Questions & Answers
Questions 36 & 37 (COD Page 178)
36. Why would a person be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ instead of the “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”?
I got two or three. Here’s one right here:
37. Brother Bill, what is the false baptism that you were speaking of last night, if it is water or Spirit? If it is water, and you said Jesus Christ’s Name, why did Matthew 28:19, it say, “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”? Please explain.
170 Now, these are kind of stingy, but I believe I’ve got another one here somewhere, the same thing. Oh, it’s about three places. I’ll try to get to it. Let’s see. Will-will you bear with me for a few minutes? All right. Now, let’s just start now and answer these questions. Maybe we can stem a few of them, and get them maybe (the rest of them) tomorrow; if nothing else, at Sunday school, or some time. But these people perhaps... are
asking this, and tomorrow is baptism. Now, whichever way you were baptized, that doesn’t matter to me. But I want to-to tell you the apostolic Doctrine of the Bible. See?
171 Now, we found out, last night, that when the Catholic church was organized, that it come out with false communion, saying that “When you receive the holy Eucharist, meaning the holy communion there, you receive the Holy Ghost.” That is not the Holy Ghost; that’s a wafer.
172 The Protestant church shakes hands, puts their names on the book, that’s what they call “receiving It.”
173 Now, but the real way to receive It was the baptism of the Spirit.
174 And, now, the Catholic church brought out catechism. Luther had it, the Methodist church has it, Episcopalians have it, many of the other ones have it, catechism. Many of the traditions of the Catholic church still hangs onto the Protestant church; which forms her right in with it, according to the Bible.
175 But there never was a person, ever, in all the pages of the Bible, ever baptized in the name of the “Father, Son, Holy Ghost.” There never was a person baptized in the name of “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” until the early Catholic church. It’s not in the Bible, nowhere! If anybody can find a piece in there, and tell me and show me where one person was baptized using the name of the “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” please show me, for I’ve went through and through and through and through and through It, for twenty some odd years now. And it’s an error! It’s a Catholic creed and not a Bible command.
176 Now we’ll find out why, we’re going to your question, dear brother. Saint John... I mean Matthew 28:19. All right, let’s go back over. You turn with your Bible, with me, so you can read with me. This is the place where it’s spoke of. One place in the Bible of...
177 Didn’t Jesus say, “In the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established”?
178 I can take you in the Bible where It said, “Judas Iscariot went and hung himself,” and, “You go do likewise.”
179 I can take you to where Jesus said, “When the Son of man,” which Himself was, “which now is in Heaven, shall come again,” and standing right here on earth. And said, “The Son of man which now is in Heaven,” and standing right here on earth.
180 You have to know God to know His Word. You can’t... No wonder you say, “It contradicts Itself.” It’s confusing; because God said He wrote It that way to hide It from these scholars and so forth. And let people get humble at the altar, and God will reveal It to you.
181 Now here’s the Scripture, Matthew 28:19, only place in the Bible it ever mentioned these titles.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
182 Now, the way you’re baptized, is, “in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Ghost.” That’s not even in the Scripture! But it is here, “Teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name!” Now look right at your Bible and see if that says “in the names” or “in the Name.”
183 Now you say... Now, here not long ago in a meeting, a fellow said, “There’s a contradiction in the Bible!” Said, “I wish you’d explain it to me. Why did Jesus tell the people to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost, and Peter turned around and baptized them in the Name of ‘Jesus Christ,’ in Acts 2:38?” Said, “If that don’t contradict itself, I don’t see a contradiction!” I said, “Just because you haven’t sought God right.”
184 He said, “Brother Branham, does it make any difference if I baptize this way or that way?” It certainly does, and I’ll prove it by the Bible.
185 What if-what if Moses... God told Moses, come up to the bush, said, “Moses, take off your shoes, you’re on Holy ground.”
186 He said, “Now, Lord, I’m reverent man. My shoes are a little hard to take off, so I’ll just take off my hat.” He never said “hat,”
He said “shoes!” And what the Bible says is Truth. Now if...
