<TITLE>24. Par 304-315</TITLE>L-304 I've never had to worry a thing, because I believe my Absolute is the Word of God. It's made manifest. Upon This I'll put my soul and body. Why? He's never told me one thing but what was absolutely Scriptural. He's never said one thing to me, before any of you... I'll take any of you to charge. Has He ever told you anything in the Name of the Lord but what come to pass? That's exactly.

L-305 What is it? It's, "Upon this rock," upon this Word. That's the One where I get the revelation. It's from Him Who reveals It. I'm uneducated. I don't try to study, don't try to know It. I just do as He tells me. Then, when He shows me, I look here, and there It is. I didn't even see It, and here It is, and It manifests Itself. That's my Absolute. It's kept me down through these years. Brethren, It's helped me when I had no other way to be helped.

L-306   I want to die by It. When I come to the time to die, I hope, like Moses, I see that Rock standing yonder. I want to step on it, and have some pallbearers to pack me away.

L-307 Until then, I'm going to live true to that Word, so help me, God, because that's my Absolute, with malice towards none, with love and grace towards all. If that isn't right, God could strike me dead standing here in this pulpit. I have malice against nobody. I love everybody.

L-308 And don't you know, did you ever read First John 4:17, that you have to have correction like that, to make genuine love at the time of judgment? It's not to be different. It's love. Love is strict, and love chastens.

L-309   A man, would let his wife go out and run around all night with some drunk, come in, next morning, say, "Yes, dearie, I hope you had a nice time," you're a poor excuse of a man. Any man would let his wife get out there and wear shorts, and these little old bathing suits, bikinis, or ever what it is, lay out amongst these people, I got little hopes of you even being a man. That's right.

L-310 Man is not measured by how much his biceps are, how big a muscles he is. He is measured by his character. That's exactly right. And character comes from the Word of God, and that alone.

L-311 And any preacher that claims to be a preacher, deny that Word, it's little character of God there, to me. Amen. May be some hopes if he'll listen a while. Yeah. Now, I don't want to get critical with you. I love you, and I mean that.

L-312 But That's my Absolute, brethren, this Word, THUS SAITH THE LORD. And you know that's true.

L-313   I was looking around for Brother Carlson, to see if he was still setting here. I guess he's gone. [Someone says, "Henry?"] Yes. He was talking here, a while ago.

L-314 He was right there in Chicago when that bunch of the Greater Chicago Ministerial Association, why, two or three days, was going to pull me in there and comb me over the coals, yeah, on some things that I was teaching about This and about these things. And three nights before it happened, the Holy Spirit woke me up and said, "Go over there and stand by that window." I went, and there was a lightning flashing. He said, "They've got a trap set for you, but don't fail to go. I'll be with you."

L-315 I took Brother Carlson, Brother Tommy Hicks. All of you know him. We got the tape of it right here. And they wanted me to go the next morning, to eat breakfast with them. I went down to the Town and Country, and we set down there. I thought I'd just comb Tommy. He's a good friend of mine, precious brother. I said, "Tommy, I got to meet them ministers." I said, "You're a Doctor of Divinity. My little old ignorant way of talking," I said, "I couldn't meet them fellows. Won't you do that for me? I've done a many favor for you."
Said, "Oh, I couldn't do it, Brother Branham."


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