^149-1b  Now, I feel that these...?... These's some of them here, are just little comments, and so forth, and I'll try to answer them first, which I tried to segregate them. And I may have to have this--use the concordance for a little while to get some of this out. And then, in here if I misquote or anything, you just perfectly call my attention (See?), and write me a note, and tell me.
Now, before we try to open this...

^149-1c  Now, the reason I'm doing this friends, I tell you; it's for a purpose; all of you know that. This meeting was for a purpose. I believe God turned me around in that snow storm yonder and sent me back for this very purpose right here. See?

^149-1d  I've had our brother pastor out, and we've went through the mill together, Brother Neville and I have. And I--and I want to see if... As one of your pastors, it's--it's my duty. And last evening... Just, when I see anything, it's just in the church now. That's the reason I never advertised this meeting; I just give it out. Just... Why, everybody's welcome; sure we want you to come. But it's just in this church.

^149-2  And I tell you, friends; I say this with my heart before God, humbly: I have never felt the anointing of the Holy Spirit to speak the words that I have in the last three nights. That's right. But it's just carried me away till I'd go home, couldn't even sleep after I got home, just such anointing.

^149-4  Now, the Lord bless you. And now, before we open up the Word... And now... Now, each one of you has a Sunday school in the morning. Of course, you're... I--I wouldn't ask you to miss your Sunday school; that's--that's your post of duty to your church. That's right. But now, if you don't go to Sunday school, come up and see us in the morning. And then if your church isn't having services tomorrow night, on Sunday, you're welcome; we'd be glad to have you at anytime. And so the Lord bless you. And greet all the Christians for me; I don't get here very much.

^150-6  Remember, I borrowed somebody's overcoat here to wear. I didn't have any coat to wear. And I went over and set in an old chair car to go to St. Louis. You remember the time? And I borrowed one of the brother's coats; it was too big for me. I carried it on my arm, 'cause it was cool and I didn't have a coat.

^150-9  And I prayed, went down to the church, waited hours after hours, set out in the old car and waited. I wasn't going to leave that case till I heard from heaven. Just setting there in the car, a vision broke before me, said, "Go tell the father and his father..." Said, "Look... Tell the woman that the other day, downtown, she bought a little white kettle. It's never had water in it before." And said, "Tell her to look in the third drawer and she'll find a handkerchief that's in a piece of paper that's never been used before. Tell her to fill it with water. Stand the father on your right hand and the grandfather on your left hand, and repeat, 'Our Father, Who art in heaven...' And as you start that, let her wipe the rag across its face. Then in the middle of the prayer have her touch its hands, then its feet. Then stand and say, 'THUS SAITH THE LORD.'"

^150-10  You know what happened, don't you? She was healed right there. And we put our hands together and walked down the street and drank a soda pop together. That's right. That's right. It stirred St. Louis. In my meeting there, fourteen thousand the first night... That's right. In Saint...

^151-12  All right, let's bow our heads while we speak to the Author of this Word now. In the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ we approach Thee, our Father. And in His Name we ask for Divine mercy, that Thou will forgive our sins and trespasses against You. And if there's any sin in this little church tonight, we pray, Lord, as--as a servant standing here, as a shepherd over the sheep, as the Bible said, "Take heed to the flock of which the Holy Ghost has made you overseer over, that you feed them..." And now, Father, I intercede for them, that You will bless them and remit all their sins. Heal the sickness that's in the midst of the people. And, heavenly Father, I pray that Your mercies will be upon us now.

^152-16  Thank you, friends, for your reverence. I just want to just to show you what many--the most of these questions was.

^152-18  [Brother Branham speaks with Brother Neville...] And this was a request from...?... for the church to pray...?... someone to go the hospital. Now, here was another one who said... I'd... I--I appreciate this asking. And Almighty God Who is my Judge, standing here now in this sacred spot... Before I left home, the Spirit of the Lord told me, said this question will be laying on here. And I--I knowed nothing about it, but I knew it would be here.

^153-20  All right, now we'll start over here on some of these. I just don't like to call right out any certain thing, and say some person or some individual like that. I just like to teach it in a way of just throw the whole thing together. And--and you understand, don't you? If I'd stand here and say, "Now, Brother Neville is so-and-so and certain-certain thing..." If I had that to say about him, I'd go up to his house and call him out and talk to him about it. See, I'd--I'd tell Brother Neville.

^153-Q-25  But, now, here is some questions. Now, I don't know where to start with; it's just a group of them laying here. It says:

^153-Q-26  26. What does the image of the beast mean?

^154-25  The pope is one fellow who teaches, the archbishop of Canterbury is another, and another, and another, and another; and I'm just one of the teachers; that's all. They'd teach and say, perhaps, I was a fanatic and I was wrong and so forth. And I have a right, if I can prove it by the Scripture... Or if they can prove it by the Scripture that I'm a fanatic, then I'm a fanatic. But if I can prove by the Scripture that they are wrong in their setup, then it's wrong; the Scripture's right. And it just have... Not one place now; it has to come all the way through the Bible, everywhere.

