Christ is the
Mystery no 123
Christian Life
Christ no 4
Doctrine the
Voice of the Sign
Brian Kocourek
Brother Branham said in
his sermon Who
Is This Melchisedec 65-0221E paragraph 160, “the
church has got it's last sign before the whole world's going to be destroyed.” And
he also said, “But
then where's that Royal Seed of Abraham? Where is their sign,” and he
went on… “the last
sign before the Gentile world was destroyed by fire?”
Now, in order to
understand what he is talking about concerning this last sign to the Gentile
world. We must first ask ourselves, what is a sign.
And so we find our answer in Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.
The word Sign is taken from the Latin signum meaning a: mark, a token, a sign, an image, a seal; something by which a thought or command can
be expressed.
Therefore, it is not the
thing itself, but the expression of a thought or message behind the sign that we
are to look for. That expression of the sign is called “the voice of the sign.”
Brother Branham spoke
about the importance of the voice behind the sign, and even preached a message
less than a year after preaching the Seals called The Voice of the Sign,
From his sermon Go Tell
60-0417M pp. 112 Brother Branham said, “we can see signs and wonders, but we watch
what voice the sign has.”
And again from Go Tell 60-0417M pp. 113 he said, “Oh, hallelujah,
the voice of the sign... God told Moses, "If
they won't hear the voice of the first sign, then they'll hear the voice of the
second sign." Not so much the sign, but the voice went with it.
So we see that he
believes the emphasis was to be placed on the voice of the sign over the sign
itself, because after all, the voice behind the sign is what the very sign is
given for. The voice is the very purpose for the sign in the first place.
In Exodus 4:1 we read,
¶ And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will
say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he
said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And
he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before
it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine
hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it
became a rod in his hand: 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath
appeared unto thee. 6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his
bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand [was]
leprous as snow. 7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into
his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned
again as his [other] flesh. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
So we see this scriptural
term “The Voice of the Sign” is not
some term that Brother Branham made up , but is
something that God Himself is the author. Therefore we are examining in this
study the scriptural principle of “the Voice of the
Sign” and what it means to the Elect in their day.
From his sermon, Queen of
Notice that brother
Branham is letting us know that the emphasis is not to be placed on the sign
itself, but rather the Voice behind that sign, that is what is important to
watch.
From hi sermon called Voice of the Sign 64-0214 45 brother Branham said, “Now, we find out here the
burning bush was a sign. It was given to attract the attention of Moses.
Now, that's what God gives a sign for,
is to attract the attention of the people. That's what a sign is
for: to attract attention. And when we go down through the Scripture here, as
we teach it now for a few minutes, and find out if that isn't so, that He gives these signs to attract attention.
And then, when He gets the attention of
the people, then the voice of the sign begins to speak. Jesus healed the
sick to attract attention. See? Then, when He
begin to preach... See, always it attracts attention. 47 The
burning bush was given to Moses to attract the runaway prophet's attention,
and he turned aside to see what it was. Then
the sign gave a voice. The sign
itself gave a voice. Now, these voices and signs are to alert the people of
God's Word is just about ready to be vindicated. Always the sign is to attract the attention of people.
Then the emphasis is not
and should never be on the sign itself, because the sign is only to attract the
attention. But once the attention has been attracted, “Voice of the Sign ” takes over. Then what about the Epiphanaea that took place on the
What good did the
Parousia of Christ do for those who did not know it.
So God gave us a sign to attract the attention of the people. That’s His epiphany,
or Epiphanaea. It means a shining forth. An
illumination and the purpose of the illumination, the Light, the Pillar of Fire
coming down, was to get the attention of the people.
Why, Because the sign has a Voice.
Look, every sign has a
voice behind it, because the purpose of a sign is two fold.
#1) Is
to get the attention of the people.
#2) Once
the attention is held, then there is a voice, a Message that the sign declares.
That’s the whole purpose of the sign.
