Did You Learn to Love?

1 John 4:7-21 ⁷Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. ⁹In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ¹²No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. ¹³Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. ¹⁴And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. ¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. ¹⁶And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ¹⁷Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. ¹⁸There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. ¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us. ²⁰If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? ²¹And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Do You Now Believe?

55-0610 · Macon, Georgia

26 Now, I’d just like to tell you what my secret of the greatest… What are you—you… How’d you like me to tell tonight, what I think is the greatest, most powerful force there is on earth? Would you like me to tell you about it a few minutes? You might not love me so well after this, ‘cause I—I will just tell you all. [The mightiest force there is on earth is love.] That’s exactly. [There’s nothing that will break down love. No matter what it is.]

Whatever you are, or what you might’ve sang; you might’ve danced in the Spirit; you might’ve spoke with tongues; you might’ve shook the elder’s hand; you might’ve been baptized three times, this a way, backwards, face-forward, anyway you want to; but until love anchors in your heart, you’re still out of God. That’s right. That’s right. You’ve got to have love, or that… The Bible said, “God is love.” And God is the strong… The love is the strongest force.

The Kinsman Redeemer

60-1002 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

46 I said, “Hatred had a beginning, so it has to have an end. Love had no beginning, so it has no end. Hatred is forever. Love is Eternal. Hatred begins and hatred will end. [Love never did begin and It never will end].” See? It was Eternal.

Song of Songs 8:5-7 ⁵**Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. ⁶Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. ⁷Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Matthew 24:10-12 ¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages

Chapter 6 · The Thyatirean Church Age

I want to give a warning right here. It says concerning the last days that because of abounding iniquity the love of many will wax cold. In the Laodicean, or last age, self love, and love for material things will take the place of the true love of God. We need to guard against the power of sin in these last days. So many are getting so hard because they haven’t realized the effect of this last day spirit. It is time to draw nigh to God and let him fill our lives with His love, or we will feel the coldness of the last day church, and reject the truth of God which alone is able to help us. In those dark and dreadful years the true vine held its love for God and love of the brethren. God commended them for it.

Questions And Answers #1

54-0103M · Jeffersonville, Indiana

176 I remember years ago. You always hear them talk about the sawdust trails and things in the tabernacle. That didn’t make it any more, not a bit more. But then it was fresh, God was calling His Church. I’ve seen them sob and cry and lay on the altar all night long. I’ve went to their houses, and you could hear them when you come up, just in their…in their bedchamber, men and women, crying, “O God!”

177 You’d see them walk through the church, and I’d see the piano start playing, Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross, and the tears flowing down there, you know. “Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff.” Walk into this church, then walk down to another church, and hear them there, There’s a precious Fountain. “O God, save my boy. Save my daughter, she’s lost, Lord. Please!”

178 You don’t find that no more. What’s the matter? The Spirit of God is withdrawed. Jesus said, predicted this, that the love…because the love of many…their love would fail. “That because iniquity would abound, the love of many would fail.” See? See, grow cold, go away. The love is dying away. And what they got into it? Just a form; beat the piano up and down, real hard, and yell, “Glory to God! Hallelujah! Amen! Praise the Lord!” See, like that, it’s just a form. Don’t fool yourself, see, just fooling yourself. See, listen, brother, until we…I go like this, I’m talk-…

179 I’m not talking about our tabernacle, I’m talking about what I find around the United States. It’s become just a form, just kind of acting what we used to have. And that travail of soul, it’s just about over. Oh brother, sister, (God, have mercy on us) may God have mercy!

The Resurrection Of Lazarus

51-0729A · Erie, Pennsylvania

50 …That’s what the matter with the world. They’re dying for love. We got plenty of teaching, plenty churches, but we need a love of God. Hallelujah. Know what’s the matter with me today…

Hebrews 12:15 ¹⁵Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Matthew 18:7 ⁷Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

1 Peter 4:8-11 ⁸And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. ⁹Use hospitality one to another without grudging. ¹⁰As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Charity: to love. Love, affectionate regard, goodwill, benevolence. With reference to God’s love, it is God’s willful direction toward man. It involves God doing what He knows is best for man and not necessarily what man desires. ALSO- Kiss of PEACE, affection, goodwill, and benevolence.

1 Peter 4:8 (AMP) ⁸Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others].

Look

63-0428 · Phoenix, Arizona

6 There’s nothing like music. You know, God heals by music. Did you know that? Uh-huh. God heals by music.

7 God heals by love. See? God heals by medicine. God heals by prayer. God has many ways of healing. Depends on what type that you need.

8 [Sometimes a little love, stretched out, will just cure an old sore, an old place that’s been a grudge or something. It’ll heal it right over, just a little love, a little care.]

9 Sometime when you feel all down, and, as we call it, a street expression, down in the dumps, see, just put on one of those tapes, that music or a record, and go to playing it. The first thing you know, you’re patting your foot, or your hand, and it’s all over then. You’re right up and ready to go again.

1 John 4:20 ²⁰If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Is Your Life Worthy Of The Gospel?

63-0630E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

150 Now, don’t fuss. See? Temper breeds temper. First thing you know, you grieve the Holy Spirit away from you, you’ll be fussing back. Then the Holy Spirit takes Its flight. Temper breeds temper.

And love breeds love. Be full of love. Jesus said, “This will all men know you’re My disciples, when you have love, one for another.” That’s the fruit of the Holy Spirit, love.

Mark 12:30-31 ³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. ³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

1 Corinthians 2:16 ¹⁶For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

John 12:47 ⁴⁷And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever

61-0118 · Beaumont, TX

11 I think, when Solomon built the first temple it was cut out from all over the world, shipped in: cut out from the quarries; and the—and the cedars cut up at Lebanon, and floated down to Joppa; and hauled in by ox cart, and so forth. And it was so masterly built that when the temple went together, it had all kinds of little funny looking stones in it. But when they began to read the blueprint, it was all in the blueprint. And there wasn’t not even a buzz of a saw, or sound of a hammer for forty years in building the temple.

