The Prayer of Moses

The Prayer of Moses

Bro. Lee Vayle - July 15, 1977

1. So nice, to be amongst friends, Scripture says as David said, “To have friends, he must show himself friendly.” So, this is you see practicing in public what's going on. That's behind the flesh, you see publicly now it's down in here.

Now, some time ago I was listening to the radio as I was coming up the road, and I heard a man from Columbus Ohio talking to the people, preacher and he said… People ask me if I ever hear my tapes? My own tapes." He said, "I do." He said, "I like it, (he said) I laugh a little and I cry a little." And he enjoyed it.

I don't like hearing my tapes, see, really get me down. But when I go over my notes, then I wonder what sermon that I preached, I admit that is what turns me on, makes me get excited inside. Because the prophet said, "Before the minister comes to the pulpit, he already has his anointing which is the teaching by the Holy Spirit of the Word of Almighty God."

That is kind of difficult to know just which message to bring, whether I could divert entirely and take something different as a closing message, or just sort of continue on. So, I thought, "Well, I'll miss the sermon that I actually missed, which was number six, or number five I guess it was. And so, we'll conclude with one third of the 'Prayer Series', which I've dealt with, the various aspects why a man prayed, and how he prayed, and what the answer was and so on.

2. Taking from the Scripture as Paul warned us that the Old Testament was given especially for admonition, especially for examples. And I find that looking at these various prayers give us great insight, and they're great examples to us if we want to take it to heart. Because there is one God, and "He's the same yesterday, today and forever." [Heb. 13:8] The God of the New Testament, is the God of the Old Testament. And the revelation of the New is simply the Old more purely and perfectly amplified. It's a continuation of what of what hid the redemptive plan of God, means. And of course, at the end time, there is a winding up, and we are in it.

But the Spirit spoke to all the churches…it spoke to one church at a time, but It said, "He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches," in the plural. [Rev. 2:29] And so, there really there is nothing in the entire Bible, that in some way does not belong to us. An ear for all the Word of God. In fact, Bro. Branham said that, "If you can honestly say, 'Amen', to every Word in the Bible, truly say, 'Amen'." Not just say, "I believe the Bible cover to cover, that's alright. But that's more or less, (you know) cliché. But to honestly believe every Word, though It cuts against the grain, and bypasses the understanding. Like the Book of Ezekiel, I just get simply lost and put It to one side. I don’t know what the Book of Ezekiel is all about. I can't figure whether It's done gone past, or coming, or anything else, except one or a few little verses, of what the prophet commented on. I don't understand It, but I know one thing, It was either fulfilled, or it's in symbol, or It's going to get fulfilled, or could have been something that could have been there, but they bypassed it. I don't know. But I know It's true, because God said so.

3. Whether we understand It or not makes no difference. If the Holy Spirit's inside, It says, 'Amen, Amen'. That's it, it really means that then of course you add to it, because if a prophet comes by and cuts right across your thinking and says, "No, that's not what it really means, this is what It means." They got to say, 'Amen' too. That's a real test whether you have the Holy Spirit or not. (See?) Because It says, "He that hath an ear, let him hear." [Rev. 2:29] How are you going hear if you're not a sheep? And the sheep receive the Holy Ghost, which seals them in, proving they are sheep. So therefore, there is an evidence right there as to where man really has the Holy Spirit or not. If he can really say, 'Amen' to every Word, that is particular that which comes to understanding, and particularly that understanding says, "superior," and in contradistinction to our understanding. (See?)

Many people walked away from Bro. Branham when he brought the Word of God. Because it was contrary to understanding. And he tried to explain it. He said, "Look Jesus came according to the Scripture, but not according to the Pharisees’ understanding of that Scripture. (See?) When Christ then opened the Scripture, even as John the Baptist previously did, well they didn't want It. Well, you see, they're weren't Abraham's seed, and they never got to Pentecost. Didn't do it

4. Now, the reason I say this is because of a young man and woman went to Bro. Branham one time, and said, "Bro. Branham do I have the Holy Spirit?" And of course, he never said, "Now, look (he said) I'm going to discern now, open my heart to God and get a vision and tell you."

He said, "Look, (he said) can you say, 'Amen' sincerely from your heart to every Word in that Bible? If you can, then that is proof you have the infilling of the baptism with the Holy Ghost."

That's why I speak this way this morning. Not something I grabbed out of the air, but something based upon what happened in our day. Now, remember the apostles’ witness to the true Word of God. They tell us in the Book of John what we saw, what we handled of the Word of Life. (See?) So, sometimes there's a witness to come along and tell you some of the things that transpired sort of in private in the prophet's ministry which is very edifying to us.

5. Now, I want to go on this morning then in our meditation concerning the Word of the Lord back here in the Old Testament and bypassing one prayer that would have completed the Book of Genesis. I'm going to go to the Book of Exodus, and we're going to take from the Book of Exodus chapter 5: a very brief prayer that Moses uttered unto Almighty God.

And just change your position's will you by rising to your feet this moment. And we'll just read a few verses (I don't know how many for sure, because I haven't looked at It to see where number five expired and we went into six.) All right, [Exodus] 5:20 and then into chapter 6.

(20) And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

(21) And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because (you've) made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

(22) And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

(23) For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

6. [Exodus 6:]

(1) Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.

(2) And God spake unto Moses, and said…I am the LORD:

(3) And I appeared unto Abraham, (and) Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

(4) … I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

(5) And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

(6) Wherefore say unto the children…I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

(8) And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

Heavenly Father, we thank You now for Your Word, and we pray, O God, that Your Word should be magnified above Your Name now. We Pray, Lord Jesus, that shall be so given to us Who will glorify both the Name and the Word, and honor the Presence of Yourself this morning, for You are here that we know. For, Lord, You would be here as an inquisitive person if You had not already promised You would be here as our Redeemer, for who can hide from You. Who, Lord, can get away from Your omniscience, for You know all things. And, Father, who would get away from Your power for You correct and keep, do all those things necessary. So, we honor You and admit today You are here, and may we so conduct ourselves. And may Your Spirit so help us there not be one Word out of place in the Name of Jesus we pray. Amen. You may be seated.

7. Now, in these meetings as we have studied there's certain things that I've brought to your attention. Last night emphatically attempting to bring to you that God is a very Personal God. That He's involved with people, He's involved with us.

Now, I also brought to your attention the fact that when God spoke to Abraham the father of the faithful, and my estimation the truly first recorded prayer in the Bible. That he said, "You have a need which is a son, I'm going to answer according to your need." God involved with people. God a very Personal God.