Let’s look at a stop
sign for an example. It is shaped a
certain way so that it will stand out as different from all other signs. We see
its coloring. It is Red with a white outside stripe around its perimeter, so
when you see it you are attracted to it. And notice it has a Voice, which is a
message, and that message is for you to STOP.
We have many signs on
the road. Signs to yield, sign to watch for train crossings, or deer crossings,
or signs to be cautious, or road signs telling you how far to a certain place,
or speed signs or exit signs. I have listed many signs we see every day on our
highways, and if you will notice each one has a message, or a voice declaring a
certain thought that is wanted to be expressed. So we should be able to
recognize that every sign has a voice, and the purpose of the sign is to get
you to listen to that voice.
Brother Branham preached
the message Voice
of the Sign several
times. In the one preached 64-0214 pp 55 he was talking about Moses
being attracted to the sign of the burning bush, and he said, “There, watch real close now. He is going to
speak, so He has to attract the
attention by a sign. And the sign's
voice is what He's going to say. His Word... His promised Word's going to
be vindicated now. See? "I made a promise that I would take them out by a
strong hand, I'd show My power in that land" and
whatever He's going to do. Now, He made the promise to Abraham. Here He is
ready to do it, so He gives a sign, a
Pillar of Fire laying back in a burning bush. And He tells Moses,
"Now, you're going to be My mouthpiece. Go on
down there and I'll be with you." And when he got down there, then the promised
Word that He had promised was vindicated.
That was the voice of the sign. You get it now? Notice, "I have heard
their groans. I remember My promise."
57 God
never changes. He always does it in the same way. The coming of a prophet is a sign that God is ready to speak. Now,
search the Scriptures. See? The Bible says, God said Himself He did nothing
until He revealed it to His prophets. That's right. He does it through them,
because it comes to them; that's His servants, you know. All
right. The coming of a prophet is a sign that's overlooked by the people
every time. They overlook it. They never
get it somehow, 'less it's those who got their eyes open to see it. Those
who are elected to see it, does see it. But
the coming of a prophet was the sign that God is ready to speak, 'cause if God ain't
going to speak, the prophet wouldn't be on earth. Now, remember that. He
wouldn't be on earth, unless God was ready to speak. And that's the way He
speaks is through those channels. The unchanging God never did do it any other
way.
In 1982 Brother Vayle
held a convention in
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Notice. This is always God's way of making His
voice known to His people. He sends His prophet and gives a sign, and then
takes His voice that's been spoken before on His Word, and vindicates it by
this man; and they know that it's His voice, because it's a promised Word of
the day. Oh, if people could only see
that. If they could only stop just a moment and realize
that... You see, there's no way to make them believe it. There's not
a way a man... God himself can't do it, make the people believe it. They've got
to believe it. And if there's nothing there to believe with, how can they
believe? See? No matter what you do... The Bible said, "Though He had done
so many miracles, yet they could not believe," because Isaiah foresaw it,
and said, "They got ears and they can't hear, eyes and can't see." And
yet He was perfectly the Messiah, done exactly what the Messiah said. And they
said, "This man just breaks up churches, and he... We don't know from
whence he comes." See? Isn't that strange, that they would do that? But
the Bible said they would do it.
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And the Bible also said in this day they'd do the same thing:
"Heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than of God, false accusers,
incontinent, despisers of those that are good; having a form of godliness, but
would deny the vindicated Word, the power thereof, the baptism of the Holy
Ghost, and so forth. From such turn away. For this is
the kind that organizes women's societies, and goes house-to-house, and leads
silly women, lade away with divers lusts, and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth." See? Now, that's prophesied. And that's got to
come to pass because it's THUS SAITH THE LORD. Notice.
"But their folly would be showed up as Jambres
and Jannes in the last days."
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Now, always making known His voice to His people by His prophet sign...
Now, I'm talking about Moses. That's where I'm banking back, and then see where
we're at. God's Word is manifested by the voice of the sign. Now, the sign that
is promised for the day is done before the people. And then the written
Scripture comes forth is the voice of that sign. If it doesn't give a Scriptural voice, then stay away from it. See?