^154-27  The Jewish religion never was an organization; it was a free people. They had churches, but they didn't have an organization. The--God dealt with a nation, not an organization. It was a nation.

^154-29  And--and Communism, we found out, was not no--no antichrist that Jesus spoke of. Communism is--is not a nation like Russia; Communism is a spirit. America is eat up with it. It's in the churches; it's in the people; it's in business; it's in everywhere (Communism, the spirit of it). It's in schools; it's in homes, everywhere.

^155-31  Then the reformation come on, which is Martin Luther. And Martin Luther had a light, the light that the just shall live by faith, justification by faith, in the--in the reformation. A German priest which denied and said that the taking the communion when he held it... And they was supposed to say "this is the body of Christ," and he threw it on the floor and said, "It is not the body of Christ; it's a wafer." And so he renounced the Catholic church in doing so, and come out in the early reformation. Martin Luther did that, and that was a wonderful move.
Now, the...?... where Luther made his mistake, Luther organized another group just like the Catholic church did, organized the people.

^155-33  Then, directly, a new light come on. And when the new light come on, God moved out with His people. The people that was organized in Lutheran church, they had to stay with their church in order to be with the... That's just the same as the Catholics had to be, but many of the Catholics come out and was Lutherans. Well, then when Wesley come along with the message of sanctification, then many of the Lutherans couldn't leave their church; but many of them did, and made up the Wesley church.

^155-35  Now, the Bible says that... These are flat words, but I'll read them from the Bible. And you listen to your doctor, or so forth, say this, and I'm your brother teaching from the Scripture. The Bible called the Catholic church a prostitute, a whore, w-h-o-r-e. And He called the Protestant churches that followed it, mothers, or they were harlots of this mother. And what connection it was, that the Catholic church organized the thing and made all people believe in the light they had then, or what they had then. The Lutherans did the same thing. And the Bible said that she was a great woman of that type.

^156-36  And for... This is nearly twenty something years I've stood right here and asked any minister, at anytime, to come and take, not your textbook, your creed, but come take the Bible (in the Light of the Bible) and prove It wrong. See? That's right.

^156-38  Now, the Protestant church in its organization, is (according to God's Word) connected the same thing with the Catholic church.

^156-43  Now, but God said He was in His Word. This is God's Word and I believe It. I'm a Bible worshipper. That's the reason I disagree with Protestantism and of--and the way of--of this church organization, because they teach things that isn't the Word of God. So I can't help from disagreeing. I don't fall out with them; no, sir, they're my brethren. And I don't fall out with them, but I disagree with them, because I have to take what God says and let everything else be a lie. See?

^157-44  And now, that's the connection that... And now the Bible said that this woman, the Catholic church, which was supposed to be called in the Bible, Revelations the 17th chapter, "A whore, and she was the mother of harlots."... And we see that the Bible said that a woman represented a church. So then if she had daughters that's harlots, it couldn't have been boys; it'd have had to be daughters, so it had to be churches. And Protestantism was born out of Catholicism.

^157-45  And now, the next beast... Or, the next thing is this here:

^157-48  If anything... If something was made in my image, it'd have to look like me. If something made in the image of this church, it'd have to look like the church.

^158-52  And I have no creed but the Bible. This is God's Creed, and the Holy Spirit is the Interpreter of That; and He brings It on from one light to another. The Gospel I'm preaching today, if I shall live to see another hundred years, if we would, there'll be more Light. Just constantly, it's always come.

^158-54  The Protestant denominational churches is the image of the beast, because it's denominated just exactly like Catholicism is. And God never did order His Church to be organized in any age, but has always bitterly condemned it. Now, do you get it? Not the people, the church...

^158-56  Here. A French scientist said less than three hundred years ago if a man would ever make the terrific speed of thirty miles an hour, gravitation would take him from the earth: thirty miles an hour. Well, do you think that science would refer back to that today? Far be it. No, sir. They got him going about nine or ten hundred miles an hour. Yet... Or sometimes in a rocket, and then it's sixteen hundred miles an hour, and still taking him forward.

^159-58  But you ask the preacher; "Well, we'll see what Moody said about it; we'll see what Wesley said about it." I don't care what they said about it; I know what God said about it now. This is it, and I'm still looking for a greater. That's it. That's the reason...

^159-62  So you're always throwing off on the Catholics, but pot can't call kettle black. That's right.

^159-67  "Except a man..." Here's what Jesus said, "Except a man be borned of Spirit and of water he will in no wise enter the Kingdom." Whether he's Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, or whatever, you'll have to be baptized in water for the remission of your sins and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost, or you're lost. That's Jesus' own Word. So now, if you're Methodist and have received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and been baptized in water, Jesus said you'll enter heaven. If you're Catholic and have done the same thing, you'll enter heaven.

