Doctrine no 12
Crucifying The Doctrine
Brian Kocourek,
1 John 4: 1-6 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of
God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And
every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit
of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already
is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They
are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We
are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not
us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit
of error.
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Hebrews 6:4 For it is
impossible for those who were once for all enlightened, and have tasted of the
heavenly gift, and were made partakers (companions) of the
Holy Ghost, 5 And
have tasted the good word of God, (notice they tasted but
they would not eat) 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.
9 But,
beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany
salvation, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed
toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And
we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not
slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham,
because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee,
and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had
patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Notice here we see God is warning us that men will
come right up to the promises for this hour, for this is the hour when we are
once for all enlightened. And men will come up to the once for all
enlightenment, and then they will stop short of it, only having tasted it, and
right there when they stop short, they crucify the Word of God afresh.
In fact brother Branham said from Anointed ones at end time
65-0725M P:138 Notice. Come up to the borderline and
quit. Looky here, He said in Hebrews the 6th chapter, now, we was reading awhile ago.
I told you to refer back to it, and we will for the next couple minutes. He
said, "But thorns
and thistles which is nigh unto rejection, whose end is to be burned..." Borderline.
"Ye who
have tasted the heavenly gift... (Tasted, other words, you seen it.
You can't just taste it with your mouth; but you seen it, and you knew it
was the Truth. You knowed it was the truth.)--tasted the heavenly gift, and made
partakers of the Holy Spirit as It fell upon you, tasted of the good Word of God (tasted, you seen it was
right. And the Holy Ghost falling upon you, the weed in the field), and then turn away, denying the very Christ that
sanctified you, and called you, and put that anointing upon you; there remaineth no more sacrifice
for sin for that." It's unpardonable. It's impossible for them to ever
come to the knowledge of the truth. "For it is impossible for those who were made
partakers of the Holy Spirit (fell upon the weeds... See? Started in with
Jesus, and 'Lord, I'm going through,' but when you hit the Word,
you turn back)--made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and even tasted (or seen the Word Itself
manifested), and then turn away from It; it's totally impossible, for them to ever see It
or come to It. That's THUS SAITH THE SCRIPTURE. Now, heavens
and earth will pass away but It won't. You see it? Totally impossible, the Bible said so. And the Spirit bears record of it.
You see how they do it? They hear the
message, they see the vindication of it, and then they turn away and ay there's
nothing to it. Right there they die. Right their they
crucify the Word of God afresh and put it to an open shame.
Questions and answers COD
61-1015M P:30 Now, you notice, "For it is impossible for those
which were once enlightened and has been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, if
they turn away to renew themselves again unto repentance..." See? Here we are. "For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted (Watch.), tasted the heavenly gift..." They been right on the
edge of it: "tasted the heavenly gifts..."Now, you notice they never had come to
the baptism of the Holy Spirit. See? They was
enlightened to it: "And tasted of the heavenly gift (See?), but were made partakers of the
Holy Ghost (by
tasting of it), and have tasted of the good Word of God, (part of it. See?) and powers of the world to come, if
they shall fall away, to renew themselves..."
QA on the Holy Ghost COD 59-1219
P:98 Why, little old Caleb and Joshua jumped up there
and quietened them, said, "We're more than able to take it." Yes, sir. There's the
one. Now, look. What happened? Caleb and Joshua knew that God gave the
promise of it: "I don't care how big it is, how much the obstacles
are, how high they are, how great they are, that don't have nothing to do with
it. God said so; we can take it." And do you know they were the only two
people out of that two and a half million that ever crossed into the land? Because
they held their faith in what God said to be the truth. Amen. The
Tabernacle, right now, stands at Kadesh-barnea.
Look, them people was so close till they even tasted the grapes out of the
land. They eat the grapes. When Caleb and them went over and brought back the
grapes, them fellows pulled off some and eat them, "Oh, they're good, but we
can't do it." "They that have tasted the good work of God, have
tasted of the Holy Spirit, seen the goodness of It, tasted of It, has tasted of
the Word of God..."
See that? None of them men, not one of them ever was permitted to go over.
They perished in their own land, over here in the wilderness. They never
went over, yet they was close enough to taste it,
but not enough grace and faith to take it. That's what it is.
