Spoken Word #02
Water
Baptism and the Importance of Repentance
Brian Kocourek
January 20th, 2008
This morning we will
continue with Brother Branham’s sermon on “The Spoken Word is the Original Seed, and we’ll
pick up at paragraph 3 where he says, Now I want to announce that immediately, I
will try to speak up till twelve o'clock, and then after... And I'll dismiss at
twelve. And that'll give everyone time to go get something to eat. During this
time the minister, the pastor, Brother Neville here, will have a baptismal service during this time. And
you people that slip out and get something to eat and then we'll return back,
and I'll try to be at the pulpit exactly two o'clock, and then go on this
afternoon.
Now, although we still have not gotten to
his Message, and we are just examining some opening comments, I want you notice
that Br. Branham is mentioning here about a baptismal service that will take
place between the two services that day.
Now, baptism is one of
the three ordinances that our Saviour left us. It is the first of the
ordinances that he taught the disciples, although he never baptized disciples
himself, he left that up to others to do for Him. John
4: 1-2 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his
disciples, 3 He left Judea, and departed unto Galillee)
So we see that as far
as water Baptism is concerned, all his disciples were baptized in water, and
yet he himself baptized none of them. Yet there is another Baptism that Jesus
did Baptize the disciples with, and that is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. John
even prophesied that one greater than he would baptize with the Holy Spirit in
the following Scriptures:
Matthew 3: 11 I indeed
baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost, and with fire:
Mark 1: 8 I
indeed have baptized you with water: but He shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost.
Luke 3: 16 John
answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one
mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose:
He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
John 1: 26 John
answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth One among you,
whom ye know not;
John 1: 33 And
I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto
me, Upon Whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, the
same is He which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Now, Although Jesus
Himself never baptized any with water, yet he had his disciples do so. But this
sort of baptism was not something new to
Paul alludes to this
in 1 Corinthians
10:1 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. 15 I speak as to wise
men; judge ye what I say.
We can see a form of
ritual purification by water in the book of Leviticus s 11, 14 and 15 and in
The Book of Numbers especially 19 where
washing with water by immersing the body was symbolic of the cleansing process.
Although the
term "baptism" was not used by the Jews to describe purification by
water, the word mikvah was used instead
to describe immersion. In Jewish history immersion in water was used for ritual
purification and for restoration to the condition of "purity" for certain circumstances.
For example, Jews who became ritually defiled by
contact with a corpse had to use the Mikvah before being allowed to
participate in the
The Apostle Paul comments on this in Hebrews 10:10 By
the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for
all. So we have a once for
all sacrifice that needs not be repeated as it was in the
So
you see, Paul speaks of this often times and daily process which they also did
in water baptism, which the Jews called mikvah. Now, let’s continue with what Paul is teaching
us here.
12 But this man, after he (the man) had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, (sins
plural, all our sins, past, present and future.) sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From
henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one offering He (the Son of
God) hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for
after that he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those
days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws
into their hearts, and in their minds will
I write them; 17 And
their sins and iniquities will I
remember no more. 18 Now
where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Now, I would like to stop right here for
a moment and I want to ask you a question. Do you believe this is the Word of
God to us? Do you believe that God has forever washed away your sins, all of
them, past, present and future? Then why do you keep going back to Him and
asking for forgiveness for things you have already asked forgiveness for? Now,
that is not to say we shouldn’t apologize and make right when we err. But when
you have asked forgiveness and you take God at His Word, then you need not ask
over and over again, unless you do not believe you were forgiven in the first
place. You see, I think we need a better understanding of total justification.
Brother Branham said to be justified is as though you never did do it in the
first place. Well, if you didn’t do it in the first place, then why are you
going back again and again to ask forgiveness for the same thing?
If you didn’t do it, then you didn’t do
it. I mean once the sinner has become
conscious of what God has done for them through the shed blood of His Son, then
what are we dredging up old sin for anyway?