[I think that’s the way God’s got His people all cut out.] One’s got a nature of one kind, one another. But they’re all Christians, fitted stones, joined together upon the Chief Cornerstone, Christ Jesus. Oh, there’s the main thing. So many reject that precious Cornerstone, [where we’re all built together, cemented together with God’s love. That’s right. God’s love.]

And when we have that, there’s nothing will separate us. There’s nothing can divide us, as long as we love one another. I’ve been a minister for thirty-one years. I’ve seen all kinds of gifts. I’ve—I’ve seen God do great things. [But the greatest thing I ever seen in my life was love. It’s the most powerful force that stops anything there is, is love: love that moved a mighty God]. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son.” Love is a great keynote, thing we—we leave out. It’s something that’s eternal.

1 John 3:14 ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 4:20 ²⁰If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Is Your Life Worthy Of The Gospel?

63-0630E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

And love breeds love. Be full of love. Jesus said, “This will all men know you’re My disciples, when you have love, one for another.” That’s the fruit of the Holy Spirit, love.

1 John 3:18 ¹⁸My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Ephesians 4:14-16 ¹⁴That we henceforth 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; ¹⁵**But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: ¹⁶From 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.

Ephesians 4:14-16 (AMP) ¹⁴So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of *^a^*unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead. ¹⁵Rather, let our lives lovingly *^a^*express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). ¹⁶For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.

Faith Is The Substance

51-0508 · Los Angeles, California

16 So Paul said it was possible for him to do those things without having the Giver, “Though I speak with tongues as men and angels, and have not charity, it profit me nothing.” See, see? All right.

Now, love one another. Above everything that you do, love one another. And as you love one another, you’ll love God. See? You love each other and you’ll love God. For God is love.

And a man that walks in love, walks in life. And perfect love casteth out all fear. Then if you can take Him at His Word, and not fear a bit about it. Say, “Lord, I love You; I know You’re going to answer because You promised me You would, and I just know You’re going to do it.” See? And it takes away all fear.

John 12:47 ⁴⁷And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 12:47-50 (AMP) ⁴⁷If anyone hears My teachings and fails to observe them [does not keep them, but disregards them], it is not I who judges him. For I have not come to judge and to condemn and to pass sentence and to inflict penalty on the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸Anyone who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at naught, refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge [however]; for the [very] message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last day. ⁴⁹This is because I have never spoken on My own authority or of My own accord or as self-appointed, but the Father Who sent Me has Himself given Me orders [concerning] what to say and what to tell. ⁵⁰And I know that His commandment is (means) eternal life. So whatever I speak, I am saying [exactly] what My Father has told Me to say and in accordance with His instructions.

Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever

61-0118 · Beaumont, TX

John 15:10-11 ¹⁰If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. ¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

John 17:20-26 (KJV) ²⁰ Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; ²¹That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. ²²And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: ²³I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. ²⁴Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. ²⁶And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

John 17:26 (AMP) ²⁶I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.

God Making His Promise

56-1209A · Brooklyn, New York

34 … God is a lover. God is love. God so loved the world when they were unlovable, that He gave His Son to make them lovable. And God… Here it is. God wants to come down and make love to you. He’s seeking, thirsting, hungering, trying to get to some of your starchy hearts to make love to you, as a love affair: not a law, but a love. It’s all in love. God so loved.

Corinthians, Book Of Correction

57-0414 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

140 What is it a type of? Christ, from out of His bosom! Not a by-product, not a Methodist, or a Baptist, or a Pentecostal hatch-up. No, sir. But out of His own heart, He took a Sweetheart that’s as pure and loyal as She can be. She’s as loyal as a lily. Look at…

141 Look back there at Solomon speaking, “Come, my love, let us walk in the pomegranates. Let us take our fill of love.” And when the real believer opens his arms with a pure heart, and he holds up to Christ, that affection of that lover of Christ goes into His bosom. It’s His Wife, just like the husband does to a real wife.

1 John 2:5 ⁵But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 Peter 1:22-23 ²²Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: ²³Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of INCORRUPTIBLE, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Philippians 2:1-3 ¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, ²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. ³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

John 13:33-35 ³³Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. ³⁴A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Everlasting Life And How To Receive It

54-1231 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

51 You just imagine somebody hates you, once. And they don’t hate you, but you imagine they do. And you just keep thinking, “They don’t like me.” And the first thing, you’ll be shunning that person, when they haven’t done nothing to you. And after a while, it become so a reality to you, till you actually believe that that person doesn’t like you. And you’ll might ball them out, or say something to you. For instance, your wife, or your husband, or some neighbor, or something like that, when, the person is absolutely innocent of any ill thing. It’s because that you just imagine it so, but, till it become a reality to you. Now see what I mean?

Perfect Faith

63-0825E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

9 I get spells too, you know; I get moody. I get to a spot to where I…What gets me, is where I get to those spells when I get all overworked, and Satan comes telling me, “Why, nobody cares for you. You really haven’t got a friend in the world, see.” And so that…

10 Remember, I’m not immune to the temptation. See, I got to overcome that. Then when I look back and see something like this, I put it right back in his face and say, “What about that?” That helps me to over—overcome. “What about that?”

Perfect Strength By Perfect Weakness

61-1119 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

99 I’ve often said, “The greatest enemy I got is William Branham.” He’s the one that gets in God’s way. He’s the one that gets lazy. He’s the one that gets to a place sometimes where he thinks he can do something about it, and, when he does, that shoves God right out of the picture. But when I can get rid of that guy, when I can get to a place that he is out of the way, then God can come over and do things that William Branham knows nothing about.

