to get the kids, when I went over to get them)--that didn't have on a pair of shorts, and it freezing weather. Every one of them with cigarette... As soon as they get there and stop, if they didn't have a cigarette, they'd light it right quick and [Brother Branham makes a sound like blowing smoke out--Ed.] "See how I'm getting along?" Holding that hand out the door like this with a cigarette in their hand... And you say something to them, oh, they blow up. Sure.
You say something to Ricky, or Elvis, or one of them out there, they'd shoot you. And the government would back them up, 'cause they're only teenagers. "Well, that's all right. They was--they didn't understand. They're teenagers; overlook it."
Now, you see what a true prophet means? His way?


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