Laws

Laws

Bro. Lee Vayle July 19, 1978

Shall we just bow our heads in prayer:

Kind Heavenly Father, we look to You now again in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the study of Thy Word meditation upon It, O God. We know, Lord, that it is so necessary to be accurate we have never known, Lord, how necessarily accuracy until this last day when You have said that adding a word brings the plagues, taking away takes the name out of the Book. So, we know that's it's terribly, terribly important. Also, we know that You being a God of grace before judgment comes grace and the perfect Word must have been given to us. So, we know that also has happened, that which is perfect has come.

So, help us, Lord, to stay with how the prophet taught us to be one with that Word, especially in the simplicity of living a Christian life, where we are not trying to fool ourselves or fool anybody else, but to stay right with that Word. Bless us tonight therefore and our meditation especially upon conduct, we’ll be carefully give you the praise in Jesus' Name. Amen.

1. Now, in our studies this year at the camp services we saw a hope as never before, the strong statements in the Word of God such as Zachariah 2:13,

(13) Be silent O all flesh, before the LORD...

Romans 9:20

(20) Nay but, (who art thou) O man, that repliest against God?...

Isaiah 46:10

(10) …My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Isaiah 45:9

(9) Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! …

And those are just some Scriptures that refer to a sovereign God Who did not at any time, either in heaven or in earth, call a council to determine His will. This is something that the church does not understand, because way back at Nicaea they felt that they had every right to come together and determine the counsel of God. And this is nothing but a continuation of the Sanhedrin, who came to the place where they absolutely unmitigatedly said that they were so tremendous in their wisdom, that when God got in difficulty He called upon them.

I'm not aware at any time in history where God did call upon them, but they said so. At, God did not call upon them, they of themselves formed their own council. Now, we must remember that God is sovereign. And at no time has He, or ever will He call a council in heaven or earth to determine His will for His creation. The Kingdom of God is not a democracy.

2. Now, this is one thing that we are fooled in. Because we are allowed certain latitudes, but the certain latitudes can cause problems. As Paul said, "Happy is the man who condemneth himself not in the thing which he allowed."

The fact of the matter is you will always find condemnation by allowing. God is very strict. He is the Head of a theocracy, because He is God. A complete dictatorship, and His will has to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. What we are looking for is the will of God on earth as it is in Heaven.

Now of course, that time is coming in His perfection, but in the mean time there is to be a laboring toward it. Our goal is to so be one with the Word in obedience, that we can say the will of God is being done. Bro. Branham made a statement on time I thought was beautiful, he said, "I always do what I want to do." And the person looked kind of shocked, he said, "I always try to please Him." And that is our will is to please God.

3. Now, God has however in His sovereign dictate allowed man with a choice within his soul. He can by faith believe the Word and obey It, or he can in unbelief reject It and disobey It. Now, that's what it all amounts to, because the obedience of faith is nothing more nor less than a person saying, "God has said so, I will do what He said regardless of my own reaction and my own understanding, my own ideas."

As I've tried to show you at the camp that man says, "A bird in the hand, is worth two in the bush." That's exactly erroneous, because the bird in the hand is not worth two in the bush, it is the bird in the bush that's worth a whole lot more than the bird in the hand. Because, "things seen are not made of things that do appear." [Heb 11:3] And so therefore many times we are prone to get what we want as a picture, something we're looking for. And even we can be a fine Christians, I'm not arguing the point. But we can miss it entirely, because we have not gone to the Word.

4. Many times I've done that myself. I remember as I've told you folk so many times, that I had…I wanted a car. Now, I got kind of little bit nervy before the Lord, and He'll even over look that, He's got a great sense of humor. He can take it. Now, you and I can't take it, but God can take it. He's been taking it for six thousand years. And believe me when you can take it for six thousand years you can take it. And so, I got a little bit, (you know) smarty with the Lord.

And I said, "Now, Lord, I have got to have a car."

And a voice said back there, "You sure got to have a car."

Well, I was very encouraged that I had spoken up to the Lord, and the great God of Heaven admitted that I should have a car. And so I said, "Thank you, I should have a car."

Now, like an idiot I didn't say, "Now, Lord, what car should I have?"

Haw, see how smart you can get and how stupid the same time. So, I got me a lemon. [something defective] How many lemons in life have you got? Because God, His Word, allows you have things, but you don't go the rest of the way.

See, Eliezer, he said, "Now, Lord, Abraham is a good fellow, I wish I knew You like he knows You, but in the meantime since I don't know You like he knows You, I know how well he knows You, and I'm happy with that. I'm saying, "Lord God of Abraham, I'm here to get a woman for Isaac, and I'd sure like to get the right one. I want the one that he's supposed to have. The one that you want to have."

And God was so pleased with that, [makes a slap noise] just like that the answer came through. And he was shocked. I'd like a few of those shocks. Well, they're possible. They're possible. You see, God will hold no good thing from those who walk uprightly. I know the Pentecostal theory is, who those who walk right up.

5. Well, you can go to Reverend Ike and believe that the lack of money is the root of all evil. That's alright, I won't buy it. Don't buy that at all. And I don't buy that God blesses those who walk right up. Although that's true in a sense of the word concerning the Blood, when you come under the Blood for the grace of God. But to walk right up and demand something you or I feel are our right is strictly erroneous. There's got to be the humble approach, the humility in there, and say, "Lord, (like Eliezer) what is the one that You want?"

Now, if I would have just told the Lord, "Now, Lord what car do you want me to have?" I would have had enduring model like my wife. Because, now she's really endured, everybody admits she looks good, she looks good, and she is good. There's just no two ways about it. And I went to God about her perhaps more than anything in my life. And Bro. Branham said, "When you pray it out at all, that's the one God wants for you, that marriage is made in heaven." I think it will last, (you know) myself I got the faith that will last through eternity. Because if I didn't make it go, she would.

6. So, the thing is to recognize the sovereignty of God, and place ourselves under the Word through an understanding of what the Word says about the various facets of our life. I maintain that there's nothing that (how to put it) there's nothing that is pertinent to humanity, but the answer is found in the Bible, or God has failed.

Now, that may sound pretty broad, but I'm not going to take it back. Bro. Branham said, "If there's a Bible question, there's a Bible answer." And I just tell you flat, if there's a question, there is an answer. Because if there's not an answer, there's not a question.

You may not believe that, but the point is when I went to school and the teacher put a question on the board, if there's wasn't an answer, there wasn't a question. It was just…goofy. So, the answer was there before the question. Now, if you can't see that, then you can't see creation. Because before God put man anywhere at any place, He had everything ready for him. Beautiful Garden of Eden, everything just right. In other words, everything is propitious. The only time it's vicious instead of propitious, is when we let things get out of order.

7. So, what we're looking at as I talked at the camp was 'Priorities', and that's kind of a good word, and it's kind of bad word, because it can almost mean anything, and that's what I like about it. In other words, what come first in my life concerning anything as a human being as particularity a Christian. God must have dealt with it somewhere, and we got as far as considering one priority which was how obedient must I be to civic state federal laws, and what recourse do I have to those laws myself?

You see, so we dealt with the obedient, where Bro. Branham said, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's." And he said that concerning the speed laws, but there's something more than speed laws. In other words, we must know exactly what we are to do concerning the laws of this land. The blanket coverage of this question goes to the point where Caesar's laws contravene God's laws, or go against God's laws. Where the State says, "Never mind what God says, but obey me." Now, that's Nicaea. (You see?) Now, you simply can't act under that type of a mental outlook.

8. Now, we must not only be careful that we do not disobey God's laws as I said previously, but we must also understand if the State allows a certain liberty that God has not allowed us, you just got to put the State law to one side. And we read the Book of Romans chapter 13:1-7, so we'll hit It just as quickly as we can.

(1) Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. (or authorities) For there is no (authority) but of God: …

Now, that's a shocker. You see, right away they say, "Well, the world and the whole world lies in the lap of the wicked one, so, nobody is going to tell me." Now, somebody is going to tell you, because I'm going to tell you, because God says so. That all authority is of God, period! There is no question mark, there is no exception, it is all of God. (See?) All authority is of God.

(1) …the powers that be are ordained (are) of God.

(2) Whosoever therefore resisteth (authority, and he's talking about civil authority resists) the ordinance of God: …

You are fighting the very Word of God that you say that you love and try to maintain and uphold. Now, that's a bit of a scorcher. (See?) And I don't know if I like it any better than you. Now, I can't go along with a friend of mine infinitely who drives his car in an ungainly speed, and he said, "Bless God, when I drive, I'm not under law, I'm under grace." Hogwash. The guy's under disgrace. And he's under the law of judgment, because he dares to act in such a state of anarchy.

9. Now, It says:

(3) For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the (authority)? do that which is good, and (you'll receive) praise of the same:

Now listen:

(4) For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: (but) he is the minister of God, (now watch how many times he says that) a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

(5) Wherefore (you) must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but (for) also for conscience sake.