100 That’s when God can use you. That’s when He can use any of you. He can use anybody when we get out of the way. But as long as we got ourselves in the way, then we cannot. All right.

Fellowship

60-0611B · Middletown, Ohio

17 …And men just educate themselves till they’ll—they educate themselves away from one another. They get complexes. You don’t get no complex by the Blood of Jesus Christ; you get love. That’s where… that’s… You get love, not a complex, that, “I’m a little bigger than somebody else, little better than somebody else, and know a little more than somebody else.” You just got your arms around everybody, and it’s a basis of love through the Blood. The Blood cleanses.

1 Corinthians 1:10-11 ¹⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that **there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

1 Corinthians 1:10-11 (AMP) ¹⁰But I urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say, and that there be no dissensions or factions or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your common understanding and in your opinions and judgments. ¹¹For it has been made clear to me, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions and wrangling and factions among you.

Romans 12:9-11 ⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. ¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; ¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Dissimulation: Without PRETENSE, Genuine and SINCERE, IRREVOKABLE**

Romans 12:9-11 (AMP) ⁹[Let your] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good. ¹⁰Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another. ¹¹Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.

1 John 4:17-18 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. ⁽¹⁸⁾There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:19 ¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us.

Thou Knowest All Things

52-0716 · Hammond, Indiana

28 …You must believe. The whole thing lays in faith. Jesus said, “He that heareth My Words and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Everlasting Life, shall not come into condemnation, but’s already passed from death into Life.” Do you believe that’s the truth? There it lays. There isn’t nothing else that you can do, only believe. And if you believe, then them little immoral things will just drop off, like that. As you believe, you become love. And love is God. And you begin to wind yourself into Christ. And these other things, you don’t have to quit doing them; they just quit themselves. There’s just no desire to do it. “The worshipper having purged, has no more conscience, or desire of sin.” Hebrews 9. See? “The worshipper once purged…” See what I mean? When the worshipper is purged, is when he is born again, when his old nature dies, and a new nature sets in. Then he becomes a part of God, a son of God. He gets new Life, and the Life is… And the Greek word there is “Zoe,” which means “the Life of God.” And you become an offspring of God. And God can’t hurt you without hurting Himself. See what I mean?

Matthew 5:44-46 ⁴⁴But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; ⁴⁵That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. ⁴⁶For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Matthew 5:47-48 ⁴⁷And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? ⁴⁸Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

1 John 2:10-11 ¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. ¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

The Prophet Elisha

54-0723 · Chicago, Illinois

7 …And now, here is one point that I wish to stress on for a few moments: that is, concerning believers hooking themself up with unbelievers. Doesn’t… Why, it doesn’t work. God isn’t pleased with it. God has said, “Come out from among the unbelief.” See? You can’t associate night and day together. Neither can you associate belief and unbelief together. And—and when you find unbelief, it’s accompanied by hatred. If you find faith, it’s accompanied by love, for love creates faith. And without faith, why you can’t have love.

Ephesians 4:11-13 ¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ¹²For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: ¹³Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a PERFECT man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Perfect: of full age, brought to its end, finished; wanting nothing necessary to completeness; perfect; consummate human integrity and virtue; of men, full grown, adult, of full age, mature

Adoption #4

60-0522E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

104 THUS SAITH THE LORD, it’ll take perfect love to put you in that place, for that’s all there was there. No matter what money, how much religious demonstrations, how many good deeds you done or whatever you done, that won’t count nothing on that day. It’ll take perfect love. So whatever you do, you lay aside everything else until you are just so filled with the love of God till you can love those who hate you.

Dissimulation: Without PRETENSE, Genuine and SINCERE, IRREVOKABLE**

Trying To Do God A Service Without Being The Will Of God

65-0718M · Jeffersonville, Indiana

191 Live humble. Live loving. Love one another. Don’t never get nothing among you. If you see something coming up in your heart against somebody, get it out of there right then. Don’t let…

And Satan will do his best to get among you. See? Don’t you let that happen. Some slicked-tongue fellow might come along and try to take you away from It. You think they could talk Moses out of the Presence of God, where he had stood there and seen It? No, sir. No. We don’t take from It or add to It. Just keep It the way the Lord said. We don’t want no denomination. We don’t want no organizations. We don’t want no malice. We don’t want no strife. We want God, and He is the Word.

Enticing Spirits

55-0724 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

161 Jesus, in His prayer, said, “Father, I sanctify Myself.” Jesus become sanctified, to the Church. He could have gotten married, but He didn’t do it. He become sanctified. He said, “Sanctify them, Father, through the Truth. Thy Word is the Truth.”

162 Now let’s lay aside every weight. You got a temper? You got something about you, makes you talk when you ought not to talk? O God! Lay it there now. Lay it there, watch the Fire of the altar come down and take it away. Watch the love of God lick it up. Watch all that old selfishness, the way you been talking to your wife, the way you been talking to your husband, the way you been talking to your neighbor, the way you’ve talked about the people in the church, lay it on the altar this morning, and the Fire of God will come down and take it right away, and Divine love will burn in its place.

163 You got sickness? Lay it on the altar, say, “Lord, here it is. Create in me a clean spirit. Create in me a healing power.” See what God will do. God will do it this morning.

Romans 5:1-11 ¹ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: ²By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; ⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope: ⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. ⁶For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. ⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. ¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. ¹¹And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Healing Line

53-0907E · Chicago, Illinois

40 … Listen, here’s a lovely thing, as you serve one another, you’re serving God. See? The love of God is in every Christian heart. And be kind to one another. Forgive one another. If you don’t see the Scriptures just alike, well, you believe anyhow and—and pray for the other person and just love one another. You’ll find there’s no greater evidence of a Christian in the world, than love.

