Christ is the Mystery no 146
Christian Life no 26
Satans game plan, divide and conquer
Brian Kocourek, pastor
This morning I would like to continue in our study of
Christ is the Mystery of God Revealed and we will again look at paragraph 226
for our text.
Christ is the Mystery pp. 226 His
Presence in the individual with a personal a-vindication of Himself
expressing Himself--the living Word that's promised for the day, expressing
Itself through you, a vindication of the great revelation of God...
Look, only in an individual, never in a group: an individual, not in a group, His
identification is with an individual. You get that? Not with the
Methodists, not with the Baptists, not the Presbyterian, not the Lutheran, not
the Pentecostal, but as an individual. "I'll take one and leave
one. I'll separate them." That's right. "There'll be two in the field;
I'll take one and leave one. There'll be two in bed, and I'll take one and leave
one." It's not a group. It is a personal vindication of a pregnated
child of God filled with the Holy Ghost, so surrendered to God that
he don't care about anything else, and the Holy Spirit living Its
Life, pulsating through him, showing the personal, personal vindication
of the Word Itself expressing Itself to the people and to the world.
Now, we know that Jesus spoke to us concerning the
rapture that there would be divisions because of His Word, and then the final
division would be when he takes one and leaves the other. He tells us that at
the very end of the world system, He will come and His Word will bring
division, and this division will come because of the Word of God, and then when
the Rapture takes place there will be further division when "there will be two in the bed and one will be taken and one
will be left, Two in the field, one taken and the other one left."
Now, Brother Vayle comments on this in his sermon, Messiah and Messiah-ettes # 2
P:65 and he says,
"Matthew 25 is the separation of the people by the Word, and Luke 17 is the
separation, one taken, one left, is the Rapture. and
this guy said, he said, "Lee Vayle made that up." Yeah, even called
my name, which was very glamorous. I'm known. Did I make it up? Bro. Branham
said it. I'd be a fool to make it up. You know why? I didn't believe it. When
he said it I believed it. He's vindicated. You'd be surprised what you find out
when you believe he's vindicated.
So
let's take Luke
Now, let's see what brother Branham said about that. We
see brother Branham comment on this in his sermon, Thy
house 61-0808 P:49 Now, notice
the rapture will be universal, because He said, "There will be
two in the field, and I'll take one and leave one. There'll be two in the bed;
I'll take one and leave one." You see, when it's dark on one side
of the earth, where it's two is in the bed, it'll be harvest time on the other
side of the earth, when there'll be two in the field. See? And it shows it'll
come one great big rapture; it'll come right out
from the world. See? "Two in the field and I'll take one and leave
one. Two in bed, I'll take one and leave one."
Now, let's look at
the separation spoken of in Matthew 25:29 For unto every one that hath (that is of an ability to echo back the word) shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him
that hath not (him that is not able to echo the Word and say
it just like it was said) shall be taken away even
that which he hath. (so notice he that echos
more revelation is given, and he that does not echo or say it just like it was
said, even that which he thinks he is echoing will be taken from him until he
will begin to deny everything he once held as truth. The separation comes
because of the Word. And then that person who has been cut off from the Rapture
has only tribulation left. That's his reward. God always offers mercy before
judgment. But it's your attitude that will bring your reward.)
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 When
the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And
before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Notice
what brother Branham says in his sermon, Modern
events made clear by prophecy 65-1206 P:49 And remember, the
sin that
Now
notice that he identifies the shuck with one of those two spirits that are so
close. So in case you think that shuck is out there somewhere outside of the
Message still in the denominational system, you are wrong, for those in the
denominational system have taken the Mark of the Beast.
From
his sermon, the World again falling apart 63-1127 P:86 Brother Branham said, "That denominational system is the mark of the beast. You've
knowed it. You never heard me say it before; that's the reason I've racked it
so hard. Because now I think the time's just about
finished, so might as well let it come forth and tell the Truth about it. There
she is. That's the marking of the beast, exactly. Rome was the beast, and she
was denomination, the first organization. And we come out of her, we
Pentecostal people, to not be partakers of it; and turned right like a dog to
its vomit, and a hog to its wallow, right back in. No wonder our Pentecostal
system is done, and so is the Methodists, Baptists,
World Council of Churches, and all. They're being swallowed up in the Council
of Churches, making a mark or an image unto the beast to give it its power. "And it had a head wounded unto death, and then live,"
pagan
And
what does a man do to find himself marked in the beast's system?
