ONENESS # 13

False  brethren  who  crept  in  unaware

October 25, 1992

Rev Brian Kocourek

 

II COR 11: 2- 4 I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness; but you are already doing that. 2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough

 

prayer

 

We see here that Paul was afraid that some other life had  become interjected  into  the  Church here at Corinth. She  had  opened herself  up and listened to men who had come into the Message  of  that  hour.  Men which he called false  brethren  who  crept  in  unaware.  These  men  preached a  different  Jesus,  a different  Gospel,  and  thus  a different Spirit from  which  He  had  been preaching to them.

 

In  The  book of Galatians, he said, it  wasn't  exactly  another Gospel,  as though it was contrary altogether with a  completely different  set  of  characters  etc. But it  was  one  which  was different in nature. It did not truthfully depict the same  thing he  was preaching. It caused the people to rely more  upon  their own  selves  than  the promise of God. It was man  made  and  man directed to produce in man a man made effort. But the Gospel Paul was  accustomed to preaching was one which caused the  people  to not  even  focus upon themselves, but to focus upon the  Word  of  Promise  and thus to allow the Word to work in them to do and  to will.

 

PHIL 2: 12 -13 <read>

 

PHIL 2: 13 WEYMOUTH " FOR IT IS GOD HIMSELF WHOSE POWER CREATES WITHIN YOU THE DESIRE TO DO HIS GRACIOUS WILL AND ALSO BRINGS ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE DESIRE."

 

From  His  message entitled THE  UNRECOGNIZED  PRESENCE,  brother Branham said, " If we could realize that He is APPEARING to us in these meetings for ONE purpose, and that's to release our desires that  we  have  in HIM - to us. But we've got  to  recognize  His Presence."

 

He also said in the same message, " Working for this one purpose; for you to recognize the PRESENCE of Jesus Christ, see? If He  is PRESENT then, why, everything is settled. He made the Word,  He's here to confirm it."

 

Now that is much different from those men who came into the early church and brought the people back into a legalism. They got  the people  looking back upon the law so much to the place that  they even  felt the Gentiles that came into the message of  that  hour must  first  be circumcised in their flesh before they  could  be received into the fellowship of the brethren and be accepted.

 

They  felt  that the people  had to embrace Judaism  first,  then they could come into Jesus message.

 

I  think  that  is  a little bit like  today  when  many  of  the        ministers  in  this message bring the people back to  a  form  of Pentecost  and sanctification first. The first thing  they  point the  people  to is their own short comings in the  flesh  and  by pointing  us to ourselves first, we are being directed away  from the main focus which would be Christ.

 

I believe with all my heart that when a true seed of God comes to this  Word, when he or she hears the VOICE of God, that's all  it takes.  The conception begins and from there on it is Word  piled upon  Word until the Word of God takes a-hold of every  fiber  of our  body bringing our body into a conformity with the life  that is growing forth within us.

 

The  same can be seen in nature, there's no difference.  A  woman doesn't  go  out  and  work her body  into   a  pregnant  looking condition and then go to her husband to receive the Seed of life. She  receives  the seed life first, then that seed life  is  what pushes  out within her and brings her body into  conformity  with the life within her.

 

And if the Word of God is presented to the people, and if  Christ is given preeminence, Then His very Life will begin to take  over and bring into manifestation His very nature within the believer. I do not believe that you browbeat God's children into  receiving and  believing  and living His Word. In fact in the  message  THE EASTER SEAL brother Branham said, "If you were Elected to see it,  you can not help but see it." There's no way you can miss it."

 

So you see, if you lay that Word out there, it will do what it is meant  to do, and as you can't get blood from a  turnip,  neither can  you get the Life and Nature of God out of Someone who  isn't seed of God.

 

For  the last few weeks we have been focusing on the Nature  and Characteristics  of  God  and last week  in  particular  on  both Wednesdays and last Sunday, we brought forth what I feel has been an  ever  increasing  understanding  of God  in  His  Nature  and Attributes and how He displays Himself in His True nature to  us, His own Seed.

