CANNON FODDER

UNCHANGEABLE WORD OF GOD LAKEPORT CA 60-0724

E-48 But a man, seldom will you ever find one that'll lay down his life for the cause of Christ. He won't even crawl out of his shade tree and go to church, won't even get out from behind the television long enough to attend a Wednesday night prayer meeting. That's right. Amen. It's a shame, disgrace.

That's the reason Angels don't visit the churches. That's the reason the Angels don't visit homes. We've got to get down to deep, sincerity of this thing. The Angels of God are here on earth tonight just the same as they always been.

The Holy Ghost has been here ever since the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the coming forth of Pentecost. He's appeared through ages all down, getting a remnant of people together. The rest of it is cannon fodder; I'll just tell you that now. It's a fodder that'll mix with smoke out of torment. Yes, sir. It will take a borned-again experience, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, sanctified, filled with the Holy Ghost, or they'll never make that rapture, according to this Word. Yes. That's exactly what the Scripture says.

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35 020 And it made many of them say to me, "Brother Branham, we got more confidence in you now than we ever had." 'Cause, see what with the gift that God has given me, what could I have done with that? Throwed the nation at my feet, or, the people. What we call a nation, is not "cosmos" out here, the--the cannon fodder and so forth, I mean the Christians, the real believer, that's the cream of the... We speak of nation, we preach of the borned again people; that's what we talk of the nation. Not just everybody out here, that's so filth and muck that we're living in the world; that's just--that's just dust of the earth that's turning back. I'm talking about borned again Christians, people that's real Christians.

SIXFOLD PURPOSE GABRIEL VISIT DAN JEFF IN 61-0730E

74 044 They had little Benjamin down there, his little brother. You know who Benjamin represents? This new bunch of real genuine Jews that's gathering there now to make that 144,000, this--this race that's coming up. Not these Wall Street crooks, no, no, that's more cannon fodder. Them ain't Jews; them ain't Jews. The real Jews are these little Benjamins coming up from down yonder that never even heard the Word of Jesus Christ.

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E-61 What we people need to do is to wash His feet, anoint Him, that we might rise in the power of His resurrection. Take that disgrace off of Him. Amen. Make the world ashamed of themselves, with the power of His Life in us, as different creatures, not like them out there; that's cannon fodder. That's nothing but atomic ashes. The church is a borned again creature.

Here He was setting. In that kind of a crowd that's the way He looked. And that's the way a genuine Spirit-filled man or woman looks in the sight of such a crowd. Notice, she looked at Him. She thought, "You know Who that is? Somebody here... Is that that prophet of Galilee?" Oh, that's Him."

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31-7 098 No, they would not--we would not believe Amos today, not at all. And today we have made an alliance. We got what we call today... We think it's God's okay because the--our organizations are increasing and--and everything's going the way it is; we think that's God's okay upon it. You know, they joined up, I believe, about two or three more million Protestants; and Catholic has went several million more. See? They think that's God's approval by them being Catholic. Protestant thinks it's God's approval them being Protestants. Ha. It's nonsense; it's cannon fodder; it's atomic ashes; it's the wrath of God being built up to explode. That's exactly right.

CONVINCED AND THEN CONCERNED CHICAGO IL 62-0521

E-54 I'm convinced that this is God, and I'm convinced that Jesus is coming. I'm convinced that this is His first appearing in the form of the Holy Ghost in the last days, because the prophet said, "It shall be Light in the evening time." I'm convinced that the Scripture's fulfilled. I'm convinced. I am convinced that the world's on the threshold of destruction, the world order, cosmos. But I do... I'm convinced that the coming of the Lord is at hand. I'm convinced that what we have is the Holy Ghost.

I'm convinced that Chicago has been shook, not the cannon fodder out here, these buildings, and up and down the street these women dressed immorally, and these men carrying on, drunks and carry... I going to church, and taking old light bread, loaf bread, making kosher out of it; I don't believe in that stuff. Belching whiskey and stuff on their breath, and then go out and take communion and their name on some church book, and call themselves a Christian; I don't believe that.

I believe the church of Jesus Christ is a called out group that's been sanctified by the Blood of Jesus Christ, and set aside for service. I believe this thing that we see doing is the appearing of the Lord Jesus in our midst, as He said.

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217 124 And so then Joseph said, "I wish I could see Chicago shook." Oh, my. Don't realize its shaking don't mean that cannon fodder out there. It don't mean that rubbish that's going to be destroyed out there. The Church is a-shaking. See? There's only a hundred and twenty out of the millions in the upper room when the shaking come. That's right. Sure. It's a shaking is the people. The...

