Congregation sings "Only Believe"

Let's bow our heads.

Precious Father, we come to You with humble hearts this morning believing that all things are possible. We know that nothing can come against Your Word. We realize Lord, that Satan has sneaked in and afflicted Your people. Lord we disagree with that, because we believe that You are more concerned about our health and our serving You, than our being sick and under the influence of the strike of Satan. We know Lord that we have somewhere, some way, that we've tried to walk in the valley with these people, and tried to get down in the suffering with them Lord, and that's our job, and that's what we're suppose to do. We need to bring them out Lord, this morning. We need to strike against Satan. Curse him for what he is. In the Name of Jesus Christ, the great Son of Man, take this sickness away from us Lord. Let us be well again. Let us be at our best for You. Forgive us of our mistakes, our shortcomings. Anything Lord, that might have caused any feeling that You might have toward this little assembly Lord, that is not pleasing to You, I pray Lord that You'd forgive us this morning. Let every bit of it be put under the blood of Jesus Christ, the great Son of Man. Lord we call for victory this morning, because we know that You've given us that privilege in Your Word. The promise is ours. Satan is a liar. He's a squatter on the land. We ask in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, that this prayer would be answered for Your glory in Jesus name. Amen.

You may be seated. Satan is defeated. Good to be here this morning. It's good to see you, the ones that are here. It grieves my heart to see so many empty seats out there this morning. So many people away, because of the affliction that Satan has tried to bring upon the people, and I'm not a quitter, I'll tell you that, and I've never been. I've never been a quitter. I mean... You know I've always, Brother Don, I'll tell you, I was always called, back in my younger days, when I was into sports and around, I was called full of grit. I mean, a little fellow, not no big man, and so quick. That's what got them. See? So we have to be quick enough to get ahead of Satan. You know,  sometimes he comes and he'll come all dressed up, you know, in such a way, then the first thing you know  he's...he's got a strike at us. Amen. But I believe that, like I told the brethren back there awhile ago; I believe sitting right here in this assembly is some of the best people in the world. I believe that Brother T.B. And I believe that Satan is trying to hinder the people from receiving this Word that's coming forth now. This is a very important series of messages. I told Sister Darlene last night... and she was burning up with a temperature. Satan jumped right back on her again, and the baby too. They're out this morning, and she wanted to come. I told her... I said, just keep the baby at home. She's just running such a... all night... just burning up. And I said, you know... and I'd go in my study and I'd pray. So, I remember a Scripture where He said all things work together for good to them that love the Lord. And it's something, regardless of what happens, you can always see a Scripture that will console you. And then I said, I don't know what it's all about, but something good will come out of it. Amen. I believe that. And I believe that when we come through this we'll be stronger. Amen. And I, you know, it hurts me to see my sheep, you know, pulled under this burden of sickness that Satan has put upon us. We know that it didn't come from God. We know that. And so, we are praying day and night, and believing. And he's moved in upon some territory that he's got no business on. Amen. These are God's children. I'm believing that it's going to be over now.

I've never seen nothing like it in my forty-five years of pastoral work, Brother David, I've never seen as many sick people in a small assembly like this, at one time. I've never seen it in my life. I know, after praying so much about this series, and feeling so inspired to bring this series of messages, because I wanted so much to have the people to sit together, and to be able to bring it from the Old Testament to the New Testament, to our day. And that's what we've tried to do. You know that. In every service we have tried to bring it from the Old Testament into the New Testament, and into our day. And Satan don't like that. It exposes him. And he knows that if you can get the revelation of Jesus Christ, and what His blood did for you, he knows that his little plan is interrupted, and he don't like that. Like I said, I'm fighting this morning. I'm fighting with everything that I've got, that the Lord has given me to fight with. And I believe that we'll come out victorious. Amen. I believe that we've got the victory. Amen. It's good to see you here this morning, that are here, and Wednesday night we just had a jubilee. Alright. Now... Victory over Satan!

I want to turn and read this morning... I told you I was going to talk about  the washing this morning. Remember, Wednesday night? I had a call awhile ago from Brother Gene. And they have made it through up until last night. Then Satan jumped on both of them. Now they're down with it. I'm going to be honest with you. When he called and told me that, I got mad at the devil. I can't help it. Because, I mean, Brother Don, I mean I'd have to be honest. I'm vexed at Satan this morning. I'm vexed at him. That's right. Because he's plowing into something; he don't have no right. He don't have no right. When we are humble before God, and we are serving God, and doing everything that we know to do to be a child of God, then he's a squatter on the land. He just sneaked in here. Amen. And I did... I did get vexed. Amen. And I'm ready to curse him this morning. That's right. In the Name of the Lord. That's right. You say, "You can't." Oh yes you can. Yes, but you'd better know what you're doing. You'd better know what you're doing, because he is a smart little guy, but he is under a curse. He is under a curse. I can prove that to you by the Scripture. Amen. And this morning I call that upon him. That's right. That this sickness will leave this people in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of Man. Amen.

Alright. Now let's go to Exodus. I want to go there to 28th Chapter of Exodus. And I want to read, I believe it's 29. Chapter 29, Verse 4. Alright.