 

We read from PP. 62 Where brother Branham said "When Adam and Eve listened  to  the lie of the devil, the holy Image  of  God  left them".

 

Now  in  order to understand what he means by this, we  must  ask ourselves  what  the  image of God is. For if it  is  a  physical looks, then how could simply listening to the devils lie bring on anything.  But the scripture tells us in JOHN chapter 1 that  God is  the  Word. " In the beginning was the Word and the  Word  was with God and the Word was God."

  

Now  if  MAL 3:6 and Hebrews 13:8 are correct, then God  can  not change.  If He was the Word in the beginning, then He  must  ever remain the same.

            

So we see His image is the Word. And by listening to this lie, it mingled  the  devils thoughts with God's own  thoughts  and  that brought forth death. " One Word off is satan's kingdom."

 

Now let's open our bibles to:

 

HEBREWS 1: 1 - 3 <read> IMAGE = CHARAKTER, the very nature of God The word character means a distinctive trait, of  quality,   or  attribute;  characteristic.   The   pattern of behavior or personality found in the individual. Essential quality;  nature, KIND  or   sort.

 

And  didn't GENESIS 1: 11 say that every seed was to bring  forth after  it's kind. Human seed can not mix with dog seed,  and  hog seed  can not mix with cat seed. But when male dog seed comes  in contact with female dog, the life that comes forth is dog. It can not  bring forth cat. And when human male meets human female,  it brings forth human. Not just some viable tissue mass in the womb, But a genuine human being.

 

So  when  Adam was created in the IMAGE of God, and  God  is  the Word,  then  Adam came forth as a manifestation  of  God's  Word. Then, when he and Eve listened to the lie of the devil, it wasn't just  a  matter  of her listening and then going  away,  but  she entered into that lie and she allowed herself to receive the seed of  the serpent's own life, and  that seed was  interjected  into her and it produced in her a life that was contrary to God's  own Life  from whence she came, a nature that was contrary  to  God's own  nature,  a word which was contrary to God's own  word  which said, every seed after it's own kind. So what was produced in her womb broke the nature and the  pattern of the nature of  God  in His offspring.

 

Now  in continuing on in this message of ONENESS we will pick  up at  PP.  63  and read. Now, remember and  don't  forget,  brother Branham is speaking on ONENESS with God. That is his subject  for this  entire  massage.  So everything he is telling  us  in  this  message should be focused upon this thought and this text.

 

PP. 63 <read> That  is  why we take every thing he said back to this  word.  To show  you  from this word, that what he is teaching you  is  Word piled upon Word upon Word.

 

Now  this is where I might differ with some right here. If  God's Word  is  our absolute, then don't mess with it. If Paul  called those  men  in  his hour false brethren, who did  not  point  the people directly to the Message of Grace.
 

Then are we any different. One Word off is satan's kingdom.  It's not  that  I  have any bone to pick with  my  brethren.  But  God doesn't browbeat his kids. He loves them so much He puts His own nature in them that causes them out of their own heart to want to obey. Now if there is nothing in your heart that really wants  to obey God's Word then I would be worried. But It is not for me  to get  up here and pick you apart. Because Satan is the accuser  of the brethren, not me. There are literally thousands and hundreds of thousands of people that  claim  to  believe this Message.

 

But  Satan  believes  this message is from God. Why do you think he attacks it so much.

 

 PP. 64 - 69 <read>"God  don't  want  us  smart, He wants  us  to  lean  on  His understanding."

 

Oh, I wish the people could just receive that one little piece of advise, for it's THUS SAITH THE LORD!

 

I've got a dear friend of mine whom I love very much but he  just can't get this through his head. He's been trying to compete with brother  Vayle  as though brother Vayle is trying to  compete  or something.  This brother who I love very much has a doctorate  in theology  from a Southern Baptist University and he told me  that brother  Vayle  thinks  he  is the only one  who  is  capable  of bringing out theological concepts and things like that. Well,  he couldn't be any further from the truth.

