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Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. (Galatians 4:1-2)

44 Now, in the spiritual sense after we were born into Christ, we become children of God. But then see, God knows best. Now, here’s where I say, reverently, disagree with my latter-rain brethren. You think I’m persecuting church? No, my dear brother, no. See?

Now, this boy, after he got a certain age, he had to be adopted into that same family he was borned into. Any minister knows that’s the placing of a son. He had to be adopted into the family that he was borned into. Could you imagine that? But that’s the Old Testament teaching; it’s… Paul’s referring to it here in Ephesians, the church of Ephesus.

45 Now, the thing of it is, brethren, we have tried to make each one here, and each one this, and each one that by laying on of hands and separating or setting apart. But God has to do that, the only One can do it.

Now, when the father became aware that this boy was not worthy, he never disowned him. He was still his boy. But he couldn’t put confidence in him. He was too carried about with all kinds of winds of doctrine. That’s what the Scripture says, “Be not carried about by every winds of doctrine, be stabled, always abounding in the works of the Lord, for so much as you know your works is not in vain.” Quickly, wish we could stay on that awhile.

46 But notice. This father then… The day come when this boy maybe, had been all right and was a worthy man. He listened to the father; he took instructions; he was a good boy. Then the father taken him out into the public street, and then he put a special clothes on him. And then the father had a ceremony and adopted this his son into his family.

Paul saying here, “Having predestinated us unto the adoption (See?), unto the adoption.” Moses a prefigure of it…

And then this son after he came out there, was given no longer—no longer was he just like the servant under a tutor. He was the boss. Amen. I hope this soaks real deep. Going to leave you in a minute.

47 Let’s get way down deep. This son was no more under a tutor but he was like his father. And his father give him certain things to do. The father might’ve told him, “You take care of this field over here, or you do this over here. You take care of the slaves; you take care of whatever it was.” He was in full possession (Amen.), for he was adopted into that family. And his name on a check was just as good as his daddy’s.

Now, what God has done, the reason we see these things, and know that there’s something wrong, friend. We see the promises of God; we see it in the Word of God. But God has just begin, to my humble opinion, to adopting His son, positionally calling him out to one side, giving him a certain ministry, anointing them for that purpose, and sending them out. Watch what happens when He does.

48 Everything that he give him possession over will take place. God adopted His own Son like that. Jesus, walking as an ordinary man, but one day upon Mount Transfiguration, He taken three as a witness Peter, James, John: hope, faith, and charity. Called them out, and He separated Jesus from them, and He over-shadowed Him. And the Bible said, “His raiment shined like the sun in its strength.” What was it? That special robe, God adopting His own Son.

55-0116a - "The Believer's Position In Christ"

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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. (Galatians 3:6-7)

91 Now, Abraham believed God. And it was imputed unto him for righteousness, or, allowed to his account for righteousness.

92 How do you do? You say, “Well, I—I’m—I’m some of the… I’m—I’m the Joneses; I—I—I live in a certain…” That don’t have one thing to do with it. God called you, and you accept the call. And by your faith, by accepting Christ, the Royal Seed of Abraham which calls you, then you’re justified by faith. Is that right? That’s the only way I know it. That’s the Scripture as far as I know it. I know I was a sinner, rank. God stopped me in the middle of my sin and knocked at my heart’s door, [Brother Branham knocks on pulpit—Ed.] and I turned and looked back, said, “Who is it?”

93 He said, “I’m your Lord.”

94 I said, “Then Lord let me come.”

95 I never stopped and said, “Hey, Lord, hey, where You at? I want to talk to You awhile.” See? No, you don’t do that. It’s God stops you.

96 So now, it’s by grace that God called you, not what you did, what you could do, what you will do. If you’re the seed of Abraham, God spoke to you by His amazing grace, just like He did Abraham in the 12th chapter of Genesis.

97 Now, now, and then notice: As soon as Abraham believed God by justification (Believing on the Lord, we’re justified.), immediately God called Abraham to total separation from all unbelief. Is that the way He did in you? Separate yourself from your kindreds, from all your associates; come out of the poolrooms; come out of the dancehalls; come away from the things of the world. God calls for a total separation, to Abraham’s seed, ’cause that’s what He called Abraham.

98 Are you patterning it? This instrument is Abraham, this instrument represents his seed after him. And the covenant was made to both Abraham and his seed after him. And as Abraham was called by grace, by election, so was his seed called by grace and election. See? They heard the Voice of God and believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. Heard the Voice of God in a barroom, ever where It was at, and believed God, and Abraham was commanded to abstain and to separate himself from the things of the world, and so is the seed of Abraham: separate themselves from the seed… of the things of the world.