God said that the law of this land that you disobey, can eat in your heart and mine, and take away your rest and your sleep, and your faith and your ability to serve God the same as a Ten Commandments when they're abused. Thank you, it is right. Now, you got to come on down. It's exactly right. Now,

(5) Wherefore (you) must needs be subject, not only for wrath (sake only), but for conscience sake.

Because that's the worm that destroys the apple. Being beat over the head my brother, my sister, is a relief. It's when you get away with the thing, and the thing gnaws and gnaws, and gnaws.

10. It's like a preacher went to Oral Roberts, (and this is not a matter of a civil law, although that's perhaps true, it's a moral law) and this fellow had begun to commit adultery. And the night he committed adultery with this young woman was on a Saturday night, and the next morning he preached an angel of heaven. And he said, "Well, fall-de-dall, God must of approved this, because look at the anointing."

Now, how in the world could God approve adultery, anointing or no anointing? But he kidded himself and he went on committing adultery until it began to eat and eat. And one day like in the throes [sharp attack] a nervous breakdown. He came to Bro. Roberts and he told him the whole story. Now, you see, you think you can get away with anything? Impossible. The conscience will not allow it.

(6) For this cause…

Now, It said, "Because of this." Now he doesn't say because they're going to use your tax money right, and because they're going to build a lovely edifice. And they're going to take care of the kids and the old folk. No, It says, "Because of this conscience principle." So, the two don't get into a bind. So, you don't lose you liberty. So, you don't lose your freedom. So, you don't lose your rejoicing.

(6) For this cause pay tribute… (that's what you owe in taxes. Now notice again) for they are God's ministers, …

Oh, I wish he wouldn't say that, because I know they're not. Ah, ha, when did God ask you about who He decided was his minister? When did He ask me? Now of course, we know that these are not God's ministers. Uh? Well, we've got to make up our minds right here. Is God a liar? Do we tell God what He meant when He said certain things, or what? (That's okay) Now, what about it?

11. Again,

(6) …they are God's ministers, (listen:) attending continually upon this very thing… (of adjudicating and correcting the means whereby they administer what they are legislating.)

I didn't write It, I just read It. In fact, I feel kind of bad that I've got to do it.

(7) Render therefore to all their dues: …

Oh, I don't know if that's quite nice or not. But you see, here is a power of freedom. The power of freedom is not to do what you want to do when somebody else wants to do something he wants to do. But the power of freedom is to do right, and when you do right you are free. Now, that's right, because when I do wrong, I either got to sear my conscience, or I got to have the around, and around, around, and around, and around, and around. How many are getting dizzy going in circles these days because of that? But don't raise your hands, I'm sorry for you, but it's a might big boat.

(7) …custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Now, It says, "Let every soul be subject." Not one believer exempted, not one citizen exempted, not one loop-hole. Obey all good laws made by the public authority. For all authorities of God. To resist the law is anarchy. It means to fight God.

How many times have you and I fought God and thought we got away with it? How many times have we thought we were smart to go against the ordained law of God through human instrumentality, (which is right) and think we have the Bible in our defense? It won't work. They that resist or disobey, will be judged by the Judge and condemned. So, there would be no use praying about it.

12. I remember years ago when I was preaching in Canada, (God bless Canada, God save the Queen) way back. They pulled a dirty trick on me. They wouldn't face me, but they put the knife behind my back, several knives at one time. Well, having a very tough constitution then, as now, I went to them and I said, "Why did you do that?" And so, they told me. I said, "I’m going to tell you something, even a sinner would not do what you did."

And you know what they said, in Pentecostal, hogwash fashion, "We prayed about it."

I'd have said, "Why don't you pray to rob a bank?" Why don't you? Why don't I?

"Oh, Bro. Vayle, I wouldn't rob a bank."

"Why?" You know why you wouldn't do it, and I wouldn't do it? Because we couldn't get away with it. It's very embarrassing to be caught. "But we can always knife the preacher." Hoo! More power. Power to the masses, knife the preacher. Knife the public authorities. Knife anybody, and call it God. Disobey and call it God.

13. I'm not being rough here for nothing. This is a fact. I want to get home to our conscience. Because this may sound strange to you, but my preaching is changing my life. And if it doesn't change my life, there's no used me preaching to you to change your life. Because I'm seeing for the first time something simple, and Bro. Branham Message, just be the best Christian you can, and stop trying to get the mysteries of which comes, and which doesn't. And which goes, and how this, and how now little brown cow. "Oh, they're so much more fun." Is there, then being just simple minded obedient person?

Well, I got news for you. I'm still trying to find that one tape, the wash board, and the wash tub and the apron, so I can be one of those 'washer women'. Now, that's not hard for me, because as a kid I learned to wash clothes on a scrub board. And I don't know about the rest of you men. When we all got sick I was the one that got better first, and believe me I scrubbed on a scrub board. I just had one problem, I was too strong and I ruined the clothes, and Ma used to ball me out for that. That didn't mind me, I thought the quicker I ruined all the clothes, the quicker she'd have to get better and do it herself. That was a sweet thought, wasn't it? Oh, I'm a very sweet individual. Just like you.

14. Now, rulers are meant for good, so why fear their laws. Obey and be praised, disobey and be condemned. These are God's messengers to the world, the same as the five-fold ministry is God's ministry in the Holy Spirit to the Kingdom of God. These men act as the Holy Ghost to the world as the five-fold ministry to the Church. Exact parallel.

In all the time we're praying, 'Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth," we're disobeying, or flaunting, or flouting what God's ministers out here are doing, when we should be working hand and glove with them, (see?) to maintain the Word of Almighty God.

Then a note is interjected, no man can break these laws without his conscience strike back. Anymore, than we can break the Bible laws and not have condemnation of heart. We must pay our taxes. Someone has to support these authorities. Taxing is legal. It is constituted in our Constitution. They are again called God's ministers.

15. So, we are to tithe to the ministry, and give offerings to welfare, money for buildings and the upkeep of our property, we do the same thing by taxes in the State. No difference. "Well, I sure wish and think there was." (Um hmm) Pay all debts levied on you. Pay all taxes. Pay all customs at the border and other places. (See?) Don't sneak things through. You'll only get feeling funny inside. And remember, time does not heal all wounds. Everybody has an idea time heals. Time does not heal. It festers down there. Sometimes it'll take a psychiatrist, or special moving of the Holy Ghost to bring it to light. (See?) That's right. Let’s not fool with those things. Fear and respect the authority of these men, because it's of God.

Let us note that the Holy Spirit must have been concerned about the tendency we have toward evading laws. Because six times He tells us that authority and men using authority in the State are of God, as It says in Daniel 4:17. "That the God of Heaven runs the armies of the heavens and the earth." And he puts up even the bases of men over nations. But God is in it. So, even here God is sovereignly ruling in the affairs of men. As we read tonight a little bit, we don't have to go on concerning it.

16. I have a concern that are failing, and this area has brought us the spirit of anarchy into the church, and is even amongst us. There is a spirit of anarchy in the church today. You say, "How do you know?" Because God said so.

The word 'Laodicea' means 'people's rights', which are people rising up. And even in a church which was as regimented and is powerfully controlled as the Catholic church. It is going to pieces, because the people will not listen. Anarchy, anarchy. Twenty-six percent only believe in the infallibility of the pope, and I think they do so with tongue in cheek, or that the twenty-six percent the pope gives them money to. It's just about over, see?

17. Now, today the world cheers the priests and ministers who defy governments, and break laws, and say it is lawful to do so, because the laws are wrong. Then God has to be wrong. And they're blaspheming and denying the very God of Heaven. They're the same as those miserable bunch of people that begin teaching socialism in the churches. The very oath they took to uphold the Bible and the Word Almighty God, they turn right around and teach in such a way is to destroy it. The faith they're supposed to inculcate in people, they destroy as worms within an apple. They plant the insects that destroy the hearts of the people. You got the same thing right in the church today that denies the authority that God has set in this world. They're ministers of God.

Now, God takes responsibility for the authority. So, as much as we dislike restriction that seems frivolous and unnecessary. Or those placed in us by greedy and deceitful men we must obey. As long as it does not force us against the Word of Almighty God. The antidote in the Scripture is to pray for the officials.

Bro. Branham said one time, "If your heart is cold, there's only one thing to do, that's to pray until you get all hot inside." And I find that praying for officials is the antidote toward the problem I have with obeying the laws.

18. Now, let's go further, what about me going to law, if I'm a citizen entitled to the court's ruling? Now, there's a question right there, I've got to obey laws, the law is not made for just one way. The law's got to work two ways, or it's no longer a law. (You see?)

What about me going to law if I'm a citizen, entitled to the rights of the court? Well, actually, brother/sister, the truth of the matter the government has one responsibility which it does not do, which is to maintain the courts of the law so we have access to it in order to be defended against false practices. But the government does hardly care two cents for that law. You see, our courts are corrupt. I'm sorry to say that, but just the same we look at the question: do I have a right?

Now, right here it's easy to rationalize that the law has to work for all of us. It's true, it must. Everyone can and should use it. That is a premise that the law's based upon. To refuse to press charges against the culprit only causes an increase in lawlessness.

