<TITLE>06. Par 39-49</TITLE>L-39 And a genuine faith of God will believe in God, and God is the Word, it'll never add nothing to It. The Bible tells us if we add one word, or take one Word away, our part will be taken from the Book of Life, Revelation 22:18, the last closing chapter.

L-40   In the first beginning, the first Book of the Bible, God told them not to break one Word of That, "every Word must be kept," they must live by that Word. Jesus, in the middle of the Book, come along and said that in His age, and said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that--that comes out of the mouth of God." And in the closing age of Revelation, foretold to us, that "Whosoever shall take one Word out of the Book, or add one word to It, his part will be taken from the Book of Life."

L-41 Therefore there can be nothing shadowy, just a genuine, unadulterated Word of God! That's sons of God, daughters of God, whose not borned by the will of man, or by shaking a hand, or some form of baptism; but borned in the Spirit of God, by the Holy Ghost, and the Word manifesting Itself through them. That's genuine Seed of God!

L-42   The enemy joins church and becomes very orthodox in a creed or something. But that's not... That's discrepancy, anything that interferes with that strain of genuine Truth of God's Word.

L-43 And how do we know? We say, "Well, they, you've got a right to interpret It?" No, sir! No man has a right to interpret God's Word. He's His Own interpreter. He promises it, then He does it, that's the interpretation thereof. When He promised It, then He fulfills It, that's the interpretation of It. Anything contrary to God's Word is a discrepancy! Absolutely!

L-44 Now, as I've said, Judas had no real faith. He had a make-believe faith. He had a--a faith that he thought that that was the Son of God, but he didn't know that was the Son of God. He wouldn't have done it. And a man who will compromise on this Word of God being the Truth, he's got a make-believe faith. Genuine servant of God will hang on that Word.

L-45   A few nights ago, a certain minister, of Arizona, of a great, famous school here in this city, came to me and said, "I--I want to straighten you out on something" (I said...) "when you get a chance."
I said, "This is the best chance I know of. Come on over."

L-46 And so he came over, he said, "Mr. Branham, you are trying... I believe you're sincere and you're honest, but you're trying to introduce to a world an apostolic Doctrine." And said, "The apostolic age ceased with the apostles."

L-47 I said, "The first thing I'd like to ask you, my brother, do you believe that every Word of God is inspired?"
He said, "Yes, sir, I certainly do."

L-48 I said, "Then, would you show me in the Word where the apostolic age ceased? Now, you show me where it is, I'll believe with you." And I said, "The writer of the apostolic, the one that had the keys to the Kingdom, on the day of Pentecost when the apostolic age was introduced, they said, 'Men and brethren, what can 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 sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, for the promise is unto you and to your children, and to them that's far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.' Now, how can the Word contradict Itself?"
The man said, "I have an awful cold tonight."
I said, "I think so, too." See?

L-49 Now you tell me, is God still calling? If God's still calling, then the apostolic age is still in existence. Certainly! As many as the Lord our God shall call, ever call, ever will call, as many as He shall call, it will still be the apostolic age, for Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.


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