God’s Only Provided Place of
Worship # 89
Brian Kocourek,
Shall
Not Be Confounded
Tonight I would like to continue with pp. 256 of God’s Only
Provided Place of Worship. As
you are aware, we have already examined the first part or sentence of this
paragraph where brother Branham said, "Sometime the Capstone will return, the head
of all of it, and receive the Bride unto Himself; This we brought out in # 87 in our
series, and we found that there were five points to this statement that Brother
Branham made, which are as follows:
Point # I) Brother
Branham begins by saying, "Sometime" - now we found
that when we say, some time we are referring to "a time" meaning "some-time".
So we are speaking of "a time".
A time for what? A time for
something specific to happen, a certain event. Now, I want you to notice
how carefully I said this. The time is not specified, or even specific in
itself, yet the time is designated as being part of a specific event. So the
word time is used only in reference
to the event. So in essence, the event
which we are focusing on is specific, and so the time is only an integral part
of the event, so the time is not important but the event is. So when Brother
Branham says, "Sometime" we know he is saying there is a time. And
then if there is a time, we know there is a season, as in [Ecclesiastes 3: 1] that speaks of a time and season for every thing under
the sun.
Now, point # II) tells us what the time or
season is when he says, "The
Cap Stone shall return". So, now we have just defined the time or
season as being the season of the return of the Capstone. And we know that the
Capstone he spoke of is the same as the Headstone spoken of in [Zechariah
4: 4-7] where we found that a major attribute of this Headstone season is a
shout amongst the Bride crying Grace, Grace, unto it!" we also found this
headstone is spoken of in [1 Peter 2: 6-9] where we shall spend a
little more time in tonight. Now, this
leads us to point # III) Where Brother Branham tells us the purpose behind the Return
of the Capstone is "In order to receive Something" Here we see that there is a specific purpose
behind the return of the Capstone, and that is to receive or gather together
something, and in point # IV)
we find that this thing that He has come to gather is called
"The Bride" and
where is this Bride going to be received?
Point # V) He said, "To Himself" And that is
the focus of Brother Branham's entire message as he said, "My ministry is to Declare Him, that He
is Here!"
We then moved on to the next thought in this paragraph
where Brother Branham said, "which the woman is took from the man, a part
of the man. Every... Genes of the man is in the woman,
what makes the woman.
In this next sentence we see
Brother Branham bringing forth
the thought of genetics; Spiritual and physical in which we receive in us every
thing that makes us what we will ever be.
Now as we begin to look at this statement, I want you to notice closely
that brother Branham is giving us a little Biology lesson here. He is typing
the natural with the Spiritual as he often did. And he is focusing our minds
upon this thought of the Genes of God. He says, the
woman is taken from the man, because she is actually part of the man.
Then he qualifies this by saying "
Genes of the man is in the woman, and he again qualifies this by
saying, that's what makes the woman... or in other words, " that's what makes up the
woman." Now, remember he had said in the quote we read earlier From a
message entitled, [ Jesus keeps all of
His Appointments pg. 21] brother
Branham said, " As it gets closer
and closer, the negative and positive are coming together, until they both
become the same thing. And that's exactly when the church and the Word has to
be One, like Jesus and God was One, just exactly. "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself." And so will Christ have to be in the
church, the anointed of the Word, to make everything fulfilled. And that's the
Capstone that comes upon the last church age. So we see that he is letting us know in order
for the Bride and the Word to be One, the same Word that was in God ( and
remember, Jesus said, "My words are Spirit and they are Life". So
when we are dealing with the Word of God we are speaking also of His spirit and
His Life. His Divine Nature and His Attributes or shall we call it the very
same thing as Brother Branham called it, The Word of God is the Genes of God;
His Life Blood
Now in review of last Sunday we found in [ 1
Peter 2: 6] Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, " Behold, I lay
in Zion a Chief Corner Stone, Elect, Precious: And He that believeth on Him
shall not be confounded. So
we see here that one of the attributes of those who are called believers of
this return of the Headstone ministry, is that they will not be confounded, (which means that they will not be
confused). Now this statement in itself
tells us 2 things. #1) That there will be confusion pertaining to this Headstone
ministry, but the True Believers of this ministry shall not be among those who
are confused. This also tells us another thing which is point # 2) And that is, that those who are
True Believers will not be confused because they will understand it. In fact by stating that there are
those who believe, we are also stating that they understand, because how can
you believe if you don't understand. Do you follow my thinking here. How can a
person claim to believe if he doesn't know what he is
believing? You've got to know
what it is that you are believing or you will be
unstable and vacillating every which way in your beliefs.