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

I want you to take note to what he's saying here. Wash them with water. Alright. Now let's go over to Leviticus, Chapter 8, Verse 6, and see if he carried that out.

And moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

Now if you want another Scripture on that, you can go to Exodus, Chapter 40, I believe it is, and Verse 12, and you'll find another reading on that.

Now in the Church Ages Book. I hope all of you have your Church Ages Book this morning. I want to go to Page 34. Brother Kenan brought out some mighty good things this morning along the line that we are in; the things that we're talking about, we're ministering on. And it was good to hear that the Lord is working all through the assembly. See? Now up there near the top of the page, the first paragraph there on Page 34.

"Oh, how we need revelation by the spirit. (Now that's a capitalized Spirit. I want to read that again.) Oh, how we need revelation by the spirit. We don't need a new Bible, we don't need a new translation, though some are very good, and i am not against them, but we need the revelation of the Spirit. And thank God, we can have what we need for God wants to reveal His Word to us by His Spirit."

Thank God, we can have what we need. God wants to reveal these things to us by His Spirit. Amen.

"May God begin by His Spirit to give us continuous life-giving and prevailing revelation...."

Now I hope you understand what that word prevailing means. See? See? Don't give up when you get a little strike. We have to prevail.

"...Oh, if the church could only get a fresh revelation and become by it the living Word manifested, (Now I talked about that a little bit Wednesday night. Remember?) we would do the greater works and glorify God our Father in heaven."

"Revelation 1:5, 'Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sons in His own blood.' the word 'washed' (means) or actually is 'loosed' -             'Loosed us from our sins in His own blood.' Isn't that wonderful? But are you spiritual minded? (He asked a question.) Are you spiritual minded? Did you catch it? It was His own blood that loosed us completely from our sins. It was not human blood. (I want to let that sink in. It was not human blood.) It was the blood of god. Peter called it the blood of Christ. Paul called it the blood of the Lord, and the blood of Jesus. Not three persons, but one person. There is that revelation again (of) one God. That omnipotent Jehovah God came down and made Himself a body by means of the virgin birth, and indwelt it, that it might be the blood of God that would free us (loose us entirely) (See?) from our sins and present us spotless before Himself with exceeding great joy."

"Would you like an old testament type? Let us go back to the garden of eden..."

I wondered if Brother Kenan was reading that. When I heard him talking, reading that. I said, "Well I don't believe he's getting that out of the Church Ages Book." It sounded like the same thing. Alright.

"...When the first news came to glory that the son (of) Adam, had been lost, did God send an angel? (Let's see.) Did he send a son. did he send another one like unto us? No, he came Himself... (He came Himself.) to redeem that lost son. Hallelujah! God did not entrust His plan of salvation to another. He trusted only Himself. God was made flesh and dwelt among us and  redeemed us unto Himself. We're saved by the 'blood of God.' The eternal God indwelt a mortal body in order to take away sin. He became the Lamb in order to shed His blood and enter into the veil with it." (Enter into the veil with it.)

"Consider this. since it it the blood of God, it is perfect blood; (Since it is the blood of God, it is perfect blood.) and if the perfect blood is loosing us from the power (of the) bondage and defilement of sin, then the loosing is perfect and complete..."

You remember what I said Wednesday night? We can't hold on to a part of the world. This is a perfect loosing from the things of the world; from sin.

"...There is now therefore no condemnation. 'Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth...'..."

What does that word mean? It means that you have been made righteous. Justification simply means that you never did it, you never sinned. So a person that never sins is a righteous person. Huh? That's right. Alright.

"... '...Who is he that condemneth? It is christ that died...' Romans 8:33-34. there it is, His death gave us the blood. the blood has loosed us. there is now no condemnation. How can there be? There is nothing to be condemned for, because the blood has loosed us from sin. We are free, guiltless..."

How many of you can accept that this morning? If we don't accept that, we can't come into the presence of God, because sin cannot stand in the presence of God. Amen.

"...Don't listen to man, listen to the word. You are loosed by the blood."

"Now don't get tied down again by traditions (See? The biggest problem today is tradition. Don't get tied down again with traditions.) and creeds and organizations. Don't be led astray by listening to those that deny the power of the Word, and deny that Jesus saves, heals, fills with the Holy Ghost and power. You are God's free men, loosed by His own blood. If you still hold your faith to creeds and denominations, it is certain by the evidence that you have lost your faith in the Word."

If you still hold on to those traditional creeds and ideas of man, it is pure evidence that you have lost your faith in the Word. Amen. Strong isn't it? It really is. It's strong.

Now we want to look and see back there in the Old Testament, those priests, that priest, Aaron, and he brought his two sons; they were ordained with him to do the work. And when he went in the priest office, of course, they went in so far with him and did so much of the work. Alright. Now they had to be called the same way. And this was the only time, I think I mentioned Wednesday night, this was the only time that Aaron was called - or the high priest was called to be washed by someone else. They had always done the washing themselves. They washed their hands. They washed their feet. They washed their, you know... so forth. They had never been called upon to be washed by someone else. But now here, they are called to have a bath. Amen. And it's to be by someone else, which is actually a type of being washed by the water of the Word. Amen. And we know that. Now I've got some quotes here to prove that then, that we are; actually what the water is.

