Rebuked by an opossum

It's an edifying story, but make sure you read the last quote if nothing else.

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BEING.LED.OF.THE.HOLY.SPIRIT_ MINNEAPOLIS.MN SUNDAY_ 56-0219
E-74 And I looked at her, and them poor little opossum still laying there, you know. And I thought, "Isn't that pitiful?" And I thought, "I guess the best thing to do would be kill it, but I--I can't do it somehow."
And she said, "Daddy. that poor old mother," said, "is she dead?"
And I said, "I'll see." And I stomped on her a little like that, pushing her back and forth. And no, she still had life. And so, I went. I said, "I don't know, honey." I said, "You better run back to bed, because mommy isn't up yet."
So we went in, set down. I went in my den room, right where visions has...?... many. I sit down there, and I put my hands up like this, and I thought, "God, what can I do about that old opossum?" I said, "I... Today," I said, "it's laying there. I don't know what to do with it."
E-75 And just then... Now you, I don't know what you're going to think about this; that's up to you. I heard a Voice, said, "You used her yesterday for a sermon and said she was a real mother."
I said, "That's right I did." I said, "She is a real mother."
Said, "Like a lady, she's laid at your house, right at your door for twenty four hours, nearly now, waiting for her turn to be prayed for. She wants to live to raise her babies. And you've never said a word to Me about her."
I said, "Well, I didn't know she was, that she come..."
I thought, "What's the matter? Am I talking to myself?" I thought, "What's the matter with me?" And I raised up; I thought, "Wonder if that--that must have been the Holy Spirit." And I... and Becky was standing at the other door looking out, and I went out. Said, "Where you going, daddy?"
I said, "Just a minute, honey."
E-76 And I went out there where this old opossum, God in heaven knows it's the truth. I stood by the old opossum; I said, "Dear heavenly Father, if Your poor servant is so stupid till I didn't realize that, and You the loving God, that would lead an ignorant animal, because of the love of her babies and want to raise them, and would lead them here, and I neglected to pray for her. I ask You, forgive me. And I ask dear heavenly Father that in the Name of Jesus Christ that You'll let her live then."
And friends, as God in heaven knows this is the truth, that old opossum turned over and looked at me, raised up, put her babies in her pocket, looked around to me, as if to say, "Thank you, kind sir." Stuck that tail up in the air, walked right down to the gate, and turned back, just like, "good bye." and walked right on to the woods, not even a limp in her leg. That's right... went right on down...
E-77 Oh, He leads. If God can leave a--lead a dumb opossum, who hasn't even got a soul, how much more can He lead a man or woman that's borned of the Holy Spirit?
That give me encouragement, God telling me to pray for the sick people, not only that time, but many times He sent animals and so forth, send some right to me in the woods and things like that. And that's the truth. God knows that.
Here not ago, I've got hundred of letters. Mr. Boze and lot of them has published it their paper. You might've read the story. And I was in California not long ago, and there was a fellow standing up in a great big banquet of a place, standing on a little chair hollering, "This a way to the opossum story. This a way to the opossum story."
And people write to me from all over world saying, "Brother Branham, pray for me like you did that opossum."

GOD.HIDING.HIMSELF.IN.SIMPLICITY.THEN.REVEALING.HIMSELF.IN.THE.SAME_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 63-0317M
51-5 {332} God's able of these stones to rise children to Abraham. God's able to heal a opossum, or a fish, or anything. If He will bring His message forth and the people won't believe it, God can raise up a opossum to believe it. Hallelujah. God can raise a dead fish; He can raise a dead opossum; He can--He can do anything He wants to do.
What a rebuke to this generation, when they stumble over it and fuss about it, and "You didn't do this and do that," and God sent a simple animal in. See? What a rebuke. What was it? God in simplicity (See?), showing Himself to be great. Oh, my. Rebuke these men of this generation of their unbelief.

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Puts me in mind of so called 'message' people running around today with church'anity' and setting up hierarchies of men. Going around saying everyone should put aside doctrine and come together and be one. One what!?! One denomination!?!

Oh My! What will it be like to stand in the judgement and have an opossum stand as a testimony against you! Just like the Queen of Sheba in Solomon's day. God raising up an opossum to believe the Word of God.

I couldn't think of a more fitting rebuke to a people that are so proud and so smart they think they don't need to wait for revelation from God.

It should make His manifested seed so thankful and so grateful that God has taken them from the judgement and tribulation that is upon this world.

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