^160-Q-27  And now, let me get this one though again while we... Now, someone asked me today; two or three times I've been asked it:

^160-74  And here the Bible speaks that the United States (We picked it up in prophecy.) come up like a lamb, freedom of religion, and directly they united those things together, and he spake like a dragon and exercised the same power the dragon had before him. That's the U.S.A. That's right.

^161-77  The trouble of it is today (Some of you old-timers know this.) we got too much Hollywood evangelism (That's right.): too much of that with a whole lot of racket and carrying on, a lot of glamour, and everything like that, and tooting horns, and so forth and, "Who'll stand up and accept Christ as personal Saviour? God bless you, brother; you go to heaven right now." That's a lie. That's a lie.

^161-79  And 'course, people, the world's going to call you a fanatic, cracked at the head. The Bible... Jesus said they would do it. You're a peculiar people, and you are odd because it's so much different.

^162-82  Look last night, when the Holy Spirit predicted, nine hundred years before the Jews received the Holy Ghost, and told them what it would be, "The inkhorn--Man with the inkhorn writer went through the midst of Jerusalem and set a mark in their forehead." Is that right? Spoke of it before the church was condemned by God. And Titus besieged the walls of Jerusalem in A.D. 96, and burnt the city. And there wasn't one stone left upon another one, according to the prophecy. And today, the only thing they got left of the temple is an old wall laying there where they heaped up the stones, and it's rubbed slick where the Jews weep and wail there at the wailing wall, the only thing left of the temple. And the Moslem of Omar stands at the same place.

^162-84  But, however, the mark that was put on their head was not tattooed, was it? What was It? The baptism of the Holy Spirit. And what is the Mark that's going to be for this last day? The Bible said the Seal of God was the baptism of the Holy Ghost for the people in the last day. Now, there's no... Ephesians 4:30, "Wherefore grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you're sealed until the day of your redemption." The Bible speaks. And Ephesians 1:13 says the same thing, many other places, that the Holy Spirit is the Seal of God.

^163-86  He said, "There are three that bear record in heaven: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and these three are One." You can't have the Father without the Son, the Son without the Holy Ghost; they are One.
He said there are three that bear record in earth: the water, the Blood, the Spirit, and they are not one, but agree in one. there you are in one complete sealing: Justification under Luther, water; sanctification by the Blood.

^163-90  Luke 24:49, "Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem till you're endued with power from on high. (Acts 1:8) After this the Holy Ghost is come upon you, then you'll be witnesses of Me in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth." A Holy Ghost baptism was to last until Jesus returns again. "A little while and the world sees Me no more, yet ye shall see Me, for I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world, doing the--the things that I do, you'll do also," through His Spirit, working through the church. He said you'll be made fun of; said, "They called Me, the Master of the house, Beelzebub, the chief of fortune-tellers," said, "how much more will they call them of His household now?" Said, "Blessed are ye when men shall say all manner of things about you; rejoice and be exceedingly glad, 'cause great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you."

^163-92  But that's the connection with the Protestant church and the Catholic church. Together they are both, according to the Bible... who only holds to the church, not Jesus, now, to the church... People in the church that's holding on to Jesus Christ and praying for God to open up the way and make them--give them Light, that person's saved; I don't care what church he's in. That's right. But if he's just holding on to his denomination, he's taken the mark of apostasy, which is taking the place of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Contrary... And the Catholic and Protestant both alike, the Bible said she was a whore; they were harlots, her daughters. Is that clear now? All right.

^164-Q-28  28. So the Holy... Does the Holy Ghost still given by the laying on of hands? The disciples did this, Peter, Paul, and so on, and is it still possible? Paul received It in this manner.

^164-95  When I first started back there, by the grace of God... And you people here, and my secretaries and them setting here know; I could be in contact with ten million people, or more, in the world today. What an organization could be started. See? That's right. But I don't want a organization; it's against the Bible. I'm trying my best to get the people to be saved that's in the organization. That's the thing. And what influence the Lord has give me with people, I'll certainly use it for His glory instead of placing it on some organization. I'll put it on Jesus Christ where it belongs. No organization can save you; it takes the Blood of Jesus Christ.

^164-96  But now, in laying on of hands... Now, I'm going to different with... Now, you dear Pentecostal people, now don't fall out with me. But now when you come to a place and say, "We'll go tarry for the Holy Ghost," what a word's been used in Pentecost...

^165-99  Now--now, the Pentecostal people has taught... Now, I'll probably get plenty back on this, but I must be honest if I've got to come to the Word. There is no such a thing as tarrying meeting. You've been in error. "Tarry" doesn't mean "pray," "tarry" means "to wait." After the ascension, after Jesus Christ, the crucifixion, the cleansing of the sanctuary, and after the day of the atonement, the resurrection... The day of the atonement, when He was killed, and then it's forty days until the ascension, and then Pentecost. The word "pentecost" means "fifty." It meant fifty days after the offering of the atonement.

