<TITLE>03. Par 8-11</TITLE>L-8 Now, I appreciate all this wonderful time. I do solicit your prayers as I go on in... I've got to go now down south from here to Columbia, and then hurry right home. I get home Wednesday night, leave Thursday morning. I get home Wednesday night, nine, ten o'clock. I leave about four o'clock Thursday morning to go to the west coast to begin services at the Cow Palace. And from there... That's the great livestock--western Livestock Exhibit at Southgate, California. And then we go from there on up into Grass Valley, and that's near--up towards Nevada. And then on to the--up into the World Fair state this year, and then on into Canada. And we're kind of scheduled, waiting to see--get to California from--going on into Alaska from there. So pray for me.

L-9 And I appreciate you, Brother Parker and his great love, and at inviting me to come here to his convention, and the privilege of turning me loose on the platform to say whatever God would put on my heart to say. I appreciate a godly man. And, brother, sisters, I thought this morning just talk to you from my heart. There's not too many doors open for me. And I... Not holding this against my brethren, not at all, but I believe sometimes that... It's just like I said. The people take the wrong attitude and lean this way and that way with it, and it causes confusion among the brethren. And I can see they're shepherds, and can understand it. 'Course, I've been expecting it, and I believed that it would. And I have convictions of my own, as every minister does. I try not, amongst congregations, to try to sow a discord, because that's one thing God hates, is discord among brethren.

L-10 But when I'm out in the meetings, I--I try to hold just the great (I'd call it, I guess)--great fundamental, evangelical teachings and doctrines of the Bible, the fundamental, he personal appearance of Jesus, and the physical death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and return, and so forth. I just teach those things: Divine healing and so forth, which... All of us full Gospel people surely agree upon that. And I want you to, brethren, to know that the tapes that I teach in my own church got out among you, and so forth, among your congregations, and I have my own convictions. And--and, of course now to back down on my conventions--convictions, I wouldn't do it, because I'd be a hypocrite. See? I--I'd be a hypocrite to do that. So I--I do believe what I taught on the tapes. I believe every Word of it. I would not feed the people the wrong thing. And if I'm wrong, and I--I pray that God will forgive me for it, because it's the best of my understanding.

L-11 And so... But to invite me here and to have this ministerial, fine group of ministers setting here this morning, godly men... And I was at a... A gracious brother not long ago (and sisters, excuse me)... I was at Phoenix, and a most glorious meeting with a precious brother who I love. And he called me to his room. He was deeply sincere, and he said, "Brother Branham," he said, "you know I love you."
And I said, "Thank you, my brother. I certainly love you."
And he said, "You know, we feel like that your ministry has kind of been a great cream of the crop."
I said, "Oh, don't say that." I said, "It's... I don't... That's not right." I said, "I just followed the Lord, and you've done the same. So we're all..." I said, "Look how He's blessed you, beyond what He ever has me, and the great things that He's given you." I said, "He never done those things to me." And I said, "You have to take lots of money. And I never did take up money, because I guess He would... You know, He--maybe He couldn't trust me with it. See?" And I said, "I... Another thing," I said, "My little ministry--I couldn't go to little bitty places like..." Just recently held a meeting where I only held twenty people; but the Lord led me there. And I--I want to go where He leads me; I don't need money. See? And I--I just want to go wherever I feel led to go.


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