<TITLE>02. Par 10-16</TITLE>L-10   Then, before I come here, I always try my best, before God, to pick out a little something, a Scripture of some way, and ask His guidance, the last thing before leaving. "Help, Lord God, somehow, give--give all You can to them dear people."
And I expect, and do believe, that I'll always live with you. I believe that this is the shortest space that we have, while we stand together like this. We will be together in Eternity. See? I do that. I--I--I believe that.
And I want to help you. And I, if I say anything wrong, the Heavenly Father knows it's not because I'm intending to do it; it's because I do it not knowing; I'd be ignorantly doing it.

L-11   Therefore, knowing that you are my responsibility, and on my hands, for the Gospel, I'll always want to keep you right in the pages of this Bible. And--and I...
Many times people has come to me, and said, "Brother Branham, if you'll just step out here and say 'THUS SAITH THE LORD' to my little child that's sick, it'll be well. Go out there and just say, 'It'll get well.' That's all I want you to do."

L-12 Now, that is loyal and lovely. How I appreciate that! But, you know, I can't do that until He tells me, first. See? I can pray for the child, do all I can.
But, you see, what if I went out there under enthusiasm and said that? See, if I said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD," it really would just be thus saith my enthusiasm. See? See? And then it might happen, and it might not happen. But, then, what if that same person is under my enthusiasm, and it didn't happen? Then, that person might be in a--a case sometimes between life and death, then where would their confidence be? They would be afraid that I might be under enthusiasm again. See?
So, when I say it, I want to be dead earnest that it's right, with all I know. And then when He speaks to me, I can just say what He showed me. Whether it's good or bad, I have to say it. And sometimes it's--it's not pleasant to tell people those things. But, yet, I'm just as duty bound to tell people the--the evil things that will befall them, as I am duty bound to tell them the good things that will befall them.

L-13 And, after all, we want the will of the Lord. Sometime the will of the Lord is contrary to our desires. But, still, if we want the will of the Lord, it's just as precious to know that the evil will befall us, if it is the will of the Lord. Whether it be good or evil, it's the will of the Lord that we want done. And I know we look at it in that manner.

L-14   Now, I--I know the brethren here usually have a thirty minutes, twenty to thirty minutes' message on Sunday night. And I--I don't know whether I can do that or not, so I--I'm just going to do the best I can.

L-15 Now, I think there's a baptismal service immediately after this. I heard they baptized a great group of people this morning. Constantly, there is baptism going on here, all the time. Ministers, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterian, church of God, Lutheran, whatever it is, are coming and being baptized in the Name of "the Lord Jesus Christ."
And before God, when I have to stand at the Judgment Bar, I've got to answer for that. And if I was just as clear in my thoughts, of being justified in everything in my life as I am of that, I'd be ready for the Rapture right now, for I know that is the Gospel Truth. See? That is the Truth.

L-16   There is not one Scripture in the Bible where anybody was ever baptized in any other way but in the Name of Jesus Christ. The commission of "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," is only..." Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost." Not in the... not call this title over them; but baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost, which is "the Lord Jesus Christ."


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