<TITLE>13. Par 79-86</TITLE>L-79 They do at me, too! They'll do at any man. See? A person that does that, there's something wrong with that person. They're not right with God, for the Spirit of Christ is subject to Christ's teaching, Christ's house, Christ's order. See? And any man that... or any woman, or any persons, children, that would get angry with a godly deacon that would tell them to be... and, or any parent would get angry with a deacon... Really, we want everybody in this church that we can get; but if that would only cause trouble somewhere else, there's a thorn or "a rabbit in the woodpile," as we used to say. That person isn't right.

L-80 If they leave, there's only one thing to do: let them go, and pray for them. See? Then maybe some of the deacons go to their church... or go to their house sometime, and find out why they left, and ask them what was wrong. Then, and if they... See if he can reconcile them. If they can't, then take two or three witnesses with him, that they might be understood. Then if they can't be understood, then it's told before the church if they are a member here of the church. Then they are...

L-81   And then if they're not members of the church, course they're not members of this congregation, they should be made to be ruly. See, they--they've got to listen to our orders here, because this is the orders of the church. This is things we don't want to do, things that I don't like to do, but it's things that must be done. And I'm exposing myself in telling here by this tape, it's me, they can hear me talking and know that it's me, not you men. You've asked me these questions, and I'm giving it to you the best that I know how from the Word of God.

L-82 "Now, if those people get angry and go out from you, what does the Scripture say about it, Brother Branham?"

L-83 "They went out from us because they wasn't of us." And that settles it. "Left the church," that's what they did. All right.
83a        Others will not listen to anything we say, especially the children.

L-84 The children are supposed to know discipline, they should get it at home. But even if it's mine, my kids get in here at anytime, they get disorderly, I don't want you to draw one string; Sarah, Rebekah, Joseph, Billy, or whoever it might be. You tell me, I'll see to it. If they can't behave, then they'll stay away from church till they do learn to behave. This is not an arena, this is the house of God. This is not a place to play, and skate, and write notes, and laugh, and cut up, this is the house of God, and is to be carried out godly.

L-85 You come here to worship, not even to visit. This is not a--this is not a picnic ground, this is not a visitation place; this is the visitation place of the Holy Spirit, listen to what He has to say, not to one another. We don't come here to--to fellowship with one another, we come here to fellowship with Christ. This is the house of worship. And children must be disciplined, and if they are... of by the parents. Let it be known! That if these deacons... If these parents of the children will not listen to what these deacons said, then this parent should be corrected themselves.
85a        We have talked to the parents about their children, and they won't take care of them.

L-86 If they are members of this church, then you should take two or three with you and call that parent into a private meeting, into one of the offices. I don't care who it is, if it's me, if it's Brother Neville, if it's Billy Paul and his little boy, if it's Brother Collins and one of his children, or any of the rest of you. We are... We love one another, but we're duty bound to God and this Word. If it's Doc, no matter who it is, we're to call one another in and be honest with one another. How can God ever deal with us, if we're not honest with one another? How we going to be honest with Him? See?


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