From
his sermon, Mark of the beast 61-0217 P:75 brother Branham said, "What is the mark of the beast? To reject the Holy Ghost.
See? The borderline... See? After he once come to the knowledge of the truth...
"For it is impossible for those which were
once enlightened..." See? Coming up to the knowledge of the truth, and seeing that they see the truth, and see the
knowledge of it, and see it's here, see it working, see it's right, and have
a knowledge of the truth and then turn away again, "There remaineth no more sacrifice for sin." Just like Cain at the beginning, so will it be at the
end. That's Hebrews the 10th chapter. And will be marked away from the Presence of God
and be a Baptist, Presbyterian, or a Pentecostal, by denomination only, the
rest of their days. They'll serve the denomination instead of serving Christ,
serve their creed. Be a Catholic, be a Methodist, be a Protestant, or
whatever you might be. But if you're of Christ you're sealed with the Holy
Ghost. If you're not, you'll be marked one of these days and just you'll
cater to your organization; that's all you'll ever know and be condemned at the
end.
Now,
what I am trying to drive home the point this morning is that there is to be a
falling away from The Truth in this hour. And we all see it happening all over
the Message. I am not preaching this to point fingers at any individuals but
rather to show you what it is and how to avoid it in your own life. Because we
know the Bible teaches a falling away will take place, and we know then to fall
away they had to be in it to begin with. So who will this happen to and how can
I make sure I am not caught up in the great falling away. So pay attention this
morning and take notes.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, (that word means distinctly, precisely) that in the latter times some shall depart from The faith,
(notice not just departing from Faith, but from The faith, and there
is only One faith and One Lord, and that One Faith is the revelation of that
One Lord. And how is it or by what means will cause them to depart?) by giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; (you
know what that is? The definition says, the behavior of people who do things
that they tell other people not to do: behavior that does not agree with what
someone claims to believe or feel. In other words that
have a standard for themselves and a different standard for everyone
else. And notice they can do this because he goes on to say) having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
In other words, they have desensitized their own conscience until
they can condemn others for doing what they themselves are doing. They can't
see the mote in their own eyes, but they can see the sliver in everyone else's
eye.
And
that is exactly why Jesus calls them hypocrites.
Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the sliver out of thy brother's eye.
The
other word we need to understand is what is a Seducing spirit? The word
seducing comes from the Greek word planos
and means imposters, misleaders, or ones who mislead, and deceivers. And notice these imposters, misleaders and deceivers are men
who will use doctrines of devils
to draw away disciples after themselves. That's their motive to speak perverse
things to draw away disciples to themselves. That is what the Scripture
teaches.
Acts 20:30 Also
of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw
away disciples after them. Of your
own selves it says, so they come from within.
62-1124B - "Investments" 14 Instead of accepting, and embracing the Holy
Spirit, and forgetting their differences, they separate the brotherhood and
try to draw away little groups after their own following. 15 We find
out that in Revelation 3, at the Laodicea age, ... they
were so disagreeable with Him, they put Him out of the church, because it's
the only church age that we find, even through the…
And
what are doctrines of devils?
Father the hour has come 56-1002A P:57 The time has come when they're teaching
doctrines of devils, perverting the Bible's teaching into theories and
theologies to draw groups of people away after them.
Notice
having a form of Godliness but they deny the power that comes with the Gospel.
So all they teach is theology, no power, no God to back up what they say, just
theology.
Now,
I am not going to get into what those doctrines are but Paul does name a few, but
it really matters not how many, we will show you how you can tell when they
have left the truth into error in a few more minutes.
But
what I am attempting to do here this morning is to equip you in a way that you
will be able to avoid the trap that Satan has set up to catch away as many into
his trap as possible. But, before I show you how he does this, let me read a
few more prophetic Scriptures that prophesy this great falling away.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition;
In
other words, the falling away must take place before the anti-christ can begin to move into his position of power. So the
falling away is crucial to the plan of Satan in order for him to come in and take
over.
Again
we see in Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those
who were once for all enlightened, (and
there has not been a once for all enlightenment until this hour) and have tasted of the heavenly gift, (That
is the Holy Ghost Himself) and were made partakers (companions,
ones who walk along side) of the Holy Ghost,
Listen,
2 million people left
And
Jesus said they are every one dead, and William Branham said that means they
are eternally separated from God.