Harvest time 64-1212 P:95 Now, Hebrews the 6th, if I
could quote it, "For it is impossible for them which were once enlightened, and have
tasted of the Holy Ghost, the power of the world to come, if they shall fall
away again, deny, walk away." Like those fellows come up there and eat the
grapes from over on the other land, stood there; and when it come to following the Word on through,
they said, "We can't do it."
And they died in the
wilderness. That's where we got. We tasted a good Word of
God. But the full promise, "No, no, we can't do that (See?), 'cause
Doctor So-and-so or somebody else says we can't do it. That's for the
apostles. That was another day." There you die. See, the Scripture all ties
together; every Word of It ties together. And it cannot be given by any
manmade theory, system, or anything. It's only revealed by the Holy Ghost.
Jesus said, "Father, I
thank You You've hid these things from the wise and
prudent, and reveal it to babes such as will learn."
Spoken word original seed
62-0318E P:125 And I was setting there and I thought, "Is
there something in there, Lord?" I thought, "Now, I believe in
election, yeah. 'They which were once enlightened,
partakers of the Holy Ghost (See?), and has tasted of the Word of God...'" I said, "That's
that borderline believers that'll come right up almost to the real thing and
then go back; just like them was in the times of Joshua." (Joshua and
Caleb went on over, but these just stayed borderline, see, tasted and seen the good works of
God, then
refused it.)People set around the church all the time, saying, "I
believe that, Brother Branham," but never make a move towards it. See, said, it's impossible for them to ever
go across. So then
they come to that place, and you preach to women with short hair; next year
they got short hair, just the same. Preach to men to do, they do just the same
thing. You see? Never see, borderline believers. Just say, "Oh,
yes, I believe it's right."
Now, I want to make this as personal as I can so you
won't fail to understand what He is telling us. In his day, the people saw God
manifest His supernatural and vindicate the ministry of William Branham enough,
that you could say they tasted the good word and the powers of the world to
come. And they still walked away from it, then they
show they have crucified the Word of God afresh.
And today fifty years later, God is still backing up
His Word, and showing signs and wonders, and supernatural, and people see it,
which means they've tasted of it, they've seen God change the weather and stop
storms, within minutes after He is asked to do it, and he does it, and watch as
God grows back pieces of a man's anatomy that was eaten away by gain green, and
they have seen all this, and still they say, "oh,
there's nothing to it, and walk away, because God only
does that for one person."
Then how do you explain those things brothers and sisters?
By what Scripture do you explain when a man walks in the truth of the doctrine
and God answers his prayer, and stops storms or drops the heat by 30 plus
degrees on more than one occasion, and within minutes after prayer, and then
you say, There's nothing to it, John 14:12 is for one person and one person
only.
Mark 16 speaks only of laying hands on the sick and the sick being healed. It
says nothing of speaking the word and storms vanishing. Or
speaking the Word and weather changing from 102 degrees down to 70 or on a
different occasion from 110 down to 70.
How do you explain it my brothers and sisters,
because if you say there is nothing to it, then you have tasted it because
you've seen or heard it, but you have walked away from it and say, it can't
happen because it can only happen to one man. And right there you have tasted
it but walked away from it and in doing so you have crucified the Word of God
afresh and put it to an open shame.
Indictment the 63-0707M P:89 And the Holy Ghost today is not
no third person; It's God Himself manifested in human flesh by the Blood of
Jesus Christ to sanctify a life that He might reflect Himself through. And
they crucify that same Word made manifest. You understand? The
crucifixion of Christ today is the people who will deny the vindicated and
manifested Son of God among the people by His things that He said would take
place in this day by His Word. See? Now, the same vindication would have
to be the same if He's the same Son of God, 'cause He said in
Indictment the 63-0707M P:67 Jesus Christ was the Person, Man, God. Hallelujah. He was the
manifestation of God. He was God in a body form to reflect the Word of God for
that age, to make that age see God's promise for that age. And the Holy Ghost is the same thing
today; It's the Spirit of God upon the written Word, trying to
find somebody to reflect Itself to this age to prove that He's the same yesterday, today,
and forever; St. John 14:12: "The works that I do shall you also": Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
today, and forever. See? Constantly
trying to find Its way to reflect Itself...And they
could not do it. The people thought so much of their denominations, their
little nests that they had and so forth, called their churches, so they
wouldn't listen to it. So do they do it today, same thing, crucify
afresh.