In other words, God, a very knowable God. One we talk to, one Who talks to us. In the Book of Revelation when John turned to hear the Voice, the Greek tells us it's 'a conversational Voice'. Wherein whatever the Spirit was speaking John could hear It, then he could talk back to that Spirit, and the Spirit would hear him. This is exactly what It says when I read to you in the Book of Hebrews chapter 10:19

(19) Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

And I mentioned in the Greek that word is 'parrhesia', which means a 'freedom' or 'boldness of speech'. So therefore, God is opened by the Blood, a way to come to Him directly by way of our voices to mention His Name, to call upon the Name of Jesus; to call upon the Name of God immediately we are in His Presence by the Blood. And we have a communication with Almighty God, so it becomes personal devoid of fear. We can question, He will talk to us. He will deal with us. And I'm afraid brother/sister that that is missing for the most of us at least in the degree it ought to be present.

8. When Bro. Branham was on this earth here I was always amazed that he spoke of God, God being as real as this flashlight battery. Just as though he was handling, the reality was there, God is real, and He was real to him.

Now, this is what these series is actually all about, at least part of what it's all about. To stir up our pure minds, and bring us into a fresh remembrance that God is not a God that is a far off. Neither is He a God who despises us. He is not a God without love and charity. He is not a God without mercy. He is not a God as we say, but He is as a Father to the children. Now, we are parents and we know what children are like. They can be sweet, they can be kind, they can be mean, they can be rascals. I'm not saying we're sweet, kind, like fountains that bring forth bitter one time, sweet another time. I'm not saying we're rascals. I'm just telling you that God knows our frame and He appreciates us as children, the same as we appreciate our children. He is also responsible for us, as we are responsible.

9. So therefore, it is a family affair. And we should never ever divorce God from that concept. That is wrong when we do it. We put Him way up here in some plain, holy, unattainable, Who cannot be reached. And some, "I hope, O God, if I could just reach You, there would be some-thing to be done."

And He said, "You have already reached Me. In fact, I enjoined to you, your names are engraved upon My hand. You are the flock of My pasture, the sheep of My hand. I want you to know that you are My children. And even a mother's giving a baby suck can leave her children."

And somebody said, "Now, just a minute, I think that's going too far." Let me tell you, for the first time in American history there are more women leaving husbands and children then men leaving wives and children. This is that hour of promise. "Can (it be said) can a mother forget the sucking child?" [Isa 49:15] No sir! But yes sir, she can! And she's doing it, and at this hour. Bro. Branham's sermon of 'El Shaddai', the breasted One comes into play. God has not forsaken us, we are upon His breast. God has said so, and I hope brother/sister we'll wake up to it before not just saying it's too late, but before that curtain may come down, and we'd wish we had a little practice.

10. Now, that what we must inculcate in our children. That's exactly why that we find our children are not growing up the way they should. That's exactly I would say that my children grew up the way they should not, is because there was not the constant placing before them of the realization and the reality of Almighty God in the positive sweet, sense of His Presence. The Hindu's know better than that.

Old bishop Black, he's dead now told me many years ago, he said, "Lee, over there in India we are not taught are you are in America. If a mother said to a child, 'want you go get a loaf of bread', he does not say, 'mother I do not have any money for bread', he said, 'mother I will surely get the bread when I have the money'." See, there's a difference there. He is going to get the bread. He just need that money, and he knows he's going to get the money.

In other words, there's a philosophy taught there which is not negativity, but positivity. Let me tell you, God is positive, He is not negative. "In Him there is neither light and darkness, or shadow of turning," [Jas. 1:17] it is all Light. The Word of God is not 'yea, and nay', [2 Cor. 1:18] It is Amen. (See?)

11. So, we must understand that, we're dealing with a positive God. And a positive God, will, I am His, and He is mine. And if I don't honor Him, He's stuck with me, and just the same He's going to deliver me perfect and wonderful in His Presence. But you see, that negativity of the old Wesleyan Gospel has just about ruined every single person it ever came across. Cursed be negativity. That's why the Bible said, "Cursed is man who puts his trust in man." [Jer 17:5]

But if you don't have a God that's exalted that you can put your trust in, then the poor guy that is going to be cursed will not be cursed near as much as the fellow that taught him the negativities indulging it. Bro. Branham himself proved that. He said, "If you believe me and I teach you wrong, I'll answer to God for you." (Right? Right) So, we must be careful to always exalt God. (See?)

But remember, there's a place we've got to learn His ways. Right. This morning I trust by His help we'll learn His ways. And I trust you as parents will teach your children what I just said a while ago, exalt God. Make Him real. Constantly tell those children, "Look, God's not looking at you to catch you in your sin, I'm doing that. God's looking at you to help you when you have your problems to encourage you." You go to spiritism.

12. There's a young fellow I got to know many years ago in Tampa Florida. A real sweet fellow. And you know, he said, "Well, (he said) I know there's a God, I was going to turn away from all thoughts, but I went to this meeting and in this meeting my mother appeared to me." Oh, she sure did alright. Hogwash, the devil appeared.

And then he got so enamored with what the devils could do, one spirit talked to him, appeared to him and said, "You remember, son when you were studying so hard, and it felt like a hand just seemly came across your brow and you felt so refreshed and you felt it."

"Yes, I remember that."

"I was doing that."

You're not going to find a devil say, "I'm going to take you to hell." You're not going to find a devil say, "I'm going to put a disease on you." You're not going to find a devil that's going to run you down. Oh, he's careful to be an angel of light, mocking Almighty God.

13. Let me tell you, neither does God want to destroy anyone of His children, or herd them, but He must correct them at times. But in His correction, that is not hurting, that is for good. (See?) We should be more adept to teaching those things, and showing the positive aspect. Not that God is a good God like some of these charismatic preachers teach it. No! But He is a good God, (see?) and He's teaching us, dealing with us, that at the latter end He may bring out all His goodness.

There is a judgment, there are things to avoid, but always bring across the idea as Bro. Branham said. He said, "I thought God was trying to hurt me all the time, and Jesus trying to do me good. So, it's a tug-of-war and a war on." No, there's one God, and He loves us. (See?) And we've got to learn His ways, so that when certain things cross our paths, we know just how confirm it right with the Living God. You see, "because it's for the lack of knowledge My people perish." [Hosea 4:6]

14. Now, here's a little prayer that Moses uttered.

"Lord, why has so done evil to this, or brought this bad thing to pass amongst the people? Why is it that Thou has sent me? And since I have come unto Pharaoh to speak in Thy Name, he hath done evil to this people, and Thou hast not at all delivered Thy people?" [Exousia 5:22-23]

Now, Moses forgot the Word of the Lord to him in Exodus 3: beginning at verse 16.

(16) Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

(17) And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites, (in) a land flowing with milk and honey.

