Satan’s
Eden No 13
End Time Neurosis?
Christ is the answer
November 7, 2021
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
In 2 Timothy 3:1 the Amplified
version, we read: "But understand this, that in the last days
there will set in perilous times of great stress and trouble
- hard to deal with and hard to bear.
Now, in the next two paragraphs of Satan’s
Eden brother Branham says, …
Satan’s Eden 8/29/1964 pp
7 Now, to come down tonight just to speak to you to say, "Well, I
could do this or that." I'd like to speak with the people, as much as I'd
like to even go home with each one of you tonight. God knows that's truth. I'd
like to go home with each one of you, and eat breakfast with you in the
morning, and go out and squirrel hunt with you tomorrow afternoon. See? I'd
like to do that, but I can't do that. And I would like to go home and just set
down and talk with you; sit on the porch after the service, and speak with you
awhile and talk to you about your welfare and about God. I would love to do
that. Men and women in here, God knows I'd like to do that, but I can't do it.
See? There's just such a pull and a strain. And in this nervous age that we're living in...
And I'm a nervous
person myself.
8 Today I got my mind made up, just something I've just got to do it, and
tomorrow it is a million miles from me; something's done cut in and done
this and that. And you have a time trying to keep your wits together.
But my main achievement is to preach the Gospel to the Church, and do all that
I can to bring honor to Jesus Christ in this day while I'm here on earth, and
what time I have left on earth.
Now with what he said here, I want to
examine his thoughts on this nervous age that
we're living in.
In his sermon "Christ
Revealed In His Own Word" Brother Branham said, (20) Men now and people today are in such
a neurotic condition, the whole world... (21) The
whole human race is rotten. Well, if them physical beings of our body is
tearing down like that from eating hybrid foods, tensions, that rotten
it, does not that also rot the brain cell? It's come to a place
where the whole nation, the whole world, not only this nation, but everywhere,
mentally gone.
In examining Brother Branham’s statement this morning from
Satan’s Eden and now this statement from Christ is Revealed in his own Word we
see that the word most certainly is in a neurotic condition the world over.
We read from the AMPLIFIED version
of 2 Timothy 3: 1 which we find to be the most fitting for this age
that we are living in now: “But understand this, that in the last days there will set in
perilous times of great stress and trouble - hard to
deal with and hard to bear”
Now, in the Webster’s dictionary we find the definition of
Neurosis as: “Any of various
Psychic, or mental, functional disorders characterized by one or several of the
following reactions: (1) ANXIETY, (2) COMPULSIONS and (3) OBSESSIONS, (4)
PHOBIAS, (5) DEPRESSION, and (6) DISASSOCIATION.”
Now, he says any one of various psychic, mental functional
disorders but then he lists seven of them. And this age we know to be seven
times harder than any other age. But if you recall we took several years ago a
study on the end time neurosis in our end time insanity series and we covered
individually the attributes of neurosis and we found that the very first which
sets the whole neurotic behavior in motion is Anxiety which is to worry about what might happen. But once
you begin to worry, you begin to do compulsive things and actions to try to
overcome your anxiety, and that leads to compulsive behavior.
And
once you become compulsive if you do not cut that behavior off at the start, it
leads to obsessive behavior. So compulsion left unchecked creates
an obsessive behavior, you become obsessed with your
compulsive behavior and that leads to Phobia which is fear
and we know that Fear has a penalty
according to the Word of God, and the penalty of fear is that you stop your
forward movement, and you stop. You freeze up like a person in fear f a dog or
mugger. And you fail to take the proper action to work around the thing you fear.
Joseph feared to take Mary to be his wife and so he was ready to give her a
bill of divorcement.
The
problem is that it just doesn’t stop there. Fear leads to depression,
and depression leads to disassociation where you distance yourself from others. Now, we
showed you that disassociation is the last stage of neurosis, and I think it is
interesting that the powers to be have been working people into such a state of
neurosis, through the manipulation thru fear and pushing for distancing, that
the people have taken these seven steps almost by suggestion from one to the
next.
