<TITLE>16. Par 114-116</TITLE>L-114 So communion is for Christians that's borned again of the Spirit of God. And borned again does not necessarily mean now that you got the Holy Ghost. Now, remember. Now, many teach that. "I don't know anybody that teaches it like this," as old Brother Arganbright said the other night from the pulpit here. See? But new birth is not the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Scripture doesn't support it, I don't think (See?), to my way of seeing it. See? I believe that you're borned again...

L-115 And that's the reason I do use the word baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ, but not to regeneration. Now, the Pentecostal, United Pentecostal church baptizes in the Name of Jesus Christ for regeneration. I don't believe that. They can do it if they want to. But I believe that Peter said repent first. Water don't remit sins. The Church of Christ preaches it that way. But I believe that repentance, godly sorrow... "Repent" means "turn around, go back, you missed the mark, start over again." Do that first. And your baptism in water is only an outward profession of something that's been done inside of you, that you have accepted Christ as your Saviour.

L-116 I guess it's just the church here tonight, as far as I know, I'm not here enough to know who does come or not. I got a little criticism here not long ago on baptizing a man here in the pool, an old fellow. And I went to him; he was a good old man. I had the privilege of leading all of his family to Christ, all of them Christians. This old man was a nice old man, and I liked him, so I went to him and I said to him, "Papa, why don't you become a Christian?" He loves me.
He said, "Brother Branham, I would become a Christian when I can get good enough."
I said, "Tell you what you do, papa. You look all around till you find where you can get good enough, then tell me where that place is, I want to go too." I said, "Christ never come to save good men. He come to save bad men." When you think you're good, then He didn't come to save you. He come to save them that He knows are bad. See? Christ died to save sinners. See? And I said, "Papa, there's a line right here."
He said, "Well, I smoke these cigarettes."
I said, "I ain't going to even talk about them."
He said, "I've tried to give them up, Brother Branham."
I said, "I--we ain't going to talk about cigarettes."
He said, "Well, when I can..."
I said, "Don't--don't say no more about them; let them go. I want to ask you a question."
He said, "All right, what is it?"
I said, "Do you believe there is a God?"
Said, "Certainly, I believe it." Said, "I believe that as strong as you do, I would guess, Brother Branham."
I said, "Do you believe that that same God crossed His strain and was made flesh and dwelt among us in the Person of Jesus Christ in order to save man?"
He said, "Yes, I believe that."
"And He died to save sinners like you are and like I?" See?
"Yes, I believe that."
I said, "Now, it's just like this. We're all in one big building over here, and we're in jail, and I can't stand over in this corner and say this will help me get out of jail; if I stand over in that corner and say that will help me get out of jail; we're all in the same fix. And every man that was born in this world was born in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies. He's a renegade to begin with."


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