<TITLE>19. Par 67-70</TITLE>L-67 Jesus, when He come, He couldn't even get any of them. He took fishermen, somebody that didn't know nothing that He could show something by. Yes, sir. In I Timothy the 14th chapter... I beg your pardon, I Timothy the 4th chapter it says that in the last days the Holy Spirit speaks, and there would be an intellectual conception of the church. That's right.
I Timothy the 4th chapter said, "Know this: the Holy Spirit speaks that in the last days (That's these days. See?) they'd be heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, trucebreakers."
It used to be a shame for--for women to go in bathing with men. Now, it's very popular. Our Pentecostals, sure... See? All right. "Trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, and despisers of those that are good."
You say, "Brother Branham, that's communist."
That was church members. Watch what he said next: "having a form of godliness..." That was Pentecostals, can shout, jump up and down, speak in tongues, bob hair, wear immoral clothes. Preachers go by and put people in the church, deacons with four or five wives, anything else. Just money and dress, and popularity, and get the best there is in the town, the society in town.
The best in the town sometimes is on skid row...?... God some honest-hearted woman or man that wants to serve God. Look in the Bible time. Some of the best that come was Mary Magdalene, out of who He cast seven devils, and so forth. We begin to come prissy, highminded.

L-68 That's the reason we're losing, because we're taking our boys and teaching them education, in the stead of the principles of the Bible, and the salvation of God, and the power of the Holy Ghost. That's the reason on this great revival, what have we done? The Assemblies has hatched a great big group, like Oral Roberts. The other one, Church of God. Billy Graham, the Baptists, and so forth, thousands and thousands. But where is that church that Christ spoke of? Where is them great powers of God that He promised?

L-69 Borderline believing. Israel was in the wilderness forty years, walking around and around with the blessings of God. But brother, over in the promised land laid the fullness of God's blessings for them. And today we're walking around and around in circles, like that, and the power of God ready to take us in too. But what are we doing it? Sowing intellectual seed, intellectual talks. No more prayer meetings all night--have to hurry and get away. Sincerity's gone. Where is those things? Then let God raise up something, then they criticize it--the church of the living God. Think of it. Uncertain sound... They don't know it. Sure. All right.

L-70 He spoke of this. Listen what He said too, in II Timothy. He said, "These would be the sort that would go from house to house, and lead silly women, led away with divers lusts, never learning, never able to come to the knowledge of the truth, laden with sin (lust). Want to pattern after some movie star, some television program you stayed home from prayer meeting to watch, making that your example.
Half the kids can tell you more about Davy Crockett than they can about Jesus Christ. Go downtown, and you can buy anything from David Crockett, but you hardly hear the Name of Jesus Christ mentioned. Oh, it's a shame.


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