99 Justification by faith, we could stay on that the rest of the afternoon, but we got to hurry.

61-0416 - "Abraham And His Seed After Him"

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I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

99 Oh, brother, the hour of that Token to be displayed is at hand. We can see it. We know that we’re near the end now. We’ve brought all kind of messages up, to show signs and wonders, and now here we come back for what the Church has got to do. The Token has got to be displayed. “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” Nothing else would work. It must be the Blood. Now, the Holy Ghost is our Token, from God.

100 As a great theologian, a—a scholar, a Baptist brother, fine man, fine character, when he come to me one time, and he said, “Brother Branham,” he said, “you talking about this Holy Ghost,” he said, “why, that’s nothing new.” Said, “We’ve taught It all along, through the ages.” And I—I said, well, I’ll…He said, “We received the Holy Ghost.”

101 I said, “When did you receive It?”

102 He said, “When I believed.” Cause, I knowed that was Baptist theology, that you, when you believe, you receive the Holy Ghost.

103 I said, “Then Paul said, in Acts 19, to a bunch, a group of Baptists, which, a Baptist preacher that had been one of John’s converts, was proving by the Bible that Jesus was the Christ.”

104 “When he passed through the upper coast of Ephesus, he find certain disciples, and he said unto them, ‘Have you received the Holy Ghost since you have believed?’ They said, ‘We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost.’” Then he asked how they was baptized. And they hadn’t been baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, the sacrificed Lamb. They wasn’t identified with Him, at all. They just believed it; like the medicine setting there, and hadn’t took it. Paul commanded them to be baptized over again, in the Name of Jesus Christ.

105 And when he did this, then the Token came upon them. They were identified by the works and signs of the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues through them, and prophesying, and magnifying God. They were identified as—as with their Sacrifice.

106 And the Holy Ghost is our identification. It’s what identifies us as Christians. Not our membership in churches, not our understanding of the Bible, not how much you know about the Bible. It’s how much you know about the Author, see, how much the Author is living in you. It’s your—it’s your self gone. You’re no more. You reckon yourself dead, and the Token is what lives in you. And It’s not your life; It’s Him.

107 Paul said, “The life that I now live.” He lived a different life from what he once did. “Is not me, but Christ liveth in me.” There is the identified Token that God required. Identified with our…Identification with our Sacrifice, the Life of our Saviour in us, the Holy Spirit.

108 Oh, what a—what a positive Token! There cannot be any more Token. Oh, my, if you only could catch the—the thought of it. If I had the—the power this morning, with words, to express and place into your soul that’s on the in; not your ears, but your soul, and you—you could see the guarantee of It. It—it takes, It makes you so relaxed.

63-0901m - "Token"

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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:6-9)

127 Lovely person, the other night, talked to me, come put their arms around me, and said, “Brother Branham,” said, “I want to ask you something.” Said, “If you would just compromise a little, this stuff that you’re talking about.”

I said, “What?”

Said, “All this baptism.” Said, “The churches of Chicago and all around just want you so bad, but they’re afraid you’ll mention that.”

128 I said, “Sure, I’ll mention it. Certainly, I’ll mention it.”

Said, “Well, that’s the only thing they got against you.”

129 I said, “Then they’re not got against me. I wasn’t the One that said It. God said It. I challenge any of them to come prove it wrong.” See?

130 Said, “Well, you see, you—you ought to agree and make fellowship.”

That’s the same thing they wanted him to do. God’s don’t compromise. No, sir. He doesn’t compromise.

He said—he said, “Now, Brother Branham, I want to ask you something. Did the Angel of the Lord…” Said, “We all believe the Angel of the Lord. Did the Angel of the Lord tell you This?”

131 I said, “I don’t care what the Angel of the Lord would say. If It, the Angel of the Lord, He will say That. But if He said something contrary, He wasn’t the Angel of the Lord.” I said, “Regardless of what Angel, or anything else said, Paul said, ‘Though an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel to you, let him be accursed.’”

132 Angels and everybody, some fleshly puffed-up something, say about Angels. Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and all different cults, of the Adventists and everything else, they see all kinds of things like that, but it’s always contrary to the Word.

133 But, God backs up His Word. It’s His Word. I said, “It’s the Word of the Lord. Sure. All I ever knowed was taught to me by Him. I never went to a seminary or school. It comes from Him.” I said, “Whether it was contrary…If it was contrary to That, I wouldn’t believe Him. Cause, that’s God’s Word, is first. Everything else be a lie.” God’s Word, stay with It.

