While he was in Prescott, Brother Branham went from home to home, visiting with the believers. In the afternoon, he gathered the people together and directed his second sermon to the young people. He took his text from Mark 10, and preached about the rich young ruler.
Here are some highlights from the sermon, Leadership.
17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
You know, Jesus loves little children. You know, He does. And there was a little boy, one time, named Moses, we're going to talk about him in just in a little bit. And he was a very fine…You know what made him, helped make him a fine boy? He had a good mother to raise him. See, that's what. She taught him about the Lord. And you little boys and girls has got the same kind of mothers to raise you, teach you about the Lord. Just mind them.
I want you to remember that. Your first step, somebody led you. And your last step, somebody will be leading you.
The body wasn't made to lie. And it's such a horrible thing, till it upsets the whole nerve system, when you lie.
Religion won't produce Eternal Life. Forms, sensation, you feel something; you—you could get scared, and feel something. See? Crying, that's good; shouting, that's good; but that still ain't It, see. You are confronted with Eternal Life.
Your leader here can't give It to you. Everybody that gets Eternal Life has got to come to Jesus Christ. He is the only One Who can give That part.
… you can learn the Message that we are trying to teach, but still that won't give you Eternal Life. You've got to accept the Person, Jesus Christ.
The opportunity of choosing, that's one thing God gave us. He don't force nothing on us. He just lets us make our own choice. So you have to not be forced, but just make your own choice.
Where they sit down, and some play come on on a movie, or something another, they know the actors and all there, all about it. They know all that better than That. You tell them about the Bible, they don't know nothing about Bible. See, it's making the wrong choice.
He become more successful. So, sometimes success don't mean that you've made the right choice.
And Jesus is the Bible. Do you believe that? This is Jesus' Life and His Commandments to us, in letter form.
When there is no Egypt, and when there is no treasures, there will still be a Moses, because he chose the right thing.
[The congregation repeats each phrase after Brother Branham, in the following prayer—Ed.]
Dear Jesus, ["Dear Jesus,"] I pledge my life to You. ["I pledge my life to You."] I have heard this sermon, ["I have heard this sermon,"] where two young men made their choice. ["where two young men made their choice."] I do not want to go the way of the rich young ruler. ["I do not want to go the way of the rich young ruler."] But I do want to go the way of Moses. ["But I do want to go the way of Moses."] I am just a child, yet. ["I am just a child, yet."] Lead me, Dear Jesus, ["Lead me, Dear Jesus,"] to Eternal Life. ["to Eternal Life."] Amen. ["Amen."]
Now you bow your head.
Lead us, Lord, to Life Eternal. I pray that You will grant that we can come together many more times, on earth, and speak of Thee and talk of Thee. And then in that great Day, when the world is finished and all the time has faded into Eternity, may we meet in that great Kingdom, as unbroken families, to live together hereafter forever. Grant it, Lord. Until then, may we work, labor with all of our might, while the sun is still shining. For we ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.