God’s Only Provided Place of
Worship # 72
Brian Kocourek Communion Message
We Live
By the Word
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Thessalonians 3: 3 - 5 Prayer
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We live in our home like Branhams live. You live in your home, the Joneses, like
the Joneses live.
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And in the House of God we live
by the Word of God and every One that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God, and any other, fraud, we won't listen to him. See?
Now before we go further, I just want to add
this. There is a preacher who is telling his people that "under the shout
the Husbands are supposed to control their families, but under the voice we no
longer are responsible to control our families." To me that man needs to be born again. Where
does he get that from anyway? Show me scripture and verse. And yet you might
think that he is off into lala land somewhere, but
you do the same by your actions. Then who is the hypocrite? The one who says it
and does it or the one who doesn't say it yet does it by your actions. He said , "in the House of God we live by the Word of
God and every One that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God,"
Tonight I would like to take a short dedicational
Message before we partake of communion together. Notice, brother Branham said, "we live in our home like Branham's Live and in the house of
God we live by the Word of God." Now is he saying that these
should be two different things? I don't believe so. I was listening to a video tape of
brother Billy Paul Branham the other night as he was being asked questions by
teenage kids who are being brought up in this message. And the overall theme of
his testimony was
the way in which his father, Brother Branham, conducted their home in the same
manner as he did from the pulpit. He kept the banner of Gods Love, Grace and
reverence in their home at all times held over his family. He literally applied the Token to His
home. Now, we know that brother Branham
believed in creating an atmosphere where ever we go. And He certainly was a
living example of Love and reverence and respect. Something
that we all need more of in our lives.
I think today, we need to re address this issue of
Home and House of God, because I think that is where we are missing the
mark. We should be so aware of Gods
presence that we would find it very hard to do things in our own homes knowing
full well, that He is right there on the scene. I mean, dirty talk. Saying
things or repeating things that others have done that should never be repeated.
Whether it be someone's actions or just their dirty
talk.
Brother Branham even asked his father to never come to
his home when he had been drinking.
Now in paragraph number 233 we read ...."My
action, and the vindication of God's Word in my life
shows whether I'm a child of God or not. Now, there's God's only place. See it?
The only place that God will receive your sacrifice (I don't care how sincere
you are) is in Christ." And Sunday we tied this into the next few
paragraphs where he said, 234 And remember... You say, "Well,
I believed I come in too." Remember, the Bible says... You say,
"Well, the Bible said, `Whosoever believeth that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, is saved, shall be saved.' "
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It
says that, but remember it also is written, also is written, "No man can call Jesus the Christ, only by
the Holy Ghost." See? You might say
"he is," but he isn't until
the Holy Spirit Itself which gives Life to the Word proves it by vindication
that you are the son of God.
That's the Scripture. Now let's just turn to this scripture that
brother Branham refers to here. Where he quoted, "No man can call Jesus the Christ, only
by the Holy Ghost." Brother Branham is telling us here that,
"just because you say you believe it, doesn't really mean that you believe
it." And that is what I'm trying to
tell you. The only way I can tell if you believe it is if your life is
manifesting what you claim to believe.
If Noah really didn't believe God's Message of the
rain, he would not have built the ark. If Moses did not really believe God's
Message of an Exodus, He would not have left
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John 5: 1 - 5 (read)
Now tonight we're looking at this statement brother
Branham said, We live in our home like Branhams live.
You live in your home, the Joneses, like the Joneses live. And in the House of God we live by the Word of
God and every One that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God,
Now, brother Branham was a mild mannered individual.
He tried to live at peace with all men. He was not loud, nor was he an
outspoken person, but he was humble and quiet. One day Brother Branham took
Billy Paul and his wife and 2 kids to a restaurant and as they were sitting
there eating, in walked 2 rugged looking men. They walked up to the counter and
sat on the stool side by side. One of them began to pour out filthy talk from his mouth.
Billy said, " I could see dad becoming disturbed
and the next thing I knew he excused himself from the table and headed over
toward those men. Billy Paul remembered thinking, "oh, oh, now were in trouble." Brother Branham walked up to where
the 2 men were eating and talking filthy talk and he said, "sir,
I am a minister of the Gospel, And I am over there at that table eating with my boy
and his family. " he said, "Now,
you have as much of a right to eat here as I do, And I have as much of a right
to eat here as you do. But may I ask you
a question?" And the man said "sure". He said, "are you going to put food into
that same mouth that such filth is pouring out? Just then, Billy Paul, thought to himself,
"Oh, oh, now you done it, I'm going
to get killed!" Brother Branham continued, "I do not believe in such
talk as what you are doing. I do not
preach such and neither do I practice such. My son's family are not accustomed to hearing
such talk, and I do not want them to hear it."
