<TITLE>15. Par 142-151</TITLE>L-142 Who could come to your house, any greater than Jesus Christ? Who could knock at your door, greater than Jesus Christ? Who could do that? The Son of God, who could knock at your house, who would be more important? And yet He knocks, day after day. And if you even accept Him, you're called a fanatic. So, see how the world knows its own? That's right. But now He wouldn't come unless He had a reason to come.

L-143 And do you think the humility of President Johnson, or the queen of England, or any great person, how it would be displayed, of the humility of that great important person to knock at your door!

L-144 How about the humility of the Son of God? Who are we but sinners, filthy, "born in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies?" And then the Son of God will come and knock at our door.

L-145   Now, the queen of England might ask you a favor. She might take something from you. So might the President, he might ask you to do things that you didn't want to do. He might ask you for treasures that you didn't want to give up, and which would mean nothing, just to him.

L-146 But Jesus is bringing something to you when He knocks. He is bringing a pardon. Don't turn it down. For, as it was tried in our courts here, so will it be in the Kingdom of Heaven. If He knocked and brought the pardon, and you turned it down, and die in your sins, you'll perish; though you had the honor of sitting in a meeting like this, though you had the honor attending the revival, or your church, and heard your pastor preach a Gospel message. And you had the audience, say, "Yes, I was there." Maybe, you, hard to tell what all you could say. "I heard the singing. I enjoyed it. I heard the testimonies. It was real." But you turned It down.

L-147   What if I was a young man and found a young lady; she was beautiful, she was a Christian? She would make... She was every qualifi-... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] You can't find no fault with It, but you've got to lay aside traditions of man. You say, "Oh, I believe That's right. I see, got set..." But you got to accept It. You... Then that woman becomes part of me. Then you become part of the Word, which is the Bride. If He is the Word, the Bride will be a Bride-Word. See, certainly will! See, you've got to accept It. You would... you could say what you want to, you could brag about the President; but usually when Jesus' turn comes to our door, we just turn Him aside. See, just we don't want nothing to do with Him. We say, "Well, some other day."

L-148   What if you knocked at somebody's door? Now let's just turn the picture right around for a minute. What if you went and knocked on somebody's door, and you had something for them? And, after all, they were to you about like you would be to God; well, if you do, why, all right, but you got no strings tied. So when you knocked on somebody's door, and they peeped out the window, and shut the curtain; or either come to the door, and say, "Some other time!"
"Well, I'd like..."

L-149 "I ain't got time this morning!" You know what you'd do? Probably the same thing I would do, and the rest of them, you wouldn't go back any more.

L-150 But not Jesus. "I stand, and knock," continually knock. [Brother Branham continues to knock on something--Ed.] See? "He that seeketh," not seek. "Seeketh! He that knocketh!" Knock, knock is a continuation, knocketh! See, "He that seeketh, he that knocketh, it shall..." Not just...

L-151   Like the parable of the unjust judge. The woman went and wanted avenge, revenge, but she couldn't get it. He... Continually she knocked and pleaded. And she said... "Just to get rid of her, I'll avenge her enemy."


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