The Family Altar Audio Devotional - Day 166

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. (Acts 4:13-14) 38 When Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever is revealing Himself, making Himself manifested to the people, showing signs and wonders, the same thing that happened in the Bible. Search It out, try It out, It’s infallible. Oh, my. Here we are. All the disciples, they’d been moving around and speaking Word, because there wasn’t the slight doubt in His Word. Now, she has never done that. But He knowed men that’s fooled with it and tampered with it, and try to have seminary experiences and great things like that. Not as I’m downing the seminary. It’s all right. Go ahead. But brother, God…?… I’d rather, my boy, here, he’s fixing to go to Bible school, I suppose; but I’d rather that boy knowed God and being—in a new birth of being borned again, if he didn’t have enough education to know his ABC’s. That’s right. I… Education’s all right, but I tell you this. Now, put on your shock-proof coat, ’cause here it comes. Education has been the greatest hindrance that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has ever had. Thank you. That’s exactly right. We’ve got some—we’ve got some educated infidel dummies. That’s exactly what we got. 39 Here a few days ago, there was a woman standing to me, and she was talking to me. She said, “Rev. Branham,” she said, “I was in that meeting out there, and—you had in Louisville.” She said, “I just don’t believe in that.” I said, “Certainly you don’t. You’re a heathen.” She said, “I resent that.” “Well,” I said, “you just admitted you was.” I said, “What is a heathen?” If I know my English right; it’s an unbeliever. An unbeliever is an heathen. I said, “You said, yourself. You said, ‘I’m an unbeliever in that,’” I said. 40 She said, “But I have so many of this. I’ve got my education. I’ve took… I went to this school. I went to…” I said, “I don’t care. You’re just an educated heathen. That’s all.” Exactly right.” [Congregation claps their hands—Ed.] Thank you. And friends, that’s the worst type there is. Now, look. I ain’t spraying at you women, understand that. I’m not saying this; that’s between you and God. But the woman was standing there with enough makeup on to paint a barn almost. And I just come out of Africa, down there where the Hottentots was, and that’s exactly where that come from. “You look down with that mud on your eyes and paint like that.” I said, “You’re not too far out of the tribe yet, you have tribal paint yet.” I said, “Don’t tell me you’re not a heathen.” Yes, sir. Oh, let me tell you… Hallelujah. 41 Education is one thing, but Jesus Christ is another. That’s right. There wasn’t an educated one in the bunch, but Paul; he said, “I had to forget all I ever knowed in order to know Him.” That’s right. Peter and John couldn’t even write their name, ignorant and unlearned men passed through the gate, called Beautiful. The man laying there crippled from his mother’s womb… Said, “Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have.” That’s what I want. “Such as I have. I have not a Bachelor’s Degree, or I haven’t come from so-and-so college, but what I have, I will give you. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up.” That’s what he said. Walked over there and picked him up by the hands and stood him on his feet. The man went leaping and jumping. When it come…?… Peter and John never used their grammar so bad. “Why,” they said, “they perceived that they were ignorant and unlearned men, but had to take notice though, they had been with Jesus. That’s what…?… kind I want to have, somebody that knows that Jesus is around. Oh, my. Now, isn’t He wonderful?