1 John 4:19 ¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us.

Thou Knowest All Things

52-0716 · Hammond, Indiana

Matthew 5:43-46 (KJV) ⁴³Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; ⁴⁵That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. ⁴⁶For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Influence

63-1114 · New York, New York

109 Reverence! We ought to honor one another, respect one another, as brother, sister. And love one another, with undying love. You say, “Well, I just can’t.” Well, just stay here a little longer, and then you will like people, too. You’ll love those who doesn’t love you. That’s really a good sign of Christianity: when you can, from your heart, love those who does not love you. Love the unloveable.

Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed

63-0728 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

85 Cause, we’re in the last days, where the Bible exalted, or, exhorted us to—to, “Much more as we see that day approaching,” to love one another with Christian love and Divine love, “to assemble ourselves together in Heavenly places and—and—and Christ Jesus,” and love one another. “This will all man know you are My disciples, when you have love one for the other.” That’s right. Stay right together.

86 If the brother, you think he’s a little wrong, or the sister, say, “Lord, don’t let me never have the root of bitterness spring up, ‘cause it’ll—it’ll affect him, and it’ll take the Christ right out of my life.” That poison acids of malice, and jealousy, and hatred, that will just take the Holy Spirit right away from you. It will run Him from the tabernacle here. It’ll kill the Spirit of God, or drive It away from here, hurt your pastor. It’ll do everything. See? Don’t you do that.

87 You just wax that much closer together. Draw up the…Take the buckle, as the brother testified, a minister here the other night, about having a buckle, seeing it in a vision. Just, that buckles on the whole armor of God. Just pull her on, tighten up, move right up close to one another. Love one another, anyhow. Talk nice about one another, say nice things about one another, and then God will bless you.

Matthew 5:47-48 ⁴⁷And if ye SALUTE your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? ⁴⁸Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Salute: to treat with affection, to engage in hospitable recognition of another (w. varying degrees of intimacy), greet, welcome τινά , pay respects, greet with kindness

From That Time

61-0415B · Bloomington, Illinois

27 We must love, divinely love one another. Then you don’t see your brother’s mistake. If he does make a mistake, you never, you look over the top of it, and you love him anyhow. See? That’s it. Love those that love you. Then does not the sinner the same thing? But love those who doesn’t love you. That’s what shows the Spirit of God is in you, ‘cause He loved you when you were His enemy. And He loved you. And that Spirit’s in you, it’ll make you love your enemy, as you do your friend…

The Prophet Elisha

54-0723 · Chicago, Illinois

Do You Now Believe?

55-0610 · Macon, Georgia

27 Now, there’s two different kinds of love: there’s human love, which in a Greek word is a—is a Phileo love. And then Agapao love is the—is the high love or Divine love.

Now, you take like the phileo love, when we have that, love, a mother for her baby will drive her right straight to a flaming fire to save that baby’s life. It’ll make a man, for his sweetheart, lay down his life any time. See, what I mean? It’s…That’s just human love.

…I believe somewhere in the Bible it said, “Could a mother forget her little suckling babe?” Said, “You—you may, but I can never forget you, for you’re engraved on the palms of My hand.” So how could God ever forsake us, or—or anything, as long as He loves us like that?

Where I Think Pentecost Failed?

55-1111 · San Fernando, California

62 Love, God is love. “He that loveth is of God.” Divine love, not affectionate love…There’s two different kinds of love. Now, we know we get into this here “free love,” and all kinds of stuff called love. But that’s not Divine love. That’s a mockery of the devil. You know that. There’s two different loves: there’s a love called “phileo love,” and there’s a love called “Agapao love.”

A “phileo love,” the Greek word, means “the love like I would have for you as a fellow, or my wife.” You have for your wife a phileo love. Now, that love, if you’d catch a…You’d be jealous of her. If you’d catch a man insulting her, you’d kill the man for it. That’s phileo love.

But Agapao love would make you pray for his lost soul. That’s the difference. That’s where people don’t understand. See, it ain’t some kind of an effectual, worked up mental condition. It’s a absolutely, genuine Holy Spirit of God that binds our hearts together in Christian fellowship and love.

Why?

61-0125 · Beaumont, Texas

21 See, God showed me that in my own heart wasn’t right, because I was trying to condemn her, and not looking at what I come from too. So we can always remember; look back to the pit where we was hewed from, things will look a lot different. See? We don’t want to condemn no one. Love everybody.

Whenever you lose that real genuine love that’s in your heart, you’ve lost everything. Just don’t never forget that, that when you lose love, it’s all gone…

The Way To Have Fellowship

55-1009 · Chicago, Illinois

33 There’s where it is tonight. God has to give it. Then love produces a fellowship. Now, when God said back there…The day that sin had separated that Divine love, God told Adam and Eve not to eat these certain fruits, and they did, and sin brought separation. And sin by separation brought hatred, malice, strife, envy. Is that right? What happened? They separated from Divine love.

And when you separate from Divine love, then you can’t overlook your brother’s mistakes no more. You got to bawl him out for it. That’s right. You can’t overlook sister’s mistakes no more. Because you’ve got away from that Divine part, that love part. But if you really love the Lord Jesus, if sister or brother, does something to you, “Oh, well, that’s all right, they didn’t mean to do it.” That’s the kind of love that Christ had, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they’re doing.”

Ephesians 4:11 ¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Ephesians 4:12 ¹²For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 4:13 ¹³Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a PERFECT man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Perfect: of full age, brought to its end, finished; wanting nothing necessary to completeness; perfect; consummate human integrity and virtue; of men, full grown, adult, of full age, mature

Is This The Sign Of The End, Sir?

62-1230E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

373 You remember the pyramid Message? It’s the Capstone. What did It do? The Holy Spirit capped off the individual and seal it, when we added to our faith; righteousness, and godliness, and faith, and so forth, and kept adding to it till we got seven things. And the seventh one was love, which is God. That’s how He makes the individual, and caps him and seals him with the Holy Spirit.