Notice he says, 5 And they have tasted the good word of God,
(That's the Shout, the Message) and the powers of the world to come, They've
witnessed a millennial man, one who could talk to a killer bull and he went and
laid down, one who could talk to a swarm of angry bees, and they returned to
their nest. The scripture tells us there will be a falling away from this
Message, and then it tells us that it is impossible for it to happen to those who
are full of the Holy Ghost. But the worst
thing is that when they fall away from this Message, and the Messenger who
brought this Message, that it will be impossible for them to ever change their
minds again concerning the Word. 6 If they shall
fall away, it is impossible for them to renew themselves again unto repentance;
seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open
shame.
That
ties in exactly with what we read a week ago concerning Hebrews 10 where the Apostle Paul said if they
willfully turn away from the truth after they have come to a
knowledge of it, there remains no more sacrifice for their unbelief. You
see, before they came to the knowledge of the truth, their
was still a propitiation for their sin, their unbelief. But once they
come tot he knowledge of the truth then they willfully turn away from it, they
cross the line right there and can never come back. Oh, they will still think
they are getting blessed but they are not. And the curse will come upon them
and over take them and they are doomed forever.
57-0922E - "Hebrews, Chapter Seven #2" "Then, if we sin willfully, if we sin,
disbelieve willfully. Not after we receive the Truth, been born again;
we couldn't sin then. A sinner cannot commit the unpar-…
A Christian cannot commit the unpardonable sin. He can't do it. It's
the ungodly that does that. It's the make-believer, not the believer. .
Now,
I read you quotes on that last week, so be warned.
Again
we read in Luke
And
again we read in 2 Peter
Notice
he tells them beware lest you also fall from your steadfastness. How? By being led away by the error of the wicked. Who is wicked?
Those who would lead others into the errors of Satan.
Now,
I want to read a few quotes from brother Branham about this falling away just
to establish the front site with the back site so our aim will be perfect.
Is your life worthy 63-0630E P:41 The Bible said, Paul, the prophet of the
Lord said, "That
day will not come except there come a falling away first, and then the man--before
the man of sin will be revealed, he that setteth in
the temple of God upholding himself, all that's above God, he as God, forgiving
sins on the earth and so forth..." How that this thing happened, but it couldn't happen
until the falling away, until the church begin to get away from the
spiritual feast, draw itself back and organize itself. And then the
revelation didn't stay with the church.
Notice
he said they had the revelation and they lost it.
Convinced and then concerned 62-0521 P:8 We find today, that there is such a
falling away. It seems to be that people are not interested like they
used to be. They are falling away from the fundamental facts of the
Bible. They seem to be drifting.
Convinced then concerned 62-1125M P:28 This day of falling away, and being that it
is fallen to that, the people are losing concern.
Testimony of a true witness 61-1105 P:95 God's Word is a true witness. And God's
Word said in the last days there would come perilous times, and men's hearts
would fail them for fear, and perplexed of times, and distress between the
nations, and there'd come a falling away from the Church. And men would
rise up, and showing themselves big dignitaries and so forth, and would power
away from the church, and have a form of godliness, and deny the real
power of God: church joining. He spoke of the church getting in that
condition. We are a witness that the Word of God is fulfilled. The church is in
that, every organization is in that same state right now. I'll challenge any
man to show me any organization on fire for God, filled with the Holy Ghost,
with signs following them. Rise and tell me one, any organization. There is
no such a thing. It's not on the pages. That's right. They're all powerless
and dead. Get it. But He also prophesied there'd be a real Church in
that day, a little flock, a remnant. He said there
would be, and there will be. "There will be a people who know their
God," said the prophet, "will do exploits in the last days."
Ok,
so now we have a few examples from God's prophet of the conditions that make up
the falling away. He said the people would fall away from Biblical
principles, then they would become unconcerned, and then they
would just begin to drift away, and pretty soon the church
becomes powerless, and that is the condition of the falling away
crowd. Powerless. But notice he also said there would
be a remnant who would have the power of God in the
church. And he said, "There will be a
people who know their God," said the prophet, "will do exploits in the
last days."
