Spoken Word #32
“The Spirit of Christ or the Spirit of Boycott?”
Brian Kocourek
Several months ago in our questions and
answers series on the Alpha and Omega principle concerning the Three Exoduses,
we pointed out the similarities between the three Exoduses concerning how God
came down in the form of the Pillar of Fire, He
then raised up a prophet from among the brethren and through this
prophet he revealed his Purpose and Plan and brought the people out from
organization by a mighty hand demonstrating his Supernatural Presence among the
people while vindicating the Message that He gave that prophet to call the
people out from the bondage and slavery of Organization. The Message was to “come out from among
her and be ye separate saith the Lord, and I will be will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”. 2 Corinthians
6:17-18.
We then showed how that
after the people came out, the God withdrew His prophet from the scene, but God
remained on the scene manifesting His presence in the same Pillar of Fire to
lead the people into the promise for the age using another ministry to
positionally place the people into the promise of their day.
We saw how that in
Moses day, God ordained Moses as that Prophet to bring the people out with a
mighty hand, but then God remained on the scene after taking Moses off the
scene and brought the people in under Joshua. At the Second Exodus, we see the
Pillar of Fire come down and rest upon Jesus and enter into Jesus (Jesus in
Jesus as brother Branham put it) and in Him, the Pillar of Fire brought the
people out of Organized religion that had held down and suppressed the Word of
God. The people received a message to come out from among her “come out from among
her and be ye separate saith the Lord, and I will be will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”. 2 Corinthians
6:17-18.” . Again God using that prophetic ministry to
bring the people out of organized religion, into a relation with Himself, but
then God took His Son, the Son of Man ministry, that ministry of the prophet
for the age off the scene and once again God raised up a teaching ministry to
positionally place the people into the promised Word for that age. God sent
forth that same Pillar of Fire, and anointed Paul to be a teacher of the
Gentiles to positionally place the people into Christ.
Now, in this last
Exodus, we see the same scene unfold itself once again. God comes down with a
Shout, Reveals His purpose and plan to His prophet William Branham, The people
come out of organized religion, and begin to wander in the wilderness. then God pulls that prophet from the scene and that Pillar
of Fire remains on the scene and God uses a teaching ministry under that same Pillar
of Fire, to bring the people in and positionally place them in the promise for
the age, making them ready for the adoption of sons, thus fulfilling His Word
once again. “come out from among her and be ye separate saith the Lord,
and I will be will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty.”. 2 Corinthians 6:17-18.”
Now, this morning I
would like to bring out one more aspect of this scene that unfolded in each of
these ages. We are warned by Scripture that during the Exodus men would rise up from among the brethren who would be
used by Satan to hold back the truth and suppress it thus trying to interfere
with the full exodus of coming our and entering back in.
In Romans 1: 17 we read, For therein is the
righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For
the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and un-right-wise-ness
of men, who hold the truth in un-right-wise-ness; Now, the word hold
here was translated from the Greek Word “katecho”
which means to hold down or to hold it back as to keep it from moving forward.
From his sermon, Anointed ones at end time 65-0725M P:168
brother Branham said, "For it is impossible
for those which were once enlightened and didn't move on with the Word as it
come to pass..." They're dead, gone. …
So you see how important it is for us to continue to walk in the Light as
long as He is in the Light? Therefore if the Just are to Live by Faith, then
Faith is not a thing of the past, but an on-going revelation that takes us step by step
into the Right-Wise-ness of God himself. “if you walk in the
light as He is in the Light,” not, “if you walk in the Light as He once was in the
Light.” Because Faith is a Revelation, it is an unveiling,
a bringing into open view what is presently set before you. Revelation is not
something from days gone by, but the present Truth.
And those men who hold back the Truth, do so by
making it a historical thing instead of an ever present reality. Brother
Branham said Reproach
for the word 62-1223 P:68 Man are always the same as
ever. Now, I'm going to say something again, and I want you to listen at me,
you on the tape. Don't you miss it. But study it. Men now is like he's always been. He's praising God for what
He's done, looking forward to what He will do, and ignoring what He has done
and is doing. He praises God for what He has done; He looks forward to what He
will do; but he ignores what God's
a-doing, and there he misses the whole thing. Hope they get it. See? Ignoring what He's doing... He knows what He has done, and he knows the
promise what He will do, but he fails to see what He's doing.
So what is God doing
now, since his Prophet was taken from the scene? Come on tell me? But Jesus said it would be this way…he called
them hypocrites because they would not go in themselves and neither would they
allow others to go in either.
So we see this next attribute of the Three exoduses is that there arises
men among those who are called out, who use their position of authority among
the called out to keep others from entering in. Galatians 3: 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath
bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Now, in all three exoduses it is not the outsiders that try to keep the
Children of God from entering into the promise of God for that age. But it is
men who wise up within the Exodus movement who enter into these positions of leadership
and they begin to get fat off the backs of the people, and they like their big
churches and big incomes and they feel threatened when God anoints a ministry
to lead the people into their positioning into the body of Christ.