(18) And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, (then he) shall say (to) him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

(19) And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

That's right, he will not let you go, not by a jug full. Not going to let you go, period.

(20) And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that (he'll) let you go.

(21) And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and (it'll) come to pass, that, when (you) go, (you) shall not go empty.

But first of all, you got to get into trouble, then you'll go full.

(22) But every woman shall borrow (that means, 'to ask') of her neighbor, and of her that (sojourns) in her house, jewels of silver, and gold, and raiment: and put them upon your sons, your daughters; and (you'll) spoil the Egyptians.

In other words, they'll be so glad to let you go, they'll kick you out and pay you to go. They'll say, "Get out, and take anything you want, just leave us alone. Leave our lives, leave our houses, but anything you want take it, get out of here."

15. Now, God said this to Moses, but Moses forgot the Word of the Lord. That's what I've been telling you. Prayer is not based upon what you and I think, what you and I really want. Prayer is based upon the Word of Almighty God. (See?) And God can put in your heart His Word, whereby you can pray, that's what the Bible tells us. And It's that Word whereby we pray holding up God's Word to Him, believing It is the answer.

Now, God said to Moses, "Moses, I'm not going to let them go when you go down there with a sign and wonder, if fact I'm going to make it worse." Moses came on back and he cried and he said, "O Lord, (he said) You did only not do what You said You're going to do, but You made it worse for us, it's terrible, they're ready to stone us."

And God said, "Listen here Moses, (said) I told you, what are you caterwauling [howling] about? That's right. "What's all this rumpus? What's all this carrying on? I told you, I told you what was going to happen."

Now, of course God did it much more gently. He was very sweet about it. I just want to put the emphasis on it, to let you know that when God says something don't try to bypass it with your praying. Prayer is not to bypass the Word of God. Prayer is to see that the Word of God gets fulfilled. It's you and I coming under submission to It. So, we can fulfill anything that's incumbent upon us before that Word of God is fulfilled to us.

16. Now, this is a very short prayer with a very long answer. It does not have the characteristic earmarks of the other prayers which involve worship and praise. But it does show again most emphatically that God is more anxious to talk to us and reveal Himself to us, than He wants us to talk to Him, especially apart from His Word. And there's a lot of talking to God apart from His Word, and it's going on right today. They still don't know how to approach God for the gifts of the Holy Spirit in any church, but the churches that follow Bro. Branham.

Because the Holy Spirit individually is sovereignty is to give gifts, but men still seek God for the gifts that they want, and will lock themselves in closets in order to get them, to force the hand of God. And the Bible says, "Once you've forced the hand of God, God will give you the desires or you heart, but send leanness to your soul." [Psa. 106:15] When Israel turned down the Manna, then the wanted the quail, God said, "Quail you shall have." And brother, they regretted the day they ever asked for it. Why? Because it wasn't in the Word of God.

17. Now, we must never bypass the Word of God, or pray a part the Word of God. This prayer is most significant, because it is a prayer which launches the first question directed against God for allowing conditions to worsen in the face of a promise which holds just the opposite sentiment. It's the first prayer that said, "God You gave a promise to make everything just beautiful." Now, here it is, everything is just opposite to beautiful. See, they didn't hear it, they only heard what they wanted to hear.

Go to Bro. Branham's meetings, they heard what they wanted to hear. And soon as he said, "Women must stop cutting their hair."

They said, "Aw, he's a nut."

"Bring those skirts down."

"Men like it that way."

Women leave the pulpit. Ought to be anointed preach too, God called me.

Men, beat me out.

"Oh, my wife's better than I am, she's the spiritual one." Hogwash.

18. Dale Arnnet went to see Bro. Branham. I know his wife Aggie is a jewel, a real jewel. Not a geminis snout of a hog, but a real jewel. That's right, that's what a lot of pretty women are. Ever see a snout in a hog's nose? I mean a jewel in a hog's nose? I don't know if I'd like it or not. That's about a pretty good picture I'd say.

You want to ask Al's a wonderful guy and spiritual. Not saying Aggie is not, she's spiritual too. But Al, he gets in more trouble in finances and business anybody you saw. If there's ten dollars to be borrowed, he'll borrow twenty and lose it. That's the way it was going. So, one day Bro. Branham said, "Listen Al, (he said) in business you listen to her." (Because she took business training in college, she's good.) But he said, "In spiritual things you listen to him." (See?)

All right, people didn’t like what they heard so they just let it go over their heads, took what they wanted and went all the way. That's not the way it should be. So, listen, this prayer is the first prayer that puzzles over God's way of teaching and training His people. Because God was it the act of training Moses and His own children. This is how He was doing it, they misunderstood.

19. It is also very significant prayer, because God takes such pains to assure Moses of His call, to assure him that He is with them. And that in spite of all outward appearance, he is going to be victor and that things are just the way God wants them to be. (Right) Every promise in that Book that you have a little faith in your heart for. Everyone that you pray for, suddenly something may seem to go haywire, go wrong, and you say, "Well, I guess God's not going to hear. I guess He didn't hear." And of course, there's a lot of preachers say if God did not answer your prayer, you didn't pray in faith in the first place. That's a bunch of nonsense. They don't understand what's going on.

Let me repeat: It's a very significant prayer, because God takes such pains and time to assure Moses of Moses' call. To assure Moses the He, God is with Moses. And that is spite of all outward appearance Moses is going to be victorious. God is going to give them a victory, and that everything is just the way God wants things to go. Do you know that way now? Everything is going just the way God wants things to go. You say, "How?" Because you're in a certain position right now whether you know it or not, so far, or so low on the scale, things have to go that way until you and I smarten up.

That's why Bro. Branham said, "Moses was waiting on Israel." Because Israel was not crying loud enough. Was not crying hard enough for God to send a Redeemer. If you want to turn that about Bro. Branham coming back, you go ahead. I might not see it that way. But let me tell you flat: we are in the very place right now where we are, because of certain conditions, and certain other things cannot happen until we rise to certain other conditions. That's right, that's exactly what's going on here. We are in a training position, because Bro. Branham said, "When that last Elected member comes in…" And he added, trained. I heard on a tape he said, "Trained." And he said, "Jesus can come and take us away, the Resurrection will set in."

20. Now, let us examine the truth, that, after a promise is given, the trial must set in. Hear me again: we examine the truth, that after a promise is given, the trial must set in. This is necessary, because we must know that God gave the answer. That's what It says here. God can't work if there is a doubt as to who did the job. Moses questioned God and he said, "Have You really sent me? Am I really ordained, was it some imagination."