19. Now, we see that in our government and our courts, what they call 'plea bargaining'. The treatment of our youth. If he's not just sixteen or so and not even eighteen we say, "Oh, he's just some poor little misguided fellow that can kill, rape, mug, assault and destroy." Is it? Not in my books it's not. And if you're not going to hit the kid, you better hit the parents. Because somebody's got to get hit. Because there's not use making a law if that law is not upheld. Now, we're looking at the truth. There's an increase in lawlessness, because the law has not been upheld.

"Good men who do nothing, let evil take over." That's a statement made by a philosopher that's true. Further, if I do not report a crime when I see it, I become an accessory after the fact and can be arrested and thrown in jail.

20. Now, we're looking at serious things, but what will I do as a Christian? That's a good question. I'm not the source of all wisdom, but I do have one place in the Bible I got to, where I see what Paul did when he had to use the law when they forced it into an untenable position. I believe It's in Acts 25: so, we'll just go over there and see if I've got the right…little bit of illustration, and in here verses 7-12, I think is what we're going to look at.

(7) And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

(8) While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, (nor) against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

They made a lot of phony false charges. And he said, "Look, (he said) I'm not guilty of anything. Now notice, they hauled him into court. Now, he did not haul himself into court, they hauled him into court. Let's keep watching:

(10) Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done (nothing) wrong, as thou very well knowest.

(11) For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: …

The man that wrote Romans said, "Look, if I've done something wrong, I'll pay the penalty. I didn't write that over in Romans 13: just for the fun of it. I'll stand with the law." Now he said, "If I'm worthy of death, if I've done something contrary to the Jews, (which has so-called theocracy, he said) I'll stand trial for my debt." But he said here:

(11) … but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man (can) deliver (them to) me. I appeal unto Caesar.

"Render to Caesar, the things that are Caesar's." [Lk 20:25]

(12) Then Festus, when he had conferred (to) the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

21. Now, here's a man who was brought into court on charges. And he stood there and defended Himself according to the rights of the land, because he was a Roman free-born. Now, remember the time he got in trouble before and they tried to mob him?

And one fellow said, (the main man of the army) he said, "I paid a big price for my freedom."

And Paul said, "I was born free, I'm a Roman citizen."

And the man got scared to death. He said, "You are? I better watch out, (he said) I may have my head in a sling, because my job is to hold the law."

Now, the appeal to the law we can see. Now, you will notice that Paul used the law only when the people forced him into court. In other words, Lee Vayle talking, you do what you want. But I found by experience, and I believe that most of you have that we should never force issues, let others force them.

22. Remember Bro. Branham and the tax problem. The rottenness of the American set up. They brought him into court and therefore he had to defend himself. It cost him thirty thousand dollars in lawyers. And when he had thoroughly defeated the tax, the IRS, which is an illegal instrument in America. That's right, it's illegal. Say what you want, but I know the law, it's illegal. Because congress passed the law that they have the right to levy and collect taxes, there's nothing said about an IRS.

So, the lawyer said to Bro. Branham, "Bro. Branham, we got the case licked. Just want to tell you one thing, you have an honorable name. When we go to court and defend you and win, the whole world would say, 'Ah ha, there's something there just the same'. I would advise you to pay the…I think the fifty thousand dollars in order to keep your good name intact."

So, Bro. Branham paid the fifty thousand dollars illegally assessed upon him. I was there the day that the IRS further gunned him for five thousand more dollars. Because when he said, "Where will I get the money?"

The lawyers said, "Billy Graham gets twenty-five thousand dollars a year, you ought to get twenty-five thousand dollars a year."

So, the board said, "We will give you twenty-five thousand dollars a year."

And Bro. Branham said, "I sit on that board and without my decision you can do nothing, I will not take the twenty-five thousand dollars." And they passed it anyway.

And the IRS came by and they said, "Ah ha, the board has passed you twenty-five thousand dollars in salary, you owe us five thousand dollars more in taxes."

He said, "I never took the money."

They said, "We don't care if you never took the money, you owe the five thousand dollars, because the board voted it to you. Now, if you want to take the money and roll cigarettes in it, or tobacco and smoke it that's your business. You want to throw it down the toilet and flush and see how money goes down, or doesn't, it's your business. But twenty-five thousand dollars, you pay taxes on."

23. Well, looked pretty rough. I'm not going to tell you the scene that followed, but Bro. Branham was terrible upset. I've just got through myself with the court where a dirty rotten lawyer took me for four hundred dollars for nothing. We're a hundred percent right, if we'd have had the right lawyer, we could have take a judgment against the guy that cause a false arrest and take him for a half million dollars. Just that simple. Rotten lawyers.

Bro. Branham was terrible upset. I said, "Bro. Branham, I'm just going to say one thing, "I went to court with perfect justice, I got nowhere. I advise you, if you have to borrow five thousand more, you pay them and do your best to forget it."

"Well, (he said,) Lee, I gave Ma her house, came back to me because she died. I'll sell the house for fifty-five hundred, and I got a buyer for it, and I'll pay the IRS." And he did. Now, that sounds pretty tough. But it's a tough life. It's a tough life. Going to court to force an issue is a pretty hard thing. It's pretty as well.

24. Now, if they take you, then you have a right to stand and do the best you can. And I know there's help within the law to at least give you some kind of a start. Now, I want to read over here in Romans 12:17-21, to show perhaps why this was done as Bro. Branham did it.

(17) Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

(18) If it be possible, as much as lieth (within) you, live peaceably with all men.

Now, notice what he said here, "if it be possible, (then he further qualifies all of it) as much as lieth in you." Now, what lies within us? Christ Himself. Yet, the lack of the recognition and throwing the strain upon our own characteristics and qualities can obviate or put to one side the principles of the Christ Life, in the Christ Life itself within us. So, Paul says, "Many times you won't consider it." Then in the Person of Christ you can do this, and being carried away. There are some people who can react a whole lot better than other people. They're born that way.

25. Now listen:

(19) Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place unto wrath: …

You think, "Goodie." Now hold it, how are you going to 'goodie'? It says:

(19) …(don't) avenge yourselves, give place (to) wrath, (Why? That's that the White Throne judgment.) for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Now, here we're getting where we could use the law, and refuse to use the law. I said, "I was born thin, I'm for the underdog, and I would have been a criminal lawyer, except for the grace of Almighty God, I had one determination in my heart to be a criminal lawyer, and get off every skunk and scoundrel. Oh yea, I didn't care two cents whether he was right or wrong. I'd beat them all. I think I could have done it too.

That’s your law. You've got to wait for your day, and your day is not now. Now, he says here, "avenge not yourselves." But give place for a thousand years down the road maybe. For two thousand years down the road. Put it to one side until you face that man at the White Throne judgment. And the thing is, you might never face him, because God may save him. Leave it.

'For I will repay saith the Lord, because vengeance is mine, that's My job." And when you realize what a better job God can do, then you and I can do about any job, if we've got any malice or vengeance, it ought to tickle us pink and let God handle it.

It's just like a certain smart-alec philosopher said in the Reader's Digest. He said, "God made no mistake when He said, 'Love your enemies and do good', (he said) you'll drive that nut crazy as he lies there awake trying to figure you out." Sharp thinking.

(20) Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; (do him a good turn) if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing … (you'll make him red hot on the top of his head, he'll never you out, you'll bust his brain wide open.)

I'm just sort of kidding there, but it's the truth. But It says right here, "There's no way he'd think to come back."

26. You know, I've got a good buddy of mine and he's pretty handy with his dukes. [fists] He's big and he's fast. And when you talk to him he'll pretend he never was a scrapper. But he was one of those guys that could meet his match and fight for hours and hours back and forth, right across the field, just hour after hour, fighting and enjoy it. While he has this guy on the tug-boat that was nothing but a scurry little scum like a lot of them are. And because Wes is a Christian and a good one and believes this Message, he did everything he could to plague him and to destroy him. And Wes went on serving God being nice. One day there was a gas in the hole were the guy was down there, and nobody would jump down because the gas could kill him, and he lay there dying.

And Wes said, "What's going there anyway?"

They said, "There're gas down there, the guy's dying."

Yet there he is, he jumped in the hole, brought the man up and put him on deck and saved his life. I want to tell you something, it sure changed that guy in a hurry. I don't think he ever got saved, and if he doesn't my brother, on judgment day he'll wish that he were. You say," I want to get even with at fellow." Honey, I just know what you mean. But you'll never do the job that God will do.

As one fellow once said, "They only hell you and I'll see is here on earth, and the only heaven they'll see is here on earth." Yet it's best to give him a taste of heaven, while they give us a taste of hell. (See?)

(21) Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

27. Now listen, that statement could not be written unless it works. As one man said, "You can try anything you want, but best of all try love, because we know it works. Now, that's what we see here. In the light of these Scriptures it would be hard to take any man to court. I will not say that in some instances it might not be possible, because verse 18 indicates it, but it's best not to do so.

(18) If it be possible, as much as (lies within) you, live peaceably with all men. (See?)