I've had so many people to ask me along the way in my pastoral work, "Brother Holmes, what did He mean when He told Nicodemus, 'Except you are born of water and of the Spirit, you can no wise enter the Kingdom of God.'" And it was a long time before I knew what that meant. I had to come in contact with the prophet, and let him tell me what it meant, because there's some things that God is not going to tell you. That's right. Now I hope you understand that. You say, "Oh we've got it and we can get it." But look, He's got a channel to go through, and He's going to work it through that channel, and I don't care what anybody says, that's the way you're going to get it. God's provided way, like the brother read this morning. "God's provided way is the way we get the food on the table. Amen. Alright.

So now, I want you to notice here, that this washing of the priests... Actually, I believe it was a prefigure... (Are you understanding?) ...of that cleansing that was going to come to the center over here in the New Testament, and then coming on over in our day, into the claiming. But this is the blood of God. Brother Branham made that clear. Remember? Alright. So, if you'll notice some of the things I mention Wednesday night, I've backed it up now with this quote that I just read from the Church Ages Book. We also will probably make some statements this morning by the grace of God, that we will back up in quotes, coming on later on. You will find that I will not make a bold statement unless I've got Thus Saith The Lord. I've got to have it. Amen. So now, that's what I want you to understand. So now, this blood of God, Brother Branham called it. See? Peter called it the blood of Christ, Paul called it the blood of the Lord, and the blood of Jesus. Brother Branham called it the blood of God. So, all of them's saying the same thing. There's only one. Alright?

So now, this being applied to the person, the individual, it must be applied by the Lord Himself. See? It can't be... In other words, the brother was talking about the animals that were killed, and their clothing took off of them; they were made naked to cover God's children. See? He took the covering off of the innocent lamb, and put it on Adam and Eve. Right? And exactly what happened on the cross. He was stripped naked, Brother Branham said. In shame He hung there, and by that suffering, that humiliation that He went through on Calvary, and the blood coming forth, it brought redemption. A price has been paid, and it's much deeper and much more real, than so many people that profess to be Christians, have ever understood and know. This has got to bring some kind of a change to a person. It can't just simply be that you believe in Jesus Christ. That's a Baptist doctrine. But Paul said, "How can you believe on Him in whom you have not heard? And how can you hear except there be a preacher, and how can he preach except he be called?" So we've got some stipulations there in order to believe. We have to know in whom we are believing, and it can only come by revelation. The only way it can come. I read that to you right here in the Church Ages Book. Alright. So we know that that's the only way that it can be applied. Alright.

So now, this that's to be applied to this person by the Lord Himself, the blood of God. It's to be applied through the Word. Is that right? If we know the Word, not by letter, the letter killeth, but if we have a revelation then something happens. And through the instrumentality, not of a human being, but of the Holy Ghost, this Word is applied. This blood is applied. That's what he's talking about in revelation 1, Verse 5. It's exactly what Brother Branham was commenting on there in the Church Ages Book. Alright. So then, when this blood has given the individual a bath, he's washed from his sins. He's washed from his sins. You understand? Alright. And he is washed from his sins by the Lord. Not by some man, not by some creed, not by some church joining, but it's by the Lord. The High Priest. Alright. Now, if you'll notice, Moses stood there as a mediator and as God to wash Aaron and his sons. See? A strong type there. Alright?

Now I want you to notice in Ephesians, Chapter 5 where Paul is speaking of what Christ did for us. And he said now.

Husbands, love your wives even as Christ loved the church, and gave Himself for it;

that he might sanctify (Now listen to this, number one.) that he might sanctify and cleanse it (by) the washing of the water by the Word...

Washing of the water by the Word. Well, we find in Titus 3, Verse 5, virtually the same thing. He says; Paul stating again, "the washing of regeneration." The washing... what is regeneration? That's a change. To regenerate something means to change it entirely. Amen. Alright. So then, the Word of God is actually a bath for the sinner. It's a cleansing process. Cleansing process. Something that cleanses you. Now there's something that is done here after the death of Jesus Christ that was not done in this washing of the priest. What was that? It was not possible that this washing of the priest and his sons there would cleanse his conscience. See? Take the desire. See? You understand? They still had the same old conscience of sin. They still had the same desire. And the biggest problem today with Christians, is that they have not yet been rid of the conscience of sin. They still have condemnation. They still have a desire to do the things of the world, and that's why they do it, is because they have not been purged yet.

Now I expect you to get quiet. I told you this would be some of the strongest lessons that we have had here in this church, before we get through. Six months from now, if God tarries, and I'm still around here, we'll still be preaching on these. You say, "Oh not that long." Oh yes. I want to cover the Bible and the Message, and look at it, and see what God done for us, and see what we've got. See the things that we have. See? What belongs to us, Brother Don. It's ours. Amen.