If you
recall in 2019 from August to December we spent 11 weeks showing this
progression, and I have sat back for these past two years in amazement that
this is the exact tactic the enemy has been using to destroy the people of the
world, and bring on full blown neurosis. If you analyze the power play of the
deep state they have used anxiety and compulsive mask wearing and social
distancing, and made it into such an obsessive behavior that people wear mask
while alone outdoors or driving alone in their cars. Showing they are demon
possessed by this anxiety and compulsive behavior. Wearing not one mask but to
and more, and social distancing from
their own families, children and grandchildren.
Just
look at all six stages of neurosis that Webster defined and we have preached
time and time again over the years and for 11 weeks laid out exactly how this
world will go into full blown neurosis, and we did that for three months before
the plague arrived in this country. It
shows the Pillar of Fire is still leading us to the Millennium. And we are sons
of God and Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God
and not by Satan’s minions. And “God has not
given us a spirit of fear, but of Love and a sound mind.” So
where does fear come from? The devil. And Perfect
Love casts out all fear. And Perfect Love can only come via a
perfect faith in a vindicated word.
Just
look at the steps that Daniel Webster said take place in the process of
becoming a neurotic, and then on your own make a list of each thing you see
that falls under these steps, and you will be amazed how the Holy Spirit has
prepared our hearts and minds for victory against Satan’s agenda in this
Satan’s Eden.
Anxiety
is first and that is what they have pumped through the fake media,
COVID-COVID-COVID world pandemic, you’re all going to die. So they worked the
people u into an anxiety attack, which is exactly the opposite of what Jesus
told us. The apostle Paul told us “be anxious for
nothing.”
Philippians 4:6 Do not be
anxious about anything, but in every
situation, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
And brother Branham
warned us not to worry, because worry will take down your health.
Questions and answers COD
64-0823M P:152 274 Brother, look, let me tell you, she's going to sue
you for a divorce; that's Satan. See? You shouldn't do that, but if you're a
Christian and done nothing in the world to hinder that woman, then it's Satan
doing that. He's only trying to tear you up. Now, if she is one of God's
elected, she will come to Him. If she's not, she's not worth worrying about.
Then if it does... If
you worry, it'll break your health down, and that's what Satan wants to do.
He's working, I know, at you. So you just commit the whole thing to God and
go right on serving God just as happy as you can be. God will take care of the
rest of it. "All that the Father has given Me will come to me." Get
down on your knees; I'll pray with you or anything. I'll pray over the matter.
Just say, "Lord God, I love her; she's the mother of my children,"
(if she is) and say, "I just commit the whole thing to You, Lord. I want
them saved; You know I do; but I can't go no further. She's going to divorce me
anyhow. I haven't done nothing; if I have, reveal it to me; I'll go make it
right. I will do anything." Then commit it to the Lord and just let it
alone then, just let it alone. Go right on living just the same as nothing had
ever happened. And God will take care of the rest of it.
And
notice what brother Branham’s advice is. Don’t worry, just commit it all to God
and then be happy and relaxed and enjoy life.
You
see, but Satan’s attack is to make you anxious over nothing, and set your
emotions to a place where because of anxiety you just can’t deal with life. You
see it? We are living in Satan’s Eden and that was his first attack.
COVID-COVID-COVID, and people got all hyped up and anxious about what may
happen.
And
that led to compulsive behavior, as we have seen our own media and government
take such drastic actions that they work up the anxiety and push the people
into compulsive behavior which is just not normal.
So
people start to stock up on just about everything, because they just know
things are just going to be worse and worse. And after a while we see that
compulsive behavior become an obsessive behavior, and at that point the
obsession become possession. Devil possession. And just look at the way they
drive down the street in a car all by themselves and they are masked up. Well,
any third grader or even less can tell you they have a hard time breathing with
a mask on. It cuts down the oxygen level to your lungs and thus to your brain
and other vital organs. And your body needs at least 95% saturation of oxygen
in your blood for your organs to function properly. And your immune system is
totally dependent on having enough oxygen to fight off pathogens, but when your
oxygen level becomes dangerously low, then they want to throw you on a
ventilator and that will kill you because it stretched the lung tissue and it loses
its elasticity.
