A Spirit Manifested Life

A Spirit Manifested Life

'It wasn't Word, plus - It was Word'

(Beaumont, Texas)

Bro. Lee Vayle - January 18, 1978

Shall we just pray another time. Heavenly Father, again we come into Your Presence through our Lord Jesus Christ our Advocate, the One who stands interceding for us, so therefore we know that we are accepted not of ourselves, but in You and we just surely appreciate that, it gives us boldness to come to Your Throne of grace. And every time of need, in our time of need at this moment is to have Your Spirit so direct our thoughts and mind, that we might truly know what the Word of God is to come to great decisions concerning It, Lord. We can put our full trust in It, because we know what It says. Now, Lord, we just lean upon You and believe that You've heard us, and we thank You now for giving us the answers in Jesus' Name. Amen.

1. Now, just remain standing while I read a couple of verses of Scripture here. The Book of Acts chapter 1:4-5, and then 1-4, in chapter 2: It says:

(4) And, being assembled together with them, (that's Jesus)commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, (you) have heard of me.

(5) For John truly baptized with water; but (you) shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

Beginning chapter 2:

(1) And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

(2) And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

(3) And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

(4) And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

That's fine, you may be seated.

Now, tonight I want to bring a message on 'The Spirit Manifested Life', or the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. Now, you'll notice the promise Jesus gave that they should wait for the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem. And He makes a very discerning comment, for He said, "For John truly baptized with water, but you should be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence."

2. Now, in that I see that Christ was making the baptism with the Holy Ghost not only more important than John's baptism in water, but, actually letting the people know that this is an experience that was even more overwhelming than baptism in water. As Bro. Branham was asked a question, "Can you receive the Holy Spirit and not know it?"

He said, "Can a woman have a baby and not know it?" Well, he said, "Only if she's anesthetized." And so we see that there has been a great promise given by the Lord that the people should be filled with the Holy Spirit. And of course we see the historical account of the coming of the Spirit in chapter 2 of the Book of Acts.

Now, the reason I say this is the historical account, is because It is the historical account. And you cannot build doctrine upon It as to say, "Well, they had that experience, I can have the same experience." Now, basically you can in the sense that you can receive the Holy Spirit. But it isn't incumbent upon anyone to believe that each person will receive the Holy Spirit, and speak in tongues as they did on the day of Pentecost.

3. Now, I want to just read some quotes that Bro. Branham left us in his Messages as to what the evidence of the Holy Spirit is, or the baptism with the Holy Ghost. And the reason I'm doing that, is because from what has taken place in the Twentieth Century when people that gathered began speaking in other tongues, and this man Charles Parham asked some young students to search the Bible and to find out what the evidence of the baptism with the Holy Ghost was. Which is plain English is: what evidence is there to make you know, or others know that you're genuinely baptized with the Holy Ghost, or full of the Holy Ghost? That's the idea here.

And so, the boys began searching the Scripture, but unfortunately they glued most of their attention on the Book of Acts, where three out of five times people spake with tongues. And so they said, "Well, if you speak three out of five times in the Book of Acts, well, that's a good as five out of five, so we'll just say that's the evidence, if you speak in tongues you have been baptized with the Holy Ghost."

4. Now, I want you to be very careful what I'm saying, because you have handled this Word for so long, that you really don't know what I'm saying, and so I'm going to have to jar you a bit by telling you that and get the picture again. Look, what is the evidence? Is there some way that I can know if I definitely have the Holy Ghost or not? Now, this is what we are talking about. Pentecostal people to say, "Well look, if you've been speaking with other tongues, then that's the evidence, because you can't speak with tongues on your own. So therefore when the Holy Spirit comes in, he will speak with tongues.

And they tell you to be very careful if you're from the old school. And I trust that you've had some of the old school, which is far better than the new school. And you would have been told, "Don't try to speak with tongues." But remember, you will expect on this grounds that as soon as the Holy Spirit comes in, you will know that He is in, you will speak with tongues. And every-body else will know that He is in, because they'll hear you speaking with tongues, and this is the evidence that He is there. You follow now what I am saying? That's exactly what we're talking about. What is the evidence? How can I know I am filled with the Holy Ghost, and how can anybody else know?

Now, we're going to read some quotes here, and then no doubt go over some of the quotes later on. Now, Bro. Branham says, ['Spoken Word Original Seed' 62-0318E]

[161] You can only serve God as you do and believe the servants that God sends. You can only serve God on earth (See?) as God's servants that's sent on earth by Divine inspiration interprets the Word to you.

Now, it tells you right here, there is only one way that you can serve God, and anybody knows that you have to be full of the Holy Ghost to serve God. But, he says here, "The way that you serve God, the way that you worship Him is because a God sends servants to you who will help you to do this." Now, keep this in mind when we get to Revelation 2:1and 7, and so on.

5. Now, the second quote: ['Questions and Answers' # 2 64-08-23E]

[44] There is only one evidence of the Holy Spirit that I know of, and that is a genuine faith in the promised Word of the hour!

Repeat:

There is only one evidence not two, not three, not four, not five, one. There is only one evidence. Now, he's using the word 'evidence'. This word is not even in Scripture, but we have to use it, that is not this way. That word is in there, but not this way. Now, this word 'evidence' here Bro. Branham is using, because Pentecostal people have said, "The evidence of the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues. The Baptist says, "No, not so, it is fruit." And somebody else says something else. But Bro. Branham here says, "The evidence of the Holy Spirit, there's only one evidence of the Holy Spirit that I know of, and that's a genuine faith in the promised Word of the hour."

3. Now third quote: ['Feast of the Trumpets' 64-07-19]

[101] Jesus, the Son of God, revealing Himself by the Scripture, making that Scripture (that has been predestinated to this day, like it was to that day, and all other days) live. And to believe It, is the evidence of the Holy Spirit. (And then he screams out:) Righteousness!

Now, what is righteousness? Righteousness according to Scripture is 2 Corinthians, "He has made Him Jesus who knew no sin, to become a sin offering for us; that we might become the righteousness of God by our union with Him. [2 Cor 5:21] "By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body." [1 Cor 12:13a] "And by one Spirit we're joined to God." [1 Cor 6:17]

So therefore, when you consider that Jesus Christ is our righteousness, and you must have the Holy Spirit to have the righteousness of God, this is what Bro. Branham is saying. The evidence that the Holy Spirit is in your life, that you really have received Him, is to believe the Word that has been revealed for your day. And that goes with quote number one, which will take you to Revelation 2:1 and 7 to show you.

Now, but the real true quickening Spirit that comes to a believer quickens him to God's Word. When the quickening took place they were not afraid to make a witness of the Message that they believed, and knew to be the truth. Now, He tells you right there, the acceptation of the revealed Word of God, (which again goes back to quote number one, which we'll show you as we go along) absolutely is the evidence that you have been baptized with the Holy Spirit, that you have the Holy Spirit.

4. Fourth quote: ['This Day This Scripture is Fulfilled' 65-02-19]

[146] The Holy Ghost is the Word of God in you, that identifies Itself by accepting that Word.

Now notice, the Holy Spirit identifying Himself, giving an evidence. Right? Giving an evidence, a certain manifestation. (See?) Accepting that Word. Now listen:

Outside of that, it can’t be the Holy Ghost.

Now, we're holding us down to one thing, only one evidence, no other. Now:

If it says it’s the Holy Spirit, and denies one Word of that Bible, it cannot be the Holy Spirit.

Now remember, up that the top here, he's reducing the Bible to the interpretation to specific servants, so that they become, as Bro. Branham said, "The prophet is the living Word of God manifested." So we're treading on some deep water here, but very good water.

5. Listen, says again: "The Holy Spirit is the Word of God in you that identifies Itself by accepting that Word." See evidence. "Outside of that it cannot be the Holy Spirit. If It says it’s the Holy Spirit, and denies one Word of that Bible, it cannot be the Holy Spirit. That's the evidence whether you believe it or not."

Now you say, "I'm not going to argue, you can have any evidence you want."

Again: ['Token' 63-09-01]

[08] The Token agrees with every Word. It’s got to, because It is the Word. It’s the Life that was in the Word. “My Words are Spirit and Life.”

If you believe the Word then the Token has got to come. He said, "Repent and be baptized, you shall receive the Holy Ghost." That's the evidence of the Holy Spirit when God reveals to you and you see it. See what? What the servant brought , 'Thus Saith the Lord' and accept it'.

6. Now, I like that, because it brings it right down to the nitty-gritty of this Age. Which means that this Message is based upon ''Thus Saith the Lord'. So, when the prophet speaks of Acts 3: on restoration and you run across verses of Scripture concerning the restoration of Jerusalem and various things, you don't say, "Well listen, I want to tell you the prophet can't be right, because I see this Word 'restoration' talks about many things. And all this prophet talks about is the Word."

It shows right there that you don't have any more Holy Ghost than nothing, and you don't believe what the prophet said. So, sorry about that which is...and I've got perfect freedom, because Bro. Bell said I could. [laughter] Now, that's the evidence of the Holy Spirit when God reveals to you and you see It, 'Thus Saith the Lord' and accept It. It's what God has done for you now. There's the evidence. Now, what has God done now? Reveal the Word.

7. All right, we're going to go to Scripture to examine carefully to see, that everything that the prophet said was according to the Word. We know it is, but we want to have the Word on it. So, we begin in the Book of John 14:26

(26) But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, ...

So therefore, the Holy Spirit is a Teacher. Then if He is a Teacher, he will teach. And if He's not teaching then it's not the Holy Spirit you have. That in you is listening to something other than is in the Word of Almighty God, then it's not the Holy Spirit. (See?) Now, He said,

(26) ...(He'll) teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

In other words, He is a Teacher who will take the Word of God and bring It to you mind, because the mind is the womb of the spirit. And He will show you in that Word the things that you ought to know.

8. Now, that's what He said right here, when you go to John 16:12-14

(12) I have yet many things to say unto you, but (you) cannot bear them now.

