<TITLE>02. Par 13-25</TITLE>L-13 I said, "Exactly right, sir, it's true. But we read here that they actually... Paul taught taking the literal Lord's supper. 'This do in remembrance of Me,' said Jesus. 'As oft as you take it in remembrance of Me, you show forth the Lord's death till He comes.'" See? Now, we are to take it.

L-14 We understand that Saint Paul, who ordained it in the Church, being the prophet of the New Testament. Peter, James, John, all of them, they wrote (why, Matthew, Mark, Luke) what Jesus did, as scribes. But Paul set the thing in order, he was the--he was the prophet of the New Testament. Just as Moses went into the wilderness to receive the inspiration to write the--the five Books of--of... the first five Books of the Bible, well, Paul also went into the desert and received inspiration from God, to set the New Testament Church in order and type It with the Old.

L-15 Under there they had the sacrificial lamb, that Israel kept that for a memorial. It was actually used one time, coming out of Egypt. But then they kept that as a memorial all down through the age. Well, "if the law being a shadow of things to come," you see.

L-16 Now, I do believe that communion (what we call "communion," now) is to... is "the Lord's supper."

L-17 Now, we only have three physical Divine orders left to us: one of them is--is communion; feet-washing; water baptism. That's the only three things. That's the perfection, of the three, see. And that's the only three orders we have. We realize that that was the issue given by Saint Paul in the New Testament.

L-18 Now, if we would say "the communion should just be taking the Word," I don't believe anyone has a right to take the Lord's supper until he has taken the--the Word of the Lord into his heart. See? Because I'm going... I'll read something for you in a few moments and you'll see. Now, notice. Then, why then would we--we would...

L-19 On the same basis we could absolutely justify the Salvation Army. They do not believe in any form of water baptism, said, "We don't need it." Now, if we don't need water baptism, why are we baptized? Said, "The water can't save you, the Blood saves you."

L-20 I'll agree with that. That--that's right, the Blood saves you, not the water. But we must take the water as an outward emotion that an inwardly work of grace has been done. See? So must we on communion!

L-21 When we have taken the Lord, our Sacrifice, into us, as a matter of spiritual Birth into us, and His Body, we live by Him by the Word, we also should symbolize it because it's a commandment. "Repent, every one of you and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins."

L-22 Paul said, "I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, 'That the Lord Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread, and brake it and give it to the disciples, and--and said, "Take and eat, this do in remembrance of Me." For as often as you take this bread, you show forth His death till He comes.'" Now we find out that, in that, they had people who come and...

L-23 This precious brother, a very dear brother, he came and he said, "I never--I never did take it, Brother Branham, I don't understand what it is." Said, "I been taught the other side."

L-24 I said, "But remember, we will admit that Saint Paul set it in order in the early Christian Church. They went from church... from house to house, broke the bread with singleness of heart, and so forth. Now," I said, "he did put it in the Church. Galatians 1:8, he said, 'If an angel from heaven comes and says anything else, let it be accursed,' you see, see, the same one that had them to be rebaptized again from the baptism of John, to be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ."

L-25 You see, there are three things that we must--three things that we must do as symbols: the Lord's supper, feet-washing, water baptism. See? There's...


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