24-0129P_THE ABSOLUTE IN LIFE PT-5
Act 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Act 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Act 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Act 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Act 26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Act 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Act 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
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98 I'm thinking of one right now, as in closing, would be George
Washington, when America was young and we were fighting for life, the life of
this great nation that we have. George Washington was a Christian. He was a
believer. And down at Valley Forge, I'm told that the American soldiers only
had, about one-third of them, had on shoes. And the winter was cold, and the
zero weather, and the river frozen and gorging over. And the British on the
other side. And the life of this little nation was at hand.
99 What did he do? He was a Christian. He goes out
in the nighttime and kneels down in the snow, and prays until he was wet with
snow water up around his waistline. And he stayed there and prayed until he got
the absolute, the answer from God, that God was going to give him the victory.
100 And the next day, at Valley Forge, was nothing to him. He crossed the Delaware, pushed through the ice with half-dressed soldiers, half froze, their bare feet on the ground, in the snow. And he took it, when three rifle bullets went through his coat. Why? He was trusting in the absolute of an answered prayer. Amen. The very backgrounds of our nation based upon such a thing.
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101 What's the matter with people
today who claim to be Christians? Why are we disturbed in an hour like this?
Let's not be disturbed. Let's be soldiers. Yes, sir.
102 He prayed until he got that answer. Then, no clouded river, no bare-feet soldiers, regardless of the circumstance, they could take it because God had said so. A bullet couldn't even kill him, from an enemy's rifle. Certainly. Why? He had had a prayer meeting. He got the answer.
103 How well it was one night, when Apostle Peter was in the jail, and they
were going to kill him the next morning. He was going to die under capital
punishment, as this little Jew is going to do now. But what did they do? They
did the same thing that we here in Houston are trying to do. They formed a
prayer meeting at John Mark's house. While they were praying, the Angel of the
Lord went to the prison, and opened up the prison bars, and opened the gates.
And beyond that, led Peter out, and come right down to the prayer meeting.
104 I believe, tonight, that that same God lives. If He isn't the same God,
then there is something wrong. Certainly.
105 What was it done? By a prayer meeting, by faithful Christians who believed, and believed that God would deliver their brother from capital punishment. Them were Christians who stayed all night and laid upon their faces, and cried out and prayed.
*IF YOU LOVE GOD, WELL, WELL, WE SHOULD BE BUSY. IT SHOULD BE OUR--OUR HOPES, OUR DESIRES. IT SHOULD BE. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN US SHOULD BE IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
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106 As I heard one of the ministers,
a while ago, saying he was going to cry out, all night long. The trouble of it
is, today, people let down. They get tired, sleepy. They can't even set through
a ten-minute service, hardly. Well, it--it's something wrong.
107 If you love God, well, well, we should be busy. It should be our--our hopes, our desires. It should be. Everything that's in us should be in the love of Christ. Amen. We set so slothful. We set so unconcerned, when the world is dying under our feet. That's right. Men's lives going out, without God, and we set so--so unconcerned about it. As long as we belong to the church, that's all we think that makes a difference.
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108 I was talking about the Coming of Christ,
a few weeks ago, in a certain church. And afterwards there was someone met me
in the back of the church, and said, "Brother Branham, you scare people to
death."
I said, "Why do I do that?"
109 He said,
"Well, you talking about the Coming of Christ. I don't want to hear such
things as that. I got a little boy here I got to raise. I got a girl in
school."
110 "Oh,"
I said, "the Coming of Christ is the most glorious thing I can think
of." Certainly. See?
111 The Bible said, "All those who love His appearing." Oh, my, for a day that when this old mortal will take on immortality, and this--this pest-house that I live in will be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, and a body like His Own glorious body! It should be the heart's desire of the Church. It should be every man and woman, on fire, preach in the streets and everywhere else, trying to get souls saved. Certainly.
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112 I'm wondering if we've really
tied to that absolute that we claim to. Are we looking at the right morning
star? If we're just trusting in our church and our denomination, our
affiliation; as the world changes, it changes with that, round and around.
113 But there's one Star that never change. There's one thing that can never change, that's God. God cannot change. His Word cannot change. His Bible cannot change. And if a man is born of the Spirit of God, with Christ in him, it punctuates every promise with an "amen." That is right. Certainly.
*BUT CHRIST IS THE ABSOLUTE. HE'S THE ONE
YOU CAN PUT CONFIDENCE IN.
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53-6 That's why I know the
Holy Spirit is my Compass that guides me. He is the One that makes me know this
Word is true; He is my Absolute; He is my Sunshine; He's my Life; He's my
Anchor. When
troubles are on, He's my North Star. When I'm lost, the
Holy Spirit is my Compass that guides me back to the place.
Denominations are like other stars; they shift with the world. Other stars shift as the world shifts, but not the North Star. The world can shift where it wants to, but it stays put. Oh, brother. The North Star is anchored. The others shift around; you can see them here and there, and everywhere else. That's the way with the denominational churches. But Christ is the absolute. He's the One you can put confidence in. When the denominations got you all twisted up, just look at the North Star. The Holy Spirit is your Compass.
*… I HAD FOUND THAT ABSOLUTE, THAT
SOMETHING THAT HELD ME WHEN THE STORM WAS ON.