Now, He said, "I've got many things to tell you that I'm hamstrung, I can't do it, because you don't have the ability to receive It." Now, that's what He said. "I'd like to tell you many things, I've got a lot of things to talk about, but you cannot receive what I have to say."

(13) (But) when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: ...

In other words, He's telling you that the very things that Jesus could not tell the apostles, the Holy Spirit will be able to tell the apostles when He comes. And when He comes, is when Jesus goes. (See?) Now, It says:

(13) ... he shall not speak of himself; ...

Certainly, how could He? Couldn't possibly, because Jesus wants to tell them and they can't take it. But, they'll be able to take it when the Spirit comes and fills them. So then, he's going to be only saying what Jesus would say.

(13) ... and (He'll show) you things to come.

(14) He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

(15) All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

Now, Bro. Branham made a statement something like this: "When the purpose for which a thing comes has been fulfilled that's the evidence." Now, this is what we see here in Scripture. The Holy Spirit is to come on a teaching mission. This is His primary purpose and function.

9. Now, we go to 1 Corinthians 2:9-16, and we'll see how the apostle Paul brings It out, which is very beautiful.

(9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:...

Notice, what Paul said, "God revealed the very things that Jesus said He wanted to tell them, but couldn't tell them, because they were incapacitated. They didn't have what it takes to receive It. But now they have what it takes, and they have received those things from God.

(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Now listen:

(11) For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. (That's true.)

You know, I don't care how smart a bird is, an animal, a fish is, an insect, I don't care how smart, it takes man to know man, there's a spirit of man, nothing else will know. And there's nothing else will know the things of God, save the Spirit of God. So therefore, you've got to have the Spirit of God to get the things of God. And when you get the things of God, you must have the Spirit of God. And if you don't get the things of God, you don’t have the Spirit of God.

(12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

That's exactly what He said in John 14:16. In John 16:[12] He said, "I will tell you tell you things, but you can't bear it."

10. Now,

(13) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, ...

Now, there's going to be words, there's no doubt about it, you've got to teach by Word. But, it's not going to be according to what man has within him. It will not be an explanation, it will be a revelation.

(13) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth but which the Holy Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

In other words, he will literally be able to take that Word of God and place It. Because remember, 'things' is the Word. That's what it actually boils down to. Study the Scripture, It tells you, you'll find 'things' is the Word. And I know some of you say, "Well, Bro. Vayle there's a substance." You show me one thing that substance that doesn't have the Word, the root of it. Because that Word alone can take on a texture, or something you can work with. Something sensate, visible. So:

(14) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Now, the whole treatise here is in line with what Jesus said. "I've got a lot of things to tell you. I've got things to show you, but you cannot positively apprehend them at this time, because you are not baptized with the Holy Ghost. But, when the Holy Ghost has come, He being a Teacher, He will take those very things which is the very Word of Almighty God, and He will show you that, and you will receive It." (See?)

11. That's why Bro. Branham said It was the evidence. Let's go to 1 Corinthians 14: and notice in 36-37

(36) What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

(37) If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, ...

Now, if a prophet is one who gets the Word, a spiritual man will be full of the Holy Ghost. So, if anybody says he's a prophet, or he's got the Holy Ghost,

(37) ...let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

That is exactly what Bro. Branham said in the first quote. You can only serve God and worship God as you do through servants of God sent to interpret, or reveal the Word to you. (See?) And that's exactly what Paul is saying here.

12. Now, in 1 John 2:18-27

(18) Little children, it is the last time: and as (you) have heard that anti- christ shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

Now, what's an antichrist? A fellow that's off the Word. Now, that's what It tells you, that's what antichrist is. Now, It says, "There were a lot of them."

(19) They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

In other words, they weren't all one whole believing the same thing. They had ideas other than John. For John had said that, "Whosoever believeth me is of God." And he said, "He that doesn't hear me, is not of God." The very same thing that Jesus said. The very same thing that Moses said. The very same thing that Paul said. And the other night we read concerning Jeremiah, and showed you that Jeremiah said the very same thing. "He that hears me is of God." He said, "Sure, I'd like to tell your people that you're okay, but (he said) you're not okay, would God you were. I'm for you for being alright, but (he said) you're not. Why? Because they wouldn’t listen to him.

13. Now,

(20) (You) have an unction from the Holy One, and know all things.

(21) I have not written unto you because (you) know not the truth, but because (you) know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Now, It tells you right here, this man is teaching something they already know, but evidently they don't know as they ought to know it. So he said, "It's not that you don't know it. It's not that the Holy Spirit is not there. But, (he said) I've got to begin to bring it out for you, and you will see it in the light I'm giving it." That's exactly what Bro. Branham said. See, there's no difference. A prophet is a prophet, you'll never change the way things are done, or a messenger is a messenger, same thing.

14. Now,

(22) Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti- christ, that denieth the Father and the Son.

Now, in other words to deny the teaching which is the anointing of the hour, shows that the person is against Christ. How then could anybody have the Holy Spirit within him and deny the Word? Utterly impossible. Now, you see the evidence gets clearer and clearer.

(23) Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:...

Never mind the interpolation, I don’t know who put that in there, but forget it.

(24) Let that therefore abide in you, which (you've) heard from the beginning. If that which (you've) heard from the beginning shall remain in you, (so shall you also) continue in the Son, and in the Father.

In other words, he lets you know here, that if you have got this thing, you'll be unshakable, unflappable, and nobody's going to move you. And if he said you've really got the original, no matter what came along, you'll never budge from it. In other words, once you've ever saw ''Thus Saith the Lord', there's nothing would change you. Because there's nothing can change you. And it's not that you know the whole truth perfectly. It's not that tonight that you don't know what the prophet said, but let's face it, we have trouble placing it many times. But that Holy Spirit will see that we will completely place it as much as we need to know, be no problem.

15. Now, He said,

(25) ...this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

Now notice, that He brings Eternal Life right in focus with Word. And if you have the Holy Spirit you do have Eternal Life. And if you do have Eternal Life, you do have the revealed Word of the hour. So therefore, Eternal Life and the Holy Spirit is the same thing, and the evidence is the same thing. No difference.

(26) (And) these things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

What he's done here is the very same thing Bro. Branham had to do, and very single man of God that was a prophet, or a messenger, he had to keep bring the people back, bring them back, bring them right back to the Word. (See?) And he keeps letting them know.

Notice, he said, "seduce you." I like what John said. Everybody has got an idea, it's got to be rape. When are the people going to smarten up? I've been preaching for the last ten or twelve years, that Eve was seduced and not raped, but you'll never convince people, even in this Message.

16. They think it's going to be somebody come by with a club. It's a good thing it's a little bit of rape, along with seduction. And when they try to rape you, they say, "Hey, it must have been seduction way back there." Oh, you're getting smart right now.

(27) ...the anointing which (you) have received of him abideth in you, and (you) need not that any man teach you: ...

(And that goes right back to 1 Corinthians 2:15-16, I'll show you later on.)

(27) ...but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and no lie, and even as it hath taught you, (you) shall abide in him.

Notice again, the initial revelation, not that you know every facet, this is that Reality. And you stand with It. And John keeps bring out and hammering the very thing that Bro. Branham did, which is the evidence of the Holy Spirit baptism, is to be one with that Word. You'll absolutely believe It, and you 'Amen' It absolutely from the inside out.

(28) ...now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his (presence.)

Now, It tells you right there, that when His Presence is upon the earth, which of course in this hour could not be back there. If those people had budged, then when the manifestation came proving them wrong they'd be ashamed. But, when His Presence is proved and they're in full agreement, they're not ashamed. They're happy, they're assured they know that they're ready for the Rapture. (See?) Now, here's what we see as the evidence laid out here and Bro. Branham certainly gave us the truth of it.

17. Now, this has continued through Seven Church Ages. All this is my favorite of course, you know that, because there's certain Scripture that are basic at certain periods of time, and this is one of them. Revelation 2:7

(7) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; ...

Now, right there he's telling you, "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Bro. Branham said, "You can only serve God as you do, and believe the servants that God sends." You can only serve God on earth as God's servant that's sent on earth by divine inspiration interprets the Word to you. Every single Church Age had a messenger, and that man was the living embodiment, or the incarnation of the Holy Spirit, or the measure of the Word for that hour. And he brought the Message to every Church Age, One and Seven. See, one Age, one messenger. Seven Ages, seven messengers. And his voice was the Voice of the Holy Spirit to the people.

And It said, "He that hath an ear." (See?) In other words, "He that heareth me is of God." The same man is saying this. John, ...[blank spot on tape]... then who has the Holy Ghost? Those who listen to the Message, (see?) that's the criterion.

18. Then he goes on in verse 11, for the next Age.

(11) He that hath an ear, let him (see) hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;...

But, there again there's another messenger. There's another Age. And then there's the allotted Word for that Age, and that man brings It. And the person that hears It, is of God. The identification is there, there's the evidence and he's not fussing and stewing about it either. He's resting on It, he believes It. Of course there's certain things that he doesn't understand. I wonder how much Paul understood at some things. Perhaps he understood it perfectly. But, I don't know, but at the end time of course we have a greater understanding, which we'll look into.

But every single Age, and it's continuing right to this hour in the Seventh Age, Laodicea. "Which is under the messenger of the Church of Laodicea write these things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God." [Rev 3:14]

19. Now, right there you can see at the end time there's three great big things about God, He's going to finish it all up. Amen it. Which means the Alpha and Omega's here. So Omega becomes like he was with Alpha. "Faithful and true witness." In other words God gives an absolute faithful true witness to His Word that nobody can deny. "The beginning of the creation of God."

The God Who created Himself in the form of human flesh is down here at the beginning to climax it, so that there'll be the Second part of the Resurrection in the Gentile Bride. And He will be creating Himself in human flesh to such an extent that the devil come out of the ground, and the living standing right there will put on the same body He's got. And as one corn of wheat dies, there'll be many just like Him in that Resurrection. (See?)

