Christ is the Mystery no 149
Christian Life no 29
No Substitute
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
241 Now, show me where somebody was
baptized in the Body in the name of Father, Son, Holy
Ghost? And what you recognize? See, I realize I'm talking to thousands on tape,
you know. We got a tape ministry around the world. What name are you
baptized in? For there's not another name given under heaven (said the
Word) whereby man can be saved. And if you're baptized to show your belief
in Christ and then take on a creed name, then you're a hybrid.
Notice that Brother Branham is telling us that if you add anything to
the name in the baptismal formula you have hybridized the baptism with Catholic
Baptism.
Now, look at his words what he is telling us here. What name are you
baptized in? For there's not another name given under heaven (said the
Word) whereby man can be saved. And if you're baptized to show your belief
in Christ and then take on a creed name, then you're a hybrid.
And
when you use the titles your motive is to blot out the name. Now you may not
know that's what you are doing but it doesn't matter if you are aware or not,
that's what you are doing when you substitute titles for "The Lord Jesus Christ". And to substitute
using titles is to blot out the name. And further more when they use a rabbits foot or some preacher to take the place of a
prophet, which is God's Mouth as the Scriptures plainly teach and as I
mentioned last Sunday several Scriptures which say the same, what you are
getting is a hybrid product.
That
is what brother Branham said when he preached the Seventh seal.
And
since there is no other name given by where we might be saved, then to be
baptized in titles is no baptism at all, and no salvation is there who do such
either. It is an offense to God to deny His name, and the name he gave His Son.
Now,
to get where I want for us to get an understanding of tonight, I am going to
read about a dozen paragraphs from the Seventh Seal. Let me begin at paragraph 71 Therefore,
if any man will serve an idol or keep an idol on him, (and
those pendulums are nothing but an occult or new age idol. )
or bless himself in his own imagination of his mind
and serve idols, God said, "Man, woman,
family, or tribe, his name will be completely blotted out from amongst the
people." Now, is that right? How true. Idolatry
did the same thing in the church years ago and does today. And now, notice.
Watch how the antichrist tried to make an anti-move. How many knows that the
devil types and patterns after God's things? What is sin? Is right thing perverted. What
is a lie? Is a truth misrepresented. What is adultery? It's a right act, legal act, done
wrong. See?
72 Now, in trying to do this, blot
out a name, did you notice in the church age, the same beast that serves
the images of dead people and so forth, tried to blot out the Name of the
Lord Jesus Christ and give titles as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Same
thing with that curse behind it like that.
Then
brother Branham says, "Dan and Ephraim did
just that under a hypocrite of a king in
Now, what is the point
of this reading? To show you that King Jeroboam for selfish motives made
a substitute and the people in receiving the substitute turned
from the Only True God to worship a substitute and in doing so they
were put away by God for doing so.
Then
brother Branham says, 73 See?
Ephraim at Beth-el, and Dan; and they set up idols, and these went out
to worship this. And here we are plumb down into the millennium age almost,
and God still remembered that sin. They're not even counted in there.
Amen. Glory. Just as sure as He remembers every good
promise, He remembers every one evil too. Just remember, That's
the reason I believe, friends; I've always tried to stay with that Word no
matter how strange it seems. See, now, they wouldn't think about that there
then. They didn't think about it then. They thought, "Well, they
got by with it."
And
that sounds just like words we hear today. God forgave me once he will fogive me again. And they say that even before they commit
the sin. Wheeew, brother you talk about an arrogant
spirit. Doesn't the Bible say "fools will walk
with hob nailed shoes where angels fear to trod?".
So they will go from preacher to preacher to find some preacher that will allow
that sin in their congregation, and then they can feel justified because
brother so and so says it's all right. Well, let me tell you something, I've
seen that spirit stick it's head up every so often for
32 years as a pastor, and as brother Branham said, "spirits don't change
they just go from one body to the next."
But
God said, "let everyman's word be a lie and Mine be true." Listen brothers and sisters, God has a mouth,
and it is his prophets. And if that Prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, then
you had better take that as God telling you himself.
Now,
let's continue with This End Time prophet speaking from the Seventh seal, and
he says, "All right, but here they are over
here in this millennium age setting in, when their names and tribes is
blotted out from it, because they served idolatry that God cursed.