But
what I want to look at this morning is not the power of God or rather the lack
of it, that is just the symptoms of a dead and
lifeless church. What I wish to show you is what must happen in order to
get the people to the point that they begin to become unconcerned, and they
begin to drift away, and then in drifting away they loose what they had to
begin with. They no longer echo the word, but teach it in some theological way,
and therefore they do not say what was said in the way it was said, etc.
Now,
let me read you some quotes from God's prophet concerning this falling away.
Anointed ones at end time 65-0725M P:121 Notice. The anointed ones, only the Word
will separate them, not the signs. Oh, no. They'll do the same
signs. But the Word's what separated them. Sure. They all
prophesied; they all done this, that, and the other, sure, just the same. Jesus
said they'd do the same thing. But the Word's what separated them, notice, not signs. Did you notice, Jesus said here in Matthew 24...
Notice
that even the false anointed who are not and never have been in the correct
doctrinal teaching, have Mark 16 working in the
church. But what separates the true from the false is the Word, the correct
understanding of the doctrine.
But what I want to bring home to you this morning so
that you will never be deceived is Satan's strategy to bring on
the great falling away?
From brother Branham's sermon Victory day he lays out very clear for us how the
falling away takes place and Satan's strategy to Divide and then conquer the
church.
63-0421 - "Victory Day" p. 74 See? It's just his way, see,
now, instead of accepting the way that God vindicates to be Truth. 75 The
way that God Himself moves upon the scene, and saying, "This is it. "These signs shall follow them that believe. I'll be with you, even
in you. A little while, and the world won't see Me no
more; yet you'll see Me, for I'll be with you, even in you." See, "The world won't see Me,
but you will."
See, "Cain won't see Me, but you will, Abel."
You see? Because, it's the same thing. 76 And instead of coming and saying, "Well,
wonderful. We see God in the midst of the people, working. Let's do that"?
No, sir. With greed and with
jealousy, the same thing that Cain has, he requires the blood of his brother.
He tries to wipe him out of the way, get rid of him. "They're
nothing but a bunch of holy-rollers. They're little." See? You know what I
mean. That's what starts the trouble. There's where trouble begins.
That's where the broken vows. There's where broken fellowship separates.
That's the thing that breaks up homes. That's the thing that starts the
wheel moving towards divorces. That's the very thing that breaks the
fellowship.
Notice he says, instead of taking what God said, they
want someone else's opinion of what God's word says. And that is exactly what
Satan did to Eve. And brother Branham in the next paragraph tells us the same.
77 That's the thing that broke the
fellowship in
So what's he saying? He's saying, there's only one man with Thus saith the Lord,
and God has just one voice in a generation.
It's not Prophet of God plus a Five fold ministry.
It's God's Shout, and he entrusted it to a prophet and if there be true five
fold ministers they will not deviate one iota from what that prophet taught.
Church Age Book
Chapter 3 - The Ephesian Church Age P:47 "Thou hast tried them that say they
are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars." My, that is a blunt
statement. "Thou hast tried them who call themselves apostles." Isn't
that presumptuous? What right has a people to try those who call themselves
apostles? And how do they try them? Oh, I love this. Here it is in Galatians 1:8, "But though we, or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have (already) preached
unto you, let him be accursed." It was the apostles who brought the original Word to the
people. That original Word could not change, not
even a dot or dash of it. Paul knew it was God Who
had spoken to him so he said, "Even if I come and try to give a second revelation, try to make one
little change in what I gave originally, let me be accursed." You see, Paul knew that first
revelation was correct. God can't give a first revelation,
then a second revelation. If He did, He would be changing His mind.
He can give a revelation and then add to it, as He did in the Garden of Eden
when He promised the Seed to the woman, and then later designated that Seed had
to come through Abraham, and then later said it would come by the same blood
lines in David. But it was the same revelation. It only gave the people more
information to help them receive and understand it. But God's Word can't
change. The Seed came exactly as revealed. Hallelujah. And see what
those false apostles were doing. They came with their own word.