So here, He says here [Revelation 2:] verse 22

(22) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

So therefore, we have again, he that hears the prophet at the end time, believes him, has identified himself to the people as a child of God. Not a Branhamite, not a Lutheran, not a Wesleyan, not a Pauline, no sir. But a real son of Almighty God, because he's identified with the Spirit, believing what that Spirit says for that Age.

20. Now, at the end of the Seventh Age, preparatory for the Resurrection, comes the greatest illumination of all the Ages. And that's in Ephesians 1:15-23. Now, Paul the apostle has already told these people that they are a part of the great foreknowledge and predestination and calling of Almighty God, which will end in their receiving the inheritance. And he said here, "That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ." [Eph 1:12] The Ephesian Age is the first trusters. "In whom also you trusted, after you heard the Word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation, in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise." [Eph 1:13] "Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory. [Eph 1:14] Now, our souls and spirits are redeemed, but our bodies are not yet redeemed. They're in the process of being redeemed. In other words, there must be a redemption as the bodies come out of the ground. Of course those standing here will not have to go to the ground.

21. Now, he said, "Because of this, that you are already full of the Holy Ghost, and we're looking toward the age of the Resurrection. "

"After I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints. Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:" [Eph 1:15-17]

Now, It doesn’t say you people don’t have the Holy Ghost. They do have the Holy Spirit. They are baptized with the Holy Spirit. But he says here, "At such a time the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him must come into the Church."

Now, who's going to do it? There's only one way it can be done, you come into the Church. Now, he's not talking about the individual being baptized with the Holy Ghost. He's talking about the last day when the spirit of wisdom and revelation, the Holy Spirit Himself in a definitive role will come into the Church in order to do for the Church collectively, not individually now; individually is when you get baptized into Christ into the individual. When you've repented your sins and you're baptized in water, but this is when the Holy Spirit Himself comes.

22. That's why Bro. Branham himself would say, "Justification, a measure of the spirit under the doctrine of justification. Sanctification, a measure of the spirit under sanctification the Word of God. Thirdly, the restoration of gifts under Pentecost. But then there's got to come a time when all the Holy Spirit as it were comes in." He said, "You Lutheran's potentially had Him." He said, "You Wesley's potentially had Him. You Pentecostal's potentially had Him." But they didn't have Him.

But at the end time, we have Him, as I showed you a couple of weeks ago Sunday morning. How that He has come and It's the Holy Spirit, and He comes to the Church. Bro. Branham said, "The spirit of wisdom comes to the Church as Gabriel came to Daniel, in order to make known the hour in which you live and the deep secret things of God."

23. Now, he says here, at the end time the Church coming to its close is going to have the Spirit of God visit the whole Church and be amongst them in order to teach the people. How is He going to do it? There's only one way the Word of God can come and that's through a prophet . That's how It came to Paul, and It's got to come the same at the end time. And it's going to take a prophet, and we're under the same program, or same pattern, under the messenger of the church in Laodicea, "Write these things saith the Amen." [Rev 3:14]

Now, if He's 'Amen', He's got to appear exactly as Alpha, Pillar of Fire and a prophet. So, He's going to come to the Church, and He's going to make known to the Church the hour in which It lives, the things to come. And It says here what He's going to do in the revelation and knowledge of Him. In other words, it's going to be a complete revelation of Christ, and it's not going to be something that you don't know, it's going to be something you do know. But, you don't know it, as you know it now, because that's what the messengers are for. "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling." Notice over here it's your calling. But over here it's His calling. "What's the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints." [Eph 1:18]

24. Now, "And what is the exceeding greatness." You don't have to put a conjunction there, you can put a preposition which is 'even'. "Even what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe." [Eph 1:19] The reason I'm putting it together, is because one precedes the other, or leads to it. And he says right after, and it's necessary that this great revelation comes in order that the Resurrection power of Jesus Christ come upon this earth.

Now, he's not talking about the Resurrection in power being here in the guise of the Holy Ghost. That's where Pentecost makes its mistake, and everybody else makes its mistake. Sure, the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, is the same Spirit that comes and fills each one of us. But, he's not talking about that. He's talking about the Holy Spirit coming right down here to reveal Jesus, Who Himself is the Resurrection in order that the Resurrection takes place by the Holy Ghost in power, bringing them out of the ground. Now, I hope you're seeing what I'm seeing. Because I'm giving you the Word of God exactly as the prophet taught it, sermon by sermon without giving you Scripture. I've got every right to do it, because he said we're to do it. And I've got every right to do it, because this is how he taught.

25. When I said, "Bro. Branham, give the Scripture."

He said, "The Bible, you know how to do it, look It up."

That was good training, and that's what I'm trying to show you tonight. This, there has to be an illumination by the Holy Spirit Himself as an Individual. Not baptizing believers into Christ, but coming to the end time body of Christ proving and manifesting Himself in such a way that the Resurrection can take place. Now, without this there can be no Resurrection.

Now, of course I realize that people don't believe this. I don't care what they believe. Frankly, I don't care if you believe or not. I preach to myself. No problem. I've just got no problem. Because this is what the Bible says.

26. Now, "What is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead." [Eph 1:19-20a] Now, that has not happened to you and me. See, I'm going to show you, I'm trying to show you where Pentecost is mixed up and people mixed up in here. The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead did not give you and me a physical resurrection like It did Him, but It's got to do it. (See?)

Now, what we're getting here is a spiritual resurrection from our creeds and our dogmas, which have made the Word of God of none effect. And the Word of God for this hour is Resurrection and Rapture. So, there's got to be something come to the Church to nullify the insidious poison. That will annul a resurrection, become the promises of God cannot come to pass, unless there's a pure promise of Almighty God. So, He restores the Word right here in a revelation of Christ, the mystery of God revealed. And Christ is the mystery of God revealed. And what is a mystery? It's the revealed Word of God come down out of Heaven.

27. So, at the end time Revelation 10:7 comes to pass, explicitly right here. And It says at that time the very power of God, (the Spirit) that quickened us to God and sealed us away and puts us in the ground, which is our proof we're going to rise; that Spirit now comes back to perform a resurrection in the Bride. And then It says, when that's done, that same Resurrection which put Christ, raised from the dead, and put Him at the right hand of God that's on the Mercy Seat:

"Far above all principality, and power, and named every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church ,which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all things with all things." [Eph 1:21-23]

In other words, the Bride must come to a place where she has become the recipient of every promise of God and it's fulfilled in her.

28. Now, how close are we to the Rapture? It's absolutely right here. And when that Rapture takes place we absolutely rise to be with Him, and ascend with Him, so the we sit on the throne, as He sits on the throne. And all things are under our feet as under His feet. And He becomes the full Word of God to the Bride, and the Bride is the full revealed Word of Almighty God.

Now, we're in the process right now. (See?) How in the world can anybody be in this Resurrection, or be in a Bride, if they don't understand what we're talking about as the evidence? (See?) I hope you're beginning to catch on then, what we're showing you here from what the prophet taught.

29. Now, let's go to Acts 3:19-24, It's the same thing again. Now, I'll get you so used to these Scriptures you'll know them by heart, and that's what I want you to do. Now, It says,

(19) ...when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

(20) (Even) he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

(21) Whom the heaven must (retain) until the times of (restoration) of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

And It says right here after the mighty revival healings and manifestations swings around the world, which people would say, "That's the Resurrection." They're wrong! It's a witness to the Resurrection, is what it is. Then It says, "The Word has got to come forth." Who by? The same Presence, the same One is doing the healing, is now bringing you the Word.

As Bro. Branham said, "The One that came, that originally gave the Word is here to interpret the Word." Now, and It says what He'll do. It's got to be the Word, "which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began." [Acts 3:21b]

30. In other words, the Holy Spirit Himself is now going to take every Word that the Holy Spirit gave to the prophets and bring It all together. And He doesn't have to bring It all together in the perfection of simplicity as though He's going to write or reveal the entire Bible, He's going to bring It together for this hour. (See?) So, then there can be a Resurrection. And It says:

(22) For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him (you'll) hear in all things whatsoever (he'll) say...

Well, why not? That's exactly what the Holy Spirit is supposed to do. (See?) Now, he said, "You couldn't bear this before, but now you can bear it." Now, It says, "We categorically have stated before us, that a people full of the Holy Ghost can hear what the end time prophet says, and nobody but those full of the Holy Ghost can hear at the end time what the prophet says." That's the evidence, Bro. Branham said, "whether you like it or not."

(23) (It'll) come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

In other words, turning down the Word of Almighty God.

31. Look, that's the very same thing we found over here in John chapter 3. "He that believeth on Him is not condemned. But he that believeth not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God." [Jn 3:18] Then he explains It. He goes ahead and tells you all over again in different words what the condemnation is. "And this is the condemnation that light has come into the world." [Jn 3:19a]

Then how in the world are you going to believe on the Name of the Son of God if you don't have revelation? How can anybody being a Trinitarian be uncondemned? They both...they all want to skip this. They don't want to look at the two verses side by side, they're in apposition. But the one explains the other. That's what Bro. Branham said that the revealed Word is the manifested Name of God. And What's the Name of God? Joshua! Jehovah Savior, which is Jesus.

Now, let the Light come forth and strike it. Can a man turn away and say he's full of the Holy Ghost? He's condemned, because he has not believed on the Name that was revealed. If you don't believe that, you'll go along with any old understanding of Scripture. Like, "No man can call Jesus Lord, except by the Holy Ghost." [1 Cor 12:3b] Anybody can call Him Lord. But he's not talking about that, he's talking about the revelation.

Now, in the end time there's going to be no slip up. You see, because He Himself is going to come. And He is going to enlighten the eyes of our understanding, that we may know Him as It says in 1 Corinthians 13:[12] "And we'll know as we're known, (then It says) we look through a glass darkly, but then face to face." As the Scripture says in 1 John, where we'll be changed, "because we'll know Him as He is at His Appearing." [1 Jn 3:2b] So, all these Scriptures show us that the true evidence of the baptism with the Holy Ghost, is exactly what Bro. Branham says, is to believe the Word of the hour.

