Follow Me #11
(Moses, the other Rich
Young Ruler)
Saturday Evening April
, 1998
Rev Brian Kocourek
This evening we will continue with
our study of this Message that brother Branham spoke to the young people out in
Brother Branham now turns our
attention to Moses who was an example of someone who accepted the Leadership of
the Holy Spirit.
91 Follow Me Now, let's take another. Would you like, would
you have time to take another rich young
ruler, that
made the right move? Would you like to hear that? All right, we'll try it
now. Now, let us take another rich young ruler who was confronted with the same
thing. Now, we see where that boy went, that lived a pretty good life, but died
and was lost in hell. And now here we're going to talk about another young man
who was confronted with the same thing.
He was a rich man, a young man, and was a ruler, but he accepted the leadership
of Christ: like the little boy told us awhile ago, that we should let lead
us. He accepted it.
92 The Scripture for this is found
(if you want to look it up after I get through here), is [Heb
23 By faith Moses, when he was born,
was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child;
and they were not afraid of the king's
commandment.
24
By faith Moses, when he... come
to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; (listen) 25 Choosing rather to suffer the affliction with the people of God, then
to suffer the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of
Christ... Way back in Moses' time, it
was still Christ. See? He's the only One has Eternal Life. See? "Esteeming the reproach," to be
called a fanatic, holy-roller, or something like that, you know. See? Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures of
95 Now, you know what that means? It means this, that, Moses was borned a poor boy, real poor. His father's name was
Amram. His mother's name was Jochebed. And they were real poor, but they were
Christians. They worked hard. They was in slavery.
They had to make mud bricks and things for the old king. You know what? That
king's daughter went down one day to the river where mother... Moses' mother, Jochebed, had taken him and
put him in a little raft out on the river like that. And the old crocodiles had
eaten up all the little babies; and they were killing them, throwing them out
into the river. But she put him right out there. And you know how she got them
crocodiles away from him? She made this little--little ark she put him in, she
made it out of pitch. You know what that is? It's turpentine. An alligator
would come up, say, "Hum, a little fat Hebrew, I'll get him." Hear him
crying like that. Went over, "Whew" What a smell.
Uh." See? See, the mother was led, how to protect
her baby. So he backed off from it; he didn't want nothing
to do with that. And then he went on
down the river a little farther. And his little sister named Miriam, followed
him down the river, watched for it.
98 And then Pharaoh's daughter come
out and was going to get him, you know, and she pulled him out. And you know,
all... You know, your mother thinks you're the prettiest child in the world
(See?); she should do that. But the Bible said this little boy was really
pretty, really a fair little boy. And, oh, he was just screaming and kicking
his little heels. He was missing his mama. See? And so you know what happened?
Then God put in Pharaoh's daughter, the king's daughter, all the love that a
mother could have for a little baby. Her heart just fell for him. She said,
"That's my baby." But, you
know, she was a young woman. See, them days they didn't have these bottles that
you, the babies was raised on, so they had to go get a
mother that had had a baby, and had that--that could nurse. So Miriam was right there on hand; she said,
"I'll go get you the right mother."
"Well, you go get her."
You know who Miriam went and got? Moses' own mother. That's right. Yeah,
went and got... That was wisdom, wasn't it? And so then went and got Moses' own
mother. And she said, "I'll take and raise the little boy for you."
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102 She said, "You know what,
I'm going to give you three hundred dollars a week to raise that baby. And you
can stay in the palace." See how God does when you trust Him (See?) when
you're sure of faith. That baby was a prophet (See?), and she knowed. So they went into the palace and--and she
raised Moses, and the mother, the own mother, and got three hundred dollars a
week to take care of everything. Just think of that. And then, you know, after while, after that
went on for a little while, Moses begin to get old
enough to read and write. She taught him how to read and write. And then she
told him, said, "Moses, you are borned a correct child. Your father and I
have prayed. God has revealed to us that you're a prophet,
and you're going to be a deliverer of the people in the days that is to
come."
