Ten Thousand Worlds

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (John 7:37-39)

85 And Zipporah went and circumcised the baby. Said, “Moses, you’re so—so concerned about everything else and about your journey, that your own boy hasn’t been circumcised.”

I just wonder a lot of times if…Sometimes I’ve met people that said, “Oh, glory to God. The Lord wants me to do a certain thing. He wants me to go to Africa, to India.”

86 I said, “Have you ever asked the milkman if he was saved? Have you ever asked the paperboy if he’d been borned again yet? How about your neighbor, are they saved?” See? Now, that’s the question. See? If it’s in your heart…

87 Here some time ago a woman met me down here in Florida. And the little woman, I have no way…I’m not the judge. But there’s a little preacher had been right here and preached at this platform. And the little fellow in another country was married and had a wife, three or four children. And this woman was a widow woman. And they had come from Texas, together over here in a big Cadillac car. And the woman come in. And she has the right to dress anyway she wants to, didn’t make nothing to me; but as a Christian woman she didn’t dress just like it. She was (oh, my!), she was…had great big long…them ear bobs (ever what you call it) hanging down like this, and she had a real lot of—of stuff on her mouth; and—and—and her eyebrows had been cut off and she had other eyebrows, with a pencil, put on. And she said, “Brother Branham,” said, “the Lord’s calling me to a foreign country.”

I said, “He is?”

“Yes!” And she said, “I’m going over with this man.”

And I said, “Well, if the Lord’s calling you, well, all right.” (But by their fruit…Didn’t look very much to me like…See?)

And she said, “Don’t you believe the Lord…?”

88 I said, “Now, don’t ask me. If the Lord’s told you, you do what the Lord told you to do. But for me, I don’t think so, for myself. I’ll just be honest with you.”

She said, “Well, why do you think so?”

I said, “The first thing, as you as a married woman with this married man don’t look very good, you staying down here in the city together. If anything brings reproach is that. See?” And I said, “Now, the first thing…”

89 Now, what had happened to that woman? The same thing would have…She had kept messing around without receiving the Holy Ghost, just like that woman over yonder today that called me and wanted to marry that man, and leave her own husband, and marry the man. She had come in such a place, maybe one time being in contact with God, but had been lusting after the things of the world. And I asked her; I said, “Have you received the Holy Ghost?”

She said, “Not yet, but I’m seeking It.”

90 I said, “You get the Holy Ghost first, and He’ll tell you what husband to have.” That’s right. See?

You—you got…That’s what it is. If you don’t, you’ll die spiritually. God’s seeking a lot tonight, that He’s knocked [Brother Branham knocks on pulpit—Ed.] at their heart so many times. And one of these times He’s going to shut the door, and—and mercy’s gone. See?

54-0103E - "Questions And Answers #2"

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Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (John 7:14-18)

27 Now remember, take it, believe it. Put your faith and turn it loose yonder with God, and the Holy Ghost will come upon you. He promised it. Then, brother, the devil looked like a little bitty fellow.

A man was telling me the other night; he said he had a dream. And said he dreamed the devil was a little bitty old devil got after him. And said, “The devil said, ‘Boo.’” And he jumped back. And every time he jumped back, the devil got bigger. He jumped back, and he jumped back, and he jumped back, and the devil got bigger and bigger all the time. And after while, he… He knowed he had to fight that devil, so the only thing he had to do then, he said he just reached over and got the Bible, and he kept backing back. He said he made a hit at him, and the devil started getting littler, going down. Said, “He knowed he had to fight him sometime.”

28 Brother, every time he hollers, “Boo” and you jump back, he will just keep getting bigger, but when you take God’s Word and stand there and say, “THUS SAITH THE LORD, it’s written.” He will take his flight; he will get littler.

Look up there and say, “Well, looky here, what kind of condition are you in?”

“I’m looking at this; I’m looking to what He said.” Amen.

God had promised. David got this little old sling, picked up five stones, put one in the slingshot, old Goliath looked over at him and said, “Well, what am I, a dog? Look what’s coming to fight me.” He didn’t understand what it was all about. He said, “Why, today,” he cursed him in the name of his gods, and he said, “why, today, I will give your flesh to the birds.”

