<TITLE>28. Par 226-233</TITLE>L-226   Now, I want you to do this, while we hum it. Now we're mixed up when it comes to what we've been. Remember, my background was Catholic. See? Now we're all mixed up group in here, but we've come out of all that stuff now. We are belonging to Christ. We're His. Now while we sing this, let's just turn around and just shake hands. Don't have to get up. Just say, "God bless you, brother. God bless you, sister," while we do it, just in a real Christian atmosphere. I believe God likes to be worshipped. Don't you think so? Worship Him. He... God is an object of worship. And we want to worship Him. And how do we do...? You love one another. You want to treat one another... "As you do to these, you do to Me."

L-227 Let us just sing it now, and--and shake one another's hands, and worship with...
... 'cause He...
God bless you.
Oh, I love Him, I love Him
Because He first loved me
And purchased my salvation
On...

L-228 I wonder, does that burn in your heart? Is there something in there that just--just feels real good? You know, you feel like you could just like to take It out here and hug It. Huh? Do you feel that way in your heart? If you don't, friend, be careful. You're on dangerous ground, see, if there's not some real love in there, something, "I love Him." Not just a song, but a reality. He first loved me. Where would I have been, today... I'm fifty-five years old. My life will soon be over. See? And what I... Purchased my salvation... Brother Trow, what'd you...? [A man speaks from the congregation--Ed.]

L-229   You heard that testimony, "Saved."
Saved by His power Divine,
Saved to new heights sublime!
Life is now sweet my joy is complete,
For I'm saved!

L-230 How do you know? My Spirit bears record with His Word that I've passed from death unto Life.

L-231 Thank you, dear Christians. That does me good. I like to come in a place like this where you feel at home. It's hard for me to get away. I just keep thinking, look at that clock; and--and I see my daughter setting there, shaking her head at me, and looking down like that; and--and my son, setting up here, saying, "What--what you holding here for?" I don't know. I just like to set around... you know. I don't know. I like fellowship. You know, I don't get it too many places (you know that), getting less all the time. But I know I'm drawing closer to there. See? And someday I'll preach my last sermon, close the Bible the last time. I'm going to take a little trip then. Come to visit me sometime when I do. Come up, and we'll just set down forever, and talk like Brother Carl said, and live forever.

L-232   Now look, friends, I'm going to ask you something I want you to do. Now I've kept you out of your dinner. See? And now, Brother Outlaw did something a while ago... He very seldom does anything that I don't like. But--he took an offering up for me, see. I wonder if one of them will go back, and take that offering back there, and stand at the door. And you go take it and buy your dinner with it. That's a present from me, back to you. See? You do that. See? That'll be fine. He's a sweet man. He always... He never... I never go anywhere or anything less he--he wants to do something to help me. That's his way.

L-233   There's some man standing here; I--I'm afraid to call their name, might hurt their feelings. There's a precious brother that's just gone on to Glory, went quickly. His desire... He knowed I liked the woods, so he wanted to buy me a jeep. I wouldn't let him do it. Then after he went, his little wife wanted to do it, and I wouldn't let her do it. But the rest of the boys got together and went over here... And--and there's another brother comes to this church, said, "Brother Branham, I make sand wagons." You know, buggies; or what you call hacks. And said, "I'll make you one of them." I wouldn't let him. You know what these boys done? They made a--a jeep and a sand hack together. I never seen one like it.


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