Spoken Word no. 228
“ Power to Forgive ”
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
February 20th, 2011
Let us remain standing as we open our Bibles to John 20:1 and begin reading our
text for this morning’s message.
John
20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone
taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth,
and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and
saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we
know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went
forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4 So
they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first
to the sepulchre. 5 And he stooping down, and
looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the
sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 7 And
the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but
wrapped together in a place by itself. 8 Then went in
also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he
must rise again from the dead. 10 Then the disciples
went away again unto their own home. 11 But Mary
stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and
looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth two angels
in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the
body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they say unto her, Woman,
why weepest thou? She saith unto them, because they have taken away my Lord,
and I know not where they have laid him. 14 And when she
had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not
that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith
unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him,
and I will take him away. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary.
She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I
am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I
ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had
seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. 19
Then the same day at evening,
being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled for fear of the Jews,
came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20
And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were
the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. 21 Then said
Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you:
as my Father hath sent me, even so send
I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whosesoever
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain,
they are retained.
Let’s bow our heads in prayer.
Dear Gracious
and Loving Father, we thank you for Your word of Life, and specifically for the
Words which we have read for our text this morning. Help us Father to have our
eyes opened to Thy word that Thy word might become to us a manifested Word, as
Your Word was also manifested to the believers back in the Alpha may it also be
in the Omega, for we ask it in Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.
Now, I hope that you noticed the Words of Jesus when
he first came to the believers who were assembled in that upper room. He did
not come to a people who were filled with great anticipation, but rather He came
into a room filled with brethren that were there because they feared for their
lives, and therefore the first word out of His mouth was of “Peace”.
And immediately after reassuring them with His Word,
He then breathed on them and said, “receive ye the Holy Ghost” and immediately after
he added 23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are
remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Now, this morning I would like to look into this
subject of remission of sins, because after all, Alpha must repeat in Omega.
So there must be something in this age that will be like what took place back
there in the Alpha ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In picking up at Paragraph 146 of The Spoken Word is the Original Seed Brother
Branham speaks concerning this scene when he says, “Let's take John 20 to
start with. All right, take John the 20th chapter and
let's see: John the 20th chapter and
we're going to begin at the, oh, I'd say about the 19th verse.
Notice his emphasis here.
He says, … 147 Is
that the Truth? Who'd He say that to? The
Seed, the Word. Why? They could
only be born by the Word. That's the reason. You believe that? Let's take Matthew 16 now just a minute. Matthew 16:19: let's read this just a minute. All
right: “And
I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou
shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shall
loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.” And after reading
these words of Jesus in Matthew 16:19 brother Branham says, “I challenge you to believe it. And if that ain't
the Word, John 3:16 ain't the Word. Why should you take some and not take the
other? All the Word of God is right,
but it's got to come into a virgin womb
where nothing but the Seed lays there. You believe it? All right, Now,
watch this real close.”
148 I
know the harlot claims it, and they do remit sins by their denominational
power. But look at their children: every
dance hall, cut their hair, painted up like clowns, men out living with other men's wives, flirting run around on the street, mixed bathing, everything else. Sure, they
forgive; they remit sins in their
own way, but their fruit shows what it is. It's not right for them. No, sir. What
do they do? They wear shorts, cut their hair, wear makeup. Jesus said, "By their fruits they are known," the kind of seed that they are. There's what it is. Denominational seed gives denominational
forgiveness. That's exactly right. God said, "Let the Word be after Its kind," and so it is. That's right. Oh,
brother, the Scriptures is true. You believe it?
149
And the Holy Spirit bears record of the
predestinated gift that the church claims she has. What? By watering the Word, punctuating the Word
with a "Amen." When It said, "Repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus
Christ." "Amen." When It says these other things. "Amen." That's it: "Amen" to everything. See? It
punctuates the Word. And God by predestinated the gift to come to remit sins, but it was given to the Spirit-filled Word body, 'cause the Word can only forgive sins, because the
Word is God.
150
How true the Pharisees was. I mentioned this morning we'd get to this. Now I've
took up my time. But the Pharisees said, "This man forgives sins. We know he's a blasphemer. Only God can forgive
sins, and this man's forgiving sins," not knowing that that was
the Word. The Word forgives sins,
'cause It's God. And when
you become not your own... God
knows, and foreknew by foreknowledge who would take this gift and who would use it in the right way.