[ James 1: 5-6] If
any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given to him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed. So we see that we must not waver back and
forth. We must know what it is that we have need of and we must ask in faith.
Now a person only wavers when they are not sure what it is that they want. So
we are dealing with specifics here. Not just some pie in the sky fiction. We
are dealing with a real God Who is more than willing
to increase our Wisdom and Understanding.
In fact, that is the very reason He came down in this hour according to
[Ephesians
So we see the True believer will not be confounded or
confused because they know what they believe. In fact, the more we understand
His Word, the more we understand Him. Because "as a man thinketh in His
heart, so is he and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth Speaketh."
And the more we know and understand and believe what He tells us, the more we
will know Him. We believe because we
understand. Therefore we know Him by what He tells us. Then if we are believers in His Message, we
will understand the Message, and Brother Branham said, "My ministry is to
declare Him, that He is here," Then
if we understand the Message of "Him and That He is Here," then we
will have to understand Godhead, and
Vindication. And we will know Who it is that has come down.
So then those who do not know Who
it is that came down can not really call themselves believers. Well, they might
call themselves that, but just to say it doesn't make it so. During
Jesus Alpha ministry on earth, there were two things that caused more
controversy among the Denominations of His day, the Pharisees and Sadducees
than anything else. We also found during Brother Branhams
own ministry the same two Doctrinal points caused more contention amongst the
Denominations and Pentecostal churches than any other points, and these were:
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The first point is this: Jesus had trouble
with the people understanding Vindication
:
In [ John
He said, "Many good works have I shewed
you from My Father; for which of those works do you stone me? In other
words, Based on vindication, of which of the Points
that I have been vindicated by God do you want to stone Me? The
Jews answered Him, saying, for a good work we stone Thee not; but for
blasphemy; and because thou a man, makest thyself
God. " So we see
that people do not change and neither
does God. And if the people rejected the Alpha ministry of Jesus Christ over
Godhead and Vindication, then they will have to do it in the Omega ministry as
well in order to Crucify to themselves the Lord afresh
and put Him to an open or public shame and disgrace.
Brother Branham taught vindication as
"God having a One man Message and He deals with
One man only". This caused much of the clergy to alienate brother
Branham, which was due mostly to professional jealousy.
The second bone of contention amongst the Pentecostals
who were about the only ones to get close enough to brother Branhams
ministry was his teaching on the Godhead,
for He did not teach as the Oneness or Jesus Only, nor did he teach a Trinity.
He said, "I stand in between them. I do not believe in a Trinity where there is
three persons, and neither do I believe that Jesus is One like your finger in
One." These two doctrinal issues were the "Rock of Offense"
that kept brother Branham from being accepted by the Church world in His day.
And the same thing has followed down to this very minute in this message. It
should come then as no surprise that amongst the very followers of William
Branham, these same two major doctrines have caused more controversy and have
been attacked more than all others.
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Again we see Vindication is the issue: Not so
much that it was God who backed up William Branham's Message, because they
believe that. But the understanding that this Vindication comes in the Form of
God's Personal Presence with His Prophet, and that this Presence was referred
to by Brother Branham himself as the Appearing of Christ has become the central
doctrinal debate within the "Message clergy" because it comes into
direct conflict with their understanding of the Second coming of Christ as they
have always perceived it. And let's face
it, this is due to the fact that they do not
understand Godhead correctly. In fact
I've been saying this since 1982 when people were coming into this revelation
but wanted to place Jesus as comatose draped across God's throne somewhere. And
again in 1984 when they kept calling the Appearing, the Coming, I knew they
didn't understand the difference because they did not understand Godhead. They
actually had a Jehovah Witness understanding of the Parousia in which the
Second Coming of Christ was spiritualized. And again, this is because they did
not understand Godhead. If you do not understand the Godhead you will never be
able to see Who it is that has come down in this hour.
And so when the teaching of the God head began to go forth more clearly out
amongst the people, it actually superseded the Presence as the Doctrine that
caused the most stir amongst the Message believers, or shall we say make
believers.
