John 1412 is a One man Ministry

God’s Only Provided Place of Worship # 5

John 14:12 is a One man Ministry

Sunday Morning November 20, 1994

This morning I would like to again look at this great Message that brother Branham preached less than one month before he died. This will be number 5 in our series.

As you remember, in #1 we looked at brother Branham’s opening statements to the people where he said in PP. # . That's what He is, the Amen, see. He's got the last word to say.

We then went tot he scripture and brought out the fact that this speaks of sovereignty. God is Sovereign period. He doesn’t need your two cents worth or mine. He says what He means and He means what He says, and all the pleading in the world will not change His Word on it.

2 Thessalonians 1: 7 - 12 then 2: 1

Notice here that the scripture tells us that He comes to be Glorified IN His saints. Now this word glorified is a the Greek word endoxazo which comes from the root word doxa. Doxa is word which means Judgment, value or assessment, specifically an opinion which does all three. An opinion is the culmination of an assessment, the value placed upon the assessment and your judgment of the assessment. And it is interesting to note that the reference work which lists this word also says that the word is used in the New Testament as a good opinion that always results in Praise, Honor and finally Glory itself.

1 PETER 1: 3 - 7, 8 - 13

In sermon # 2 in this study of God’s only provided place of worship we examined the next pp. where brother Branham quoted Jack Moore as saying, "If people could just get into what you're speaking about," said, "every obstacle would move out of the way."

We found this to always be the case when God sends forth a Messenger to the people. Invariably when a junction arrives and we must make a turn the same picture has held true to form over the years. There have been three Exoduses in our Journey here on earth and in all three we see the same scenario. God comes down, speaks to one man; molds that man to speak only what is said to Him, and then begins to instruct the people as to what His ways are so that they may turn the corner that He wants them to turn.

Psalm 95 : 6 - 11

103 : 7

5 GOD'S PROVIDED PLACE WORSHIP 65-1128 1M It's just begin blooming now, just begin, the shuck's pulling away so the wheat can lay out there now. See? So just keep reverent, keep praying. See? Remember, "They that wait upon the Lord, renew their strength."

The shuck is pulling away so that the wheat can lay out there now. “So” is a conjunction and a conjunction is a word used to link 2 thoughts. The shuck is pulling away ... that is one thought...

And the wheat can lay out there now, to ripen. is another thought.

So. The shuck is pulling away, so that the wheat can relax and just lay out there. or put this way... the shuck has to pull away in order for the wheat to lay out there.

Matt 13: 10 - 30 explain. 1 John 2: 18 - 20 They went out from us...this is the pulling away

Genesis 1: 3 - 11 The separation is just that for one Group - but it is a gathering for the other

group. One Calls it separation the other calls it a gathering.

Webster - “Bloom” To be at the prime of season. The period of most health and vigor. Actually, the period where the fruit is beginning to come forth. A tree must bloom or blossom then the blossom or flower begins to evolve into real fruit. So we see the pulling away of the shuck is a characteristic of it’s nature.

John 3: 17 - 23 & vs 27

Ephesians 4: 1 - 7 Every one is given Grace according to the measure of the gift. So what is this Grace?

1 Corinthians 1: 4 - 10 The gift is understanding...

1 Corinthians 2: 9 - 13

Deuteronomy 29:29

1 Peter 1: 13

2 Corinthians 2: 14 - 17

GRACE CHARIS The Divine influence upon the heart and it’s reflection in the Life.

Now in our third study on this Message God’s Only Provided place of Worship we found brother Branham making the statement, ... Will there be another revival, I will see another time?"

I believe this is a serious issue that we must deal with, because if we do not understand what is going on now, then we can not have the rest we are promised. Now, all the mysteries have been revealed, right? Then this thought of whether there will be another revival or not has been cleared up for us. But remember every answer is in the book.

1 Peter 1: 3 - 7 We are to receive the trial of our faith which is a revelation, but since it is revealed to us and the revelation is what is being tested, then we already have the answers.

Wuest: 1 PETER 1: 6 - 8 “In which last season you are to be constantly rejoicing with a joy that expresses itself in a triumphant exuberance, although for a little while at the present time if perchance there is a need for it, you have been made sorrowful in the midst of many different kinds of testings in order that the approval of your faith, which faith was examined by testing for the purpose of being approved, that the approval being much more precious than the approval of Gold which perishes, even though that gold be approved by fire testing, may be discovered after scrutiny to result in praise and Glory and Honor at the time of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.”

So we see the test is given in order for an approval to be given. Why? Because not only is this test a test of our Faith which is the revelation of Jesus Christ that we have received in this hour, but if it is truly revealed, then we have the answers.

Habakkuk 2: 1 Not, I shall answer, but I will listen to hear what answer I am to give. If you are given a test and the one testing you tells you what the questions will be on the test and then also tells you what the answers you should reply, then how can you fail the test.

Revelations 10: 1 - 7 He has come down with the book open. Then the trial of our faith is an open book test. And since time shall be no more, this is not a timed test. We stay here till we pass.

And remember, as we read this morning in Habakkuk, We are not only to wait to hear what God will tell us but we are to wait to hear what our answer is to be. The test and the answers have been given.

1 Peter 1: 13

Hebrews 4: 9 - 11 Study to enter into His rest.