Didn't He say He hated the Nicolaitanes and that
Jezebel? Stay away from it. Didn't He say He'd kill Jezebel's daughters
with the killing of death which is eternal separation from His Presence? Don't
trust in it at all. Get away from it. So God remembers".
Now,
don't forget 5 months ago,
Now back to brother
Branham, 74
Notice. But did you notice there,
it was to be blotted out? Why? Under heaven there was no
immediate sacrifice that could give him the Holy Spirit to let him see these
things, but he did it anyhow in his own selfish mind. But Ezekiel, in his vision
in the millennium, he sees them again in perfect order: Ezekiel, if you want to
read it. Just put it down and you can read it to save time: Ezekiel 48:1-7, also
read 23 to 29. Ezekiel seen every tribe
just exactly in order.
75 All right. And also
in Revelations 14, John seen them again
in tribal order. That's right. Every tribe to his
place. What happened? You remember, he said, "Under the
heavens," that his name would be blotted out of the tribal affair. As long
as he was under the heavens, there would be no more, and this hundred and
forty-four thousand is down here in the tribal part yet. That's right. But you see, they'd been blinded; they had only the sacrifice of
bulls and goats. See? Now, notice, He blotted them out under the heavens. But
the Gentile in the days of the Holy Spirit, against that your name was taken completely
off the Book of Life, and can never have forgiveness in
this world or the world to come. Is that right? Now, there's where we stand.
Israel under goats, sheep, they did have a place, as long as they was on earth
here, their tribes was missing. They could never be included.
Malachi
4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn
as an oven; and all the proud,(that's all the arrogant people) yea, and all that do wickedly,(all
who do not the Word of God) shall be stubble:
(cannon fodder) and the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, (that
is "Thus Saith the Lord")
that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Now, that is a promise to all the inhabitants of the entire world.
Death and destruction is coming. Then
notice what he says next.
2 But (there is an
exception) unto you that fear my name shall
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; (healing
campaigns) and ye shall go forth, and grow
up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye
shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your
feet in the day that I shall do this, saith
the LORD of hosts. 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I
commanded unto him in Horeb for all
From
his sermon, Hear ye Him 60-0806 P:28
brother Branham said, "God, before He does anything, always declares it in heaven
first, and then on earth. No one ever goes into judgment without thoroughly
being warned. ...then he says, God always sends mercy before judgment. He always has. He always will. And this great
revival, that the church has had, a revival of miracles, and Divine
healing, and gifts of the Spirit, remember, something follows that. God
always sends mercy before judgment. He declares it in the heavens above, liked
the wise men saw the star, come to worship the Lord Jesus. And then, God always
makes a witness of what He does.
And
again from his sermon, Resurrection of Lazarus
53-1122 P:33
"Before God does anything He always sends mercy before judgment. He
always sends warning. And when man won't heed the warning, there's only
one thing left, that's judgment. That's right. "If you die in your sins, where I am you cannot come."
God sends preachers and everything and gives warning,
sends His Spirit and warns the people. Now, before He sent Jesus, He sent a
warning to the people to make ready His coming. And may I stop here just a
minute to say this with a deepest of sincerity: I believe the things that
you're seeing taking place today across the world, is a warning: Jesus is
coming."
So what is God's Mercy?
It's His Message, And the Lord Himself has descended
with a Shout, a Message. But to turn down what the Voice of God tells you and
there remains one thing. Judgment, not he will keep on forgiving me.
Hebrews 10:26 For he that sins wilfully after that he
has received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for
sins, (that means you
cross the line knowingly for the last time and it's all over brother.) 27 But a certain fearful looking for of
judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or
three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son
of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit
of grace?
Despite unto the Spirit of grace? Yeah,
the word despite means you have
brought insult to the blood of Jesus by continuing to walk in your unbelief and
sin and then say, "oh, if God can't forgive
that what can he forgive. Oh, he forgave me before he will do it again."
Well, the truth of it is, no He can't forgive what He
said He would never forgive. And He told us when you cross that line is when you know better and you willfully do it anyway.
Now notice these blessings in contrast to verse Deuteronomy 28:15 ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto
the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his
commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these
curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Notice he said
our hearkening is when we observe and we also follow up with a doing of what we
observed from the Voice of God. From verse 15 and on through the end of the chapter
the promise is who ever does not pay attention and do the same blessings
mentioned for the believer will become curses for the unbeliever.