32. Now, I think, I would imagine or hope anyway that we're in agreement up to this point. However, I believe that people are a bit confused about the evidence, at least some people are, they're confused about the evidence and the manifestation, or the working of the Holy Spirit in a Spirit filled life, they can't separate them as to their uniqueness, and then join them together positionally, they simply can't do it.

I find that what happens to some from the Empire State, that the brother's have never ever believed, that the evidence of the Holy Spirit was receiving the Word of the hour. Now, I'm not embarrassed to say this, because I've got the tapes, and I've got the statement in my faith, that they cannot believe in the simplicity of this. They have always said, "Yes, it's believing the Word, plus."

Let me tell you this, it is not believing the Word, plus, it's believing the Word. Because we're talking about evidence. Now, I don't know how hard I've got to bear down to clear the record here, and get this thing lined up. I'm going to tell you one thing, you start adding a word, you're going to add, add, add. You take word, you're going to take, take, take. Now, the prophet never did say that the evidence was believing the Word, plus. He said, "The evidence was believing the Word." So, keep the plus in another direction, see, we got to watch that.

33. Now, to look at the evidence, (and I want to make it as clear as I can, to look at the evidence) which is to believe the Word of the hour, is like recognizing a person only by face and not the whole personality. Yet, it is the face that gives recognition. Now, what I'm saying here is, we don't come along and say, "Well, just believe and that's it." There's nothing more to it. Because that's not a Holy Spirit manifested life. But, what we're trying to say is this, that you've got to believe the Word before you say one thing about manifestation. And when you say one thing about manifestation, you got to go back to the Word.

So, we recognize people by their faces. (I'll even go a little deeper later on) Now, let's say there's a curtain in front of me here, and I'm standing behind a curtain. And there's maybe a light behind me and you say, "I wonder who that fellow is, we're supposed to know him?" I wonder who it is?" And suddenly my hand darts out, I've got a 'V' for victory sign. And my battle fatigue's are on. Everybody knew Eisenhower. (I'll pick on him, because I like him myself) Now, they say, "Hey, that's got to be 'Ike', look at the way he did that. That's how he always did it, that sure should be, Ike, sure should be." But you see, right foot goes down. "Hey, look at those shoes."

He always had a pair of shoes like that. Trousers always were like that. Notice how he kicked his foot, little extra kick. It's got to be Ike. And he puts them in, out goes the other. It's not the... That's always the way he did it. It's got to be Ike. Left foot goes out. That's more sure than ever. More sure than ever, I've seen four things now. Then pretty soon he backs out, puts his head inside. Well man, that's five, that's tremendous it's got to be Ike.

34. What if his face came out and it was Patton? You see what I'm talking about now? Are you getting the picture? I'm talking about, there's got to be something to identify. And you can have a dozen things that purports to be an identification.

Now, someone says, "Bro. Vayle, the actual fact of the matter I've heard of people that were twins and they looked exactly alike, there's got to be a better identity." I go to the finger, the finger print. If you want to be real rough about this subject, (I didn't intend to be) you know people have attempted to burn the skin off your fingers, with acid, with fire. They've attempted skin grafts. There's only one way to get rid of your identification, cut your finger off to make sure.

So, identification is a tremendously important thing in the eyes of Almighty God, because the prophet brought it and it's right here in the Word. So, we're talking about identification, evidence, not something else.

35. Now, here's what I'm trying to say to get this across. Those dynamics works, or manifestation of the Holy Spirit is not the evidence. And it's not, (see?) there should be no lack of it. Now, you notice, I am not saying that we have an evidence, plus, and say, "I'm going to accept that." I am not going to accept that. Now, you do what you want.

You follow any number of brethren you want, listen to what they've got to say, but I'm going to follow the prophet. Because he did not say it was evidence, plus, or it was Word, plus. Evidence stands alone, but a spirit manifested life does not stand alone. It'll be Word, plus manifestation. Now, you get what I'm saying here. But there's an evidence all by itself, and you don't just stop at evidence, you go on. That's what we're talking about.

36. Now listen, the dynamic works of the Holy Spirit bringing manifestation should be amongst us. But they are not the evidence of a person full of the Holy Ghost. Let's find out why, Matthew 24:24

(24) ...there shall arise false Christs, (even lying) false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch...if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Now, you cannot put something to an evidence which can be a counterfeit and still have evidence. Because the man said, "It's Word, plus." And I say, "It's not Word, plus." Oh, I know Bro. Branham made the quote: "If I had the spirit of Beethoven, I'd do what Beethoven did. If I got the life of Christ, I'll produce His life too." I'm not denying that for one minute, but we're talking about evidence. Because Christ Himself was that Word in human flesh.

First of all, "In the beginning Was the Word, and the Word was with God, was God, [Jn 1:1] and the Word became flesh." [Jn 1:14a] Even before there was one single solitary thing He ever did. So, it wasn't Word, plus. It was Word, and out of the Word came certain things. So, He says right here: At the end time there are going to be people who are no more full of the Holy Ghost than nothing, anointed yes. but, they're not baptized with the Holy Ghost. (See?) They're not baptized. They're going to perform signs and wonders.

37. Now, what are people going to say? They're going to say, "Listen, that fellow positively has to be full of the Holy Ghost, because he's got signs and wonders." I think I told you about that, I've got a good buddy in...(I don't know if he's there anymore or not, I thought he was one of the finest men of God I've ever met, in the Christian Missionary Alliance brother) in Birmingham, Alabama.

Now, he told me, he said, Look, Bro. Vayle, I know, (he said) that Bro. Allen has to be full of the Holy Ghost, because my mother in law went to dine with ...?....throat or something like that and she got healed."

And me knowing 'The Anointed Ones at the End Time', I didn't argue. Not for one minute. Nothing against Bro. Allen, of course he's deceased. But, Bro. Allen is a Trinitarian. Now, what are you going to do? The man had signs and wonders.

38. Now listen, the minute that you go to this extent, you will start saying, "Look, I believe the Word, Bro. Vayle, sure I do. But I've got this also, see what I'm doing here. Because I've raised the dead. I've locked myself in rooms and come out telling people things that came to pass. I've got my face before God and I've prayed in the boys running away to come to the States out of Canada, and he got spun right around." You see what I'm driving at? Brother/sister, it's not plus. It is one evidence. (See?)

Now, we ought to have signs and wonders amongst us. Certainly we ought to have signs and wonders, how in the world can you read Mark 16: and not have signs and wonders? See, the trouble is, people aren't believing enough for it, that's the only reason. If people began gearing themselves to have more faith for healing, there would be more healings. Now, it's not hard to do, if faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, go to the Word of God that deals with healing. Convince yourself concerning it. Then something will begin to happen.

39. No matter what a person wants, it's got to come by the Word or you shouldn't want it. (See?) It's there for you, you'll never get rid of James 5:14. How in the world can anybody whose right mind get rid of James 5:14? It's over here for us. We're to call for the elders when we're sick. And then It says here:

(14) ...any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

And Bro. Branham said, that oil is a shield between you and the devil. (See?) Therefore you anoint with oil.

(15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

There's nobody can rescind that. (See?) But look, you can to an Anglican church, a Lutheran church, a Roman Catholic church, I don't care where you go, under the anointing in faith and this will take place. (See?)

Now, the minute you say, "Word, plus," then they say, "We believe the Word." They'll turn around and tell you that the church has got power to legislate for the hour in which it lives, because the Word comes by church. Because they've got the sign.

40. Now, the other day I believe as I was looking at Mr. Humphrey's funeral, I'm sure that man was a Roman Catholic, because I don't think a Protestant, any Anglican has heavy red robes on, little funny hat, (you know) looks like a little outer-space little thing on top, like outer-space, you know. I think it is outer-space alright. You know what he did, he did nothing but read the Bible. John 14, how he believed It.

Pope Paul here is sold on a charismatic ministry. We know that. The Roman Catholic church and it's not that they've thrown the Bible out. But you see, they believe what they want to believe in the Bible. Now, they're very happy with power, "I've got it." And a man can come along and say, "I believe this Message, but It is not only Word, but It is Word, plus."

Now, where are you going to go from there? As I've said, "You're going to go to some type of vindication, and I haven't seen it fail yet." That people rise up and claim the vindication even down, where they have Bro. Branham's name, as new name, William Marrion Branham. They even raised a dead cat. For what reason, I don't know. I guess if a prophet raised a fish, they thought they'd might just might be even fishier. But they claim they raised a cat, I'll go along with it.

41. They've had miracles take place. A woman prayed in the name of William Branham, because she believed that before the people down there did, though she's in that community, and the next morning there was an incision on her daughter's side. And the object was killing her daughter, was lying on the bed and the wound healed up.

You can get any number of miracles, believe the Word, plus. No! If there wasn't one sign, or wonder ever done by anybody, that Word is still the evidence. Believing that Word. (See?) That's what we're looking at. It is part of God's great redemption.

42. Exodus 15:26, the original revelation of Almighty God Himself.

(26) ...If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, (like James 5:14) and wilt give ear to his commandments, keep his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. (You see?)

As Bro. Branham said, "It's hard enough to get faith for healing, where are we going to get faith for Rapture?" And I'm going to tell you: millions and millions, and millions of healings will never give you faith for Rapture, it's going to take God's revealed Word to do it. Because the Bible says so.

43. So, I don't believe for one minute that the evidence is Word, plus, manifestation. The evidence is believing the Word for the hour. And if that life is in us, and it is, there will be healings. But remember, Bro. Branham said, "Everybody doesn't pray for the sick." How could they? Because that's a ministry. Everybody doesn't exhort. Everybody doesn't prophesy. Everyone doesn't speak in tongues. But when the Spirit of God is there, there will be manifestation. But you say, "How am I going to know if that person is truly full of the Holy Ghost?" Because he stands with that Word, and with nothing else.