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to
enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through
the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having
an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.In other words, water baptism. 23 Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
And if He is faithful that promised, then to keep
going back and asking again and again shows you don’t believe that He is
faithful that promised. So if you are going to doubt anything, doubt your
doubts, and believe what God has said about you.
Now, I don’t want to make this a history
lesson, although I enjoy history, but let me just say a few more things about
the Jewish right of water baptism which they called their form of immersion by
water.
Immersion was required for both men and
women when converting to Judaism. There were three prerequisites for a
proselyte coming into Judaism: Circumcision, baptism, and sacrifice Immersion
is also required for several other reasons but we won’t get into those at this
time.
Paul tells us how we are to be baptized in his letter to the Colossians 2: 12 Buried with him in baptism,
wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God,
who hath raised him from the dead. Now,
when you bury someone, you don’t sprinkle them with dirt, you bury them under
the dirt.
Again we see in Romans 6: 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in newness of life. So again we see the
baptism in water represent our dying out to self, and we are buried with Him in
His death.
Anyway, it is immersion, and if so, then why Immersion? Well, the
very word Mikveh was first used in the book of Genesis
1:10 where we see, And
God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called
he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And this gathering together is the Hebrew word Mikveh used for the first time. So
we are looking at living waters, deep waters which he called the sea.
The term Mikveh
in Hebrew literally means any gathering of waters, but is specifically used in
Jewish law for the waters or bath for the ritual immersion. The Mishnah tells us that Ezra decreed
that each male should immerse himself before praying or studying. Some Jewish
groups such as the Essenes observed
ritual immersion daily to assure readiness for the coming of the Messiah. So
we see that the ancient Jew used the Mikveh
as a process of spiritual purification and cleansing, and as I said was the was
seen by the Jews as no strange thing when John the Baptist came forth calling
people to repentance and baptism by immersion as an outward show of an inward
work of grace.
1
Peter 3: 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: So
it is the identifying of ourselves with His death burial and resurrection. That
is why we repent and then are baptized or fully immersed in water. It is to
represent that we have genuinely and truly died to self.
Acts 2:36 Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 Now when
they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then
Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the
Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as
many as the Lord our God shall call. 40 And with
many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this
untoward generation. 41 Then they that gladly received
his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Now, we see here that there are two very important elements to be taken
seriously in water baptism. First of all it calls for repentance which is a
change of the mind. A person could be baptized every hour of their life but
without repentance they just go down a dry sinner and come up a wet one.
On the wings of a dove 65-1128E P:96 Now,
the Lord can show me a vision; He could tell me what's the matter with each one
of them. I can prove that to you (See?); you know that. But that don't heal
them. That doesn't heal them. No, it's got to be something drop in them. See?
And I hope...Like I could go up here take each one of you and baptize you in
the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ; that won't remit your sins. No, no. No, I
don't believe in water baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ unto regeneration; I believe the Blood is regeneration (See?)
now, not the waters. But, see, I could baptize and baptize, but you only go
down a dry sinner, come up a wet one (See?) until you have thoroughly repented. Repent, and then be baptized in
the Name of Jesus Christ. See? And that's where I different with the Oneness
movement. Not baptizing to regeneration, no; I believe it's the Blood that
cleanses, not the water. See? Repentance,
and then be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Key to the door 62-1007 P:60 And
that's the reason I do use the word baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ, but
not to regeneration. Now, the Pentecostal, United Pentecostal church baptizes
in the Name of Jesus Christ for regeneration. I don't believe that. They can do
it if they want to. But I believe that
Peter said repent first. Water don't remit sins. The
You know that is where
they always miss the mark, is that they don’t realize the Gspel is all about
repentance, a changing of the mind. Let’s just look at what the scripture teaches
concerning repentance, and I want you to notice how often it says this.
2 Peter 3: 9 The
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
So you see the Lord desires that we
all repent.
And
notice, if the Lord loves you he wants you to repent. Revelation
3 : 19 As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Revelation 3: 3 Remember
therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee
as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Revelation 2: 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. So we see that judgment is all that is left if we do
not repent.
