Episode 65: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 31

Episode Summary:

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:25-28)

62 And instead of that, we fuss at one another. We despise one another, because we don’t agree upon certain things. And we go out and—and accuse each other, see, where…and yet claim to be Christians. I know people who claim to be filled with the Holy Spirit, is guilty of such things, going out and—and really saying evil things about other Christians. When, they ought not do those things. Now, brother, sister, when we have that kind of a spirit, we might as well get in our mind that we’re not Christians yet. Matter how much we confess, it’s what we possess that counts. See? We cannot be Christians and not love all peoples. We might different with peoples.

63 But, Jesus didn’t put in and say, “Well, now, here, all you Pharisees, you’re all going to hell. And there’s no chance for you, because of this, that, or the other, because you are a Pharisee.” But He went to them, and He ministered to them, and He helped them. He done everything that He could, to help them.

64 But, today, the educations, and church membership, and ties of the world has brought the church together in such a way until the intellectual has taken the place of the spiritual.

65 You cannot get to God except by the Spirit. There is only one way that a man can come to God, and that’s through the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “No man can come to Me, except the Father draws him, first.” That’s just as true as it can be, Christian.

66 We want to take a little notebook, tonight, in our heart, and count up these things now. Let’s think this.

67 Oh, some of us claim to have all the knowledge. We have those who say, “Now wait!” They love to be “doctors” and “holy fathers,” and so forth. But knowing all of this, if you had all the knowledge, it wouldn’t do you any good except you (was) had a Spirit in you, of love. The Bible said, “Though I have all knowledge, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

68 And what good does our knowledge do, when someone say, “I wouldn’t go to a revival like that, because those are not an educated people. I—I wouldn’t associate with them”?

69 No matter whether they don’t know their ABC’s, or not, they can know Christ. Certainly never can get too low. May God always keep that Spirit in me. No matter how—how low, what he believes, what he doesn’t, what creed, color, or what, I want to reach a hand out and help him. Sure. I want that Spirit in me. I will not think I’m better than somebody else; I could stick my chest out, and say, “All the people stand when I come in,” or, “I have the greatest campaign of them all.” Who am I, anyhow, but the clay that God has made? Let me humble myself, that His life will be reflected. Let’s, all Christians, feel like that. Knowledge gets us nowhere.

59-0525 – “Images Of Christ”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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