187 Here, this is ten days, this was the ascension. And when Jesus was taken up, He commissioned His disciples to go into all the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And ten days later... They went up to Jerusalem and waited in the upper room until the Holy Ghost come. And then when they began to preach and go on... They said, “What can we do to be saved?”
188 Peter said, “Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.”
189 Then he went to the house of Cornelius, he said, “Repent, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.”
190 He went over and found some people was already baptized, said, “You got to be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ!”
191 And went down in Samaria and said, “Baptize them in the Name of Jesus Christ.”
192 And not one time was them titles ever called over a person. Never! “Now, there’s a contradiction then,” you say. No, it’s not. Just ask the Holy Spirit now, and watch Him reveal It to you. Open your heart.
193 Now, don’t hold prejudice. If you do, God can’t talk to you. But if you won’t hold prejudice, say, “I’m looking for really Truth, Brother Branham.”
194 If Jesus told the disciples, “go do this,” and they went and done something over here different, and yet God blessed it, and all through the Bible. Now, did they do what Jesus told them not to do? If they did, they disobeyed, and God will never honor disobedience. If He would, He would have honored Eve and stopped the whole thing in the beginning. When God says anything, He’s got to keep His Word; He is sovereign. So then either Peter made a mistake...
195 “Oh,” said, “that’s what the apostles said.” One fellow said, “That’s what the apostles said. I’m going to do what Jesus said.”
196 Well, if the apostles did what Jesus told them not to do, then what? And if the apostles which wrote this Bible... Paul wrote all these, and Paul was the one made them be rebaptized again. And if Paul wrote the biggest part of this New Testament, then what kind of a Bible have you got written that you’re trying to read?
197 Let’s just make it just This. Ask real sensible and see what the Word says. Now, this is for education, for you to know the Word of God.
198 Now, if Peter baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ after Jesus telling him to baptize in the name of “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” he done contrary to what Jesus said. Is that true? Now, there’s got to be something there. Now let’s just find out, and ask the Holy Ghost to show us. Now, the first place, now let’s take-let’s take the first Scripture, Matthew 28:19.
Go ye therefore,... teach all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father,... Son,... Holy Ghost:
199 Look down on your Bible and see if that says “in the names of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” Does it?No, sir. Did it say, “in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost”? It said, “In theName!” Is that right? Well, the “name” was singular. Is thatright? Well, which name did He want them to baptize, thename of the Father, or the name of the Son, or the name of theHoly Ghost? He said, “In the Name!” Well, frankly, there isn’t either one of them a name.
200 How many fathers is in here, let’s see your hand-your hand. All right. Which one of you is named “Father”? Father is not a name; father is a “title.” How many sons are in here? Sure, every man, every male, they’re sons. Well, which one of you is named “Son”? It’s not a name; it’s a title. Is that right? It’s not a name; it’s a title. Well, which one of you is named “Human”? How many humans is here? All of you. Well, which one of you is named “Human”? There is no such a thing; that’s what you are. The Holy Ghost is not a name; that’s what It is. I’m a human. So neither Father, Son, nor Holy Ghost is “name”; they’re just three titles that goes to one Name.
201 Now listen closely. What... Look here! I’ll take this on just like a baby basis. If you said, well, like you was reading a-a storybook, and it said, “John and Mary lived happy ever after.” And you wonder then, “Who is John and Mary?” Well, the only way you’ll ever know who John and Mary is, is go back and read the beginning of the story and go through it. Is that right?
202 Well, if Jesus said here, “Baptize in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,” and Father is no name, and Son is no name and the Holy Ghost is no name, what, who is this Fellow? We want to know who He is. Now, the best thing to do... That’s the last chapter of Matthew, the last verse. Let’s turn back to the 1st chapter of Matthew, and the first verses, and start off, find out who this Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is. Now, I just want to do this for the children there, so they’ll get it also.