Now this test is to test the revelation we have received. And it has to deal with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. And a test is always given out to test the persons understanding. A test is an examination, experiment or trial used to prove the value or ascertain the nature of something. That is why we see the nature is predicted by God to come forth in Praise, Honor and Glory. And what is this particular thing that is being tested. The scripture says it is our faith. And Br. Branham taught us that Faith is what? A revelation. And doesn’t this scripture tell us what Revelation we will be tested on? It says, this test will come at the time of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. So we will be tested by God as to whether we understand the Revelation of Jesus Christ. In other words, Godhead. Now I could take a whole sermon on the importance of understanding the Godhead and what it does for you, but then I would be deviating from this subject matter that we find in this paragraph of Br. Branham’s.

6 GOD'S PROVIDED PLACE WORSHIP 65-1128.1M Now, there's... I was... getting pretty old, and I thought, "Will I... Will there be another revival, I will see another time?"

And so we examined this thought here about Revival because we all long for a revival to sweep us off our feet and into the arms of Christ. I believe that is a feeling we all have.

But Br. Branham asked a very important question here. Will there be another revival. So as we read in Habakkuk 2, we must go to the same Word that asked the question to find our answer.

It’s kind of like when David Pollard asked me back in 1982 a very pertinent question concerning the Presence of God among us. He asked me this, “ If the fullness of God has come down and is here, is the body of Jesus lifeless on the altar of God? . I said, Dave, I’ll answer your question with a question. “ If you can tell me with what Spirit Jesus went from Gethsemane to the Cross, I’ll tell you it was that same spirit that is in Him now making intercession for our confession, because Br. Branham told us that the Fullness of God left Him in Gethsemany”.

HABAKKUK 2: 1 - 2 NIV “I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what He will say to me, and what answer I am to give...Then the Lord replied: Write down the Revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the Revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false, though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and not delay”.

Now we are looking at this revival, or this thought on whether there will be another or not. And we were driving home a point that the same Word source that asked the question is also that which has the answers. Remember, He came down and has given us an open book exam. So here are a few things Br. Branham said about whether or not there will be another revival.

E-96 BE NOT AFRAID 63-0607 And now, he sees us sitting like this out here. The revival's over. We... here not long ago, why, the revival was burning. And now it seems like it's kind of hard to get the church filled up. The pastors tell me that it's hard nowadays. And the people won't go to church. They'd rather stay home and watch television, or something. The love has gone out of their heart. And Satan has seen us go off on this tantrum, and... went off without Jesus. And he thinks it's his opportunity. He said, "Now I will sink them. When I've got them off, I will sink them. That's... just be the thing that I will do. I caught them now without Christ. They left Him behind."

That’s the problem with the people in this message. They went off without Jesus, because they don’t even know Who came down. Jesus is the Revival. He is “the Way, the Truth and the Life. He said, I am the resurrection and the Life!”

E-58 AWAKENING JESUS 63-0117“ about fifteen years ago we come through this country and there was a revival. My! And you know what we're doing today? Just talking about it. The revival's over. It's been over a long time. We're just living on the results of it, waiting.”

So waiting for what? What must we wait for? Remember. When we are in a position where we are not sure or we just don’t know, we can not be at rest. So we have got to know what this waiting is all about. Then we can sit back and watch and wait. Looking for the thing we are waiting on. Because the word wait suggests a looking for. Then you must know what you are waiting for or it could come and you would miss it. So, would anyone like to take an uneducated guess as to what He says we are waiting on?

E-7 THEN.JESUS.CAME.AND.CALLED -- TAMPA.FL -- 64-0417 We wonder why the revival's not going on right now, why we don't see the enthusiasm with the people. I don't know why, but let's just think. What if it's like this? Maybe there's a little boy in here tonight, or a little girl, was born over in Seattle, Washington. Now that book holds her name. He come to redeem whose name was on that book. "Redeem" means bring back from where it fell from, and in the human race she was fell. And she can't accept it now--she's too young. So the church will slug right along, just play along. We will have meetings, and so forth, till that last person is brought in. Then that book is closed. There's no more added. Then it's all over until... When that time will be, none of us knows, but let's just keep doing all that we can to his glory until that time is over.

What an answer. We are simply waiting for that last one to come in and be child trained. Could it be one of the little one here this morning? I hope so.

Now this takes us to Wednesday night’s Message number 4 in this series. We read PP. # 14 where brother Branham said, “There’s only one thing. ‘Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the full duty of man.”

We examined once again the scriptures to see what God’s Prophet was trying to tell us and we saw that this word duty here is a word which means “any action required by ones position.” And notice how brother Branham referred to our duty as being our full duty. We also examined this in light of the scripture and we found that the time of fullness is at the time of adoption.

Romans 11: 25 so what is this fullness? Brother Branham said our full duty to God is to fear Him, Respect Him is such a way as to revere and hold sacred what He says, and then to simply keep what He says, to do His ways once we know His ways. To be a reflection of Him. And that is what any father would expect from His child.

Galatians 4: 4

Now John 14 speaks of this end-time. And we see that specifically John 14: 12 speaks of the ministry of Jesus Christ in brother Branham’s ministry in this hour.

171 SUPER.SIGN -- SHP.LA -- V-17 N-7 -- 63-1129 It's on your hands, tonight, throwed right back in your lap! Hebrews 13:8, regardless of how many Council of Churches we have, still remains as "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." "The works that I do!" If--if His Life is in you, it'll manifest Jesus Christ. Amen. Now you all can't be that one, but you can be a part of that, with your faith. All of them couldn't be a Jesus, when they was on earth, but they could believe Him and accept the message. There was one Moses, one Elijah, one Noah, on down, always been that, but the rest of them could accept it. And they would a--had no ministry unless there had been somebody believe it. Jesus would a--had no ministry unless somebody believed it. Paul would a--had no ministry unless somebody believed it.

Ephesians 1: 3 - 10 & 11 - 23