Pardoned 63-1028 P:61 You see, God
wants to work in His church. Jesus said, "I'll be with you always, even to
the end of the world. The works that I do shall you do also." St. John 12:14, "The works that I do shall you do
also; even more than this shall you do; for I go to My Father." Now, the church tries to deny that,
to get a way to get more members, to be more popular. Now, I want to ask
you something. God is trying to perform in His church,
and the church is trying to perform by the creed. And the two can't work
together. You've got to get rid of the creed and get Christ in. And
how can you do it? When He sees the Blood, when the Blood has been applied with
a sincere heart and a hand laid upon Jesus Christ, and a heart that's true before God
to confess he's wrong and be born of the Holy Spirit, then the works of God
would follow, as He said it would do. Yeah, the church wants to
perform through their creeds to see how many members they can get. God
wants to perform through the power of the Blood to get Christians borned again.
That's exactly the difference of it. To do this you must reject... To do this they, you've got to
reject the Holy Spirit and His performing power to accept a
creed. You have to see the truth before you can accept an error.
If you're going to be a Christian you can't... You have to walk over God's
promise in order to get in error. Because there's a red light flashing
before you all the time, "This is the Word."
Second seal the 63-0319 P:86 And when a man turns down the Gospel Truth, Satan marks him.
Where? At his ear. He deafens him so he can't hear the Truth no more.
And he's finished. My. He stays with the group that he's with, if
he won't hear the truth. No. "You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make
you free." The
Truth makes free. God marks His when they come. God marks His by
vindicating His promised Word through them. That's exactly Saint John 14:12, and another thing if you want to
put down: Mark 16. Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that
believe."
Notice brother Branham said, God marks His by vindicating His promised Word through them.
Plural. And then he says, That's
exactly John 14:12.
Five identifications 60-0911E P:56 John 14:12, He gives the teaching what the church should do. In John the 14th chapter, and the 12th verse, we'll see what that says. John 14:12, so we read it, make it official. All right, John 14 and the 12th verse. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works
than these do he, do, shall; because I go to my Father". That's the message of the church:
"Jesus
Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever," living in the church,
King of the church, raised from the dead, same yesterday, today, and forever, performing the same works, doing the same things that Jesus did. That's
the message of the church. If the church isn't teaching That,
it's teaching some false theology. That's what Jesus commanded
them to preach.
If they are not teaching that "they are crucifying the Word of God afresh",
they are crucifying the doctrine of Christ.
Putting on the whole Armor of God
62-0607 P:78 Now. He said what He would do? He would come
and vindicate Himself in His church, and they would vindicate His
resurrection by His works. See? Yeah, John
Anointed ones at end time
65-0725M P:35 Remember this was at the end time, not back under
Wesley and back there. Now at the end time this was to take place. Now, watch
the Scriptures; let Them testify. Jesus said,
"Search the Scriptures, for in them you think (or believe) that you have
Eternal Life, and They are the One's that testify of
Me." In other words, "If this tree ever brings forth a
branch..." "I am the Vine, the Tree; ye are the branches; he that believeth in Me, the works that I do shall he do also."
Does God change His mind 65-0427
P:35 Jesus said, in
God's provided place of worship
65-0425 P:75 Jesus said in
Rising of the sun 65-0418M P:48 ...until that church becomes
both Dynamics and Mechanics, and the Spirit of God that moved Him to do the
things that He did, if He hit on sixteen cylinders, so will the Bride. Amen.
For He said in John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me, the works
that I do shall he do also, I'll give him a charge of My Dynamics in his
mechanics, that the world will not be able to withstand it, and I'll raise him
up again at the last day." That's the Easter message: the Dynamics and
the mechanics together. The mechanics without the Dynamics, no good;
neither is the Dynamics without the mechanics. You can scream and shout and
jump up and down all you want to, and deny this Word; it won't do any good.
You're just cranking around the--the pistons of--got spark there to fire, but
no gasoline to fire it by. It'll only work as they come together. Amen. So one
will set still and the other one'll go up; that's the
only thing there is to it. Yet they both might look like, both claim to be churches, both claim to be brides, but one
has mechanics and Dynamics. It brings it to pass. But what He said
is the Truth. It just won't move, no matter how good the mechanics is, until
the Dynamics come. When the Dynamics come, that Fire is
made to connect with that octane in the gasoline. And when that explodes
it, it causes a combustion, and that combustion moves
every motion, every move, for He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
That's the resurrection; that's the real power of God: mechanics with the
Dynamics.
