God’s Only Provided Place
of Worship # 19
Sunday Morning
The Place Where God Places His Name
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Now, let's take for our text...
I want to read from the Book of Deuteronomy, the Old Testament, just for a setting of Scripture. I have a few notes I wrote out quickly
after I'd come back from breakfast with Brother Vayle.
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I never did get to thank the
man over at that hotel... that restaurant the other night, that paid for
our--for our supper. Wife and I and my little girl was
over there, and when I went to pay my bill, somebody had paid it. Ever who it
was, I thank you. Said, "The man that set on the end of
the bench." Course there was a whole group in there that we knowed. Now, I... some kind of a Kickapoo,
something like that, the place out here, restaurant we were at. Thank you, ever
who it was that did that. Each one of you, God bless
you.
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Now, in 16th chapter of Deuteronomy, it's the Passover observance.
So we wish to read about the first few verses, first four or five, six verses
here:
"Observe the month of Abib, and keep the
Passover unto the Lord thy God... (that means
"April").. for in the month of this Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of
Now may the Lord add His blessings to the reading of His Word.
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Now, is the microphone got a
blur in it? Last night I heard they were. Can you hear all right, all over? You
can't hear. [Brother Branham adjusts the microphone--Ed.] Is that better? Is
this better, speaking with the microphones down like this? I'm just a little
hoarse, so I'm standing close this morning for that purpose, and I hope that
Brother Pearry can--can get it out there. Can you
hear it all right now? I think they've fixed it up. All
right.
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Now, the pla...
The thing I want to speak about this morning is that God has only one place that the worshiper can meet God, only one
place. Through the ages many has
sought for this secret place of God, through all the ages. Even Job
wanted to know where He lived at,
"If I could only go to His house and knock at His door." Job wanted to find God's dwelling place, 'cause there God and His family is worshipped together.
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Like yesterday, in the message
yesterday morning, we find out that there
is a possibility of a person to worship God in vain, with sincere
worship. God has all these things fixed out for us, but the thing of it is,
we have to search to find where they are. Paul told Timothy to search, and
to--to be in season and out of season, ready to give a--a--a word or... of the
hope that was within him.
Now this morning, I would
like to focus our attention on what brother Branham is using as his text as
well as his immediate statement right after he reads his text. He reads from
Deuteronomy 16: Now let's just look again at what he reads here.
"Thou may not
sacrifice the Passover within any of the
gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
But at the place which the LORD thy God
has chosen to place his name in, there thou shall sacrifice the Passover at
evening, at the going down of the
sun, at the season that thou comest forth out of Egypt"
I would like to point out
three things that we will focus upon today.
"Thou may not
sacrifice the Passover within any of the
gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
But at the place which the LORD thy God
has chosen to place his name in"
1) He is speaking about gates. He says not
just any gate will do, but the one I have
chosen to place my name in is the only one
that will do. So point number 1) we
are looking at a
specific place where God will meet with us and receive our
sacrifice, not
just any gate: So what does the
scripture mean when it says gates?
Next he reads..."there
thou shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou comest
forth out of
2) So we see here that in point
number 2, we are looking at a season, and the
timing.
When our sacrifice to God will be acceptable.
Point number one points to the place or just exactly where our
sacrifice will be acceptable and point number 2 tells us the timing or just
when it will be acceptable. The season that this will
happen. Now remember, timing is
very important.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven."
Now, so far we have these two points to
look at but there is a third point I want to exam as well. That can be found in
brother Branham's comments on this scripture he read for his text. Notice in
Paragraph 48 he said, " The thing I want to
speak about this morning is that God has
only one place that the worshiper can meet God, only one place. Through the ages many has sought for
this secret place of God, through all the ages. Even Job wanted to know
where He lived at, "If I
could only go to His house and knock at His door." Job wanted to find God's dwelling place, 'cause there God and His family is worshipped together.
Now if you will notice he is
telling us that there is only one place where God will receive our sacrifice
and that is where He is. In His Presence. Now this is
very important for you to understand, because his next comment in paragraph 49
tells you that outside of this one place your worship will not be accepted. He
says, "Like yesterday, in the
message yesterday morning, we find out that there is a possibility of a person to worship
God in vain, with sincere worship. God has all these things
fixed out for us, but the thing of it is, we have to search to find where they
are."
So you see that a person
could be very sincere, but outside of God's provided place of worship their
worship is in vain.
3) "there is a possibility of a person to worship
God in vain, with sincere
worship."
Again we find point number
one is that God has a specific place where He will receive us and then point
number two, there is a season when this is to take place and point number
three, if either the place or the season is off, the worship is only in vain no
matter how sincere we are. So let's go to the Word of God and establish these
three points this morning.
1) He is speaking about gates. He says not
just any gate will do, but the one I have
chosen to place my name in is the only one
that will do. So point number 1) we
are looking at a
specific place where God will meet with us and receive our
sacrifice, not
just any gate: So what does the
scripture mean when it says gates?