That's why old Sharon over... What's his name? Sharon', Sha'ron? The one that's running against Barok over there? Huh? He believes that that land is theirs. The whole stage is getting set for something to happen. You can believe what I'm telling you. Bush is no pushover. He'll challenge Putin. He'll challenge China. He'll challenge the world. You watch what I tell you. He'll do it. He's got grit. He will not back up, and that's exactly what's got to be to bring on the atomic war. That man is fixing to go in over there in Israel... he's got grit. He's not going to back up. He'll stand there, and that's going to cause war. You know I'm telling you the truth. They're not going to... Arafat is not going to give up. Ishmael's boys is not going to give up, and neither is God of Abraham going to give up. Amen.

So we've got something in the stage, already in the making. It's already in the making now, and so, you just watch it now as it begins to materialize. I'm glad that Bush got in. I'm glad that he come in. I believe that he will force the issue. I believe that he will stand and declare that he's not going to back up. Amen. And that's exactly what it's going to take to bring on the finished work. Amen. And you know I'm telling you the truth now. I'm trying to be Scriptural and prophetic, right along with the prophecy of what Brother Branham has given. Amen. We know that that old whore has got to be destroyed. We know that that old whore has got to be destroyed by Russia. We know that that's exactly what Jesus said... Brother Branham said that's what he was raised up for. Amen. So we know it's got to come. Alright.

So now, let's look here a little bit farther, and not pulling to far away from my lesson this morning. So now, the Word of God is this Bath that we receive, which is a cleansing process by the Word, which is the Truth. Now watch what this does. As much as I can understand what Brother Branham is saying here, he's talking about revelation. Right? He said, "You can never overemphasize the importance of revelation." Is that what he said? So you are not going to go on your assumption. You're not going to gain any ground with God through your knowledge. Not none of your five senses is going to help you unless the revelation comes. You've got to have the revelation. Alright.

Revealing... First of all, you must have the revelation of the death of Christ. You've got to have the revelation of that. It looked liked just an innocent little lamb out there, that died out there when God come down and took the little lambs and killed them, and took the skin off of them; it looked like just a little simple process, but it wasn't. It was a passover, a paschal lamb, that would cause God to pass over that sin until the appointed time. Something had died to pay the price. Amen. It's not just some little something that people look at and think, "Oh well, I'm a Christian, I believe the Message, I believe the prophet." Nonsense. That's not going to save you. You've got to have a revelation of Jesus Christ in your life today. And without that you are still lost, and undone without God. It must be revealed to you personally, that Jesus Christ died for your sins, and He hung on Calvary for you. It can't be no other way. Amen. Oh God help us to see the need of separation and what it is. Amen.

Watch now. In revealing this death of Christ, then it must be received into our heart by faith. See? It must be received into our heart by faith, and actually, this is what brings about the cleansing of the sinner. It makes him clean. Alright. Brother Branham said, "It looses him." He used the word "loose". Alright?

Now this incorruptible Seed of Life... are you listening? ...this incorruptible Seed of Life that was placed in you, when God saw fit to do it. I don't know whether it was before the foundation of the world. I know that's when He saw it, but whether He placed it in you when the sperm went into the egg, or whether He waited  until you come forth and breathed air, I don't know. But I know that there was an incorruptible Seed of Life that was put into every elect person of God. Amen. It's there. I feel the anointing strong, and this is one of the... this is one of the highlights this morning. Don't forget it. I've studied and studied, and prayed and prayed for this message. Don't forget it. Amen. I know what the Scripture said. I know what the prophet said. Not all of these what he said, but Brother Don I know what he said about revelation, and I know that not many people have it. Not many people have the revelation. Amen. I'm talking about compared to the millions that say that they are following the Message. Amen. I'm honest with you this morning. Alright. Now you hang in here, and stay with me. Alright?

Now watch. What did Brother Branham call this incorruptible Seed of Life? He called it the Spoken Seed Word of God. Is that right? Exactly what he called it. The Spoken Seed Word of God, is what he called it. Alright. Now that brings forth Life, a regeneration, a change, of the soul. Exactly what it does. "Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit," in John 3, "he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God." He cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. Where does that leave the foolish virgins? Huh? Where does that leave them?

Watch close. I've got a couple of quotes laying right over here on my left. I'm going to read them in just a minute. Alright. Now the new birth, actually comes by that cleansing process. It's got to come that way, and it has to be applied by the Holy Ghost. Cannot be applied by no man. It's got to be applied by the Holy Ghost. See? The blood of Christ, if it's revealed in the Word of God, to you, that the bleeding Word, Brother Branham uses; the bloody bleeding Word is what he called it. Go back and study, again, "The Breach Between". That bloody bleeding Word of God is what cleanses you, and to deny the Word is simply saying that you have not been cleansed by the Word. If we are cleansed...?...

Who we are. I'm Charlie Holmes. I've got a birth certificate in my pocket to prove it. Charles and Lelia Holmes got together somewhere, and in 1925, the results of it was this old fellow here. Amen. I can't deny that. I cannot deny that. Alright. So then , somewhere out there, before there was a molecule, before there was a star or anything to make it out of, somewhere there was a being that thought about me, and thought about you, and that's why you are here. That's exactly why; that He made provisions for you. Amen. Because He thought of you. Alright?

So now, I want to turn to I Corinthians now. Somebody said, "Well, we're not living by laws, and this and that and the other." You know how they do that. You know, when they want to do the things of the world, and say, "Oh well, they're still living under the do's and don'ts," you know. Well, wonder why Brother Branham preached like he did? Huh? About separation? Wonder why Paul brought these things out? Alright. And let's look in I Corinthians, now, I believe it's I Corinthians 6, and I want to read Verses 9-11. Ok?