Rising of the sun 65-0418M P:30 Now, if there is another
gospel, as Paul spoke to one of the groups, "I am so surprised that you turned
to another gospel (which there is no other but
a make-believe gospel), to a denominational fiction, turning from that good
news: 'And because I
live, ye live also, and I live in you; and the works that I do (John 14:12), the works that I do
will identify Myself in you.'" Oh, what a Message. No wonder we've had a
dark world of theology. But in the evening time there shall come Light again.
There will be a resurrection in the evening time. It shall be Light at the
evening time.
Easter seal 65-0410 P:56 It's the Holy Spirit today hunting out honest hearts that will
believe that message. Everything in the Bible that was promised is to
that believer; and when you accept it in its fullness, then God knows that you'll do it;
He gives you the abstract to that. And then, every promise that's made is in
your possession, and the Holy Spirit's there to
quicken that to you. Oh, my. What kind of people should we be? How
wonderful to see that God's great Holy Spirit here to do that power. Think of
it. When the Holy Ghost Itself, here to bear record of
this hour. Jesus said so. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. How
dare any man to wipe that out of there. "The works that I do shall you do
also. (John 14:12) These signs shall follow them that
believe." That
is the assurance.
Paradox a 65-0117 P:53 Now, let me give you a great noble paradox here, just a minute. In John
Uncertain sound 62-0714 P:91 Listen. Jesus said, the Bible, Christ, in John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me (not make-believeth), but... he that believeth on Me, the
works that I do shall he also..." Shall, not perhaps, will, or ought to. He shall do it. Nothing uncertain about that. He
said they shall. What kind of works did
He do? What kind of works did He show? What
was He called by? A devil for doing it. "If they
call the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call them of
His disciples?" No uncertainty, He said, "If he that believeth on Me, the
works that I do shall he do also." Nothing
uncertain...Again, He said in
Harvest time 64-1212 P:70 See, that don't reflect the Word of God, when a seminary student tells
you, "The Holy Ghost is not for today. And these things,
all that Divine healing stuff for some other day." See, it's not a
reflection from God; it's a reflection from a creed. It's a reflecting from
a doctrine that's outside the Bible. Hebrews 13:8 said He's the same yesterday, today,
and forever. Saint John 14:12, said, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall He do also." Now, how you going to
take that Word out of there? How you going to add something in Its place? You break your chain of Life. Man lives by
Bread only, the Bread, eternally he lives by that Bread. Physically, he lives by
this bread. There's the two breads. The Holy Spirit, the
Holy Spirit is in you, says "amen" to every Word of God, if that
is the Holy Ghost.
God identifying Himself 64-0320 P:33 The pouring out of the Holy Ghost in the last days upon the common
people has identified God's characteristic with the people. He promised it.
It's the Word. He said He'd do it. Nobody can take it back. He said He would do
it. So all these things that He's promised, that's what He does. It
identifies His characteristic. Yes, sir. "Don't believe it, don't believe My claims, if My characteristic isn't that
of God." Now, notice in John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me," He said, "has My
identification, My characteristic. He that believeth on Me,
the works that I do shall he do also." That identifies that the character of
Christ is in him, displaying the characteristics of Him. Amen.
Calling Jesus on the scene
64-0319 P:42 You say, "How can we be sure of this?
Can we prove it?" John 14:12, Jesus said, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also." That's exactly, our
faith bringing Christ in our presence.
Investments the 64-0314 P:24 That's what makes the Gospel today. It's the unusualness, because God is
unusual. His Word is interpreted unusual to what we sometimes have it
interpreted. But as I've said before, God needs nobody to interpret His
Word. He does His own interpretation by bringing to pass the things that
He said He would do. He interprets His own Word. He doesn't need our
interpretation. It's... Our interpretation is our own manmade thoughts that
we put with It. When God said, "Let there be light," and there was light, that
needs no interpretation. God said, "A virgin shall conceive," and she did. That doesn't
need any interpretation. Jesus said, "The Son of man goes up to
God identified by characteristics
64-0311 P:22 John
Identification 64-0216 P:73 For this cause He said, John 14:12, "The works that I do, shall you do also. And if any will follow Me, let him deny his creed, deny himself, deny the world,
take up his cross and follow Me."
Total separation from unbelief
64-0121 P:15 Does He still live in His Church and perform His
signs and miracles that He did when He was here on earth," which He so
surely promised us in St. John 14:12, "He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; even greater than this
shall he do, for I go to My Father. These signs shall follow them that
believe": Shall
follow them.
