Episode 83: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 49

Episode Summary:

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. (Mark 1:23-25)

112 Let me stop just a minute, to get this demonology down just a little bit. She was a demon, but she was in close contact with the spirit world. Now, today, there is many spiritualists that know really more about the spiritual world than people who profess themselves to be Christians, yet she’s a demon. In the Bible times it was the same thing.

113 When Jesus was here on earth, there was them professors and scholars and teachers, some of the best there was, out of the better seminaries than we could produce today. And holy, renown man, they had to be. If a Levite was found, he had to be found blameless, righteous in every way. And yet that man knowed no more about God than a rabbit knowed about snowshoes. When Jesus come, he failed to recognize Him, and he called Jesus a “devil.” He said, “He’s Beelzebub, the prince of the devil.” Is that right?

114 And here come the lowest type of a demon, that had a man bound out yonder in the tombs, and everything, and they called out. The devil himself said, “We know Who You are. You’re the Son of God, the Holy One.” Is that right? Witches and wizards, devils, recognized Him the Son of God; while educated, theological seminary preachers recognized Him to be Beelzebub. Which was right, the devil or the preacher? The devil was. And, brother, it hasn’t changed too much today. They don’t recognize the power of God.

115 No matter how much teaching you got, you can drum that into you. God is not in big words. God is in an honest heart. You might stand here, speak big words, like I don’t know what, that doesn’t bring you closer to God. You can stand and practice how to repeat your sermon and say these things, that don’t get you closer to God. You can learn dictionary till you sleep with one, and it still wouldn’t get you closer to God. A humble, submitted heart, in the simplicity, is what brings you to God. And that’s true. Amen! A humble heart, God loves. Now, no matter if you don’t know your ABC’s, that don’t make any difference. Just a humble heart! God dwells in a humble heart; not in education, it’s not in schools, not in theology, seminaries, not in all these other different places; not in big words, or not in classical places. God dwells in human heart. And the lower you can break yourself down, the more simple, you can become greater in the sight of God.

116 Let me give you something. I see your fields are full of wheat out here. A full head of wheat always bows. A little old sprig sticks up there, and flopping around like it knows everything, it ain’t got it in the head. That’s the way with a lot of these guys that think they got a whole lot in their head, and nothing in their heart, though. A holy head will bow to the Power, recognize Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and believe His works.

53-0609a – “Demonology, Religious Realm”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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