ONENESS # 1
No Communion no Oneness
Brian Kocourek
This morning,
I would like to begin a
message that Brother
Branham preached in 1962. 30
years ago he brought this message
and I think it is so very fitting for us to study as a follow up
to the message LOOK, because we
spent 30 weeks focusing
our thoughts upon
Him and His great Doxa or opinion as
we studied "Look".
During our study of the
Message LOOK we learned to focus down our
thinking to His thinking, we
learned the importance of letting
our own thinking go, and
receiving the mind of God. We saw how
easy it is to miss what God
brought to us by not receiving His
own Mindset, and we saw that in order to become part of the great Rapture process and to receive our glorified
bodies, we must have His own mind.
So with this in mind, and having come through
over 1/2 year of studying the message "Look", let's now turn
our focus upon the
message "Oneness".
As so many times before,
when we begin the study of one of Bother
Branham's sermons, we never know
how many weeks we shall study
this message. But as long as our Father continues to open
our eyes to the Revelation of
Himself through these studies, I
don't think it really matters. We are entering into Eternity
anyway, and when
you are an eternal creature, time
is not of any importance.
I would like to begin at
PP. #3 from ONENESS.
3 ONENESS 62-0211 " I
was here last Sunday night and
spoke on the subject of Communion before the communion service. Communion is
not taking bread, commune means "talk to, commune back, talk with
someone."
Now remember
that we are studying the
Message ONENESS, and oneness with God is the theme of this
sermon. So all our thoughts then must focus upon "ONENESS". Yet here
he begins to talk about his last sermon on communion. He tells us that
communion is not just some
form of worship of taking
bread, but it means to communicate.
Now, I
believe that he was not saying this in vain. So we
see right from the beginning
that ONENESS has something to do with communication. Notice,
he says, "Commune
means to <talk to, commune back,
talk with someone.>" So
it is not a one sided effort, but he said, to "commune back" or
to "talk to someone" which means that there is a
two way relationship here, but it is
focused upon one thought.
How could you hold a conversation with someone
who was thinking different thoughts.
When you commune or have real communion
with someone, you must both be in the same wavelength or shall we say
the same mindset, in order for you to have communion together.
This is
the reason why many parents can not
talk to their children. They tell the child
something and wonder why the child
either does not listen, does not seem
to hear, or just outright disobeys. Now, modern psychology understands this so
they tell the parent to get down to the
child's level and then communicate. But
when you lower yourself to their level of thinking you
are not only stifling the growth
of the child, but you are putting your stamp of approval upon where
they are at mentally.
Now, what needs to be
done first when talking to your children is that you must first
get there attention which
might be a difficult
task but you must do this. Get them aside where it is quiet
and where they will not be distracted. Then
create an atmosphere where you
let them know that you want to talk to
them about something that
is very important and you
want them to listen.
You've got to get them thinking in the same mind set or you
won't have communication, you will only have
a shouting match.
Then once
you have been able to get their
attention, you can begin to tell them what things you felt
to communicate to them.
I CORINTHIANS
1: 9 10 1:9 God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship
of his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 1:10 Now
I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same
thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but[that] ye be perfectly
joined together in the same mind
and in the same judgment.
Notice here that we are called to a fellowship, but
he tells us in order to have this fellowship we must have
the same mindset, and speak the same
things.
Now I firmly believe the
reason we are missing this oneness with
God and the divine fellowship with Him
and with each other and even
with our own children is that we are so busy and caught up into
our own daily routines that we do not take the
time to create the right atmosphere for oneness in our
homes or even in church service.
So let's just look at
this atmosphere a moment. First let's
look at it in the home with our children. When we go on a
vacation together, we prepare in advance for our trip by doing activities that will prepare us for our journey. We decide what we want to wear
as far as clothing, we plan what we want to see, where
we want to go and we come to some sort of agreement or mindset as to
what we want to get out of our vacation. Maybe one wants to fish, another wants to just relax, another wants to boat,
and another just wants sit around and
read. So we determine a place where we
can go that each of us can be fulfilled in our desire. right?
Preparation. Then
we decide what we
will need to
wear as clothing. How long we
will be gone. How much we can budget,
etc. What we are doing is
creating an atmosphere of expectation
that builds up in excitement right up to the trip.
Shouldn't our journey to the Millennium be the same
way. Do we talk about our journey and being clothed in the Word of God?
When we pack our clothes
for a trip, we say, "bring a jacket,
it may be cold where we are going". But when we
talk about God's Kingdom that we
are entering into, do we
say be dressed in Righteousness? Or do we make excuses for our kids and
say, well they are just young and it doesn't really matter.