It's not God, 'cause God can't promise this for today, and say, "Well,
this is it." See? God cannot do that. God cannot promise something for one
day and say, "No, no. It won't do that. That was for another day."
What He promises, He must stay with it. And the real Scriptural sign is the
Scriptural voice.
Voice of the Sign 64-0214 89
Notice, the Pillar of Fire sign,
and then the voice of the sign spoke. See? The Pillar... Sign of the voice
was there, ready to speak. The sign only
showed that the voice was ready to speak. Get the idea? The sign
shows God's voice is ready to speak.
Now, notice this is the
case every time the Pillar of Fire came. First it was scene in a bush by Moses,
and then when Moses was attracted to it, he heard the Voice of the sign and it
was the voice of God, who is the Word. The same with Paul. He saw the Pillar of Fire and then he
heard the Voice of the Sign speak unto him. The same in this day when the
Pillar of Fire came down on the
Voice of the Sign 64-0214 154
Now, notice, Jesus' first ministry... Oh, they all--everybody wanted Him
in their church. Oh, my. He's a great Fellow. Sure, He went in all the
synagogues, read the scrolls, and set down. Everybody, "Young
rabbi..."But one day He begin to talk to them in another way. The voice
of the sign begin to speak. And when the voice of the
sign begin to speak, nobody wanted Him. One of them said, "This
man's crazy. He's a cannibal, trying to make cannibal out of all of us."
See? He never explained it. Let them go.
Notice here that Brother
Branham is telling us something else about this Voice of the Sign. He is
telling us that not everyone can receive it. It is not for everyone. And so it
must be rejected by those who do not want the voice of the sign.
Voice of the Sign 64-0321E E-33
Notice, sign. What does a sign do? The sign is to attract the attention, and
get the elected ready and out of the way before judgment strikes. That's
what Noah did, got the elected ready. The rest of them... And what does it do?
The sign and the voice of the sign condemns the unbeliever and gets him ready for judgment. It gets the elected ready for the escape.
That's what sign is. That's what signs are given for, for the coming
judgment. E-34 To
the elected, they see it, like the little woman with a pure heart in a defiled
body, and the Pharisee with a pure body and a defiled heart. It condemned one and
saved the other one. And the very judgment that saved Moses,
condemned the world, his preaching. It gets the elected ready. What's the
elected ready for? When they see a God sent sign, they look back in the
Scripture and see if that's supposed to be there. "Yeah, here it is. What
is it? Pending judgment." Then the elected listens to the voice. But the unelected ignores and says, "Nonsense. Go on. We'll take
the same old school." That's the way they did in the days of Luther.
That's the way they did in the days of Wesley. That's the way they do now, way
they've always done. But it is a sign,
and it has a voice that follows the sign. And the voice is identified as a
Scriptural voice. Now, don't forget that. I keep that going in,
because I may never see you again. I wished I had a way that I could come down
here somewhere, and get all my brethren when they had no revivals going on, put
a tent up, and just set day after day, and teach it till it really soaked in.
But He wouldn't permit that, I don't think. See, we're too close to the end.
Now, this is important
that we see here what brother Branham is saying. He tells us that all will see
the sign, but only the elected will be open to the voice of that sign. And
because they believe the Voice of the Sign it is salvation to them, but those
who turn it down, judgment is all that is left for them. Therefore, the Voice
of the Sign is for our benefit to rescue us and get us ready for deliverance.
That’s what it was for in Moses day, and that’s what it was for in Paul’s day.
Then if God does not change, why do we think it would be any different in our
day when the same Pillar of Fire has come with the same sign as He did with
Moses and Paul.
God Who is rich in Mercy 65-0119 191 Moses was given two signs, and each sign
had a voice. That's right. I preached on
it here sometime ago, somewhere, on "The Voice Of
The Sign." It must have a Voice of the sign. It's a changing. Always
it's that way. If it isn't, then it
didn't come from God. If a man comes out with an odd peculiar
ministry, that's found in the Bible to be the Truth, and that man stays right
in that same old denominational doctrine, forget it. Nothing
to it. God don't do a thing like that. That thing, that's rotten manna that's got
termites in it, or wiggle tails, or whatever you want to call it, from forty,
fifty years ago, still trying to eat that old manna that fell way back years
ago. And the children of
Then why do men keep
preaching the same old denominational doctrines and claim to believe the sign.