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? (Now the unrighteous are those that are not washed by the water of the Word. Right? Alright.) Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

See? "Be not deceived. This manner will not inherit the Kingdom of God," He said. Now this next one, this 11th Verse is what I want you to look at real close.

And such were some of you. (You were like that, see?) but ye are washed, (Praise God. Ye are... now watch this. You are washed - number one.) You are sanctified. You are justified (Three phases. Amen.) in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of God.

Amen. So you've got to have this cleansing. It's got to be there. It cannot be a make believe. It's got to be thus saith the Lord in your heart, not in your head. In your heart it's got to be the revelation. Alright. But ye are washed. Alright? Now, what is He saying here? He's saying that under the priesthood, under the priesthood there was no purging of the conscience of sin. See? See, but in this consecration that we have today is so much different from what it was back then, even though that was a type. That was a type. Now we have not the type, but the real thing. Amen. See? It's the real work of Christ. They were washed in Leviticus... I read it to you in Leviticus 8, Verse 6. They were washed. Alright. Now I want to read something here before I go on to the next page, and I want to read what Brother Branham said. "It Shall Be Even As It Was Told Me." Brother Branham preached this in Cleveland, Ohio in 1950, and one of them old messages. Now listen.

"No matter what it looks like here, we don't look at what we see. We look at what we do not see. Is that right? Anyhow, to see doesn't mean to look at it...."

Now how many of you remember what I said Wednesday night? How many of you were here Wednesday night? Let me see your hand. Alright. Now, you remember what I said about understanding? Understanding. Alright.

"...the word 'see' means 'to understand.' Jesus said except a man be borned of water and spirit, he cannot see the kingdom of God...."

In other words, he cannot understand the kingdom of God until he's borned again. Exactly what I said Wednesday night. Alright. See?

"...You have to accept it by faith (Alright?) And then when he comes into you, (when he comes into you,) you understand it." (Amen.)

"You accept healing the same way. (Um-hmm) stay right with it..."

Don't you be like my son back here. I'm going to tell on him. It looks like he's taking a nap, and he needs to wake up. Alright. But anyway, he caught hold of my hand. He was burning up with fever, and he couldn't keep nothing on his stomach. Everything, he'd drink something it'd come right back. And tears come in his eyes, and he said, "Daddy, pray for me." I said, "Honey, daddy's been praying for you but I will pray for you again." And Brother Don, I took him in my arms, and I prayed for him. And I believe that God heard that prayer. I believe it as much as I'm standing here right now. Well in a little while, I went on back in my study, and he called his mama. He said, "Mama, why don't Jesus heal me? He said He would." Amen. This is something we are dealing with. He said He would. Darlene didn't know how to answer him. So she saw that he was getting a little bit upset with Jesus, so she came into the study and she said, "You need to go talk to him. He's not understanding why he's not being healed." And I went in and I sat down, and I talked to him. And I said, "Phillip, it don't mean that you're not healed." I said, "You know, by His stripes we were healed. We ask God and we wait on Him. We do not hasten. We do not get upset with Him. We believe unto that." I said, "He will bring the healing. Don't you worry, He will bring the healing." Amen. See? We've got to look at it that way. He will bring the healing. He will heal you. Alright. That's what Brother Branham said here now.

"You accept healing the same way. stay right with it..."

Stay right with it. You have asked for it. Accept it, and stay with it. Amen. Alright, because Satan is not going to make you well. That's definitely a fact. So if you get well who did it? God. That's right.

"...not what you look at, (or what you... it's) what you believe. (See? It's) what you understand to be the truth; What you're looking at, the unseen. Then stay with that. that's why all of these visions. I just lay my life right on any of them. For it never fails. I have faith in it. (See? What is faith? Revelation.) I have faith in it. I believe it. If i can get you to believe the same thing, then it's over then..."

It's over then. Now Satan might keep snapping. You might still have a headache. You might still have some of the symptoms, but it's over when you ask God to heal you, if you ask Him in the right way. It's over then. It's over. Your healing will come, I'll guarantee you. Amen. See, Satan keeps punching at you. He keeps punching to try your faith, to see if you really... Are you going to complain and say, "Well I was prayed for, you know, and I don't see why He don't heal me." No. Stand up and say, "Satan you don't know it but I'm healed. Amen. I'm healed." Amen.

My wife looked at me this morning and she said, "I guess the Lords keeping you well to take care of all of us." I said, "I keep kicking it at him." Even, he'll make my stomach get all sour and everything and I have to run to the bathroom four and five times in one day. I said, "Satan I ain't going to have it. No sir, I ain't got time." I went back in my study, and I went back into the Word, and I said, "Lord , I'm just a man just like any of the rest of them, and I know that Satan could jump on me, but I defy upon the authority of God's Word, I want to be well to bring these messages." Amen.