David said, “You met me as a Philistine, in the name of a Philistine, with an armor and a spear, but I meet you in the Name of the Lord God of Israel. And this day, God will give me…”

29 Why? He knowed what he believed. He had that little old slingshot wrapped around in his fingers like this, and away he went to meet Goliath, around and around and around. Well, he said he had five stones: J-e-s-u-s. What was in five fingers? F-a-i-t-h. Faith wrapped up in Jesus, here he went.

Brother, I’m telling. It sent the rock to the killing place, and down went Goliath. You know what happened? Then the Israelites took courage, and away they went. They cut Philistines plumb to the walls. It just takes one person that’s got enough courage to step out and say, “It’s right. And God said so.” Brother, you’ll down a Goliath, and your whole family will go to cutting Philistines the first things you know.

What’s that in your hand? What can you do? Testify, sing, do something another on the job. Do something for the glory of God.

53-0508 - "God Commissioning Moses"

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Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. (John 6:60-69)

22 You know, man hasn’t changed very much. He’s still wandering about in the world seeking pleasure, restless, never satisfied, never coming to any right conclusions, never finding rest. He’s just about in the same condition that he was when he left God in the garden of Eden and went out to shift for himself. He’s been shifting ever since. And he finds it’s a rough way to go. And it looks like he doesn’t care very much, to many, just where this life will end up for them.

23 And if we could set down and take inventory, and ask the question of why are we here? How come that we ever come on this earth and what brought us here? And where is our eternal destination going to be?

24 I believe if we would all think that way for five minutes of our life, seriously, we would all speak like Peter did. Because Peter had found something in Jesus Christ that isn’t in other men. That’s the reason he asked, “To whom would we go?” He didn’t say, “Where will we go?” “To whom will we go? For Thou has the words of Eternal Life.” And wonder why that—that Jesus was so much different from other men. Why was it that He…? Or what was it He had that other men does not have? There was something about Jesus that no man has, or had had to that time. And it made Him different.

25 And I think it’s the same thing tonight, that a man when he becomes a Christian, there’s something about him that’s different from all the other walks of life. No matter how good; he may be a good citizen, go the second mile, or be a good neighbor, but when he comes in contact with Jesus, there’s something changes in him. There’s something makes him different, noticeable different.

60-0606 - "To Whom Would We Go?"

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No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:44)

59 You are not saved because you are a good person. You are saved because Christ chose you. No man seeks God; God seeks man. Jesus said, “No man can come to Me except My Father draws him first.” And if we could stop just for a few moments and realize the great importance of that one thing, that it was God Who chose you, not willing that you should perish; but give to you the opportunity, and called you, and elected you to be His servant. Well, what could be more precious than that? Without you having a choice! It would be total impossible for any man to seek God, for he is, by nature, is a sinner, and he has nothing within him to give a desire to serve God.

60 Could you go to the pig and tell him he is wrong? He is a pig, by nature. Could you tell him his diet is wrong? Certainly not. By nature, he is a pig. You should tell him he would be a lamb, but he is satisfied as a pig.

And a sinner is satisfied as a sinner, because his nature is a sinner.

61 And here it is! “We are all borned in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies;” by nature, a child of disobedience, without God, without a hope, the wrath of God abiding on us. And by the loving grace of Christ, God, in His sovereign grace and His omnipotence, knocks at your heart and gives you the blessed opportunity, and turned you around, and sent you up the road. How could you turn that down? Changes your whole desire, turns you around, and starts you the other way! Oh, you will be silly, to the world; but you will be blessed, in the sight of God. “Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled,” said our Lord Jesus Christ. God, by His amazing grace!

62 Notice, it was what God did, what God called. You had no will to call. You could have had no desire to call, because your nature was completely contrary to It. But God, by election, called you and turned you around, and set your affections towards Christ and the things Above. How could we turn It down?

57-0418 - "The Communion"

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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jeremiah 23:5-6)

8 Before he left he saw a vision of heaven. And about two hours before his passing over, he went into, in a coma, raising up in his bed, shaking hands with someone, and greeting people that he had met and preached the Gospel to, had been gone for years. I think this of him.