What gift did Abraham have going for him, Job and the great men? Where would you put Paul when he couldn't get healed himself? Where are you going to put William Branham. He never got healed, he couldn't be healed. God said, "you'll never be healed." The healing he got was leaving this body.

You say, "What was a higher service?" I don't know, but he's up there for some kind of purpose, because God's not purposeless. God just keeps things moving. But there are to be these things amongst us and there will be, but the evidence is to believe the Word. Look at soul winning, now that's one many people believe in and I do too. They got the Scripture says, "You shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem and in Judaea, and to the uttermost parts of the earth when the Holy Spirit comes." [Acts 1:8]

44. Now, that's true. There will be soul winning, but that's not the evidence. And it cannot be, because of Galatians 4: So, let's take a look at Galatians [4:] 19-31, without reading It all. Paul uses It for an allegory, and he says concerning Sarah and Hagar, which is the allegory. That Hagar represents Jerusalem which is upon earth. Man's organization, man's manifestation. Sarah represents Zion, the mother of which is from above. Now, he said listen, verse 27,

(27) ...Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: (now, he said) for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Now, if that's not the most mixed up soundest thing I've ever heard. It says, "Rejoice." Rejoice over the fact there are less children in the Bride then in the world church. Why he said, "The desolate." Hagar didn't have a husband, she was only a concubine to him. Handmaid servant, she wasn't a wife, only in a sense of a physical thing, but she was not his wife. And even after Sarah died, he married Keturah, didn't go look for Hagar. And said, "Come on, I should have you." She was gone completely.

Now, turned around and said, "The children of the desolate, (which is Hagar) always have many, many more children." How then can soul winning be the evidence of the Holy Ghost? Yet people say it is. That's why Bro. Branham screamed out, "A million more in '54." What did they say in '74, twenty million more? You've already got their millions, they don't care. The big scream it the ecumenism of the world, "Get into the ecumenical movement." When they're going to get them all, all the harlots going back to the old mother. (See?)

46. Now, we must win souls. There is absolutely nothing against winning souls, and there is every-thing for winning souls. But look what It says in Peter 1:23

(23) Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,...

It tells you that there's two ways to be born again. You can be born of the incorruptible, you can be born of corruptible.

Now remember, Hagar had a child, that literally spawned forth by the multitudes until over there in Arabian land, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, all the way through, hundreds of millions of Arabs against just a couple of million Hebrews. And those aren't even Hebrews in those orders. Might be a few hundred thousand actually Hebrews there. The rest of them would be bunch of Wall Street 'kikes' we call them, or Jews, Khazars, with no more ounce of blood of real Israeli blood than nothing. As the old Rabbi in Union Seminary once said, he said, "You who call yourself a Jew, might have beside you a man who calls himself a Gentile, and he might have more true Hebrew blood in his veins then you've got in yours." Because he knows all about the Khazars and what they've done. Multitudes of them, (see?) that's where you get your pernicious communistic element, not from a true Jew.

If you ever have seen a real conservative he's just a real swell guy. Common as dirt. And he's not trying to make a lot of money. He's an honest, fine God fearing person. The rest of those birds all they know is the pocket books. It's just a big mess. (See?)

47. Now, you can be born of two seeds. You see, because Abraham was supposed to mate with Sarah, not with Hagar. She had the wrong structure, wrong family. So, there's only one could be the child, which was Isaac. And he was a child of promise, a child of the Word, where as the other promise was of the flesh.

So, you can have millions and millions of people born again. And they'll speak in tongues, they'll have marvelous manifestations amongst them. But, they're not born of the uncorruptible seed, because they've turned down the Word of God. If they were born of the incorruptible the Holy Spirit would have joined itself to that little egg in there, that little Word. That little seed, that little gene, attribute as Bro. Branham called it. And immediately it would have grown in the Word.

Now, he will go out to produce souls, (see?) he will go out and try to win souls. And he will win it on the basis of the pure unadulterated Word of Almighty God that does not go to creeds and dogmas and into organizations and all that nonsense. It'll be the eagle scream to bring forth a little eagle all the way through.

48. Now, let's go to the Book of Jude, just a few verses here, 17-23

(17) (Now), beloved, remember (you) the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Listen, "Remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ." Not somebody else's word. But their Word.

(18) How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

(19) These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

I said the other night the trouble is people use this Message as a flying wedge of separatists. The true Message brings us together. When you find people says, "Believe it my way or else." I'm tired of that nonsense, you don't have to believe it my way for one little minute, and you're just as much blind as I am and maybe ten times more. Let's quit this nonsense. Now:

(18) ...(they'd) be mockers in the last time, (walking) after their own ungodly lusts.

(19) (They) separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. (See?)

Why did the separate themselves? If they'd have the Holy Ghost, they'd agree to the Word of the prophet. See, Jude said the same thing that John said; the same thing that Paul said; the same thing that Jesus said; the same thing that Moses said. The same thing that every prophet said.

49. Now:

(20) But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

(21) Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

(22) And of some have compassion, making a difference:

(23) And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Now, what are we looking at here? Soul winning. I'm not talking now about Bride, as some members do, "save this fellow and get out there and help him, because he doesn't believe like me and I got it right." Look if you go out there to try to get people to believe like Lee Vayle you're crazy. You've got a proselytizing spirit on you, not the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Win souls to Jesus, not to Lee Vayle, or somebody else, what nonsense.

The funny thing is I see these guys filling churches, they can't go winning their own souls though. Now, what we need to do is to keep looking for souls to come in. Not proselytizing, but see people born of the incorruptible Word of Almighty God which we have. As Bro. Branham said, that old Phillip was carrying the germ, the Word. He was looking for someone to pregnate with that Word. It was a sheep out there. It was a gene out there that hadn't come back to God. So, somebody has got to go out and find them.

50. Now, let's go to 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, to see some verses here.

(9) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with man- kind,

(10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

(11) And such were some of you:...

And I'm reading This for one reason, to let you know that we're in a Sodom and Gomorrah condition. And everything out there stinks to high heaven, polluted with the rottenness of immorality. He said, "Such were some of you." Just because the world's going more and more homosexual, people are laying down the job. What makes you think that homosexual's can't be born again and stop their foolishness? Paul said, some of you were that.

The pride of win souls has never ceased. That's a part of manifesting in the Holy Ghost, is to win souls. But it's not the evidence. (See?) It's not the Word, plus. It's the Word, straight! And everything that comes in, or approaches, or comes on the scene, it's got to be part of that Word. I know it sounds like a hair splitting thing brother/sister. But I'm not splitting hairs, because the prophet says, "It is not plus, (he said) it is the evidence." So, I don't care what bishop or where ever speaks that. I will not believe it, you do what you want.

51. Ephesians 4:15-16

(15) But speaking the truth in love, (that's holding the truth in love, not just speaking it, but holding it) may grow up into him (not into him unto him) ...which is the head, even Christ:

(16) From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Now, Paul has already taught you here how the Word of God comes by the Holy Ghost, and is disseminated by the ministry which God has laid down, and everybody taking up as it were, a torch going out to win souls, doing it in love with the unadulterated of God, you'll be bringing in members that are still out there not in the Bride of Jesus Christ. Soul winning is a must.

One thing I've told you many times I feel that we have a very unfortunate problem on this, and that is everybody was evangelized suddenly became teachers. I always wanted to be an evangelist. If the Lord would have let me be one, I would not teach, no sir not for a minute. I'd do my best to be a flaming evangelist. As I might sputter around quite a bit, but I'd sure try to flame just the same. Maybe I'd need a can of kerosene to help me out, or blow-torch, but I'd be out there sputtering. But I'm not an evangelist, never was called to be one, tried to be one, it wouldn't work. Where are those evangelist? (See?) I'll tell you something's funny somewhere. It's once more trying to be Word, plus, get back to that Word and see what happens. And we'll see some evangelist's come on the scene, instead of this messing around.

52. Let's go to Proverbs 11:30 and see what God has to say about winning souls. And we could use many, many Scriptures but we won't do it, just take some Scripture: 11:30, It says here: (30) The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. (Wise men win souls.)

Let's go all the way to the Book of Daniel, the very last chapter. Which is for the very last time, and see what Daniel has got to say, because this is the end time Daniel also. We'll just read a few verses chapter 12:

(1) And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

(2) And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall (arise), some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

(3) And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Now, It tells you right here that soul winning is to go on until the very last member is brought in. And even then you don't know who else could come in, in the sense of coming up in the White Throne judgment. But we do every thing we can in order to bring this Word, preaching It which is not teaching It, but of preaching, the power of God in our midst. The evangelist, the men and women holding forth the Word of life in order that people might come in.

53. Now, it's going to happen to this group as it happened to every group, after the great flush of purity, the Word going forward. The people will not want it, but always they take a message when it starts going downhill. And as Bro. Branham said, "When the denominations starts to take this Message, (he said) it'll be too late."

How come we hear preachers, preaching only what Bro. Branham knew. They got a hold of his tapes, and they are preaching what he said. And they'll be more and more doing it, but they won't believe the Message. They'll only take what they want. (See?)

54. Now, soul winning is a must. We don't know that if there's any Bride out there or not. Bro. Branham said, "It looks like it'd been all seined over, the fish are all but pretty well caught." Why? He said, "I've made this trip and maybe fifty came to the altar. I don't know if they're of God or not, I don't know if people got saved."

And yet in Albuquerque when he was preaching he saw little jagged flames of fire settle over people's heads like and I guess enter them evidence and mentioned how the Holy Spirit had come down like at Pentecost. (I'm sure it was Albuquerque, I'm almost positive, it wasn't Santa Fe, it was Albuquerque.) And then and he mentioned how they were being baptized with the Holy Ghost. And you know, I don't know if anybody else even knew it. But, I'll tell you one thing, if they really got a genuine baptism, those people have to come to this Message. That's going to be the criterion, not the flame of fire. The criterion is going to be with the Message. I don't care what flame of fire, you me, or anybody else, has got over his head, it's going to have to go right to this Message to be the Spirit of God. Because the Word of God says so. And it Bro. Branham had come with any other evidence, he would not have been that prophet.

