Desperation
no 34
Scriptural
examples of Desperation no. 5 - Blind Batremaeus
July 2, 2016
Brian
Kocourek, Pastor
Mark 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went
out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,
sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou
Son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his
peace: but he cried the more a great
deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they
call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and
came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, What wilt thou
that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith
hath made thee whole. And immediately
he received his sight, and followed
Jesus in the way.
Let us pray, Dear Father we see this simple story fo deseration and
faith put into action, and we thank you because we know that you are the same
and you change not. And since you can not change, we ask you to help us to
place our own selves into this Sxcripture tonight as we see the need to see
what he could not see, and his desperation caused him to cry out to Your son
Jesus to help him. we thank you for this because we too are a needy people, and
we are not where we should be in our growth into Christ, so we cry out tonight
"Lord help me" for we ask it in Jesus Christ' name.
Now, I would like to take this story to br. Branham's sermon
"Desperation", and we will read from paragraph 80 Blind
Bartimaeus thought Jesus was going to pass him by, setting out there at the
gate, blind, beggar for alms. The first thing you know, he heard a noise; Jesus
was passing by. He said, "Who passes by?" Somebody shoved him down.
He said, "Please, somebody, Who's passing by?"One of them, maybe a
kind little disciple woman, said to him, said, "Sir, don't you know Who
that is passing by?" "No" I hear some of them say, 'There's a
whole graveyard full of dead people up here. If you raise the dead, go raise
them.' Is it a blasphemer or somebody?" "No. Have you ever heard of
that Prophet of Galilee, that young Prophet called Jesus of Nazareth?"
"No." "Well, you know, in the Bible it said in our scrolls that
the Son of David will be raised up to set on it. That's Him." "Is
that Him? Is that Him? And He's passing by." Desperation
drove him to scream, "Oh,
Jesus Thou Son of David, have mercy upon me!"
Then brother Branham sings that song we know so well, so let's all sing
it together.
"Pass me not, O
gentle Saviour, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not
pass me by." Refrain: Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry, While on others Thou
art calling, Do not pass me by.
Let
me at Thy throne of mercy Find a sweet relief; Kneeling there in deep
contrition,
Help my unbelief. Refrain: Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry, While on others Thou
art calling, Do not pass me by.
Trusting
only in Thy merit, Would I seek Thy face; Heal my wounded, broken spirit, Save
me by Thy grace. Refrain: Savior,
Savior, Hear my humble cry, While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me
by.
Thou
the spring of all my comfort, More than life to me, Whom have I on earth beside
Thee, Whom in Heav’n but Thee. Refrain:
Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry, While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
81 "Oh,
Jesus."Some of them said, "Shut up, you make too much noise."
But he was desperate.
Now, listen, when you are desperate you do not listen to what others
say that try to deter you from what you are desperate over. As I have told you
the dream where I was talking to brother Branham back in 2011. It was so real
and the atmosphere was so real, and when I asked brother Branham what the time
of the resurrection would be like, he said "it will be like suicide"
and I knew immediately what he meant by that. He was letting me know that it
will be a time of desperation, and there will be no turning back, and no matter
what anyone tries to tell you, you have your mind made up and there is no
looking back.
"Desperation". We are now entering into the most desperate times on earth for man.
2 Timothy 3: 1 AMPLIFIED: "But understand
this, that in the last days there will set in perilous times of
great stress and trouble - hard to deal with and hard to
bear.
Now we know that
Brother Branham told us "it is the hybrid
foods and the tensions that are rotting the bodies and the minds of the people".
And when you look at the insanity of the world, and see it has to come
according to Deuteronomy
28 because the nations have turned down the Voice of God to this
generation.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt
not hearken unto the voice of the LORD
thy God, (and
the voice of the Lord God has come down with a Shout which is a Message, so if
they do not hearken then that means they do not pay attention to it. I do not
care if you claim to believe God sent a prophet, if you do not pay attention to
what he said you will be cursed with a curse.)
