<TITLE>17. Par 166-177</TITLE>L-166 Now, on the right hand side of the human heart, when you walk into the door, there is a little door on the right side, and that's called, in there, the door of pride. Oh, my! "Don't You go to entering that door!" They don't want the Lord in there, on that door, that's pride. "I'm a blue blood. I take care! Oh, yes, now look, I tell you, I--I..." See, it's pride. "Don't You meddle in there!" Now, He can't feel welcome as long as you keep that pride door shut.

L-167   He's got to humiliate you. See, that's what He comes in for. "You mean to tell me I have to go down there and--and act like the rest?" Well, you don't have to, that's one thing sure. "Well, I'll tell you, what do you think I'd do when I went to the business council the next time? What would I do if I met with my--my employer tomorrow? And that, I'd have to get that Spirit on me, and I'd jump up there, in the middle of my work, and go to speaking in tongues, oh, that would humiliate me. No, stay out of there!"

L-168 See, there you are, see. Yeah, you'll let Jesus come in, you'll join church and put your name on, accept Jesus as your Saviour; but what about being your Lord, when He's got full sway? When He's Lord, He's got it all, belongs to Him; see, you, you are completely surrendered to Him now.

L-169   But that little pride. "Oh, you mean, for us women, we're going to have to let our hair grow?" Well, that's what He said. "We're going to have to quit wearing manicure, or make-up stuff?" That's what He said. "Well, what do you think my sewing circle would? They'll call me old-fashion." Well, just keep your pride. Go ahead. He'll stand at the door, that's all the farther He can get.

L-170 But when you're ready to open that door, let Him come in, He'll clean it out for you. Shorts will go out here in the garbage can, and make-up will go back to the garbage can, and the barber will starve to death if he just cut women's hair, to a real believer.

L-171 Now say, "That don't!" Oh, yes, it does, too. That's what the Bible said. That's right. See, there is a little word there, that you don't want Him there.
"Well, my pastor!"

L-172 I don't care what pastor said. That's what the Bible said, "It's a shame for a woman to do so."

L-173 "Well," you say, "we ought to teach us things, Brother Branham, is how to get the Holy Ghost, and how to be this, that." How you going to learn algebra if you don't know your ABC's? Don't know even how to, to act like, look like one, dress like one. It's a shame to see these women on the street today.

L-174   I went into a place yesterday, when, oh, some of the perverted gang come in. They, the man had hair in their eyes, come down and hung down on their back, and like legotards, like little kids wear to school, with great big old shoes on, mouth half open. You can tell they were delinquents. And walked in there like that, say, "We're French."

L-175 Who in the world would hire a man like that in his business? How will they make a living? And I seen a couple of real boys sitting over there... They come from that university down there, this beatniks did, or I believe they call themself bugs or beatles, or something like that, some of that stuff coming from England. And then in there like that, who would hire a man like that to work for him? Would you put a man like that in your business, you businessmen? If you would, you're, there is something, you ain't got close enough to the Cross yet.

L-176   Look at these women out on the street, and it's a disgrace! Maybe innocent little women with these little bitty clothes on, see, well, it's a disgrace, the way they look. Well, you say, "Why, woman, you are committing adultery."

L-177 They say, "Wait a minute here, young man! I'm just as virtuous as I..." That might be so, in your own thoughts. And it might be so, proving even by a medical examination, that you might be.


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