Now, we have just returned from meetings in South Africa, Malawi and
Tanzania, and in two of these countries we had organized boycotts of our
meetings take place, and I am going to show you by God’s Word this morning that
the spirit that would organize a boycott is the same satanic spirit upon the
Catholic church and the same satanic spirit that was upon the Jews who
organized boycotts of Jesus meetings, and the same satanic spirit that
organized boycotts of Paul’s meetings. You will see that it was not the non
religious people, but rather it was those claiming to be believers whom the
Apostle Paul called false brethren that would so such a thing.
In Luke 20: 17we read, And he beheld them, and said,
What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the
same is become the head of the corner? So you can see that the ministry of Christ is always
rejected whether in the cornerstone or Capstone ministry.
Luke 17:
25 But first must he suffer many
things, and be rejected of this generation.
In Luke 9: 22 Jesus Himself said, The Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
slain, and be raised the third day.
And again in Matthew 21: 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the
builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's
doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
And again in Mark 7: 9 And he said unto them, Full well
ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
They tried to silence Jesus by crucifying Him, but he preached to the
totally lost and then God just raised him from the dead.
They tried to silence Paul. The false brethren came to the churches he
established and tried to bring them back under the law and back into
organization, but he withstood them to the face.
They tried to silence Peter, James and John forbidding them to preach
Christ Jesus Crucified and risen, they beat them and imprisoned them, but that could
not stop them from testifying anyway.
They tried to stop Stephen by stoning him, but he cried all the more and
his sermon that he preached condemning their unbelief is the longest sermon
recorded in the Bible.
They tried to stop John. They boiled him in oil thinking that would take
care of the matter, but that didn’t work, so they excommunicated him to the
isle of
You see, any ministry that is worth its salt so to speak will always have
resistance to it. That is the pattern set throughout the ages. And what they do
not understand is that in their trying to hold back and suppress that ministry
they are actually playing into the purpose and plan of God in which the
rejection brings on the actual crowning of that ministry.
Present stage of my ministry 62-0908 P:57 Now, here's the thing I want to kind of
exercise on for a few moments. Now, it's usually at such a time as this when
man has stayed true to the Word and all
men has forsaken him until God steps in, in defense of that person and
crowns his ministry. See? That's right. What a consolation.
Blasphemous names 62-1104M P:110 I don't think Demas went out into the
world, 'cause Demas was of a... If you know his history, he was of a big, rich
family; and he wanted to go with the rest of the crowd. But Paul, poor little
Paul, what was it? God always lets a
ministry get like that and then crowns it. He let Jesus get to a place
(Look at there.), when He could raise the dead, when He could do anything He
wanted to, and let a Roman soldier jerk beard out of His face and [Brother
Branham makes a spitting sound--Ed.] spit in His face. Hit Him on the... Put a
rag around His face and said, "Now, you know, they tell me you are a
prophet..." All of them stood around with their reeds and [Brother Branham
illustrates hitting Him--Ed.] hit Him on the head, and said, "Now tell us
which one hit you." He knowed
which ones hit Him. Sure He did. See? But His ministry was fixing to be
crowned. It always gets that spot where it seems like it's
real, real weak, just about gone, then God crowns it. Oh, Lord, let it happen.
Let it happen, Lord. Let's bow our heads. I love Him, I love Him,Because He first... (Now,
worship Him; we've had hard teaching.)And purchased my
salvation on
Evening messenger 63-0116 P:112 Notice when the Message is rejected by the people, and the messenger seems to
be completely defeated, he can't get another door, he can't get a place, like
our Lord was. Remember, when He was... Oh, when He was healing the sick,
the young prophet, "Oh, my. He's a great Fellow." "Hello,
Rabbi, how you doing?" But one day He set down and begin to tell them the Truth. He found favor with the
church, the people. Thousands followed Him. He had seventy ministers around
Him, besides the twelve. But one day after He had multiplied
the loaves, to prove that He was God, 'cause only God rained the bread down out
of heaven. Yeah. See? He multiplied the loaves. And immediately after
that... He'd walked on the water, performed miracles, and done the things that
He had done to prove that He was. And then, when He did, He set down and begin to strictly tell the people. The people turned away.
And the seventy said, "Uh. Who can hear this? That's a hard saying. You
tear down what we really thought was something else. Now, who are you to tell
us these things?" And they walked away. Then Jesus turned to His little
group, like in the days of Noah, like in the days of
And Jesus warned His Disciples that this rejection would take place and
how to react to it when it comes. Luke 9: 5 And whosoever will not receive
you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a
testimony against them.
Mark 6: 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence,
shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I
say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for
And don’t just think it
is the unbeliever that will reject the present day truth. It’s the make
believer who does so. John 1:11 He came unto his own,
and his own received him not.
The Apostle John said, 3 John 3: 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have
the preeminence among them, receiveth us
not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he
doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the
brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the
church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which
is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that
doeth evil hath not seen God. But let’s face it, the truth is not for those who would oppose it. They are
too busy building up their own little kingdoms, and they have no time nor will
they submit themselves to those who have the truth.
