God’s Only Provided Place of Worship # 113

Brian Kocourek, January 28, 1996

The True Ones

Last Night we spoke from pp. 282 through 284 and we examined Brother Branham's statement, where he said, ... (Word goes to Word!) and (When the Bride goes up, Word by Word)...

We focused our thought upon these two statements, and we found that the first of these, ("Word goes to Word!") shows a sort of magnetic attraction of One to the Other. And since he said, Word goes to Word we know he is speaking of we who are the thoughts of God having become manifest in flesh in this hour, go to God our Father Who is the Fountain of Eternal Thought, which is called the Word. So we see the attraction is due to being of like mind or substance.

I used the example of a magnet that I keep in the garage that I use to sweep over my grass to pull out nails and sharp metal objects. If I left the Magnet in my garage it would never be able to express it's strong pulling power. So I must bring it out into my yard and sweep over the grass in order for it to have an effect upon the nails in my grass. So to God Who is the Great Magnet as brother Branham put it, had to come down in this hour and sweep over the field of the world in order to have the right pull upon us. And in doing so we as the Bride of Christ, and as the thoughts of God expressed for this age were drawn up by this Pull of God and as we were attracted to it we then go to it showing we have our source from and In Him.

Þ [ John 3: 16 - 21] (Read) If we have our source in God, we can not help but to go to Him, and He is the Light.

Þ In [Genesis 1: 1-11] ( read) We see this gathering together like kind together in order to bring forth Life.

Þ In [ Eph 1: 3-10]

And so too, God has come down in this hour to sweep over the field of this world to draw together in One place, (That's the Magnet of the Word) all things in Christ. And then when we feel the sweep of His Presence, It draws us toward Him in a magnetic fashion that pulls us from the world and the things of the world. Here in Verse 3-4, we see that we were first in Him, in His mind, and then at the end-time there is to be a gathering together of all things which were in Him that had come forth into manifestation, It is these things which will be drawn together back to Him.

Þ [ 2 Thess 2: 1] ( Read) We again see this gathering together takes place around the Parousia of Christ, but if you notice [ 2 Thess 1: 10] (read) it all has to do with our being attracted to the Mind of God and actually receiving His own mind in us.

Þ [ 1 John 3: 1 - 3] This purifying ourselves is letting our own thinking go!

Þ Again we see this mind set forming in [ 1 Cor 1: 4-10] (read) We must first come into the same mind-set, so we see the attraction is in the mind first.

Now it is this Mind-set that has drawn us toward God our Father Himself. Look, we can not see God. Many of us here with the exception of My wife never saw Brother Branham or the manifestation of the Spirit of God in His ministry. So we are not that generation that was attracted by the miracles, but we are that generation who were attracted by The Word of God, and that alone. "More blessed are they which have not seen yet believe." Now, I would challenge any one who says we do not believe in the Supernatural Power of God, because we have seen more miracles in this church than any other that I know of in this Message.

Þ We've seen Howard's cancer healed and we have the x-rays to prove it and the doctors statement as well. We've seen Jill born with her femur disjointed from her hip and God set it back into it's socket after she was prayed for.

Þ I've seen God heal a man who was Paralyzed completely on the left side of his body get up and walk again, after being prayed for, when the doctors thought they would have remove two discs from his back that were totally deteriorated. After we prayed for him they x-rayed him again and said they have never seen anything like it. His discs were totally healed.

Þ My own daughter Christina, was healed of ITP which is a form of Leukemia over 12 years ago and she's been healthy ever since. The doctors told us it was one of the worst cases they had ever seen because her white platelet count was only so low. But God who is rich in mercy proved that he is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Þ Brother Guy Gillis came all the way up from New Albany, to be came prayed for because he had a tumor in his side the size of an egg. After we had prayer for him, when other ministers found out that he had this tumor, they wanted to pray for him as well, but he just told them he had already been prayed for and believed it was enough. That's faith for you. And that tumor left his side.

But in spite of all that, It is not the miracles that attracts me to my God. Those things are wonderful, but after it's all done, we are still left in this old pest house and in these bodies that are dying daily. But, It is the Revelation of Jesus Christ that attracts me to Him. That is what will take us out of here! I can't say that I am not interested in the miracles, because I would be lying if I said that. But they are only a miner compared to knowing Him in the power of His Resurrection.

