God’s Only Provided Place of
Worship # 23
Brian Kocourek,
Your Actions Prove Your Thoughts
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So, you see, as long as there's
something in the human heart a-calling for something, there's got to be
something out there to respond, to satisfy that call.
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A woman... An autopsy was held here sometime ago on a woman that died.
And the reason, they--they claim, that killed her, she eat onions just
constantly, all the time. If she wasn't eating onions, her head would be
itching, and everything; they couldn't make it out. So holding the autopsy,
they found a growth in the woman of some kind of cells; they had a--a name for
it. And they could take that growth and put it in a bowl of onions, and it
dissolved the onions overnight. See? What was it? It was something in the woman a-calling for onion, and if there had
been no onions there'd a-been no growth.
She had a hunger in her to satisfy a life that was in
her. The hunger came from the life form in her.
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In other words, there has to be a Creator first, before there could be a
creation. See?
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Now, if in the human heart there
is a longing, like Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, all these
others, trying to find that one true way, and they're told by their priests
and pastors, and so forth, that "This is the true way." They say, the
priest says, "There's no salvation outside the Catholic church."
If there wasn't something in the peoples hearts
calling out for Methodist or Baptist or whatever, then there wouldn't be a
Hosea 4: 9
2 Tim 4: 3
2 Cor 10: 5
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Well, each church takes his... their own ideas.
Some of them won't admit it, but they do it by their action. Your action speaks
louder than your words. It's just a... In otherwise, they're just more of a
hypocrite than the Catholic is. The Catholic confesses it right out, "I
believe that this is the only thing," but they won't do that. They hide it, but their actions prove what
they're thinking. See? Why? Rev 18: 12
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That's why Hebrews
2 Peter 2: 3
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Now, there's got to be then one place, because there is a desire in the
human heart to find It. And I think that the Word of
God has the answer for everything that we have need
of. So God has the answer, and let's search for it now in the Scriptures. And
then if God will show us by the Scriptures the only place, the only grounds,
(the only denomination, if it's so), the only way that God will meet a man,
then we should hold to that 'cause we found the Truth of the Bible, what It says.
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Now, the word Deuteronomy, the word itself means "two laws,"
the word Deuteronomy. And God has two laws. The two laws: one of them is
disobedient to the Word, and die; and the other one is obedience to the Word,
and live. That's the two laws, and Deuteronomy means those two laws. They have
both been absolutely displayed to us in the Scripture. One of them is death,
the other one is Life; Life and death. God deals only in Life, Satan only in
death. And these was displayed to the world publicly,
openly before every eye, and there's no excuse for it. One of them was
displayed on Mount Sinai when the law was given, which condemned the whole
human race to death; the other one was give on Mount Calvary, that brought the
whole human race to Life, when the penalty was paid in Jesus Christ. The two
laws of Deuteronomy was fulfilled in these two great
things.
Deut 29: 19
Psalm 62:4
Deut 30: 15 - 20
James 3: 10
Deut 28: =>
Prov 11:19,
John 5: 24
Romans
Psalm 109:17
Luke
2 Cor
2 Tim 1: 10
John 3: 14 - 23
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I want you to notice again, there was also two covenants give. One
covenant was given to Adam, which was on conditions,
like law: "If you will not touch this, then you will live; but if you
touch this, you will die." That was a law. Then there was another law
given to Abraham, which was by grace, unconditionally:
"I have saved you and your seed," after him. Amen! That is a type of
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But now we hear Him say there is only one place where He will meet man
to worship. You heard it right here in my text. We will refer to it, back, in a
few minutes.
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Then if there's only one place that God meets man, we had better be very
careful. Now let's lay aside our traditions this morning, and... in this Sunday-school lesson, and be very sure that we find
that one place. Because, God has said here, He will not receive you in any
other place. Any other church, He won't receive you in. Only in His Church, the
only place He will receive you.
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Now, "What'd you say, Brother Branham? If I'm
sincere?" No.
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Remember, Jesus talked to some sincere people, the worshipers for His
day, and He said, "In vain do you worship Me."
True, genuine worship from the bottom of their hearts.
"In vain do you worship Me, teaching for doctrine
the commandments of man," or their denominational creed. Sincere, reverently, just as religious as they can be. And
that wasn't new just with the Pharisees. Cain and Abel, the first two
worshipers that was borned, natural birth here on
earth, absolutely came in the same attitude.
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Cain
was just as religious as Abel was. They both built altars. They both loved God.
They both made sacrifices. They both worshipped. They both paid tithe. They both done everything just alike. But Abel, by faith which is
"the revelation" (the Word of God revealed, made plain, showed out,
and vindicated.) Glory! Cain made an offering, but God didn't vindicate it. God
required worship, and Cain made the offering; but God didn't vindicate it. But
by the true channel...
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You say, "Well, my church is It. My..."Wait just a minute. God
interprets His Own Word by Its terms that He spoke in. See, Cain said, "I
am religious. I am a lover of my Maker. I offer to Thee this fine altar. I
offer to You this sacrifice. I built all these things
up, Lord, because I love you." Abel said the same thing. Now it's the one
that's vindicated, the one that's proven. And God come down and received Abel's
sacrifice, because by revelation he had struck the true channel of God that was
accepted.
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Now watch that Cain spirit come right down through the Scripture, right
on to this very last day. Fundamental? Just as
fundamental as the other one was.
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Look at the prophet Balaam and the prophet Moses. Both of them with
seven altars, Jehovah's altars, blood on each one; and not only that, but rams
on each one. In numerology, exactly the right number, seven,
"perfect," seven rams. Just exactly alike, both
altars. As fundamental as one was, the other one was also. But who did
God vindicate? See? See? The one that was in His Word.
Fundamental doesn't mean too much; it's the revelation of God.
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Now think! These man, why was they called and was put in this condition
(these Pharisees) by Jesus, said, "In vain you worship Me"?
Worship Him: genuine worship, true worship from their hearts. "You... In
vain you worship Me." Why? "Teaching for
doctrine their tradition of man, therefore you make the commandments of God of
no effect to the people."
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If I brought you a Methodist message, it would take no effect on you,
this is Bride time. If Moses taught the message of Noah, it would take no
effect. If Jesus taught Moses' message, it would take no effect. Because the
predestinated seed are laying there that will only be
watered by that type of water that's give for that seed. See? It won't grow any
other condition. It must be the condition that grows it.