Paul told us why in 1 Corinthians 2: 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things
of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Notice they use peer pressure to control the people.
We saw it in the way the Jews tried to keep people away from the ministry of
Jesus Christ Himself.
John 9:1 And as Jesus
passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his
birth.
2 And
his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents,
that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the
works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the
night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world,
I am the light of the world. 6 When he had
thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he
anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and
came seeing. 8 The
neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen
him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Some said,
This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 10 Therefore
said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 11 He
answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes,
and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed,
and I received sight. 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He
said, I know not. 13 They brought to
the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it
was the sabbath day when Jesus made the
clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he
had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes,
and I washed, and do see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man
is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can
a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division
among them. 17 They
say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of
him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had
been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 19 And they asked them,
saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His
parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and
that he was born blind: 21 But by what means he now seeth, we
know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews:
for the Jews had agreed already, that
if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of
the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask
him. 24 Then
again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the
praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He
answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no,
I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I
see. 26 Then
said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not
hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. 29 We know that God spake unto
Moses: as for this fellow,
we know not from whence he is. 30 The man answered and said
unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye
know not from whence he is, and yet
he hath opened mine eyes. 31 Now we know that God heareth
not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his
will, him he heareth. 32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened
the eyes of one that was born blind. 33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 34 They answered and said unto
him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us?
And they cast him out. 35 Jesus
heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He
answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus
said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he
said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 39 And Jesus
said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they
which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And
some of the Pharisees which were with him heard
these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus
said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin:
but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
And
again we see this in John
Brother Branham said in his sermon, Influence 63-0803E P:39
We notice today that, because that people have
no reverence. They'll come to church; people will come to church, and cut up,
and laugh, talk, make fun, setting where the Gospel's being preached, no reverence at all. And meet you on
the street, and with... You don't expect any respects from people; we mustn't
do that. But yet it shows Christian dignity to at least honor the people, say,
"Good morning, brother," or whatever you wish. Some of them holler,
"Hello, Preach." Oh, that's so common. Remember, Jesus said, "As
you do unto these, you do it unto Me. He
that receiveth Me, receiveth Him that sent Me.
And he that receiveth Him that I've sent,
receives Him. See, as you do to them, you have did it
unto
So
then who are these people that would hold back the Word of God as it is a
Living word among the people? Jesus said in, John 8: 47 He
that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear
them not, because ye are not of God.
And the Apostle John said in 1 John 4: 6 We
are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth
not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and
the spirit of error.
Respects 61-1015E P:75
If you can't respect the man, respect the office he holds in
God. That's exactly right (See?); respect him. If a minister comes up, your
pastor, always respect him. I've heard congregations talk about their pastor,
how just talk about him, run him down, ridicule him. How is that pastor ever
going to do anything for you? He can't do it. You--you don't--you don't re... I
don't say this church, but I mean churches I have seen, that if you... You've
got to love your pastor. You've got to know that he's a human being, but yet
God has made him His pastor. The Holy Ghost has made him overseer; then you've
got to respect him in that manner. And no matter what the pastor's done, if you
respect him in your heart as God's servant, God will respect you for doing
it."He that receiveth Me,
receiveth Him that sent Me," Jesus said. "He that don't receive Me, can't receive Him."
See, they said God was their Father; He said, "Your father's the Devil. "So, you see, you've got to respect it and believe
it, believe that He is.
John 13: 20 Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and
he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. So what if they talk behind your back and get the
people to question your motives and say you have your own agenda for going
where God calls you to go with a message that only glorifies God, and points
the people to their position in the family of God as sons and daughters of the
almighty and sovereign God. A message that shows the pattern of son-ship which
pattern was in Christ Jesus the obedient son of God and firstborn in a vast
family of brethren.
Jesus said in Luke 9: 48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this
child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him
that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. And yet they can’t even receive a child of the King on
a mission from the King Himself.
Mark 9:
37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name,
receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that
sent me.
Matthew 10: 40 He
that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth
me receiveth him that sent me.
If you are not in their circle then
they are not going to cooperate. And in fact if you are not in their circle
then they condemn you and speak all manner of evil against you and feel self righteous
in doing so. And they try to turn the people against you before they have even
had a chance to hear for themselves the message of Grace and the spirit of
Adoption.
From The Spoken Word is the original Seed paragraph
28 brother Branham said, I hope that's clear (See?),
because... And if one says it's this a-way... One says you must join this
church: "This church only has salvation." That's the Catholic
version. The Lutheran come around and say they are the way. Here comes along
the Methodists with something else, the Baptists with something else, the Pentecost with something else; and there seems to be
such a gathering of confusion. But then when you take this written Word to our
brethren, many of them says, "Well, them days isn't
now." Another one says, "It's just a history." The other one
says, "It's a book of poems." The other says, "The church has a
right to change it." Then where do we stand? Where is there a resting
place for faith?