It's the Revelation of the Seventh Seal that attracts the Bride and will bring forth Rapturing power to take us away from this pest house. In the Message called, [Feast of the Trumpets] He said,. "Now, as soon as this Church, the Bride is drawed together, she is taken up; in that mystery of the Seventh Seal, or the Seventh Seal, the mystery a-going." And so we are being drawn together by the Revelation of Jesus Christ, Who He is and what He is doing here! That is what brings forth a gathering together all things in Christ!

And so we see this mystery going is the Rapture, the catching away of the Bride as we term it, and notice he said the Bride is drawn together by this mystery and then as she is caught up into it Spiritually, her body must manifest it and when it does, she literally will be taken out of here. No wonder he started singing, Oh, won't that be a happy meeting, Won't that... (Word goes to Word!) meeting, (When the Bride goes up, Word by Word)... happy meeting, On the other shore. Oh, that bright day may be tomorrow, That bright day may be tomorrow, That bright day may be tomorrow, On the other shore.]

In pp. [ 290] Brother Branham said, We see every other thing moving right up to this time. We see the Scripture being vindicated, proved. And ( just as ) we see That, Lord, You with our own eyes (being made manifest), some day there will be a Rapture and we will see the manifestation of that Word, "For the Son of man shall come in the clouds of glory, with His holy angels with Him, and we will be caught up to meet Him in the air." It will then be... We hear of it now, then we will see it with our own eyes.

What He is saying here is that in order for you will ever see the manifestation of the Rapture when it happens, you have got to see the manifestation of His Presence here now, among us. We must see the Manifestation of the Presence of God now, or we will not see the manifestation of the Rapture when it takes place.

And remember as we read from [ Deut 29:29](read) Whatsoever has been revealed belongs to us and to our children forever. Then the Rapture is ours as well. I don't have to wait for it to happen to know whether I'm a part of it. I know by Thus Saith the Lord that I am already a part of it, because I see Him standing before us, manifesting Himself to us now? Even as He did 30 years ago through His Prophet.

The next thing we hear brother Branham say is in PP [284] when He actually quotes Jesus, as saying, [ 284] Yes, sir! When the Lutheran of that age, the Wesley's of their age, the Pentecostals of their age (the true ones, not the denominationals); the Pentecostals, the one that added leaven (their denomination), died. But this true Word moving on, see. Just like Jesus said, (1)"At that day, (2)you will know that (3)I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, and I in you and you in Me." (C) It's all the Word

[ Oh, won't that be a happy meet... (when His sons gather to His gate) ... happy meeting, Won't that be a happy meeting, On the other shore.]

Now notice again that brother Branham says, not all the Lutherans of their day, and not all the Pentecostals of their day, but the True Ones. Then he tells us who the True ones are when he says, Not the ones who add their own leaven or their own thoughts to what the Word for their hour declared, but those who receive it as it was presented and move on with the True Word for their hour. Those are the ones who will be there at this Glorious meeting on the other shore. Not just anyone who claims to follow the Message, but those who actually believe it and have received it as it was presented to them. The Real true believers.

He quotes Jesus saying, (1)"At that day, (2)you will know that (3)I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, and I in you and you in Me." (C) It's all the Word Now this is taken from [ John 14: 20] where we hear Jesus say, At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. But this really doesn't tell us what day, but if you'll notice He says, "At that day ye shall know" So we see (#1) "At that day" Speaks of a Specific time, or day. And #2 there will be a certain knowledge and what is that knowledge? (#3)That I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, and I in you and you in Me." Godhead!

Let's read verse [19-21] Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Jesus is saying "there is coming a time when the world will not see me but those who Believe and possess my Word, shall see Me because I will come and manifest Myself to them. Then at the day when this happens, You will know the Relationship that I have with the Father, you will also have this relationship."

In order to find out what form this manifestation takes place we must back up to [John 14:12] 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 shall he do; because I go unto my Father. He, Singular! From pp. 171 of the Message [ Super Sign] Brother Branham quotes [John 14:12] then says, "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.

