<TITLE>09. Par 77-89</TITLE>L-77 The make-believer is staying on a little longer, till he can find something that he can pile some criticism on It.

L-78 So there is your three, all together. That's the kind that they had then. That's the kind that they have now. That's the kind they'll always have until Jesus Himself, or God at the Great White Throne Judgment, will separate them.

L-79 Some said, "A man never spoke like this Man. What He says comes to pass."

L-80 Others, the unbelievers, said, "He is Beelzebub. He is beside Himself. The Man has lost His mind."

L-81   You know, there is a great thing that Satan tries to do. He tries to make the--the--the messenger, the people who has really got the Holy Spirit, try to say that, "They have lost their mind."

L-82 I got a little circular letter, letter on that the other day, out, said, "Poor Brother Branham!" Said, "We believed that He was Elijah." And said, "You know that--that, you know, he lost his mind." And said, "The Elijah's garment fell upon Elisha, that was my wife. And she takes up the ministry, to go on with a double portion." A woman? Was it, did Elijah lose his mind, or was he taken up without death, in the chariot, to Heaven? Hum! See? But, you just have that, you see, that's--that's what we have to contend with.

L-83 Some of them said, the unbeliever, said, "This guy is Beelzebub."

L-84   It must have been John, said, "Just think of this One Who does all this!" Now it's back to the believers again. Said, "Just think, the One that--that's done all of this that we're thinking about and talking about, and the different people's expression! We're all believers," he said. "We believe It. Yes, sir. We are satisfied that we know that it's truly identified. There He lays, a mortal Man, laying right there on that deck, right back there in that little bunk house, like, asleep on a pillow. We put Him back there, asleep. But think of it! The very God of creation is sailing through these waters with us." Oh, my! Amen.

L-85   Them waters was treacherous. You know, a storm came up and it still does the same thing, if you're ever around Jerusalem. I guess, Jack, you remember. Them storms still sweep right down through that crack there, and hit that sea and drown the fishermen, just like it did then. Come up, you can't even see the storm coming; all at once, it's there.

L-86 "And just think now, we've all, all of our lives, dreaded to cross this dangerous water here. But remember, the very One that we know is the Creator, is laying right there in the boat, with us. I feel good! Don't you, boys?" They'd say, "Amen. Yes, sir. There He is in the boat!"

L-87   And what it is to know the day that we're living in, that they had seen the identification, that, and was satisfied, no matter what anybody else has said. Their discussion had been about believers, and make-believers, and so forth. But they themselves believed It. And they knowed that they had Him with them. No matter what any of the rest of the people, they were happy to have Him.

L-88 I am, too. Aren't you? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] No matter what the rest of the world says. I'm happy to know that He is sailing life's troubled seas with me, right in the boat. Amen. Amen. Sailing over life's solemn seas, as He does, and in all the treacherous waters, not knowing what time you could be shot, killed, drop dead, whatever might take place. But the Creator...

L-89   What are you, anyhow? You're a little lump of Louisiana clay, with some life in it. That's all. Even if you're from Texas, that big place, you're still just a lump of Texas mud with a little moisture in it. And that's all you are. That's exactly. And that's what you're going back to.


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