<TITLE>16. Par 155-164</TITLE>L-155 But this plan of salvation is an individual affair with you. Speaking in tongues is a gift of God. Dancing in the Spirit is the Presence and Glory of God. But for you to let your character be molded into the image of God, that He projects Himself, and you are--and you are His idol, walking on the earth, the expressed image of Him.

L-156 Now, would you be willing to do that in the days of Noah? Or would you been on the critical side, criticizing both the prophet and his God-sent message? Now think of it. Which side would you think, in your present state now, would you took? Now be honest. [Brother Branham coughs--Ed.] Pardon me. There's no need of me trying to say it. You, you got to think it, yourself.

L-157   Or in the days of Elijah, when he talked enough about painted faces, and--and the modern lady of the hour, that Jezebel, setting there turning her--her husband's head any way it wanted to go? And whether it wanted to or not, she turned it, anyhow. And the preachers all agreeing, "That's all right. See, that's all right, because our queen!" See? And they all so easy fall into that trend.

L-158 If that ain't a picture of today, I never seen it. All these silly things that people are doing, and, yet, in the Name of Christ. If He was guilty of all that? He's not guilty of any of it. How do you know where He...
The Word expresses it. Just let's follow down a few minutes and see.

L-159   Would you be on the critical side? Would you be down there with Elijah, standing there when Elijah seemed to be the only one alone, and everybody thought he was an old fogy or something? But that never bothered him a bit. He had the Word. And he had the Word, and he wasn't afraid with the Word. He wasn't scared, with It. Any man who has got the Message of God fears nothing. That's right.

L-160 Little old Stephen stand up that morning before the Sanhedrin, he said, "Why, you stiff-necks, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost. Like your fathers did, so do you."

L-161 The Bible said, "His face was like an Angel." I don't believe, it like electric light or something. An Angel knows where he is standing. An Angel is scared of nothing. He's a Messenger from God.

L-162   And any man with God's Message knows where he is standing. He don't care for nobody, what they got to say about It. There ain't no bishops or nothing else pushing him around. He knows exactly where he is standing, and that settles it. God vindicates his Message and proves that It's right, so he stands right with It. He is fearless. That's the expressed image of God.

L-163 That's what Jesus did. He wasn't afraid to say, "Oh, you blind Pharisees, you're--you're the one who builds up the tombs of the prophets, and you're the one put them in there. You are of your father, the Devil," and archbishops and everything else. He wasn't afraid, because He knowed where He was at. Yes.
In the days of Elijah, what side would you have took?

L-164   Or, in the days of Moses, when there was a message of God, thoroughly vindicated. Now listen. In your present character, you say, "I'm a Christian." All right. I'm just going to ask you, your present character, what stand would you have took? When, Dathan raised up and said, "Now wait just a minute. There's more holy men around here besides you, Moses. We'll just get a group of men and make us a big affair here. And the first thing you know, we'll have bishops and archbishops, and everything else, around here. And God is in His people, the whole thing. Don't think that you're the only pebble on the beach." When, Dathan stood there, said, "Don't you people think that? That man takes too much in his own hands. He is trying, tell us what to do. Why, in the multitude of--of many there is counsel, there is--there is safety. Why, we all ought to get together and solve this thing out." But there was a message of God, vindicated his message.


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