Lives of great men all remind us,

And we can make our lives sublime,

With partings leave behind us,

Footprints on the sands of time.

I’m sure that he got to shake hands with Paul Rader, which was an associate to him. How many ever heard of Paul Rader? He wrote my theme song, “Only Believe.” How little did he know, that that boy setting at his feet would take this song around the world. It’s called me in, I don’t know how many languages, hundreds of languages around the world, as a theme song.

9 Paul, when he died in California, they had pulled the curtains down and had—had the little Bible—the little quartet, Moody Bible Institute, down there singing songs. They were singing, “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” And of all that knowed Paul, know he had a sense of humor. And he looked up, and he said, “Who’s dying, you or I?” He said, “Pull back those shades and sing me some real snappy Gospel songs.” And they begin to sing “Down at the cross where my Saviour died.” He said, “That sounds better.”

And then he said, “Where’s Luke?” Luke was his brother. Luke and Paul stuck together and worked together like my son and I. They were brothers and buddies. He said, “Where’s Luke?” Luke was in the next room. He couldn’t stand to see his brother die. So he said, “Tell Luke to come here.” And Luke came in. He took Luke by the hand, he said, “Luke, we’ve been a long ways together and through a many hard battle. But think of it, Luke: in five minutes from now, I’ll be standing in the Presence of Jesus Christ, clothed in His righteousness.”

10 Let me go like that. Let my end be like that. I’ve held them when they screamed and fought devils off of them and so forth. I seen man go in all kinds of conditions. Let me go as a Christian. Let me come to the last beat of my heart knowing this, when I go into that big dark chamber yonder that’s called death, I don’t want to go in like a coward. I want, when I know it’s my end, I want to wrap myself in the robes of His righteousness, entering into death knowing this, that I know Him in the power of His resurrection, that when He calls, I’ll come out from among the dead, some of these days.

58-0125 - "The Queen Of The South"

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)

18 Reminds me of when I was in school, as a boy, we had had a chum there, was a very fine friend, he was an insurance salesman. And somehow, nothing against insurance, now, but I just don’t have any this earthly insurance. So some time ago, this young fellow… His brother is a Baptist minister, also, and he writes articles in the Upper…for the Upper Room. And he came up to my house, and he said, “Well, Billy, I’m sure glad to get to see you again.”

I said, “Sit down, Wilmer.”

19 We got to talking. And I knew what he was coming for. I got a brother that sells insurance, but I just never did take any, somehow. So he said, after we talked a while, he said, “I understand, Billy, that you haven’t got any insurance,” he said, “and I thought maybe I could talk to you about a policy. And…”

20 “Oh,” I said, “thank you, Wilmer, but I’ve got a—a paid-up policy.”

21 And he said, “Oh, I’m sorry,” he said, “what kind of a policy do you have, Billy?”

And I said, “Eternal Life.”

22 And believe it or not, the boy said, “I don’t believe I’m acquainted with the Company.” Says, “Where is its headquarters?”

I said, “Glory.”

“Oh,” he said.

I said:

It’s blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!

Oh, what a foretaste of glory Divine!

I’m an heir of salvation, purchased by God,

Born of His Spirit, and washed in His Blood.

23 “Oh,” he said, “that’s very nice, Billy, but that won’t put you up here in the graveyard.”

24 “But,” I said, “it’ll get me out.” I’m not worried about getting in. Yeah. Amen. I’m not worried about getting in. It’s, getting out.

25 So I—I’m so glad to have this assurance that I will come out. Because, He Who made the policy, that we could all come out, I have received that assurance in my heart, that I’ve passed from death unto Life. And I know, someday, that He’ll bring me out.

63-1116B - "Investments"

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And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord: He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. (Numbers 6:1-8)

21 God will, continually has been separating, separating, and that’s what He’s doing tonight. That’s what He always does. You can see it in every meeting. He separates faith from unbelief. He speaks out. He declares Himself to those who will believe Him and have faith in Him.