And,
so on and on the efforts by governments around the world have pushed the people
each step of the way into full blown neurosis.
From
1) anxiety to 2) compulsive behavior to 3) obsessive behavior which turns to 4)
fear and then fear brings on 5) depression and depression brings on 6) disassociation.
DISASSOCIATION. We found scriptural evidence for these six characteristics
of neurosis prophesied for their end-time hour. In our study thus far we have
found anxiety is the main condition
that is to be manifested in the end-time, and all these other characteristics
stem forth from anxiety. We also found that anxiety is spoken of in
the scriptures mostly in reference to the cares of this life.
We also found that Satan has taken advantage of the curse that was placed upon
man by God, back in the beginning after the fall in the garden. This fall
resulted in man having to sweat and toil for a living and the ground being
cursed and therefore man does not always know what will turn out because of his
labors.
We showed how anxiety is a result of actually having a lack
of faith and trust in God and therefore we try to take our own life path into
our own hands. We found in Proverbs 16: 9 that “A man’s
heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth His footsteps” and therefore our labor and toil and
everything else is in the hands of God.
That is why we read in Romans
8:31 “If
God be for us who can be against us.”
We also showed that Satan’s purpose is to gain control of
our minds, and he does this by bringing you under his influence, he brings you
into bondage to himself. And remember we are living in Satan’s Eden.
In John 8: 34 Jesus
said, “he that
committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
Then we find in 2 Peter 2:19 While
they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for
of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Thus, when we are overcome by a certain influence, we become in bondage to that influence. And that
is Satan’s plan here in Satan’s Eden.
Now this bondage is a result of an influence that begins
with anxiety. The Devil has laid out a snare or
trap for everyone in the whole world. And that snare or trap is in the guise of
the economy. He knows that people have to make a living. He has known that
since the curse that was placed upon man for his disobedience in the garden. In
fact he was responsible for that curse being placed upon man. And so then we
see that he took advantage of that situation and he has manipulated man into a
wrong focus again.
Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened
unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded
thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is
the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And so we see that man had to begin to labor in order to
live. And this is where Satan made his decision to use the curse which God
himself placed upon man against man in order to bring man under his influence.
Hitler did the same thing. He promised the people a better living, two cars in
the garage and two chickens in every pot, and when he had the people under his
influence, he began his persecution of the Jews and the people just turned
their heads and didn’t become involved because after all, look what he did for
them. And so we see the influence that Satan has upon the people. He has
blinded them by material prosperity.
In Revelations 3:14-17 we
see that the predominant spirit of this age is that man is so consumed with his
material possessions that he has become blind to his spiritual condition. 14 And unto the angel of the church of the
Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither
cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 17 Because
thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and
naked:
And so we see then according to Luke 21:31-35 that
the cares of this life will be the snare that will completely entrap the entire
world, and they will fail to stand in the presence of the Son of Man when He
comes. (read) And so we have found thus far in our study that Satan
used the economy and the life style as a trap to not only catch you off guard,
but he uses it to give you another focus, a wrong focus just like he did with
Eve back in the garden. And this then, because it is of his design, brings you
under his influence. And once under his influence he then step by step brings
you under his full control. He did it to Eve, he got her to step out
from the protection of the Word and once he did, he implanted himself into her
and brought for his own life in her. And so we have seen how this influence of
the cares of this life begins to turn us from a Christ Centered focus and
brings us to the place of coming under a wrong influence all because
of our anxiety concerning the things which MIGHT happen concerning
the cares of this life.
Luke
21:31 So likewise ye, when ye
see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily
I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall
pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them
that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
As I said throughout that entire mini-series on the end time
insanity before all this was dropped on us 3 months later in January of 2020,
that The whole Christian world is out
of focus. They are obsessed about
the next depression, the nation going broke, the new world order, the oncoming
plagues, and they are completely missing the Lord Who has
come down from heaven with a shout.
And so we see the condition of the church is looking at the
“what ifs”, and they are missing their deliverance from those things.
They are focused on the very trap and delusion instead of the way out of it.