You say, "How could a prophet talking lip to ear from God," and back and forth doubt. Listen, Bro. Branham was just as cautious. These are men my brother my sister, not god's. Not a plethora of god's. They're men, men that are fallible with the infallible Word. Yes sir, Bro. Branham questioned at times. Got desperate. And God said, I'm going to tell you son, it's been I along, don't you worry." And confirmed it, and then said, "Here's a gift take it to the world."

He got desperate. (See?) Don't think those men are…or something different from you and me. Just they got a calling, an office, thank God for them. Moses begin to question, "Lord, did You really send me?" (See?) "What's it all about?"

21. Now, let's look at the Scripture that shows us that when the promise is given and we pray in faith a trial sets in. To try our faith, we go to Hebrews 6: to begin with, 11-15.

(11) And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope (to) the end:

What is that word 'hope'? Expectation. Earnest expectation. What is earnest expectation? What I can earnestly expect from God. How do I know what we're going to get from God? Go to the Word and find out. God earnestly wrote It. And in there, He said, "You can have it," Then I can have what He said, it's mine. I can earnestly expect it. In other words, such sincerity. God gave it to him. I can reciprocate by the same sincerity.

Now, It says here: that you are to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end. Paul tells you right here just as in Abraham's case in Romans 4: you start with faith, but you end with full assurance of faith. Abraham started with the promise twenty years ago, assurance of faith. I mean a faith. And he ended up with the full assurance of faith. And that's exactly two thousand years ago we started with the faith in the Ephesians church. And we came today when Melchisedec came right down before us, not in a theophonic body, but through the human body of William Branham and proved that He was the Living Almighty God in charge of everything, proving we are full assurance of a…ready to make the Rapture. Ready to make the full wheel circle finish in the realm of redemption.

22. Now:

(12) That (you) be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

It says you inherit them, but you do not inherit them without the faith and patience. It takes the two of them. And It said don't be slothful, It says a careless untidy person. This is a fellow that loses the will of Almighty God in the promise Word, because he just will not follow it to the end. (See?) Now,

(13) For (he explains it) when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

That ought to stop it right there. That ought to make everyone of us believers. You say, "God swore by Himself?" He sure did.

(14) Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying (I'll) multiply thee.

Like I said before in my first sermon, Abraham said, "I want a child."

God said, "I'll give you a horse."

Notice, "In blessing, I bless, in multiplying, I multiply. In healing, I heal. In raising the dead, I raise the dead. In giving food, I give food. In multiplying loaves of fish, I multiply loaves and fishes."

23. Sure it's right, simplicity. Simplicity, people don’t understand. The simplistic attitude is gone. Too complex. That's why the Seals went over our heads, made it too complex. It's got to be billion miles out here. Like I told you, when I was down in Macon a couple of years ago, I said over the pulpit, Bro. Branham read between the lines. And everybody wants to read between those lines. Oh, the preachers all rise up, I read between the lines. Hogwash. They've read between the lines and it'll take a telescope that could count the fleas on Mars to tell what the prophet said. There's no simplicity left, it's a rat race. Shame on the preachers. I'm not kidding. I'll stand here telling you flat. Time to make smartening up and got simplistic. Whole lot simpler.

Prophet said, "It's so simple, opening that sermon on 'Simplicity', he said and he opened the Seals, he said, "Even I didn't know how simple it was."

And I said, "Ahh…" Don't be confused, just believe it.

He said, "The harder to try to figure it, the further you get away from it."

You say, "Vayle, you're some kind of a…"

I'm some kind of a …you bet I am. Look at him, take a good look. Don't try to figure nothing anymore, just wait for.

"We're supposed to teach." You bet I am, and I'm careful what I teach too. I've learned my lesson once. It just took me one lesson, and I learned it. Just watch. Yeah, oh yeah, don't butt your nose where the prophet went.

I know a good old sweet little boy down on the island somewhere, he said, "Oh, Bro. Vayle, I do what Bro. Branham said, I get in nature by myself and I raise my hands to heaven and oh, those things start coming."

I said, "Oh God, here they come now." So, the new name is 'William Marrion Branham', and they pray in his name and get results. Not trying to scare you. Warning, we've got a vindicated Message. Hold It, watch It, believe It. (See?)

24. Now, "Multiplying, I'll multiply."

(15) And so, after he had patiently (nothing…) So, after he had patiently endured, (but not before he hath patiently endured) he obtained the promise.

That's what It say right here. It said, "When Abraham believed, he became very patient, and he endured." He endured what? Everything that went against the promise that said, "No, no, no."

He said, "Yes, yes, yes."

They said, "You're dead."

He said, "Sure I'm dead. Sure I'm dead, sure she's dead. So that ends it."

[Slam] close the door.

Consider not. The word 'consider' means to 'thoroughly peruse'.

"Oh, let me see, how do my feet feel?"

"Oh now, now, now, now." [makes an unintelligible sound]

"How does Sarah feel?"

"Oh, who cares about your back and Sarah's back."

Close the door, forget it. Ain't going to do you no good, just believe what God said. "You're going to have a child."

"Okay, (he said) fine."

Twenty years of enduring. Man he must have looked sick to the natives. But they got the child. See, that's what the Bible says.

26. Okay, let's go to Hebrews 11: we're going to read in verse 17.

(17) By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

It tells you right here, he that received the promises went through a trial. The trial of his faith. That's right. When you and I pray we must set our hearts to get a trial. Everybody thinks, "Oh a problem, hallelujah, that's fine." Hallelujah, that ain't fine.

"Oh, but it is fine." Oh, it ain't fine, hallelujah to our way of thinking. You got to learn to endure. You got to learn like Bro. Branham when you're going to get healed push the beans down. Oh, brother, I lost it right there. I don't like beans and onions. Oh, I guess they're okay separate, but that's not my idea of a tasty dish on a bad stomach. Push down, …?... Put the beans …?... up. Walk out delivered. (See?) There's a difference brother/sister let's face it.

There are miracles instant healings, but many the promise is God, and those promises which endure and will fit us for heaven absolutely come by trial. Why? Because God's trying mold character.

27. I like what Dr. Charles Price said, he's the guy that got me thinking and set me free and with my understanding at this point. He said, "Between the time you pray and the answer comes, there is a path that every Christian's foot must tread upon." And that's the time where you will either gain the answer or lose it. Because when you want something, God wants something too. You want the promise, He wants character.

Now, I'm adding to what Price said, because it went further. And I ought to go further than Price, because I'm in a new age. I'm in the eighth, the adoption. Mature sons. I'm in the Age of the Bride, fit to get married. You whipper-snappers, getting married fifteen, sixteen years old. Not dry behind the ears. A passionate impulse doesn't make you fit for marriage. You run away from home to do it too. Learn to suffer. Parents don't want the kids to suffer. "No, you didn't have it, so my kids have got to have it." Hogwash! Your kids are twice as rotten than you and me. Three times, four times, most places, not meaning you as a principle, not you as a people. (Right?) Sure, too soft, too easy.

