<TITLE>14. Par -</TITLE>L-713-125 Now, will you lay hands upon me and free from that?
Sister dear or brother dear, sure, I'd lay hands on you, but that wouldn't free you. What would free you, you're--is to understand that you're already free. You're already untied. You don't have to worry about being free; you're already free. Jesus made you free. Be not again entangled in the yoke of bondage. You're free as you can be. You don't have to be tangled up. Laying my hands on you is just a tradition. We might do that. That... Why, I could do that, but that still wouldn't set you free until you accept what He done for you; that's just me saying "Lord, I believe it."

L-713-126 Well, you just lay your hands by faith upon Him, say, "Lord, I believe it," up you come. That's right. Confess your sins. See, "He that hides his sins will not prosper, covers his sins. But he that will confess his sins," there's where you get freedom and justification, when you're willing to say "I'm sinned, I'm wrong." That's what you said here: "I have fallen; I am sinned. I'm dead wrong. Is there a chance for me to be whole again?"
Absolutely. The minute that you desire it, that shows that God dropped the Lifeline down to pick you up. Just rise up on His Lifeline of faith and prayer; move right on up into the rest of the eagles like that; go flopping away. That's right.

L-714-128 Yes, laying on of hands, that's--that's a great thing, I believe in that. I believe in laying on of hands; I sure do. But that isn't what does it. I could lay hands upon the people week in and week out, and still it would do no good until you accept what Christ did for you. That's only my sanction, laying hands. They laid hands on the elders. They did those things; it was their sanction before God that they give their faith to it; they give their belief to it.
See? Sometimes, just like things... I am so misunderstood so many times. I--I have... Last night... I'm halting between opinions, and I--I don't know just which way to turn. I--I'm... Myself, I'm between opinion; I--I don't know what to do. I hope this is just the church natural, or the church spiritual setting here, rather, I don't guess they're recording this so I'll just say what I want to. They...

L-714-130 I wanted a little heart-to-heart talk with you, and I believe I'll just take it anyhow. I had a note wrote here with a Scripture, whether... If I didn't, I was going to speak on "The End-time Evangelism," what the end-time evangelism is. Maybe I'll save that for another day. I'd like to talk to you from my heart, just from the bottom of my heart.
I'm between opinions; I don't know just which a-way to turn. I want your prayer. This little coaxing in here on these--on these things is just getting the opportunity to talk to you a few minutes. Something else I want to tell you. See? I realize that we're real close to something. Now, don't misunderstand; don't do it. See?

L-714-132 A man come to me the other day and made me feel real bad. I thought, "Surely I haven't been that loose in teaching." See? He said, "Brother Branham, in about so-many days I'm supposed to be operated on, next fifteen, twenty days." Said, "Do you think Jesus would be here; I won't even have to have that operation." See? You see, you misunderstand it. Don't do that. See, don't do that. Jesus may not come for another five thousand years. I don't know. He may be here yet tonight. He may come tomorrow. I don't know when He's coming; nobody else knows. Frankly, He don't even know Hisself. That's what He said. Nobody knows.
But did you know Paul looked for Him to come every day? John, on the Isle of Patmos, thought he'd live to see it. Irenaeus thought sure it was in his days. All the rest of them, Polycarp, Saint Martin, all down through the age... Luther thought, "Surely that's it."
Wesley said, "This is the time."
Charles Finney, John Knox, Calvin, Spurgeon, every one of them said, "This is the time."
Billy Sunday, on down to this day here, everyone, "This is the time."


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