^165-101  Now, the firstfruits of the--of the church, the Holy Ghost church, the church that was to last these two thousand years till Jesus comes, the firstfruits come at Pentecost. It was ten days before Pentecostal time; it was forty days after the cleansing, after the killing of the sacrifice, until the ascension of Jesus Christ. He said, "Go up to Jerusalem and wait until you're endued with power from on high."
Acts 1--Acts 2, "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were in one accord in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as a rushing mighty wind, filled all the house where they were setting. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and begin to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

^166-103  And then the religious world on the outside, the great orthodox churches come up and seen those people staggering and acting like drunk people. And they come up and laughed at them and made fun of them, said, "Look at this bunch of Galileans. They're all drunk." See the misunderstanding?

^166-105  Don't pay no attention to what the world's got to say. Look what God's got to say. This is the Word of God. We have to build it according to this blueprint, 'cause He said to Peter, "Upon this rock I'll build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Everything else will take place. It showed the gates of hell would be against it, but it'll not prevail. And the people thinking they can stop it? You could stop the sun quicker. That's right. You can't stop it. God has ordained it to move on.

^16-107  Just the same thing He said when I baptized right down here on the Ohio River, many of you was standing there, twenty-three years ago, right on the Ohio River that Light, Angel, come right down to where we was at, and said, "As John the Baptist was sent for a forerunner of the first coming of Jesus Christ, your Message will bring the second coming of Jesus Christ." And it's done it. It's... He hasn't come yet, but look what it's done; it's swept the world around. See? And today now, just thinking, the--the effort that's went forth, there's been literally millions...

^167-111  Now, notice, the Holy Spirit come back there. The Pentecostal people waited, "And there--suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, filled the house where they were sitting."

^167-113  The apostolic way, God had no set rule: When the heart's hungry He'll give you what you're hungering for. If you want the Holy Ghost, It can fall on you right now.

^168-Q-29  29. If two thirds of the people of the world heard... not heard the Gospel yet, the Word of the Gospel, how much does the... (Beg your pardon. It's wrote with ink, and I've been perspiring here, and it's run into it. Let's see.) If two thirds of the people of the world has not yet heard the Gospel, how can our Lord come now, since they hadn't heard the Gospel, two thirds of them?

^168-117  And he said, "I'm Doctor Reedhead."

^169-123  He said, "I stood and talked to a staunch Mohammedan, just been educated in America, and I said, 'Renounce your old dead prophet and receive a resurrected Lord Jesus.' He said, 'Kind sir, what can your resurrected Lord Jesus do for me anymore than my Mohammed can do?' Said, 'Both of them wrote Bibles; we believe that.' Said, 'Both of them died.' And said, 'And both of them promised life after death to us, and we believe it.'"

^169-129  God's known by simple faith, by the baptism of the Holy Ghost. That's the only way. God in you, and He brings you a son of God, changes your nature. And the very same thing, God the Creator Who made all things and spoke the world into existence by His Word, that same Spirit in you, you believe everything God says, and there's nothing impossible, if you believe it.

^170-131  So Doctor Reedhead stood there; he said, "Brother Branham, could a man receive the, really, the Holy Ghost?"

^170-137  Listen. We pass tracts all around over the world. You can't go on any little corner less there's been tracts passed, somebody coming through there with theology. You go overseas today and call yourself a missionary, and watch them laugh at you. Walk into India and say, "I'm a missionary."

^171-139  "What are you going to teach us, how to drink whiskey? That's what you all do over there in your churches: smoke cigarettes? Going to teach us how to divorce our wives and so forth?" Said, "If you're going to do that, we don't want it." And said, "You're coming over here with some new theology or something another; you're going to try to teach us some of the Word; we know more about it than you do." And that's right. He said, "But if you're coming to demonstrate what the Word says, we'll receive it." Amen. There you are. That's the thing they're hungering for.

^171-141  In Africa, when those thirty thousand in one altar call received God, I said, "Raise your hands and receive the Holy Ghost." I said, "Don't wait for some American missionary to come over and teach you to learn languages in the churches." And mothers washing over boards to send a missionary over there, and ride around in a nice big car, living on the fat of the land; sure, pass out a few tracts and come back. They don't want that; proved it.

^172-143  And I've got records, right out of the Durban paper; it said, "Even if one old man couldn't even know which was right and left hand, received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and was baptizing on the average of a thousand a week." That's how the Gospel's going just in a little bit; it only needs about six months to cover the world. All right.

^172-Q-30  30. Will you explain about Christian--Christian Science?

