We used to brand calves. There's a woman came out, one time, on a horse, and she said, "Aren't you ashamed to do that, that poor little fellow, putting that brand on him?"
I said, "It hurts for a little bit, but he knows where he belongs." Amen. That's the way it is.
God makes you hurt for a little bit, but you know where you belong after that. When He pours out His inoculation branding iron of the Holy Ghost upon a man or woman, He changes him from what he was to what he is. He knows what pasture he belongs in. He doesn't let any outlaw lead him around. He's got a home; he's got a pasture; he's got a place where he belongs. And the Holy Spirit is that Leader, the One Who leads him by still waters and gives him Everlasting Life.
Excerpt from
The Way Back
November 23, 1962
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