The question is for the people today: "Does He really mean it?"
And when you accept what the church says, "Does He really mean it?" then
you put yourself in the same condition that Adam did, and join yourself
with the woman of the church of this world and separate yourself from the
blessings that God has promised to every believer that would separate himself
from the world to the Word.
Sir we would see Jesus 63-1112 P:18 Now, according to the Scriptures, we are supposed to be written epistles
of Him. The Bible says that we are written epistles. And if, tonight, we would
hunger and thirst to see the Lord Jesus Christ, we as Christian believers should reflect His Life,
so much, till it would be His entire representative. We should be
that. Every Christian
should be represent and reflect the Life of Jesus Christ. Do you
believe that? And I believe that every Christian should be reflecting the Life
of Christ. He said in
He that is in you 63-1110E P:106 Now, that's why these true miracles can be done, because it's a promise
of God: "The things
that I do, shall you do also,"
If you believe that he could do it back then
in Jesus and 50 years ago in William Branham, why do you doubt that the same
God can do those things in you? What is so great about your flesh that it is
stronger than the flesh of William Branham?
He that is in you 63-1110E P:99 But He that is in you is Christ. And if Christ is in you, the works of Christ you'll
do, if Christ lives in you. He said so,
Souls in prison now 63-1110M P:66
Investments 63-0803B P:40 No wonder Jesus said, "If ye abide in Me, and my Word in you, then ask
what you will."
See? "The works
that I do (John
Christ is the mystery 63-0728 P:273 Now, we see the promise being fulfilled. Christ,
the true Headship going in--coming in His Bride, doing the same works that He
did at the beginning, and making ready, and fulfilling His Word as He did at
first in John 14:12: "He that believeth on Me
the works that I do shall he do also." Then the Head and the Body
are becoming one in works and in sign and in Life, vindicated by God Hisself through His promised Word for the last days. He
promised this in the last days. Now, if you're spiritual, you'll catch it.
Who Is This Melchisedec
65-0221E 163 Dear God, I believe the
Scriptures, that You have said You was the same yesterday, today, and forever. And as sincerely in my heart, Lord, I know that
something's fixing to take place. I cannot strictly identify it; I'm afraid to
say anything, Lord. Thou knowest the heart of Your
servants. And how many times down through the age when You
sent things, people failed to get it. Man is constantly
praising God for what He did, and saying what great things He's going to do,
but ignoring what's He's doing. So has it been through the age. Why did the
Roman church fail to see Saint Patrick as God's prophet? Why did they kill Joan
of
Notice
he speaks of Jesus rebuke to the religious people of his day, specifically the
Pharisees who were the most advanced and dedicated Jews of His time. And He
said, you guys are always talking about what God
did in the past and what God is going to do, and yet when God comes and does it
you are the first to reject it. Let’s just turn to the
scriptures for a moment, and let’s read for ourselves what he is referring to
here in this statement.
In
MATTHEW
Notice
He says, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees",
Now
this word "woe" is an exclamation of grief, it is a word that is
used to express sorrow or dismay, in other words, He’s saying “what a pity, or “what a pitiful bunch you guys are” then he calls them…) hypocrites! Because
a hypocrite is someone who knows better but will not do because of some
personal gain that can be made by not doing, or acknowledging the Truth.. The dictionary defines hypocrisy as "The
practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or
possess; falseness.)" And then Jesus tells them why they are
Hypocrites.
He
says, because ye
build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, (Now this is
the key to why he is calling them hypocrites, He says it is what you say…There
is nothing wrong with building the tombs of the prophets, but to do so and
say…) If we had
been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in
the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye
be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children
of them which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your
fathers. 33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, (and notice, not just you lineage of
serpents, but you lineage of vipers.
That’s
deadly serpents whose venom kills.) how
can ye escape the damnation of hell? (How can you? You can’t,
because it was made for this kind of people, religious, yet dead wrong, and
with words will kill the influence of the Truth.)
34 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send
unto you prophets,(Notice I send you, this
is in the future, I will send to you Prophets… A prophet is a revealer of the
Word.) and wise men,(These are teachers, and not just someone who claims
to be a teacher, but there is a special trait about these men, they are
thoughtful, and sagacious which means
they show a keen sense of
discernment and possess sound judgment,
farsightedness and are discreet (implying a cautious character.)
and scribes: (Men, with a gift to
write) and [some]
of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city: 35 That upon you may come
all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel
unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye
slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,
how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see
me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of
the Lord.
