<TITLE>22. Par 218-235</TITLE>L-218 He sinned his way, day away. Will you do the same thing? What if that courier boy could stand before Him again, what would be the first thing?
... home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
Calling...
Come home, come home, (O God)
Who are weary, come.

L-219 Does these signs worry you, in the earth today, knowing it? Or, have you passed that place? Is there still a tender spot in there? If there is, come. Let Him come in, take it over, right there. He'll make you a new creature. You'll go away from here the happiest person you ever was.
Calling, O sinner, come home.

L-220   With our heads bowed now, let's hum it. [Brother Branham begins humming Softly And Tenderly--Ed.] Won't you come home here? God bless you, little lady, seen it.
Ye who are weary, come home.
O backslider, come home.
Earnestly, tenderly...

L-221 Are you concerned? If you're convinced, then you're concerned. Or, if you're not convinced yet that it's Jesus, then you can't be concerned.
Come home.

L-222 Now, right here, in public, we can't do too much about it, standing here. You come, to make a confession.

L-223 Some time ago, I heard a little story. I want you to listen, in close. There was a man named Danny Martin. He crossed the nation here, many great revivals. They claim that he had a dream, one night, that he died. And he--he started into Heaven; he was met at the gate. He said, "Who approaches?"

L-224 And he said, "This is Danny Martin." He said, "I'm an evangelist."

L-225 The man at the gate, said, "Let's see if your name is here on the book." Said, "It isn't."
He said, "Well, I was a minister."

L-226 Said, "I can't help what you were. If your name is not on here, you can't enter this door. It's locked tight!... you must come. You have to have your name on the book."
And he said, "Well, what can I do?"

L-227 He said, "You might appeal your case, if you want to, to God's White Throne Judgment." Oh, brother, sister, don't never want to go there.

L-228 So he said, "I guess I have no other alternative but to appeal my case."

L-229   So, he said, finally he started going somewhere; didn't know where he was at. This is the man's dream. And he said, "I come into a Light. There's no certain place It was coming forth. But I got slower, and, after while, I stopped. I heard a Voice, said, 'Who approaches My throne of justice--justice?'"

L-230 He said, "I, Danny Martin." Said, "I'm an evangelist from the United States." He said, "I--I--I--I won souls. And they wouldn't let me in at the gate."

L-231 He said, "All right. If you've appealed your case to stand in My courts," He said, "then I require justice." He said, "I have the commandments." Said, "Danny Martin, did you ever lie, in your life?"

L-232 He said, "I thought I been a truthful man," but, said, "in the Presence of that Light, I realized I said some things was shady." Said, "Yes, sir. I told lies."
He said, "Did you ever steal?"
He said, "I thought I'd been honest, but I'd seen some deals."

L-233   Then, wait till you get in the Presence of that Light. You think you're all right now, but just wait till you get there. Try to approach one time with bobbed hair, smoking cigarettes. Just try it, one time. You think I'm just saying that. I'll prove it to you, out of the Scripture here. Exactly right. Try wearing a pair of slacks, shorts, find out where you're at. The Bible says, "It's an abomination in the sight of God." See? Try it, one time. Where is your conscience at?
Said, "Well, did you ever do this or that?"
"Yes," he said.
"And, Danny, did you ever sin?"
He said, "Yes, I sinned."

L-234 And he's just about to hear... He said his bones, looked like, was coming out of joint; to hear that, "Depart into everlasting hell, from My Presence."

L-235 Said he heard the sweetest voice he ever heard. Said he looked around, to see It. Said he seen the sweetest face that he ever saw.


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