Gates: What does the word gate refer to. Why does He
tell us "not any gate will do". The first
instance we see in the Bible using the word gate we find
Jeremiah 15: 6 - 7 (read)
GENESIS.19:1
And there came two angels to
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Did you notice
Jesus, in His speaking of the coming, second coming, He said, "As it was
in the days of Noah, they'd be eating, drinking, marrying, and given in
marriage." But when He spoke of the days of
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As there was
DEUTERONOMY.16:18
Judges and officers shalt
thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just
judgment.
EXODUS.32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate
of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD'S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
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Who set at the gate to judge when they come
into the City? Oh, my, there you are. The
kings of the earth, entering into the City, comes before the apostolic judge, as Jesus promised.
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There's always three
classes of people. There was Abraham, the elected and called out,
outside of Sodom itself; there was Lot, the church member or
denominational man, down--he became part of that world by being the mayor of
the city--set in the gate, he was a judge, which is a mayor; and there was
Sodom itself.
1) So in point number one where he says, "not
just any gate will do, but the one I have chosen to place my name in is the only one that will
do.
John 10: 9 NIV " I am the gate; whoever enters
through me will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture." And pasture to a sheep is where he finds His
food in due season.
Revelations 3: 20 He stands at the door knocking.
If we open, He will leadus
out to pasture to eat. He says, if you open I will come in and then you may
begin eating with Me.
James 5: 9 Now remember, the
door or gate has to do with judgment, and here we find the Judge standing at
the door.
2 Peter 1: 10 - 12 So an entrance will be
ministered unto you.
Now when we see that God is
telling the people that just not any entrance will do, but He is letting them
know it is the place where He is, that's where His name is, where he is present.
And it is Here and only here in His presence that He
will accept our sacrifice. So any one outside of His presence
has no hope of being accepted by Him.
1 John 1: 7 'If we walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." It says as He is in the
Light. So it is Presence we must be in to have our sins forgiven, and to be
accepted.
"there
thou shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou comest
forth out of
2) So we see here that in point
number 2, we are looking at a season, and the timing.
When our sacrifice
to God will be acceptable.
Now the Jehovah witnesses
believe in a Parousia of Christ. But they believe it took place in 1917. So
then what they were looking for was in the wrong season. Therefore it was
incorrect. Noah's message would not work
in Moses day. And Moses Message didn't work in Jesus day. They said, we have
Moses, but who are you? And He said, I am the one He
longed to see. Then they tried to stone Him. So the timing is so crucial.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the heaven."
kairos {kahee-ros'}
is used in the new testament to signify
" a season, a time or a period, " possessed of certain
characteristics.
I.PETER.1:5 Who are kept by
the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time.
1 Peter 1: 5
WUEST "You who are being kept guarded by the power of God through faith
for a salvation ready to be revealed in a last season which is epochal and strategic in it's
significance."
I.PETER.1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did
signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory
that should follow.
MATTHEW.24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom
his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
LUKE.1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able
to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their
season.
MATTHEW.8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus,
thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us
before the time?
MATTHEW.13:30 Let both grow together until
the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the
wheat into my barn.
MATTHEW.16:3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red
and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the
face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times?
MATTHEW.21:41 They
say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out
[his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in
their seasons.
MARK.11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might
find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves;
for the time of figs was not [yet].
MARK.12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might
receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
MARK.13:33 Take ye heed, watch and
pray: for ye know not when the time is.
LUKE.8:13 They on the rock [are
they], which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no
root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
LUKE.12:56 [Ye] hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not
discern this time?
LUKE.19:44 And shall lay
thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not
leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest
not the time of thy visitation.
LUKE.21:8 And
he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name,
saying, I am [Christ]; and the time draweth near: go
ye not therefore after them.
LUKE.21:36 Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
JOHN.5:4 For an angel went
down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then
first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had.
JOHN.7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet
come: but your time is alway ready.
JOHN.7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I
go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
ACTS.3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be
converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing
shall come from the presence of the Lord;
ACTS.17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of
their habitation;
ROMANS.5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly.
ROMANS.9: For this [is] the word of
promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have
a son.
ROMANS.13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of
sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
GALATIANS.6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not.
I.CORINTHIANS.4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
EPHESIANS.1:10 That in the dispensation of
the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:
EPHESIANS.5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
COLOSSIANS.4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them
that are without, redeeming the time
II.THESSALONIANS.2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might
be revealed in his time.
I.THESSALONIANS.5:1 - 5 But of the times and the
seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night For when
they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as
travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren,
are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all
the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch
and be sober.
I.TIMOTHY.4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; II.TIMOTHY.4:3 For the time will come when
they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap
to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
II.TIMOTHY.3:1
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
I.PETER.5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you
in due time:
REVELATION.22:10
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
So you can see that there
are many scriptures that refer to specific seasons. The season is marked by a
certain characteristic peculiar to itself. And that is why brother Branham is
telling us in this message that to worship outside of God's presence at the
time that He is Present is to worship in vain. You might worship but it won't
do you any good, it won't be of any benefit to you. That is why
he had to preach this message before he preached the Rapture message. To warn us to get into Christ. For "If you walk in the Light as
He is in the Light, then you have fellowship one with another, and the
blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."