^172-145  If I've got a cramp in my arm or in my stomach, or in--or a pain in my head, I got sense enough to know it's hurting, and it ain't whether I'm think it's hurting. But I know that God's power can take it away, not my--me thinking about it. See? So Christian Science (I'll say this along with the other that was asked me) is one of the modern day isms, and a deep dark error. That's right. Not hurting your feelings, friend, ever who wrote it, but I must be sincere. Because you who wrote it and I together will stand one day in the Presence of Jesus Christ to give an account, and I'll have to answer for what I say. Now, I wouldn't answer unless I knew. All right.

^172-Q-31  31. Now, when we're... When we live far from here... They're saying: We live too far from here to attend the Tabernacle, where do you recommend we attend, assembly ourselves together, seeing that the churches are after the mother church or Catholicism?

^173-147  I seen a man here not long ago, that was born ten years since he... or, not born, I beg your pardon, it was ten years since he had seen any sight. He belonged to a great church, and he lived at Kennett, Missouri. And he had... He was a--was a shoe cobbler years ago and went blind. And the man come on the platform, and the Holy Spirit told him who he was and what was wrong with him, told him how long he had been blind, and told him of some little, dirty deed that he had done. He said, "If God will let me live to get there, I'll make that right." And when he said that, his eyes come open; and this very same Bible, he read chapter after chapter out of it.

^173-151  So keep out of them isms. Congregate yourself with somebody who believes, associate yourselves. The Bible said, "Yoke yourself not up among unbelievers. Be ye separated," saith God. Come out. The Bible said, "Come out from among them, and be--touch not the unclean things, and I will receive you. I'm the Lord Who stands in the midst of the church." That's right. Come out. Don't associate with such.

^174-Q-32  32. Last night you spoke of the great multitude that no man could number from every tribe, nation that are--are mentioned in the 7th chapter of Revelations. Did I understand you correctly to say that they are the Bride of Christ?

^174-154  Then he looked this way, and he said, "Why, here stood a great multitude that no man could number of all kindreds, tongues, and nations stood with white robes in their hands and palms, and waving, and shouting, and singing hosannas and--to the King." He said, "Who are they?"

^175-Q-33  33. What are the Latin words over the Vatican City? We want to know how they add up to six hundred and sixty-six and what they mean.

^175-161  Now, I got the "Facts of Our Faith," it's called. The Catholic church... 'Cause my people were Irish Catholic. So I know what I'm speaking of. See?

^176-Q-34  Here's a little one, kind of a little throwback. I hate to read this, but somebody put it up here.

^167-Q-35  35. Please explain if a Christian should observe feet-washing, and baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ's Name instead of the Name of the "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Please.

^177-169  Over in II Timothy, Paul said, writing to the church, "Don't let a widow be brought into the church until she has washed the saints' feet." That's right. A feet-washing was observed all through the Bible days. And by God's help, if I keep my right mind, and God helps me, I'll observe it till I die. That's right. It is exactly a commission of Jesus Christ.

^177-Q-36  Now, here's going to be a stinging question:

^177-Q-37  I got two or three; here's one right here:

^178-171  Now, we found out last night, that when the Catholic church was organized, that it come out with false communion, saying that when you receive the holy Eucharist, meaning the holy communion there, you receive the Holy Ghost. That is not the Holy Ghost; that's a wafer.

^178-173  And now, the Catholic church brought out catechism. Luther had it; the Methodist church has it; Episcopalians have it; many of the other ones have it: catechism. Many of the traditions of the Catholic church still hangs onto the Protestant church; which forms her right in with it according to the Bible.

^178-176  Now, we'll find out why; we're going to your question, dear brother. St. John... I mean Matthew 28:19. All right, let's go back over. You turn with your Bible with me, so you can read with me. This is the place where it's spoke of. One place in the Bible of...

^179-181  Now, here's the Scripture, Matthew 28:19: only place in the Bible it ever mentioned these titles.

^180-187  Here, this is ten days; this is the ascension. And when Jesus was taken up, He commissioned His disciples to go into all the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And ten days later... They went up to Jerusalem; they waited in the upper room until the Holy Ghost come; then when they begin to preach and go on... They said, "What can we do to be saved?"

^180-194  If Jesus told the disciples to go do this, and they went and done something over here different, and yet God blessed it, and all through the Bible... Now, did they do what Jesus told them not to do? If they did, they disobeyed, and God will never honor disobedience. If He would, He would've honored Eve and stopped the whole thing in the beginning. When God says anything, He's got to keep His Word; He's sovereign. So then either Peter made a mistake...

^181-197  Let's just make it just This, act real sensible and see what the Word says. Now, this is for education; for you to know the Word of God.

^181-199  Look down on your Bible and see if that says "in the names of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost." Does it? No, sir. Did it say, "in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost"? It said, "In the Name..." Is that right? Well, the "name" is singular. Is that right? Well, which name did He want them to baptize, the name of the Father, or the name of the Son, or the name of the Holy Ghost? He said, "In the Name." Well, frankly, there isn't either one of them a name.