203 First thing, this will straighten out you on your “trinity,” Father, Son, Holy Spirit. [Brother Branham illustrates with three items-Ed.] Now, in the first place, not one place in the Bible was trinity ever mentioned. You find it and show it to me. There’s no such a thing. It’s Catholic error, and you Protestants bow to it. Notice. Now, what is this? I said this is Who? Father. This is Who? Son. And this is Who? [Congregation says, “Holy
Ghost.”] Now, the Father is the father of Who? The Son. Is that right? Now, this is Jesus’ Father. Don’t get them mixed up, now. This here is the Father, this is the Son, and this is the Holy Ghost. Is that right? Now, the people put it, “Three different people, three different Gods, three different personalities.” No wonder the Jew can’t understand It! All right.
204 Matthew the 1st chapter, starts off with genealogies of Jesus Christ, “Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob,” so on, down like that, till it comes down to the 18th verse. Now the birth of Jesus Christ...
205 Here it is, the 18th verse.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ... (follow me with your Bible)... the birth of this man Jesus Christ was on this wise: When... his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph,... she was found with a child of... (God, the Father?)
Did I read That right? What does It say? [Congregation says, “The Holy Ghost!”-Ed.] Found with a child of Who? [“The Holy Ghost.”] I thought somebody said this Man was His Father? The Bible said this Man was His Father.
... she was found with a child of the Holy Ghost.
206 Now what kind of a child you got? And Jesus plainly said God was His Father. Is that right? God is His Father! Well, what’s the Holy Ghost got to do with it then? If the Bible said the Holy Ghost was His Father, and Jesus said God was His Father; and you said God was His Father, and now the Bible says, over here. If there’s three, two different people, God had nothing to do with it. The Holy Ghost is His Father.
207 Now let’s read a little farther.
... Joseph her husband, being a just man, was not willingly to make her a publick example, but was minded to put her away privily.
But, behold, while he thought on these things,... the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,
Joseph, thou son of David, fear not... take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. (not God the Father; God the Holy Ghost!)
208 See where your tritheist idea would go to? It would put Jesus a illegitimate child. Certainly. That’s an error! No Scripture for that. Now, you’ll have to admit that God the Father and God the Holy Ghost, is the same Person, or Jesus had two different daddies. Is that right? Of course, it’s right. The Bible said, “The Holy Ghost was His father,” and the Bible said, “God was His father.” Now, which is His father? The Holy Ghost and God is the same Spirit; It’s the same Thing.
... all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which... spoken by the prophet, by the Lord, saying, ... a virgin shall conceive... and bring forth a child, and they... (this One)... and they shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from its sins.
And this was all done, that it might be fulfilled,...
... and his name shall be called Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with us.
209 Now, who is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost? Did Peter do wrong? He done what Jesus told him. That’s three titles.
210 I’m a minister, and I’m a father, and I’m a “Reverend,” they call it, a title, but none of that’s my name. My name is William Branham.
211 He was the Father, He was Son, He was Holy Ghost. You try to make three Gods, friend; it’s wrong; it’s error.
212 There’s three dispensations that the tritheist got mixed up with. God, the Father, was the Spirit that hung over the children of Israel in the Pillar of Fire. Is that right? God was there. Then God was made flesh and dwelt among us (is that right?) in His Son. Now He’s condescending down till He’s come into the heart of man, by the Holy Spirit.
213 God is like a three-foot rule, or, a three-foot rule, yes. The first twelve-inches was God, the Father; the second twelve-inches, God, the Son, the same God; third twelve-inches was God, the Holy Ghost, the same God. Jesus said...
214 You say, “Well, we got the Holy Ghost in us.” That’s right.
215 But Jesus said, “A little while, and the world seeth Me no more. Yet you’ll see Me, for I... ” “I” is a personal pronoun. “I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world.” Where’s the Holy Ghost at then? “I’ll not leave you comfortless; I’ll come again and be with you.” That’s it.
216 You see, you misunderstand it, friend. It’s one God in three dispensations. The dispensation of the Fatherhood, Sonship, and Holy Spirit, It’s the same God. And when He said, “Go baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,” It was Jesus Christ. And that’s why he baptized in Jesus’ Name.
