<TITLE>27. Par 179-185</TITLE>L-179 Now all must face the issue. In every age it's been so, every time. Through the age of Eve and Adam, on down to the age of Noah, on down in the time of Daniel and Belteshazzar and Nebuchadnezzar, on down into Christ's time, on down into this very hour we're living, it's been the same, the issue of the Word has come forth. Not their creed, or not the denomination, not the dogma, but, the issue of the Word has been against those things. So, now, It's on the hands now.

L-180   Then those who try Pilate's other scheme, to rid Him, by passing Him off to somebody else. Pilate said, "Now, you know what? I'll just get Him off my hand. I'll wash Him off my hands with this water. So I'll just... I've got to do something with Him. So what will I do? I'll send Him over to the headquarters, with the bishop." Uh-huh. Yeah.
That's what they try to do today. See? They sent Him to a Caesar. That didn't take Him off Pilate's hands, take Him off of nobody's hand. What did it do? It backfired on him. Comes right back to the individual.

L-181   You say, "Well, I would, I would do it. I would accept It if my denomination would accept It."
Your denomination is in the Council of Churches, condemned! How they going to receive It? It backfires, right back to you. It ain't what your denomination says; it's, what do you say? They've rejected It; now what are you going to do with It? That's the next thing. See? That don't take Him off your hands.
He is thoroughly a vindicated. He is thoroughly identified, the Word of this hour, the promise of this hour. Not the promise of Luther's hour; that was It then, that was the Word in the reformer's age. As, you all who has heard the Seven Seals, when the reformers age went out, the Beast with the face like a man (organization) issued; but this is the face of the eagle, the Beast that went to make the challenge today.

L-182   And who would dare to say that wasn't the inspired Word of God, when He foretold It here, and sent out yonder to Arizona and brought It right back, even with science and everything else, and proved It so! This Book is already opened, that's right, just waiting for the Seventh Seal to be identified of the Coming of Christ.

L-183   All right, He is on your hands. You got to do something with Him. Don't take Him off. Yes, sir. In this category, I'd like to say, "passing Him on to somebody else."
"If my denomination would accept It, Brother Branham, I'd--I'd accept It. But, you see, my mother belonged to this church." She lived in her age; that ain't you. It's you now. Look what she had to come out of, to do what she was. What about you? All right.

L-184 Look. You say, "My mother was a Pentecostal. She did so-and-so. She come out of the organization." But I'm trying to talk to you now. What about you? See?
In this category, we find many educated. Now, I know I'm going to hurt feelings here, but I don't do it intentionally. If I do, then I--I should be down at the altar, repenting. I'm saying this in godly love.

L-185   Jesus, when He stood there, and them Pharisees; had to say, "You are of your father, the devil; his works you'll do." Yet call for peace and mercy for them, at the cross, that crucified Him. See, He wasn't angry with them. He said, "You generation of snakes." See? See? Everything, He cursed them to everything He could, see, and then prayed for them at the cross. See? It wasn't He wanted to do that; it wasn't that, but they had to see the mistake they were making.


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