Look, when they was having that great revival, this Apollos, the Baptist preacher that hadn't received the Holy Ghost yet, had never been baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ... Paul passing through the upper coasts of Ephesus, he finds this mighty church the Bible speaks of, and he went over there and told them the way of the Lord. And they said... He said, "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" And they were shouting and having a wonderful time. Said, "Have you received the Holy Ghost?"

Said, "We know not whether there be one."

Said, "Then how was you baptized?"

They said, "We've been baptized under John."

He said, "That don't work no more. You got to be baptized over." And he baptized them over in the Name of Jesus Christ, laid his hands upon them, and the Holy Ghost came upon them. They spoke in tongues and prophesied. And there's just about eight or ten of them. That's right.

TESTIMONY ON THE SEA SALEM OR 62-0720

E-14 Now, remember, when we talk "shake the country," that don't mean shake the cannon fodder out here. There's millions up and down this coast here that profess Christianity, will never see nothing. That's right. When--when John came, there wasn't one-hundredth of the people ever knowed he was on earth. When Jesus came, I doubt there was that many that--of the people living on earth that ever knowed He was there. He was just sent to those who He was call...

"All the Father has given Me will come. And no man can come except My Father has called him." See? So it's just for that elected group that's been called. The message will go forth, but it'll just go right on over. Just like He said, "Some fell by the wayside, and some this way, but some went over." And a lot of it's just filler, to fill in the time. Millions of people that's professing Christianity will miss it a million miles. That's right. It's all in the making of God. Now, we don't want to go into those details. It's here in the Bible, and It's the Word of the Lord exactly.

So the thing for you to do, and I have to do, is seek out our own salvation, not just haphazardly. It means more than everything there is on the earth, and anything to you. This is your chance, and don't you take any chance of missing it. Heaven is great.

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42-4 105 Now, here's the interpretation thereof. See? The first thing that I have done: The things that's been done has been mystical to the people: most of them. I don't mean the Full Gospel and saints of God, but I mean to most of the people. And you never want to look at the world, "Cosmos," as the Message of God. When you go in, you say...

Like Boze said, "I've always..." Said, "I had a dream years ago that the--the--God would send me to Chicago and shake Chicago for the glory of God."

I said, "Joseph, He's already done it."

"Why," he said, "they haven't been shaken since Moody."

I said, "That... I'm talking about the Church. That's cannon fodder out there. That's just dust of the earth, that bunch cramming through the streets, and painted Jezebels, and everything..." I said, "That's out there. Them big old lodges and things will crumble and fall into the streets in there." I said, "He's talking about the Church. The Church has seen the revelation of Jesus Christ made manifest and they recognize it. They may not be fifteen out of Chicago. There may not be ten in this generation out of the whole city of Chicago come forth." Did you ever think of that?

WHY AGAINST ORGANIZED RELIGION JEFF IN 62-1111E

116 061 When Divine healing was first represented, everybody had a feeling in their hands and could smell diseases. Oh, my. why? They had to do it; their organization was in the back race. See, you've got your organizations ahead of the plan of God; you think is it. But God has His Church going on just the same, the mystical Body. You don't join that; you're born in it.

Wise in wisdom of the world, but dead in God's plans... Tell me then. Tell me then. You can tell them and prove to them that they are wrong by God's Word and promise, and still they won't see it. I can set right down, and take the Word, and show you that denomination is wrong. I can show you that creeds that you have today is wrong (See?), these church creeds. Show it's wrong, and they'll say, "Well, we've been taught to believe this." You see? To my opinion, it's--it's fodder, if you know what I'm talking about, cannon fodder. Yeah, that's right. They can't see. Jesus said, "You--you--you can't see, that you might come to Me and have Life."

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E-57 We think this great big bunch of cannon fodder here, atomic ash, is going. It'll only go if it's got the Life of Christ in it, because God will raise it up. That's right. There'll be a rapture. You think. Two or three people here, and one over here, and somewhere else somebody come up missing, thought they'd run away from home, they... Better be careful; they might be gone. Looking for a rapture, and it already passed...

Now, that isn't contrary to the Word. No, it isn't. He come like a thief in the night. See? They'd be gone before you know it. God places His--His great power out in the church. See, it don't take a great big group in; it takes a minority. "Fear not, little flock. It's your Father's good will..." You that's holding to the absolute (That's right.), with the confirmation of God working in it...

