<TITLE>16. Par 152-165</TITLE>L-152 How much more will the Heavenly Father? See, it ought to be us knocking at His door. It ought to have been Adam running up-and-down the garden, hollering, "Father! Father, where are You?" But instead, instead of that, it was God running up-and-down the garden, "Son! Son, where are you?" See, that just displays what we are. We're always hiding, instead of coming right out and confessing it. We try to run, hide behind something. See, that's just the nature of man, we have it that way. Yes, sir.

L-153 You would give these people the best you had, everything. But you wouldn't, you--you--you wouldn't accept Jesus. I ain't meaning you, but I mean the people here.

L-154   Or maybe you might say this, you may say, "Preacher, I just did that. I--I just opened my heart and let Jesus come in. I did that ten years ago. I did that twenty years ago." Well, that may be just exactly right, but is that all you done? See?

L-155 I want to ask you now. If you would invite anybody in your house, and then when you got inside the door... Somebody invited you in, rather, say, "Come in."

L-156 "Yes, I have a purpose, I'll go out of town and be honored, you see." That's the way a lot of people accept Christ. "I'll... I--I belong to the church. I belong to the big So-and-so place down here, where Doctor Ph. LL. belongs, you know. And it's the biggest church. The mayor goes there, and everything, you know. I--I belong to that church." They let him in, just that much. "Yeah, I'll accept Him," see, for a personal gain.

L-157   But what then when Jesus comes into the heart? Many people accept Him 'cause they don't want to go to hell. But when Jesus comes into your heart, He wants to be Lord. Not just a Saviour; but Lord, also. Lord is "rulership." He comes in to--to take over.
Now you say, "Is that right, Brother Branham?" Sure.

L-158 What if--if I invited you at my house, and you come in the door? And you knocked at the door, and I looked outside, I said, "Yes, come on in. If you can help me, well, you do so. But now, when you come in now, I don't want you meddling around in my house. You stand right there at the door!"

L-159 Remember, our text is "doors" inside the door. Now, inside the human heart there is many little doors, and them little doors covers up a lot of things. Just to let Him in, that isn't all of it, when He comes in.

L-160   When I come in your house, if you welcome me in the door, why, if you'd say, "Come in, Brother Branham. I'm so glad to see you!"

L-161 I'd say, "Well, it's a privilege for me to come into your house!"

L-162 "Oh, won't you come over and sit down? Brother Branham, go through our house, make yourself at home!" Oh, my!

L-163 I'd go over to the refrigerator, get me one of those great big sandwiches, about like that, take off my shoes, and go in the bedroom and lay down. And I'd just have a--a real gastronomical jubilee, see. Why? Because I felt welcomed. You made me welcome. Therefore I'd appreciate it if you made me welcome.

L-164   But if I went in your house, and you told me, "You stand there at the door, now, don't you go to meddling around!" I wouldn't feel too welcome. Would you? No, see, you wouldn't feel welcome. Somebody invited you in, and said, "Now wait! Yea, come in, but stand right there!"

L-165 Now, there is a little door when you're into the human heart. We'll just speak of a couple of them, see. We don't have time to go through all these doors, 'cause there is lots of them. See? But, say, the next ten minutes, let's speak of a couple, three doors.


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