He's God. Amen. I told somebody the other day about how we used... I believe it was Brother Billy and them; we went visiting over there Friday evening, and I said, "We used to sing that old song 'He's God in the Father, He's God in the Son, He's God in the Holy Ghost, He's God all three in One'". I know God is God, and He never changed. Amen. He's God. He'll never change. Whatever He promised, He'll bring it to pass. Amen. Alright.

 On, "You Must Be Borned Again," in Jeffersonville, in 1961. Brother Branham said:

"now remember, I believe that jesus christ says this to every human being on his first doctrine. (First doctrine.) 'except a man be borned of the water, [that's the Word. Washing of the water by the Word.] (Amen.) And of the Spirit, [which is the Holy spirit. The Holy spirit confirming the Word]. He cannot see the kingdom of heaven.' Do you believe that? see, of the water. Washing of the water by the Word. Word and Truth is the Truth. Water and spirit, the spirit coming with the word to confirm the word. (The Spirit coming with the Word. The Spirit is not going to come until the Word comes. The Spirit coming with the Word,) ...making God live in me. See? We cannot understand the kingdom of heaven (until that has) happened. Then where that begins to happen, that we see the word in us, Borned of the word and of the spirit, manifesting itself. (Manifesting Itself.) Leading me not away from the word..."

Now I'd like to have this place full of so-called message people right now. I'd like to preach a message to them that say the foolish virgins are going to be saved, when Brother Branham said that they were anti-christ. That say that polygamy is not for today, when Brother Branham said that's the thing that'll straighten the thing out. And you setting here that still fight it, you ain't going nowhere. You can forget it. You're going to accept the Word of God, thus saith the Lord, or you ain't going to make it. I'm trying to tell you, you are washed by the water of the Word, you believe it. Amen.

I sit and talked to a little sister here not too long ago. I said, "Sister, could you believe it if your husband took another woman to wife, if she believed the Message?" She looked at me, she said, "Brother Holmes, I don't think I'd have any problem with that. I don't believe I'd have any problem with that." And brother I don't believe that she would. I don't believe that she would have any problem with that. I saw that in her testimony. She meant what she said. Amen. What about the rest of you? What about you? Could you say, "I don't believe I would have any problem with it."? You say, "Well you don't have to get on that." That's part of the Word too. We're talking about the Word. We're talking about the Word. Amen. Alright.

So the people that think it's dirty and filthy, they must have thought... You wait until Wednesday night, when we start talking about the names written upon the breasts of the High Priest of all those boys that were borned under polygamy. They were identified with the whole saving plan of God. Every time Aaron walked in the presence of the Shekinah those names were flashing, flashing. Amen. Is that right? Those names were flashing, that Ernest Folcher said were wild men. You say, "He didn't bring it...?..." He said, Every person that was borned under polygamy was a wild man." Right. And there the names of them, every one of them, on the breastplate of Aaron. Upon his shoulder, flashing. Urim and Thumim coming across there. The names. Was it dirty? It's dirty because you make it dirty. That's the reason it's dirty. You make it dirty. Amen. That man is in the type of Jesus Christ. Amen.

I got an e-mail yesterday. Listen. He wrote me a long letter. He said, "Brother Holmes," he said, "I've been going to this little class over here, and where they're talking about... and discussing the Bible." And he said, "One of the women said, 'Well I sure wish I had a husband like David.' He said, "I looked at her and said, do you mean that? Do you really mean that?" She said, "Yeah." He said, "Did you know he had five-hundred members of his wife?" And he said her mouth dropped open, said, "Do you still want him?" Come on. Amen. Oh! But he just had a wife. See? Now you pin up some of these people that spent so much time with Brother Branham, but they never did get the truth of him. See? The revelation's what you've got to have. Amen. Oh my.

Well, we cannot understand the kingdom of God without the new birth. Then when that begins to happen, that we see the Word in us, born of the Word, and of the Spirit manifesting itself, leading me. Not away from the Word; The Spirit leads me to the Word, and the Word living in me, Making God manifest in your life, You'll never understand the kingdom of God and can no wise enter into it, without it..." (Amen. You will never understand It and can no wise enter into It without It.)

Do you love them quotes? I love them. Amen. I'll tell you... When I get in that study, and I get to going back and searching these things and looking and seeing what Brother Branham said; why, you know, I get a new bath all over by the Word. Amen. I'm happy. I'm happy! Like I told these children down there Tuesday morning. I get up in the morning whistling. When I get out of my bed, Brother Don, I'm as happy as I could ever be. I start whistling, I start singing, I'm on my way to stay. I'm fixing to have some fellowship with somebody. You know... Hey, the Lord woke me up, and I'm fixing to go have some fellowship, and I'm happy. Amen. Oh my! I can't hardly wait to get in there, 'cause I know He's going to talk to me. See? You say, "In an audible voice?" Oh no, no. I'm not looking for that. I want Him to talk to me through His Word. Amen.

