<TITLE>16. Par 169-184</TITLE>L-169 And Lot living with his great... he must have been the mayor of the city, a judge. He become a great man. Mrs. Lot was bobbing her hair and doing anything she wanted to do, I guess, down there with the rest of the Sodomites. But not Sarah; I just had to put that in, brethren. Notice, she lived the way she wanted to. She was a very popular woman. She hated to give it up.

L-170 But not Sarah. She was up there with her husband. She was called out, sealed away, by a promise that she was going to have a visitation from God, a son was coming.

L-171 And so has the Sarah-typed Church today, called out, out of Sodom, with a waiting promise of a coming Son. Amen. Letting the world do anything they want to; that's none of her business. She is keeping her mind on the promise.

L-172   What happened? Abraham raised up his eyes and looked, and he saw three man coming. And did you notice? Abraham, when he seen the three man, he said, "My Lord, will You stop by?" There was three of them. He said, "My Lord," singular.
When Lot saw two of them, he said, "My lords."

L-173 Abraham knowed what he was talking about. He said, "My Lord." Three of them, and, "My Lord."
Lot saw two of them, he said, "My lords."

L-174 So he said, "My Lord, come by." And they stopped. You know the conversation.

L-175   Notice now, Lot was down in Sodom. And two Angels went down into Sodom, to preach the Gospel, to call the righteous out from amongst the unbelieving. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] A modern Billy Graham. They didn't do many miracles; smote them blind, which, preaching the Word does smite the unbeliever blind. But a perfect, modern Billy Graham.

L-176 And did you ever notice? Of all the great man we've had in the world, of preachers, since the days of Jesus Christ; Sankey, Moody, Finney, Calvin, Knox, so forth, on and on, and on and on, we've never had a man in there that ended his name with h-a-m, like Abraham, but G-r-a-h-a-m. But notice, six letters, G-r-a-h-a-m, six. A-b-r-a-h-a-m is seven. Never have we had it, but there is a messenger down in Sodom, "Come out of it." And God has sent the correct man, Billy Graham, calling them from Sodom. And they received the sign of the preaching of the Gospel. And they are getting It today, the world over, by the noted, precious brother, Billy Graham, with a message of salvation, and, "Get out of Sodom!" That's right. With his name ending, h-a-m, means "father of the peoples, or nations."

L-177 But there was a Messenger, also, that stayed with Abraham, A-b-r-a-h-a-m. And notice, as He said, He give them a sign.

L-178   Now remember, his name had been Abram, a few days before; Sarai, not Sarah. His name had been Abram, not Abraham. Notice, the Man that sat and talked to him, said, "Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?"

L-179 Now the women in them days are not like they are today, have to run out and get in the husband's business, and run the business and every... See, they stayed back where they belong. But, they, she stayed in the tent.
And He said, "Where is Sarah thy wife?"

L-180 Now watch what the Bible said. Abraham said, "She is in the tent, behind You." The Angel had His back turned to the tent.

L-181 And the Angel was a Man, because He had eat the flesh of a calf, drank the milk from a cow, and eat some cornbread and butter. That's right. He did. He eat and drank with Abraham, while he took a fly bush and shooed the flies off of Him, while He stood there and drank. That's right, a Man!

L-182 And He said, "Abraham, I..." And that's a personal pronoun, again. "I am going to visit you according to the promise." Who was That?

L-183 And Sarah, listening, ear-dropping, you know, she laughed up her sleeve, like, quietly. [Brother Branham imitates--Ed.] "Me, an old woman, a hundred years old, family affairs had ceased for many years; me have pleasure with my lord again, seeing he is old?"

L-184 And the Angel, with His back turned to the tent, said, "Why did Sarah laugh?" Amen!


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