2 Timothy 2: 25 In
meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
truth; You see, Repentance comes
from God and leads us to the truth. So repentance is a changing of the mind,
from unbelief to belief, and from
un-right-wiseness to right-wiseness.
2 Corinthians 7: 10 For
godly sorrow worketh repentance to
salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. Notice, the Scripture does not teach that Godly sorrow
is repentance, but that it will work repentance. Just being sorry is not
repentance, because the Bible speaks of having works fit for repentance.
2 Corinthians 7: 9 Now
I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a
godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. Notice that it is not enough to be sorrowful, but that
the sorrow leads to a change of the mind.
Acts 26: 20 But
shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the
coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. So there are works which are meet for repentance. In other words, what
good does it do to say you changed your mind, unless your actions show that you
indeed have.
Acts 20: 21 Testifying
both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance
toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Here we see that the motive of preaching was to cause
repentance, which is a change of the mind. Then what good does it do to preach
what everyone already knows. You’ve go to bring forth repentance, that is what
the True ministry of God will produce in the True Five Fold.
Acts 19: 4 Then
said Paul, John verily baptized with the
baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on
him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. So we see even John’s baptism was unto repentance.
Acts 17: 30 And
the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: There was a time when God turned his eyes, but now,
there is no more excuse for sin when he has given us opportunity to be filled
with His own sinless spirit.
Acts 13: 24 When
John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the
people of
Acts 11: 18 When
they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then
hath God also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life. You see,
it’s all about repentance, God granting us repentance which leads unto Life,
eternal Life.
Acts 8: 22 Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven
thee. Forgiveness comes through
genuine repentance.
Acts 5: 31 Him
hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins. That was the
whole purpose of Christ coming to
Acts 3: 19 Repent ye therefore,
and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; repent so your sins may be blotted out. What a
promise. And this Scripture is fulfilled in this very hour when the Presence of
the Lord is come. And why is repentance so important?
Luke 24: 47 And
that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at
Well, then what about those who are not willing to repent? Luke 13: 3 I
tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.Luke 13: 5 I
tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.
Luke 11: 32 The
men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall
condemn it: for they repented at the
preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. And if they were saved by repenting then, what about
when the Holy Ghost is come.
Jesus
said, Luke 5:
32 I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.
But he also said, Luke 3: 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance,
and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say
unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Oh, how many young people have been raised up in this
Message and have no clue as to what the Message. I got an email from a young
man the other day, two of them, and he proceeded to tell me how I was a false
witness of the message, and that there weren’t any true five fold ministry and
we should only listen to Br. Branham. He said you preach on a Greek word
Parousia and brother Branham never used that word so you are adding to what he
said. And he proceeded to tell me that he had been in the Message 21 years and
that his father had been in longer than him before he died. So I figured this
young man was 21 years old. And I wasn’t going to fuss with him, because how do
you tell someone they need to be born again. I just sent a reply and said,
brother Branham never used the Greek word Parousia but he used the English
equivalent Presence over 4,400 times. And I said, son you need to grow up.
Haven’t heard back
from him. You see, they need to repent.
They think they are going to be all right because they believe God sent a
prophet, but they deny what he taught. Why? because they haven’t repented. They
haven’t changed their minds.
Luke 3: 3 And
he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins;
Mark 6: 12 And
they went out, and preached that men
should repent. You see, the
ministry is all about changing the minds of men towards God.
Mark 2: 17 When
Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the
physician, but they that are sick: I
came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
Mark 1: 15 And
saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 1: 4 John
did baptize in the wilderness, and preach
the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Matthew 9: 13 But
go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 4: 17 From
that time Jesus began to preach, and to
say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Look, Jesus came to call man to repentance. And for
men to show it by their actions.
Matthew 3: 8 Bring
forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Matthew 3: 2 And
saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
But what if they are not willing to repent? Then what? Then there is
nothingn left but judgment.