 

I know first hand that Lee wants nothing to do with theology.  He simply  has  a  gift to teach what the  Prophet  brought  to  us.        ¨Brother  Branham himself told Lee that they had much  in  common. And  Lee,  said,  "like what, we both wear  shoes?"  And  Brother     Branham  told him, "Lee, I have a gift and the people don't  want it and you have a gift to teach and the people don't want it.

 

     E-22 JESUS CHRIST THE SAME 58-0323  "  And if there's anything you lack of understanding,  something that  you do not understand, my associate Brother Vayle here,  is available at all times to explain anything that seems  mysterious to  you  ministering brethren, or wherever you are,  or  any  lay member, anything.

 

  If  there's  a  question, if we ever  preach  anything,  or  do     anything,  that's not a promise of God in this Bible, you  got  a right  to come to us and ask us like brethren. And we ask you  to do that. We ask you as our brothers and sisters to come to us. We want  to  be servants of Christ. That's what  we  represent,  the world around."

  

Yet brother Branham also told Lee in an audio tape the following.

 

    E-26 AUDIO LETTER TO LEE VAYLE  64-0500"  See,  what  I'm confessing to you, Lee, is  you  know  that  I    understand and you understand this position[1]. But I can't tell  it to  the people. See? And now, you can just make this if you  want to use this. [1]Make this as yourself talking."

 

Now  is that theology or is it a gift of God positionally  placed in  the church. And the greatest gift is to get ourselves out  of the  way.  God don't want our ability. We have none.  He  doesn't want  our theology. He said in Malachi, "All tables are  full  of vomit. " So just say, what He said.

 

Now  I'm not up here to preach Lee Vayle. I love him for what  he is  in God's economy. If that was my intention, then I  would  be found  a  false  witness  of Jesus Christ  and  I  would  not  be        preaching  Jesus Christ to you. So that is not my intention.  But that you might understand, we are not playing church here and  we do  not respect God's ministries just for popularity sake. If  we did  that  then  we would have to go  for  some  else's  ministry        because  Lee isn't too popular you know. And neither was  brother Branham. And neither is any true minister of God who preaches the Truth  of God without compromise. In fact Lee told me in 1979  or 1980,  he  said,  "Kid, stick around me and you  won't  have  any friends."  And he was right. I lost many a friend in this message because I believe this message like brother Vayle, because I feel he  is perhaps the only 5 fold minister that was  around  brother Branham  that  understood  this Message  with  the  exception  of         brother Neville and possibly a couple other brothers I know.  So, if God gives a man a job to do, then he had better be doing  it, and woe is me if I stand in his way.

 

     E-69 AUDIO LETTER TO LEE VAYLE 64-0500 "You  know, Lee, even though you think about standing in  front of a person like that, and talking to me in that way.  You  think that,  but you don't. See, you don't control your own self.  See, you  can't think at all. That's the reason you have to  get  your own  thoughts away so He can put His thinking through  you.  See? You've  got to have your own thoughts gone. It just registers  on your own mind. You understand, Lee?"

 

So  in no way will God accept your theology or even your  opinion of  this message. One Word off is satan's kingdom. You must  stay with  THUS SAITH THE LORD. Now I believe you can put it  in  your own words to break it down to the people, but you had better  not change the meaning of it or your gone. God can not use you if you intentionally alter what He has said. To willfully misquote God's Word or His Prophet puts you in the tribulation. That's all.

 

Now he said in PP. 69, " Don't lean upon your understanding, lean upon His understanding. No matter how contrary it seems, and  how big  the bright lights look out here , don't pay no attention  to it. Just lean on His understanding, what He said is Truth.

 

PP. 70 - 71 <READ>

 

ECCL 4: 9 - 12 <read>

And who is the third cord? Some say children, but that is wrong. Christ  is the Third person in every marriage that  tightens  the bond of marriage that can not break.

