<TITLE>33. Par 218-225</TITLE>L-218   And now as you have our heads bowed. Faith, by faith... "And, God, You help me to be honest. But knowing that You promise that..."
"He that will come to Me, I will in no wise turn him out. And I'll give him Eternal Life, and I'll raise him up at the last days. He that will confess Me before man, him will I confess before My Father and the holy Angels. He that heareth," the real, true interpretation of Saint John 5:24 there, is, "he that understandeth, that receiveth My Word. He that receiveth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting Life, and will not be called to the Judgment." You won't come to the Judgment Bar like Oswald will. "But you've passed," with a free pardon, "from death unto Life."

L-219 "Lord, I don't know how, I don't know why, but--but I believe it's happened. I believe that, in my heart, my unbelief is gone. I can freely say 'amen' to every Word that You say, and I accept It right now. I believe it."

L-220   Now with your heads bowed. You that believed that, that raised your hands a few moments ago; and by faith you see the image of Christ standing there, which you should be in. You're walking now by faith, believe that your sins are pardoned. And from this day on, you're ready for Christian baptism, and you're ready now to walk in Christ. Would you, as a testimony to Him, raise your hands back, say, "By faith I believe It with all my heart"? God bless you. That's fine. "I now accept It. I--I accept; nothing I can do." God bless you. Looked like every one that I seen. "I now accept."

L-221   See, you're no good, you never was no good, you can't be no good, but Jesus died for no-good people. "What do I have to do, Brother Branham?" Just accept what He did, just accept what He did for you. And now by believing It and accepting It...
Now, I believe, the pastor, the pool will be open. [Brother Neville says, "Yes."--Ed.] Baptism will be in order, if you want to be baptized.
If you have took the titles, "Father, Son, Holy Ghost," you are truly... I say this with reverence and respect, but, to my way of seeing it, you are not baptized. You are not, for you haven't carried out what He said.

L-222 He said, "Baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." If you just had those titles called over you; He never said, "Go call these titles; go call these names." It never was done in the Bible. It never was done that way. It was, baptize the way Jesus said, "In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," which is Jesus Christ.

L-223   Peter, with the keys, said the same thing; every other apostle, the whole Church; until the early Nicaea Council when Roman Catholic church organized, accepted titles instead of Name. You're either baptized into the Roman dogmas of denomination, or baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, one or the other. It's on your hands; you can't wash It off. It's there.
You've accepted It now. I'll ask you, as the--as the organist and the pianist turn to the famous old hymn.
My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour Divine;
Now hear me while I pray,
And take all my guilt away,
And let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!

L-224 Don't no one leave the building. Just reverently stand now, and let's just raise our hands to Him now.
My faith looks up to Thee, (and He is the Word)
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour Divine;
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my sin away,
O let me from this day
Be wholly, wholly and completely, Thine! I now surrender my life.

L-225   The water will be ready in a few minutes. If you can't take the baptism now, we'll baptize again tonight.
Think of it, all afternoon, "On your hands." Get It off. The only way you can do, is, washed in the Blood of Jesus Christ, Who is... See? Yes, sir. Remember it now as we bow our heads. Look to Him now.
While life's dark maze...


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