<TITLE>23. Par 159-163</TITLE>L-159   Now, oh, "Fear God and keep His Word, for this is the full commandment." The red lights are flashing, and the time is at hand. As it was in the days of Noah, see, they took the legitimate thing and perverted it. They took eating, and they took drinking, and they put building, and they put all these other things, and perverted it. Now, Jesus expects us to build a home, see; but just look what has taken place in that. Eating, He expects us to eat, that's right; look what's taken place in that. Drinking, we expect to drink our waters and whatever we have to do; but, instead of that, they've took it into drinks and liquor, and everything, and cocktails, bringing their women in. See?

L-160   And what about the increase of population, as it was in the days of Noah? What about the beauty of women increasing constantly, more and more? See? Red light!
What about the time that women would come, when they would be the way they were, "heady, high-minded," and everything, couldn't tell them nothing? Preach the Word to them, they'll go right on do it anyhow. See?
What will happen? Just exactly like it was in the days of Noah. One day, the door of mercy will be closed. Then the Scripture says, "the sanctuary become smoky," that means that the Intercessor has gone from it. And as long as the Lamb is still back there... As I said this morning, or somewhere I was preaching, that, as long as the Lamb is there to make intercession, there is still mercy. But what assurance do we have, when we see the train is already in the block, when we see the Coming of the Lord, the flashing of the light?

L-161 How I could speak of different things as we know that He promised to do here in the last days, and we see it right before them. And then we see this subject tonight, of another red light flashing, of carrying on among our women, and things the way they're doing. We see it's pointing, every--every milepost, everything, every needle, every compass, is set straight onto His Coming. We're at the end. There is nothing else that I know to happen but the Coming of the Lord.

L-162 And then, my dear friend that's outside of Christ, what do you think about this? Are you just resting... Honestly, friend, I want to ask you a simple question. Are you just resting upon some little sensation you had, or some, maybe, something that you had? Maybe you got happy one time and danced all over the place, as many the holiness people and Pentecostals, and Nazarenes, and Pilgrim Holiness. They believe if they get happy enough to dance, that that's It. And then cut your hair, wear shorts? Would the Holy Spirit make you do that, when He condemns it in the Bible?

L-163   What about you who says, "Well, I belong to the church. I'm a Pentecostal. I'm a Methodist, or whatever I am. I'm a member! My mother is a charter member of the church. I've been a charter member"? And the very spirit that's on you is making you do the things that this Bible condemns for you to do. See?
You say, "I've spoke with tongues, Brother Branham. Now, don't you get a hold of that. I spoke with tongues, and that's the evidence of the Holy Ghost." If your life... If you can still cut your hair, if you can still do these things the Bible says not do; you could speak with tongues all day and night, and it's still nothing to do with God. The tree is known by its fruit.


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