^181-201  Now, listen closely. What... Look here. I'll take this on just like a baby basis. If you said, "Well..." Like you was reading a--a storybook, and it said, "John and Mary lived happy ever after." And you wonder then, "Who is John and Mary?" Well, the only way you'll ever know who John and Mary is, is go back and read the beginning of the story and go through it. Is that right?

^182-203  First thing is to straighten out you on your trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Now, in the first place, not one place in the Bible was trinity ever mentioned. You find it and show it to me. There's no such a thing. It's Catholic error, and you Protestants bow to it. Notice. Now, what is this? I said this is Who? Father. This is Who? Son. And this is Who? [Congregation says, "Holy Ghost."] Now, the Father is the father of Who? The Son. Is that right? Now, this is Jesus' Father. Don't get them mixed up, now. This here is the Father; this is the Son, and this is the Holy Ghost. Is that right? Now, the people put it, "Three different people, three different Gods, three different personalities." No wonder the Jews can't understand it. All right.

^182-204  Matthew the 1st chapter starts off with genealogies of Jesus Christ, "Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob," so on, down like that till it comes down to the 18th verse:

^183-207  Now, let's read a little farther:

^183-209  Now, Who is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost? Did Peter do wrong? He done what Jesus told him. That's three titles.

^184-213  God is like a three-foot rule, or, a three-foot rule, yes. The first twelve inches was God the Father; the second twelve inches, God the Son, the same God; third twelve inches was God the Holy Ghost, the same God. Jesus said...

^184-216  You see, you misunderstand it, friend. It's one God in three dispensations. The dispensation of the Fatherhood, Sonship, and Holy Spirit, it's the same God. And when He said, "Go baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit," it was Jesus Christ. And that's why we baptize in Jesus' Name.

^184-219  Now, when they were baptized at the day of Pentecost, they were baptized (Acts 2:38) in the Name of Jesus Christ. Is that right? Write it down, look it up.

^185-222  Every person in the Bible was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. Paul... I mean, John's disciples wasn't baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ; they were baptized unto repentance. Let's turn over to I Corinthians... I mean, let's turn over to Acts the 19th chapter just a moment, and read this just a minute, so you'll see, my friends, that it's not--it's not... We're not... The Scriptures doesn't contradict Itself. Look here:

^185-224  Listen. What if you'd been baptized by John the Baptist, the same man that baptized Jesus Christ? A holy man, where Jesus said, "There never was a man born of a woman as great as John the Baptist." He's the chief of all the prophets. He led Jesus out in the water and baptized Him right in Jordan. Brother, if I was baptized by him, I'd feel pretty good about it. Is that right?

^186-230  And go ask any Catholic priest that you want to; ask them who changed that, and see what they tell you. Get the catechism and read it; say, "Sure, some of the Protestants will be saved because they bow to our baptism." They changed it. They say they have the power and authority to do it, and you believe it. That's what they say; that's what they claim; that's what the Protestant church bows to. But Scripturally it's absolutely not one ounce of Scripture about it. They had to be baptized over in the Name of Jesus Christ.

^186-231  Now, listen, quickly now, so we get right... I don't want to hold you too long on these questions. Look, in the day when Jesus come down off the Mount Transfiguration with His disciples, He said, "Who does man say that I am, and what do they say?"

^187-235  Now, the Catholic church says, "It was Peter." They had a rock there, and it still lays under the Vatican City (and that was in Jerusalem, in the--Palestine). And they said that that was the rock.

^187-239  Now, watch now the next, He says, "And thou art Simon, and I give unto thee..." because he had the spiritual, revealed truth. That's the reason he knowed the difference between Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He had a spiritual revelation. That's what you're understanding tonight, where the Holy Spirit's opening it up to us.

^188-241  Now, He said, "Some standing here will not see death until they see the Kingdom of God coming in power." Just a few days later till Pentecost. See? "Some stands here," right in that same place--thing He was saying it, "Some of you stands here..." He just been transfigured, said, "You won't see death until you see the Kingdom of God coming in power."

^188-243  Now, look what an error they made, go out and forgive sins and so forth like that, what an error. Let's see. They put the keys on him. Now, He set his face right straight to Pente--or right straight to Jerusalem. He was crucified, died, rose the third day, was on earth forty days among men, ascended up into heaven, told them to wait till they seen the Kingdom of God come upon them; at this time the Father will restore the Kingdom in a spiritual form to them. They went up to the city of Jerusalem and waited there for ten days and nights, and all of a sudden, the baptism of the Holy Spirit (the Kingdom of God) come with power upon them. Is that right?

^188-245  Now, watch. Peter, uneducated, couldn't even sign his own name (A pope? Yeah, a pope) stood upon a little soapbox or something and begin to preach. He said, "You men of Judaea and you that dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and hearken unto my words. These are not drunk as you suppose, seeing it's the third hour of the day; but this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel. 'It'll come to pass in the last days,' saith God, 'I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and on My handsmaids and maidservants will I pour out of My Spirit and they shall prophesy. I'll show wonders in the heavens above, and the earth below, fire, pillars of fire, and vapors of smoke.'" On he went, speaking of David and so forth.

