My family and I love to read all the articles published on the VGR and YF websites. We really enjoy the “Smiles”. We like sharing quotes together on special occasions such as birthdays. I was searching on the Table app and found an excellent quote for my Mum’s birthday. When it was my turn to share, I turned my tablet to full volume and Brother Branham told a story about a man who had been saved … it made everyone smile heaps …☺
You once come in the house like, oh, my, angry and kick over something, and oh, my, how you’ll carry on. Like the old man that got converted one time, they said he got saved… I ain’t saying this for a joke. I’m just saying it so you… I don’t believe in joking, but, you might see what I mean. He come up the road, and he was singing. He used to curse, and carry on, and hoop, and holler. He went to a little old meeting and got really saved. He come back up the road singing, Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross.
When he got close to the door, said, the old hound looked over there and said to the old cat near the corner, said, “Listen at that, would you?” He always kicked them off the porch and everything. Said, “I bet he hasn’t got it.”
Said the cat, “You lay here, and I’ll lay here; we’ll see if he’s got it or not.”
When he got so close, they couldn’t stand it any more. So out of the house went the dog and around the house went the old cat. He went back out and went down to the barn. He’d always knock the chickens around, beat everything up; mean, just the devil in him. So the old rooster said, “He used to get so mad at me when I crowed to get him up in the morning, I will try him out.” So he let out a great big crow and then flew, he couldn’t stand it no more.
The old cow said, “Now, I’m in a awful fix. He’s got me with a halter on me, tying me around a post, and I have to stand it.”
All the fowls and things gathered around said, “Try him out.” Said, “The only thing you have to do is switch him in the tail… with the tail right across his face and watch what happens.” Said, “We will see if he’s got religion or not.”
Old cow thought it was hard to do. But as he was standing, saying, “Jesus keep me near the cross,” just milking away, the old cow took her tail like this, and she swatted him in the face like that. He patted her on the back and said, “Bossy dear, your old soul.” He said, “Bless the Lord, you didn’t mean to do that.”
They all said, “He’s really got it.” Now, that’s right.
That’s what the evidence is, brother, you’ve passed from death unto Life. And all the things that you once done passed away, because the Life of Jesus Christ has took your spirit into controlling you, a new creature; and once purged has no more desire of sin as long as you live on earth. 56–0621 The Law Having A Shadow