61-1112 - "A True Sign That's Overlooked"

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Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. Greet one another with an holy kiss. (2 Corinthians 13:11-12)

127 A guy asked me not long ago, said, “Brother Branham, why, they greeted one another with a holy kiss.” They kissed on the back of the neck, fell upon their neck, and kissed them on the back of the neck. That was before handshake come in. It’s a greeting. That’s the way it is. They didn’t shake one anothers hands; they put their arms around one another and they kissed one another on the back of the neck, not on the lips, in the face. That starts a perversion. Stay away from it! Don’t never do that!

128 Nowadays, we shake hands with one another. If you want to…You got your arm around your brother, and kiss him on the neck, or he kisses you on the neck, that’s all right. But don’t you kiss that woman, and don’t you let that woman kiss you. See? That’s right! You take her by the hand, say, “Wait a minute, Sister, just a minute here (see?); let’s get this straight!” And so, now you do that.

129 Now what did I tell you a while ago when I first started? When you see any—a car coming down the road ninety miles an hour, get out of its way. That’s right! When you see the first twist in anything like that, get away from it; stay away from it! And just…That’s the ground you should not be on. Satan will present something to you that’ll wreck your soul and send you to hell. Stay away from it! Shun the very appearance of evil. That’s right!

130 Be a man, be a woman, like…I’m going to take up for the women a minute. That’s unusual isn’t it? They—they say, “Oh, the woman caused it! Oh, it was the woman’s fault. If she hadn’t got out of her place, well, the man wouldn’t got out of his.” That’s true. That—we’ll say that’s right. She gets out of her place. A man can’t be bad less there’s a bad woman; but remember there can’t be a bad woman without being a bad man. That’s right!

131 And you who claim to be a son of God, where is your principles? If the woman ain’t out of her place, aren’t you a son of God? Aren’t you the one that’s a higher, stronger vessel? As the Bible says she’s weaker, then if she’s weaker, then show yourself a man of God. Tell her, say, “Sister, you’re in the wrong.” That’s right! I’ve done it, and other Christians has done it. And you’ll always do it as long as you’re a Christian, but show yourself. You’re a son of God. You’re—you have more power over yourself than the woman does. If she is weaker, recognize her to be weaker. Understand her mistakes, and things like that, or try to correct her. Say, “Sister, we are Christians, we shouldn’t do that.” See? Be a real man, be a son of God, and watch the women.

132 And there’s where the great fall begin at the beginning. It was Satan with Eve. That’s what brought the whole downfall of the human race is through that.

133 And if you’re a son of God, be strong; be a real man. If you’re not that way, stay at the altar till you become that. And shun the very appearance of evil. And don’t start now greeting…

61-1015m - "Questions And Answers"

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Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (1 Samuel 8:4-5)

41 It was a time, that as in all times, that people has never wanted God to lead them. They want their own way of leadership. And this story this morning…And when you go to your home, it would be good for you to read it all the way through. It was during the time of the—the days of Samuel, the man of God, the prophet. And he had been a just man, and a good man, honorable, reputable, true and honest with the people, never deceiving them, and telling them nothing but straight THUS SAITH THE LORD.

42 But the people had come to a place where they wanted to change this program. They had looked upon the Philistines, and the Amalekites, Amorite, Hittites, and the other nations of the world. And they had seen that they had kings that rule them, and governed them, and guided them, and fought their battles, and so forth. And this seemed to be that Israel wanted to pattern themselves like these kings, and like these people.

43 But it has never been, in any age, God’s intention for His people to act like the people of the world, or to be governed or controlled like the people of the world. God’s people, as always, has been a—a peculiar people, a different people, a called-out, a separated, and altogether different in their action, in their ways, in their manner of living, than what the peoples of the world has. Their appetites for things, and all that their make-up is, has been always contrary to the things that the people of the world desire.

44 And the people of Israel came to Samuel and said, “Now, you are getting old, and your sons do not walk in your way.” Because, they wasn’t true like Samuel. They were bribers and takers of money. And they said, “Samuel, your boys is not like you, so we want you to go out and to find us a king, and anoint him, and make us a people like the rest of the peoples of the world.”