Just like in church I'm going to see that thing is rectified. Brother/sister there are Scripture that gives you a right, but that right must be observed in a certain particular way of sincerity and humility and honesty that whereby you desire to restore your brother, not to kill him. The same thing goes in the world.

I remember, I've been in church fights, I'm sick and tired of them, you'll never get me in one. The only thing a man that starts a church fight for, and the so call discipline is to draw blood. So, they tried the last church I was in, in a Baptist church in Ohio. I said, "Oh no you don't." You don't get me involved, because I know what you…" (and I didn't like the woman myself) but I said, "I know what you want, you want her blood. You don't want to restore her, when you come to me with love and compassion and pity and you're here for the glory of God because you're a saint, I'll do something. In the meantime, shed your own blood." Phsee, kicked him out. So, should any pastor, not quite as rough as I am of course. Although I thought I was pretty sweet under the circumstance.

29. Now, again we're going to go to Matthew 5: we look at 38-45, and here is what It says.

(38) (You) have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

(39) But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

(40) And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

(41) And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

(42) Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.

(43) (You) have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

(44) But I say, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

(45) That (you) may be the children of your Father which is in heaven. 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.

That is what we're told to do. That's a priority. Now, God didn't call me in. He didn't call you in. He said, "This is it." But we don't believe It. Now, let's be honest, we don't believe it, the obedience of faith is lacking here in most of us, because we carry resentments. Undue resentments could destroy you. The root of bitterness could kill you and everybody around you. It's worse than chlorine gas, the danger of a car load attack of chlorine gas hitting a village is not to be compared with the chlorine gas of malice in a church.

30. Let's go to Hebrews 10:30-36. I know you know what I'm talking about kid, if you haven't been through it, you ain't been around. Now, where have you been? That's all that I've ever known.

(30) For we know him that hath said, …

Now, do we know Him that said? Now, if we know Him that said, we know what He said, and why He said It, and we appreciate Him having said It. In other words, when Paul says, "We know Him… Who said, it means this, "He said It, I agree with it, I'm in touch with that man."

(30) …Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord… again, The Lord shall judge his people.

Listen:

(31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of living God.

And remember, He's talking about the Living God Who is the Judge. Not the Mercy Seat God, not the One behind the Throne pleading for us. (See?) Not the 'urim and thummim' that John saw there that came down here in our day and answered back to you and me as the Book of Redemption is open, "but the eyes of fire and the feet of brass." [Rev. 1:15] The wheels turning before Him, thousands, thousands ministering, millions gathered before Him, the Judge of all the earth.

31. And remember, God deals in accumulated vengeance. Do you realize that you and I after a few years die? The Scripture says, "I'll require of this generation all the sins heaped up from the time they killed Abel right to the end time?" Accumulated sin, accumulated vengeance. And when God begins to judge our case, then, poured out the accumulated wrath of Almighty God for six thousand years. You mean to tell me, you and I can do something that well?

Listen, there's no job that God can't do best. Even if you're malicious. You couldn't do better than saying, "Well, I'm going to stand back and let God do it." You can be as hard boiled as a sinner saying it. And I don't know if you'd get away with it or not, but God will sure do just the same, because He can't lie.

(31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Not for you and me. If we don't fall in His hands now, we're going to be out of luck. As Bro. Branham said, "It was death one time to get behind that veil, now it's death if you don't get behind the veil."

32. Now listen:

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

(33) Partly, (while you're) made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst (you) became companions of them that were so used.

Do you know that according to this Scripture here, God knows and understood from the beginning that you can fall into a death trap just because you will stand up for somebody, or be counted as one of them, and you yourself not having done one thing. In other words, they can pickup James and cut his head off, and everybody gets happy. So, pickup Peter to cut his head off. Yes sir, we're in a mess here.

33. But remember, on the day when those things happened in chapter 4. (Well, I'm going to just preach all night long, I just feel real good now.)

Now listen, It says here when the chief priests were beating them up and saying, "Don't you dare preach." They went back and had a prayer meeting. "And they lifted up their voices in one accord and said, Lord, thou art God, hallelujah." [Acts 4:24]

You say, "What kind of God, is God supposed to be a God of His people and these guys are all beat up by world that he's supposed to have overcome?"

"Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." [John 16:33]

They said, "Just a minute." Here they… [Acts 4: some paraphrased]

"God of heaven, You made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in it. Who by the mouth of thy servant David said, Why did the heathen rage, the people imagine the vain things? The Kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against His Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel." [Acts 4:24-27]

34. That's who killed Christ. Stupid bunch of Catholic's blame it on the Jews. Then we try to blame it on Rome. Although that's true, It tells you right here, Herod, Pontius Pilate, the Gentiles and Israel. The whole bunch of them under condemnation. Certainly! There's no one not guilty.

Listen: [Acts 4:]

(28) For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

(29) And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, with all boldness they may speak thy word,

(30) By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy (Name) Jesus.

(31) …they prayed, (the right kind of prayer) the place was shaken… (and God sent signs and wonders amongst them.)

In other words, recognizing these things are of God placing them in the hands of God that God may have His way. From experience, as much as I would feel justified at times and going to court, I must say, "Stay out of the court, let them have it." We're sheep amongst wolves. The children of the world are wiser, and the kingdom of men than we are. Our advantage is not jousting with them, but falling back and committing to God all our trust in Him. They're too much for us. You know, David could have used his strength. He has all his advisers around. He said, "You guys are just too much for me." He said, "I'm just a simply old sheep-hand taking care of the sheep. I got to trust God." (See?)

Now, we ask: what will we do if the government wants us to act against the revealed Word of God? There's only one answer, refuse. There's not two answers, there's one, refuse. Now, of course like Paul you might go to court and get a ruling, or try for a change. But if the court upholds an anti-Word law you have to deny it. Now you have no choice. (See?) One might say, "but we are supposed to obey authority." That authority is only that which is a terror to evil, and only the Word can discern evil. (You see?)

35. Now, remember Daniel 3:16-18. Let's go back and take a look at old Daniel here. Now here's authority.

(16) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

Said, "We don't have for form a council, We won't have to wait till tomorrow morning. We don't have to wait a thing, we're telling you now."

(17) If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

In other words, he said, "God can do it. And if He wants to do it He's able and He will do it. But if He doesn't do it, let me tell you flat, we are not going to worship the image we are not going to serve you against God."

Oh, he got mad. He said, "Then you're gone."

He said, "Then we're gone."

Now, that sounds easy when I say it, but it's not very much fun when it comes to it. Except for one thing, God gives grace. Don't ever think God doesn't give grace, there's grace there somewhere down the line. (You see?)

Now, they had an experience like we're talking about. Now, how does this line with God being the authority over Nebuchadnezzar? It was to test Israel. There's always got to be a showdown. There's always got to be a test. "For this cause have I raised thee up within the framework over which I given thee authority, [Ex 9:16] and My authority is over thee. And I will show the world that there is such a thing as the grace of God that's greater than the wrath of man." (See?) God doesn't let things get out of control.

36. So, we go back to Hebrews 11:23-27

(23) By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid (of his parents)

three months…because they saw he was a proper child; they

were not afraid of the king's commandment.

The King said, "Listen, all you women, you mid-wives, I'm going to tell you what, you kill those male babies."

So, they said, "Well, God wouldn't let [us] do it."

Well they said, "The Hebrew women, …?... their lives, they're like crickets, they're not like these slovenly bunch of Egyptians pots that just haven't got any vitality, by the time we get to the babies they're born, hid away." (See?) Then:

(24) By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; (that was the law.)

(25) Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; (He was trained by Pharaoh to be a great general.)

(26) Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of reward.

(27) By faith he forsook Egypt, …(he absolutely left it, he got away from it.)

Why did the people come to America here? Why was the …?… to Mexico? Why is God as spots in the world? Why did some leave Germany to go to Russia. Because they wanted to live their lives before God. (You see?) They forsook when it came to standing for the truth, they stood for the truth. There is no such thing as compromising, because here is where God is testing.

37. For this cause, I raised a Pharaoh. For this cause I raised a Moses. For this cause I turned the devil loose. For this cause I turned the Holy Ghost loose. Choose you this day which way you're going to go. (See?) No, don't ever forget that.

Also, we go to Matthew 10: (that's too long to read, read It yourselves) 17-39. Tells you about make you go from city to city. They'll harry you, they'll try to make martyrs of you. It doesn't say whether I'll stand when the pressure down. And they say, "Everybody believes the Branham Message is going to get shot."

"Here I am, here I am, come and shoot me." Well, if you want to do that go ahead, there's no Scripture for it. Bible says, "they harry from one city, go to the other." [Mat. 10:23] "Wise as serpents and harmless as a dove," [Mat. 10:16] does not mean that we have lost our minds and become ridiculous. (See?)