If I took my daughter somewhere where it is very cold I would make sure in
the natural that she is properly dressed so she won't get
ill or sick. Then what about our Eternal abode. if my
daughter is not properly dressed to meet the weather conditions it is my
fault if she gets sick. And if my daughter is not properly dressed to meet
God's conditions and she gets spiritually sick, I am
also to blame.
Brother Branham said, it is not juvenile delinquency
but parent delinquency. We
pray that our kids will make it,
but when it comes
right down to it, we can't be to concerned because we are not applying the Token. To apply paint
you've got to take it out of the
can and put it on the wall. To
apply the Word of
God you've got to take it out of the Book and place it
upon your children.
You may think it will be
a big fight but if you had a vision and
could see your child dying of aids
in a few years, you'd
do everything in your power to save that child from
making that fateful mistake.
Whether you
want to face up to reality or
not, God is not a doting old grandfather. He does not have grand children He
has children. And if your kids are not in the same mindset of
God that you must come into, they won't receive a body change.
Applying the Token is not a crap shoot.
To apply it means to make it
stick. And only those with the mind of
God will go in the Rapture. Too many of the people in this
message are just playing at believing
it, and the reality of the day and hour has not really sank in yet.
So, we are looking at
Oneness with God today, but notice it
must come by a fellowship or a communing together.
Now the word ONENESS
means:
1) the quality or state
of being one; singleness or unity.
2) unity of mind,
feeling, or purpose
So we can see that brother Branham's message
will have to deal with the mind
or mindset in this sermon, and
that is why
I believe he begins by talking about communion.
If we
are going to someplace very important like to visit the white
house, we would say, bring your best dress and make sure your hair is
combed properly, and we would fuss with it until we got it all just right
and in place because we want to make the right impression. Yet when we come to
church to meet the King of Kings, do we stand before a mirror with the mindset that
says, "Today I am
going to meet with The greatest King
in all the Universe."
What is our mindset,
when we come to church. Do we come right
as the music begins to play, or stand outside and talk
right up until service begins. Are we preparing our minds
and our hearts to hear from heaven or
are we just coming to fulfill a
religious obligation.
We should be in our seats at least 10 to 15
minutes before the song
service begins. The piano and
guitars should be
playing softly music that will help you set the right
atmosphere for worship. We
want to create a mindset where we are
all in one accord and that can not be done if we are out talking.
6-1 GOD.IN.SIMPLICITY 63-0317 1M When a minister walks into a congregation of
people praying and the anointing of the Spirit, you're bound to
hear from Heaven. There's no way to
keep from it. But if you walk into
confusion, then you--you're so confused, and the Spirit is grieved.
58 REVELATION BOOK OF SYMBOLS 56-0617 "Your pastor, when he stands here on the platform, ministering the Word of God, he is God's angel to the church, messenger
to the church. Therefore a pastor should never leave that Word, but stay
straight with the Word, because the word pastor
means "shepherd." Look it up and find out if that ain't right.
A pastor is a shepherd, and the Holy Ghost has made him overseer over His Church and flock, to feed them. What
with? The Word of God. Amen.
Now let's continue with
our subject of ONENESS and read pp. #4.
4 ONENESS 62-0211 And now this
morning, if I get a little
too lengthy, why, someone change seats with those who are
standing up, and it'll be appreciated,
let them sit down for a little
bit. I--I am concerned of this time
that we're living in. I am very,
very much concerned. When
I see the things happening that
I see taking place,
there's something within me that's stirred. And
I am wanting to just take my
time and try to...
5 ONENESS
62-0211 This morning's message I'm
speaking on the subject of Oneness.
And I--I want to take my time and try
to make it just as... lay it out just
as perfectly as I know how. And I desire your prayers as you have gathered.
6 ONENESS 62-0211
And now
I want you to turn, if you have a Bible and like to read with me, to
the 1st chapter of Hebrews, first. And I want to read the first three verses of the 1st chapter of Hebrews,
and then Genesis 1:26 and 7, to tie that together. And no man can say
anything that's worth
saying unless God helps
him say it. And--and that's along the Message this morning, too,
of the oneness of the people and
God. Now in Hebrews the 1st chapter, we read this.
God, who at sundry times... in divers manners spake in
times past
unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in this last days spoken unto us through his... by
his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the
worlds;
Who being in
the brightness of his glory, and
the
express image
of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had
by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
And
now over in Genesis, the--the
1st chapter and the 27th, 26th and 27th verse, I read this.
And God said, Let us make man in
our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish
of the
sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon theearth.
So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.