Those who have it are vindicated by
the Word of God with the rest of the Word and Spirit. That clear? Some would have you
believe it comes by schooling, scholarship, degrees: if you go to school so
long; if you become a bishop, study to be a pope, or you become a cardinal, or
something like that (that some would have us believe that that's where it comes
from) when men by laying on of hands make you something to do it. But they are off of the Word.
151
Romans 11:29 said, "Gifts and callings are without repentance."
God gives it. And also John
15:16, if you want to write it down. Listen close now. How
different Jesus was in His days from the denominations of His day. They would
point back to Him... I'd like to hold on this awhile. Whew. They would point
back over their shoulder, back down through the time, and say, "We're Moses' disciples. We know that God
appeared to Moses in the burning bush; we know.” They knew the history of Moses, but they
did not know the God of Moses; 'cause He stood before them in John
6 and said, "Before
Abraham was, I AM," the burning bush. They knew Moses' history. So is it today.
They claim they know the Word of Christ, but they don't know the God that was in Christ. Painted fire,
who can get warm by a painted fire, a seminary experience? They knew Moses but not his God.
This morning I would like to look at this thought that
brother Branham is presenting us because this is truly a most remarkable thing
that he is saying here. But so we do not veer off into trying to look at too
much at once and get somewhat overloaded by a multitude of words, I would like
to break down this thought into two Principles.
Principle
number 1: There is a true forgiveness
of sins that Jesus spoke of in the word of God but it must come via God’s
vindicated Channel or conduit.
Principle
number 2: There is a false
forgiveness of sins that is also spoken of in the Scriptures and the Message
and it comes through the organizational church.
What this boils down to is TWINS. Every revival
produces TWINS. Every Revival produces one group who is spiritual and the other
who is carnal. And the carnal always try to impersonate the spiritual.
Now, let’s look first at Principle number 2, the false church, the
organizational church to see what her false forgiveness of sins
looks like that she claims she has power to forgive. And let’s look further at
this thought here because Br. Branham is telling us that anyone can claim such
power but there has to be an a-vindication that you are genuinely given
that power, which the false church does not have.
Now, notice what William Branham says about those who
would forgive sins that are not ordained to do so. I am going to read several
quotes from Brother Branham that deal with this fact that the false church has
there impersonators of the True church, but if you will notice in these quotes,
what always set them apart was that God vindicated the one while the church or
false Group go their approval from their own group.
Leadership 65-1207 P:95 God
come right back, that same Pillar of
Fire, and vindicated that prophet standing out there on the mountain, to prove that it was, when he took his
hands and performed all kinds of miracles and things. (So first of all here we see that God vindicates His
Prophets by His own personal presence.) Oh, they had the
impersonators. Oh, sure. There was Jambres and Jannes stood right there and
done the same thing they did. But who was the original? See? Where did it start from? Did it come from the Word? Was it
the hour? And do you know that
same thing's promised again in the last days? "As Jambres and Jannes
withstood Moses, so will these men of
reprobate mind concerning the Truth." See, in the last days... And do the same thing, impersonate
everything, right on in the same gully, hog going to its wallow, and a dog to
its vomit.
Notice that William Branham shows us here that throughout the Scriptures
you can always see the real verse the impersonators because the real come first
and the impersonators see what the real did and then try to do it themselves. And
that is what the word impersonate means. An impersonator is not the first, but
sees the first and tries to reproduce it. The
word impersonate
means To imitate the appearance, voice, or
manner of; to mimic: So these can
not be an original since the word impersonate means to imitate or copy.
Works
is faith expressed 65-1126 P:122 Who was first? Moses. Then they impersonated him. But the great truths still remains the same between the right and wrong;
they cannot accept the message. They
cannot accept the message that's unadulterated, from the Word of God. I
don't care, Judas could've done all kind of signs and wonders; but when he come
to receive the Holy Ghost at the day of Pentecost, he showed his colors. That Devil can come right up and
impersonate right to the very thing, till it comes to this Word; but he can't take all that Word. He can
bring it all up, maybe to one Word like Eve did, the Devil did to Eve, but he
can't cross it all. Because the only... The whole thing is the Body of Christ.
See, Word now...Neither could... They
cannot take the message now, neither
could Jambres and Jannes take Moses' message. They could not do it. Their
works of impersonation was made known, because they could not be able to follow God's Word vindicated by His anointed
prophet. See?
Now, here is the key to what brother Branham just said, Those who
impersonate may have an anointing, but they are not anointed to the Word. Let me read that again so you will catch it. Who was first? Moses. Then they impersonated him. But the great truths still remains the same between the right and wrong; they
cannot accept the message. They
cannot accept the message that's unadulterated, from the Word of God…. That Devil can come right up and
impersonate right to the very thing, till it comes to this Word; but he can't take all that Word.