 

Now  maybe we should Examine a bit closer what he is saying  here about oneness. Look, even in your home, you can't have a  correct oneness  without Christ as the center of your universe.  If  your home  is without Christ except on church days, you've got a  mess on your hands.

 

Look,  don't think for one minute because you are in this  church or in this message that your kids will turn out ok. You say, well I apply the token.

 

Oh,  yeah? How do you apply it. What does it means to apply  any­thing?

 

        WEBSTER :  APPLY: to place so as to be touching. Are  your  kids being touched by the power of God?  What  is  the Power of God? The Word, right? So are your kids being touched  by the  power  of God? If they're not, I wonder if  they  are  being touched  by it. If they're not touched by it then it isn't  being applied. Just because you believe it doesn't mean they do.

 

WEBSTER  also  said to APPLY means to put to  some  practical  or specific use. It also means to concentrate ( to apply oneself) so do you concentrate upon this Word of Life? Do your kids see  that you  really believe it? Or do your own kids think you are just  a hypocrite.

 

I would not want to answer on the day of judgment for my kids and find out that they never received my God and my King because they thought  I was only playing church. But if I am sold out to this Word  without question and I live and brief and this Word  is  my all and all, then I believe that will rub off on my kids and as I include  them into my devotions and worship and make an altar  in my  house, that as the scripture says, bring them up in  the  way that they should go and they will not depart.

 

Now,  all  you have to do is just look at your  family.  Do  your children  have  a revelation which can not be removed.  Are  they grounded  in this Word. Do they dress like a lady covering  their knees when they sit. Some don't even cover their knees when  they stand  much less sitting. Look, who are we living for. If we  are
living  for our King, then all our thoughts will be Him. All  our efforts will be made to please Him. But if the young ladies can't even  wear  the  proper attire to cover themselves  like  a  lady should  and if the young men want to still be parading around  in shorts, then I as a parent would ask myself. Am I really applying the token. Are my kids being touched by this Word. If not, Why? What  influence  is so great upon them that this  Word  is  being
smothered out. I'll tell you what it is. Turn with me to

 

MATT 13:22 <read> What did the cares of this life choke out? The Life of the Word.

 

  LUKE 21: 34 - 36 MASORETIC TEXT

 "  Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down  by  spending too  much  time and energy on indulgence and  pleasure,  like   a drunken  condition where your thoughts are not correctly focused and the result is that you will be caught up into worrying  about what may happen and that day will close on you unexpectedly as  a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the earth.  Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able  to escape  all that is about to happen, and that you may be able  to stand before the PRESENCE of The Son of Man."

 

PP. 71 - 72 <read>

Now he didn't say take them to church. That is Good. That is part of  it.  But  he said what? L.E.A.D. Now what  does  it  mean  to L.E.A.D. ?  Glenn? What does it mean to lead?

 

WEBSTER: LEAD: To show the way by going along with. To guide.  To mark the way for.

 

Now  how many of the parents that you know mark out the  way  for their  kids. Do you stand before them and inspect what  they  are wearing to school. Do you mark out who they should and should not associate  with. If you don't you are not leading. I'll give  you THUS  SAITH  THE PROPHET and Thus IT IS THUS SAITH THE  LORD  on that.

 

You say, that's too old fashioned. God don't change. Only  people change.  So what will you have. If the world loves you, you  know one thing for sure. God don't!

 

"He  <(or  she)  That generic,> He that loveth the  Word  or  the things of the world, the love of God is not even in them."

 

That's pretty strong, but that is THUS SAITH THE LORD.

 

WEBSTER  says of to LEAD: to guide or direct as by persuasion  or influence, to a course of action or thought.

 

I  challenge you parents this morning. Are you leading?  Guiding? Persuading?   Or have you given up. Remember, you are only  given these  children as stewards of God's heritage. What you  do  with
them  you ill be judged for. There are no delinquent  kids,  only delinquent parents. I hope none of us is in that category.