55. Now, thirdly: let's look at the fruit of the Spirit. That's where Bro. Branham got hung up. Many years ago he and I discussed that in West Palm Beach, Florida. I was sure it was tongues, and he was sure it was love. Let's take a look at Galatians 5:22-23, analyze It, put it together.

(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

[Now,] 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, which I won't read, because you know It. But again, this is not the evidence. Let's go to 2 Corinthians 6:6

(6) By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

Very strange, he puts that "by the Holy Ghost ." Then, "by love unfeigned." What's unfeigned love? Love that's not a phony. Then there must be love that is a phony. (See?) Sure.

56. Let's go to 1 Peter 1:22, (that's that 1:54, verse 23)

(22) Seeing (you've) purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, ...

That you love one another, with a pure heart fervently. Real fervency of love, but not phony. Noting phony, but there can be a phony love.

Let's go to Romans and see It spelled out also, chapter 12:9

(9) Let love be without dissimulation... (Hypocrisy)

The word dissimulation is hypocrisy, let's not be hypocritical.)

57. Now, Bro. Branham said, "That Christian Science will show far more love then we ever can." He illustrated about the kind old priest and that renegade Jesus. And he mentioned how the priest was loving and kind and gentle. But Jesus deliberately whipped those people out of the temple.

Now, my understanding of the ancient history of the Orient, and of course Israel, and it's from the Bible. It said, "If you lived too far from the temple where the sacrifice is made, you sell your sacrificial animal, you take the money, then you buy it when you get there. Then you sacrifice. Now, that's what those people were there for. They were there at the temple doing God a service. (See?) They were trying to work their way to heaven when the Sacrifice stood there, and they turned Him down. So, Jesus cleans the temple of all of these work programs, the law. He takes pieces of rope and binder twine, that can really sear, and that would lash out and just wrap around them and rip them just like that. He just kicked the tables over, there must have been the fear of God on the whole bunch, because they didn't do a thing, they just run out, like a bunch of scared jack rabbits.

Now, how much love did that look like when you can actually call it a brawl? The Bible says, "Turn the other cheek." (See?) Now, you can go a long way brother/sister talking on this subject. But the point I'm trying to bring to you is, that you can have a manifestation of every single thing that's truth and be a hundred percent wrong. (See?) All kinds of love, all kinds of sweetness.

58. There's a certain fellow used to preach here years ago, and he hadn't it for a long time. But I knew he preached a lot of hogwash, no more the prophet's Message than nothing. See, he tried to tell me his theory. "Now, (he said) you know Bro. Vayle, I always did believe (he said) that Bro. Branham said the evidence was the Word." He did not, he just told me, he just told my other friend, he said, "Bro. Branham said that the Word was not the evidence, it was love.? He said, "The trouble is Bro. Branham knew you people couldn't take love as the evidence, you couldn't produce it, so he gave you something else."

Well, you've got one face there, he'd talk on this side and talk to this side of me, ...?.... Paul tried to follow a guy talked both sides of his mouth. [laughter] "Well, (he said) all we did say the Word." But he didn't. (See?) Well, ...?... in John Lindsey's home, he tried to tell somebody else, that you people preaches love . But he figured, "See, Bro. Vayle, I teach this, that you've got to have some evidence yourself, and that's love."

That's a lie, that is not what the prophet taught. I don't care if that fellow came here, (which he doesn't come here) and I don't care if he swore on a stack of Bibles and he raised even some dead out of the ground, I still wouldn't believe it. Now, you could if you wanted too. But the prophet said it wasn't.

59. Now, am I trying to tell you there's no such thing a love? I'm not saying that. I'm saying that the Spirit of God is there, He will manifest in love, but it won't be hypocrisy. It won't be a lot of sauve and foolish things that people pass off for love. It'll be the real love of Almighty God standing with the Word. (See?) Bringing forth what needs to be brought forth. But so many people want to make it fruit. So you say, "Well all right Bro. Vayle, I believe the evidence is Word, plus. What, fruit? No siree!

And I found the fellows that can talk the loudest about love when the chips are down have the least to show for it. I don't know about you where you've been all this time, but I've been with the prophet many years, and I've see it, just doesn't add up. And I haven't seen that love, but I was with the prophet a long time and I think it's all what real love was. (See?) Now, not that you haven't seen it yourself.

But, the fruits are here and they will be manifested. As Bro. Branham said, "Every single Age, manifested, a fruit." And he said, "If I had time I would take you back and show you those messengers and prove to you, that the messengers manifested that fruit." I'm just kind of paraphrasing right now, rather than give you the actual quote but it is there.

60. Now, what about the end time? Bro. Branham said that he was that one, the end time, he come under brotherly kindness which is, "Do the right thing when the chips are down." And that is just about what I look to see, and hope to see, that whenever the chips are down, the man will do the right thing showing as far as I'm concerned, he's got love or the fruit. Because you won't necessarily win souls, you won't necessarily manifest gifts. But you will of necessity manifest a certain type of fruit in your life.

Now, the growth of these fruits do manifest Christ. And without fruit, producing gifts is a flop. Trying to win souls without fruit is a flop. In other words, anyone without manifesting fruit, doesn't have a good witness in any community. There has got to be fruit to have a witness. So, we're looking at a manifested life with a spirit, and we're looking at evidence. And the evidence is what lets you know whether you or I, or the next person is full of the Holy Ghost or not. Then we're looking for a light, and in the light that faith in that Word will demand of one's self that there will be manifestation, that the things of God will not be put aside, because of supernatural say, "Well, I don't think I can produce it."

Then who is going to produce it? We should begin to demand of ourselves to hold steady and see if God will do something. There must be souls won. What makes anybody think someone should sit around and not win souls for Jesus Christ?

61. Now, there's one fellow so foolish many years ago, he began teaching people the Message, down south in the Southern States. And they came into the Message and they began to believe and love and rejoice in the Lord, and he said, "Well, I've got to tell you something." He said, "That I really shouldn't have talked, because the door is closed." And they went back to a heathen state.

I want you to know something here brother/sister, don't you go around telling me or anybody else that the evidence is Word, plus! It isn't! We're talking about identification, because of an anointing. And without the anointing even, you can produce an awful lot. Say you can produce fruit, you can produce souls. You might not be able to produce the manifestation, that would take the Holy Spirit. Remember, Bro. Branham said, even a witch doctor can have miracles and signs, and wonders, because the people think he's God, and they think they're going to God. So, where does that put it? No sir, it's not plus, let it stand alone. But when it comes to the life, then let's demand of ourselves that the rest fall in line, because we do have the Holy Spirit. (See?)

62. Now, let's see if we can put them together, we go back to 2 Peter 1:1-12

(1) Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

Now, Bro. Branham screamed of righteousness which is we're baptized with the Holy Ghost. Because if you're not baptized with the Holy Ghost you're not the righteousness of God, you don't have Him period. It says, "Every man has a spirit of Christ, because you'd be reprobated." If you're not the Spirit of Christ, then it means you're in the other class.

(2) Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

(3) According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

It says right there if you know Him experientially by the baptism with the Holy Ghost, and God that Spirit is revealing Him to you, says, 'Now you're going to know."

(4) Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: (that's the Word of Almighty God) that by (the Word) ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And that's exactly right, truly born again, is born of the Word of Almighty God, not a pseudo re-birth, but a real rebirth.

(5) And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

(6) And temperance; ...and patience; ... and godliness;

(7) And brotherly kindness; and charity.

63. Now, in there you will find as Bro. Branham brought out, you will find the whole gamut of an expression of The Spirit Himself based upon the reality of the Word. So, we're not talking about evidence, plus, we're mentioning there's a spirit filled life. And you've got to check everything no matter what it is on the ground, do I believe this Word, am I one with It? That's your evidence. Because brother/sister, let me tell you flat, you are going to have trinitarian's that are dyed in the wool humbugs. Catholics that believe in the infallibility of the pope. Pray to the virgin Mary, that speak in tongues and manifest fantastic gifts of the Holy Ghost.

The antichrist himself is going to stand there. An antichrist means instead of. I believe that pope coming out of America will be one of the greatest phenomena's the world has ever seen. And I believe that he will absolutely manifest to the enth degree power ministry, proofs, and the winning of souls, it's going to be fantastic. And he is absolutely bereft of Almighty God, because he no more believes the Word of God than nothing. (See?) So, we're seeing a picture here, a pattern that sticks all the way through.

64. Listen, Korah, Dathan and Abiram repudiated the Word of God, and they had signs and wonders amongst them. Let me tell you something here: let me just show you, we're not kidding ourselves. Ephesians 4:9, tells us very clearly.

(9) (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

(10) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

65. Now, let's go to Psalms 68:18, where that Scripture is taken from, that be the great prophetic utterance, from the Book of Psalms.

(18) Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

And It says right there, that absolutely the rebellion, those that are against the Word, can positively receive gifts of the Holy Ghost. But as Bro. Branham said, "If I give you my pen, if I give you a gift, I do not give myself, I am giving a gift." And so the Holy Spirit does not give Himself to many people, He gives just a gift. So therefore, people can have all kinds of endowments and enduements and do many things that look a hundred percent. And Bro. Branham said, "That at the end time they'll duplicate every single thing and in greater order then even we will do, but there's one thing they cannot do, is stay with that Word."

Therefore, how does anybody then ever get the evidence is Word, plus? It's Word! Go back to the Garden of Eden, the devil couldn't handle the Word back there. Go back to Matthew 4: when he accosted Jesus on the mount, he couldn't handle the Word then. And what was it? Nobody knew the devil can't do a thing about it, it's all over. You want a thunder right there, you get a blast, going to shake the devil right down to his boot straps. (See?)

66. Now, where do we strike a balance? The evidence of the Holy Spirit is a very personal work in you and me, we're going to strike our balance. Let's go back to 1 Corinthians 2:15-16

(15) But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

(16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Paul was the one giving instructions, because he had the Holy Ghost, he had the mind of Almighty God, the supernaturally revealed Word of the Lord.