Modern
events made clear by prophecy 65-1206 P:44 Now,
we find out, Balaam, of course, he couldn't see. He went out and looked
upon the people, said, "Now, just a minute. We're a great, big
people up here, you're just a scattered bunch. You
see? And we all believe the same God."
That's true. They all believed the same God; they all worshipped Jehovah. Look
at Balaam's sacrifice: seven altars, God's perfect number, the seven churches
(See?); seven rams, speaking of the coming of the Lord. Fundamentally he was just as fundamental as Moses was;
but (You see?), there wasn't a Divine
vindication. In there they were
both prophets. But under Moses'
ministry, there was a supernatural Pillar of Fire, a Light that hung with the
camp. There was Divine healing;
there was a shout of the King in the
camp, great signs, Divine healing, and wonders and things performed among them. It was a sign of a living God among His people. Fundamentally, they was both right. And
Balaam tried to persuade the people, and bewitched them into it. When? Just
before they reached the promised land. Another day or two, they'd been in the
promised land.
And again from his sermon, God's only
provided place of worship 65-1128M P:41 Now,
watch that Cain spirit come right down through the Scripture, right on to this
very last day. Fundamental? Just as
fundamental as the other one was. Look at the prophet Balaam and the prophet
Moses. Both of them with seven altars, Jehovah's altars, blood on each one; and
not only that, but rams on each one. In numerology, exactly the right number,
seven, "perfect," seven rams, just exactly like: both altars. As fundamental as one was, the other one
was also. But who did God vindicate?
(See, see?) The one that was in His
Word. Fundamental doesn't mean
too much; it's the revelation of God.
So you see, it is not the thing itself, The sacrifice, or act that merits
anything with God, but the obedience to God.
Brother Branham said in his sermon,
said, The Patriarch Abraham 64-0207 P:2 Obedience
is what God wants. It was once said, "Obedience is better than
sacrifice." To
obey the Lord is better than any sacrifice that you could do. So we must understand it is not the act, but the
condition of the heart that God is dealing with.
That is why brother Branham preached the sermon, Trying to do God a service without it being God’s Will. 65-1127B P:100 Notice these priests, all out of line.
Notice the anointing, all right, nothing
wrong with the anointing. Same with you Pentecostals, but watch what channel you're moving in now.
The day has changed since Pentecost; something else goes. If there'd been no
prophet in the land, perhaps David would've been right. That's right. But there stood Nathan, vindicated,
ordained, witnessed by God to be a prophet. And watch. The ark in the Bible
always is a type of the Word to us, because it was the Word of God in the ark.
And was... Notice the ark that they brought up, look how they did it. It was not put in its original God-ordained
position. Now, God said back here in the laws how it must be done, how
this ark must be moved, and who it
must be moved by. But David, under
his anointing...
Now, the problem that I see is that
since there are two kinds of believers and both have the nature of the
source of Life from which they were birthed, then there must also be two kinds
of forgiveness of sins. One that is based on Love and the Word of God, and the
other that is based on another nature altogether, the nature of organization.
That is why the apostle Paul said in Romans 2:
15 Which
shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean
while accusing or else excusing one another; and we find this kind of forgiveness everywhere in
thos who are of that organizational spirit. They make excuses for their own,
but someone who is of another persuasion, or another group from theirs and
wham, they get hit hard for the same offense that they excuse their own with. I
have never been able to swallow that. I’ve seen it right in this message too.
Let a brother or sister be from a different camp and they get wacked every
time. But let someone from the same camp do the same sin, and “oh, aren’t they
such a lovely person. Oh, they might have trouble in this area or that but just
pray for them, they are so sweet you know.” And that kind of hypocrisy makes me
sick, because it shows they are respecter of persons which is what God hates.
That is what the
Apostle James said too. In James 2:1 we read, My
brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with
respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your
assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a
poor man in vile raiment; 3 And
ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit
thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here
under my footstool: 4 Are
ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of
this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to
them that love him? 6 But
ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the
judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy
name by the which ye are called?
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But
if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole
law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For
he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou
commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So
speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no
mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. 14 What doth it profit, my
brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute
of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart
in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those
things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even
so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou
hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will
shew thee my faith by my works.
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:
the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt
thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was
not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son
upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought
with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was
fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye
see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works,
when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also.
And let’s face it, when we see this hypocritical
nature it usually is when men receive gifts from someone, and so the gift perverts
the judgment of that person.