^189-246  And when these critics stood there, said then, "Men and brethren, what can we do to be saved?"

^189-251  And take your creeds and dogmas, and whatever you wish to, but it'll fail miserably (It has been.), but the power of the living God shall move on and on into eternity. Like a streak of radium, She moves on (Notice.) without end.

^189-254  He didn't say "All of you go... And now, Jesus told me a few days ago, for all of you to go and be baptized in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Not a man that had spiritual revelation, wouldn't say that. He said, "Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that's far off, and as even as many as the Lord our God shall ever call." That's it. Then the key stuck in, and it locked; it locked in heaven.

^190-257  You didn't know it before; you know it now. Huh. It's all right. That's up to you. That's true. But a tritheist, triune baptism was never recognized in the church, the New Testament, only in the Catholic church; and the Protestant church bows to it. Watch. Many people would fall out with you for that. But, brother, you got to make your choice.

^190-260  Now, to you dear people, I'm not hurting your feeling; I don't want to. I ask you to be humble and not... Look at this thing in the face and see what it looks like. Look at it in the face of the Bible, not in your church or some foolish, silly thing somebody's got puffed up in their head, but look at God's Word. Sure.

^190-Q-38  Now, let's see:

^191-264  Now, this Tree of God bears nine spiritual fruits. Is that right? All right. There's all different... Said, "One was given teach... knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues." Nine different spiritual gifts grow on this Tree of God. Is that right? Well, now, just speaking in tongues isn't the only one; there's others in there too.

^191-266  I stood in India--in Africa and seen witch doctors come up and challenge me like that with their enchantments, and even drunk blood out of a human skull. That's right. You better know what you're talking about when you face that. But I've seen the power of Almighty God bind that man till he couldn't move; stood there and his eyes glassy like that, and they pack him away. Yes, sir.

^192-268  If a genuine Holy Ghost person is born of the Spirit of God, he'll live a godly life. Some of them men was living horrible lives, and you know that; and their fruits proved that they wasn't. Jesus said, "By their fruits you shall know them." And the fruit of the Spirit is not speaking in tongues; that's a gift of the Spirit.

^192-Q-39  39. I have two boys; (one's two and one, five), and they have been sprinkled. Should they be baptized by immersing?

^192-Q-40  40. Will only those who have the baptism of the Holy Ghost be in the rapture of the church, or will all believers be indicated?

^193-274  Didn't Jesus teach that ten virgins went out to meet the Bridegroom, and five of them... Or all of them were virgins, pure, holy. And they... These went to sleep and didn't get the Holy Ghost; and these got the Holy Ghost, had Oil in their lamp. And when the Bridegroom come, the Voice come, shouting, they said, "Oh, let us go. And give us some of your Oil."

^193-276  To you women, when you lay down a pattern. It's a nice piece of goods, the same goods in it, but you take like this and lay your pattern just the way that you're going to cut it. And then you cut it. That's up to you. But you take the goods that you cut to make your garment out of, and the rest of it is used. It's just as good a goods as the rest of it, but by election you have chose that. Is that right? The rest of it is just as holy and just as good, and just as expensive as the rest of it, but that was your choice.

^194-Q41  41. If you are supposed to be baptized in Jesus' Name, why would Jesus say in Matthew 28, "Be baptized in the name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost"? That's just what I just got through explaining, that one.

^194-Q-42  All right, are you getting tired? I know you are. But...

^194-281  Look, Jesus come to manifest the Father. Look. in the beginning God made man in His own image. Is that right? Well, what is God? A Spirit. St. John the 4th chapter, Jesus speaking to the woman at the well, He said, "God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and Truth." Is that right? If God made man in His own image, what kind of man did He make then? A spirit man.

^194-282  Then when man fell in flesh... And if God sent another individual besides Himself down, He was unjust. The only way God could justly do it was take the man's place himself.

^195-287  A lady, here not long ago, I was talking that, jumped up, said, "Oh, Brother Branham," said, "I--I know what you mean. They are one; sure they're one." Said, "You and your wife are one too. That's the kind of one they are."

^195-291  Listen. A woman said to me not long ago, said, "I'll prove to you," a Christian Science woman. Now, Christian Science friend, be reverent just a minute. See? And said, "I'll prove to you that He wasn't nothing but a man." Said, "You put too much bragging on Jesus."

^196-294  She said, "I'll tell you, when He went down to pray for Lazarus, to raise Lazarus up," said, "I'll prove to you He was just a man."

^196-301  I said, "Lady, He was a man when He was a-pray--when He was weeping. That's right. He was a man when He was weeping, but when He straightened His little frail body up and said to a man that had been dead four days, 'Lazarus, come forth.' And the man that had been dead four days, and rotten, and the skin worms crawling through him, corruption knew its Master and the soul knew its Creator; and a man that'd been dead four days stood on his feet and lived again. That was more than a man."