Revelation 16: 11 And
blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and
repented not of their deeds.
Revelation 16: 9 And
men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath
power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Revelation 9: 21 Neither
repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation 9: 20 And
the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of
the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of
gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor
hear, nor walk:
Revelation 2: 22 Behold,
I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Revelation 2: 21 And
I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Revelation 2: 16 Repent;
or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the
sword of my mouth.
Hebrews 12: 17 For
ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was
rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully
with tears.
Hebrews 6: 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.
So I hope you can see
the importance of repentance in baptism. Because the water does not wash you
clean, it is only an outward display of what has already taken place in a
repentant heart. That is why we see John came forth baptizing men and the
purpose was to show forth publicly their repentance.
We see this is Mark 1: 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission
of sins. And again we see this testimony of repentance in Matthew 3: 6 And
were baptized of him in
We also see this in Mark 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned. So a change of the
mind is essential, here. Because we see what happens when they do not repent.
Luke 7: 30 But
the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the
counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Now, Peter said there is a name that is involved here. He said, first of
all you must repent which means you must change your thinking, and then you
must be baptized in the NAME of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then you will receive the baptism of the Holy
Ghost.
The Catholic church and her daughters want to argue this point and say
that the words of Peter are not as important as the words of Jesus himself, and
they will quote you Matthew 28: 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost: But as brother Branham
taught us, father is not a name, it is a title, son is not a name it is a title
and holy Spirit is not a name, it is a title. So the name is what we are
baptized into. But if you are baptized using those titles, and then they say,
which is the Lord Jesus Christ you might just want to reconsider being baptized
over again.
So the name is of
utmost importance, because without the name you aren’t going to receive the
Holy Ghost.
God of this evil age 65-0801M P:112 And
when Jesus said, "Go baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy
Ghost," setting that there to blind the unbeliever... Watch. Why didn't
Peter carry that out word by word? He had to. If a man is baptized in the
titles Father, Son, Holy Ghost, he's
never been baptized at all; he has no name. Father's no name; Son's no
name, and Holy Ghost is no name. Holy Ghost is what It is, like I'm a human. It
is the Holy Ghost. Father's a title; I'm a father. Son is a title; I'm a son.
Human is a title; that's what I am. But my name is William Branham. And the
Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost is the Name of Jesus Christ. Jesus said,
"I come in My Father's Name?" What is the Father's Name? Any son
comes in his father's name, and the Father's Name is Jesus Christ. See? See
what I mean?
Look, it can be proven by history that no one was ever baptized in those
titles until the Catholic church made it so 3oo years after the church had been
baptizing the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is just a catholic creed and
all her daughters too.
Christian Baptism is not to be done in titles. The whole purpose for
Christian baptism is not just repentance like the Jew who looked for Messiah
that is just the beginning. Baptism is an identification of our death to self,
and our dying with Christ and our being raised with Him. Baptism done correctly
in this hour must be done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you are not
baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, you must be baptized over again,
Acts 18:
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at
Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the
scriptures, came to
What shall I do with Jesus 63-1124M P:153 If
you want to be baptized, if you have took the titles Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost, I say this with reverence and
respect, but to my way of seeing it, you
are not baptized. You're not,
for you haven't carried out what He said. He said, "Baptize them in the
Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." If you just had those titles
called over you... He never said, "Go call these titles, go call these
names." It never was done in the Bible. It never was done that way. It was
baptize the way Jesus said, "In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost," which is Jesus Christ.
COLOSSIANS
3:17 And whatsoever ye do
in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God and the Father by him. So if
you are not baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, then you are not doing
everything in that name like you were told to do.
Palmerworm locust caterpillar 59-0823 P:117
There's some baptized in no name at all. They had to come
and be baptized over again, 'fore they get the Holy Ghost. How many knows that?