Now, It says, "He that is spiritual and full of the Holy Ghost sits there judging all things." As John said, positively told us. "Why, (he said) you have the Holy Ghost and don't need any man to teach him." The same thing that Paul is saying here. So, the Word of God goes forth, and if the person is truly filled with the Holy Ghost, and he hears that Word, he will catch It, and check It. And there is something in him knowing that that's right. (See?)

67. Now, what if there's a preacher preaching here, you're sitting down there saying, "Well now, I believe that fellow is wrong." And that preacher catches that. Now, he'll want to make you wrong. That really shows you that he hasn't got the Holy Ghost, he's pretty dumb. Because the Bible says that he can't judge anybody. Now, you come back and say he's wrong. Uh, uh. You can't judge him. (See?)

Now, how in the world, how in the world are people then going to come around and say this, that and the other thing? It is something so direct between us and Almighty God as for the evidence. (See?) Can't be judged.

You say, "What about the fact then those apostles judged?" Because they were off the Word. They weren't preaching the Word, they said, "often" what Paul said. Now anybody comes around and says, "often" as Bro. Branham, then of course you say, "forget that fellow." But while we're all trying to believe the same thing together, we shouldn't even be judging each other, we're trying to stick to this Word in love. And doing everything that God said to do. Pray that people might be blessed, pray for manifestation, don't seek it as though you've got to have it, and force the hand of God, because that would be wrong, because that's sovereign. But I mean open ourselves in love for. To win souls, to manifest fruit, to see all of these things (see?) and simply stay with this Word. Knowing all the time, that if we're out here manifesting that's not a proof brother/sister, that's not a proof.

68. The proof is in our hearts we believe what the prophet said. (See?) But keep your own spirit down and under. That's the thing I watch in this Message more than anything in the world. Because we all say we believe the Message, and brother/sister the people that believe Bro. Branham is Jesus Christ, believe this Message just as thoroughly as you and I do. They might even die for It a whole lot quicker.

You say, "They're not right." That's true, because Bro. Branham said, "That is wrong." We know that is wrong. What I'm trying to show you here, we have got to get our spirit down to realize that it is a teaching ministry the Holy Spirit has and reveals the Word to us. That is what He is here for to give us that Word. And when that Word is truly revealed, and that Word is set on fire, how in the world can a person not believe in a manifestation in the Holy Ghost? How could he not believe in healing and the power of God? How could he not win souls? If the Word is burning in us, that tongue has got to say something.

At the end time, the Scripture says in Malachi, that God looks down and listens to people and He hears them talking one to another. Not praying to God, they're talking. They're talking in a certain way, and He said, "When I make up my jewels, I'm going to put them...they're part of My gems." It's the end time Bride, speaking the Word of God. (See?) Saying what the prophet said. Maybe not understanding perfectly all these things. But, their spirits are down.

69. They're not saying, "Well look, I know I'm saying the prophet right, because I'm winning souls. I know, I'm saying the prophet's right, because I've got manifestations. I know I'm right, because I've got this fruit." No sir!

They're saying, "Look, I believe, because something inside of me that says, Amen." Now, you might not see like me, we're still eating cherry pie. (Uh?) We’re still eating chicken, we're together, (See?) Now, you get that spirit amongst us. See, what I'm trying to tell you? That to me is a prophet said what was the evidence. Believe in that Word. But, you start adding to It, you're going to get yourself way out in a limb.

70. Now, let us go a little further: The Word of God tells us that the Word planted is just like when a sower sowed grain, threw it upon sidewalks, birds gobbled it. Threw it on stones, died out. Threw amongst weeds, died out. Threw it in good ground, came to life, thirty, sixty, a hundred.

Now, what I'm looking at is this: If you never ever spoke in tongues, if you never ever knew that your prayers got through to save the sick; if under no consideration can you ever pinpoint, that you had tremendous manifestation. Or, if you tried to win souls and don't know of anybody that duly elected Christ, or witnessed whoever came to Christ. Or, if you showed some fruit, and reaction, that's the worse one of all, not action, but reaction. And you look at life and say, "Well, man that was pretty desolate." I don't know that I ever won a soul, I don't know if I have either. I believe I have, I can't prove anything. Because one sows, one waters, and God gives an increase.

71, Well now, I've seen a lot of healing and miracles. And it might have been someone else's faith, and I'm just kidding myself with mine. I think it was mine though. Because I used to tell the folk, just pretend you're a hundred miles away, or two thousand, and I'll pray for you, though you aren't even near me, get healed just like that. So, I know I used my faith. But you see, what if you never did? Or, what if you just had a percentage? What if you never had any manifestation like Bro. Branham said put in that room, maybe just one person, maybe each one of you had one little thing. Well, what about fruit? (See?) How many times have you showed love when the chips are down though. Well, just looking at these things.

Look, let me tell you something, what if you're a thirty-fold Christian in every single one of those? You'll get by. If you're sixty-fold, all the better. But then, if you go over sixty, God will count to hundred. If you get anywhere between one and thirty, He'll give you thirty. Anywhere between thirty and sixty, He'll give you sixty. And anything over sixty, He'll get a hundred. That's pretty nice I would say.

Now, if you think I'm wrong, how come the Book of Hebrews was written without one little bad thing about anybody? You'd swear that Moses even was responsible for his own birth. He's just so eulogized. And you'd swear that Sarah never laughed up her sleeve and got caught in the act. So, God will give you a lot of credit. Let me tell you one thing, if you're off that Word, one Word added, plagues, take away, death. Not thirty, sixty, hundred brother/sister. No, no, no, no. No, no, no, never, never. It's got to be the Word, and It's got to be in the good soil. And the good Word in the good soil will bring forth. (See?) How much? I don't know. It'll bring forth in worship. Because Bro. Branham said, "You can't' worship God, and it'll bring forth in praise."

72. It'll bring forth in ministries of exhortation. Let's just take a look at some of them in Romans 12: It says right here, "We've all got gifts different according to the grace of God." Don't have the same office, "prophecy, ministry, teaching, exhorting, giving, ruling, showing mercy, maybe singing?" Could be hundreds of things there.

Now, in those you don't have to be will-beater, but you better have the Word, or you're finished. Then how is anybody going to change the evidence to Word, plus, or Word, minus? It is Word, period. Then as you and I will become serious before God and let the Spirit deal with us, we will have much manifestation. (See?) Which will bring us rewards, but it's not the evidence that you and I have the Holy Ghost. Because anybody else can produce that without the Holy Ghost. (See?) But, they won't be lined with the Word, they simply can't say, "Amen."

73. Now, let's go over with our own hearts and mind, how much of this Message can we say, "Amen" to It? Are there some little stickers in there? Once in a while something crops up? And it might seem pretty rough. But the thing you do, just settle back and look at it, let the Spirit deal with you, and you will find that you could have misunderstood what the prophet said. And especially, we know we do that, because we understand from our background.

If a little child doesn't know what two is, he'll never know what four is. You've always got to go from something to another. Bro. Branham said, "Add Word upon Word." Now, what does the Bible say? It says, "Precepts upon precepts, and line upon line, here a little, there a little." [Isa 28:10] So what you do? You start with the big precept the Bro. Branham brought it. Now, there might be some misunderstanding there, but we believe them. Then he begins breaking It down, smaller and smaller until It comes to just one word, you don't add, then you don't take.

74. Now, let me go back to a quote here: "The Holy Spirit is the Word of God in you, that identifies Itself by accepting that Word." That's what It says.

You say, "What about accepting the Word about gifts?" We accept the Word about gifts, positively. Because we believe in gifts like nobody else believes in gifts, we believe under control. Everybody else will bring out here and do what they want. They believe in Word manifestation apart from Word. We believe in Word and Word manifestation built upon a Word. And when you see it, you won't know the difference. No, you won't.

I'm going to tell you flat, a healing done under a Trinitarian, or a witch doctor, or some mental mentalist will be no different if it's a leg that need lengthening, there'd be no difference. Not one bit. Brother/sister, that's no Word-plus evidence to me. I'm not going to add and mess up the Word of God, you do what you want.

75. The Fruit won't be one different. Love is love, sweetness is sweetness, won't be one different. Show, and it won't be one different. You never found a man that in born again, or claimed to be born again was a drunk and kept on drinking. Man messed up and robbing all. He'll be changed. I can even get born again people who use psychology, your good doctors scaring the living daylights out of you. You get a fellow all messed up inside and his heart going to whack, and talking by ... I'm going to tell you fellow, you've had your last drink, you've smoked your last cigarette, you've blown your fuse for the last time. From now on you act like a real man, or you're dead. Dead, you don't mean that Doc, I'll be dead? Yep, one more blow your stack, one more drink you're gone.

"Well, Doc, I'm reformed right now." And he is. Is he born again? No sir, not really. He's born again sure, from he was. (See?) Won't be any different there. What one different? Word. Believe with a prophet. So, you see brother/sister, I simply can't go along with those who say there's something else, plus, because I don't believe it, because the prophet didn't say it.

76. And I'm going to tell you something here, and (you know) personal testimony is a very naughty thing, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Way back in 1960 when I could have killed a man and be justified in doing it according to what I believe. I stood in many court of law, and been glad to kill him for what he did. I did my best to love him with all my heart. And I was so distraught over this thing we're talking about tonight, which is the evidence of the Holy Ghost. And so sure that Bro. Branham was right, I phoned him and said, "Bro. Branham I have got to have help. Now, I'm going to come to you as I've never come before, I would like you to ask God to give you a vision for me, I know that you can't do it on your own, but I would like to come and see if God might give a vision, because I've come to the end of my rope. I don't have love, I don’t know if I've got the Holy Ghost, I've got to have something, because tongues is not the evidence."

He said, "Lee you're right, I can't have a vision unless God gives it. Come up tomorrow, because I'm leaving Monday."

