<TITLE>10. Par 101-116</TITLE>L-101 There shouldn't be bobbed-haired women, short-wearing dresses. And--and it shouldn't be man that's married three or four times, deacons in our church. And don't tell me it's not in Pentecost; it sure is. But it's because of social prestige. It oughtn't to be, but it is. Why? Because denominational pulls, political, money, instead of coping with the Word. Brush out some precious brother, and put somebody on because he's got a big social standing in the town.

L-102 I want a man that's got social standing in Glory. If he don't know his ABC's, what difference does it make? Do you know what ABC stands for? Always believe Christ. That's right. You learn that.

L-103   Some man come to me, not long ago, and said, "Brother Branham," a very... one of the best known Pentecostal ministers in the land. He took me up in his room, he said, "I want to pray for you."
I said, "I'm not sick."
He said, "I--I love you."
I said, "That's mutually felt."

L-104 He said, told me, said, "Why don't you leave off of telling them women about their bobbed hair and all this kind of stuff, and about the church?" Said, "That's not your business."
I said, "Whose is it then?"

L-105 He said, "It'll come to pass that you won't have nothing but a bunch of posts to preach to."

L-106 I said, "I'd rather do that and preach the Truth, than compromise with the Devil." See? See?

L-107 He said--said--said--said, "Brother Branham, didn't God call you to pray for the sick?"
And I said, "Yes, sir."
He said, "The people believe you to be a prophet."
And I said, "Well, that--that, I never said that."

L-108 He said, "But they believe you that way." And said, "If you're a prophet, why don't you spend your time to teaching people how spiritual gifts, and how to heal the sick, and--and how to do these, get these spiritual gifts, and help the church instead of standing constantly, bawling the women out, and bawling the man out, and things like that?" Said, "Well, why don't you leave them alone?" Said, "Why don't you teach them something greater than bobbed hair and stuff, and let that alone?"

L-109 I said, "How can I teach them algebra when they don't even know their ABC's? That's right. Let them learn their ABC's first."

L-110   An old minister went and preached justification at a revival, second night, third night, fourth night, fifth night. The deacons called him out, and said, "Reverend, don't you know no more than the sermon on justification?"

L-111 "Oh, sure. But let them all get justified first, and then we'll preach something else." That's right.

L-112 Oh, if you could only get back to the foundation! There stood Samson, defeated.

L-113 Now look, we might be prettier, that might be so. But it's just like I was coming down the road the other day, I seen a big sign, said, "Funk's, a hybrid corn," how great it was. But it ain't no good. It's just as no good as it can be, and it's killing the nation. You read about it, Reader's Digest, "If women keep on eating hybrid beef and corn, and things, they can't have a baby in twenty years from now." There is no good in it.

L-114   What is a hybrid, hotbed plant? If it isn't original plant, you have to keep spraying it all the time, to keep the bugs off of it. The bugs will eat it up. But if it's original plant, you don't have to spray it. A good healthy plant, a bug won't crawl on it.

L-115 That's what's the matter, you have to keep babying people in the church, "Glory to God, sister," see. You're a hybrid, you are brought in by some other way.

L-116 You take that hybrid corn and plant it back, and what you got? Nothing. It won't even make nothing.


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