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Questions 106 (COD Page 507)
Explain Hebrews 4 and 6 (Right quick now, we get this just real quick.) and compare it to Hebrews 10:26-Hebrews 6 and 4. (I beg your pardon, 6:4, and 10:26. Let’s see, 10:26; all right, I got them right here. See?)
For it is impossible for those that were once enlightened, and have tasted... the heavenly gifts, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
And having tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall... to renew themselves again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,... and put him to an open shame.
174 That goes right ahead and tell what it... Now look. I had that the other night. How many was here when I explained that? All right, you know what it is then. See, it’s them borderline believers.
175 How many read back in Deuteronomy 1 there, where the spies went right in there and tasted of the things from Canaan, which Canaan is not a type of the Millennium. How many knows that? You mean, just one hand? Junie. That’s right. Canaan is not the type of the Millennium, because they had wars, fightings, killings, and everything else in Canaan. Typed the Holy-Canaan is a type of the Holy Ghost. Egypt is the world that they come out of. The wilderness is where they were a sanctified, called out Church. Canaan is where they settled down with the Holy Spirit (see, see?), ’cause they still had wars. And if you don’t believe you have wars, just get the Holy Spirit once.
176 What are you doing? What do you do in Canaan? They were possessing their rights. Glory! They were possessing their rights. And they could not possess their rights till they got into Canaan. They didn’t own nothing in the wilderness. Then, when they come into Canaan, then they had rights. And we’ve got rights. When you receive the Holy Ghost, you’re in Canaan. You have to fight for it; every inch of ground you have to fight for it. Yes, sir! That’s the reason people say, “Brother
Branham, you pray for me today.”
“All right, we’ll see... ”
Get over in Canaan once, brother, and you realize where you belong. Watch prayer start being turned around. Yes, sir!
You say, “Looky here, Satan. This is mine! I’m possessor of this! God said so! Move out! (That’s right, that’s right!) Move off my grounds!” See?
“Your ground?” Satan says.
“I’ve a abstract deed to it. Move out! You don’t, I’ll serve notice on you by the Holy Spirit’s guidance.” He moves out. Sure, he has to.
177 Now, now, they that’s tasted the heavenly gifts... Now, watch over here.
... if we sin wilfully... (10th, this is 26th of the 10th chapter.)... if we sin wilfully after... we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin,
178 Now, one of them is where you just tasted of it, and the next is where you have received it, and got knowledge of it. Then if you sin (what?), disbelieve. Now, watch how they both read. See? “If you disbelieve wilfully after you receive the knowledge of the truth... ” Now let... Just a minute, let me get it here.
If we shall fall away, to renew ourselves...
... it is impossible for those which were once enlightened, and have tasted of the good heavenly gifts,... (Tasted ofit. See?)... and were made partakers... (See?)... of the Holy Spirit,
And have tasted of the good word of God, and... powers of the world to come,
179 And he goes on down here and says that if you set right in like the briers, as the rain cometh oft upon the earth; if you set in like the briers, the Holy Spirit fell, and oh my, you enjoyed It as much as the rest of them; but as far as putting your hand to It, or going on out, and working for the Lord, and doing something about it, no, no, you can’t do that. See? Then that shows the Spirit of God’s not in you. See? Then you just finally wind yourself out. “Whose end is to be burned.”
180 But over here, if we disbelieve... Now, what is sin? Unbelief. If the thing has been made known to you, and you turn away from it wilfully and say, “Uh-uh, I don’t want nothing to do,” after you’ve done seen it, it’ll never call to your heart again. You’re finished; that’s right. You have-you have sinned away your day of grace. See?
For if we disbelieve wilfully... (Now, in my Bible I’ve got it marked here where, it’s the-the “m,” the-the margin reading here, says: sin-unbelief willfully. See,
see?)... wilfully after... we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin,(If you walk away and turn God down willfully afterit’s all been made good to you, and God’s offered it toyou... See?)
But a certain fearful looking for the judgment the fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversary. He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witness:
... how much more sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall... be though worthy, who has trod under foot the Son of God, and has counted the... covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and... done despite to the works of grace? (Oh, my!)
181 What will it be? A preacher, a minister, let’s just take... Cause I’m a preacher, let’s say it’s a preacher. He walks up here, he comes up, and confesses Christ, gets his life cleaned up, where he don’t live with adulteries and things anymore, living a good clean life, walks up here; the grace of God’s been good to him, then he walks right up into the knowledge of the Holy Ghost (see?), walks up, God leads him right up to the knowledge of the Holy Ghost, and there he sees It, but he says, “Now, wait a minute. My church wouldn’t stand for that. Uh-uh. I couldn’t do that. They’d turn me out. The-the council would-would turn me out. The next ministerial meeting, I’d be excommunicated.” There remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, because he took the very Blood that sanctified him and brought him this far, to the knowledge of the Truth, and counted It as though It was an unworthy thing and trodded It under his feet, after God has led him step by step up here to the Holy Ghost.
182 You say, “Oh, now wait a minute, Brother Branham.” Just a minute! The spirit of antichrist will do that. Did you notice the two heads of them? Who was Judas Iscariot? The devil! The Bible said he was the son of perdition. What is perdition? Hell. He’s the son of hell, come from hell and went to hell. And Jesus Christ was the Son of God, came from Heaven, returned to Heaven. When they both died at the-on the crosses... Je-... Did you know Judas died on a cross? How many knows that? He died on a tree. Jesus died on a tree too. It’s just cut, that’s all. “Cursed is he that dieth on a tree.” And he come from hell. And watch what... As far as he could sneak his way into the church... That’s as high as he can come now. See how deceiving he could be? Now, Judas come. What was he? A treasurer, a brother, working in the church, the treasurer in the church, walked right on up, believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and was justifi-... [Tape ends incompletely-Ed.]