I drove up, I didn't go to church that Sunday, drove six hours to get to him. We went out to chow, out to the pasture where the visions never fails. The motor had barely been turned off and he turned his heart towards God and the vision came right down, it was a pyramid. Now, which you see up here.

"Are you British Israel?" He said, "Lee, you have an enquiring mind, have nothing to do with British Israel."

Now, just a minute, "If a son ask bread, will he give him a stone?" [Mt 7:9] If I want to know about the very thing I'm telling you tonight about and looking at, well you say, "Well, not son, ha, how about if I give you a chunk of liver with worms in it, see if you can catch some flies, and things like that and you can catch some fish." I went there over what I'm talking about tonight. And the Holy Spirit came right down and corrected my doctrine to be one with the Word.

77. The prophet in '64 and the tape I think is 'Broken Cistern' [64-07-26] will tell you in that night service how he and I talked and we did. In West Palm Beach when I defeated him at his own under-standing, and he defeated me in my understanding of what the evidence was. Because he said, "Love." And I said, "Tongues." When the showdown came I knew that tongues was not the evidence, forget it. I believe that love had to be. But, even a prophet sitting there at that time never caught what God was doing until 1964 He gave him a vision, and corrected his doctrine. It was, "Receiving the Word for the hour."

Now, brother/sister, there is nothing in this Book that backs up that revelation by vision. Nothing else but what the truth that It's the Word and the Word alone. You look and see if it's fruit, and you won't find it. You look for soul winning, you can't find it. If you look for power, it'll deny it. (See?) It's the teaching. "He that hath an ear, let him ear." [Rev 2:29a] And I'm satisfied with that, because if I've got an ounce of gumption at all, and I believe "He's the same yesterday, today and forever," [Heb 13:8] I will to see want the dynamite of God moving in my life.

78. I will want to win souls; I will want to have fruit; I will want to worship; I will want to serve; I will. But, there's just one difference and that's the evidence, the criterion: do I believe that prophet and what he said? Whether I understand or not, will I accept it and stand with it? (See?) Not plus now, you want to put a plus you can, but I'm talking about evidence.

Now, when I'm talking about a Spirit filled life, I move in and I say, "Look, if you've got the Life of Christ, (Bro. Branham said, he told me this) you will produce what is there." Certainly you win souls, or you'll try to. What if you don't ? What if you prayed day and night and did your best and you're one of those hard places where not one came in, are you going to say you don't have the Holy Ghost, because you didn't win as far as you know?

Have you fought yourself right to the place where blood might pour out of your forehead like it did Jesus' in order to be right in the right spots? How much fruit have you got? Can you look back and say, "Look, I know that I've got more fruit in the hand and you're going to say, that's my evidence?" If you are, you're wrong, that's a life. But you see, we're trying to identify the Life as whether you are one with It, and It with you in the divine plan of God. And there is only one way and it's not by your fruit, you can go thirty, sixty to hundred. It's not by your service, you can go thirty, sixty to hundred. (See?) It's not by winning souls you can go thirty, sixty to hundred.

79. Trace it all down, you get thirty, sixty, to a hundred. But one word off, plagues; one word off, death. Now what do you want as your evidence? You want to stay with the prophet? Or do you want to run around and say, "Oh no, I can't take that." Then don't take it. You say, "Bro. Vayle, you're hard." Why shouldn't I be hard, what do you want me to be, some kind of a nut? (Uh?)

We're not kidding tonight brother/sister, I'm not really in a mood even to preach. And I've been tough without even getting in the mood for it, so you can see that if I got in the mood we'd have some sparks flying. Some hot Scripture, look at It again. It says, "That we hence forth be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. But holding on to the truth in love." [Eph 4:14-15a]

You love the truth, that's your difference, and the love of God and the patience of Christ, the virtuous. " And you're growing up unto Him in all things," [Eph 4: 15b] which is the entire Word of God. How are you going to do it if you added a Word, or taken a Word?

"Oh, (you say) well I can prove I got to buy a gift over here and something over here, and the Bible contradicts it." It's the Word, and now at the end time there is only one way that anybody is going to make that Rapture.

80. And let's hit it right down flat, and that's by 1 Corinthians 15: over here and let's take a look at It.

(51) ... I (will) shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,...

It says, "The last trumpet is going to do." What's the last trump? Not the Seventh Seal last trump, we're gone by then. You notice there's 'trump' and trumps. And could it be there's 'thunder' and thunders? Oh, that was a good question Bro. Vayle. I refuse to answer it at this moment.

The trumpet is going to sound. Which trumpet? The last trump. Didn't Paul liken himself to a trumpet? The trumpet giving an uncertain sound who's going to prepare?

81. All right, we're preparing for marching orders. It says here what is going to do it, is the end time Message. For Bro. Branham said, "Let me see a woman of such character to stand still and hear the Message, and stand in the waters of separation till she be dressed." He said, "I believe I've come to dress a Bride." And he screams out he said, "Bring on your holy vesture with the Word of God standing by." Prophetic, screaming the end time Message is going to separate and clothe a Bride. Where does he say one thing about works here, winning souls, and fruit and worship this or that? Certainly we'll have it, every bit of it, but here's you criterion. Then he said,

(52) ...the dead (will raise) incorruptible, and (we'll be raised with Him, and death will be put to one side.)

How is it going to be done? What did the prophet say? "As John the Baptist foreran the First Coming, so your Message shall forerun the Second Coming." (See?) And it did. William Branham coming on the scene, vindicated in a measure. Standing there, preaching the best he could, yet with error, literally brought Christ down to stand here on earth right beside him and amongst us. Pillar of Fire, the whole thing, bringing forth the entire Word of Almighty God. And Christ standing here to raise the dead. And who is He? The Word revealed.

82. Now then brother/sister, that's long enough to preach, but I hope you see what I'm trying to say to you tonight. I don’t mind if anybody says the evidence is Word, plus, that's their business. That's their business. But I don't care, if pulpits are closed to me, because I'm preach it, that's their business, frankly I wouldn't want to in their pulpits to be honest with you. They believe that, because I might make a flip, and I wouldn’t want to make a flip, and just come out flat and say, "Look, there's only one evidence as far as I'm concerned the prophet said it."

He didn't say It was plus, he talked about the life. But when you want to identify that life as to who's baptized with the Holy Ghost, and brother/sister, let's bring in all the great men with their love. The fine men who don't even know there's a baptism with the Holy Ghost. Who deny a prophet, but they're consecrated, bringing in a great soul winners, bringing in great men with manifestations. Let me tell you something brother/sister, it looks good, but it's not going to pass the test.

So, that's the evidence, and Bro. Branham said, "The only One I can see, and by the grace of God that's the only One I even care to see, so I'm going to look at". So, the Lord bless you, shall we rise at this time?

Heavenly Father, we praise You tonight for Your goodness and mercy to us. And I know, Lord, that many, many times we just have to look at this Word as It would be a tradition, which is good in the right sense, doctrine, which has been set forth by a prophet. Not to arouse people, to precipitously, anxiously attempt to win souls, bear fruit, worship and see Your power manifested amongst those that are sick. People, Lord, who need help.

Lord, we know that's wonderful. But sometimes to just be in a service to appeal directly to the mind, which is the womb of the spirit. That they may really feel the impact, O God, of what the prophet said when he said it.

And, Lord, I don't believe there is one person amongst us that doesn't want to see that Word bring forth in our lives, or our lives bring forth, Lord, in such a way that we can see Mark 16 amongst us. We can see Galatians 5:22-23, positively see Acts 1:8, going out winning souls. In all the worship, Lord, we know that we want that. And sometimes, Lord God, I realize that there are too many people. I can be included right amongst that number who sort of draws ourselves back under the shelter and retrench and just say, "I got the Word."

Thinking for one minute that that Word just letter with no life. And it wouldn't matter if no life was there. But, that's not true, Lord, we know in our hearts better than that, that there is a life in that Word, and there will be within us the great desire to see men and woman born again. To see whatever we can do in a ministry that you set before us.

So, help us all, Lord, at this time to have clear cut conceptions and no longer be of those who have their lines mixed up in times like this as You even warned the prophet. And, Lord, I know tonight that if a prophet could get his lines mixed up, and You gave him a vision of rebuke, then I'm not a prophet and Your people aren't prophets. They're going to have to just be determined to be that much closer, Lord, to this Message which is already been given by revelation, vindication to us.

Lord, I pray that not one Word be added, or taken away, but that all will shine forth in its proper way, so that men and women, Lord, will be able to stand before You in that day. And I pray some-how that...I don't know if any of us here even claim a thirty-fold, but it might be well up to the sixty, and maybe even beyond that. Because superseding sixty, we get those beautiful perfect marks, just a handful of grace and credit. Because it's all grace and credit through the grace of Almighty God.

Lord, we pray as the people go tonight be with us as we go down various roads and ways, guiding us and helping us, so that no harm come upon anyone. May our rest be good, O God, restoring our strength. And so many people do need strength restored. And above all, may Your peace because of assurance in this Message, Lord, begin to settle down upon each heart to realize that Your prophet vindicated did not come to give us an evidence that men would turn from, then we who receive it, would be upset and torn. No sir. But it was given in order to settle us down the simplicity, this is it.

Lord, I pray tonight that this shall be it with the people. God grant it, Lord, I wouldn't want to be here tonight to tear anybody up, or cause any doubts and all I pray, Lord, that if any doubts are risen, forgive me, and show the person exactly what the prophet meant. If I fail anyway then I can say nothing but forgive me, Lord, and You take over, I'm just a mess. But, Lord, I believe that somehow tonight that this is the truth, for the prophet himself commended It when It was given back to him as he taught It to me.

So, I pray, Lord, as I stand upon it, for the settled peace of God and assurance to rest upon each soul and mind tonight. Let it trickle right down, let no one be afraid, Lord, let it go right down in their hearts. Right down to their shoes that they go out and safe. Their very lives, that their hands and their minds now under the seal of God, see the beautiful things that Christ wrought.

We thank You for this, and unto the King Eternal, immortal as the only wise God, be all power and honor and glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.