Deuteronomy
16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect
persons, neither take a gift: for a gift
doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
2
Chronicles 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be
upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God,
nor respect of persons, nor taking of
gifts.
Colossians
3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he
hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Proverbs
28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for a piece of bread
man will transgress.
Proverbs
24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Deuteronomy
1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear
the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for
the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it.
Leviticus
19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not
respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in
righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
So you see when a man gives you money or gifts and
then perverts the Word, you are obligated by the Word to not take his side in
any issue. For if you do you are perverting justice.
Now, the fact is as brother Branham said, those who
have power to forgive sins are those whom God vindicates to do so. In
Matthew 9 we see Jesus questioned about his power to forgive sin, and watch his
reply. Matthew
9:1 And he entered into
a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.2 And,
behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus
seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy
sins be forgiven thee.3 And, behold, certain of the
scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.4 And
Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven
thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?6 But that ye may
know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to
the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.7 And he arose, and departed to his house. “that you
might know that I have power to forgive sins, take up your bed and walk.” Notice
the healing of the man was an a-vindication that he also had power to forgive
sin.
Now, I do not believe for one minute that just anybody
has this power to forgive sins. Brother Branham said every seed must come forth
after its kind. So your life will show whether you have the nature in you to
forgive sins, because if you do not have the nature of the first born son, then
you can claim all day long that God sent you, but just saying it doesn’t mean
it is so. But when God truly calls you and sends you He will also back up His
Word that you are bringing forth. It is not the man that God backs up, it is
His word the man is reflecting that God backs up with signs and wonders. There
are too many people running around telling fictitious stories of God’s
supernatural interventions and then claiming something because of it.
I mean the typical Pentecostal person will tell you
stories all day long about answered prayer, and God’s intervention, and how
that God spoke to their heart about something or someone and that thing came to
pass. Then tell them about a man that came with “Thus saith the Lord” And they
turn it down faster than you can say, “betty Batter Bought a peck of pickled
peppers.” And I think some can say that pretty fast if you know what I mean.
And if God has
not vindicated your ministry then you would be too proud to say He sent you
when He no more sent you than you sent yourself. If your life does not divvy up
to the Life and nature of Jesus Christ, then I doubt for one minute that He
sent you.
I have seen too much in my 37 years in this Message to
believe every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along with his tails of God’s intervention.
And I have seen good men compromise themselves by talking gifts from men who
were totally off the Word. Don’t they know that a gift blinds your judgment? Now,
let’s look at the true power to forgive sins. As brother Branham said, God
proves by vindication those who have this power to forgive sins.
From his sermon,
Trying to do God a service 65-0718M P:54 Moses tried to run from it. "Take somebody else.” But God
chose Moses to do it. Many of them... Paul tried to get out of it, many others.
But it's got to be by the one He chooses
to do it. And it must come first to
His prophets. The Word of God must come to His prophets: Amos 3:7, "The Lord God will
do nothing until first He reveals it to His servant the prophet.” Four. And the prophet must be a-vindicated by the
Word of God. There's your five
musts. It's got to be that way: His time;
His season (when He said it
would be); and the man that
He chose, and it must come to the
prophet; and the prophet must
be a vindicated prophet. We find
out many of them in the Bible it come to the prophets and it wasn't
a-vindicated. Our Prophet is Jesus Christ.
Now, why do you think the forgiveness was given in Marriage and Divorce?
There was a life and death situation sitting right there in the camp, and God
gave His prophet the authority to pronounce Life. As brother Branham said, it must come from
one who is able to get
pp. 150 Spoken Word is the Original Seed. The Word forgives sins, 'cause It's God. And
when you become not your own...
God knows, and foreknew by
foreknowledge who would take this gift
and who would use it in the right way. Those
who have it are vindicated by the Word of God with the rest of the Word and
Spirit. That clear? Some would
have you believe it comes by schooling, scholarship, degrees: if you go to
school so long; if you become a bishop, study to be a pope, or you become a
cardinal, or something like that (that some would have us believe that that's
where it comes from) when men by laying on of hands make you something to do
it. But they are off of the Word.
So it takes a special kind of person who can step aside from their own
thinking and will and do only what God would have them do by following God’s
will which is His Word.