Lean not unto thy own understanding 65-0120
P:65 It's ordained for this Laodicea church to
be in this condition, putting Christ on the outside, and Him knocking, trying
to get back in, [Brother Branham knocks on the pulpit--Ed.], no cooperation nowhere though.
Vindicating His Word in the day now, like He did in every day, and they walk
right away from it. Leaning to their own understanding, that's--that's all
there is to it.
Why it had to be shepherds 64-1221 P:127 After Luther's revival come a organization.
After Wesley's revival come an organization. After
Alexander Smith, John--Alexander Campbell, John Smith, all the rest of them,
come an organization. After Pentecost, right down like the real thing, but it
come an organization. What did it do? Pulled away. We've
had fifteen years of revival; it's never been known in all history. And watch,
in this fifteen-years revival, it swept around the
world, and not one organization's been built out of it. Where was it? (It started
the latter rain; it died in its--instant, it died.) There's been no
organization follow this. Why? It's the grain itself; there can be no more. And
the shuck now is pulling away, no
cooperation, nobody wants you. Why is it? It has to be that.
Why it had to be shepherds 64-1221 P:80 Notice the great Shepherd Prophet's
ministry. Of His miracles, every church opened and would receive Him. They
wanted their sick healed. They wanted to do great things. His popularity was
great. But when the evening time came, one day after He had turned water to
wine, and had fed thousands bread, and had performed miracles, He begin to set
down and talk to them. And He said to them, "I and My Father are One. Why sayest thou, 'Show us the
Father'?" "Oh, brother. This man making himself equal with God?" That was too much for
their ecclesiastical thinking. But it was the Truth; He was. See? But when they did, many did not follow Him.
Then He turned around and said, "Except you eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink His Blood, you have no Life in you." Now, what do you think
a smart, intellectual person would thought? I imagine
the priests that had had Him in the temple was very
ashamed of them having Him there. "To think that a man
would stand up and say a thing like that, 'Except you people eat my flesh, and
drink my blood.'" Said, "This is a human vampire (See?) 'Eat my flesh and drink...' Why, he's a cannibal. You good
thinking people will, you'll get away from such a lunatic as that." He
never explained it, He just said it. He
did it to stumble them, to separate His sheep from
goats. He did it to throw them off. And then nobody wanted to cooperate with Him. They had no cooperation
from then on.
Harvest time 64-1212 P:135
It's a carrier. It had to be. But when that wheat begins to
grow, like the church first was a carrier to Jesus, but when He begin to tell them the Truth of God, they separated from Him.
Now, what's happening? No cooperation. Why? It has to be that way, so that the
wheat itself can lay before the sun, s-u-n, and so the spiritual wheat can
lay before the S-o-n to be turned to a golden grain of the Word (See?) made
Word, God made flesh, vindicated. The... "He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall He
also." The church that lives by that Word, rightly, not through
organization, but in Presence of the Word, the Son, it becomes (What?) a very
same Word that went down on the day of Pentecost.
Proving His Word 64-0816 P:54 How hard it was on little Joseph to know
that the poor little fellow, away from his people, betrayed by his brethren, throwed into a
ditch, supposingly to be dead, sheep blood put
upon his coat, where they'd slayed a lamb to eat it,
put the blood upon it and took it to his father, knowing all of this. But
Joseph could remember one thing, that the hand of the
Lord was upon him. He knew that he was a believer. No matter how much his
brothers turned him out, how much there was no cooperation or nothing else,
Joseph knew God would keep His Word. When he saw that vision of all of them
bowing before him, he knowed that had to come to
pass, because it was THUS SAITH THE LORD. Amen. I don't care how unreasonable
it seemed, Joseph knew it was the truth. No matter how hard the task was, and
what he had to go through with, he knowed someday
every one of them would bow before his feet. How's he going to do it when they
hated him? But he knowed God would prove His Word so
every time.
Going beyond the camp 64-0719E P:46 Now, after four hundred years God walked
right among them one day. According to the Scripture He was to be made flesh
and dwell among them. "His Name shall be call Counseller, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father." And when He came among the people, they said, "We'll not
have this man rule over us. What fellowship card does he pack? What
denomination sent him?" He had no cooperation; every church He went to, they throwed Him out.
They had nothing to do with Him, because
He wasn't one of them. And as it was then, so is it now. The Bible said the
Laodicean church would put Him on the outside, and He was knocking trying to
get in. There's something wrong somewhere.
Feast of the trumpets 64-0719M P:125 And now, Lord, there's no cooperation nowhere. Trying even to get into
Feast of the trumpets 64-0719M P:107 And
Jesus had been put out, wouldn't have no
cooperation with nobody, be put on the outside, rejected (The Bible said
so.); for it's Christ made manifest among us, Jesus among us all made manifest
in the purity of His Word, making It known. And if that...
This is not just makeup, friends, this is THUS SAITH THE LORD, the Scripture.