105 And you know when he got big, then what was he? He was adopted into the king's family.
Oh, my. He didn't have to... And he
looked out on his own people, and they didn't have no
clothes. They were Christians, and they
were crying. And them old taskmasters whipping them with whips, and the
blood fly out of their back. His cousins, and uncles, papa and mama, all of
them; whipping them with whips, out there in them mud pits. And so, but Moses, being something way down in his
heart, he knew that they were God's promised people. He knew it. Now,
the next thing he was going to do was to become king. He'd be king over
everything, a rich man, my, all the money of
Look at that. See, because he
seen the end time. See that rich young man? But he seen
Jesus, like we see Him in a vision, that the end time's what is going to pay.
Now, and he accepted Christ's
leadership, and Moses esteemed the reproach greater treasures.
109 You know, sometime when you
little boys in school, little boys will say bad words and they want you all to
say them. You little girls, the little girls will say bad things and want you
all to say them. You say, "No. I'm
a Christian." They say,
"Aw, you big sissy." You know, go onto you like that. See, stand up, say,
"I'm glad to be that." See? 'Cause (See?) that's what Moses did. He esteemed the reproach of Christ greater
treasures than all of Egypt. Now, let us follow him, led by Christ, and see
what he did.
112 Now, see, this young man was
rich, the first young man, but he didn't want Christ. He didn't want to be a
follower of Jesus. And so we find him very popular, might come a movie star, and great everything, in all the things that he could
do, and everything he wanted. But when he died, he didn't have anybody to lead
him. So his education, that was good; his money, that was good; but when death come, that was all; he couldn't use it no more. He couldn't buy his way up to heaven.
And he couldn't... By his education, he
couldn't go to heaven. See? I would also like to
ad here, that people often tell you, get an education, because that can never
be taken from you. Now, an education is good if you want to have a better job
and not have to do manual labor, but what about your soul? Eternal Life is the
only thing that can never be taken from you, because even if in this body you
die, if you’ve received God’s Life in you, your Life now is Eternal and you can
never lose it. It will never leave you. But with money, you can have all the
riches in the world and what good will it do you when
you are dead. What good will your education do when
you lay rotting in the grave.
Look, there are many men who were
famous, and some who were infamous. But although those men may have shaped the
destiny of their nations, yet they will have to all stand before the white
throne judgment and give an account of what they did with their power and their
fame. You see, every thing you receive
in this life is a gift given to you from God and you will one day have to give
an account of what you did with what you have. Did you use your gift to make
merchandise of others, or did you use your gift to help others. Did you use
your money to further the
[Matt 12:34-37]
[1 Peter 4:1-19]
[Eph 5:14-21]
[Luke 16:1-13]
[Romans 14:12]
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113 But this young man now, he had
all these things. He had education too (See?), smart. He went to school, with
and his mother taught him, and he had a good education. And he was real smart,
till even he could teach the Egyptians. He taught his teachers, he was so
smart. Look how smart he was. But, you know what, above all that smartness, above all that he had, the potentials he had,
he still said, "I'll forsake it all to follow Jesus." You know what they done with him? They run
him out. He become a mud slave like the rest of
them. But one day when he become a grown man, he was herding sheep on the back side of
the desert. And what happened? Anybody tell me what happened? What was it? [A
child says, "There was a Fire in the bush."--Ed.]
That's right, there was a Fire in the bush, and It
attracted his attention. He turned aside.
And you know what? Me... Instead of teaching children, now the children
are going to get up and teach me. So... And this
little boy here, he's right on the mark. Who's your daddy? [The child says,
"Mr. Shantz."] Mr. Shantz is your daddy. That boy's been taught,
hasn't he? Each one of them little bright eyes looking the
same way, one to get ahead of the other one. You see?