That Day that Jesus is speaking of is the Day when [John 14: 12] manifests itself to the people. [John 14:18] I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. So really john 14: 12 is Christ Himself through a prophet. And it is not the body Jesus that was talking to the Apostles, because Jesus continues in verse [19] Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. And because He Lives, we shall also live. Now who then is speaking here? The Father or the Son? Who is it that raised up Jesus from the grave and gave Him Life? In [ John 5: 26 ] We read, "For as the Father has Life in Himself,; so hath He given to the Son to have Life in Himself." So we see that this Life comes forth from the Father into His Son and then into Sons, and this is what Jesus is telling us here in [ John 14: 20] At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. God-Life by God's Word. He that hath my commandments,( Possesses My Word) and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. The same in today, (2) "you will know"You will know what? To know means you will have an understanding of something. And so we must ask ourselves, what this understanding is. He tells us that it has to do with a relationship between Christ and the Father and how we fit in.

(3) "I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, and I in you and you in Me." In that day we shall have an understanding of how we fit into this glorious relationship of the Father and His Son. He says, "I (Christ, the Word of God Expressed), am in the Father, (That Great Fountain that contains and authors this Eternal Expressed thought), and the Father, ( The Great Fountain of Eternal thought) is in Me ( the Word Expressed) And I (The Word Expressed) in you, ( God's other thoughts expressed) and You ( God's other thoughts expressed) in Me ( the Fullness of God's Expressed thoughts).

In Conclusion Brother Branham let's us know that "It's all the Word"

[285] Now, church, we're teaching now. But, remember, when you leave here, start moving out of the shuck now; you're going into the grain, but lay in the Presence of the Son. Don't add to what I've said, don't take away what I've said. Because, I speak the Truth as far as I know It, as the Father has given to me. See? Don't add to It, just say what I said.

[286] The thing of it is, just tell the people to come seek the Lord Jesus. And then you yourself lay right in His Presence, just make love to Him, "O Lord Jesus, Son of God, I love You. Tender my heart, Lord. Take away all the filth and the love of the world, and let me live holy in this present world before You."

And what is His Presence that we can lay in? It is His Revealed Word! The Scripture tells us, As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. And out from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. This tells us that the only way we will really know some one is if they open their mouth and speak. And when they do they will give away who and what they are because you can't help but declare who you are and what you are when you speak. You don't really know a person by what they do, but by what they say. So when we see God descend in [1 Thess 4: 16] (read) with a shout, we know it is a declaration of Who and What He is. Because after all, He is the Word!

[287] Shall we bow our heads for prayer. Now, let's see, have you got anybody chosen to dismiss in prayer? Or, I will, then. Be real reverent.

[288] Dear God, we thank You that we have had our spiritual diet. We thank You, Lord, that the vitamin of the Word grows sons of God. It does not affect on any other type of character, only on sons and daughters of God. So we thank You for It. And we pray, God, that we will profit therewith, that we will not only thank Thee. We thank You for It, but may we use the strength to try to (by Love) persuade people to believe in our God; the wayward, the sinners, the women, the man, the boys, the girls, in this age.

Þ [ Matt 13: 10 ] (Read) And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Now, who is this them that He is speaking of here?

Þ [ Mark 4: 11] And He said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the Mystery if the Kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables. And the word here for without is the Greek word EXO which we get our word exit from. Those out side the door.

Þ [ Rev 3: 20] Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man ( singular) hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to Him and will Sup with Him, and he with me. This word come into means exactly what He says. It is this one that opens the Door, ( which is the Word, So it has got to be a Prophet whom the Word of the Lord comes to) It is this One that I will enter into and begin feeding).

Þ [James 5: 7-9] Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

[ Matt 25: 1-13] Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish. They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom; come out to meet him. ( Not go out to meet him for this would suggest that the Voice of the Shout was inside with them). Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Þ [288] Dear God, we thank You that we have had our spiritual diet. We thank You, Lord, that the vitamin of the Word grows sons of God. It does not affect on any other type of character, only on sons and daughters of God. So we thank So we see that there has to be a certain makeup in the Elect in order to be affected in a certain way whereas others can not be affected in the same way.

Þ [ Matt 13: 11-17 ] For whosoever hath, {Echo} (Made of such a nature as to be able to echo) to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

[ Mark 4: 1 - 20, then 24-25] ( Read) And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. Let's bow our heads and pray!