Trial a 64-0427 P:76
But bear me record. The seventh church age, which is the
Spritual
amnesia 64-0411 P:8 He
wasn't much to look at, but he had THUS SAITH THE LORD. That's the main thing,
I think. Of course, he come to
Voice of the sign 64-0313 P:38 And now, we find this day that we're living in, it's just a repeat of that
again. Ministers and people ashamed to stand in the pulpit,
and the Gospel becomes a meal ticket to them. They're afraid to say
anything. Some man's going to put them out of this, that, or the other. There's
only one Man can put you out of heaven; that's God. And how
you going to be put out of heaven staying with His Word? That's what He
sent you for.
When their eyes were opened 64-0312 P:33 And look, the Scripture had said that was
going to happen, exactly word by word the way it was. Even David, hundreds of
years before, about eight hundred years, cried the very same thing that He said
on the cross. And no doubt that in the temple that morning they might have sang
that same psalm, Psalm 22, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" In the temple singing about it; and the God that
they claimed that they served, they were crucifying. So is it today. The God that they claim that they believe
in, that manifests Himself, they'll... He'll shut up every door, and no
cooperation, no nothing else. Say it's contrary to their creeds. "Oh,
fools, slow of heart," to know the day that we live in. Has not God
promised this in the last days? How this
God identified by characteristics 64-0311 P:42 Today we got hotbed plants called Christians,
somebody you have to spray and baby and humor, "And will you give me
fellowship, will you cooperate, will you do this?" Oh, you bunch of hotbed
plants. We need some genuine Christianity, borned of
the Spirit of God. And that'll take no cooperation, no nothing else; they don't
want nothing. Jesus turned, looked at them disciples,
said, "Will you go too? You want to go also?" He said, "I've
chose twelve of you, and one of you is a devil. Why don't you go also? "Then
Peter said those memorial words, "Lord, where could we go? We are
persuaded; we know that You are the identified
Fountain of Life. You have the Word, and It only. We
are persuaded."
Influences 64-0215 P:70
As it was in the days of Noah, how many people laughed at
him, and made fun of him? They come up there just to hear, say, "We'll go
up and hear the old crank pop off again, just to have some fun." Get up, walk away, wouldn't even listen to him preach, all kinds
of things... And they perished in the judgments he was preaching. Amos, that little
preacher, knowing from nowhere, a prophet anointed, come up and looked down in
Samaria that time, His bald head shining, his gray beard... When he come up
across the hill and looked down, them holy eyes of his
narrowed as he looked upon that city. Not like tourists that come from all over
the world, 'cause their priests, all of them had sinned. And false
prophets was telling them it was all right. He walked down there with no cooperation for his revival. He walked
down there without anything and screamed out. And he said, "The very God
that you claim to serve will destroy you."
Perseverant 63-0802 P:45
No matter what they say, "Well, they'll throw you in
jail. The ministerial association will kick you out. You'll not have any
fellowship. There's no cooperation." Didn't make John
any difference. He was perseverant. He
had a message, somebody must hear it. And out of his entire group, I don't
think he got about twelve, but he got something. When he got the power of
God on him, then the Lord begin to move on him. Now, the Lord Jesus is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. When we can see the commission of the Lord, then
you can be perseverant.
Indictment the 63-0707M P:128
His deepest wounds come from the house of so-called friends.
Think. Think of it. Think of it. Stop. I'm waiting a minute. Ministers, think
of it. Where did His wounds come from? The house of His
so-called friends. As it was, so is it. Think of it. At
God in simplicity 63-0317M P:112 Now, you see, while it was in the simple
way and everybody was against him, everybody was at his throat... All the ministerial association and
everything else was at his throat (That's true.), trying to get rid of him,
everything else. But in that simplicity, even though they had no cooperation
with his campaigns and whatevermore they had,
everybody thought he was a crank, God was hiding Himself. But when it come time
for that seed to get ripe that had been planted, God manifested Himself by
sending fire out of the heavens and licking up the sacrifice. God hiding in simplicity and then revealing Himself again.
See? Sure. It pleased God to do that. He's always did it in such a way. Yes,
sir.
Way of a true prophet 63-0119 P:28 Remember, he had no recommendation. He come different from our evangelists of today. He had no
recommendation from the priests. They didn't even know who the fellow was. But
there was One who knowed who
he was. That was the One that sent him. That's all counted to him. As long as
he knowed where he was sent from, his message had to
go forth just the same, and regardless.He had no denominational
credentials to back him up when he went into the city to come to the
ministerial association and say, "My brethren, I'm sent of this certain
group, this religious group. I belong to this certain, certain..." He had
not that. He didn't have any of those things. Neither did he have a fellowship
card to show that he even stood in good fellowship with the ministerial
association from the country he came from. He had no cooperation for his
campaign. He never even consulted anybody about it.
Perseverant 62-0623 P:94
So the--they sent the deacon board over, and told him, said,
"Now, look, Micaiah. We'll take you back into
the association if you'll just say the same thing the bishop and all of them
says."He was talking to the wrong man there. Micaiah
knowed what it was to trust God.