The homes that have properly adjusted children are those that understand what I'm talking about. You love them, you do them good, but you show them where it's wrong, you will hold what is necessary that should be withheld and teach them why. Not clubbing somebody, and this and that. (See?)

25. Now, that's what God's doing right here. And he said, "He that received the promise, had to be trained in that promise." We go to Hebrews 10:32.

(32) But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after (you) were illuminated, (you) endured a great fight of afflictions;

It says right here my brother/sister, when illumination comes, the revealed Word, the revealed promise, the Message of the hour, It said, "You will fight, fight, fight, fight, fight." Once the Light comes. Once revelation comes. Once the promise comes, you are going to be in a fight. Yes sir, and it's going to afflict you. It's going to bug you.

Oh, the preachers that could have heard William Branham's Message, and left their organization, but they couldn't do it. No, they wanted their pensions, they wanted this, and that. Thank God, I've always despised organization, because God showed him what it would do to him.

26. The minute I tried to obey God, the man in Alberta, head of the big bunch of birds down there, the Trinitarian bunch of assemblies, he said, "Now, brother, son (he said) you'll find in a wisdom they're lacking, is not multitude. I looked around for the multitude. He was the only guy sitting there. That boy, he's a multitude alright. Moses was with a stick, he was a multitude, went down and beat the spots off the Egyptian.

That word couldn't beat a spot off the devil, because he's right in league with the devil. Yes sir, you talk about a Rocky Mountain ticks, sucking blood. He wanted me to disobey God. I wouldn't do it.

"Well, (he said) you won't get any papers."

I said, "Keep them." That did it.

You want to obey the devil, get organized. I'll prove it to you. The Bible said, "We are not ignorant of the wiles of the devil." [2 Cor. 2:11] And that word 'wiles' in the Greek is 'method'. That's where you get your Methodist. (haw) Witchcraft. Sure.

27. Now, afflictions are going to set in. You bet. When you and I take this Message and we took it, the day may well have come because the prophet said so afflictions will set in, the squeeze will come on down. Let me tell you, we've got something that could stand the squeeze. We got the Word of God.

Moses had the Word of God. And I'm going to tell you, Moses faltered, and God came right back and said, "Hold it right there son, I got to tell you something, you forgot what I said. You forget that I'm Jehovah and I can do things and work things out. But I love you, and I'm going to help you."

Now, I could take hours on this subject, but I won't do it. It is hard for us to understand God's method of training us and bringing us up. You will note that with Israel how a great people of God came out of Egypt and now God must institute a training program. He just can't let them go and say, "Come on out children, now that's fine, have a good time." Whoopee. That's what we want. Ain't so.

28. You know something, I come to this conclusion. My conclusions are pretty lousy, you won't like it. But I'll tell you, my conclusion is this: if there were less people and more land the greatest privilege you and I could have would be this: to wrest our living from the soil with no time to run around and do hardly one thing, but just get that living, the bread piece, and the clothes put on. And a family to love, and I believe that's pretty well the Millennium. Every man built his own house and nobody inhabit it but him. Every man’s, got his own tree, and he's going to eat off of it.

In other words, wrest your living from the soil. That's where God put us. Israel is the farmer people, and when they got off the land they had to go to commerce and stuff. Now, I look at that picture right there, (see?) simplicity.

29. Now, God must train Israel, because He simply cannot leave them on their own. And the training begins with Moses. Because the leaders must be trained. That's why Paul said, "Follow me." William Branham said, "Follow me." And that's why the pastor must be such a man the people can follow him. That's exactly why the first requisite of any pastor is this, he can learn to be subject to his congregation, but they must be subject to him. Prophet said so. He must never have an axe to grind, or a bone of contention. He must never take sides with anybody. That's right. He's got a hold, that holds the hands together.

If any man is a silent beast of burden, that pastor is. That's why I respect those pastors, they've got qualities and a personality so far beyond mine, that I look in amazement and I almost worship him. Because I know if I were your pastor I'd rip you up one side and down the other till I got every weed with ever tare thrown on the vineyard. And I wouldn't mean to do it. And don't think I'm being corny, or I'm being stupid or carnal, I'm telling you the facts. I've prayed, I've fasted, I've searched God, I pastored, I cannot pastor. I can preach and teach, and no man can follow me. It's worse than ever. Now, what I did to rip up the other fellow, let's go pot.

30. I want to tell you something brother/sister, all things are pure to the pure of heart, and there's nothing evil of itself. But you wouldn't get a minister in the wrong place. He'll mess you so bad, if you go around him, and he might mean it, but he can't help it. A teacher is not a pastor, a pastor is not a teacher, (although he can teach) evangelist is not a teacher, teacher is not an evangelist. Apostle is not so, so on down the road.

There is every one of us with a certain definitive gift. Never get that out of place, and don't get too big with it either. That's easy done. Some got an idea, because he's got a certain calling, well that's it. Well, I don't have that in my heart brother/sister, I live in fear and trembling. So, I better too, because I know my nature.

Now listen, Moses has got to be trained. The hot headed, killing, fighting Moses as got to be trained. Because when he gets them out there in his condition, he's going to bang heads together. Ho, you don't like it, wham! Well, it's a nice pastor, pastor Moses. Do it some more, of course to the other guys. Oh, it's a strong pastor, people think stand up and bump heads. He ain't no, he's a clown. I'm a clown. Sure. That’s right. Not that kind, you can't have that kind of guy. And you better for your pastor, if you haven't got…really pray for a pastor. If you've got one, pray that that grace will be there where he can bow so low to carry your burdens.

Let me tell you, that is a job and a half, that you don't know anything about. How would you like to carry the people's burdens, Moses had to. The old guy that could take an Egyptian and shoot him dead. Bang, and cover him with sand. God doesn't want pastor's banging people on the head and covering him with sand, because God uncovers the sand…oh boy. Skeleton in the clothes closet. Corpse to come back and haunt you. Do you think Bro. Branham's got many corpses to come back and haunt him? Oh, maybe one or two at the very most. My cupboard is full of them. Too bad.

31. Meekness, he's got to be trained in meekness. He's got to utterly rely on God. And no training for the time seems joyous. Let's go to 1 Thessalonians 3:1-4. Now, I'm telling you the truth, I may be facetious at times, I don't mean to be. Okay,

(1) Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

(2) And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

Well, I thought faith did all the covering. Faith must need some comfort somewhere.

(3) That no man should be moved by these afflictions: …

There you are, faith needs to be built up constantly. Faith needs to be preached about, brought to people's attention so you will not lose your faith. Not because you'd throw it away, but it lies in active through misunderstanding. There's nothing wrong with your faith.