What if they shut our doors? What are you going to do if they start shutting our doors? Bro. Branham said, "They're going to shut our doors as far as they know." He didn't say we're to stay home. Remember Hebrews 10:25, says, "Not forsaken the assembling of ourselves together as a manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the day approach." After Christ's Appearing, there's only one event left, that's His Coming. And He's already Appeared, He's here right now in full return of the Holy Spirit. That means more and more church. And I'm going to tell you something, "The more you come to church, the more you're going to like it." The more you'd enjoy it. The more It would be food to your souls.

38. Now, way back there in the days of the Scots …?... the Catholic's had supreme control. And they said, "Anybody caught out at night was in danger of being destroyed." Because they figured they'd be going out somewhere to worship.

And so, they caught this little Scotch lassie, and they said, "Where are you going?"

"Aw, (she said) sir, let me pass, (you see, the soldiers got her, Catholic) let me pass, I go to commemorate the death of a love one."

And he said, "Sweet little girl, pass on." She was going that night to take the Lord's Supper.

Not stupid as a bunch of idiots. Smart! Oh, they patted her on the shoulder and sympathized. She went right on with the believers. You bet. Let them try to close the doors, they'll do their best. That's alright, let them do it. God will work it out.

39. Now, we're going to come a little closer to nitty-gritty. We're going to hit a point that's bugging a lot of people. That's the next thing we're looking at to do with the law. It's a hard one. What do you do about our school age children that are literally forced to wear shorts and slacks and appear all but nude before men and boys. Forced to dance and take degrading sex education. What are you going to do?

Now, that's a question that's got to be answered. What are you going to do about it? Well, of course I can be very smug and say, "You do what you want, our kids are grown, hallelujah praise God," But I don't have that quite hard of hearts, and I have burdens for the people. The only thing one can do is first appeal to the local school district on the grounds of your constitutional rights. And of course, this will fail in most cases.

40. Let's go to Revelation 13:11-18

(11) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

(12) And he exercised all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

(13) And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

(14) And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

(15) And had power to give life unto the image of the beast, the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image (and) the beast should be killed.

(16) And…small and great…(had) to receive a mark… (and so on.)

What I'm trying to show you here, it's going to get harder and harder, and harder to get away from doing what the so called constituted authority wants you to do. Now, that's just a simple illustration here. I'm not going to use this as saying that this system is out there to degrade your kids, because if the Roman Catholic church has gone charismatic, (which it has) it's going to get more and more, and more better morals. You say, "What about homosexuality?" Don't worry, there may be some room there. But I don't believe it's going to get too rank in many ways, because it's going to have a tremendous form of righteousness, that's self-righteous. So, but I'm looking at here at the fact that world authority increases, so that the pressure to cause you to do what they want you to do will increase. That's what my illustration is here.

So, we would have to go to court, as our children would be either kept at home from school, or refusing to participate in school events, they would be failed and denied graduation privileges. (See?) Now, jail could come to us for refusing to have our children participate in what we know to be wrong. (See?)

41. Now, I want to look at a question here that I suppose that most preachers have already thought of, and they hate the very thought, and I don't blame them. Because Bro. Branham has spoken out that the church is not called to have schools and seminaries. She's called to preach the Gospel.

But remember, when the Supreme Court of Ohio went against the Amish who wanted their children educated to grade eight, and the standard of education was according to the laws the land. And Bro. Branham stood up horrified in anger, said, "The freedom of American has gone." He was not against them having their schools, they had to have it in self defense in order to do something for the children.

Now, I'm not advocating that you build schools for your children. I'm not saying that his church should do one thing for a school. But I'm putting the minds of you parents, you better have every recourse outside the church with your finances in any way you can to see that your kids are not involved in the stinking mess that in the world today.

42. Now, I'm sorry I've got to put it that way, because there's no other way I can put it. Now, I can't see it where it is hard in Canada at this time, that there's not schools available amongst Christians, because as I understand the Canadian law, if I'm a Roman Catholic, I want a Roman Catholic school, I can withhold my taxes legally and place it in the coffers. Unless that law has been changed, that law is still in the book.

So therefore, it hasn't become too hard yet, for not just those who believe in this Message, but for those who want to be Christians. Not to organize in the church, and the church takes steps to put up buildings and all. But for the people themselves to do something for their families.

I wouldn't be surprised you got enough Christian schools around here right now that would be helpful. But I speak from experience, I am not happy about any child being exposed to the world unnecessarily.

43. Now, in United States we've been quite successful in putting down local school boards and higher courts have reversed local decisions where it was shown that the children have an education which is equivalent to the standards of the State. In fact, it is shown in Ohio and in various States in United States, that when you place your children in a Christian school the children are better educated.

Now, of course they're trying to tell you what you do is causing a process of ostracization, like putting the kids to one side they won't develop. Well, I'm going to tell you something, I would sooner have my child underdeveloped immorally than, overdeveloped immorally.

Now, I'm looking at the question the best I can square in the face. And this problem requires great prayer. And I wonder if our failure to always pray for rulers has now come home to roost in the light of the Scripture. Listen, in the light of Scripture parents are obligated to train their children right to be responsible to God for them. It's up to the parents. I can't find one place where the school board is told to do it. (See?)

44. In fact, I'm going to tell you one reason I quit teaching school was because I refused to take the place of the school teacher and the parents and the preacher. When I taught in Cloverdale, [B.C.] that was the last year I taught, thank God, I won't tell you how I got out of that mess, because they're really too funny, but I got out of it. Fattest bunch of kids I ever saw in my life. Lovely children, but always the same story the parents were too willing to delegate their authority.

Now listen, I was sixteen years of age when the preacher's daughter, United church who did not believe in the virgin birth, (who was a modernist) stood before us and told me when I was…what grade I was in, and she said, (the preacher's daughter quoting theology from her dad's view point) "that the Book of Genesis and creation was no different from the other fables and myths of the Greeks and the Romans and the Scandinavian's." And I said, "She ought to know." And I believed it, till one day God changed my heart.

Now, listen brother/sister, there's no used you obeying it and trying to look askance, when the law is out to destroy your children, you are obligated to see they are not destroyed. You say, "How am I going to do it?" You should have been doing it years ago by praying, praying, praying, praying. So, there could have been some salvation, the authorities that are over us.

45. Now, I want to over to Proverbs 20: (I hope you don't think I'm blaming you, because I'm laying the blame clean across the board, because I'm to blame too.) You see, you're supposed to, I'm supposed to pray also. My prayers are necessary. But it's a long time since my kids were through school. And believe me, I have rebuked myself for the idea which some people have, that if God is not big enough to take care of my kids anyplace, He's not big enough. That's a biggest bunch of hogwash I ever believed in my life.

Now, I don't know what you're thinking tonight, but I'm here for one reason to try to nail things down to help you. You will get nowhere thinking that God is so big that you can let your kids go anywhere and God will take care. You can turn your kids lose to the universal, the pseudo intellectual, the smart-alec's, the idiots of the age, and those kids will listen. If I had my way, I'd never send one more kid to university. No sir. I regret the day our kids went to college.

46. Proverbs 22:6

(6) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

It doesn't say that about the schools, university and colleges. It says, "the parent's job." The training has always lain within the family. Now, of course we don't have a decent culture, until just a few years ago in Chinatown, especially in San Francisco there was not one modicum of immorality or juvenile delinquency. Now, immorality, yes, in a minor sense, but this gross immorality, no. Why? Because they have a parental culture, parents, grandparents, great grandparents, ancestors, relatives. So, everybody is an aunt and uncle. The children under that system grow up responsible so they are a pride and a joy to their parents. Even as Bro. Branham spoke in the 'Adoption'. We have never had that culture. (See?)

Right today mother in-laws are against son in-laws, and vise versa. When the mother in-law to be hand and glove with the son in-law, and with her daughter and with the family, in order to give the full benefit of her experience and her love, (if she's got any) and guidance, (and his, the same way) to those children. The children must be the center of all attraction. God gave us marriage for one thing, not sex, (although that's there) to bring forth children. (See?)

47. The law was to be fruitful and multiply, they went about it the wrong way. If you want to know whether Eve had the Holy Ghost or not, then the question is simply is this: Bro. Branham said it was by spiritual multiplication, and if she didn't have the Holy Ghost then they couldn't have spiritual multiplication. She had It. You wonder whether Bob Brown answered your question right or not, she certainly did have. I can go into Genesis chapter 11 and prove it to you, right down the line. We're trying to show you a point here. The whole family life, (see?) is with God. In whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. We are a family. And the obligation of life is to the child.

Bro. Brown said the other day to me he was called in by a Christian doctor, a Baptist, this Baptist was upset because women kept having a baby every year. Now, look it, I think the men ought something. I don't mean birth control, but men can do something the same as women. Which means there's a point of abstinence there, and a point a proper watching.

48. So, Bro. Bob said to this Baptist doctor, he said, "Doctor, what do you advise young folk when they're getting married concerning having babies?"

He said, I say, "Don’t have a baby for one year." He said, "That's what I tell them." He said, "When they come to me I say, 'are you prepared to have a baby'?"

They say, "No."

He said, "You better stay unmarried for one more year."

It's true. Bro. Brown is right. What is marriage all about, is having children. The procreative act is absolutely and definitely as the prophet put it, it is procreative.