He said, "As the Lord God lives, I'll only say what he puts in my
mouth." Oh, brother...?... Seminary or no seminary,
cooperation or no cooperation, said, "I'll just say what God puts in my
mouth." He took that night and went back the next day. He said,
"Go on up, but I seen
End time evangelism 62-0603 P:102 The Mosaic fathers was Malachi 3, "I
send My messenger before My face to prepare the way before the Lord."
Matthew 11:6 says the same thing. Jesus witnesses that that's when He seen
John, said, "What'd you go out to see? A man dressed in fine collars
turned around, and so forth. Not John..." He said, "Them that dress
like that belong in king's palaces, and these big denominations, that kiss the
babies, and marry, you know, and so forth, bury the dead, and marry the young,
and so forth. They're back there." Said, "What'd you go out to see? A reed shaken with any wind? No, not John.
No, no, he didn't shake when they busted against him."Said, "You'll
have no cooperation if you go there." It didn't make any difference
to John; he went anyhow. See?Said,
"What'd you go out to see, a prophet?" Said, "I say, and more
than a prophet. If you can understand it, this is who was spoken of by the
prophet, saying, 'I send My messenger before My face,
to prepare the way,'" Malachi 3.
Taking sides with Jesus COD 62-0601 P:23 Let me just stop again just a moment. When
I went to
Perseverance 62-0520 P:19
One day... In Matthew 11:6 we read a little sermon. I might
have preached it around here one time, on the "Forgotten Beatitude,"
when John the Baptist, in prison, sent over to see if Jesus really was that
One. And John was a great man, and he paid Jesus a very poor compliment. But
Jesus told them, "Just stay..." 'Cause John was
worried. His ministry had been saying, "There's coming One Whose fan is in His hand. He will thoroughly purge His
floors. He will take the wheat to the garner, and He will burn the chaff with
unquenchable fire." Oh, my, what a Messiah coming. But when He come on the scene, it was different, a little humble man
with no cooperation from any of the sects around there. And
they... The sect was different, and they... His preaching was different,
and He was pushed around from place to place, and running here and running
there. So that seemed kind of strange. Couldn't understand
it. "Why? Why? Surely I preached it, and they ought to all all believed it. And here when He comes, my, looks like I'm
let down."
Fellowship 62-0519 P:35
Outer courts, what is it? The sinner who
comes and hears the Word and builds up faith in him that it's God. "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word of God."
Now, what are we trying to do? Get into fellowship. Now, the man heard the
Word. He believed the Word, and he was sprinkled then with the water of
separation. Yet he wasn't in fellowship. No, sir.
Now, you fundamentalists, I want you to look at this. He still was not in
fellowship. Remember. When
Letting off the pressure 62-0518 P:84 Could you imagine Amos having a card that
day when he come down there to preach to the people? Said, "Here's my
fellowship card. I got cooperation with all the Pharisees and Sadducees."
They hated him. That's right. They would today. If he stood today, he'd stand
right on this Word, the same thing, and condemn from the--from the Catholic
plumb to the Pentecostals. He'd do the same thing. He sure would. He
wouldn't--he wouldn't have no cooperation. He wouldn't
have to pack a fellowship card. But he had THUS SAITH THE LORD. That's what the people didn't want.You
think he'd walk through the streets today and see the people, you think
his righteous soul could stand still? Certainly not, no.
That's what's the matter. Our
pressure's build up. That's what's the matter with our
nation today. That's what's the matter with our world
today.
Way of a true prophet 62-0513M P:57 Certainly they wouldn't receive him;
neither would they do it today. They had long forgot
that God was able of these stones to rise up true prophets to God. God's able of
the backwoodsman; He's able to raise of these stones men that'll stand for His
Word and prophesy in His Name the Truth, laying the axe to the root of the tree
and let the chips fall. I don't care whether you got cooperation or no
cooperation. But that's the way of the true prophet. Some people thinks he's got it easy. They don't know what they speak of.
He wasn't brought into town by a carriage, setting upon fine harnessed horses,
tassels, and the high priests standing out there with big high things on their
heads bowing to him, "The honorable Doctor So-and-so is coming." That
would've been some organizational setup.
Way of a true prophet 62-0513M P:55 I'd
imagine those priests of a morning have a little--on the Sabbath morning have a
little, a prayer, so forth, and a little dedicational services, and--and went
back, and talked a few things on great Moses, that one day lived and a great
somebody else that someday lived. "But oh, the days of that's past now.
You people know our new president, our new government, and our--all we
got"; and talk on a few things like that and go home.But
here come a man not caring for that; he come with THUS SAITH THE LORD. See?
That's the way of the prophet: no cooperation; knowed
what was facing him; knowed that everything would be
against him; knowed that they'd reject him, that
they'd turn him down. But he was coming in the Name of the Lord.Jesus knew that
Meanest man I know 62-0127 P:32 But
he turned his back upon the Lord and walked away feeling relief, satisfied,
that he had done what he was told to do. Sometimes it's not good to do what
you're told to do. In that case, it was right.So then
we find out that he must've hurried back and brought the commission and...