217 Now look, let’s get the baptisms here. The first time baptism was ever mentioned in the New Testament, was John the Baptist. Is that right? I’ll place this up here. You see, you have to get your Godhead straightened out before you can get baptism straightened out. That’s John the Baptist, first baptism.
218 Second time baptism was spoke of, was Acts 2:38, where they were baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, at the new church. The second place was Cornelius’s house, or not... I beg your pardon, Samaritans, Acts 7:48 and 49. And Acts 10:49 was where he baptized them at the house of Cornelius. And the next time baptism was spoke of, and calling any names or titles, was over in Acts 19:5.
219 Now, when they were baptized at the Day of Pentecost, they were baptized, Acts 2:38, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Is that right? Write it down, look it up.
220 The next, Philip went down, two days later, and begin to preach to the Samaritans; and preach to them, and heal the sick, and had a great meeting down there, and baptized them in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter went down and laid hands on them; they received the Holy Ghost.
221 Peter went up on the housetop a few days later, was hungry, he saw a vision. God sent him over to the house of Cornelius. And, “While Peter yet spake these Words, the Holy Ghost fell on them,” and they begin speaking in tongues and carrying on like they did at the first place. Peter said, “They haven’t even been baptized yet.” So he commanded them, every one, to be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.
222 Every person in the Bible was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. Paul... I mean, John’s disciples wasn’t baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized unto repentance. Let’s turn over to First Corinthians... I mean, let’s turn over to Acts, the 19th chapter, just a moment. And read this just a minute so you’ll see, friends, that it’s not-it’s not... They’re not... the Scripture doesn’t contradict Itself. Look here.
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul... passed through the upper coasts of... Ephesus: he finds certain disciples, He said unto them, Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?... they said... We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost.
... he said... then what was you baptized?
Oh, they said, we been baptized.
Said, How?
... said, Unto John, John...
He said, John only baptized unto repentance, saying
that you should believe on him who’s come... that is, on the Lord Jesus Christ. And when they heard this, they were rebaptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
... Paul laid his hands upon them, and the Holy Ghost come on them; and they spoke in tongues, and prophesied.
223 The great Saint Paul...
224 Listen! What if you had been baptized by John the Baptist, the same man that baptized Jesus Christ? A holy man, where Jesus said, “There never was a man born of woman, as great as John the Baptist.” He’s the chief of all the prophets. He led Jesus out in the water and baptized Him right in Jordan. Brother, if I was baptized by him, I’d feel pretty good about it. Is that right?
225 But Paul turns around and says, “That won’t work now!” Said, “You’ve got to be rebaptized, again.”
226 “Oh, we’ve been immersed, though, Paul! We was immersed by John, right out in the River of Jordan.”
227 He said, “That won’t work now. You got to be baptized again.” “How?”
228 Said, “John baptized unto repentance. This is for remission of sins, and no other name under Heaven is given among man, only the Name of Jesus Christ.” And they had to be rebaptized, again, in the Name of Jesus Christ.
229 And not one place in the Bible, or all the history for the first six hundred years after the death of the last apostle, did they ever baptize any other way but in the Name of Jesus Christ.
230 And go ask any Catholic priest that you want to, ask them who changed that, and see what they tell you. Get the catechism and read it; say, “Sure, some of the Protestants will be saved because they bow to our baptism.” They changed it. They say they have the power and authority to do it, and you believe it! That’s what they say, that’s what they claim, that’s what the Protestant church bows to. But, Scripturally, it’s absolutely not one ounce of Scripture about it. They had to be baptized over, in the Name of Jesus Christ!
231 Now listen, quickly now, so we get right... I don’t want to hold you too long on these questions. Look, in the day when Jesus come down off the Mount Transfiguration with His disciples, He said, “Who does man say that I am, and what do they say?”
232 “Some says Thou art ‘John the Baptist,’ some say You’re ‘Elias,’ some say You’re ‘the prophet.’”