Now, we're going to bring children into the world. And those children must be the principle in the life. That's why parents work, everybody works, everybody is going to be moral, is to train that child up in the family. They haven't done it, so therefore the kids are delinquent. The child must be put in its proper place and kept there with proper guidance's. This is not in the school, it's in the home. That's what I'm trying to lay out here. No matter how you look at it, you cannot duck the issue as parents, you are responsible, I am responsible to God. Not the school board. Not the State. The Book was not written to the State. The Book was written to you and me.

49. You take the first seven chapters of the Book of Proverbs, It's devoted specifically to some training as from the Lord. God's Word is Life, all else is death. Remember Ephesians chapter 6: 1-3, so we'll look at It.

(1) Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for (that) is right.

Notice, "In the Lord." Then if they are to "obey the parents in the Lord." And the school board cannot step in and take the place of the parents, because they didn't bear them. And the crux of the whole matter lies in the family. "For this is right." Then nothing else is right, except to teach that child how to obey God. How to live for God. And that's not, "Johnny, don't you dare do it, or God will get you. Bill, don't you dare do it, or God will get you." It's to show the Word of God works, because if It doesn't work here, It won't work there.

(2) Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

Here's a Word to every young child and every older child. "Honor your parents." Like I'm trying to tell everyone here, "Honor the law." If you don't it will get you. If you don't honor your parents, it'll come back on you. You cannot raise snakes and not have snakes. You got to stay with the Word.

(3) That it may be well with thee, (as long as you) live long on (this) earth.

Now, there's two points right here: train the child the right way according to the Word, let the child honor the parent who is training according to the Word, and it'll be well with you. But, it hasn't been done! So, it's not well with us. Now, we just can’t have our cake and eat it. We got to go back to the Word.

50. Now listen, let me tell you something. I'm strong on a certain principle in Ezekiel.

Ezekiel there said, "God speaking said, if this righteous man's been righteous all his life, and at the end time he turns into a sinner, he's wiped out. But if this old boy over here is been the sinning kind of a sinner all his life, and he turns to God, his unrighteous is wiped out, he goes in."

That's a wonderful promise to you and me. We might have been going along wrong all this time. Start praying, change the atmosphere and see what will happen. It's never too late until you're dead.

I've got friends of mine who thought for years while they thought they had enough money to live on, and things like that. And Jesus was going to come two years within after Bro. Branham was gone. Ha, thirteen years have all but gone by. And they're still here. I don't care when He comes, I only care one thing, and I don't think I care enough about that, and that is the shape I'm in when He comes.

Like I've always said, "I don't care two cents if I owe money, as long as I've got the money to pay the debts. Now, if I don't have the money it's pretty rough on you went the bills come in. But when the money is in the bank and I say, "Well, we owe this much, write a check a hundred dollars, and owe this guy…well, that's it pretty well, because that's all I owe. Oh yeah, there's the thing at the bank my credit card. As a convenience, the bank pays it right now." That's all, the money's sitting there.

Now, if the money isn't sitting there, that's a different story. So, it is with us. If we don't start laying up treasure, future preparation for the kingdom on earth which is by obedience to the laws of God, how can you reap what you haven't sown? (See?) We got to work at it.

51. Now, remember Ephesians 6:1-3 is written to parents, not school boards. Parents are responsible for the guidance of their children and for their welfare. Parents, not teachers are ordained of God as instructors of their children. (See?) Read verse 4.

(4) …fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

It doesn't say one thing about sending them off to school and doing it. You'd be surprised how many people send their kids to school and want the school teacher to be their mentor and everything. And let's face it, those teachers have those kids a whole lot more than you have. So therefore, what you do must be compressed and deeper in a shorter time. No wonder a person's got to pray. (You see?)

52. Now, every effort must be expended to keep our children from the influence of a perverted society, where especially teachers are contaminating their minds. Let's go to 1 Corinthians 15: 33-34.

(33) Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

The kids go out there and the thing rubs off.

(34) Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

It says right here, people you still haven't smartened up to know the ways of God. Remember, when they are out there in that form of communication, they will take up what they are in and amidst. There's a danger. (See?) Always the teachers and doctors talk about the peer group. And how it is that little Johnny and Billy aren't at home, and there's some little aspersion cast on them. It'll warp him.

53. All right, let's go to the Constitution. The Constitution gives us the rights of freedom to express ourselves, so the one cannot impede us. Then let our kids be taught what government really means, is to stand up and be counted on your own individual rights. They don't like the religion, say, "Shut up, mind your business, you go your way, I go mine."

Say, "That doesn't sound nice." It sounds a whole lot better than getting them all messed up. Sure, you follow what I'm saying? Any bunch of kids, the peer group, say, "Aw, that word 'peer group' just means kids their own age and culture and all that sort of junk and jazz."

It means, they put pressure on them. And your kids and mine want to be like them. Why aren't the kids taught at home their individuality? (See?) No, nobody takes time. "Now, I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep." [makes a snoring sound] "What's the rest of that verse?"

54. I remember, years ago reading about a young woman, she became very famous, I can't tell you her name, but she had nice long hair, her dad liked it that way. And the kids began teasing her, and he taught her to go to school and become a trend setter, a style setter. But she said, "Anybody can cut the hair, look at you, bunch of dull minded cows following the crowd." Pretty soon she had some girls letting their hair grown long. You don't have to worry about your peer groups, set your own trends with God and stick with them. That's where the real Constitution is. (You see?) You just can't send them out anywhere. (See?)

Now, if we can combine the influence of the home and the school we're really going some- place. But you can't depend on it. You got to do it in the home. And if the school is going to overcome your kids, you got to go in there and fight for them, because I don't know that every single kid is going to take up the challenge.

55. Proverbs 13:20. It's not that they can't, sometimes they won't. And I'm going to tell you something, don't want to be hard on you, but you mothers are the root of most of the trouble. When daddy comes in and sees the kids, his hair a little bit too long, mama says, "It's not too long." Shut up, you big mouth. God might call you "menstruous rags" some day. I'm getting tough and mean. Now I've been all through it and I can't stand it. I know too many homes where mama sticks her big tongue in. And you know why? Because she's the sex queen of the home, and daddy won't get his portion. Shame on you! What's the matter if you're that kind of people here, God have pity on you. If I thought you're that kind of woman here, I'd walk out and I don't even shake my hand, don't mention my name even in prayer, I don't want anything to do with you. I'm fed up to here.

Now, I know you're not that way, or I wouldn't be here. But it's around the country. Women are the major problem, because you got a soft nature, and it's not God, it's just a woman nature. She was so soft, she got deceived by Satan. Men are tougher. They better be tougher. But oh, the boy wants a little hair like some little goof ball. He figures he's a square if he gets it above his ears so he can hear something. And if he can't hear at this end, this end might help a whole lot. Let mama, is going to put her two-bits in. I know, I know what I'm talking about. I've been around the churches. I go to church myself back home. Did you think I stay away from church? When I'm home, the only way…sometimes I stay away from church for one major reason, they want me to preach, preach, preach. I say, "Look, I'm home to study." But mostly, I preach for them.

All right listen, [Proverbs] 13:20.

(20) He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Are the kids getting that? Kids aren't even taught, "what they sow, they reap." They're not taught about drugs and the problems. (See?) They're not taught the mind will go to a…like an old watermelon that's been hit by thirty below zero weather or something.

56. Let's go to 2 Timothy 2: I'm not saying you kill the kids, I'm just saying something has got to be done in the home where leadership and Christ takes over, and the father is the head of the family. And mama doesn't cut his authority under, by siding with the kids. And little girls turn into sex-pots, and you can't tell them anything. And you cry, because you know they're just open for woes.

I want to tell you something happened down in Louisiana. This fellow's name was Simon. You'll never meet him, so it's okay. When I met the guy, I said, "Hey, which one of you is Simon Peter, or Simon the sorcerer?" Couldn't help myself, just blurrier it out. Well, you can tell on how I'm talking, he wasn't Simon Peter. He had a wife, she's a lovely woman, but she was careless. Had a beautiful daughter, very, very beautiful. Very, very beautiful, lovely girl. They didn't watch her. She became pregnant and mama died of cancer. There's a God in heaven.

57. And brother/sister, let me tell you, it might have been good she got messed up here and mama died here. It might be that something happened here to save what could happen over yonder, I don't know. Who's responsible? You know what, he couldn't be the daddy. (See?) Let's be careful. I'm not here just to preach for Lee Vayle being the head of the house. (Fap!) It's too late in the day, I'm old, I'm a great grandpa. I'm talking to you that are raising your families now. You're responsible, the same as I was. And your responsibility is greater than mine, because in my day we did not have one bit of trouble like that. And I can say honestly, any trouble that came was my own fault, by not being watchful and persevering. But today, you've got it really rough. You have got to be on your toes as other generations have not been. And I preach this way in order to attempt, if I cannot inspire you by the Word of God in a spirit of common sense, why wield the club a little bit. Because what a man sows he reaps. Don't be deceived.