And again from his sermon, Modern events
made clear by prophecy 65-1206 P:31 How
beautiful that was illustrated, or demonstrated when Jesus was come on earth,
and John was the prophet of that day, and he was prophesying. They said, "Oh,
you mean to say that God's going to tear down our big associations here and all
these things? And there's going to be a time that our temples won't no more be
worshipped in?" He said, "There
was coming a time when God would make a sacrifice out of the Lamb of God: a
man." And he said that he would know Him when He come. He
said he was so sure of his message; he said, "He's
standing right among you now and you don't know it. He's right among you and
you don't know it." One day when Jesus walked out, John
looked up and seen that sign above Him; he said, "Behold, the Lamb of God that takes away the
sin of the world." That same minute Jesus knew then that He was a-vindicated before the
people. Now, He was the Word;
would we doubt that? The Bible said He was the Word, "In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us." And here He is, Here's
the Word on earth (Look, perfectly.) comes right out into the water to the
prophet.
Invisible
union of the bride 65-1125 P:104 You
was deceived in the beginning by your first marriage. Now, you know what's
true. Just like I said the little eagle, when he heard the Bridegroom's Voice,
he went to It, the anointed, vindicated Word of God for the last days. Noah was the vindicated Word for his day.
Do you believe that? Well, his message won't work today. Moses was the vindicated Word of his age. Do you believe that? It
won't work for now. Jesus was... John
was the vindicated Word. You believe that? It wouldn't work in the days of
Jesus. Certainly not.
Invisible
union of the bride 65-1125 P:70 What
did Satan pregnate Eve with? To
disbelieve the Word for intellectuals, intellects, and it ruined the whole
creation. That's exactly what she's done in the Word today, the church. She's
pregnated herself with Bible schools and colleges and things like that:
reading, writing, and arithmetic, and they know more about God than a Hottentot
would know about an Egyptian knight. They know all their creeds, their prayer
books, and everything else, but know
nothing about God. They'd know when the Word is vindicated... When God
spoke back there and 'lotted out His Word to each generation as it came
along...Here come Noah along, and he preached that generation. Now, what if
Moses would've come along and said, "Let's build an ark"? He'd have
been all out of style, but he was a prophet. He had the revelation of God; God
vindicated it to be the Truth. He brought the children of
Events
made clear by prophecy 65-0801E P:62 "Then that messengers
down at the tomb this morning was right. He is risen from the dead. He is
alive. He is that Messiah." Why? Don't fail it. "His action, His ministry, and everything He's done has been vindicated
exactly the Words that the prophet said would take place for this day.
That's done it." Then they knew that it was Him, their crucified Friend,
Jesus, that had done it. No wonder their hearts burned within them as He talked
to them.
Events
made clear by prophecy 65-0801E P:36 Now, every time that the
church gets mixed up, and God foreknew they would, for He foreknew all things;
therefore, He has His certain prophet ready for that age, to call His electing by His a-vindicated Word of signs and wonders, and
confirmation of His Word: confirming the Word with signs following, as He
promised. He gives the true
interpretation after the prophet himself has been vindicated. All but those, the elected to whom he
is sent, hate him. Now, examine
every instant and see if that's right or not. Only the ones that He's sent to.
"He came to His Own and His Own received Him not; but as many
as did receive Him, to them gave He the power to become sons of God."
Notice, Every examination of the Word, in every instance, and at the end of
every age or climax or junction, as I preached on it many times...
Anointed
ones at end time 65-0725M P:189 Notice the
very day when this messenger, not
when he starts on the, but when he begins to declare his Message. See? The
First Pull, healing; Second Pull, prophesying; Third Pull, the opening of the
Word, the mysteries revealed. There's no more higher order to reveal the Word
than prophets. But the only way the
prophet can be a-vindicated is by the Word. And remember the Third Pull was
the opening of them Seven Seals to reveal the hidden Truth that's been sealed
in the Word. Do you see it? It is then, in that day when this thing is to take
place that Jannes and Jambres, the
impersonators, will appear again, just like they did when Moses appeared
with the original Word to say it; they appear to impersonate it. Just exactly
right. Now, you see what Matthew 24:24 is? See? Anointed ones.
Anointed
ones at end time 65-0725M P:71 The Bible said, "In
the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established.”
I spoke of Balaam. I spoke of Balaam and of Moses. And I've spoke now of
Micaiah and Zedekiah. Now, I'm going to give one more, which there's hundreds
of them, but one more to make three witnesses. I got a whole string of them
wrote down here. But to preserve time...Jeremiah who was a vindicated, outcast,
but a vindicated prophet of God, they hated the man. They threw unripe, overripe
fruit at him and every thing else, and he put the curse upon them. And the
things that he done... And laid out there on his sides and things, and give
signs that