Sometimes, Satan will make those cares of life more real to
you than the promises of God will appear to be. Yet Jesus commanded us to “Seek ye first
the Kingdom of God and ALL the things you have need of will be added
unto you.”
Now instead of looking at the trap, we should be looking for
the way to avoid that trap. And so we found that by having a wrong focus to
begin with leads us only further into a wrong direction. By having a wrong
focus we find ourselves becoming anxious over things which we should not be.
And when we focus all of our energies on these future
worries, we find ourselves getting caught up into finding our own way out of
their dilemma. At this point we enter into COMPULSION which is irrational
behavior, we then become obsessed by them and this becomes possession. Devil
possession. Remember,
1 Peter 2: 19 tells us that “whatsoever we are overcome by we
also become in bondage to as well.” And
Webster’s dictionary calls obsession, “devil
possession”, for that is what it is.
Now once this obsession takes over our being, we enter into
the fourth characteristic of neurosis is PHOBIAS or
fear. Here we found
that Fear has a penalty according to 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because
fear hath a penalty. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
And In Hebrews 2: 15 we see that through fear we are made subject to bondage. We found out that this fear and bondage
has the effect of stopping any progressive movement in the things of
God. Joseph stopped in his tracks concerning Mary. He feared to take Mary to be his wife, and so
God had to send His Messenger to rid Joseph of his fear.
Then we found that Phobia leads you into DEPRESSION which
manifests in the fact that you don’t want to eat any more. And so you begin to
shut off the Spiritual Food In Due Season.
You quit eating from Gods Word and from His Message, and when this happens you
become weak and sickly.
This then leads us to the last attribute of Neurosis which is DISASSOCIATION and
we found that this means that you begin to cut off fellowship with the believers.
First you cut off eating from the tree of Life and then you cut off all
association with it. And this means with those who are eating it themselves.
Now, if you will notice these six stages of neurosis have
been pushed heavily by the governments of this world, who are all under the
influence of Satan. Brother Branham told us Satan
controls every country in this world. And since this is Satan’s
Eden in 2021, Satan himself is at his apex in controlling the world. As high as
he ever will be. And he knows that very soon he will lose it all.
In Ephesians
4:17-18] we read This I say therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because
of the blindness of their heart:
Here we find that they cut themselves off from the Life of
God because their understanding has become darkened. The word alienated here is a Greek word ( apallotrioo) and it means to shut
off one’s self from fellowship and intimacy. Now why is this?
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin.
This is because we are told that our fellowship comes from
walking in the Light. So then if we no longer walk in
the Light, then we no longer have
fellowship. It’s just that simple. And the word walk here is a word (peripateo)
which means “to make ones way, to progress forward in, or to
regulate one’s life by, or to pass ones Life in.”
So we see The Word of God is a Living Word in which we live
out this Word. It is not only something that we believe but it is our very Life. And if it is our very
Life then to leave it means death to us. And the word fellowship
here is a word Koinonia which means “communion, fellowship, communication, association or joint
participation in.” And
so we see that it takes this Word of God to become a reality in your lives and
when it does then it brings a common bond to you.
It is not just a matter of knowing it is true. It is a
matter of it being real to you. For to just know it is true could still place
it in a historical perspective as it does to the nominal Christian.
But to know it is real, it then begins to live out in your very life. When you
read this Word you can actually see it manifesting itself all around you.
Because after all- Gods Prophet said, “God interprets His Word by bringing it to pass.” And
so when you read His Word, and then see it taking place, you are in actuality
living out that portion of God’s Word. we then showed you various
examples of the Word coming to pass and you being a part of that Living
Word. A living dynamic Word which is continually moving ahead. In
fact we quoted from Anointed Ones At The End-Time where brother Branham said, “ For it is impossible for those which were once
enlightened and didn’t move on with the Word as it came to pass”... “they’re
dead, gone.” And so, we must continue
to move on with the Word of God as it continues to come to pass or we are dead,
dead, dead.
