<TITLE>02. Par 6-9</TITLE>L-6 Here a few weeks ago--last time I was in Chicago, rather, I was having the Business Men had made a little panoramic with different ministers around the city. And then I was to speak the--the off-show, the--the last part of it, at a--at a ministerial rally. And I was getting ready for a great spiritual gastronomical jubilee, I guess I would call it.
And one night, about three or four nights before the--happened, I was in the hotel room. The lightning was flashing; there was a storm on. I'd just come from the meeting; it was about one o'clock in the morning. He said, "Go to the window." There was that Light shining in the room, that you've got the picture of, and know about. Said, "Move over to the window and stand by that third plate."

L-7 And I stood there, I looked out across. And He said, "They've got a trap set for you. But don't you worry, I'll be with you. Tell Mr. Carlson here, and another man will be with him, which will be Tommy Hicks; they'll not get that auditorium they're planning on. It'll be at another place with a brown room. And when they come in, there'd be a colored man set to your left." And then He showed me where everybody'd be setting. Said, "Now, tell that. You'll meet Mr. Carlson tomorrow for breakfast." Here he sets.
And in the room the Holy Spirit described every bit of it. And that meeting, where they was going to have it, was canceled. They had to take another room. And when they all come in, every person set right to their place. There's Brother Carlson. He never says anything but what it's right, perfectly right.
And I said to the ministerial association, "I know what you have against me. It's about my teaching about Christ. Now, I heard you introduce yourselves as Dr. So-and-so and Dr. So-and-so. I have not even a grammar school education. But I want some of you all that says the teaching's wrong, to, if the Doctor to get your Bible, and come here and stand by me before these ministers; or keep off my back from now on," See? That's right. "If it's a meal ticket to you, then don't try to discuss it with me. I have one thing; that's to please Christ and His Word, and that's my purpose in life."

L-8 And friends, it's not easy when you love people, and yet you just have to cut them to pieces. You don't mean to do that. But how can a man that's going to preach by inspiration say anything but what inspiration comes? If I ever say anything that's contrary to the Word, then you call my attention.
'Course, many times among the people, out when I'm in circles of conventions, I speak not nothing but just the great fundamental, evangelical doctrine. Sometimes I try to speak against sin, and the rebuking of such things I see people doing, and trying to live like the world and still pretend to be a Christian. It's the greatest stumbling block the church ever had is such as that. We ought to either be in or be out. We are--but not pretend something when we're not. And so it makes it very hard.

L-9 Some time ago, a friend just wrote me a letter. There was a person standing there by this friend, said, "Brother Branham is a prophet when he's under the anointing." But said, "Don't listen to his teaching. It's wrong."
Now, could you imagine a person say that? A prophet? Why, that's who the Word of the Lord come to. They had... They was the only one that had the interpretation of the Word. I'm not a prophet. I don't claim to be any prophet. But I say... If--if any person that wouldn't admit that the Word of God is right, regardless of how we have to cut ourself.
We can't cut our--our... We got to cut ourself to match God's Word. We can't cut our--our--God's Word to match what we think. We got to keep in the Word.
And someone come not long ago and said, "This doctrine, this thing that you believe," said, "if the Angel of the Lord told you that, we'll believe it." A group of ministers.
I said, "The Angel of the Lord? If he said anything different, I wouldn't believe him."


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