<TITLE>29. Par 232-240</TITLE>L-232   A priest interviewed me, not long ago, and he said, "Mister Branham," he said, "how'd you baptize?" A--a certain girl that come out of this church; and had backslid and married a Catholic boy, and went into the Catholic church. And he was going to take her into the church.

L-233 I said, "I baptized her in Christian baptism."
He said, "The bishop wants to know."
I said, "All right, there it is."
Said, "Do you swear to this?"

L-234 I said, "I don't swear at all." And he said... "Yeah," said, "if he can't take my word for it, well, that's all right. Cause, I don't swear. The Bible said, 'Don't swear by heavens; it's God's throne; the earth is His footstool. Let your yes be "yes," and no, "no."'" I said, "He'll have to take my word for it."
Said, "Well, you--you said 'Christian baptism,' what do you mean, by--by 'immersing'?"

L-235 I said, "That's the only way Christian baptism is performed." I said, "I baptized her in the Ohio river; took her under the water, in the Name of Jesus Christ, and brought her up. I baptized her in the 'Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,' which is the only Christian baptism there is."
Said, "Yes, sir." He put it down like that. And he said, "Strange!" Said, "You know, the Catholic church used to baptize that way."
I said, "When?"
And he said. Went ahead, and the discussion went on for a while. And he said, "Well, we are the original Catholic."

L-236   Knowing, there laid right there the--the books, you know, and the history on it, I said, "That's true, but," I said, "why don't you do it today?"
He said, "We have power to remit sins." Said, "Jesus, didn't He tell His disciples, 'Whosoever's sins you remitted, to them they're remitted; and whosoever's sins you retain, to them they're retained'?"
I said, "Yes, sir. He did."
He said, "Then don't that give the church the authority? Peter was the head of the church."

L-237 I said, "If the church will remit sins the way Peter did it." I said, "Now, when they ask, 'What must we do to be saved?' He said, 'Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins.'" I said, "You do that, and I'll go with you."
"Oh," he said, "you're trying to plead a Bible."
I said, "That's the Word."
He said, "God is in His church."
I said, "God is in His Word. 'Every man, other men's words, is a lie; His is the Truth.'" See?

L-238   So there's no way he could see. But there--there they go, right on in darkness. And the Protestants, by the thousands, falling into it. Here they are, right down to adopting their creeds and things, going right on within. The Word coming right out, proving it, Jesus Christ manifesting Himself, "same yesterday, today, and forever." In that creed glare, they move right on out into darkness. Just like they did in Noah's time, just like they did in all times, they do it again today, right out in darkness! Why? They reject the Light because the creed has blinded them.

L-239 Oh, what a darkened hour that we are in now! Uh-huh! Yeah, they reject Christ's true Eternal Light, and that's what does it.

L-240   Cold denominations can never bring Life to the Word of God, because it brings life to their denomination. We've got more professed Christians right now... Looky here, if the Christian...
I asked this priest this. "If the... I'll go with you, that the catholic Church was, at the beginning, at Pentecost," not at Nicaea, Rome. The Church never did begin at Nicaea, Rome. It begin at Pentecost. See? At Jerusalem is where the Church begin. But I said...


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