"I found him; I--I know who he is. I met him, and I told him. And I've got
His promise that he will be here. He will be here. He said he would be
here."Now, there's something wrong with this scene. There's something
wrong somewhere. Those Pharisees didn't like Jesus. They hated Him. They
couldn't find His Name on their denominational roll. They could find none of
their schools of theology He'd come through. But He'd come through one, not
theirs, God's. So we find out that these Pharisees hated Him. He had no
cooperation with them. They despised Him.
True sign that's overlooked 61-1112 P:153 Nothing great shiny, a glow, and though
it's evil spoken of, it was a sign. And today the sign is evil spoken of. It
has no cooperation. It's--it's--it's evil spoken of
and called everything, but it's a sign that's overlooked, a sign that's evil
spoken of. The Bible speaks of that, a sign evil spoken of.Let
us remember this as we journey to our home. Don't you never
let this Message die from your hearts. Whatever you do, don't you do it. You
meditate on this day and night. And pray day and night for God to rise His witness now. We're ready, for I believe soon time
shall be no more. We're coming... How...
True sign that's overlooked 61-1112 P:87 This man was a man sent from God. Oh,
brother. He had no following. God give him a following, a little flock, just
like He did Elijah. God give him his following. He didn't get it from some
political organization. He preached the Word, stayed on God's Word, and God
give him a little flock. Elijah stayed on God's Word. God give him a little flock.This man had no cooperation. He had no following, no
cooperation, belonged to no denomination, asked for nothing, and feared
nothing. That was John. Why? He was a man sent from God. That's the reason he
stood. He was the Elijah standing there to prove to the people that the Messiah
was coming. He said, "I'm the voice of Him that crieth
in the wilderness, as saith the prophet Isaiah. Prepare to meet the Lord."
True sign that's overlooked 61-1112 P:84 Micaiah
had no cooperation. Moses had no cooperation. Noah had no cooperation. None of
them only had--ever has cooperation. It's all against them. But they are signs
in the evil days before God sends judgment. And God keeps His Word and wants
His Word kept by His people. Praise the Lord.Now,
getting down to the closing, for just a few minutes now. Now, listen close.
Abraham and his seed after him 61-0423 P:48 The very thing that we come out of, Pentecost
went right back into it again, just as hard as they could go. The very thing
that you used to call, "old formal Baptists and Methodists," it--it
ain't formal Baptists; it's formal Pentecostals now. You done the same thing
that you come--your fathers come out of. You turned right back around and done
the same thing and bottled It up, made one church over here, and another over
here, and fighting one another. If this person don't come to your church, you have no
cooperation with it.
Jezebel religion 61-0319 P:53 All this went on in
Be not afraid it is I 60-0720 P:9 And the theme of our campaigns is always
Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever."
How many of you Christians believe that, that He's the same yesterday? Thank
you. That means you're real Christians when you believe that.Now,
He is not dead, but He's a living. I've been around the world, and in all kinds
of places, and under all kinds of circumstances, all kinds of religion. I was
entertained recently by seventeen different religions, and every one of them
denied Christianity. And yet, in the midst of five hundred thousand people that
I was speaking to at Bombay, the Lord Jesus Christ and Christianity triumphed
over everyone of them and put every witch doctor and holy man and everything
else to shame. And there's no way of telling how many came to the Lord Jesus. We had no cooperation amongst the churches
and just dropped in for three days, and there was no way of telling how
many was saved.
Thirsting for life 59-0613 P:14 Don't be afraid. Our God is God. If He ever
was God, He's God yet. And if He's God at all, He's God of the whole creation.
And so when saying that, then I said, "They won't say nothing.
And I think that God has chose that this would be.
Now, we'll see if it happens." And they bowed their heads. And when we
prayed, the man's eyes come open, could see as good as any person in here. Oh,
I said, "How many of you will receive Jesus Christ as your personal
Saviour if this man's eyes come open." And just as far
as you could see, tens of thousands of hands up in the air. And then with no cooperation
amongst the churches... Perhaps, tonight, ninety-nine out of every
thousand is back in the temples of the Buddha and so forth, because of the lack
of cooperation of men to get there and lead those people on into the churches.
It's a pity that there's no cooperation among Christian people today when God
tries to do something. That's the hardest thing I have found, and the most
misunderstanding thing, that the people
will not cooperate because you're not of their denomination. It's a
disgrace to the world.
Preparation 53-1111 P:52
Now, there was a during the time of the judges, a little old
fellow named Shamgar. He wasn't even a judge, just a
little old... Very much said about him, a little bitty spot in the Bible, about
a couple of verses, Shamgar. Maybe you may never read
of him. He was just a little old Israelite. And during the days, every man done
his own way he felt by doing it. He had no cooperation, one was a Methodist,
another one a Baptist, another one a Presbyterian, the other one a Oneness, the
other was a Twoness, the other one a Threeness and... Oh, my, no cooperation, they couldn't get together. So every man done what
he thought was good in his own sight. That's the reason the Philistines come in
and got them. Now, if you borned again Christians
will forget your differences and come together as Christians ought to, we can
do something. Our King will come to us, Jesus Christ.