He then turned around and came back to his
seat. The man never used a foul word again that night.
IS YOUR LIFE
WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL pp. 151
And did you know,
you are a little creator yourself? Did you know that? Certainly! You've seen
people that you just love to be around. You don't know why. Just
that loving type of person. Haven't you seen that? Just as kind, you
like you be around them. They create that atmosphere by the life they live, the
way they talk, their conversation. Then you've seen those that every time you -
you shun them. All the time they want to talk about something evil and talk
about somebody, and say, "Oh, my, there they come,
they're going to talk about this man. All they're going to do is tell dirty
jokes, or something about women, or something like that." You just hate to
get around them. See? They create. Seemingly pretty nice people, but they
create that atmosphere. And the things that you think on, the things that you
do, the actions, the things you talk about creates an
atmosphere.
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DEUTERONOMY 6:4
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MALACHI
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EPHESIANS 4: 21 - 5: 21
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HEBREWS 12: 12 - 15 & 28
Loise
baby sat for brother Branham and Meda on occasion and
one day she came to the home in blue jeans. Sister Meda
took here aside and said, "Now, Loise, I'm sure
you will not understand what I am trying to tell you right now but we have many
people come to visit our home who look to Bill's
ministry for guidance and help. Now we do not believe in men and women wearing
shorts and women wearing pants and such as that. We believe in our women
dressing modestly. And since you and Billy Paul are seeing each other, if
people see you here wearing jeans and such they will not understand and it can
cause some to doubt and question. So I am asking that you not come around here dressed
that way." And Loise
never wore pants again.
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Peter 2:9-23, 4:1-11, 5:1-10 2 Peter 1:2-14
When Billy Paul was 16 years old he was sure not
living for the Lord and it was causing a lot of conflict in brother Branham's
home. One night he was out with his friends real late. Now brother Branham had
a curfew in his home and Billy Paul was way past his curfew. He was out
drinking and sneaked in the house real late. Brother Branham let him sleep in
the next morning and when Billy Paul woke up and got showered and dressed,
brother Branham asked him if he had any plans for the day. Billy Paul said no,
so brother Branham asked him to come with him for a ride. They started driving
and driving and driving and all the while Billy Paul was wondering in his mind
what was going on. Finally brother Branham drove into the grounds of the
He still liked his worldly music and friends and
finally one day not too long afterwards, brother Branham asked him to make a
choice. Either get rid of the music or leave the home, because He was not going
to compromise the atmosphere in his home for any one, including a rebellious
son. Billy said, he made the biggest mistake of his
life, by leaving home.
THE TOKEN
63-0901 pg. 49
pp. 5
Apply it,
create that atmosphere around you, that they will just drop right into it. Oh,
you are , if you've got the Token, you create an
atmosphere around you of power, that when you walk, people know that you are a
Christian. In love for you to say something to them.
They believe your word, what you say, they hold onto it. See? That is it. Apply
the Token, then walk in it. Claim your household. You
must do it, now. This is the evening time.
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John 1:3-7,
AWAKENING
JESUS 63-0117
And we create our atmosphere around us,
each one of us. You've been with people that were nice people, but you just couldn't hardly be around them. Then you've been with other
people that you just loved to be around them. You create that atmosphere. And,
oh, wouldn't you have loved to have been around Jesus just a little? Wonderful!
Se what that atmosphere He created would have been. I imagine it was just one
great big bundle of Love, and Respects, and Godly Fear.
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Thessalonians
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Thessalonians 1:2-4, 2:13-17,
IDENTIFICATION
63-0123
And then you see people that were noble
people, but yet you were always glad to get away from them. It's just they
create such an atmosphere around where you are. Nothing
against them. They're nice people, but you don't like that atmosphere
they're in. And their character creates whatever they are, makes them what they
are.
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Matthew 5:1-16
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COLOSSIANS 1: 9 - 14
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COLOSSIANS 3: 1 - 25 (read)
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I THESSALONIANS
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PHILIPPIANS 4:4 - 9 Rejoice in the Lord alway:
[and] again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord
[is] at hand. Be careful for nothing;
but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are]
pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report;
if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in
me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.