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:
This
means that you will not even see them coming until they have come upon you and
before you know it they will overtake you. Now, let's review these curses,
God’s curse will be in the city, and God’s curse
will be in the country;
God’s curse on your basket (your ability to store) and bread bowl; (the food which is on your table). Could this be the
GMO poisoned food?
God’s curse will be upon your children, and
upon the crops of your land, and upon the
young of your livestock, and upon the calves of your
herds, and upon the lambs of your flocks. In other words, their entire source
of income, will be cursed.
God’s curse will be upon your coming in,
and your going out. In other words, everywhere you turn there will be no
way to escape the curse because you have turned down the only way of escape
which is the Voice of the Lord your God. The curse of God will be upon every
nation, every city, everywhere in the country because you won't be able to flee
anywhere to escape the curse which is coming upon the entire earth. Why?
Because the next verse tells us that the very Creator of all things will send
the curse.
20 God will
send The Curse, and Confusion, (which is defined as disorder; upheaval; tumult; chaos: because it is everywhere, people
won't know which way to turn. There are no governments which are looking out
for their people. The Elites who run all governments have sold out to Satan,
and are causing the confusion by their economic policies, and immigration
policies, and their policies which have turned aside borders, until the people
have no way to turn.)
Brother Branham
said in his sermon, World's
Falling Apart 63-0412M P:90 Every
government in the world's controlled by the devil, every system, every... Jesus
said so. Satan admitted, "These are all mine. I do with them whatever I
want to." Where are we at then today? Look where we're standing.
And again he
said in God's
gifts always find place 63-1222 P:39 See, the whole creation was lost,
everything was gone. It all belonged to Satan. He fell heir to it, and he still
owns it. He certainly does. That's the reason we're fighting and having all of
this trouble. He
controls every kingdom; Satan does. Every government, every king, every
kingdom, controlled by Satan. The whole world is controlled and
run by Satan. That's the reason we have the troubles that we have. Any
Bible student, or anything, can tell you that, Satan... Well, the Bible Itself
says he did (See?), that he controls the world. But Christ will fall
heir to it, for now He is our Redeemer. And He come to redeem the whole
creation, and nothing could do it but God Himself.
Five identifications 60-0911E
P:15 But as I travel around the world, I find every nation has its own
spirit. And all
nations are controlled by the Devil. All governments are ruled by the Devil.
The Bible said so. They fight, they war, and they will till Jesus
comes, and then He'll set up a Kingdom that there'll be no war. But Satan
said that all the kingdoms of the world was his, and he'd do with them whatever
he wanted to, right in the face of Jesus Christ. And they're all Satan's
instruments, Satan's kingdoms. Satan told Jesus, "I'll give them
to you if you'll fall down and worship me."Jesus knowed He'd fall Heir to them
in the millennium, so He said, "Get thee hence, Satan." He knew
that God would give Him all of the kingdoms, and they would be His, and they'll
all be one Kingdom.
Questions and answers COD
59-0628E P:44 How many people here understand that the devil
controls every nation under heaven? The devil controls the United
States. The devil is government of the United States. The devil is the
government of Germany. He's the government of every nation under heaven. The devil controls every nation.
The Bible says he does. Read Matthew
the 4th chapter, when Satan took Jesus up to the top of the
mountain, and showed Him the kingdoms of the world, and claimed them to be
his, and said, "I'll give them to you if you'll worship me." Jesus
never said, "You lied, Satan." He knowed they belonged to him.
But over in the Book of Revelation, said, "Rejoice, you heavens and you earth, for
the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His
Christ. And He shall reign on earth."Jesus knowed that in the
millennium that all the governments and kingdoms will be broke down, and He'll
be God and Ruler over all of them. He knowed He fell heir to all of it; so
therefore, He told Satan, "Get thee behind Me, Satan," for He
knew what He had to do.
