<TITLE>16. Par 146-159</TITLE>L-146 It's all right to have denominations. I ain't against that. But, see, that, that's what the people are. Many people say I tear down denominations, I kick them. I do not. No, sir. The denominations, they're all right. That's just like working agreements, or anything like that. But when you stick, because you say, "I'm a Christian because I belong to certain-certain church," that doesn't mean anything. You've got to be of Christ, and Christ is the Word. And many times those denominations is as far away from the Word as East is from West.

L-147 You've got to stay with that Word, to be the Bride. If you're in the Bride, you're in the Word, and the Word is in you. And the Word that reflected God through Christ, reflects the same God through you. Amen. Amen means "so be it." So, so be it. I believe it to be the Truth. You have to be identified with Him.

L-148   Now, if I'm going to be a real genuine American, if I'm going to be a true citizen of this nation, I have to be identified with it. I have to be all she ever was, right or wrong. I have to be all she is, right or wrong; all she ever will be, right or wrong. I have to be identified with this nation, if I'm going to be an American. Is that right? In her glory or her shame, freedom or flame, whatever she is, I must be the maker of her immortality. I must stand as a unit. Everything she is, I am. Everything she ever was, I am. All she ever will be, I must be partakers of her. That's right.

L-149   Just think of it for a few minutes. Then, to be that, as an American. I'll get it to you, so you'll be sure to see it, as I close.

L-150 To be an American, I have to be identified with everything that she ever done. Then, I landed on Plymouth Rock, with the--with the forefathers. I was at Plymouth Rock with the Pilgrims. I was there with them. I rode with Paul Revere, one night, to warn this nation of her dangers. I had to be, if I was American.
You say, "Oh, Brother Branham!"

L-151 Wait a minute. The Bible said, in Hebrews the 7th chapter, that, "Levi who received tithes, paid tithes, for he was in the loins of Abraham when he met Melchisedec, his great-great-grandfather, and it was accounted to him. When his great-great-grandson was in his loins, when Abraham paid tithes to Melchisedec, God lotted it. Did He do it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] That's right.

L-152   Whatever this nation is, I am. That's right. So, I landed on Plymouth Rock. I rode with Paul Revere.

L-153 I crossed the Valley Forge, was on that icy river with George Washington. I was one of them American soldiers that didn't have any shoes, to march against the British. I had cold feet that morning, when I wrapped my feet. I seen Washington come out of the wilderness, wet, plumb to his waist, from praying all night. I was there when it happened.

L-154 I stood with Stonewall Jackson, when the opposition was so great. When the northern armies sent down there, they said, "All the armies is broke back."
Said, "Where is Jackson?"

L-155 Said, "He is standing like a stone wall." I stood with him there; little, bitty fellow, blue-eyed.

L-156 They asked him one time, "How can you stand when the opposition is so great?"

L-157 Very modest man, he kicked his boot, like that, said, "I never take a drink of water to my mouth, till I thank Almighty God." I stood with him in his convictions. I stood with Stonewall Jackson. That's right.

L-158   I was at the Boston Tea Party. I helped throw some of that British Tea out in the ocean. I had to be, to be an American. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I signed the Declaration of Independence, with Thomas Jefferson. I rang the Liberty Bell, on July the 4th, 1776.

L-159 I'm identified in her shame of the revolutionary, when brother fought against brother, and father against son. I have to be identified in her shame, the same as I'm identified in her glory. That's exactly right.


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