22 Now we find out, in Numbers, the 6th chapter, that a Nazarite’s call, a Nazarite call was to separate themselves from all the world, to the Word of God. That is a Nazarite call, separated.

23 We find out that Samson was a Nazarite, unto the Lord, and he was separated from the…by a sign. And this sign was that he was to wear his hair long, with seven locks. It was a—a sign of separation, that he was called for a purpose.

24 And I don’t want to get started on this, because I said that it…I was just going to speak a few minutes.

25 But I think, today, when we see our sisters wearing long hair, as the Bible said they should, I think it’s a Nazarite sign that they want to follow the Lord. And I know that sounds flat, and I—I—I want it to go home, see, because it is. It looks like somebody is trying to—to do, keep a—a something that God told them to do. No matter what the price, the world has to say about It out there, or how many scornful, or laughers, or critics, that doesn’t bother a person that’s totally separated from the things of the world, to the things of God. They’ll obey the Word, and separate themselves from the things of the world, because the Word separates them.

26 I know they stand criticism. But if we wasn’t criticized, then there’d be something wrong. The world always knows its own. But as I’ve said, that, remember, criticism, on account of the Word of God, is only growing pains of His grace. It shows that you have separated yourself to—to be a Christian, to act like one, to live like one, to obey every Commandment of God. And it’s a—it’s a Nazarite vow, to separate, a call from God that separates you from the things of the World.

27 I believe, tonight, that every man and woman, every boy and girl, that’s born of the Spirit of God, is a Nazarite unto the Lord; because they have separated them things, themselves, from the cares of the world and whatever the world has got to say.

64-0121 - "God's Word Calls For A Total Separation From Unbelief"

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When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. (John 4:47-53)

51 Jesus said that a sower sowed. And if you’ll just take It in your heart and don’t dig It up every day to see how it’s getting along. Just sink It in your heart and settle It. That’s all. Walk right on. God will take care of the rest of it. He’s obligated to His Word.

Do you know that every thing that you see tonight is God’s Word materialized? Do you know your body is God’s Word materialized? Do you know them beans there is God’s Word materialized? Do you know that concrete is God’s spoken Word materialized? You know this whole earth is God spoke and said, “Let there be,” and He believed His Own Word and a earth come into existence? If it didn’t, where did it come from?

Well, you say, “It come off the sun.” Well, who spoke the sun into existence? See? Everything is God’s Word. The worlds were framed by the Word of God. The Bible said so. God just spoke it, and He believed His Own Word, and that’s what it was.

52 Now, God has spoken His Word to us. Just believe Him and watch what happens. Now, when He speaks something… This is His Word initially first, and any other word that’s contrary to This, is not God’s Word. It has to come from this Bible.

Now, this is His Word to the nations. Now, He sets after that, in the Church some apostles, prophets, gifts of healing and other manners. And if a prophet, or a seer, would speak any word, and it wasn’t according to this Bible here, come in that fashion, or contrary to the Word, it’s not right. But this is God’s Word first. And what God speaks secondarily, that’s secondarily His Word to the individual.

53 Some time ago, it was a two—couple of women in the meeting. One of them had a stomach trouble. And when… On the platform the Lord… I don’t know whether she’s at the platform, or in the audience somewhere. Anyhow the Word spoke out, “THUS SAITH THE LORD that you’re healed.” Told her to go eat anything she wanted to. Watch that when He speaks. That ain’t me, but THUS SAITH THE LORD.

And so the woman went home to try to eat, and when she did, she liked to died. She just had an awful case of it. It went on for several days. And one morning she felt something cool pass through her, weeks later. And she begin to eat. It was all right.

She run down the street to tell her neighbor that had a big lump on her throat. And the Lord had spoke to her and said that, “She was going to be well, THUS SAITH THE LORD.” And said… Then when she went out to see her, she found her neighbor just screaming to the top of her voice. The lump had just left her throat.

54 So what happened? Here’s what it was. The Angel of the Lord Who had spoke the Word was coming through that neighborhood confirming His Word. See, see?

