The Family Altar
BIBLE READING
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. (Jeremiah 16:10-13)
INSIGHTS
A little kid, one time, lived out in the country. He never seen a mirror, and he came into the city to see his mother's sister. And the old fashion homes used to have a mirror on the door; I don't know whether you remember that or not. But this little boy, he'd never seen a mirror. So he's playing around the house, and he looked in the [mirror]. "Huh?" He looked at that little boy. And he waved, and the little boy waved. And he pulled his ear, and the little boy pulled his ear, and on like that. He kept walking up, close, and he turned around and said, "Mama, that's me."
What do you look like? What are you following? What have we done? You must choose your leader. Choose today. You choose Life or death. Your choice will determine your eternal destination, what you choose. Remember, Jesus said, "Follow Me." And you're invited tonight to do so. And to follow Him to Eternal Life you must come on His terms (that's right.), the Word, not upon the creed, not upon the public opinion, not upon what anybody else thinks about it, but on what God said about it.
You say, "Well, Brother Branham, I know a woman just as good as she can be; she does this. I know a man that went through this."
I can't help what they done. God's Word, and He said, "Let every man's word be a lie, and Mine be the Truth." You've got to come on His terms, come on His conditions, the Word. You cannot come through creed; you cannot come through denomination; you cannot mix it like that. There's only one thing you can do: accept it on His terms, that you're willing to die to yourself and all your thoughts, and follow Him. "Get rid of all the things of the world, and follow Me."
I know that's a stern, cutting Message, brother. But I didn't come here and choose a message to the people just to try to make them sing, shout, holler. I been in heathen meetings where they done the same thing. I'm interested in your life. I'm a servant of God that's got to answer to God someday, and the ministry that the Lord has given me has vindicated itself thousands of times before you.
Remember, Jesus said, "Follow Me. Follow Me. Get rid of what you've got, and follow Me." And that's the only way to have Eternal Life. That's the only remedy He give this man, was the only remedy He give this businessman; it's the only remedy He gives anybody. His choice, He makes His decision; it's perfect every time. And we must follow Him, is the only way to have Eternal Life. So the leadership of God is follow the vindicated Word of the hour by the Holy Ghost.
( Leadership
December 7, 1965 )
~ Rev. William Marrion Branham
Have you answered this call like this? He is still waiting for you to come. Leaving your denomination or the well polished theology, your reason and follow. You can't hold those and obtain eternal life.
The condition of getting the Holy Ghost is when you have left other things and are devoted to Him alone. If not, there is no doubt that you have a spirit, but it is not the Holy Spirit.
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