Remember, I said it, Daddy Bosworth said, "Never doubts your faith. If you must doubt, doubt you doubts." They're unreliable. But faith is not unreliable. It's the coin of the realm. (See?) Like I showed you the other day. Get out of here a dollar bill, (I think I got one, here, yeah, a good old Canadian dollar bill) that dollar bill there could buy anything that is available for one dollar. If I go to a store and the things worth a dollar, (without tax of course) no tax on it, or ninety-seven cents, or ninety-five with five cent tax whatever it is, I'd say, "Look, I want…"

Now, if he said, "I can't sell it."

I'd say, "Take it off your shelf then." (See?)

32. Now, if God would not give you an answer, take it out of the Book. Oh, God can't take it out of the Book. If you can't take or add a word, He can't take or add a word. Then your faith will get it, but what we don't understand, then there's a trial.

Look it, what if God gave us everything we wanted, we'd have a lousy character. What if you gave your kids everything? Then it's scratch, bang, bang, scratch, scratch, my God how pitiful. Give them everything, they're rotten in ninety-nine percent cases. (See?) You've got to have character to handle things.

Years ago I'd think oh God, if I had a million dollars. Almost everybody when they’re young said, "Oh, a million dollars would turn the world upside down for God." Then why didn't He the apostles a hunk of gold twenty miles wide and forty miles high, like an iceberg?

He said, "When you go down the road with no script, no nothing to write home with, and no pennies, this or that, just, I'll take care of you."

You say, "Wow."

I say, "Wow," and He's done it. Only one time I've tried …?... Look, it's a good time to confess your sins. Old Vayle's hogwash, like he says 'hogwash', don't worry. I try to work a deal one time. Ha, ha, I might as well tell you, it's good for the soul. Also smarten you up too, if you've got an ounce of intelligence. (Yeah)

I was leaving home and hardly any money for my wife. And I knew a guy that was very generous, and I thought if I wrote him and borrowed some money he wouldn't worry about getting it back. So, I wrote him a nice letter, I didn't get the money and he didn't get it back. [laughter] I learned a lesson, forget it. It's the last letter I wrote. True. We starve, we starve. We die, we die. Like Daniel, like the Hebrew children. Oh yeah. Well, I told you that one, didn't I?

33. All right, I'm reading, now listen: [1 Thessalonians 3:3]

(3) That no man should be moved by these afflictions: (the trial of your faith) for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

Jump, I'm going to get away. Boy, you ain't going to get away for it. "Well, I'll do so and so, I'll backslide." God ahead and backslide, be my guest. I'll pray that you backside. I'll help you backslide. That's the way you got to learn till you come right back and face where you left off. And say, "Lord, here I am this time. This time, Lord, I'll take it."

He said, "Now, smart boy." Then you'll take it. You're appointed to it. God called me to preach, I turned it down flat. He made me go anyway. And I turned it down flat again. He almost killed me. So, I'm a lousy preacher, I was going to keep on preaching, and I'm sorry, I'm stuck. Now, you aren't stuck, you didn't have to come. When you heard I was coming, you could have gone. Thank you for being so sweet. I would have hoped I'm helping you. You're stuck my brother/sister. You're going to suffer because God said so. It's going to take you sometime and some doing to get that promise. But you're going to get it. Yes sir, you're going to get it. You're going to get it in a resurrection and in the Millennium, and into New Jerusalem.

34. Now, It says right here:

(4) For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even (as we said, it's come) to pass, …

He said, "Wasn't I right?"

They said, "You sure were, though we don't admire it."

No, they didn't. They said, "Thank you Paul for telling us, it's far better to learn from you, then have to go through it ourselves." (Right?) How willing are we to learn? (Huh?) How willing to be meek, to get the rough corners knocked off? If it is so, define God, to learn to talk to Him, and Him to us, we can council.

As sure as I stand here, I have had God talk back to me inside, not audible voice. Many people think they do hear an audible voice and they say it's God. Bro. Branham said no. I got a tape at home that you can't have, except I'd let you listen to that one little part, because it's to me personally. And he said, "You know Lee, that no man can hear the voice of God, save a prophet like Moses. And you know we have not had one of those since Paul until now."

35. I heard a voice years ago, audible, I thought it was God. It wasn't. Could have been an angel, it could have been eardrums, I mean…the nerve in there stimulated. Somehow my brain activated, I don't know. But God alone can talk by the mouth to a prophet like William Branham. (Thank you, you're right.) Hope did you all catch it? Did you all believe it? Very good, very good, because you better believe it. You better believe it. You hear voices and call it God, talking lip to ear, you're wrong. I said you're wrong. (Uh?) True.

But here's a voice of a god to you and me, a prophet. Ah ha, listen, I'm going to tell you something brother/sister, I preached a series on faith many, many years now. And when I got to Abraham it was all spiritual. And I said, "Wow, I can't do a thing with this fellow Abraham, it's all spiritual."

And Bro. Branham came to my church, the church that I had in Ohio, in Spencerville, a little Baptist church there, and he preached 'The Faith of Abraham', and you never saw a guy so happy as Lee Vayle, because he preached my sermon identically, it was all spiritual. That's what the promise of God's about it to make you spiritual. (See?)

36. Now, we can have things. But we can't have things without character. As I said, that million dollars awhile ago. What if I have a million dollars and no character? So, I said to God, "I don't want the million dollars." Not that I could have handled five-hundred thousand. I could no more handle five-hundred thousand, (I could handle five-hundred thousand peanuts, I'd roast them and give them away or give the lot to monkeys) but I couldn't handle five-hundred thousand dollars.

You say, "What could you handle?" That's a good question. Thirty cents and two bits, I don't know? Then what about gifts? Could you handle a gift of God without it going to your head? That's what it's got to be, that's why gifts aren't operating I believe. Puffed up spirits. "Oh, I'm somebody." Then the first thing you get some women who prophesies, she becomes the ring leader of a sect within you. Especially women…I'm not against you women, but you better realize what the Bible said about you. And go to God and become the jewels that God said we could all be. What is it, old King Solomon said, "I found one man amongst ten thousand, but not a woman." That's a pretty rough number. I'm not hard against women, I'm not against women, I married one. Wouldn't have it any other way. Just the way she is, is really fine. She's in better shape than I am. Well, let's face it, you get women, they prophecy, and first thing, they're ring leaders. They know it all.

Now, listen that's why gifts are so scarce, genuine gifts. Put them on the shelf as it were. Get that character, then see what God will do. Then you watch the Word come forth. (See?) Sure, my.

37. Now, let's go further: no training seems joyous, Hebrews 12: (I can't read It all, because we take a long time) Okay listen, chapter 12, verse 5.