He said, “But who do you say I am?”
233 And Peter said, “Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God!”
234 He said, “Blessed art thou, Simon-Simon Bar-jona,” said, “for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. You never learned this in some church, you never learned this in some seminary. But My Father has revealed this to you, and upon this rock I’ll build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against It.”
235 Now, the Catholic church says, “It was Peter. They had a rock there, and it still lays under the Vatican City.” And that was in Jerusalem, or in the Palestine. And they said that that was the rock.
236 The Protestant church says, “It was Peter who they built the Church upon.” If that’s so, it backslid a few days later. That wasn’t it.
237 The Church was built upon the Divine revelation of God. “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, Peter, but My Father which is in Heaven has revealed it to you. And upon this rock, spiritual revelation of the Word of God, I’ll build My Church, and the gates of hell will never prevail against It.”
238 That’s where I say, Luther, Methodist, and whatever you are, whatever, Pentecostals, and whatever you are, doesn’t make a bit of difference; when the Church of God moves on, in the power of the inspiration, she’ll move right on and on and on and on. And no denomination stop It, nothing in the world will stop It. “Upon this rock I’ll build My Church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against It.” Spiritual, revealed Truth!
239 Now watch now the next, He says, “And thou art Simon, and I’ll give unto thee,” because he had the spiritual, revealed Truth. That’s the reason he knowed the difference between Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He had a spiritual revelation. That’s what you’re understanding tonight, where the Holy Spirit is opening it up to us.
240 He said, “Thou art Simon, and I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatever you bind on this earth, I’ll bind it in Heaven. Whatever you loose on this earth, I’ll loose it in Heaven.” Did He say it? Saint Matthew, the 16th chapter, “Whatever you bind on earth, I’ll bind in Heaven. Whatever you loose on earth, I’ll loose in Heaven. And I’ll give you the keys to” (what?) “the Kingdom of Heaven.” What is the Kingdom of Heaven? The Holy Spirit! The Bible said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you... ” I mean, “the Kingdom of God,” excuse me. “Kingdom is within you.”
241 Now He said, “Some standing here will not see death until they see the Kingdom of God coming in power.” Just a few days later, the Pentecost. See? “Some stands here,” right in that same que-... thing He was saying it. “Some of you stands here,” He had been transfigured, said, “won’t see death until you see the Kingdom of God coming in power.”
242 The Bible said, “The Kingdom is within you.” When Jesus rose from the dead, remember, He had on His side the keys of death and hell, not the keys to the Kingdom, that was given to the Church. Now, Peter had the keys. Do you believe Jesus would keep His Word? If He doesn’t, brother, He wasn’t God! That’s all. Now, He said, “Peter, I’ll give you the keys to the Kingdom,” in other words, “to the Holy Spirit. Whatever you bind on earth, I’ll bind in Heaven.”
243 Now look what a error they made, go out and forgive sins, and so forth like that. What an error! Let’s see. They put the keys on him. Now, He set his face right straight to Pente-... or right straight to Jerusalem.
244 He was crucified, died, rose the third day, was on earth forty days among man, ascended up into Heaven. Told them to wait till they seen the Kingdom of God come upon them, at this time the Father will restore the Kingdom in a spiritual form to them. They went up to the city of Jerusalem and waited there for ten days and nights, and, all of a sudden, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Kingdom of God, come with power upon them. Is that right?
245 Now watch! Peter, uneducated, couldn’t even sign his own name (a pope? Yeah, a pope), stood up on a little soapbox or something and begin to preach. He said, “You man of Judaea and you that dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and hearken to my Words. These are not drunk as you suppose, seeing it’s the third hour of the day, but this is that which was spoken of the prophet Joel. ‘It’ll come to pass in the last days,’ saith God, ‘I’ll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and on My handsmaids and maidservants will I pour out of My Spirit and they shall prophesy. I’ll show wonders in the heavens above; and the earth below, fire, pillars of fire, and vapors of smoke.’” On he went, and speaking of David and so forth. And when these critics stood there...