They see the prophet, so they see the sign, but why do they keep preaching the
same old watered down doctrine that they held back in Pentecost?
The Token 64-0308 77 He displayed His sign as Messiah, and so
forth. And they, many of them, said, "Yes, I could go for that."
Well, now, if that was a sign, there's
got to be a voice of that sign. What was the voice behind it? When He begin to teach His doctrine and call them a bunch of
snakes in the grass, He wasn't popular from then on (See?) when the voice came
with the sign. The sign went first.
Notice what Brother
Branham just said here. The voice behind
the sign is the doctrine. But they do not want the doctrine,
therefore, they do not accept the Voice of the sign. They claim they want the Word of God but they do not want the doctrine.
A big name in this message was talking to a young man I know and he said, why
don’t you Lee Vayle guys believe in doing mission work, and the young man
replied, well, brother so and so does, and we support what he is doing, what
about that? And that big name guy said, “Oh he doesn’t
preach the Message, he only goes to teach Doctrine.”. And the
Young man told me, he said, “I thought to myself, What
is the message if it isn’t the doctrine?" But you can’t argue with
these guys because they do not believe the voice of the sign.
Lean not unto Thy own Understanding 65-0120 190 Lean not
to your own understanding. And after the sign went forth, and the Voice following, and the churches begin
to turn me down and close their doors upon doctrine, that any of them is daresn't to stand before me to say it's right or wrong. I
challenge any of them. Uh-huh. Not to be smart, but I know where I'm at. See?
That's right. What did they do? What did they do? They shut every door.
"Now, what are you going to do?"
Notice again that brother
Branham tells us that the church turned down the voice which is the doctrine.
Meanest man I Know 62-0127 E-21 Oh, I would've loved to have been there to
listen to that. No doubt, I believe that every person here would've longed to
be there, to hear what He had to say, listen
to His doctrine, what His doctrine was, how He expressed Himself, and what
type of a voice He had; and look upon His face and to see Him performing His
works, and discerning the thoughts of the people, and telling them of different
things and diseases they had, and pronouncing them healed. I would've loved to
have been there. Oh, my. I would like to have seen that.
You know, these churches
claim to believe the Word of God, yet they turn down the doctrine which is the
voice of the Sign. Did you know what the definition of the word Logos is? It is the word that is used in John 1:1 in
the Beginning was the WORD, the Logos, and the Word, the Logos was with God and the
Word, the Logos was God. 3056 Now, the word logos means -- Word or speech, a word uttered by a living voice, which
embodies a conception or idea It also means 1b) a decree, a mandate an order -- what is
declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a
maxim, and it also means 1c)
discourse – instruction, DOCTRINE, and TEACHING.
Therefore, we can say of
John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Doctrine and the
Doctrine was with God and the Doctrine was God.”
And this same John wrote
also in I John
1:1¶ That which was from the beginning, which we have
heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Doctrine
of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear
witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which
was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly
our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
That is why God said, Deuteronomy 32:1 ¶ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will
speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2My
doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the
small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because the rain gives life to the
herbs of the field.
Proverbs 16:15 In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favor is as a
cloud of the latter rain.
377-2 Resume of the Ages - Church Age Book Cpt.10 “the latter rain can come only after the former
rain which is the spring or TEACHING rain. The latter rain, then, is the
HARVEST rain.” Therefore you had to
have the Prophet of God come with teaching, and then another rain would follow,
with is the Harvest rain. And since the Teaching rain and Harvest rain are both
rain, and God said His Doctrine is as the Rain, then
both must be the Doctrine going forth. One to teach and the
other for harvest purposes. When that last elect Seed is in
Hebrews 6:1
¶ Therefore leaving the principles of
the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the
doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the
dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For [it is] impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the
powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again
unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and
put [him] to an open shame. 7 For the
earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon
it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it
is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But
that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected,
and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
Abraham's Grace Covenant 61-0317 E-11
You're either a believer or not a believer. Now, listen to Scripture. The man or
woman that comes to a fact of the Bible, comes up
against the Scriptural doctrine...