(5) …have ye forgotten the exhortation which (speaks to) you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the (training) of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked (to) him:

(6) For whom the Lord loveth he (trains, he chastens), and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

That doesn't mean to rip you to shreds. It means to make sure you're polished up. As the prophet said, "God took the prophets, (William Branham said) God took the prophets to hew other people."

Not some sissy little fellow coming, "amen, I've been to a theological seminary" [said in a weak voice] [laughter] He said, "Some beady eyed, …?... eyed little old prophet, scrawny, hair falling down, …?... going down the road…" [makes walking noise] Not some swanky, hanky-panky guy. Even Jesus got mad. He said, “What are you looking at, some fine looking pretty guy that kisses the babies?" I think babies are worthy of kissing, not for a career. [laughter] Not be political. He's hewing you out. Hewing you out, rugged, strong. That means old hewed out, means you're ten times better than those sawmill ones. You got some though splitting up there I'd sadly say, "Hey, that things got to go that thing's up there splitting." I thought, well the rest will care of it, just like the Scripture says, "anybody falls, pick him up, hold him up." (See?)

38. Okay,

(7) If (you) endure chastening, God (deals) with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father (chastens) not?

(8) But if (you) be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then (you're) bastards, and not sons.

Well listen, It says, "What's a bastard?" He's got every much the life of the father in him as a legitimate son. But the father can't have him or train him, because in him, or with him. You get people out here who are legitimate. They don't want training. Every promise is, rosy, and glowing, and they never have any trouble, because there's always a promise.

I heard some ladies a few years ago talking that way. Oh my, there was never a cloud in the sky. Hallelujah. One little big 'zoom', gone by faith. One big 'zoom', gone by faith. Broken, 'zoom', gone by faith. Everything's 'zoom', gone by faith. And I thought, wow, what are we getting into? Because it's not 'zoom', gone by faith. It's 'zo-o-o-o-o-o-o-m' gone by faith. [laughter]

39. Now, like a slow bumble bee. Got slowed down with a rose thorn or something. Takes the air out of you. Ever hear that balloon that starts losing air? Phfffft, fizzles out. That's right. You'll never tell me brother/sister that you get [snaps fingers] just like that. [snaps again] No sir. You never learn patience.

You say, "God, I want the answers."

"I want patience."

"God, I want the answer."

"So I want patience."

"God, I want the answer."

"I want patience."

" Okay God, you win."

He said, "I knew I would, because I'm God." And God does win. And I'm going to tell you flat, God wins.

He'll make you so you'll go down the road alone, don't worry. I've been there, time after time. Not old hands, never old hat. It's rough it's tough, but you look back and say, "Well, that was just fine after all."

Now, we're not bastards, we're children. (Right?) You see, there's a difference between the anointing and the full baptism. You have the anointing, everything’s just wonderful. Everything is wonderful. There's something else to it. It's not just God wonderful, and the answer is wonderful, but the flock is wonderful. Because God's made those people like a potter making a vessel.

40. Like old Dr. Carter, (he wasn't a doctor Carter), he was the Assembly of God preacher in England, he was their presbyter, chairman, whatever they all them over there. And I loved him when he preached on the potter and the clay. He was a thousand times better than Dr. Price ever thought to be… What I liked about the fact he brought out was, he said, "The old fashion potter took a bit of clay, (And I won't tell you what he did, because you know the systems of it, (you know) once it adheres to and what it alludes to) and how he put it on the wheel, (then he said) it was all hand done." But he said, "In Bible college [makes three noises] pressure gun. And they're all jugs look-a-like. Hi jug. (Huh?) Or is it earthen vessel fit for glory. (Uh?) What are we, jugs, or earthen vessels fit for glory? I trust I'm an earthen vessel hoping to be fitted eventually for glory. (See?) Let Him do us by hand.

41. Now, It says, [Hebrews 12:]

(9) Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

God's going to tread us in the spirit, right inside of us to make us real genuine, not a bunch of phonies. Now listen:

(10) For they verily (our fathers) for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; …

We get mad, and whop our kids. We discipline without understanding. We jump to conclusions. We do it because we're involved and it's complex, and we're offended or something. So, we jump in and do things, but God stands back judges every motive. Watches every heart, then just comes on the scene, corrects it exactly right. Why?

(10) …(it's) for our (good), that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Get to be more and more like Him. You can't get like God as a spoiled brat. To be in the adoption, Bro. Branham said, "it's obedience." Then comes the fine robes, then comes the good things. And we'll look at ourselves and say, "Well, I still ain't nothing but nothing." There never was a man yet looked at like Jesus' face, said, "Thou Lord, I'm wonderful. Hallelujah, wonderful. You did a good job Lord, look at me."

The closer you get to God the uglier and dirtier you feel. But you got to remember that promise, God said so. "I'll present you a promise." If He said it, He's going to do it. Oh Moses didn't know how He was going to do it though. He wanted the easy way. Armchair, like me. My idea of roughing it, I'll tell you flat, it’s like it's a good Holiday Inn, with screens in the windows. A beautiful restaurant next door and a lake I can look at. Air conditioned yet. Forget anything else. I will say thank God, your mosquitoes weren't bad this year. I sure am happy, because I hate mosquitoes. I get bit here in my finger, I got to scratch down here get poison. Same as bedbugs.

42. I'm going to tell you God doesn't keep the mosquitoes and bedbugs back, He lets you have it. His idea of roughing it, is not like I want, Holiday Inn. Nice firm bed, nice pillow, no cigarette smoke, good food next door. Nice screens, air condition, and maybe enough money to ring the bell and say, "Hey, waiter, bring it up." Never had that happen yet. (See?) God says, "No, No."

"Lord, I want."

He says, "Well, I want character. I will make you something, I will give you something."

See, God deals in motives and incentives. "I will give it to you…Moses in that promise back there, in that promise, and that promise. That appearing and that appearing, that's difference side of …?… He said, "I'm …?... and I'm sure to do what I should do." Oh my, I hope we learn that today, never get it out of our hearts, this great personal God Appears, and He's supping with us and dining with us.

He said, "Behold I stand at the door and knock." Who stands? Jehovah! Who stands? Elohim! Who stands? Jesus! Who stands? "The Holy Ghost, I'm all of It. Open the door." Open the door. Yes sir. He said, "Moses flying down, I'm trying to teach you in Israel. You got to learn your lessons, you've been hot-headed, you've been like a buzz-saw." But He said, "My Kingdom doesn't come that way. The meek inherit the Kingdom of God. It comes by suffering, It comes by character molding. It comes by the way I'm going to do it, not by your way."