Now we could go on and on with this but what I am trying to
get across to you is that to walk in this light is what brings fellowship. It
is a walking that does it, because the walk is to experience and live out this
Word. And as we experience it together, we share together this life
experience. Then it is not so much that we are speaking of a Word which alone
is True, but in an even greater sense of the word, we are speaking of a Word
which is not only True but is alive and has become a reality to you because you
are actually seeing it in manifestation. Then you are experiencing the Living
Word and as others experience this same Living Word, the fellowship is just as
natural as life itself, because after all our fellowship comes by sharing
experiences with one another. We can’t help but to talk to one another because
we are actively participating in the same Living Word. But neurosis
brings just the opposite effect. A wrong focus brings forth wrong actions which
bring forth wrong communications which brings forth bondage and death instead
of deliverance and Life.
1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Notice this end-time revelation is to bring end time
salvation and deliverance.
1 Peter 1:7-9 That
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory
at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom,
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye
rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your
souls.
Now there was one last thing that Webster brought out about
neurosis which is the last thing he said about neurosis and that is that it
will eventually bring forth full blown conversion.
This is actually the seventh characteristic which we know seven is the number
of completion. The first six are a progressive stage that moves one into a
complete takeover by demonic control. But there is something different about
this last characteristic that I would like to examine closer. It is CONVERSION. The last characteristic is
conversion. After you’ve started off by anxiety, you begin to do things
compulsively and then those compulsive behaviors take over and become obsession
which is devil possession, then fear sets in and depression soon follows. And
when this happens you quit eating the Word for the hour and you begin to spiritually
starve yourself. Eventually because you no longer desire this type of food you
begin to avoid those who do and you disassociate with those who do cutting
yourself off from fellowship and associating with anyone or anything that walks
in the light. And then the final characteristic of neurosis takes over and that
is a complete conversion from a Christ centered life to a materialistic
centered life, and there we have CONVERSION
the seventh and last Characteristic of this neurotic condition that Brother
Branham said the whole world was caught up into.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in
the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
This scripture speaks of the falling away from THE faith at
the end-time. And isn’t it strange that the governments controlled by Satan
wanted to shut down the churches and the ministers went along with it and said
it is God’s will to obey Caesar? Well, my brothers and sisters you can’t depart
from the faith in any more open fashion than to close down your churches.
Ephesians 4:18-20
Having the understanding
darkened, being alienated from the life
of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given
themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye
have not so learned Christ.
So when the world is moving in a certain direction, staying
home and pushing play when God told us through the apostle Paul not to stay
home, but rather to gather together even much more as we see the day approach.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering; (so what’s
wavering? On today off tomorrow, a very inconsistent application of your faith)
(for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to
good works: 25 Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the
manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin (disbelieve) wilfully after that we have received the
knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for our unbelief,
See how Satan got people to willingly stay home from church
for fear of the COVID boogy man? And some pathetic ministers will take a
dislocated quote from Jesus out of context and say “Render
unto Caesar what is Caesars” and then forget to finish what Jesus’
point was and that is , “and unto God what is
God’s”.
And they forget that when Jesus said that he was shown a
coin that had Caesars image on it, so he said if Caesars image is on that coin,
then it belongs to him, so he said, “render to Caesar
what is caesars, but unto God what is Gods” And where is the
image of God? In his children, we are made in the image of God, and we are conformed to
the image of the first born son, who was made in the image of God, and even God
said our names he
has engraved in the palms of His hand.
So to quote that Scripture in favor of Satan’s Eden and
causing people to stay away from church and thus fall away, sure shows these
ministers are not ministers of God but ministers of Satan, especially when the
apostle Paul warned us “If any man to preach
any other Gospel than what I have preached let him be cursed”.
Now, you may say, “That is just too blunt pastor”, but I really
don’t care how blunt it may seem, that is what the word of God teaches. And God
said, “Let every mans word be a lie and mine be true
saith the Lord.”
So
we see the same warning in 2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are
false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of
Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore
it is no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their
works.
Therefore, we see that in this Satan’s Eden his ministers
have infiltrated even this message with men who bow down to the image of
Satan’s government and refuse to take a stand against what Satan is doing. Therefore
it shows that this cutting off of the Life of God which comes via His Word
starts with a wrong influence and a wrong understanding which is one that is
darkened.