45 And Samuel tried to tell them that that would not work. He said, “If you do that, the first thing you know, you’ll find that he’ll call all your sons from your home, and make soldiers out of them, to run before his chariot, and bear armors and spears. Not only that, but he’ll call your daughters, to make bakers of bread, and take them away from you, to feed the army. And,” said, “besides all that, he’ll take a certain taxes off of you, of your grain, and all your income. He’ll tax all of that, to make certain government debts, and so forth, that will have to be paid.” He said, “I think you are, altogether, making a mistake.” But when…

46 The people said, “But we still want to be like the rest of the people.” There is something about men and women, that they long to be like one another. And there has only been one man ever lived on earth that was our example, and that was the One that died for us all, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He was the perfect example of what we should be, always about the Father’s business, and doing that which is right.

60-0515m - "The Rejected King"

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Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. (2 Corinthians 11:29-30)

97 Then Paul said, “When I am weak then I am strong. Yes!” He said, “Then will…I will glory in my infirmities of my weaknesses and so forth. I’m thanking God that I got all of it out of me. And when I get everything out of me, then God can come in. But as long as I got some of myself there, then God can’t get in.”

98 There, that’s it, we—we smother Him out. We drive Him away with our…From the poorest of us to the richest of us, from the least to the greatest, we keep God out of our lives because of our ownselves.

99 I’ve often said, “The greatest enemy I got is William Branham.” He’s the one that gets in God’s way. He’s the one that gets lazy. He’s the one that gets to a place sometimes where he thinks he can do something about it, and, when he does, that shoves God right out of the picture. But when I can get rid of that guy, when I can get to a place that he is out of the way, then God can come over and do things that William Branham knows nothing about.

100 That’s when God can use you. That’s when He can use any of you. He can use anybody when we get out of the way. But as long as we got ourselves in the way, then we cannot. All right.

101 Now we find out, this great fellow, Paul, he was a—he was a prince amongst the preachers. He was respected by every denomination. That man could have went to a city and had a meeting anywhere. Because why? He had credentials. Why, he was so great, and so determined to smash out all the people that was weak, until he got power from the high priest, the high highest authority, to bind every one of them Christians. Political power from his church, to bind all of them! Oh, he was strong! He could bind the Christians and throw them into jail because they wouldn’t agree with him upon his theological doctrines, upon the doctrines of the Pharisees and Sadducees. He was binding the Christians.

102 But, notice, he had to become bound, himself, so he could lose it, he could lose his strength and authority. He become bound, himself, to lose what he had power to bind with. He had to lose what he was, in order to be bound.

103 God passes the nobles! He passed the priests. He passed those who were arrogant. And He chose Paul, this great man, and made him fall in the dust of the earth and do things that he…like those others was doing. He made them act in the…made him act the same way that those he was arresting. He bound Paul by the Spirit of God, to get him loose from the power that he had to bind Christians with. Tell me God don’t know what He’s doing? He took away his strength in order to loose his—his hold.

61-1119 - "Perfect Strength By Perfect Weakness"

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Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:1-3)

96 And the people are trying to find this missing link. I’ll tell you, by revelation, if you want to receive it. That missing person, between animal and man, is the serpent, before he had his legs taken from him. The Bible said, “He was the most subtle of all the beasts,” not reptile, “of all the field.” He was the one who beguiled the woman, in his beauty, and she conceived. And now, by doing that, and seeing sin was coming, God put such a curse upon him till science will never find any relationship between this serpent, as known today, and mankind. But there is your fallen, degraded being, between, that hooked them animal life together. There you are.

97 “God has hid it from the wise and prudent, but will reveal it to babes such as will learn.” See?

98 There is your fallen person, the serpent. He was brought from way…the most subtle, the greatest, the most beautiful, the more-like human being. And then because of this evil that he did with Eve, He brought him down to a reptile, “To go on his belly, all the days of his life, and dust should be his meat.” There is where science can come to there, and their tree is knocked down.

99 Notice, now, as soon as the woman seen that she…the… Now, she was deceived. She didn’t bring sin. She was deceived. She thought it was right. But, “Adam was not deceived,” said the Bible. He knowed it was wrong, and she had him to do the same thing that the beast had done.

100 And she brought forth her first son, which, all the traits of the devil was in that boy. He was a murderer. He was jealous. How could it come from that pure stream of God? It had to come from the evil. And as soon as he did this, then he, the devil, used his tool.

101 She brought forth her second son, which was after Adam, and in there was Abel. And, right quick, the devil tried to destroy that righteous seed. And he turned around and slew Abel, to begin with; which is a type of Judas and Jesus. Slew him at the altar; where, Jesus, Judas slew—slew Jesus, betrayed Him for thirty pieces of silver and sold Him. All right.