[1 Peter 2: 7]
Unto
you therefore which believe, He is precious: but unto them which be
disobedient, the Stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the Head
of the Corner, [1 Peter 2: 8] a Stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense,
even to them which stumble at the Word, being disobedient: whereunto also they
were appointed. [1 Peter 2: 9] But ye are a chosen generation, [ the word
here is genos
which we get the word gene from and
which refers to Lineage, the seed or offspring ] and I want you to notice
what the attributes of this gene seed are. He says, they are: an Holy nation, a peculiar people[
this does not means strange, but actually means a purchased people, or a people
who have been bought with a price, which then means a redeemed people.] :
that ye should show forth the praises of Him Who hath called you out of
darkness unto His marvelous light:
Now if we are to show forth the praises of Him, then we are to say the
same thing He said. We won't add to it, and we won't take from it. Jesus said, " If you confess me before men, I will confess you
before my father." And Brother Branham taught us that the word confess
means to say the same thing, because it is made up of two Greek words, "Homo" which means the same
as, and "Logos" which
means God thoughts expressed.
Now remember, Brother Branham said, "which
the woman is took from the man, a part of the man. Every ... Genes of the
man is in the woman, that's what makes the woman. And that's the way the
Word of God is in the Church, what makes the Church the Bride." So
brother Branham is telling us here, that there is only one thing that
distinguishes the Elect Bride from the church and that is the Genes of God
which is His Word. And remember this, Revelation does not come from man, but
from God alone, for Jesus told Peter, "Flesh and Blood has not revealed this
to you, but My Father which is in Heaven, He it is that has showed you these
things." That is why
Brother Lee could say to me, "Brian,
some people think that when I'm gone, that teaching is over. But that is not True. As Long as the Holy Spirit is here there will be
teaching, for this is the hour of teaching." So we see it is not a man but it is a
message, and that Message will not do you any good if it is not revealed, and
it can never be revealed to those it who are not furnished with a Soul that has
been created to receive the Word as God Himself Reveals it. And no man can reveal it to you. It must come
from God Himself. And that is why He Himself has come down in this hour to Give us the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge
of Himself. And let's face it, if you were not given the Genes of God from
before the Foundations of the world, you'll never be able to understand it. So
we are looking at Genes here. He said, it is the Genes
of God which is His Word that identifies the Bride and separates her as
different from the church.
[ Matthew 13: 10 - 16] 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.
{ to them who?} [ Mark 4: 11-12] And He said unto them, unto you it is given
to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God: but unto them that are without,
all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not
perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they
should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. Now notice that He said two important
things here. #1) There is a certain people who are created with an innate something
within them that allows them to hear and understand, to see and also perceive
what they see. He said, unto
you it is given to know the mysteries of the
Now we know that an echo is created from a shout. You
can not get an echo by whispering. But a shout will produce an echo. Right? And what is it we are echoing in this hour but a Shout
from the original. Now, remember, according to [Ephesians 1: 3 - 4] we were in Him before the foundations of the
World. And in the book of [Job] we
find that all the Sons of God were shouting for joy before the world was framed
as well. So we began our shout back them.
And as we read last week in [Zechariah 4] when the Headstone shall return, the Elect will be
echoing forth a shout of
"Grace, Grace" unto it. Now notice that the Scripture says, "Grace,
Grace". So what you are hearing is
an echo, which is a repeat. And we know an echo is only a repeat of what was
said, or saying the same thing. And Brother Branham warned us to "Say
only what is on those tapes". So we see that He comes to us in this Capstone
hour with a shout of Grace, and we
echo back to Him, "Grace, Grace"
Now in getting back to our focus on Matthew 13 and Mark 4 we said there were two
points to be made here. #1) God has created a special people who are made in
such a way as to be able to receive the Word from God and who are also able to
perceive what He is telling us and understand enough to be able to offer it
back to Him. Now this is why when He
appears we shall see Him
and be like Him. This is why we are able to offer up our own
bodies as a living sacrifice to Him [ Romans 12: 1 - 2]
and it will be considered Holy and acceptable to Him and in fact He will call
it our Spiritual act of Worship. But what about those who are not given or made in such
a way as to be able to see and perceive and hear with understanding. That is
our point #2), The Word is presented
in such a way
as to purposely blind them so that they may not perceive and understand. Again,
from the [Spoken word is the original
Seed pg. 62] He
said, If they don't believe the Word they have no Seed - germ in them.