Ministers, whoever you are, I say this with Godly love, and you see it, and know it is the truth, and turn away from it,
"there remaineth
no more sacrifice for sin, but a fearful looking for the judgment, the fiery
indignation which shall devour the adversaries.
Jude 1:12These
are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without fear: clouds they are
without water (No
rain, no doctrine), carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit (and remember the fruit
is the teaching of the season, therefore these are they without a teaching of
the season, because they have no rain, no doctrine), twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom
is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Isaiah 28:8
For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so
that there is] no place [clean]. 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine?
Notice the
Isaiah 28:8 NIV All the tables are covered with vomit and
there is not a spot without filth. 9 "Who is it
he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message?
Lamsa: Isaiah 28: 89 For all tables are full of
vomit and filthiness, so that
there is no place clean. To whom shall he teach
knowledge, and whom shall he make
to understand the report.
Those who are
weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. For filth is
upon filth, filth upon filth,
vomit upon vomit, vomit upon vomit; a little here, a little
there; For with difficult speech and
with an alien tongue will he
speak to this people. For I have
said to them, This is the place
of my rest wherewith I may cause
the weary to rest, and this is the
place of tranquility; but they
would not listen. So their Word of the Lord
was to them filth upon filth, filth upon filth vomit upon vomit vomit
upon vomit a little
here little there that they might return
and fall backwards an be broken
and snared and taken.
And that is exactly what
happens to those who turn down the Voice of the Sign. They go backwards as hard
as they can back into Pentecost where they came out from. And notice what they
do. They look for more signs because they did not listen to the Voice of the
Sign.
Matthew 7:28
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these
sayings, the people were astonished at
his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the
scribes.
Now
the word astonished here does not mean to be amazed as though you heard this
wonderful thing. It comes from the Greek word, 1605 ekplesso {ek-place'-so} and means to be so
amazed and astonished that you to strike out ,or try to expel by a blow, or drive out or away; to cast off by a blow, to
drive out; to strike with panic, shock, astonish; to be struck with amazement,
astonished, amazed. So you see this suggests rejection, not
acceptance.
Mark 11:18 And
the scribes and chief priests heard [it], and sought how they might destroy him:
But whose Doctrine was it? Because if you know whose doctrine it is then
you will know whose Voice it is.
John 7:16
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not
mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of
the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I
speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh
his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
II John 1: 9
Whosoever transgresseth,(the word here for transgresseth means to go beyond the limits) and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God. (Now, this is very important because if we do not have the
doctrine of Christ we do not even have God, so we must ask ourselves what is
the Doctrine of Christ, and John gives us our answer.) He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. (Therefore if you have a
doctrine of Christ and it does not have BOTH the Father and Son in it, you have
not God.)10 ¶ If
there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed: That’s
pretty strong John, but there is a good reason why he said this, because a
little leaven will leaven the whole lump. And leaven is the doctrine of the
Pharisees which rejected the Son of God.
I John
You’ve got to have doctrine, especially the Doctrine of Christ or you don’t
even have a ministry.
Rev Chptr 5 Part 2 61-0618 66
Any man that has not a doctrine has not a ministry.
In fact without out a
doctrine, you don’t even have a church. You might have a lodge, but according
to brother Branham you can’t have a church.
Palmerworm Locust Caterpillar 59-0823 19But, yet, a
church without a doctrine is just like a jellyfish; it has no backbone. So,
we've got to have backbone in it.
Questions and Answers 59-0628E 363-12 But as a church and as a peoples, a congregation,
we have to have a doctrine that we stand
for in order to be a church. And this doctrine that we stand for, is the best of our knowledge to the Word of God, the
Truth of God.