56-1230 - "Joseph Meeting His Brethren"

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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; (Psalm 103:1-4)

4 Some time ago, let’s say fifty years ago, or a hundred years ago, we’d say: if someone would’ve said there was such a thing as electricity or lights, they’d have been laughed at. But there was a man named Benjamin Franklin, he got a kite, put a key on the end of it, and went fishing in the skies, because there was something in him that told him that when this light would flash, it would light. So they could catch it somehow. He knowed it was static electricity. And he caught it in a bottle. And many of you people remember, even your grammar school education, when he got it in the bottle, he begin to scream, “I got it, I got it.” He had it, but he didn’t know what he had.

5 That’s the way many Christians are today. You get saved, Jesus forgives your sins, you say, “I got it,” but you don’t know what you got. That’s as far as Benjamin Franklin took it. But what was God doing then? He was fixing to reveal to the world electricity. He had a Benjamin Franklin to do it.

6 Then He had a fellow by the name of Thomas Edison, wasn’t satisfied with, “I got it.” He said, “If—if I’ve got it, it’s got benefits for me.” As David said, “Who… Forget not all of His benefits.” So Thomas Edison, tireless nights, tried tens of thousands of wires. He would try one wire; it wouldn’t work on that kind. He couldn’t get the current to follow the wire. He tried another, another, another. Was he defeated? Certainly not. He couldn’t be defeated. He couldn’t be; there was something inside of him told him that that would light. And he believed it with all of his heart. And before… If he believed it like that, there… it’s got to happen. There’s a deep calling to a deep; there’s a deep to respond to it. There’s something had to light. With a cup of coffee and a sandwich, he’d work all night. If one wire didn’t work, he wasn’t discouraged, like many of we Christians get.

7 We ought to be ashamed of ourselves calling ourselves Christians who believe in the great Jehovah. The promises that He gives and the benefits He’s got for us, and the first little discouragement we throw it away. But not Thomas Edison, he believed that they would light. No matter that he was called crazy, but that didn’t stop him. He believed it would light. And he kept on until he proved that it would light, and he gave the world electricity.

8 Well, electricity’s been here all the time. We’ve always had electricity, but they didn’t know nothing about it until we had a Thomas Edison and a Benjamin Franklin.

53-1104 - "Deep Calleth Unto The Deep"

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But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:6-7)

56 And so then, I was talking like that. And I said, “Now, if the Lord would tell me a certain thing would happen like little—your little cripple sister setting here, little Edith… And they were poor people, but I was welcome. Had old—big old bowl of beans, pinto beans baked with corn bread, and sliced onions. And can I eat that. So I was raised on it. And I was just eating away and having a good time. And mother Wright had baked me a big cherry cobbler, you know, and out of the little tree that I used to help her pick it out of there. Mr. Wright’s in his eighties, and she’s seventy something with that afflicted girl. So I—I’d just do anything for those people I could. Poor…

57 And we was talking about building the new church up there, the tabernacle, and—and Mr. Wright said to me, “How’s the pledges coming on up at the Tabernacle?”

I said, “Brother Wright, I’m not there enough to know.”

And said, “You know what?” Said, “Hattie wanted to pluge—pledge fifty dollars towards that church, and Brother Roberson, the—the trustee of the church, one of them, the chairman, wouldn’t let her give it.” Said, “Because that’d take her about six months to dig fifty dollars out of them hills over there.” And said, “But she give twenty, and Brother Branham, she wants…”

I thought, “You know what? I—I got twenty dollars here in my pocket. Meda give it to me to pick up some eggs.” I said, “I’ll just give her that twenty ’fore I leave back. And just… She’s away from here, and you’ll never know it. So I’d—I’d bought her ice boxes and things, ’cause I felt so sorry for her up there, that little old mother trying to work away on that hill.” And so, I thought, “I’ll just give her these—this twenty dollars, is what I’ll do. When I leave I’ll just slip it so she’ll get it and that’s her twenty dollars she paid in on the church up there.” So I thought, “I’ll just give her that.”

So when I said… Something said to me, “But your Lord stood one day by the side of a—a wall and seen rich men putting thousands of dollars into a treasury. And a little widow come by and she only had three pennies, all her living. And now, what would you have done if you’d have stood there? You’d see that little widow put them three pennies in, you’d run, say, ‘Oh no, sister, don’t do that, don’t do that, because we got plenty in here; we don’t need that.’ But Jesus never told her not to do it. He let her go ahead and do it. Because He knowed He had something for her down the road (See?), little something better.” You see? So He just let her. God loves a cheerful giver.

So I said, “Well, I will just keep my money in my pocket then (See?), that’s all right then; I’ll just let it go ’cause maybe the Lord…”

59-1123 - "Speak To This Mountain"

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