Adoption #4

60-0522E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

101 I said, “O Lord, that’s what I’m here at the church for, trying to set the church in order.” Telling you, brother and sister, there’s only one thing that can enter that, that’s perfect love. Not because you’re loyal to the Branham Tabernacle, or the Methodist church or Baptist church. Them’s all right, you should be. But, oh, friends, you’ve got…Not because you spoke with tongues, danced in the Spirit, because you’ve cast out devils or moved mountains with faith. That all’s all right, for that’s all right, but still unless that real perfect love is in there. That was where perfect love was. And that’s the only thing that’ll let you in there. That’s the only thing that can stay there, it’s the only thing there was, there. Oh my! It’s an adoption. God, before the foundation of the world.

102 Now, let’s hurry up, let’s get this one chapter through, anyhow, if possible, in the next ten minutes. To whom we also have obtained an inheritance…(We inherit what? Eternal Life)…being predestinated… How? Does everybody understand that? Did you call on God? No, God called on you. Some people say, “Oh, I just sought God, and sought God.” You did not. No man ever sought God. It’s God seeking man. Jesus said, “No man can come to Me except My Father draws him first.” See, it’s the nature of man to run from God. And you say now…

103 That, that’s what bothers me, though, to preach to you people; don’t remain on in the same condition you’ve been going in, change now! Hear me as I say it, THUS SAITH THE LORD. I’ve never called myself this, I’m not. But you call me your prophet, or a prophet. The world believes that, the world around, millions and millions and millions of people. I’ve spoke directly and indirectly to ten or—ten or twelve million people, or more, directly speaking. I’ve seen tens of thousands of visions and signs and wonders, and not one of them have ever failed. And that’s right. He’s foretold me things that’s never failed to happen just exactly. I’ll bring any man to trial for that. That’s right. I don’t claim to be a prophet, but you listen to me.

104 THUS SAITH THE LORD, it’ll take perfect love to put you in that place, for that’s all there was there. No matter what money, how much religious demonstrations, how many good deeds you done or whatever you done, that won’t count nothing on that day. It’ll take perfect love. So whatever you do, you lay aside everything else until you are just so filled with the love of God till you can love those who hate you.

105 I’m just as I said this morning, I was made, my whole make-up is grace. A lot of people say, “Now, you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. Yeah, you do something for me and I’ll do something for you.” That’s not grace. Grace is, if your back is itching, I’ll scratch it anyhow, whether you scratch mine or not; you slap me on the face, and say “my back needs itching, or, needs scratching,” I’ll scratch it. See? That’s it, do something. I don’t believe in works. I believe that works is love. Works is—works is the manifestation that grace has taken place. I don’t live true to my wife because I believe she’d divorce me if I didn’t, I live true to her because I love her.

1 John 4:17-18 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. ⁽¹⁸⁾There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

The Rejected King

60-0515M · Jeffersonville, Indiana

146 And I heard a Voice then that spoke to me, that was in the room, said, “This is what you preached was the Holy Ghost. This is perfect Love. And nothing can enter Here without It.”

147 I am more determined, than ever in my life, that it takes perfect Love, to enter There. There was no jealousy. There was no tiredness. There was no death. Sickness could never, in There. Mortality; could—could never make you old. And the…They could not cry. It was just one joy.

Adoption #4

60-0522E · Jeffersonville, Indiana

104 THUS SAITH THE LORD, it’ll take perfect love to put you in that place, for that’s all there was there. No matter what money, how much religious demonstrations, how many good deeds you done or whatever you done, that won’t count nothing on that day. It’ll take perfect love. So whatever you do, you lay aside everything else until you are just so filled with the love of God till you can love those who hate you.

1 Corinthians 13:1-2 ¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:3 ³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

**1 Corinthians 13:4 ⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

**1 Corinthians 13:4 ⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity Vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Vaunteth: to boast one’s self; a self-display, employing rhetorical embellishments in extolling one’s self excessively

**1 Corinthians 13:5 ⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Provoked: The word properly means, to sharpen by, or with, or on anything, and may be applied to the act of sharpening a knife or sword; then it means, to sharpen the mind, temper, courage of any one; to excite, impel, etc.

1 Corinthians 13:6 ⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:7 ⁷BEARETH all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Beareth: Suffer, to cover; to protect or keep by covering, to cover over with silence; to keep secret; to hide, conceal; hides and excuses, the errors and faults of others, by covering to keep off something which threatens, to bear up against, hold out against, and so endure, bear, forbear

**1 Peter 4:8 ⁸And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Charity: love, kiss of peace, alms, gift, benevolence; love, goodwill: -beloved(1), love(113), love’s(1), love feasts(1).
Fervernt: “stretched” or “strained” was used to describe the taut muscles of an athlete who strains to win a race. Literally intense, unremitting, unwearied.

Colossians 3:12-14 ¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; ¹³Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. ¹⁴And above all these things put on charity, which is the BOND of perfectness.

Bond: that which binds together, a band, bond: of ligaments by which the members of the human body are united together, that which is bound together, a bundle
Perfectness: (Teleiotees) is a collective idea, “a result of combination,” to which “bond” is appropriate. Completeness; of MATURITY, perfection, one who reaches a goal.