And then, you know, every once in awhile you'll see something and it quickens to you and you just stop, and then you start talking to Him. You say, "Lord, I never saw it just like that before, but I know it was the Spirit of God that shined upon that and let me see it. You must be here somewhere." Listen. As I talked to a couple the other night. I said when you're talking to God, you've got to believe that He's present. Not ten million light years away. You've got to believe He's here. He's right here; present. Amen. You've got to believe that in everything you do, that He's there. Not just when you want something, but you've got to believe that He's present all the time. When Satan is trying to pull you out there in the world and making you turn the television on and look at some ungodly stuff, go on and getting some video and bringing it in; it's ungod... Hey, wait a minute now. He's present then. But He'll leave you so fast Amen. Are you listening? Are you listening this morning? Huh? Hey, how much do we want His presence? How much do we want Him to be there, so that we can talk to Him, and He can talk to us? Amen. Alright. You say, "Well Brother Holmes, you're making it impossible." No, it's possible. All things are possible. Alright?

Now. So we find here that the priests, then, they was washed, then they were sanctified. You want to read these Scriptures again, or you believe me? Alright. See?

Now in Leviticus 8, Verse 6, they were washed. Right? In Verse 30 of that same Chapter, 8th Chapter of Leviticus, they were clothed with the linen garments. See? And that was a type... I mean, they were sanctified, rather. They were sanctified in the 30th Verse. Alright. Then if you go back to the 13th Verse, you'll find that they were clothed with linen garments, and these linen garments was a type of righteousness. See? So, they were the same thing that Paul said., except, that way in types there, it was not a reality, but it was typing what was going to happen in the reality of it. Where we are. Alright. See?

Now, of course, the greatest of all of the explanation of the necessity of that cleansing, if someone would take their Bible and turn to the 10th Chapter of Hebrews. I want somebody else to read that. 10th Chapter of Hebrews, and I want you to read Verse 22, Brother Don. (Brother Don starts reading Bible) Stand up. I want them to hear it. Here, hey... (Brother Holmes hands microphone to Brother Don to read Verse 22 in the Bible. Ok. 22. "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our heart sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.") Did you hear that? Draw near with what? A pure heart. Huh? Let us draw near... You ain't going to come near with sin in your life. I mean, I'm going to tell you the truth, you ain't going to do it. It ain't no way you are going to do it. Amen.

Listen. "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance," in full assurance, being assured. Did you ever want to write a check and you needed some money, and you wanted  to write a check, and you wasn't just absolutely sure that you had enough of money in the bank to cover that check? Well what do you do? You call the bank, don't you? You call the bank to see if you've got enough to cover the check, and then after you find out that you got enough to cover the check, then you write the check in full assurance. In full assurance. See? But let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance. Amen. These words need to weigh heavy on us because we need to know how to approach God. In full assurance of faith. Huh? In full assurance of something that I see? No. Something that I taste? No. Something I smell? Something that I feel? Uh - uh. In full assurance of revelation. Revelation. In full assurance of revelation that that same person, Brother Glenn, that hung on Calvary, is in my heart. He is present in my heart this morning, and if I know that by revelation, then I can come boldly... see? Amen, with full assurance of faith. Amen. Alright.

I mean, "having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience." And then that's what that washing could not do, Brother David, back there to the priests. It didn't do that for them, but now over here it did that. We had our hearts sprinkled, see, to clear our conscience of evil. You know, when a little woman twists herself out there half dressed, you know, in the split-tail dresses and all out there, and open up where you, you know... instead of becoming enticing... And if it don't look filthy to you, you need to go through another process of cleansing. Amen. If you want to go to bed with that kind of stuff, there's something wrong. Your heart has not been sprinkled yet with the blood of Jesus Christ to make that conscience clean. Amen. And I'm just going to tell you how it is. Now that's exactly what the Scripture says. Amen. Alright.

Now. And our bodies... Uh-oh... Our bodies? Did you hear that? Brother Billy, did you hear that? We were talking about that the other night. I mean, I believe you called me and ask me a question. You found something in there in "It Is Finished". He called and ask me a question and he was right down the line on it, but he wanted to make sure, you know. And our bodies washed with... What kind of water? Now I want you go back over to the Old Testament and see if you see anything about pure water there. You see if they were washed in pure water. No, they were washed in natural water. See? Natural water. Amen. But when it comes over into the New Testament, then we're washed with pure water because it's the pure Word of God that... alright, amen, that will take away the desire for sin, which the washing back there wouldn't do. Huh-uh. But this will. Amen. Alright. You say, "Well, Brother Holmes you better hurry." Well, why? See? That's the trouble, we get in too big a hurry. The first thing we know, we miss something. See? Alright. We don't want to miss something. Alright.

Now. Sprinkling of the blood by the Spirit of God upon our hearts if we are true believers, and the blood is not going to be sprinkled upon our hearts unless we are true believers. Amen, because He don't waste none of it. Brother Branham talked about how valuable just one little speck of it was. Remember? And how much cleansing one little speck of that precious blood of God would do. Amen.

And cleansing them, not only from sin, but from an evil conscience. See? Now only from sin, but from an evil conscience that causes them to sin. See? Being cleansed from that, and then if this is not done, if this process is not done, Brother Don, there is a distance between the worshiper and God. If that conscience is not cleansed, see, there is a distance between the worshiper and the God that they're worshiping. But if that is done, Paul said, "Let's draw near..." See, I'm a good ways away from Brother David over here, but I'm going to draw near to David. Alright? I'm going to draw near to him. Amen. I'm going to come right face to face with him. Why? Because I know that he loves me and I love him. We don't have no bad feelings toward one another. See? And I can face him, I can look at him. If God don't have nothing against me, if I'm justified, I'm cleansed by the washing of the water by the Word, I can stand in the presence of God, not with my righteousness, but because of His righteousness. I can stand there, and I can talk to Him, and He can talk back to me with a deep impression. Amen.