246 Said then, “Man and brethren, what can we do to be saved?”
247 “Oh, be careful, Peter, you got the keys hanging on now.” Is that right? The first Gospel message!
248 Jesus, a few days before that, before He was crucified, said, “Peter, I’ll give you the keys. Whatever you bind, I’ll bind it; whatever you loose, I’ll loose it. Now, whatever you do, I’ll recognize it in Heaven.” If He’s a Man of His Word, He’ll keep His Word!
249 And here he is standing here, the Holy Ghost had fell for Its first time, and Peter was asked, “What can we do to be saved?”
250 “Watch out, you’re sticking the key into the Kingdom for the first time. Jesus told you, a few days ago, the ten days ago, said, ‘Go baptize people in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.’ What are you going to do? But He give you the keys because you had a spiritual revelation! ‘For My Church will be built, and the gates of hell can’t prevail against It.’”
251 And take your creeds and dogmas, and whatever you wish to, but it’ll fail miserably (it has been), but the power of the living God shall move on and on, into Eternity. Like a streak of radium, She moves on, notice, without end.
252 “Peter, you got the keys. Whatever you do here, God has got to recognize it in Heaven.” Is that right? “What do you say, Peter? What can we do to be saved?”
253 Peter said... Don’t go say, “Hail Mary,” there’s no such a thing, do a novena. Don’t come and shake hands and put your name on the church book and have them sprinkle a little water on you; no such a thing. That’s Catholic dogma that the Protestant church is bowing to.
254 He didn’t say, “All of you go... Now, Jesus told me, a few days ago, for all of you to go and be baptized in the name of ‘Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.’” Not a man who had spiritual revelation, wouldn’t say that.
255 He said, “Repent, every one of you, and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that’s far off, and as even as many as the Lord our God shall ever call.” That’s it. Then the key stuck in and it locked, it locked in Heaven!
256 That’s the reason Paul said to John’s disciples, “You’ve got to be baptized over again, in the Name of Jesus Christ, to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.”
257 You didn’t know It before, you know It now! Huh! It’s all right. That’s up to you. That’s true. But a tritheist, triune baptism was never recognized in the Church, the New Testament; only in the Catholic church, and the Protestant church bows to it. Watch! Many people would fall out with you for that. But, brother, you’ve got to make your choice.
258 Now you say, “Brother Branham, I was baptized in the name of the ‘Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.’ I got the baptism of the Holy Ghost.”
259 I don’t doubt your word. I have no reason at all to doubt your word; I believe it. I believe God give them the Holy Ghost, up there before they was baptized at all; but when Peter told them what to do, they went and done it. That’s right. Now you know what to do, that’s right; and if you refuse to walk in Light when Light is brought forth, you turn to darkness. Right! Amen! All right. Excuse me. I don’t want to excuse me for hollering “so be it” to God’s Word. No, sir. I’ll holler “amen” again. That’s right. Yes, sir.
Why baptize in the Name of Jesus Christ, Brother Branham? Why do you do that instead of the “Father, Son, Holy Ghost”? Because the Bible teaches that! That clear? Why do you wash feet, Brother Branham? Because the Bible teaches that. I believe in the full Gospel. All right, now.
What is the false baptism that you spoke of? That’s it. That’s exactly it. Nowhere... Read back in the Testament and find where one person...
260 Now to you dear people, I’m not hurting your feeling, I don’t want to. I ask you to be humble and not... Look at this thing in the face, and see what it looks like. Look at it in the face of the Bible, not in your church or some foolish, silly thing somebody has got puffed up in their head, but look at God’s Word. Sure!
261 Do you think that God Almighty would give me the ministry He’s got around like this, with supernatural signs and things which has never been seen since the New Testament, and let me walk in error like that? Certainly not! And, brother, when I come back from overseas, I’m putting the biggest part of my time not on Divine healings and miracles but preaching the Word of God. That’s exactly right. Truly. Now let’s see.