Those Ephesians knew that Word as Paul had taught it. They were full of the
Holy Ghost by the laying on of Paul's hands. They looked those false
apostles in the eye and said, "You are not saying what Paul said. You are,
therefore, false." Oh, that sets my heart on fire. Get back to the
Word! It is not you that really tries the apostle, and prophet and teacher, IT IS THE WORD THAT TRIES THEM. One of these
days there is going to come a prophet to the Laodicean
Church Age and you will know if he is the real one sent from God or not. Yes
you will, for if he is of God HE WILL BE IN THAT WORD EXACTLY AS GOD GAVE IT
TO PAUL. HE
So that is the Key. God gave the key to Adam and Eve,
but she thought this guy, he sounds very intelligent, he's quite a teacher,
he's quite a preacher, he's quite an apostle, so I think he's right too. And
after all, he is not telling me that God never said it. He's just telling me
that it's not so important. And so the Serpent taught Eve to just twist the Word
a little bit for her own desire and it would be ok. Well, brothers and sisters,
it's not ok. God said it and to add to it or take from it you will pay with
your life.
We have had 7 thousand years of pain and suffering,
and death because one woman just took the word of a teacher, that false apostle
the serpent, over the Word that God had laid down to Adam and Eve. Just one
word off brought all this sickness and suffering and divorce and death. just one Word of that serpent preacher against the
Vindicated Word of God.
And brother Branham said in his sermon, 62-0211 - "Oneness" 61 Think
of it! One word, to disbelieve God through a promise of the devil or his
machinery, one word sends you into torment. That's the way it started.
And if God, in His mercy as He is, would send this mass of hell upon the
earth, and cause little hungry children, all kinds of afflictions, and
starving people, and death in the earth, because one word at the beginning,
could not He have looked it over and kept from having all this mass of
suffering? Could He not have done it? Then if He didn't excuse one Word
there, knowing that this would be the results, how much more will He not
excuse one Word there when the individual is going to be the sufferer alone,
who disbelieves. Think of it, it's a tremendous thing. 62
Now, when Adam and Eve listened to the lie of the devil, the holy
image of God left them, their fellowship was broken with God. Their
fellowship of oneness with God was broken. The very minute they listened to
the lie of the devil, that broke their fellowship. And the very minute
that you listen to the lie of the devil, it'll break your fellowship. That's
the very minute that you go out from the Presence of God, like she did, is when
you failed to take God's Word just as It is.
63 Now look, I want to ask you something.
We all know there's a God. And if God is so correct with His Word, and so
determined that He'll judge the people by His Word, then He's got to preserve a
Word somewhere to judge the people by. This Bible is It. Don't you forget that. It's the Bible that God will judge
the people by, for It said in Revelation 22, "He that will take one Word away from It or
add one word to It."
64 See, not just say, "Well, I go to
church. I believe God." Why, every devil in the hell believes Him. Every one of them's religious, every one.
65But it just takes one word; that
breaks the fellowship right there. A chain is no stronger than its weakest
link. The more your weakness is on disbelieving God's Word, there's where
you want to put a new link, strong with the rest of it. If you believe
Jesus Christ saves, then you must put a link in there that believes He heals.
If you believe He was, you must believe He is. Hallelujah! If you believe He
was, and wondering whether He is, that link will break, then you're lost. See
what I mean? It's stern, it's hard, but it's the Truth. You must believe
Him, every Word, everything that He said.
Notice Satan's strategy, Divide
and conquer. He got Eve to believe that there was another ministry that
could teach it better than God taught it himself. So instead of
taking the vindicated Word which was "Thus Saith the Lord" she says, "this
other guy can explain it really well", so I'll just listen to him
instead of God' voice and what God says says about
it. And right there she brought death and destruction into this world.
And Satan will try to get you to pit the Bible against
William Branham who was vindicated by God. He will say, "we don't need to listen to what this man William Branham
says, this other guy can say it better". And the other way he's divides in
order to conquer is that he will get you into an argument with someone who
claims to believe the prophet but is misquoting the prophet, and thereby
because that person is confused he will read the quotes as thought they are
confusing. And so he says, Brother Branham's absolute is the Word so my
absolute is the Word. But what he is doing in this, is
he is dividing between Vindicated Spoken Word and Vindicated written Word.
But let me tell you when you do that you fall for the
strategy of Satan who wants you to pit the Vindicated spoken Word against the
vindicated Written Word, and then you withdraw from the vindicated Spoken Word and right there you are
done for, because he now has you where the Baptists are and the Pentecostal, and
all other organized religions who've turned down the Vindicated Word for this
hour.