Do you love Him? Do you appreciate Him this morning? He's God. Amen. I've got about 4 more pages here, but I'm not going to get them. I feel led to stop right now. Alright. So, is the sister around? Amen. Alright.

Now. But I just want you to know that this is something that's real. This is something that absolutely is real. And we're talking about something that is now. Now was, not will be, we're talking about something that's now. Right now. Draw nigh. Amen. Because we have been washed by the washing of the water of the Word of this day. Of this day. Not of Pentecost, not of Paul's day, but of this day. Amen. Oh I love Him! Amen. And I appreciate Him so much and I just thank you for your prayers and let's pray one for another that Satan will understand and realize that he's already lost the battle, and he'll get on out of here and let us have some good times together without all this bad feeling in the body. I know you're physically down, some of you, and some of you've got sickness at home, and all that, but, in all of that, think of who we are. And then when you think about that, you think, "Well why me Lord?"

(Brother Holmes sings, "Why Me Lord?")

That's where I want it to be, right there in His precious hands. Amen. Oh how I love Him. Brother Gerald come and dismiss us in a word of prayer. Don't you love Him? Don't you appreciate Him? You think about all of these good things this morning that the Lord has put on the table for us, and let's just start eating. Amen. Start eating. Praise the Lord.

(Brother Gerald closes with comments and prayer.)

Listed below are the Scripture and Quotes that were taken from the Message of our Prophet for the basis of this sermon.

34-1 REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST  CHURCH AGE BOOK CPT. 1 "Oh, how we need revelation by the Spirit. We don't need a new Bible, we don't need a new translation, though some are very good, and I am not against them, BUT WE NEED THE REVELATION OF THE SPIRIT. And thank God, we can have what we need, for God wants to reveal His Word to us by His Spirit.

34-2 - May God begin by His Spirit to give us continuous life-giving and prevailing revelation. Oh, if the church could only get a fresh revelation and become by it the living Word manifested, we would do the greater works and glorify God our Father in heaven.

34-3 - Revelation 1:5, "Unto Him That loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood." The word "washed" is actually "loosed"--"Loosed us from our sins in His own blood." Isn't that wonderful? But are you spiritual minded? Did you catch it? It was His OWN blood that loosed us completely from our sins. It was not human blood. It was the blood of God. Peter called it the blood of Christ. Paul called it the blood of the Lord, and the blood of Jesus. Not three persons, but ONE person. There is that revelation again, ONE God. That omnipotent Jehovah God came down and made Himself a body by means of the virgin birth and in-dwelt it, that it might be the blood of God that would free us (loose us entirely) from our sins and present us spotless before Himself with exceeding great joy.

34-4 - Would you like an Old Testament type? Let us go back to the Garden of Eden. When the first news came to glory that the son, Adam, had been lost, did God send an angel? Did He send a son? Did He send another one like unto us? No, He came HIMSELF to redeem that lost son. Hallelujah! God did not entrust His plan of salvation to another. He trusted only Himself. God was made flesh and dwelt among us and redeemed us unto Himself. We're saved by the "blood of God". The Eternal God in-dwelt a mortal body in order to take away sin. He became the Lamb in order to shed His blood and enter into the veil with it.

34-5 - Consider this. Since it is the blood of God, it is perfect blood; and if the perfect blood is loosing us from the power and bondage and defilement of sin, then the loosing is perfect and complete. There is now therefore no condemnation. "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth (declares us righteous). Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died..." Romans 8:33-34. There it is, His death gave us the blood. The blood has loosed us. There is now no condemnation. How can there be? There is nothing to be condemned for, because the blood has loosed us from sin. We are free, guiltless. Don't listen to man, listen to the Word. You are loosed by the blood.

35-1 - Now don't get tied down again by traditions and creeds and organizations. Don't be led astray by listening to those that deny the power of the Word and deny that Jesus saves, heals, fills with the Holy Ghost and power. You are God's free men, loosed by His own blood. If you still hold your faith to creeds and denominations, it is certain by the evidence that you have lost your faith in the Word.

IT SHALL BE  EVEN AS IT WAS TOLD ME  CLEVELAND.OH  FRIDAY  50-0818"E-23 - No matter what it looks like here... We don't look at what we see; we look at what we do not see. Is that right? Anyhow, "to see" doesn't mean "to look at." The word "see" means "to understand." Jesus said, "Except a man be borned of water and Spirit, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." In other words, he can't understand the Kingdom of God until he's borned again. See? You have to accept it by faith. And then when He comes into you, you understand it.

You accept healing the same way. Stay right with it. Not what you look at, what you believe, what you understand to be the truth, what you're looking at, the unseen, then stay with that. That's why all these visions. I just lay my life right on any, for it never fails. I have faith in it. I believe it. If I can get you to believe the same thing, it's over then. See?