<TITLE>26. Par 171-178</TITLE>L-171   If that ain't the--the--the answer of so many today! "Oh, there is nothing wrong with the Word. I guess it's okay. The Bible is all right, but we believe the church. Our denomination don't agree with It." See? See? There is one class of people trying to wash Him off his hand.
"I find no fault in the Word. It was okay for the apostles in their day, but we live in another day. We don't live in the apostles' day, so therefore I don't have to do like the apostles did. I don't have to be baptized the way they were; I live in another day. I don't have to have the things that they had; I live in another day. The Holy Ghost was just given for that bunch."

L-172   Hebrews 13:8 puts Him back on your hands again. [Brother Branham knocks three times on pulpit--Ed.] No escape! He is thoroughly vindicated, "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever." You have no escape. You can't pass Him off to some other age. Hebrews 13:8 condemns your thoughts, and puts Him right back on your hands again. So Jesus is on your hands, just like on Pilate's was.
Look. You say, "But I don't know." Well, why you listening for?

L-173 Pilate was a pagan. His wife was a pagan. But God, to make it just, sent that woman in there and said, "Don't you have nothing to do with this just Man." She said, "I suffered this day." Course, was morning, it was over the night, and one twenty-four hours is considered a day. "I suffered some dreams tonight, of that just Man. Don't you have nothing to do with It."

L-174 Now he said, "Well, then, if that be so, I'll just wash Him off my hands." But he couldn't do it.
Neither can you. Once hear the Truth, you've got to accept It or deny It. No way... Yes, sir, you have to do it. Warnings of the Lord!

L-175   The Jews screamed out, "Let His Blood be upon us; for we would believe our priests, our denominational system, before we would believe Him."
There you are. See the classes today? But all must face God's issue. You've all got to do it, anyhow, pagan or whatever you might be. Unbeliever, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, lukewarm, cold, hot, and whatever you might be, you got to face the issue just the same. Whether you want to, or not, It's on your hands. That's exactly.

L-176   Then there are those who try Pilate's other scheme to dodge the issue, pass Him on to some other Caesar. See?
Pilate said, "Now wait a minute. I--I--I--I don't want nothing to do with It. I--I--I--I... He's a just Man. I--I don't want nothing to do with Him. Oh, I--I believe what I've heard. I've never seen Him do a miracle, but there is too many witnesses for Him. I--I--I believe He's a just Man. He's a good Man, see, but--but I--I don't want nothing to do with It, myself. I--I--I just... I'll just wash Him off of my hands. Bring me some water. You all bear me record here." Yeah. But God was bearing record, too. He was on his hands.

L-177   And so is He on your hands. See, you, you know what I'm talking about. See? Not only you, but this tape. He's on your hands. What are you going to do with Him, this Jesus called Christ? Christ is the Anointed Word. See? What are you going to do with It? It's the Message of the hour. The day is here, thoroughly proved by the Bible and by God. What are you going to do with It? How you going to dodge the issue now? How you going to get by with it? He's on your hands! And Oswald's case will be a minor one, to yours, though minister or whoever you may be.

L-178   Them Jews were priests, and rabbis, teachers, holy men; but He was on the hands just the same. He was the Word, the issue of God for that day, and they failed to see It. Just the elected saw It, the ones that believed It.


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