116 So the... Now look, he did in
that... And that bush attracted him, on fire, and he said, "I will turn
aside and see what this is." And
God said to Moses, "Take off your shoes, the ground you're standing on is
holy. I have chosen you to go down and deliver My
people. I'm giving you power; you can smite the earth with plagues; you can
turn the water into blood; you can bring fleas and lice. Nothing's going to
harm you. I'll choose you." Why? Because he chose
Christ. See? You choose Christ, and He chooses you. See? Now, He said,
"You chose Me, and now I have chose you to go
down there in
119 And now we find out, he is an
old man now, gets real old; he's one hundred and twenty years old. And he's in
the wilderness. And the people didn't
treat him nice even. See? Sometimes people that call themselves Christians
don't treat you nice. But Jesus always treats you right. See, see? So we find
out that the people rebelled against him, but he stayed right with them anyhow.
And he was a leader, and he had to stay with them. And the Angels of the Lord
talked to him. Wouldn't you love to have that happen to you? Then make the right choice, and choose
Jesus, and He'll do it. Now, then we
find out, the end of the road he got real old. He couldn't preach no more, and
his voice got low. So he blessed Joshua, and went up on top the hill to
die. You know what happened when he
died? There was--what, what happened? [A boy says, "He died, and then He
raised him from the dead."--Ed.] That's exactly
right. That's exactly right. Now, you
say, "Where is that at?" Now,
just a minute; the boy's right. See? He was raised up from the dead. Now, and...?... See, see? Now, look. He raised him up from
the dead. Why? Because eight hundred years later, here he was over in
Palestine, standing with his Leader yet, Jesus, Who esteemed the reproach of
His Name greater treasures than all the riches of Egypt. He esteemed... His
Leader was standing there. You know, He was called...
124 In the--in the Bible, you know,
there was a Rock that went with
129 Then when Moses stepped out of life, when he
went, he had took a Leader. His mama led him right;
his father taught him right. And then when he got to be of age, a young man,
then he said, "I see Eternal Life, if I'll go down with these poor,
neglected people, and walk with them, because they're God's people... I don't
have to. I could be a king, But I don't want to be a
king. I can have all the money there is in
133 You know what? The rich man is in hell, that one young rich man that refused.
See, now remember, he had education; he had religion; he went to church; he was
a good man; but he refused Jesus.
See? And this young man, he was
educated, and he had religion, but he wanted Jesus. See? Moses would've been a
much richer man than this young fellow would've been, 'cause he just had some
money, probably farms and things like that, and maybe politics and so forth,
but Moses was to be king over the earth. And he forsook all of that. And
you know what, children? When there is no
137 You must make a choice. Your choice will determine what your
eternal destination will be. Remember, Jesus asks each one of us,
"Follow Me if you want Life." See? Leadership, "Follow Me, and
you will have Everlasting Life." And I'm sure even to us adults, we get
something out of this too. If you want Life, you have to accept It. If you want religion, you accept it if you want. What
you have to do, what you accept, that's
what you get. But to me and to you, and to these little children, remember,
you have an invitation. Jesus said, "Follow Me, and have Eternal
Life." That's what we want to do, don't we? Now, how many of you wants
to really follow Jesus, and you say, from... "When I get big enough and
old enough to make my choice, and to do what... I don't care how much money I
got, how poor I am, how much people laugh at me, or everything else, I want to
follow Jesus. I want to make Moses' choice, not the rich young man"? How
many wants to do that right here?
139 Now, you really want to do it? I
want you to stand up with me. I want you
to put your left hand on your heart, and you hold your right hand up. I
want you to close your eyes now, and bow your head, and just say these words
after me. [Those standing repeat after Brother Branham--Ed.] Dear
Jesus ["Dear Jesus,"], I
pledge my life to You ["I pledge my life to
You."]. I have heard this sermon
["I have heard this sermon,"],
where two young men made their choice ["where two young men made their
choice."]. I do not want to go the
way of the rich young ruler ["I do not want to go the way of the rich
young ruler."]. But I do want to go
the way of Moses ["But I do want to go the way of Moses."]. I am just a child yet
["I am just a child yet."].
Lead me, dear Jesus ["Lead me, Dear Jesus,"], to Eternal Life ["to Eternal Life."]. Amen ["Amen."].