1.
You will be ‘cursed’ in the city (Deut 28:16)
2.
You will be ‘cursed’ in the field
3.
Your baskets and storehouses will be ‘cursed’ vs 17
4.
Your children will be ‘cursed’ vs 18
5.
Your crops will be ‘cursed’
6.
Your herds will ‘not’ increase
7.
Your flocks will ‘not’ increase
8.
You will be ‘cursed’ when you come in vs 19
9.
You will be ‘cursed’ when you go out
10.
Jehovah will send ‘cursings’ upon you vs 20
11. He
will send vexation
12. He
will send rebukes
13.
You will fail in all you do
14.
You will be destroyed
15.
You will quickly perish
16.
Pestilence cleaving unto you (Something that brings a slow death) vs 21
17.
Death emaciation (To grow thin to waste away)
18.
Consumption vs 22
And
we find there are 86 specific curses mentioned in Deuteronomy 28. So be warned.
Now,
I want you to notice that for every blessing God promised us who hear, recognize and act upon His Word, God
has also set a curse upon those who will not hear,
recognize and act upon His Word. And not only will they be
anointed with a curse, but that curse will bring with it 4 times as many curses
as there are blessings. And what is that? It is double unto her double. In
other words, double x double is 4 times as many. And it all depends on how you
receive the Word which God personally came down to give to us in this hour, and
what you do with what he has given you and your attitude towards the voice of
God itself, which is His Prophet.
Now
the word curse is a word which means to treat with contempt.
And it comes from a root word which means to be consecrated to. Therefore, "anointed to a certain thing."
And that thing that the one cursed is anointed to is destruction in every conceivable
manner as we have seen in the list above. So you are either
anointed to be blessed or you are anointed to be cursed. And those who are
anointed to be blessed are anointed with God's spirit. How could God ever curse
His own Spirit, His own Life.
But we have a promise that God will separate from His
believers the unbelievers.
2 Thessalonians 1: 7-9 "And to you who are
troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels, That's the appearing of
the Lord. And remember, Appearing and coming are two different words and they
mean two different things, he has appeared in the form of the pillar of Fire to
get us ready for the coming. And he promised rest for us, as brother Branham
said we have rest under the seventh seal,
but notice what he promises those who trouble us out of our rest.
8 In
flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from (or out from, in other words they are removed from) the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his
power; (They are not only removed from His presence but
from the Glory or Doxa of His Power. The opinion, the
values and the judgments of His power. In other words, they will not say
nor hold the same value that God holds concerning His Power. Having a form of godliness they will deny the power thereof.
They will deny John 14:12) 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints,
(endoxazoe, when he shall come to bring magnification
of His Glory, His Doxa, His values and opinions in
the lives of His saints.) and to be admired in all them that believe
(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Let's
also read from 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now
we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Questions and Answers 54-0103M 87-176 I remember years ago. You always heard
them talk about the sawdust trails and things in the Tabernacle. That didn't
make it any more, not a bit more. But then it was fresh; God was calling His
church. I've seen them sob and cry and lay on the altar all night long.
I've went to their houses, and you could hear them
when you come up, just in their bedchamber, men and women, crying, "O
God..." You'd see them walk through the church, and I'd see the piano
start playing, "Jesus Keep Me Near The
Cross," and the tears flowing down there, you know. Walk into this church,
then walk down to another church, and hear them there, "There's a precious
Fountain..." "O God, save my boy. Save my daughter; she's lost, Lord.
Please." You don't find that no more. What's the matter? The
Spirit of God is withdrawed. Jesus predicted
this, "That
because iniquity would abound, the love of many would fail." See? grow
cold, go away... The love is dying away. And what they got into, is just a form.
Notice
he said, there used to be such a Love for God that people would cry out to God
day and night for their loved ones. But you don't see that any more. He said,
years ago, it was fresh; God was calling His church but what has happened? I
will tell you what has happened, we are in the season
of the great falling away. And so the falling away must take place as God spoke
it would. And all you can do it so pray that you will not be among them that
fall away.
We
need to be Taking inventory every day brothers and sisters, and as David said
in Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God,
and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and
lead me in the way everlasting.
Let us pray...