Romans 13:8-9 ⁸Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. ⁹For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Romans 13:10 ¹⁰Love worketh no ILL to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Ill: Evil, bad, of a bad nature; troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive,

Galatians 5:14 ¹⁴For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

John 13:34-35 ³⁴A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

John 15:12-13 ¹²This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. ¹³Greater love** hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 ⁹But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. ¹⁰And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

**2 Thessalonians 1:3 ³We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith growth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other ABOUNDETH;

Acoundeth: Abundant, have over, to superabound of things, to exist in abundance;

**1 Corinthians 13:8 ⁸Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Cease: Leave, refrain, to make to cease or desist; to restrain a thing or person from something; to cease, to leave off;

1 Corinthians 13:9 ⁹For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

1 Corinthians 13:10-12 ¹⁰But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. ¹¹When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. ¹²For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ¹³And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

God Projecting His Love

57-0806 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

17 And I tell you, brother, when the love of God comes into the human heart, it’ll drive all these things; you don’t have to worry about smoking, drinking, and running to bioscopes. When the love of Christ comes into your heart, you wouldn’t do nothing to hurt Him. Not walking around, saying, “They’re narrow-minded, and they’re this way and that way.” Just let the love of God strike you once, those things die. Your whole affections is placed on Christ. You got Eternal Life then, when you believe Him, when you really believe Him, and get married to Him, and die out to the things of the world.

18 God projects His love. And His love makes you what you are. Oh, there’s many things we could say about it. I’m just going to let my collar down (as it was) for a few minutes, and tell you, my Canadian friends, some of the inside. If you’ll excuse it as a personal testimony, I want to let you know something on the inside of my life, that I’ve found, ‘cause it seems very fitted right at this time.

Many people wonders what takes place, think it’s some sort of a mystic. It isn’t; it’s love. That’s the main thing, is loving Christ, not just saying you do, but from your heart love Him. I’ve seen the cruelest of devils conquered. I seen wild animals floor themselves in the presence of God’s love. Love casteth the fear away.

19 Here’s…In this little book is written a testimony. At Portland, Oregon, one night, I was preaching on faith. And all of a sudden up through the building came a great big man about two-fifty. I thought he must have been a messenger until I noticed the whole group of preachers (maybe a hundred and fifty or more) just scatter from the platform. And when he run up, he looked at me in the face, drew back his big arms…

Little did I know he was an insane man out of an institution. And he had just hit a preacher out on the street and broke his jaw and his collar bone, knocked him way out in the street. And there was about six thousand people present (what could get in the building), pouring the rain on the outside.

And this fellow run to the platform, and he looked at me, and he said, “You hypocrite,” he said, “up here posing yourself as a servant of God. I’ll break every bone in your body.” I weighed a hundred and twenty-eight pounds; he weighed right on two-fifty or better, nearly seven foot tall, well able in strength to pack his threat out. I knew better than to say anything, for he was well physical able.

But when I turned to look at the man, something happened. Oh, if it would always happen. Instead of flying loose and wanting to fight the man or to call the police on him, I loved him. I thought, “That poor man doesn’t want to hurt me. That’s the devil in that man; he wants to hurt me. That man is a man, probably, with a family, who loves, likes to eat, associate, and—and be a citizen. But the devil in him is doing that.” I thought, “That poor brother…”

20 And he walked up close to me, and he said, “I’ll show you whether you’re a man of God or not.” I never opened my mouth; I just looked at him. Everything was quiet. I had just led two little policemen to Christ back in the dressing room. They run out to the platform to grab the man. I shook my head at them, “It’s not a flesh and blood affair.”

And the man walked right up to my face; And he went [Brother Branham demonstrates—Ed.] spit right in my face. And he said, “You snake-in-the-grass. I’ll break every bone in your body, for I’m going to knock you way out in the middle of that audience.” Great big arms…I never said a word, but I was no more afraid than I am right now. That’s it; it’s love. I never went there by my own will, God sent me there. It’s up to God to take care of me while I’m there. I looked at him; I thought, “Poor fellow.”

And he raised back his big fist and started to strike me, six thousand people just setting breathless. And as he started to strike, I said, “Satan, come out of that man.”

First…I missed some of it. When he told me that he was going to knock me out in the floor, I heard my own voice tell him, “Tonight, you’ll fall over my feet.”

He said, “I’ll show you whose feet I’ll fall over.” And he drew back to strike me.

And I said, “Satan, leave the man.” And the man threw his arms in the air; his great eyes bulged out; his mouth went open; he turned around, and fell on the floor, and pinned my feet to the floor till the policeman had to roll him over.

21 Don’t be afraid. God still lives. I seen Him in the challenge of witch doctors in Africa, with all the Hinduism in India. Don’t you think the devil won’t make you prove every inch of ground you claim. But if you love Him, there’s no fear left.

Why Are People So Tossed About?

56-0101 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

114 Paul said, “To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Not me that liveth anymore, but Christ that liveth in me.” Christ living in the individual so surrendered, when Christ speaks through the lips, and thinks through the mind, sees through the eye, acts through the temperament (Hallelujah!), then the things of the world has passed away. How can it be anything but sweet and pleasant all the time? Christ has got control. Amen. You see it? That’s what it is. It’s Christ in you. Christ in you!

You say, “Well, you see,” you say, “I believe that to be the truth, Brother Branham.” That’s right, it’s in here.

115 But has it come here? If it is, then your whole makeup is Christ. Your attitude, your desires, your appetite, your everything is Christ, yielded, resting, everything perfect. No matter how dull it looks, or how black it looks, still it’s the same. Christ is in you. He speaks to the sinner, in the voice that He would speak to him in. He speaks to the prostitute, in the voice that He would speak to them in. He thinks through your mind, the very thoughts that He speaks through your heart, the very way that He would if He was here on earth. And you are no more your own, but you’re surrendered.

55-1115 · San Fernando, California

146 Friends, I’m not no little boy no more. I’ve seen a many test, but I’ve never seen nothing yet could override love. It just takes everything out of the way. Love conquers wild animal. Love conquers. It’s just the most conquering force there is, because it’s God.

147 You know why I can help you? It’s because you love me and you believe me. You didn’t believe me, no matter what kind of works God would do by me, you still wouldn’t get any benefit. Do you know that? That’s my success with the Lord: the people love me and I love them. And that’s where the success comes from. Otherwise, if it wasn’t…

Why Are People So Tossed About?