GOD HIDING HIMSELF IN SIMPLICITY ALBQ NM 63-0412E

E-46 Notice, Noah in his days... We spoke of it this morning. In his days it was a great intellectual time, and men were smart. And Noah in his great intellectual age, God came down to save the elected people. Do you believe God has an elected church? Certainly He does. And He comes to save that elected. The rest of them, it's just common cannon fodder. But He--But He knows that there's going to be so many of them saved because He put their names on the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world. That's exactly according to the Scripture.

And the antichrist in the last days will deceive every one whose names were not written on that book before the foundation of the world. The Bible said so. The antichrist, so close, it'll be Pentecost to the dot. See? But it'll deceive those whose names are not written on the Book of Life from the foundation of the world when the Lamb was slain.

ONCE MORE NY NY 63-1117

151 067 We stand millions stronger than we were, but the power...[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... purpose.

Jesus even said, "As it was in the days of Noah, wherein eight souls were saved by water, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." All this you see walking on the street's cannon fodder. That's atomic fodder, only laid in there for judgment. The rapture comes, there'll be a scarce few. "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, and but few there'll be that find it; for broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat. Not all that saith unto Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter therein, but the one that doeth the will of My Father." That's the one that goes in (See?), not saying, "Lord," and their fine prayers, and--and revivals, and so forth.

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60 026 If He is the Redeemer... I don't say this to hurt now, or to be different. I don't preach doctrine. But let me ask you something: if He is a Redeemer, He come... A "redeem" is to pick up that which has fallen, to redeem back to a place where it was at the beginning. So none will be picked up but them that was in His thoughts at the beginning. He come to redeem, not this cannon fodder that we see around professing to be Christians, but that He came to redeem that was in God's thinking at the beginning. This other is just something that's makes around to show the statue. See? It just... It's a--it's a garden, a flower garden. It plays its part. But the statue's what you want to see, the Statue of Christ, which was God projected to the earth in the form of a man. Amen. That's the Statue you want to see. That's the one. This other is just makeup for it. You see?

IDENTIFICATION TULARE CA 64-0216

84 039 Now, if you find your place, sister, don't let me hurt you, brother, but you'll find your place in the Word as a Christian. Not what the creed said, that's down here in this lower cannon fodder that's going to be destroyed. See? You find your place as a Christian, because your character is molded as Christ. You're Zoe, the same as He was Zoe. Then if the Bible said for a woman not to cut her hair, how can you do it? It says a man's the ruler of the house. How can you women be? What's the matter with you men as sons of God? See? See, you don't find your place. See?

Watch now. In... You're invited to come and take His character. By having His character in you, it molds you into the same mind that He was. And His mind was always to do what the Father had ordained Him to do.

He said, "Search the Scripture. They testify of Me." In other words, "If I don't do exactly what the Scripture said I'm to do, then show Me where."

WHEN THEIR EYES WERE OPENED BEAUMONT TX 64-0312

E-46 If you ever seen some of the pictures, the way the women dress, and have that blue under their eyes--look like they'd cankered... Look what they're doing today. Immorality, perversion, oh, some of the most hideous things. And this nation is golloped in it. It leads the rest of the world in divorces. Our women has lost their--their--the moral standard. They've broke the backbone of the nation, and all of them... Half the things that America's built upon is sex. Everything here, the whiskey, their tobaccos, and everything else... And the doctors saying it's poison, it'll kill you. They puff it right on just the same. They'll do it anyhow. They have no sense of warning.

And the Scripture says for them not to cut their hairs off, and they... I'm not talking about them women of the world. That's cannon fodder anyhow. But I'm talking about you Pentecostal women. You know better than that. The Bible said that Samson's hair separated him. A Nazarite birth separated him to the Word of God. Women, it'll do the same to you: a separated person. And a Nazarite is separated to the Word, away from the things of the world. And you preach it, and cry it, and scream it. And come back the next year, and it's worse than it was when you were there. There's nothing left but Divine judgment of God.

VOICE OF THE SIGN DENHAM SP L-A 64-0321E

E-23 And so was all those offices of God, if they are called of God. If they're educated into it, it's only cannon fodder. See? It can't be nothing. If it's a meal ticket, then you sell your birthrights for a meal ticket. You'll compromise to go with an organization or some group. But if it's of God, you'll stand by that Word, regardless, because you were born to stand by it.

Moses, no one else could take his place. No one else could do the job. He was ordained to do it. And brother, sister, if you've got Eternal Life you were ordained to do a certain thing, maybe a good housewife, maybe something else. But nobody can take your place. God has made you a place. Don't try to take somebody else's place. That's carnal impersonations (See?), shows there's something wrong with you. Be what you are, just exactly. Don't be nothing else.