But the fact is that every church has a doctrine whether
they want to admit it or not. And they thought Jesus had a wrong spirit because
of the way he hit theirs.
Investments
62-1124B E-43 These
orthodox people who were casting down Jesus, casting down the policy and saying
it was no good, it could not be trusted...
He was a man making Himself God; He
was a Beelzebub; He was a wild man; He had no background; He was illegitimately
born; He didn't go to their schools; He wasn't educated in their seminaries; He was against their doctrine; He was
tearing up their churches; and His
doctrine was hindering the people: that's
what He was claimed to do. Called Him Beelzebub, said He deceived the people by His doctrine.
Taking side with Jesus 62-0601 787-213 Now, they
wasn't Spirit-filled, but they were loyal and held to the modern creed of their
leaders. See? All right. His ministry was showing up their doctrine.
Taking Sides with Jesus 62-0601 787- 214
But when Jesus come on, His ministry
showed up their doctrine, 'cause God was proving by the ministry of Jesus
Christ that He was with Him.
Godhead Explained 61-0425B 34-3
Here not long ago a man got up here at the Chatauqua
and said, "Brother Branham is a prophet." I don't claim to be no
prophet. See? But he said, "Brother Branham is a prophet when he is under
the Spirit of discernment," but said, "Oh, his doctrine is poison; be careful with it." I thought of an
educated man would say a thing like that. What does a "prophet" mean?
"A Divine interpreter of the Word." The Word
of the Lord came to the prophet. You see?
But the Word of God said
they would depart from “The Faith” which there is only “One
Faith” and that is The Revelation of Christ which is the Doctrine of
Christ.
Revelation Chptr
Flashing Red Light 63-0623E 137 But today they don't want to hear a message
like that. The people don't want to hear that. They want to be tickled in their
ears. Exactly what the Holy Spirit told me the day I laid that cornerstone
there, said to, "Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season, for the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall heap for themselves
together teachers, having itching ears, and shall be turned from the truth to
fables." Said, "When the vision leaves you read II Timothy 4." Said, "Don't forget II Timothy 4." And when the
vision left me, standing right there on 7th Street, a nineteen year old boy
standing there, the voice of God spoke out in the room, and He said, "II
Timothy 4." That's exactly what it's turned to be. 138 The time will come when they'll not endure
sound doctrine. People want something... The Pentecostals want something that
can pat them on the back and let them live the way they want to, and they
can play the piano at forty beats per second, and jump up-and-down and dance
about it, and women do the way they want to and men the same way.
Ashamed of Him 65-0711 225 As Paul
told Timothy, let's be instant in season, out of season; reproving and
rebuking, with all long-suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they'll not endure sound doctrine; but
after their own lusts shall heap for themselves together teachers, having
itching ears, and will be turned from the truth to fables. God, we're living in
that day. You've let me live long enough to see that happen.
Spiritual Food in Due Season 65-0718E 140 But the
Lord gave me what I should do in my Message. But then He said, "Do the work of an evangelist; make full
proof of your ministry, for the hour will arrive when they will not endure
sound doctrine." If that hasn't come now! Every church denomination has turned me down, they wouldn't endure
sound doctrine. "But after their own lusts they'll bring their own teachers
in, and they'll be turned into fables. And they will do great things of
exploits like Jambres and Jannes
that withstood Moses, but their folly will be made manifest." See, see? All right, impersonations.
Voice of the Sign 64-0313 E-44
Now that sign of
Look what the True
Doctrine will produce. Acts
Roman 6:16 Know
ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are
to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from
the heart that form of doctrine which
was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants
of righteousness.
Romans
I Timothy 4:6
¶ If thou put
the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt
be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast
attained.
I Timothy
I Timothy
I Timothy
II Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God
may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good
works.
II Timothy 4:1
¶ I charge [thee] therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from
the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But
watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist,
make full proof of thy ministry. 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished
[my] course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at
that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Titus 2:1
¶ But speak thou the things which become sound
doctrine:
Let
us pray...