Sometimes they can’t get on a spur of the moment. Daniel prayed. The Angel said it was twenty-one days, I believe, before (Is that right?)—before he got to him. Now, we must remember it’s God, but when God has said anything, it’s the Truth. Hold right onto it.

53-1204 - "At Thy Word"

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar: And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. (Numbers 4:5-14)

148 We notice another thing, in the Old Testament. I have the Scripture here, in Exodus. That, the old badger skins, what did it do? It hid the Glory of God from the people. The badger skins; even people couldn’t see It, because it was a skin that held It. The skin was…The Glory of God was behind the skin.

149 And now the Glory of God is behind your skin. That’s right. And the traditions don’t see It. It’s inside the veil, where His Word was.

150 What was on the inside of that skin back there, the old badger skins?

151 Which, “There was no beauty we should desire It. And when It was made flesh and dwelt among us, It was still no beauty we should desire It.”

152 And now the same thing is today. There’s nothing in a man or a woman, that can be desired. It’s what’s in behind there. That’s what it is. “Well,” you say, “that fellow, I know he used to be a drunkard. He used to do this.” I don’t care what he used to do. What’s hid behind that skin? What is behind there, that’s what counts. That’s what, the people is blinded. The skin blinds the people. See? They say, “I remember when that woman used to.” I know what she used to, but what about now? See?

153 Them skins, that was once on the badger, but now it’s hiding the Glory of God, got It housed behind it. It was on an animal, but now it’s housing the Glory of God.

154 And so can your skin be changed, tonight, to be made a housing place for God, God dwelling in humanity.

64-0629 - "The Mighty God Unveiled Before Us"

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John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:27-30)

107 Never does He omit or change His way. God never changes His system. Do you know that, brethren? Sure, you do. He never changes His system. He always keeps it going in continuity, the way He started.

108 He never dealt with a world, only under preaching, with one man, Noah. He never had four to go down and deliver them, or an organization, in the days of Moses. He never had two on the earth at the same time. Each one of us different from one another, our features, our make-up. God just gets a hold…All He needs is one person that He can get in control; that’s His example. He did it by Moses. He did it always.

109 When Elijah and Elisha was on earth, they both couldn’t stay the same time. One was taken, the other one got his mantle upon him.

110 When John came upon the earth, He was the manifested Word of God for that hour. We know that. He was God’s manifested Word. Because why? Isaiah said, “There would be a voice of one crying in the wilderness.” Malachi, the last prophet, said, “Behold, I send My messenger before My face, to prepare the way before the people.” Now, that was not Malachi 4; that was Malachi 3. John was Elijah of Malachi 3, not Malachi 4.

111 Because, when Malachi 4, when that prophecy comes forth, the earth is to be burnt with a fervent heat, and the righteous walk out in the Millennium, up over the ashes. And it never happened in the days of John.

112 In Matthew 11, we find out that when John sent disciples down to there where…John paid Jesus the—the least respect that he could, after he had already seen the sign over Him. And said, “That’s Him. He that told me in the wilderness to go baptize in water, said, ‘On Whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, He’ll baptize with the Holy Ghost.’” He said he was sure of that. He saw the sign. Then after his eagle eye got filmed over, down in the prison, he said, “Go ask Him if He really is the One, or another.” That was disregarding the Word.

113 But Jesus knew that. He paid John a great respect. He said, “Who did you go out to see, a man dressed in soft raiment? They don’t handle the sword. They’re kiss the babies and bury the dead, they’re in kings’ palaces.” Said, “What did you go out to see, a reed shaken with any wind?” When one organization offer him a little more than the other, or some community, he’ll move to that community ’cause…? Not John.

114 Said, “What did you go to see, a prophet?” Said, “I say unto you, and greater than a prophet.” He was. He was the messenger of the covenant. He was the breach. He was the keystone between law and grace. “What’d you go out to see, a prophet? And I say unto you, more than a prophet.”

115 He said, “He was a bright and shining light, for a while.” Why? He was the Word made light. He was the Word manifested.

116 Then when He come on the scene, he said, “I must decrease; He must increase.” Two of them couldn’t stay at the same time. John had to go; Jesus remained. See? It’s always that way.

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