Let me tell you from one who has taught the doctrine
in more countries around the world than you can shake a stick at. I've never
found a quote of brother Branham's yet where he did not come behind what he
said, and explain what he meant by what he said.
Every quote the Oneness use to try to say brother
Branham taught Godhead like them, if you read just one or two sentences further
into his statement, you will find him qualifying every statement he made by
saying that Jesus was God because God was dwelling in him.
God is not the author of confusion, and neither is his
mouthpiece, which is His Voice, His prophets. But if you think that brother
Branham is confusing that is because you are confused. He was never confused,
but those who think he is confusing just shows they
are confused. That doesn't even make Bible sense that God would send a man who
couldn't talk right so you have to have someone come behind him and say what he
means.
God needs no interpreter, he
interprets His own Word by bringing it to pass.
From An Exposition Of The
Seven Church Ages (Chapter 4 - The Smyrnaean Church
Age) "Well, starting way back
there in the first church the people got to thinking and reasoning how to
improve on God. The deeds of the Nicolaitanes
began showing themselves. Then a group formed. They drifted away from
the pattern of the Word. All it takes is just one word changed and that
little leaven then leavens the whole lump. He that offends in one point of
the law is guilty of all. Eve just changed one word. That will do it. And
when that Satan-centered group was formed, it began to hate and to
fight the true believers, insisting that they (the aliens) were the
The Smyrnaean church had drifted far from the
original. It had become a hybrid. It had hybridized itself the way Eve did. You
know that a hybrid is what comes of two species mixing. The result is no
longer pure like the original. It is mongrel. Well, when Eve allowed the
beast to mingle his seed with hers she produced a creature called Cain that
wasn't pure human. He was of the WICKED
The church, too, has departed from what she originally was. She is a
hybrid. That is, the church nominal is a hybrid. People say, "I am a
Baptist." It wasn't so in the beginning. "I am Methodist." It
wasn't so in the beginning. Instead of the straight Word of God, instead of the
Spirit-filled men in the church who were led by Spirit-given revelation, there
are now creeds, and by-laws, and the educated guesses of educated men. Learning
has taken the place of revelation. Reason has replaced faith.
Program has replaced spontaneous praise in the Holy Ghost. It wasn't so from
the beginning. The whole specie has changed. It has become a hybrid church.
From brother Branham's sermon, 56-1209A - "God Making His Promise" 42 And you wonder what's happened to you. That's what's happened. You
change your nature. You become a wolf or a goat instead of a lamb. And
that's what's the matter with the Pentecostal church
today. It's snorting, and puffing, and enough temper to fight a buzz saw,
and then wonder what went with the Holy Ghost. Backbitings
and fightings and everything else amongst the
Christian church and wonder where went the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spirit
will not abide on such a thing. That's right. It cannot do it. If that lamb
would've made one snort like the wolf, away would've went
the dove. And today, why, we just do everything. We go everywhere, act like the
world, tell dirty jokes, and everything else, and smoke, and drink, our deacon
boards, even our pastor's dance and carry on, and then expect the Holy Spirit
to dwell in such a place like that. Never. That's
right. 43 Not only that, but you fuss and
fight and bat and stew and argue against. "I'm a
Oneness. I'm a Trinitarian, hallelujah. You ain't got nothing."
You haven't either as long as you act like that. "I belong to the
Assemblies. I belong to this, and I belong to that." Why don't you
belong to Christ? Certainly. But you draw
little denominational barriers and separate fellowship, separate the
brotherhood, and then wonder why you don't have miracles and things happening
in your church. The miracle Worker has gone. That's right. No wonder you
can't believe in the Divine working of the Holy Spirit. It isn't with you no
more. 44 Where God is, Supernatural
takes place, for He is Supernatural.
And let me make one point perfectly
clear before we close. I know my motives and objectives are right with God,
because I check them every hour, and when I left this church to go down to
South America, God still backed up my ministry with signs and wonders. He answered my prayers when I asked Him to
reduce the temperature by 30 degrees to cool the meetings for the brethren.
Now, listen! Jesus said, "if you abide in
me and My Word abides in you, then ask what you will and I will do it."
And he did what I asked. So if I was not abiding in Him and His Word was not abiding
in me, then he would not have answered my prayer. I also laid my hands on a precious
brother in
Let us pray