Notice, the
Scripture teaches us in verse 20 God will
send The Curse, and the Confusion (disorder; upheaval; tumult; chaos) and
Contrariness
(opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: That's all this LGBT, and sodomite-rights,
and everything that is good is considered evil by the
governments, and everything that is evil is considered good by the governments,
because satan runs all governments and
so all this contrariness is prophesied by God as part of the curse because the
entire world has sold out to satan. It is now his kingdom on earth.)
20 God will
send The Curse, and the Confusion and Contrariness
will come down on everything you try to do
until you’ve been destroyed and there’s nothing left of you, all because of
your evil pursuits that led you to abandon me.
21 God will
infect you with The Disease, wiping you right off the land that you’re going in
to possess.
In other words the "land to
possess" in our day will be the millennium, and before God
brings forth the millennium, all the peoples of the earth will be wiped out
because only those who "hearkened and paid attention to the voice of the Lord will be
allowed to enter it."
Now,
let's skip forward to verse 28.
28 The LORD shall smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
Now, this
astonishment means "consternation" which is defined
as: a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion;
And that confusion is due to the
total insanity that is coming upon the earth.
No wonder he warns us in 2 Timothy 3: 1 AMPLIFIED: "But understand
this, that in the last days there will set in perilous times of
great stress and trouble - hard to deal with and hard to
bear.
Now, those are the
conditions of the curse in the body and within society itself. But added to
them there will be conditions of the curse that will be atmospheric in nature.
23 The sky over your head will become like brass, (The Hebrew word used here for brass is nchosheth which figuratively means brazen
or filthiness - which sounds like air pollution
and chem
trails which use heavy metals like barium, (Barium is often used in barium-nickel alloys for spark-plug electrodes
an in vacuum tubes as drying and oxygen-removing agent) it is released into the
atmosphere by oil drilling, Because of the extensive use of barium in the industries human
activities add greatly to the release of barium in the environment. As a result
barium concentrations in air, water and soil may be higher than naturally
occurring concentrations on many locations. Barium enters the air during mining processes,
refining processes, and during the production of barium compounds. It can also
enter the air during coal and oil combustion..
Notice that barium is used to eliminate
oxygen, interesting, because that might explain the reduction in oxygen levels
in our atmosphere.
From "the Centre
for Global Research" website Globalreasearch.org We are told, "For more than a decade, first the United States and then Canada’s citizens
have been subjected to a 24/7/365 day
aerosol assault over our heads made of a toxic brew of poisonous heavy
metals, chemicals, and other dangerous ingredients. None of this was reported
by any mainstream media. The US Department of Defense [DOD] and military have been systematically blanketing all our skies
with what are known as Chemtrails (also known as Stratospheric Aerosol Geo-engineering).(2) These differ vastly from
the usual plane contrails that evaporate rather quickly in the sky.
Chemtrails do not dissipate. Rather, planes (fitted with special nozzles)
release aerosols “lines” in the sky that do not evaporate. Multiple planes are
deployed, flying parallel (or often “checkerboard” patterns) overhead; and soon
the sky is blanketed with many grayish-white lines [miles and miles long,
although this is changing]. At first, these lines are thin; but soon they
expand and, in a short time, merge together. Our once-blue sky has vanished and
has been replaced by a grayish-white toxic haze that blots out and greatly
diminishes our usual sunshine."
"Over
the past decade, independent testing of Chemtrails around the country has shown
a dangerous, extremely poisonous brew that includes: barium, (which we have already discussed) nano aluminum-coated fiberglass [known as CHAFF],
radioactive thorium, (Thorium and uranium do
not belong in the human body, and cause cancer if they are breathed in or
ingested. When mining, processing and dealing with nuclear waste, dust and
gases are generated, as well as liquid wastes. There is very little difference
between heavy metals when it comes to being poisonous. Now add on the hazards
of internal radiation.) cadmium, chromium, nickel, desiccated blood, mold
spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins,
ethylene dibromide, and polymer fibers.
