<TITLE>15. Par 157-174</TITLE>L-157   The Dynamics, if It comes upon water, it'll just splutter; "Days of miracles is past." Pomp-pomp-pomp, "Oh, I believe the Bible," pomp-pomp-pomp, "but there--there ain't no..." Pomp-pomp-pomp! See?

L-158 But when He hits that one thousand octane, "Whrrrrr," away she goes, you see. How, my, the Dynamics strike That! But It strike a chicken, it won't do no good. But when It strikes the eagle, he moves out. Amen! The Dynamics with the Mechanics! See what I mean? That is, if he is a true eagle now, he will "understand."

L-159   Let me straighten a little Scripture here for you. I think we're off of the phone, but we are still here. Saint John 5:24, Jesus said, "He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has everlasting Life." Now look, I go down the street and just take that literally, what It is, without the spiritual understanding... Not making It say nothing else, but just saying what It says, see, the right word there, in the Greek, in the original, it says, "He that understandeth My Word."

L-160 Now, to prove that's right. I go down here, and here's a drunk coming along the street, and with some other man's wife on his arms, and cussing, and taking God's Name in vain, and everything else like that. "Say, did you hear what that preacher said? Did you?" "Yeah, I heard It!" That don't mean he's got Eternal Life. See? See?
"He that understandeth My Word," he that is an eagle!

L-161 "Now, Brother Branham, I want more Scripture than that."

L-162 All right, "My sheep hear My Voice. A stranger they won't follow."

L-163   As in the Marriage And Divorce case, the other day. When the Holy Spirit had told me that, I come said it just the way He told me.

L-164 Some minister lady give me a right sharp, little bawling out. She said, "I guess you take the place of God?"
I said, "No, ma'am."

L-165 Said, "Well, you told them their sin is forgiven." Said, "Where?" Said, "Only God has power." See, another Pharisee. See?...?...

L-166 I said, "You see, that you might know, that, Jesus told Peter and the apostles, after he had the revelation of Who He was."
He told Him, "Thou art Christ, the Son of God."

L-167 He said, "Blessed art thou," see, "son of Jonas; flesh and blood never revealed This to you, but My Father which is in Heaven has revealed It. Upon this rock I'll build My Church; the gates of hell can't prevail against It. And I give unto thee the keys; whatever you bind on earth, I'll bind it in Heaven; what you loose on earth..."

L-168   That's that Divine revelation of the Word made flesh. If It was flesh in that day by the Son, the Groom, It's the flesh today by the Bride. See? "Whosesoever sins you remit, to them they are remitted; whosesoever sins you retain, to them they are retained."

L-169 Now, the Catholic church picked that up and takes it to their priests, but that's carnal.

L-170 Watch, it was the spiritual, revealed Word that did it!

L-171 That's the reason He told them to go baptize in "Name" of Father, Son, Holy Ghost. He knowed they knew Who He was.

L-172   Talking to a little preacher the other day, he said to me, he said, "Now, Brother Branham, I've come out and joined, went over to a certain-certain church, a Pentecostal church."

L-173 Where, the Pentecostal now has started taking the round wafer, you know. You've heard of that, I guess; the kosher, the moon-god, you know. And they all accepted it and taking it. This man said... His--his congregation went to him; he said, "What I bless is blessed." Now, ain't that what the priest says, he "has power to turn it back to the body of Christ"? See, just six of one and half a dozen of the other, just the same.

L-174 And he said, "I want to ask you something." He was trying to dodge that issue of the baptism in Jesus' Name, because this was the man that said it was--it was the antichrist that did that. He said, "Do you think it's all necessary that a man should be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ?"
I said, "Yes, sir."


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