58. Listen, I know certain homes where the father, and sometimes the mother bends enough, for a little godly, godly fathers and the daughter's mess up. Why? Momma. Momma. Takes two to run a house. Mamma pulls against papa, you haven't got much hope. (See?) Sometimes papa is the one that's wrong. Papa is the guy that always gets a sweet little daughter. So, she because a trollop.

Look, there's a training in the training is in Hebrews, there's a penalty to pay if the Word is not met. Right? There's got to be. There's not a discipline of meanness, but of love and kindness. There's got to be a help.

59. Second Timothy 2:22-26

(22) Flee also youthful lusts: …

The word 'lust' is too strong. Don't get involved with everything every other kid does to have fun. Because the word list here, does not mean sexual and simply some blatant sin, but usually means pleasures. Don't get involved with those things.

(1) …follow righteousness, faith, (love), peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

In other words, kids better learn to pray too. (See?) The value of prayer, the power of prayer. Listen:

(23) But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they gender (strife. Keep it simple.)

(24) …the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

(25) In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

(26) …that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

That lays out the lines of how we are to conduct ourselves in the home and out of the home.

60. We look also at 2 Timothy 1:2-9.

(2) To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and (so on.)

(1) I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

In other words, he said, "I thank God I've had training."

(4) Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

(5) When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee…

Now, where did it come from? It came from training. It came from example and precepts. (See?) Now, there's this famous psychologist, ... the James family. (No, I forget who wrote the book, it’s not the James family) There were two James families. The famous James family the ministers and doctors and lawyers. Great, great Christian men of integrity, and then there’s these families of Jesse James, and a bunch of swindlers and murderers. Adam was traced right down from their roots, the great, great grandfather handed down to great, grandfather, to grandfather, to father, to son, and right down there was a genealogy of up right living. The others had nothing but crooks.

61. No, I'm not saying that there isn't a bad apple in all barrels. There isn't a limb that doesn't show that itself. A lemon on an orange tree, we understand that. But let's face it, the Bible shows conclusively that there's always this coming on down, down where the proper training is. God's Word can't fail. (See?) That's what we're trying to see here.

And he said, "It was in thy grandmother, and in your mother, and I see in you." Now, it wasn't something handed down, because she had a gene of faith. And the other person had a gene of faith, it was an inherence to the instruction of the Word of God. And remember, they saw that It worked. And then he said, "I'm persuaded in thee also." Now, right down the line, a tremendous testimony to the ability to train. Think of Samuel. Think of Jesus, trained up on the way to go.

62. And now this thought, we' re going to just leave the fact of the children. And what can we so about schools? Don't try to meet the issue ahead of time, except by prayer and looking out for it. That's the main thing. And remember, their God can make a way. At this point I don't see it too serious. If there's some problems here and there, but it isn't too serious. And perhaps by the grace of God it never will be, because there's a religious ground swell. But on the other hand, who's to say. They can't swing them into the grosses immorality this world knows, because they're getting a sex education now that is absolutely vile.

For as one person said, "If you teach them they'll go home and do their home work and they're doing it.” So therefore, there is incumbent upon you to bring your children up right. Not to emasculate their minds and their sexuality, but to teach the truth concerning it. It's time the girls knew that their sex act is not merely the five to fifteen minutes the male has, but it's nine solid months. It's time they understood that parents have not taught them against sex, because they are trying to deprive them of a pleasurable act. There's something God has said about it and it's desperately serious. I want to put that across to you, I hope you're getting it.

63. Now listen for this thought: what about State laws that all those actions or deeds of the Bible prohibit? Well, what happened at Nicaea? The church said it's okay, but that's not true. The churches let down the bars. And then it says Nicaea has brought the State in.

I remember years ago hearing the great judge stand up and he said, "What's the matter? I'll tell you what's the matter, (he said) the church has put them on my shoulders the doing of the job they should do."

Now, the church lets adultery go on. Marriage and divorce go on. Every kind of sin go on. And the judge says, "There's appearing before me thousands of cases that the church should have judged and done something about."

So, we're looking at it now of the State many times has to take over control. And when they have to take over control in a certain area, they're only too glad to take over more and more, and more and more, and more. Because democracy allows the hand of the law to get in your pocket book, and once it gets there it'll make every law possible to keep its hand there and finally control you. As Bro. Branham quoting a man said, "democracy has this problem, it's all sail and no anchor." And it sure is.

64. Now, the church let down the bars and brought in the States, and now it's too late. We cannot follow the State when the Word of God is a state. The State is not consistent. It keeps changing, but the Word of God never does. You show me this Word ever changed. I like what Bro. Branham said, "It it was wrong for grandma to have her skirts above her ankles, it's wrong now." Of course, we know the sex symbol was the ankle in those days, it's become the knee now. So therefore, anything above the knee is wrong. It must be below the knee. (See?)

Now, the Word of God never changes even as we can't obey the laws which forbid us to live in the Word, neither can we favor a law that would make it legally right to live outside the Word. That's what Nicaea did, that's what the law wants, you can't do it. You got to keep within the Word.

65. Look at marriage and divorce. See, the State says it's okay. The Bible says no. Right back in the days of Moses' and Jesus' days of putting away a man's wife what had only one cause. And that was, had she committed fornication before the marriage. But the State today allows of 'marriage-divorce' kit, do it yourself, no contest, no fault, can be done for twenty-five to forty- eight dollars. Heathen nations have far less trouble then we, who are so called Christians.

Listen to what the prophet said, it's true, "One Word off is Satan's kingdom." When one knowingly changes the Word it's spiritual death. The world is dead, but we are life if Christ if His Word abides in us. It's true.

66. Oh yeah, let's go a step further, what about laws made by those who appear to be selfish? Like, say, hunters. They want to hunt and fish. So, they say, "Well, we'll have simple law, then we'll get some laws. So, they certain number of days fishing, and you can't do this, you can't do that, so all of us is getting some fishing. Now, that's true. Conservation laws they're called. I believe they're good. I believe they're right.

What if a man was hungry and fished for food? What are you going to do about it? Why did God put it there? You say, "Well, that means you're going to go against the law?" No, I don't think I would. I think we're big enough to believe God without even breaking those laws. I believe if God could send Manna down out of heaven. If there's a law that says you can't hunt, or you can't fish, (except at certain time) I believe God is big enough to send the food in somewhere. I believe the church knows how to take care of its own. When Jerusalem had a famine, they didn't say let's go out and poach or something else. The money was sent, the food was sent.

I believe even those laws that can be looked at properly, can be used properly. And I believe in the long run God will bless us. We know that man's greed destroyed the carrier pigeon. When I look around and I see animals about to become extinct and birds, you know there's got to be a law to prohibit it. And we've got to obey even those fishing laws and all, because God said so.

67. Now, we have just a little bit of the Word, just a little bit left. We know that Joshua, (that is from this Message) parallels Ephesians. Ephesians is a bird's eye view of the entire program of Almighty God. Let's take a look at Ephesians 1:3-11. All right: Especially,

(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

(4) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

(5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

(6) To the praise of the glory of his grace, (which) he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

(7) In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

(8) Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

(9) Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

(10) …dispensation…of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, which are in heaven, which are on earth; even him:

(11) In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him (that works) all things after the counsel of his own will:

Now, It says right here that God had a Master Plan that He's putting into effect, and It's going to come to pass.

68. Okay, let's go to Ephesians 6:10-11

(10) Finally, my brethren, …

This is to the end time Church, who is at the end of the Ages, is the Master Plan of Almighty God, when the last ones are being called in, the Sodom condition. And a condition unto the days of Noah, the final instruction:

(10) …be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

You got to take a stand today brother/sister with the Word of God.

(11) Put on the whole armour of God, that (you) may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

(12) (Because) we wrestle not against flesh and blood…

It's no longer looking at men in authority, though they are there, because God puts them there. But you're looking a higher thing right now than that, you're looking:

(12) … against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

You're looking at the end time. When everything is coming to its peak, when sin must ripen to be destroyed and righteousness must ripen to bring in the Kingdom. Now:

(13) Wherefore take the whole armour of God, that (you) may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

(14) Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, (this is the first time they can really put it) on the breastplate of righteousness;

(15) (They're) feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (Before, he was just doing God a favor, apart from His will.)

(16) (And) above all…

69. That means, putting it over you. Not above all, so this is the most important thing, but it's a cloak that covers you supremely. You see, like the slicker that you put on. First of all, you put your clothes on, your underwear on, your outer clothes on. You're warm not to go out, then you put your south-wester on. That's what:

(16) …the shield of faith (is. See, what I mean? All right, which is a Divine revelation of the Word of God.) where(by) (you) shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

In other words, there's a guarantee even at the end time. That we are more than a match for the enemy. Like I preached Sunday morning, don't you get fearing what's down the road. Don't you get your mind on the Great Tribulation. You get your mind of one thing, He saw me there. Whether I'm Bride or not, I won't argue, by God's grace I am Bride. But if somehow, which I don't know the things of God, I'm not God, I'll the there anyway, He saw me.

