Episode 285: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 251

Episode Summary:

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. (Ezekiel 37:1-3)

10 And we, after we had our dinner, he said, “I want to ask you a question, Mr. Branham.”

I said, “Yes, sir?” And I thought, “Oh, my, here it comes now, Lutheran dean.”

He said, “I’ve been down to the Pentecostals, and see them kick the furniture around, and everything like that.” Said, “I want to ask you, is anything to it?”

I said, “Yes, sir, there is.” I said, “It’s like a little kid, when he gets a toy, he just falls.” And I said, “Like Ezekiel said, there’s a valley full of dry bones. He said, ‘Can these live?’ He said, ‘Thou knowest.’ So he said, ‘Prophesy to the dry bones.’ And when the bones come together, there was a rattling and a shaking, lot of noise. But then, when the skin come on them, the meat come on them, there wasn’t much noise. He said, ‘Prophesy to the spirit now.’ See? I think that’s what’s going on. See?” So I said, “They… I see them make a lot of noise.” I said, “I think the bones are coming together.”

11 And so, he said, “We’re hungering and thirsting for God.”

I said, “That’s fine.”

Said, “And we want you to tell us how to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” He said, “Now,” said, “we believe that—that in, we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe.”

And I said, “Well, did you ever read Acts 19?”

And he said, “Yes.”

I said, “Well, there’s some mighty fine Baptists up there, had a good pastor, good preacher; his name was Apollos; he was a converted lawyer. He was proving Jesus the Christ by the Bible.” And I said, “Paul passed through there in the upper coasts of Ephesus, he find certain disciples, and he said to them, ‘Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?’ They said, ‘We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost.’ See? So after that was done, and they was baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and Paul laid his hands upon them, and then they received the Holy Ghost.”

12 He said, “But Abraham believed God, Brother Branham, and it was imputed to him for righteous, because he believed. What more can a man do but believe?”

I said, “It’s all a man can do.” I said, “You believe and accept Christ as personal Saviour; that’s your faith. But remember, God gave Abraham a seal of circumcision as a confirmation of his faith.” That’s right. And I said, “Then, and that was the Old Testament. In the New Testament, when we say we believe, God gives us the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is a seal of confirmation. See? Ephesians 4:30 says, ‘Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you’re sealed until the day of your redemption.’ See? It’s a seal that God has recognized your faith. But if He hasn’t give you the Holy Ghost yet, He’s never recognized your faith. See?”

57-0115 – “God Keeps His Word”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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