<TITLE>23. Par 77-80</TITLE>L-77 My friend tonight, I started preaching this Gospel... It's getting late so I'm going to quit, look for tonight. We started preaching about thirty years something, or thirty-one years ago. About 1930, '31, somewhere along in there, I started preaching the Gospel. Preached this same message and never changed from it because it's the truth. Just stay right with it.
Now, tonight I'm a middle-aged man, fifty-three years old: grandpa. I love Him more than I did back there, because I've seen Him in more trials and fights. And I've seen when I come to the place where it was so tempting, when I said something, like Noah in the ark, "This will be." Now, watch. Oh, mercy. God what? "It will be." Stay there, "It will be." The sun passes on; "It will be."
"Why do you know, Brother Branham?"
"God said so. It will be. It has to be; God said so."
So "I've anchored my soul in the haven of rest. In Jesus I'm safe evermore." Ever what comes or goes, let's take it in that manner.

L-78 Now, let us bow our heads to give thanks to Him. Is there someone here tonight who doesn't know Him and hasn't anchored like that? You've never taken your great stand with the Word of God, and you'd say, "Brother Branham, I'm going to lift up my hand and say, 'Remember me in prayer.' I have never taken a stand like that, that I'd trust God no matter what come to pass; I'd take His Word no matter what anybody said or done; I still believe His Word. I want you to pray for me, Brother Branham. I believe the conflict's on, and I've taken my stand in the... I've never taken my stand yet. I want to take it on God's side and with the Word."
How many then has already took your stand and standing behind the Word of the Lord? Raise your hand, say, "I'm so thankful that I did." God bless you, one hundred percent. Praise be God, even little children raising up their hands. My, my. Oh, if this isn't real...

L-79 Heavenly places in Christ Jesus, fortified by the Word, fortified by the Word, with the Presence of the Spirit here vindicating, proving to us like they did in the early days, the same Gospel, the same signs, the same wonders, the same God, the same Word bringing the same things to pass... People standing up, the Spirit falling upon people to--with the gift of prophecy, prophesies. One will stand, Spirit fall upon them to speak in tongues. They'll speak in tongues, hold their peace, and another one will interpret it. And it shall come to pass.
Oh, my. Seeing our great powers of the Holy Spirit changing our lives from a life of sin, bringing us out of that and making us new creatures in Christ Jesus. How we thank the Lord.

L-80 Heavenly Father, it's so good to be assembled with this group of Your children tonight, these who are sojourning down here in Clarksville. So glad to see this church moving on, to see the pastor, not one disbeliever in the midst of the people, all of them in the Refuge. Oh, how we thank Thee for that, Father.
I'm thinking about a little antelope one time. He'd got out of the refuge and the hounds was after him. And he was running for dear life. And when he come to the fence where the refuge was, he hurdled the fence and so happy. He snorted and turned around and looked at those hounds, 'cause he was safe. They could not climb the fence; they wasn't built that way. If they'd touch the fence, they'd be knocked back with electrical shock. That's the way we are, Lord, when we get behind the fence--defense of God's Word. The electrical power of the Holy Spirit stands our enemy off. He cannot hurdle the fence; he's not made that way.
Father, we thank Thee that Thou has made us so that we could jump for safety, Lord, into Christ Jesus. We're so glad, Lord, safe evermore. We pray now that You'll bless this little church, its pastor, its loved ones. Bless all that's here tonight. Bless every minister.


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