Now
the killing does not only mean in a physical way. I have a letter from brother
Branham at home that was written to my father in law, and in it brother Branham
said there are more ways to kill a man than with a gun or a knife. He said you
can kill a man’s influence and you might as well have shot him with a bullet.
From
Testimony of a
True Witness brother Branham said, You can kill a man
more ways than just sticking him with a knife; speak against his character,
many ways you can do it.
Hebrews Chapter 7part 2 pp 55,
57-0922 And you people with these saw-blade tempers, that's
always spouting off in the mouth at somebody, can't put up, and things like
that. Be careful. You're guilty if you speak a word against your brother that's
not right, not just. Go around and tear down... You don't have to stick a knife
in a man's back to kill him; you can break his character and kill him, kill his
influence. Speak against your pastor here, say something bad about him, you
just might as well have shot him; told something that wasn't right about him,
well, it'll kill his influence with the people and things like that, and you're
guilty of it.
You
see, God promised to send us men, Prophets,
Teachers, Scribes and they would crucify the Word afresh by killing their
influence, maligning their character, and all sorts of things like that.
MATTHEW 5:11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and
persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my
sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven:
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
LUKE 11:47 Woe unto you! for ye
build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye
bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed
them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God,
I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and
persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood
of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the
temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe
unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of
knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered. 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the
Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many
things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
SOULS IN PRISON
Oh,
how I love what he just said, notice…he said you claim that if you had live in
the days of Paul you would have sided with him, then he said, you are
hypocrites, because if you would have sided with him back then you would be
siding with him on his doctrine now. And so there we have it. If you have not
the right doctrine, it shows that you have not the right spirit.
Now,
I know that men will quote brother Branham from his message GODHEAD EXPLAINED
61-0425B 15-1 and they will say,
brother Branham said, I would rather have the right spirit and the
wrong doctrine than have the right doctrine and have a wrong spirit,
but that is not what he said. Brother Branham did not say you could have a
wrong spirit and have the right doctrine. He was talking about the condition of
your heart. He said, I would rather be wrong in my doctrine and
right in my heart, than to be right in my doctrine and wrong in my heart."
See? I said, "After all, it's your
heart's condition."
Therefore,
if the heart is right it will not turn down the right doctrine. How can your
heart be right and fight the doctrine of Christ? And the Apostle John said in 2 John 1:9 if you do not have
the doctrine of Christ you don’t even have God. So how can you have
a right spirit which is God’s Spirit, and have the wrong doctrine. Jesus said
in Matthew 7 a good tree cannot
bring forth evil fruit and a Vindicated Prophet of God said that the fruit is the teaching of the season.
So
how can you have the right spirit and have the wrong doctrine? You can’t. But
brother Branham was not speaking of the spirit, he was
speaking of the heart. He was talking about a hardened heart, versus a soft and
supple heart. If you have a right heart with God you will receive the doctrine
of God. That is what Malachi 4 is all
about, returning the heart back to the Doctrine of the Apostles.
SIR WE WOULD
It’s
always been the doctrine. That’s what the message is,
it is the doctrine, the teaching. The word doctrine means teaching, and that is
what they reject, and that is the reason they crucify the Word.
It’s
not the part of the Word that says, bless and curse not. It’s not the part of
the Word which deals with relationships. It not the Thou Shalt’s
or Thou Shalt nots. It’s not the part of the Word
that speaks of forgiveness and love, and the sermon on the
mount and those things. It’s the
Doctrine they kill and try to destroy.
RECOGNIZING YOUR
WAY OF A True Prophet 62-0513M
29-4 another one with him, stood at a certain place
not long ago, said, "Brother
Branham is a prophet; he can discern things and things like"; but said,
"now, don't listen to his
doctrine, 'cause he's not right."
Now,
how much sense does that make when the word of the Lord comes to the Prophet. Yes they call him a prophet but deny what he
taught. And they are still doing that right in this message. Claiming to be
following the prophet and denying his teaching.
ACTS
52 Which of the prophets have
not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them
which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of
whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law
by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it]. 54 ¶ When they heard these
things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly
into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of
God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing
on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped
their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast [him] out
of the city, and stoned [him]:
let us pray