Episode 108: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 74

Episode Summary:

And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and the scribes and the elders. And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. (Mark 14:43-45)

69 The devil is religious as he can be, smart, scholarly, polished, but yet know no more about God than a rabbit would know about snowshoes. And here he comes up, walks up like that and falls down and worships Jesus, this maniac did. Well, you say, “Would that be the devil?” Why, Judas even come and kissed Him and betrayed Him by a kiss.

Religious spirits, certainly they are. Someone said, “Well…” This fellow goes ahead to write and said, “Why, religious spirits,” said, “don’t get around them Pentecostal people.” Said, “If you do, that spirit will get on you.” And said, “It’s of the devil.” Don’t get on… That’s right.

70 Listen. He said, “The Bible said,” said, “there was… Believe not every spirit, but try them see if they’re of—of God.” That’s exactly what the Bible did. And Jesus said, “These signs shall follow them that believe.” See if that’s right or not, try it by the Spirit. Sure.

And the religious spirit all down through every age has always been a denier. The devils spirit that’s religious has denied the real genuine Spirit. And every time God’s Spirit comes, signs and wonders follows the Spirit.

Look in the days back there when Cain worshipped. He had a form of godliness. He built an altar; he built a church; he built everything just as religious as Ad… Abel was. But look, here’s a little something… I’m way off my subject; I don’t aim to keep it anyhow.

71 So look, in the days of Cain and Abel, notice, Cain was just as religious as Abel was. And notice, when he worshipped, he built his altars; he made it pretty just like a fine big church. He—he wasn’t an unbeliever; he bowed down and worshipped. And God absolutely refused him.

If God’s just and only requires faith in Him, if God only requires faith, only requires sacrifice, only requires membership of the church, God would be unjust to condemn that boy. For he absolutely was a believer in God. He confessed the same publicly, he was a believer in God.

He built a church to the Lord, an altar; he brought his fruits in and made it beautiful, and made a sacrifice and done obligations, and worshipped the Lord. Brother, that’s a pretty good church member today. Is that right? And God refused him.

72 But look, coming here, at Abel, not with working. Wrapped a little vine around this old sheep’s neck, and here he come pulling him up there, throwed him upon the altar and begin to beat his throat, and killed him. Why? Abel had a revelation. We’re letting that soak just a minute.

It was a revelation that Abel had that made him just. He had a revelation of the requirement of Almighty God, and he brought a lamb. And that’s the only way that you’ll ever be able to see Divine healing, the baptism of the Holy Ghost, it’ll be by revelation.

54-0720A – “The Maniac Of Gadara”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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