This is from samplings taken of the chem trails themselves.)
cadmium, chromium, nickel, desiccated blood,
mold spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, ethylene
dibromide, and polymer fibers. Barium can be compared to the toxicity of arsenic.(4)
Barium is known to adversely affect the
heart. Aluminum has a history of damaging brain function.
Independent researchers and labs continue to show off-the-scale levels of these
poisons. A few “anonymous” officials have acknowledged this on-going aerosol
spraying.(5)"
So
Satan's Eden is controlled by the governments of the world and as a result the
very air we breathe and the water we drink is so filled with contaminants that
Jesus warned,
Mark 13: 20 And
except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but
for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
And I heard a
couple scientists talking the other day about all this aluminum and metals in
the atmosphere that the frequencies that we live by are being changed until
people will not know whether they are dreaming or actually living what they
see. And they also said as the magnetic fields of the solar system that will be
passing through our own solar system comes closer, the insanity will be 100%.
As one CIA analyst said, "You would
need a lead helmet over your head to keep from going insane."
But we see
brother Branham warn us of the end time insanity, and we only have to look
around us at what is taking place in this world to know that mankind can not
continue another generation with the mental degeneracy that is happening as
fast as it is now.
And if we add to
the daily poisoning of our bodies and our brains by the air and water
conditions, and GMO foods we eat, all it will take to set off the insanity is tension
and stress and we see the undoing of the human race. right before us.
And you will
notice that the Amplified
Translation of 2 Tim 3:1 tells us "these times of great tension and stress will be hard
to deal with and hard to bear."
Therefore we are moving into a time when desperation is becoming the
norm. When we see what is happening in the economy, and in the political chaos,
and the government spying, and the loss of civil liberties, then we ask
ourselves, what have we got to look forward to except for God to extricate us
from what is coming down the pike.
God warned us this would happen in Isaiah 24:1. Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside
down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2. And it shall be,
as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his
master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the
seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury,
so with the giver of usury to him. 3. The land shall be utterly emptied,(that means depopulated) and utterly spoiled: (that means
polluted) for the
LORD hath spoken this word. 4. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the
world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5. The earth also is defiled (polluted) under the inhabitants thereof; because they
have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting
covenant. 6. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,
and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men left.
Again we see in Malachi 4:5
"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great
and dreadful day of the LORD: 6. And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I
come and smite the earth with a curse.
So we see that God promised that he would
have to come and destroy the earth with a curse, but he also said, before I do,
I will send mercy, and I will send the spirit of Elijah back to earth with a Message
of mercy, to get my chosen people out before the destruction comes.
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those
days shall be shortened.
So we see there came a Message and it was to make ready a prepared people
for the Lord, as he promised in His Word. Now, back to br. Branham's sermon Desperation and
we'll pick up where we left off at paragraph 81. "If He got by, he might never have
another opportunity. We might not either. This might be the last night. Desperation, he screamed out,
"Oh, Jesus!" No matter who told him to stop, he cried just the same
that much more louder. When they told him to shut up, it made him get louder. He was desperate. Nobody could stop
him. "Thou Son of David, have mercy on me." And he screamed in desperation.
82 And
the Son of God with the sins of the world upon His shoulders, going to
Jerusalem to be offered up right then for a sacrifice for the world, stopped in
His tracks. Desperation, a despairing cry stopped the Son of God.
Said, "What would you have Me do for you?"
Oh. Said, "Lord, that I might receive my sight."Said,
"Go you way; your faith saves you."That
was enough. Desperation. When desperation is to receive something, the faintest
little touch, faith grabs it. See? He didn't say, "Now,
wait a minute, wait a minute, hold that there just a minute; let me see if I
can see now. I never did see my hands for many years. Let's see if I can see
it. I don't see nothing yet." When Jesus said, "Thy
faith has saved thee," that was enough. That's all he
wanted. Let us pray