 

You  think some of these preachers in this message are  going  to have to answer before God for what they have done with the sheep. What  about  all the parents who have not made  effort  to  pluck there children out of the brands of the fire. 

 

I'll  tell you what parenting is. It's a responsibility.  It's  a challenge.  And  it's your duty before God. You  had  them,  your responsible for them.

 

Now  some of these kids are becoming young men and young  ladies. And  they  are at the age where they are beginning  to  think  in terms  of dating. I'm going to tell you one thing. Like  I  said, before, My girls may not like it, but I'm responsible. I've  seen young  ladies in this message walk around with  some  unbelieving boy with their arms around their shoulder. If that were my daughter,  First thing is I'd go directly up to that boy and tell  him to  get his filthy paws off my daughter. Next, I'd tell him that if I ever caught him around my daughter, I'd break every  knuckle in his filthy hands. Next I'd take my daughter out and give her a SON  tanning.  That's SON. This son of God would tan  her  little behind till she couldn't sit for a week.

 

That's the problem with parents today. They grew up listening  to Dr. Spoc instead of to the Word of God that said, "Spare not the rod or you'll spoil the child."

 

Who was this guy dr. spoc anyway? What would they want to  listen to a guy with pointed ears for anyway. Looks like the devil,  and talks like him. 

 

Anyway, you're responsible. My girls know just how I feel, and  I am  raising  them  up to be some Son of God's Wife  if  the  Lord should tarry. And if He comes soon, then they'll still be The SON of God's Wife, His bride. Train them up in the way that they will go  and they will not depart. You think we like to  put  pressure upon ourselves. You think any mother is thrilled about schooling  at home.  But I've taught in the public schools, and I've also  seen where the so called Christian schools are just as worldly.

 

Look, the Southern Baptist used to believe in Holiness. Now  what have  they produced. A Clinton and A Gore. Two Southern  Baptists that  are as illegitimate to the Word of God as any atheist.  The Bible  commands  you to train them up in the way they  shall  go. Public education isn't even scriptural. Oh, it might be American, but  it isn't scriptural. That greatest president of  the  United states  was  home educated. Abraham Lincoln. And he was  a  godly man.

 

Now I am not saying that you have to do what I do, but I do  have Word for what we as a family  are doing. But if you do send  your kids  into  that pack of liberal wolves you had better  be  on  a constant  vigil to protect their little minds from the  pollution and corruption.

 

I've seen good kids raised up in this message go away to school ( I'm  not talking about border line kids. I'm talking  kids  whose parents  were serious about this message, kids I've known for  14 years)  They went away to school and got in the wrong  crowd  and got  so mixed up they don't know what they believe any more.  You wonder if they even believe their is a God much less believe what he says. One of them had a child and had to get married.

 

Why? Because satan goes about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

 

You parents are responsible. Brother Branham heard one time  that some  boys were coming over to his daughter and  brother  Collins motel room one night, so he sat in front of their door all  night with  a  shotgun.  Tell me he didn't feel  responsible?  And  yet parents  that  say they believe that brother  Branham  was  God's mouthpiece  and they'll let their sons or their daughters go  out with unbelievers?

 

God  never did forgive the children of Israel for that at  Kadesh Barnea. And He changes not. He is the same yesterday, today,  and forever. Just remember that.

 

The  devil  whispers in your ear and says, oh! Don't  hassle  the kid.  Again  he says, it's too much effort. Just let it  go.  But your responsible. regardless of the effort, your responsible.

 

Brother Branham consecrated His home to God. He wanted to keep  a certain  atmosphere in His house and when Billy Paul got  in  his teens and got rebellious, he wanted to play his rock and roll  in the  house.  Brother Branham told Him either honor His  home  and keep the atmosphere that he wanted or move out. Billy Paul  moved out  and years later he said it was the greatest mistake he  ever   made in his life.

 

PP. 73 <read>

 

pp. 15 - 18 <read>

 

LET'S PRAY.