^197-302  He was a man when He was out there in that boat that night after preaching all day and healing the sick, so tired till ten thousand devils of the sea swore they'd drown Him. That little old boat out there bumping around like a bottle-stopper, the great waves a-flashing from place to place, and Him laying, so tired till the waves didn't wake Him up... The devils was a-roaring, said, "We'll get Him now while He's asleep." But when He awoke--woke up there, He was a man; He was so tired. But when He put His foot on the brail of the boat, and He said to that sea, "Be still." And the winds and the waves obeyed Him. That was more than a man. That was God, the Creator Who made the heavens.

^19-304  That was more than a man. That was God. He was a man when He was tacked at the cross as a Sacrifice to take away sin. He was a man with nails drove in His hand. He was a man with thorns over His head. He was a man that mockery soldiers spit on Him. He was a man was bruised, striped, and wounded. He was a man. He was a man when He cried, "My God, why has Thou forsaken Me?" He was a man crying for help. But on Easter morning when the seals of death broke loose at the tomb, that was more than a man. He proved He was God.

^198-306  That's that great Person the Lord Jesus. He was Jehovah, God inveiled in flesh. The Bible said, "Whatever you do in word and deed, do it all in His Name." The Bible said the whole family in heaven is named Jesus, and the whole family on earth is named Jesus. Let's pray in His Name, live in His Name, teach in His Name, die in His Name, buried in His Name, baptized in His Name, resurrect in His Name, go to heaven in His Name. That's His Name, and His Bride is named Mrs. Jesus. He'll take a people out of the Gentiles for His Name's sake.

^198-Q-43  43. Does not the Pentecostal church baptize in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?

^198-Q-44  44. If a person dies without the baptism of the Holy Ghost will he be lost?

^198-Q-45  45. Brother Bill, does the Bible say anything about gambling?

^198-Q-46  46. Will you explain I Corinthians 15:29?

^199-Q-47  47. Will the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39 be fulfilled before the rapture?

^199-316  I said, "Mr. Bohanon, the only thing that you got, you got three different things mixed up, calling it the Bride. You're calling the hundred and forty-four thousand who stood with the Lamb on Mount Sinai the Bride. They were not. You're calling the ones... Spurted the water out of his mouth to make war with the remnant of the woman's seed which was not the Bride; that was what was left. The Bride was in heaven, the hundred and forty-four thousand there, and the nominal Christian going here to the persecution. And that's right." [Blank spot on tape...]

^199-317a  Read, brother, now if you have it.

^199-317c  All right. I just have this--just about one more after this one.

^200-Q-48-50  48. Brother Bill, it is... Is it out of order for someone to get up and give messages in tongues while the preacher is giving the--out the Word?

^200-Q-49  And this person's got three questions here, and the other one is:

^200-Q-50  Third, third one:

^201-324  Now, you people that speak with tongues and has got gifts of tongues, God bless you. You're needed in this Tabernacle. I want you here. But now, the--the thing's in order, don't never do it while the preacher's a-preaching. If you do, you're out of order. See? You mustn't do it. For the Bible said, "The spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophet." And when a man is preaching, he's got the floor; he's got the audience. The Holy Spirit's going to speak through him. When he's finished, then's the time for the message. You see? So don't get out of order; if you do, then you interrupt and you'll--you grieve the Holy Spirit with the message that's going forth.

^201-325  Here not long ago, I was in a meeting up here somewhere in Washington; many thousand people were setting there. And my manager, which is a real Bible expositor, he was standing there speaking on Divine healing, anointed; the Holy Spirit was speaking. A lady raised up and begin to speak with tongues, and he waited just a moment, then he started right on. The Holy Spirit begin grieved, you could see it amongst the people. He started to speak again, and she raised up; and he said, "Sister, set down in the Name of the Lord." Said, "You're out of order." And the ministers took her over there and let her know.

^201-326  Now, what it is, those gifts are in the world; they're in the church now. The gifts are in the church, but the poor little children get those gifts and don't have the teaching to know how to control it. If you'd miscontrol it, you'll do more damage than you will good. See?

^201-328  Now, when you... When the pastor or the evangelist, or whoever it is, is a-preaching, hold your peace. Paul said to do that. You see? Now, and then he said, "You may all speak, one by one." That's true enough. And he said, "I would that you would all speak with tongues." That's good.

^202-330  How... If you put seed in the ground and don't cultivate it, what's going to happen to it? See? It will lay there in dry dust, and rot; it'll do no good. These gifts have been in the church all along, but just now the water's begin to fall, the Pentecostal rain, to water it and bring forth fruit. Now, use it in the right place.

^202-333  And there's where the Pentecostal people has brought reproach to their name. The very name Pentecost, you can mention it and the people will jus