Paul passed through the upper coasts of Ephesus, he found the Baptists. They
had a good pastor; he was a converted lawyer: Apollos. And he said to them,
"Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" They said,
"We know not whether there be any Holy Ghost." Said, "Then how
was you baptized?" It says in the King James, "unto what." Read
it in the original; it says "how." "Unto what" means the
same thing. "How was you baptized?" They said, "We've been
baptized by John, the same man baptized Jesus." That's a good baptizing.
"Walked out in the water, the same one that baptized... John. "Why”,
Paul said, "That won't work anymore. That ain't no good no more. He's done
come, been crucified. 'Cause John baptized unto repentance, not remission of
sins, saying you should believe on Him Who's come, Jesus Christ." And when
they heard this, they walked out into the water and was rebaptized again in the
Name of Jesus Christ. Paul laid his hands on them; the Holy Ghost come on them;
they prophesied and spoke in tongues. That right? Paul constrained men who'd
been baptized by the same man that baptized Jesus, told them they'd have to be
baptized over, because they wasn't baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus. I've
got a right to say the same thing if it's the same doctrine.
Now,
let me show you some other thins brother Branham said that point out how
important the name is.
Going beyond the camp 64-0719E P:9 There's
not one Scripture in the Bible where
anybody was ever baptized in any other way but in the Name of Jesus Christ. The
commission of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is only, "Go ye therefore, teach
all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost," not call this title over them, but
baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost, which is the Lord
Jesus Christ. Everybody in the Bible was
baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, and the Bible said that whosoever
shall take one word out of It or add one word to It in any way, woe unto them.
So I have enough I have to fear about besides adding something or taking it
from the Scripture. It's got me in trouble many times, but I stay right there.
He is my Defense. It's caused me to separate from a many a friend. They've parted from me because of that.
But just as long as I keep this Friend here, the Lord Jesus... And He is the
Word. No matter, rugged be the path, hard is the way, He come the same way. And
if they called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call
those of His disciples.
Godhead Explained 61-0119A P:71 Every
Scripture in the Bible, every person in
the Bible, was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. I'll take any man, any
historian, to this task: if you can show me one speck of Scripture where
anybody was ever baptized in the Bible (new church, 'cause they wasn't baptized
in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament), where any persons was ever
baptized in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost--one place that that was
ever called over them, Father, Son and Holy Ghost--then I'll compromise.
Godhead Explained 61-0119A P:14 And
then, every person in the Bible was baptized after that, was baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ. And those who had
already been baptized by John, had to come and be rebaptized again in the name
of Jesus Christ before they got the Holy Ghost. Well, I said, "See,
you're not zeroed there. There's something out... "Now, if we believe the
Bible to be God's infallible Word, we can't make it splatter all over a piece
of paper and then be zeroed. You understand me? It's got to hit the target or
it ain't hitting. If it's out, it's out. Well, why did Peter turn around and do
something Jesus told him not to do, and then God recognize it and give them the Holy Ghost, when Jesus said,
"Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost." And Peter
said, "No, baptize in the name of Jesus." Now, you, you can't make
that hit the target. See? Now, there's something wrong somewhere, sisters. See?
Either the one lied, or... Which one lied?. Which one was it? Now, to me that
just won't work. Just like it is by...Is the baptism of the Holy Ghost evidence
speaking in tongues, or is it not? Some says, "Yes," and some says
"No." What's the Scriptures say about it? It's got to zero! I find
there where some did speak with tongues and some didn't. Well, what is it?
Now, to show you just how powerful that name is, let me read these next
two quotes to you from brother Branham. From his sermon, Who is this
59-0510E P:35 That young woman that walked into the
baptistery this morning, that three weeks ago, dying with sarcomas cancer.
Lives right here on
And again from Water baptism 59-0329M P:73 And
Sister Weaver, as you're standing here, and a witness that that... And many of
you here who knows that, when you were rebaptized again in the Name of Jesus
Christ... Some of you out there with
cancer and couldn't get well, when you were rebaptized in Jesus' Name, the
cancer left you. Mrs. Weaver's one of them. And the lady across the street
there is one of them, that it did it.