<TITLE>04. Par 39-50</TITLE>L-39 "Well," he said, "Brother Branham, don't you know what a--what a pentecostal is?"
I said, "I think so."
Said, "It's a Orthodox Methodist."

L-40 That's just about right, Orthodox Methodist. That's right. If the Methodist church would have continued on with its message, it would have went right on into pentecost. The--the real Church did.

L-41 No, no disregards to your denomination now, brother. See? Because, pentecost is not an organization. They tried to do that, but they sure have failed in it. See? It's an experience. Yeah. Pentecost is for Catholics, or--or Jews, or anybody. That gets... Pentecost is an experience, not an organization.

L-42   And now if everybody has got your Bible open, or close, that you'd like to read with me a few Words. I like to read the Word. Don't you? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Because, after all, what I would say can fail, because I'm a man. But what He says cannot fail. See? "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall not fail." Oh! Isn't that wonderful? ["Amen."] His Word shall never fail. What a glorious thing that is! His Word shall never fail.

L-43 Now let us read tonight from, and draw a little context from, what I'm going to take for a text, the Lord willing. It's in the Book of Amos, the prophecy of Amos. And he lived about seven hundred and... I think it's about seven hundred and eighty-seven years before the coming of Christ. Let's turn to the 3rd chapter of Amos, the Word of the Lord by Amos. And I--I like this man. He's considered one of the minor prophets, but he certainly had the Word of the Lord.
Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
You only have I known... all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquity.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he's taken nothing?
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
Shall a trumpet blow in the city, and the people be not afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it?
Surely the Lord... will do nothing, but he revealeth his secrets unto his servants the prophets.
The lion roareth, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?

L-44 May the Lord add his blessings to these Words.

L-45   His little eyes must have gotten narrow, as the hot sun shone down that morning and glistened his white beard and his hair, as he topped the hill north of Samaria and looked over at the city. His clothes was rather common, and his feet dusty. He wasn't too much to look at, but he had THUS SAITH THE LORD for the people.

L-46 How different today from our modern evangelism! What a different setup that we have, than he!

L-47 This little fellow, none other than Amos, a true prophet of the Lord, with the Word of the Lord, for that sinful generation! This fearless, little man prophesied in the days of Jeroboam the second.

L-48 Jeroboam was smart, very smart, wise man, but he was an idolater. And Jeroboam had led his kingdom to its zenith, but he was in idolatry. He did it in the wrong way. But the kingdom had prospered under Jeroboam.

L-49   And, usually, prosperity causes sin. Many people look upon prosperity as blessings. It would be, if we could handle it right. But it usually leads to sin, dishonoring God.

L-50 The kingdom was flourishing in his day. And, the people, he'd made an alliance with all the nations around him.


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