43. He never even got through very heavy talking to Moses, He rose up and he spoke …?... "I'm the Lord." In other words, don't talk back anymore. Learn your lesson, don't try to argue. Don't try to figure, don't put one Word, or take one Word, time's gone." Oh, how we forget we're dealing with God. Holding out, we get false followings, followed by the others, I guess you have too. We can go against the Divine will, I've done it, I know you have too. We need that God to come back brother/sister. We really saw Him in William Branham’s day. We saw both the scoffers when he died, got heart attacks and everything else.

I saw the day up there when Bro. Branham had the power of life and death, trap set. Sure, the power of life and death, their souls in God's hands. I'm going to tell you, God's a God of judgment, which is a Bride, He's a God of mercy. He just wants one point across. "Listen, I'm God, don't you ever forget it. If you forget it, He'll bring you where you won't forget it. I'm going to tell you, the rule of pedagogy is this, either you make laugh and they won't forget it, or you hit them so hard they don't dare forget it. That's what God does, He brings along like little children, like a little simple, a little bit of air, little passing over, fanning our brow, making us to see, if we don't see it. He's maybe …?... up a real storm next time. To make room it all.

44. "Oh, I see now Lord." Oh, you see the stars. Very good, very good, he puts the roof back on. Yep, oh yeah, oh yeah. As Moses got to learn when he said, "I'm God." Oh, that sealed it. The prophet came, we saw in Paul. Under the face of a man they were so wonderful back in the old days. They came knocking on the doors, they say, "We're going to have …?... services. Would you come to the services and accept Christ and learn to suffer with Him, and …?... with Him?"

You say, "Bro. Vayle, you don't tell that, because you don't get flies with vinegar." It's easier to get virgin born babies, by using a faster method. What do you think of that? You going to come and tell us He spoke to just me, Jesus, and you have a brand new Cadillac, or three or four? "You've got fifty dollars and you can have five thousand, of course give me the fifty." (Uh?) Charismatic

45. Listen, if the Holy Ghost told those men years ago to knock on doors and say, "Come and live with Jesus and learn to suffer that you may glorify Him, and …?... Never get pass measuring it. All you can do is stand back and say, "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I'm found, was blind, but now I see."

It's that same grace that makes your hearts to fear. (Yep) It's the same grace that fear away. It's amazing grace brother/sister. "And we've been there ten trillion years, bright shining as the Son of God, there'll be no less years to sing God's praise then when we first begun." No sir. It's good to start …?... And the greatest praise we can give God is to be like Moses, he like the prophets, he like the giants of faith say, "Lord, I understand now molding. Understand, Lord, every promise in the Book is mine." But I know, Lord, I don't have to just ask and ask, and they can try get things. I just have to submit to that Word." As the prophet told Jack Palmer, "Jack mustn't beg and ask for things, you just go to that Word and stay in that Word, it will come."

46. "If you abide in Me, and my Words abide in you, if you've got faith in My Words, let them stick down in there, you'll bring forth the fruit, let all the people bring forth fruit for you." (Yep, yep) Don't pray sparingly brother/sister. No place for superiority complexes, just one place to give Him all the glory, because He is God and He's the great God. Thank God, we're a part of It. So, where He leads me, I will follow. Yes, it'll be a little bit of torture passed down here. Torturous, and torture both. Torturous meaning 'winding, going around' Torturous, meaning very hard, old cobblestones. The bloody foot-prints, the prophet pointed to. (Yes) But, "just beyond the river there's that land the sweet forever." There'll be no sorrow, no crying.

It's a mighty good path. Why? Because it's a certain path. No one but the Bride has a certain path. Many men today have it hard, have it rough, sorrow, tragedy, there's nothing beyond but the same thing. But brother/sister we're abiding here for just a little while, till we can come back glorified, immortal in the land of the sweet forever.

47. And then we can say what the apostle Paul should say it now, the trials are nothing, the , is nothing. Nothing can be compared to the glory we shall share. Let me tell you folks, it's true. It's true. That's what God supposedly said, "Moses, listen, I'm gone." Oh how He started with Paul the apostle, I would say to God started today. When? After Paul, right down. "Who are you Paul?" "I'm Jesus." Hold it, one split second, don't fool with that bunch.

When He talks, you listen. What He says, you do. When He says, "change," you change. Is that right? Let that stop for one quick lesson. Oh, I prayed many times, God if You've got to take a club and knock me to smithereens…do it. But He hasn't done it, I got to go the long way. I like the shortcut. (Yeah) Would you sooner have…you're going to have faith for ten years, would you sooner have…have sooner have one most horrendous thing for ten hours, or get a little pain for ten years? God didn't say you'd do better. So, the day Paul died, God was working on Paul. But the day that you and I go, He's going to work on you. Don't ask for shortcuts, it didn't work and it won't work for you and me. Don't bypass the Word, it ain't going to work. Just say, "Lord, show me Your exceeding great promises, the green pastures, the still waters, then let me know how to follow You, take off those rough spots."

Remember that sermon Bro. Branham they preached those the time before last in Jeff. I'm terrible in remembering the titles. He …?... he wept, and sobbed like a baby. Couldn't preach for crying. Looking in himself. That's good sometimes brother/sister, we need it. When you take a look at yourself, don't look anymore, it doesn't pay. …?...The Lord bless you, shall we rise.

Kind heavenly Father, gracious Jesus, we know, Lord, as we look at what we know this morning, we seem a little incorrigible, but we're not. We seem a little undone, but we're not. We give Thee credit by faith this morning that we're exactly where we should be. You're doing exactly what You need to do, what we need being having done to us. And we can say thank God, Lord, we're not what we used to be, and we know that we're not what we're going be, but You're working it out. So, everything is going to be just right. And we're going to come forth in Your glory, we'll shine wonders like You.

Jesus our Savior Divine, help us now, Lord, to just exalt You in a new and living way. And remember what You said to Moses, "I am God and it won't be any other way." I'll not change My ways, but you'll change yours. Help us now, Lord. As the prophet taught us that prayer is not trying to change You. Not for one minute, but by waiting changing ourselves to conform to the Word. God, give me a new vision of prayer afresh. Give me a new sweet intercourse with Thee, a fresh, O God. Scriptural, not my own ways and own ideas. Deal with me, O God, and each one here this morning, we're at the altar, Lord, and not coming forth to beat around, avenge, but coming forward in our spirits to kneel asking the Throne of mercy in our hearts to renew ourselves again to You, blessed Holy Spirit within us.

Lord, we see ourselves to You afresh. I don't know how much we're doing anything. But I know that You can help us…. Father, we're willing to …?... And if we're not willing enough, I know that You are able to make us willing. And we're praying, Lord, …?... so that we can look at each other, even greater than we've looked before…

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