If they made it for six thousand years, I'm going to make it now. Because He won't lose one, "As in Adam all died, even so in Christ all are made alive." [1 Cor 15:22] The remnants are going to be there, just the same as the one cut out in the pattern. You see what I'm talking about.

70. All right, now at the end time, we're here at the worse time in history. But Bro. Branham said, "If I could pick the time in which to come, I would pick this time!" Now, here's the glorious showdown of the devil in the world and Christ in a Bride. And those standing all about to believe they're Bride, bless God and to take the Word. Now see.

Now, you've got the shield of faith, and you can quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Ain't nobody going to burn my house down, it ain't possible. Because I've built my house upon a rock. (You see?)

71. Now,

(17) …take the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (Now, we're ready to stand there.)

Now remember, there's nothing on your back, so you don't turn. Neither do you challenge anybody to a fight. It says, "You stand." And as you stand you're more than able. Now, listen and watch:

(18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Now, that would be nice. However, here the so-called bride, and I'm not going to say who is, and who isn't, because it is Bride, if you don't believe the certain thing you're not Bride. So, they're not going to pray for it. If they do, they're going to pray for one reason, "Oh God, make Lee Vayle think as I think, because I'm Bride and I kind of like that stupid jerk, and it would be nice if he came along and believed too."

Well, thank you for your prayers, you can stuff them right down the sewer, I'm not interested. Prayers like that aren't worth a plug nickel. It's when you're standing with the whole equipment knowing the last hour a prime, a token for your home, knowing that what's happening in you, is happening in all saints you're praying for them. Not saying, "Well, if you don't believe, bless God, in a certain ministry you ain't got it." Now come on.

72. You say, "Bro. Vayle, preach it, because I think the same as you do about that gang." I'm preaching to you! You're gang, this gang. You can be just as rotten, and I can be just as rotten as anybody else. I keep telling you, my hardest problems, because I'm a preacher and I teach, right or wrong I teach. I believe this Message in a certain way, and I'll die with It. But I've got to let the other man have the same rights. He's my brother. William Branham saw him there. That I've got to pray for him, and apply that Token for him the same as I pray for myself, and pray for my family. It's says, "all saints." [Eph. 6:18]

Not snidely saying, "foolish virgin," not even knowing a foolish virgin is. And then Paul says:

(19) And for me, …

"Well, I don't know why Paul should need prayer, bless God, he's got such good shape, what does he need prayer for?" And he said,

(19) …that utterance may be given unto me, (free speech) that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

He said, "Pray, pray that these people strong in this Word." Not to proselytize. This is the stupidest thing in all the world, we already believe the Message, but someone is going to proselytize me, so believe their way. They going to proselytize you who already believe to believe a certain way. (Shee) I really can't figure that one out, but I am stupid, I guess. And Paul said, "Now, you pray for me that I may be bold in preaching the mysteries."

(20) For I am an ambassador (but) in bonds: …

An ambassador does not get put in bonds. An ambassador in United States has freedom where the United State's law cannot judge him. If he runs down and kills one of our citizens, his own law judges him. (Yeah) Paul's an ambassador, but he's chained down there.

73. I hope you're thinking what I'm thinking. "

(20) (I want to) speak boldly, (though he said.)

God's free man, but the world hates me. God's free man, I'm in chains. Not just in chains to God, but chains to the world. But he said, "I want you to pray for me, (he said) that I'll never let down saying the truth. I'll never let down backing the truth."

Now, he said, "You're my kids," like Bro. Branham said. He said, "You’ve got a lot of teachers, but I'm going to tell one thing, there's you only got one father, because I have begotten you to Christ through this Message."

William Branham said, "You're all my kids." (See?) Taught us the very things I'm teaching tonight in simplicity here. Now, he said, "Look, I'm a bond slave of God, I'm an ambassador in bonds." He let the world have its course, he rendered to Caesar, he rendered to God, and he wanted one thing like Paul, to stand in faith and to give this Word forth humbly and sweetly.

74. Now, brother/sister, there's your end time Message. There it is, in Ephesians chapter 6. The curtain being rung down. (See?) Look at 6: again, for a second, 4-9.

(4) …fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

(5) Servants, be obedient to them…your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

(6) Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

(7) With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

(8) Knowing that whatsoever thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

(9) …masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

The thing that I've been teaching all week long, begin to start to do things in the Name of the Lord. Begin to do them conscientiously, do them systematically. Don't you say, "Well, I'll give him a glass of cold water, bless God, I've done this." Sure you have, but begin doing it conscientiously. You say, "Why?" Because it'll make a system of spiritual pattern within you, until you couldn't help, but do everything in the Name of the Lord, until your uprisings, your sitting down. You're going to bed, you're getting up. Your coming and your going will be unto Jesus Christ. See, what I'm talking about? We can't bypass the Word of God.

75. Now, there it is beloved. Let the world system storm, they will, sure they will, but there's a part of the system that you and I got to obey. There's a part we daren't obey, because there's a higher Word. (See?) But we're more than conquerors through Jesus Christ. And if we get behind the Word by the eagle eye and watch the Lamb and pray, because Paul said pray, and pray and pray. I believe there will be fit citizens for the Kingdom of God, which is soon going to take place upon this earth.

So, I hope we're beginning to catch the thought tonight our place and the law of this land. We have got to obey the law to the extent that it doesn't come against the Word. The minute it does, you're going to have to take whatever they want to throw at you. And I got to take what they want to throw at me. Because we can't disobey the Word of God.

76. I remember years ago when my wife and I were going together, she being a psychiatric nurse, and also a charge nurse, she had a responsibility with the therapeutic treating the patients, so therefore they had square dancing and things. And also, she could dance, but she never danced because she was a Christian. So, the head doctor and the head nurse there, the matron said, "Well, Miss Rangman you got to go to the dance, you got to dance."

And so, I , to a man and I said, "I understand my freedom is being violated here, because the girl I'm going to marry is supposed to dance is against her conscience."

And he said, "You better see a lawyer, or I can't talk, because I may have to see you in court." He knew I was in my rights. So, she went to them, and because she wouldn't do it, they abusive her, they took away her privileges. That's the world.

If they did that forty years ago, you're a whole lot closer. For you'll dance, or they'll take the gun and shoot them at your feet until you do dance. Or see yourself stand still and blow my head off, it's okay by me, do what you want to do, I'm going to live for Jesus. That's the world, but you got to be prepared. The old song, 'Dare to be a Daniel, dare to stand alone, dare to have a purpose for, and dare to make it known'. That's exactly what Paul said in Ephesians 6: (See?)

77. Obey that law until. Obey it in the Spirit of Christ, and that same Spirit of Christ will say, "Thus far and no farther." Take the consequences and He died upon Calvary. You believe that? You got to believe it if you believe this Message. There's no place else you can go. (See?) So, do what I've begun to do, and I'm not fooling. When I send them income tax checks, I'll lay my hand upon it and I'll say, "Lord, I don't care where the neighbor’s money goes they can spend it on booze and the senator, they can sent it for the adulterous nations across the sea. They can spend it on bullets to kill, but my money Lord that You gave me somehow there's going to help somebody, because that's what government's all about" You believe that? Let's do it together. You don't have to take anything lying down let the devil have his way, we can be upright and solid, the only thing is do it. God bless you, shall we rise.

Kind Heavenly Father, Creator of heaven and earth, Author of every good gift, Eternal God, Righteous Judge, Ruler of our hearts this evening hour that have put in our hearts, Lord, as You put in the heart of David, and Solomon to do certain things. So, this hour You put in our heart to obey the letter of the law, the very law, the spirit of the law until it comes against Your Word, then by grace, O God, we stand with You, and You standing with us. Lead us through the lion's den, or leave us there to be eaten by the lions. Lead us through the fiery furnace, or lead us to the stake and we die by fire. For whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

May our lives glorify Thee that we can say with Paul, "We're not afraid of height and depth, we're not afraid of famine nor sword, we are not afraid of pestilence.? Nothing, no Sir, nothing shall separate us from the love of God." There'll be no power, no instrumentality, nothing that is formed against us is going to prosper, because one of these days there'll be the momentous showdown. One of these days well reign as priests and kings. One of these days it shall be manifested.

Lord, give Your people faith, give them heart tonight. Give Your children faith and heart to stand up and be counted and know that there is no child, there is no anything that's worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed. Which shall be revealed, which glory we already have in essence, and one day in Reality.

Bless the pastor, bless the people, and from this moment on may they go, O God, may we all go, and our lives deliberately doing in the Name of Jesus, until there's nothing we don't do in that Name; and thereby become a pattern of spirituality of the Word of Almighty God.

Heavenly Father, I know the Message is simple. I know, Lord, there's no rule been laid down, there's nothing been said too hard tonight. Father God, don't let us be like Naaman looking for some big hard thing. Let's just take the simple thing tonight. I pray, Lord, for me, I pray for each one of us, I ask this sincerely knowing You're the God of all grace and all mercy in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sing that little song, 'We'll walk in the Light'.