And why do these preachers preach Satan’s
mantra instead of God’s Word? Because they have no root in themselves, and so
they fall away from The truth and lead
others to fall away with them. And you know what? They do it of their own
volition. In other words, all these edicts to shut down churches have been
proven time and time again to be unlawful orders. They are not laws because
they are not voted on in the legislature, and so in all of them when they went
to court the court turned them down. So not only are these pastors complying with
laws which are illegal, but they are law breakers in teaching others to do what
is unlawful. When you go along with lawlessness
for the sake of peace, you are not a peacemaker, you are lawless.
Then what did Jesus say in the new
Testament that also applies to this hour?
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Woe,
woe, woe, so what have we hear? Ministers who deny for their people to attend
church? That’s what he said.
So again we see in Luke 8:11
more New Testament words from Jesus as he says, “ Now the parable is
this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side
are they that hear; then cometh the
devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should
believe and be saved. 13 They on the rock are they, which, when they
hear, receive the word with joy; and these having no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And that which fell
among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to
perfection. 15 But that on the good
ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 16 No man, when he hath
lighted a candle, covereth it with a
vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they
which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be
made manifest; neither any thing hid,
that shall not be known and come abroad. 18 Take
heed therefore how ye hear: (or in what
manner you are hearing) for whosoever hath,(echoes) to him
shall be given; and whosoever hath (echoes) not, from him shall be taken even that which
he seemeth to have.
Luke 13:22-28 22 And he went through the cities and
villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there
few that be saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at
the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not
be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the
door, and ye begin to stand without, and to
knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer
and say unto you, I know you not whence
ye are: (now,
notice these are them who are on the outside, not those who are inside with
Him) 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten
and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I
tell you, I know you not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. (The word Depart here is the same
word for falling away.) 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, (weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth
always speaks of the Tribulation.) when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Hebrews
3:7-4:2 7 Wherefore
(as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me,
and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore
I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not
enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any
of you an evil heart of unbelief, in
departing from the living God. The evil
heart of unbelief is a wrong understanding, causes the falling
away or departure from the Living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is
called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the
beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16 For
some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt
by Moses. 17 But with whom was he grieved
forty years? was it not with them that had
sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18 And
to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that
believed not? 19 So we see that they could not
enter in because of unbelief. 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a
promise being left us of entering into his rest,
any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as
well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed
with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into
rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my
rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we
beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That
ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling
away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with
you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work: only he who now letteth will let, until he
be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
There must be a falling away in order for us to know we are
at the end-time and the Appearing of Christ.
Hebrews 6:4-6 4 For it is
impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly
gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And
have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them
again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,
and put him to an open shame.
Those who have been once for all enlightened and deviate
from this enlightenment actually fall away and it is impossible for them to
ever change their thinking toward it again.
2 Peter 3:14-18 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things,
be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 15 And account that the
longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as
our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath
written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in
which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and
unstable wrest, as they do also the other
scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye
therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things
before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the
wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be
glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Hebrews 12:1-17 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the
author and finisher of our faith;
1 Corinthians 10:1-14 1 Moreover,
brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were
under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the
cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock
was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well
pleased: for they were overthrown in the
wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat
down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some
of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of
them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened unto them
for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of
the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13 There hath no temptation taken you but
such as is common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry.
Revelations 2:4-5 Nevertheless I have somewhat against
thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and
repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will
remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent
Matthew 7:23 19 Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their
fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not everyone that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with
exceeding joy, 25 To the
only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty,
dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and
in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;
the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's
hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 27 And then shall they see
the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin
to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;
for your redemption draweth nigh.
Letting off the pressure
62-0609E P:20 See, full of pressure... Doctors are that
way; nurses are that way; psychiatrists are doctoring psychiatrists: pressure.
Something wrong... Just seems to be so strange, the whole world going some way.
The nervous doctoring the nervous...But you know, in all of it, the
doctors doesn't have the answer. The hospital, the medics, they don't
have the answer, 'cause they're nervous too. But there's only One that has the answer. That's
God. He has the answer.
Let us pray…