<TITLE>18. Par 160-174</TITLE>L-160   I want to ask you a question now. And you people on tape, listen close. Them hideous eyes, that hideous head, could that be why that this Message has been so against women of modern age? Could this be that last angel's Message? What did He say down there at the river, about thirty-three years ago? "As John was sent forth," see, "to announce the first coming of Christ, your Message will announce the second Coming." Around the world, and that's what it's done, then the Coming must be at hand. Watch what's happens now.

L-161 Why? I've scratched my head. I've wallowed on my pillow. I've walked the floor. "What's the matter with you?"

L-162   A few days ago, I asked two men I was riding with. I asked Jack Moore one time. And all of you know Jack Moore. I'm going to him in Shreveport. I said, "Brother Jack, you've been as close a friend as I've had on earth." And before I asked him, I asked my wife.

L-163 If anybody knows anything about me, my bads and--and all, is my wife, see, a dear person. And I said to her one day, I said, "Honey, as your husband, I'm a minister of the Gospel. I don't want to bring any reproach upon the One that I love. No. I don't want to hurt you. I wouldn't bring any reproach on you. God forbid that I ever do anything that would harm you. And how much more anything that would harm God, how much I love Him! You're my wife; He's my Saviour and God. I want to ask you a question. Don't pull no punch. Tell me the truth." I said, "Have I studied so much..."

L-164   And I have wondered. I'm, I--I'm a make-up, funny, odd. I know that. Everybody said, "What kind of a person!" Well, see, you can't make yourself. You are what you are, by the grace of God.

L-165 And I--I--I said, "Have I lost my mind just a little bit, you know, and--and kind of gone?" I said, "Why am I condemning those women, constantly, when I love them?"

L-166 They call, said I was a "woman-hater," I just don't hate... I just "hate women." See? That's wrong. I love women, I mean, as my sisters.

L-167 I ain't going to pat you on the back, seeing you're wrong. I can tell you that. I love you too much for that. Some men that'd do that, it's a different kind of love. See? I love you because I love what you are; you're a helpmate to a son of God, and you're a part of him. See? And I--I love you because that--that you were made in the image of man, and man was made in the image of God, so therefore, together, you're one in Christ. That's why I love you. Any, other thing, is nothing to it. God knows that, all my life. See? That's right. I love you. Why would I stand up and constantly...

L-168 When they say, "Tell all the women, when, if they're going to come hear Brother Branham preach, comb their hair different. Put on a hat or something or another, 'cause he'll start blasting away about short hair, and your... Don't wear any make-up," and so forth like that. That's what they did. "All he talked about!

L-169   Somebody said, "Why don't you..." Said, "People believe you to be a prophet. Why don't you teach the women how to receive great spiritual gifts, and things like that, instead of trying to teach them such stuff as that?"

L-170 I said, "If they won't learn their ABC's, how will they know algebra?" See? Get right, first.

L-171 And more I preach, the worse it gets. Then you say, "Why don't you quit?" No, sir. There's got to be a voice, a witness against it.

L-172 One of the greatest man in the ministry today, laid his hands on me not long ago, said, "I'm going to pray for you, Brother Branham, if you'll let me do it, that God will take that out of your heart." Said, "Leave them women alone, in those things."

L-173 I said, I said, "Do you believe in that, sir? You're a holiness preacher."

L-174 He said, "Certainly. I don't believe it, but," said, "that's--that's up to..."
I said, "No."
He said, "That's up to the pastors."
I said, "They're not doing it."


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