56-0101 · Jeffersonville, Indiana

190 Brother, let’s get people inside the veil. That’s right. You want to know a little secret? That’s how I conquer wild animals, that’s how I conquer diseases, is by love. The love of God constrains us to do such a thing. Come in the veil. Won’t you, today, while we bow our heads for a moment of prayer? If the sister will go at the piano.

When Divine Love Is Projected, Sovereign Grace Takes Its Place

57-0126E · Lima, Ohio

41 When those hornets had me covered, and I knew that I’d be stung to death in a few moments, instead of running or being afraid…

There’s only two elements that you can be controlled by: That is either faith or doubt. And that is…Doubt will accompany—a fear will accompany doubt. So if you’re…Jesus said, “Fear not.” Don’t be afraid. God keeps His Word. No matter what condition you are tonight, God keeps His Word.

In closing now, in a few moments, listen close. What happened? I loved those fellows. That seems strange, but I did. And here’s why…I—I talked to them. Now, I do not say they understood me, but somebody understood me, for I said, “Little creatures of God, I’ve interrupted you. You were sleeping, and I interrupted you. But I am the servant of your Creator, and His sick children are in my home to be prayed for. And I was mowing the grass, and I’m sorry I disturbed you, little creatures of God. Now, in the Name of Jesus Christ your Creator, my Lord, hurry back into your house, and I will not bother you no more.”

And when I meet you at the judgment…Those hornets swarming over me had never touched me as yet, and they lined up in a single line and went right straight back in their nest. Love projected, sovereign grace takes its place.

42 Seven years I was game warden in Indiana. One day while I was putting some fish in the water…I don’t know why I’m saying these things. But crossing a field where a great bull had just killed a colored man, and he belonged on the pasture of Mr. Gurnsey up at Sellersburg, Indiana. I forgot the bull was in there, for there was signs all around, “Do not enter.” But I had had a little old gun that I was supposed to pack, and I threw it in the car. And I was going across the field, over the hill to pray for a sick man that I knew.

And I was walking through the field, not noticing, and all of a sudden right out in a bunch of bushes, up jumped this big killer. And he looked at me; he let out a roar; he threw his head down; and hooked his horns into the dirt and threw them back. Immediately I felt for my gun. It was in the car. There I stood, alone. The fence was about two hundred and fifty yards, the bull was about thirty yards, no trees nor nothing. I said, “Well, here is the end.” I said, “I do not wish to die as a coward, but I will stand and die as Christian should die.” And as I reckoned myself, and that big fellow turned around, I knew it must be death, to be gored to death in a few moments. I…Oh, he was more than a match for my strength.

43 And I’m thankful I didn’t have the gun for something happened. Oh, excuse my emotion, but something happened. Love come down. Now, this may seem strange, but it’s truth. I talked to that bull. I said, “I disturbed you, but I am the servant of your Creator. I’m on my road to pray for my sick brother. I’m sorry I disturbed you. Now, you will not hurt me, for I love you. And how can you hurt me when I love you.”

44 And here he come. I was no more afraid of that animal than I am of my brethren setting here. He come and I just stood there. And I said, “I love you because God created you. I disturbed you, and I’m sorry.” And as he come close to me, I stood still, and he got within about ten feet. He threw out his feet and stopped, and he looked so depleted. He looked this way and that way. I said, “In the Name of the Lord Jesus, you creature of God’s creation, go over and lay back down.” And God being my witness, the bull turned around and laid down, and I walked in five feet of him.

What was it? Death was at hand. Love was projected, and sovereign grace stopped the bull.

Blasphemous Names

62-1104M · Jeffersonville, Indiana

65 First, foundationally, is Faith. Second, add to your faith, virtue; to your virtue, knowledge; from knowledge, temperance; from temperance, patience; to patience, godliness; and from godliness, brotherly love, brotherly kindness; and then love, being the capstone. Seven of those things. Seven church ages, see, and seven stars of the church ages, and all of it is tempered together by the Holy Spirit.

66 Now, that’s what it takes to become a servant of Christ. Christ builds His Church in seven church ages; His Bride, a Person, woman, Church. Seven church ages constitute and make the Bride. Some out of this age, and some out of that age, and some out of that age, and all together, and shaping it like a pyramid.

Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever

61-0118 · Beaumont, Texas

14 John, after he returned from the Isle of Patmos out in the Aegean Sea, only thing he could say was, “Little children, love one another.” He found there was something real. And that was the disciple that wanted to call fire down on the city, and burn them up ‘cause they wouldn’t give him nothing to eat. But how Christ got a hold of him and let him know, “You don’t know what kind of a spirit you are,” He said, “trying to destroy life. We come to save life.” That’s what we have to have, is love for one another.

Luke 9:54-55 ⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? ⁵⁵But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

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40 Last summer my yard needed mowing so bad; I couldn’t get nobody to mow it. And I was home on a little vacation, and I’d started…Two weeks I hadn’t got out of the front yard with a little power mower. Put on my overalls and run out start mowing the yard, and first thing you know, a little old power mower, and somebody’d come in. I slip round in the back and change my clothes, and run in and pray for them, and then change again, and go out…

It’d been almost two weeks; the grass had growed up behind me. Kinda…So I got around behind the house, and where nobody could see me, and I took off…Just had my overalls and the—a shoes on. My shirt was off. Real hot, and I was mowing. I’d forgot about a little old martin box there that I had, and there’s a bunch of hornets in there. And I hit against that fence, and my, I was covered over with hornets in a few minutes. Just—nothing on to top here. And the hornets…I—I said, “Now, little hornets, I love you. I don’t want you kissing me. I want you to go right on back in your box where you belong, ‘cause I’m God’s servant, and I’m praying for the sick people; and this grass is growing up, and I want you to get away from me. And I’m not scared of you now, because I ain’t got time to fool with you. Go right back in the box.” I just talked to them like that.

