<TITLE>04. Par 12-14</TITLE>L-12 And the other day, even in the midst of all this trouble, I looked over our books, and it's three hundred or better major cities in the United States calling for me to come to them; so--besides the foreign fields. So I was... This brother said, "Well, here's what I want to tell you, Brother Branham." He said, "You--you are... You're too radical."
I said, "Well, I'm an Irishman by--by birth, the first birth; a Jew by second." And I said any way, I said, "Then, you know that, mix that together," I said, "hard telling what you would have." And I said, "Maybe," I said, "I'm--I am just actually radical, I guess. It's just my nature to be that way. I just go wholehearted. When I think anything's right, I just sell out everything I got to it. You see?" I said, "That's the way it was with Christ, to me."
"And now, my people before me, back, was Catholic," and I said, "from Ireland--all come from Dublin." And I said, "Then they, that... I heard about when I was a little boy, the things that happened. There was a call in my life."

L-13 "And then the Catholics said, 'We are the church,' and it shuts the rest of them out. And I go to the Lutheran; they say, 'We are the church,' and it shuts all the rest of them out." And I said, "About six, seven hundred, or maybe nine hundred different denominations, how we going to know what's right? So I just got to the Bible. And I just stay with the way I read it, and just keep it like that."
And he said, "Well, here's one thing." Said, "You're always hammering at them women." He said...
I said, "I am jealous of them."
And he said, "You tell them how they must dress and all about they're too sexy, and--and they shouldn't wear those clothes, and those shorts; and quit cutting their hair and all these other things you said." Said, "You hammer at that." He said...
"Well," I said, "that's in the Scripture."
So he said, he said, "Well, I know it too."
I said, "Don't you believe that, being a Pentecostal minister?"
He said, "Yes, but," said, "Brother Branham," he said, "the people believe you to be a prophet."
I said, "No, I'm not."
He said, "But they believe you that way." He said, "And you should be teaching those women how to receive great spiritual gifts and things like that." And said, "Then--then the--the church would be better off."
I said, "Brother..."
He said, "If you're deeper with God, teach the people deeper with God."
I said, "How can I teach them algebra when they won't even listen to their ABC's like that?" See? I said, "How, when I say...?... So that's just about..."

L-14 He said, "Well, Brother Branham, can I do something for you?" He said, "I believe if you would just leave that off, and just go ahead and pray for the sick, and I--and--and let it go... God called you to pray for the sick."
I said, "That is true."
He said, "Then, just leave it go at that." See? "Just leave it go and pray for the sick."
I said, "But what about this other?"
He said, "I don't believe that either." But said, "You know what? If I said something like that, why," said, "they would this, that..."
I said, "There you are. See? Yes, there you are," See? I said, "If we don't stand for it, then who is going to? See? This generation's got to be judged." And I said, "Then it's got to come from somewhere."
He said, "Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. Will you permit me to lay my hands upon you and pray that God will open your eyes to truth?"
I said, "I will under one condition. If you'll let me return the compliment."
Said, "Very well." So we prayed for one another. I--I hope it helps me a whole lot. I certainly do. I hope that--I hope his prayer helps me, because I, if--I--I--I want to be helped. I'm here for that purpose.


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