So we see that this inability to hear and recognize has to do with whether we
were created to hear and recognize or not. In other words, it has to do with
whether we have a Gene Seed of God or not. [ Mark 4: 11-12] And He said unto them, unto you it is given
to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God: but unto them that are without,
all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not
perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they
should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. The word "
without" here is the Greek word EXO, which sounds like our English equivalent Exit and means placed
on the outside, or apart from. And so we must ask ourselves, on the outside of
what or apart from what. And the answer is the Truth. Now when we think of
someone who is on the outside, we call them outsiders which means
they are not privy to know certain things. They are in a sort strangers. This is in fact what
the churches have done to Christ the Word as well. We see Him in [Revelations 3] and [James 5] and even[ Matthew 25] on the outside of the church knocking. And I want you to also notice that according
to Jesus Himself, these people were not made in such a way as to be able to
echo back the word, and thus receive it and be able with an understanding to
give it back to Him who gave it to us. [ Matthew
So by now you can see the importance of being
predestinated to have God's Gene Seed in you.
[ 1 Peter 1: 23] Being born a again,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God,
which liveth and abideth
for ever. Because, remember, Jesus said,
" My Words are Spirit and they are Life." So we see it is the Word that contains the
Life. [ John 1: 3] "In Him was Life and the Life was the
light of men." And if the
Life was in Him and He was the Word, then the Word is a Carrier of the Life,
right? Then the Word is a Seed as we see in [ 1 Peter
And since we see that the Word Gene Seed of God is so
vital to our predestination unto Glory, we then must know that in the Word is
everything we will ever have need of
that pertains to life and the living.
[2 Peter 1: 1 -
4] Simon Peter, a servant and an
Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious Faith {revelation} with us through the
righteousness {right-wise-ness} of
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and Jesus Christ our Lord, according
as His Divine power hath given unto us
all things that pertain unto life and godliness { God-likeness},and how
does this come? through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to Glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises { Word}: that by these ye
might be partakers { which means to be companions and partakers of, or
sharers } of the Divine nature, ..." Now,
how could we be partakers or sharers of this Divine Nature if in fact it is the
very Nature of the Godhead. For that is
what the word
Divine here is. It is the Greek Word Theios and is used three times in scripture. Twice here in [2 Peter 1: 3 - 4] it is translated as Divine and once in [ Acts
So we see tonight, the great thing brother Branham is
bringing to our attention is the great difference between the Bride and the
Church is that the Bride actually possesses the very Gene Seed of God in here,
and it is this seed that allows her to come forth into His Image. Because after
all, according to the 'Law of Life" or the "Law of Reproduction"
that He established back in [ Genesis 1: 11] Ever
seed shall bring forth after it's kind. And there fore if we have the gene seed of God
in us, we too will, and in fact must come into the very same image as the
Father.
[ 1 John 3: 1 -
2]
Behold, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the
world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of
God, and it doth not yet Appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He
shall Appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see
Him as He is. So then at His
Appearing we are to see Him as He really is, and then we shall become like Him.
And What is He but the Word. And "As a man thinketh in His heart,
so is he... And out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh."
[Romans 8:29] For
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image
of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. [ Weymouth] For
those whom He has known before hand, He has also predestined to bear the
likeness of His Only Begotten Son; that he might be the eldest in a vast family
of brothers."
If we could only realize that He has already given you
every thing you have need to come forth into His Image. He has given you His
own Seed. That is why we read in [ 1 John 3: 9] Who
so ever is born of God doth not commit sin; { this actually means you
do not make it a habitual practice, and you can't } for His Seed { God's own
Seed} remaineth in you: and He can not sin {
and remember, Sin is disbelief},And so you can not disbelieve
because you are born of God." Now
remember, Brother Branham said, "which the woman is took from the man,
a part of the man. Every ... Genes of the man is in the woman, that's
what makes the woman. And that's the way the Word of God is in the Church,
what makes the Church the Bride." And so we see tonight what
makes you different than the church in this hour and in every hour. It is the
very Seed Gene Life of God in you by the Word. And the Word was put on the
outside of the church in this hour and so then in return, the church gets put
on the outside themselves, and since they are outsiders to the revealed truth
of God, they can not understand, nor can they even perceive what is needed to
place them in a Rapture. And that is why we come to church. To prepare
ourselves for the Rapture .
Let's just bow our hearts and our heads now in a word of thanksgiving and
prayer.