I just kept on mowing, and God as the judge, I’m going to let you know, every one of them hornets just lined up right like that and just went right on back in the box, just as pretty as they could go. That’s right.

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41 When those hornets had me covered, and I knew that I’d be stung to death in a few moments, instead of running or being afraid…

What was it? Death was at hand. Love was projected, and sovereign grace stopped the bull.

Charity: to love. Love, affectionate regard, goodwill, benevolence. With reference to God’s love, it is God’s willful direction toward man. It involves God doing what He knows is best for man and not necessarily what man desires. ALSO- Kiss of PEACE, affection, goodwill, and benevolence.

1 Peter 4:8 (AMP) ⁸Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others].** **

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You say, “Well, you see,” you say, “I believe that to be the truth, Brother Branham.” That’s right, it’s in here.

115 But has it come here? If it is, then your whole makeup is Christ. Your attitude, your desires, your appetite, your everything is Christ, yielded, resting, everything perfect. No matter how dull it looks, or how black it looks, still it’s the same. Christ is in you. He speaks to the sinner, in the voice that He would speak to him in. He speaks to the prostitute, in the voice that He would speak to them in. He thinks through your mind, the very thoughts that He speaks through your heart, the very way that He would if He was here on earth. And you are no more your own, but you’re surrendered.

2 Peter 1:1-9 ¹Simon 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: ²Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, ³According 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: ⁴Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ⁶And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; ⁷And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. ⁸For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ ⁹But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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65 First, foundationally, is Faith. Second, add to your faith, virtue; to your virtue, knowledge; from knowledge, temperance; from temperance, patience; to patience, godliness; and from godliness, brotherly love, brotherly kindness; and then love, being the capstone. Seven of those things. Seven church ages, see, and seven stars of the church ages, and all of it is tempered together by the Holy Spirit.

66 Now, that’s what it takes to become a servant of Christ. Christ builds His Church in seven church ages; His Bride, a Person, woman, Church. Seven church ages constitute and make the Bride. Some out of this age, and some out of that age, and some out of that age, and all together, and shaping it like a pyramid.

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307 “Perfect,” takes godliness. You have to add to your faith, godliness. See, you start off down here, with virtue. Then you go to knowledge. Then you go to temperance. Then you go to patience. Now you’re on godliness. Godliness! Oh, my! Our time is getting away. Let’s see. But you know what godliness meant. You’ve sang this song:

To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus, On earth I long to be like Him; All through life’s journey from earth to Glory I only ask to be like Him.

308 That’s godliness. When He was smite on one side of the face, He turned the other. When He was spoken rough to, He didn’t speak. He didn’t rile back. See? Godly, always looking for one thing, “I always do that which pleases the Father.” See? Yes, sir. Always. That’s godliness. See?

The Stature Of A Perfect Man

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312 Then, sixthly, let’s add, the Bible said here, adding brotherly love…brotherly kindness. Now, that’s a good one, right here, the sixth, seven. All right. Adding brotherly kindness. All right. When we get to that, brotherly kindness, put yourself in his place, on the matter. Now you say…

313 “My brother sinned against me,” said Peter. “Shall I forgive him,” he said, “seven times a day?” He said, “Seventy times seven.” See?

314 Brotherly kindness. Now, you see, if a brother is all out of tune, don’t be impatient with him. See? No. See? Be kind to him. Go, anyhow.

315 Somebody said, not long ago, said, “How can you believe these things the way you do, and still go to the Assemblies of God, and the Oneness, all the rest?” Then put, see, brotherly kindness. See? See? Hoping, someday, see; patient with him, see; temperant, enduring with him; knowledge, to understand what he believes, remember, it’s in his heart, that’s what is; virtue, in yourself, to let it go out with kindness, meekness, to him; having faith that someday God will bring him in. See?

316 Brotherly kindness, the seventh thing. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. [Brother Branham taps on the chalkboard seven times—Ed.] See, seventh thing. Then, now, you’re coming.

317 Next thing, then, add charity, which is love. That’s the capping stone. One of these days, in the church…

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Luke 9:54-55 (KJV) ⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? ⁵⁵But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

The Stature Of A Perfect Man

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341 …See? But He brought His Church up the same way. He brought His—His Church up the same way He’s bringing His people up. Then Peter here says, first, seven things: faith, virtue, (see, come up), knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly love, add brotherly kindness, and then the love of God. The Holy Ghost, Christ in the person of the Holy Ghost, comes upon you, in the true baptism of the Holy Ghost, and you got all these virtues sealed in you. Then, God lives in a Tabernacle, called the Building, the living Tabernacle of the living God’s dwelling place.

342 When a man possesses these kind of things, then the Holy Ghost comes upon him. No matter, you might speak with tongues, you might impersonate any gift that God has got. You might do that. But until these virtues here go into you, you’re still off the real, true foundation of faith. But when these virtues grow in, and you added that to that, then you are a living monument…

The Stature Of A Perfect Man

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360 So when you surrender your complete being, then the Holy Spirit just pours through you, in these virtues, then you’re a living tabernacle. Then people look out and say, “That’s a man full of virtue, knowledge (he believes the Word), temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, full of the love of the Holy Ghost. See, there he is, walking around.” What is it? A stature that unbelievers can look at and say, “There is a Christian. There is a man, or a woman, who knows what they’re talking about. You never seen a kinder, sweeter, godlier person.” You’re sealed. A seal shows on both sides. Whether you’re going or coming, you see the seal just the same. There you are. See? When a man or woman possess this, then the Capstone comes down and seals them into the Kingdom of God, which is the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 18:21-22 ²¹Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? ²²Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

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