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240 See, I had found that Absolute,
that Something that held me when the storm was on.
241 Someone said to me, said,
"Billy, did you keep your religion during the time of your trouble?"
I said, "No. It kept
me." See?
242 That's what it was. I was tied
to Him in the hours when my strength was gone, and there's nothing I could do. My anchor held within
the veil of His Word yonder.
243 Where, sometimes I don't understand it. Sometimes I think, "What makes me do the things I do?" There is Something withinside me, pulsating me. I can't keep from doing it, brother.
*BUT WHEN GOD PLACES HIS SPIRIT IN THE
MIDDLE OF YOUR NEW SPIRIT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACT MEEK; YOU DON'T HAVE TO
ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN. IT CONTROLS EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN YOU.
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E-44
Then
God's Holy Spirit... God's new heart that He put in you, sets right in the
center of you. That's your--your impulse, where
you--you--your--your emotions goes out. And the new Spirit sets right in the
center of the new heart. And God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit, sets right in the
center of your new Spirit, and there It controls your emotions.
It's just like the--the
mainspring in a famous watch, and it's self-winding. You don't have to wind it
every day. God's wound it once for all. And it sets right in the
middle of the--of your life--your new life. And as the mainspring, as it
relieves and ticks away the watch, it controls every little organism of that
watch to perfect time.
E-45 And when the Holy Spirit, not the new degree, not the new church, not the new thought, not the new emotion, not the new oil, not the new dance, not the new lips, not the new tongue, not the new this, not the new hat, but when God places His Spirit in the middle of your new spirit, then you don't have to act meek; you don't have to act like a Christian. It controls everything that's within you. It puts you in decent, makes the church act orderly, makes the gifts work perfect…
*… IF THERE IS NO GOD, THEN LIVE, EAT,
DRINK, AND BE MERRY. IF THERE IS A GOD, LET'S SERVE HIM.
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54-1 He ever remains true
to His Word. When
they told me that them things couldn't happen in a modern day like this, I
knowed if--if there--if there is no God, then live, eat, drink, and be merry. If there is a God, let's serve Him. And I've lived to
see the day that He has performed everything, even to raising the dead when He
was here on earth. And we know that by documented statements that it is the
truth. Yes, sir. He is my Absolute.
Now, make Him your Absolute. Take in the--the time of my trouble; He's always a Absolute. Now watch, by the grace of God... (Now, I just better close. It's getting late. Well look here, I thought it was eleven o'clock, and it's 12:30.)
*YOU THAT'S HOLDING TO THE ABSOLUTE,
THAT'S RIGHT, WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF GOD WORKING IN IT.
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204 There'll be a Rapture. You think, two or three people here, and one
over here. And somewhere else, somebody come up missing, thought they run away
from home. They, better be careful, they might be gone. Looking for a Rapture,
and it already passed. Now, that isn't contrary to the Word. No, it isn't. He
come like a thief in the night. See? They would be gone before you know it.
205 God places His--His great power out in the Church, and it don't take a
great big group in. It takes a minority. "Fear not, little flock. It's your Father's good
will..." You that's holding to the Absolute,
that's right, with the confirmation of God working in it.
206 So, you see, we're living in a terrific time, and that's what, that
pressure is upon the church. Well, you want to see something. You want to see
something. But, now, how can God ever watch over His Word, to vindicate It, and
the person disbelieving that Word and won't receive It in their heart? How can
the sun shine upon a seed and bring it to life, when it hasn't got any life in
it? It's got to be a germitized seed. So, a creed is germitized to make more
members.
207 But the Word is germitized to make saints, make believers. That's right. God works to perform His Words. He--He watches over It, to vindicate It. Yes, sir.
*I JUST BELIEVE IT. GOD, IT'S UP TO HIM
TO DO THE REST OF IT. JUST BELIEVE IT. ACT UPON IT.
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54-3 Friends, all day, all night, all
year, and all through eternity, could never speak of it. Don't try to figure it
out. You can't. There's no way of figuring it out. You say, "Brother
Branham, if--if you..."
I don't know; I just believe; I quit trying to do anything about it; I just believe it. That's all. See? Not him that runneth, or him that willeth, it's God shows mercy. See, not by works, it's by grace. See? I just believe it. God, it's up to Him to do the rest of it. Just believe it. Act upon it.
*MAKE HIM YOUR ABSOLUTE. STAY THERE; THE
SWEET PEACE AND AN EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET; ANCHOR TO THAT…
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55-3 Think of it, when about
three-fourths of the earth is water. And look at the hydrogen and oxygen in the
air, the humidity and stuff. See, if every moisture was ink; and think of the
billions, and trillions, and trillions of straws which would be quills. And
think of the billions of men that's been on earth, and every one of them a
scribe by trade. To dip them pens into the ocean and try to figure out the love
of God would drain the ocean dry; or could the scroll contain the whole, though
stretched from eternity to eternity.
Don't figure it out; you can't. You lose your mind trying
to figure it out; just believe it. Make Him your
Absolute. Stay there; the sweet peace and an experience that you'll never
forget; anchor to that, and your anchor will hold within the veil. Let's
bow our heads.
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