My commission 51-0505 P:2
The reason that I was doing it, was not because of no cooperation here, but was in respects of Brother
Freeman. You see? And I didn't want to be holding the same time he was. And if
I thought that I was hindering his meeting in any way, I wouldn't do it.
Ashamed of Him 65-0711 P:7
And I want to get with the trustees and the elders here,
while I'm here. This is becoming everywhere. We're living in these last days,
to where the Gospel does not have the preeminences as
It should have. It don't have
the rights that It should have. It's all
sewed up in politics and things, and just like a union. And that's what
it's finally coming to, because the mark of the beast has to come by union, we
know. So we--we... 'Cause it's a boycott, "no man can buy or sell, save
him that have the mark of the beast."
Feast of the trumpets 64-0719M P:82 The
hour that we're living, the ecclesiasticals, the
spirits uniting together now and bringing them all to this big one slaughter to
blot out; it's already in writing here in this nation now. And these churches has to be closed, unless you're with the
organization. It's a union; it's a boycott, just like the mark of the
beast. And now you see what the beast is, don't you? It's a power. And a power,
a ecclesiastical power, Jesus said it'd be so close
like the real thing, it'd deceive the very elected, if it was possible. But He
promised to have something here for us in that day, that we wouldn't be
deceived, and that's the Word, and Christ to make It manifest to us. They're supernaturals devils unseen to the eye, but you can see
what they're doing. See?
Jesus came and called 64-0213 P:59 Now, I'm going to say something here. It's
not a doctrine; I'm just prophesying. You know what's happened? It's going to
come to a place soon, mark my word, that all
denominations are going to have to join the ecumenical council. If they don't,
they can't have the support of the council. Therefore, there'll be a boycott that nobody can go to these churches or go to any
churches. Unless you have a mark from your own church you cannot buy or
sell. You see it. Just as it was, so is it going to be again, a mark unto the beast. And the church shall realize, and that's spiritual
people. And you Pentecostal people anyhow, are recognizing it. You begin to
feel it. When your churches... Many of your organizations of the Pentecost, and
I don't have to call your name, but you know right now they're coming into it.
They've done witnessed that they were. And when you do that, what are you going
to have to be? You're going to have to forfeit your evangelical teaching of the
baptism of the Holy Ghost. You going to have to
forfeit your doctrine of the Bible. And the members is
not going to stand for it. Real born again Christians will die first. They're
warned by the Word. They know this thing's coming. Yes, sir.
Third Exodus 63-0630M P:73
Then there's a persecution
coming upon all those who won't unite with it, and a boycott. It'll
be too late then; you've already took the mark. Don't say, "I'll do it
then." You better do it now. Raamses was
growing. But remember while Raamses was growing in
the power in Egypt, God had Moses in the wilderness. He was growing too. Raamses had a political system. God had a spiritual system
under a prophet ready to come down and speak to the people. They're both
growing again. It'll be a showdown one of these days. The time ain't far off
when there'll come a showdown.
Super sign 62-0708 P:65
Let me make a prediction. I'm not prophesying. I'm
predicting. I predict that in the next few years that all organization
religions will be forced to take a stand. And they will have a union of
churches, and a great boycott will
follow this union of churches. All denominations will be forced into it:
all of them. If they don't, there'll be
a horrible boycott. Nearly every one of them today has not knowingly joined
that World Council of Churches, selling their birthrights: Protestant brethren
with the mother Catholic of
Way of a true prophet 62-0513M P:145 Amos knew Israel, her ungodly lovers would
soon destroy them. And their ungodly lovers of today will soon destroy them.
The very denominational creeds and things, that they've bound themselves into
(you Pentecostals), that's the thing's going to destroy you: your creed and
denomination. You're binding yourself right up yonder to take the mark of the
beast and don't even know it, holding it right over your eyes. Sure it is, a
boycott. What are you trying to do? You belong to this or you don't belong.
See? You just wait. Just a little bit longer. Then you say, "I'll get out
of it then."No, you won't; you're already in it; you're already marked;
you're caught with the mark on you. No matter, Esau weeped
bitterly when he knowed better; but he wept bitterly,
trying to find a place to repent and couldn't find it. You'll stay there then. Now's the time to flee.
Spoken word original seed 62-0318E P:201 Billy Graham may preach everywhere; Oral
Roberts, them godly men may preach everywhere. The Lord may send me to sow seeds
somewhere else (some field), but I believe our nation is sowed down, and I
believe she's ready for the harvest now. When the Spirit falls and there
becomes a move amongst the people, them denominations will swing together just
as certain as I'm standing in the pulpit. And the
Spoken word original seed 62-0318E P:195 And remember, Christian friends, I'm a man;
I can make mistakes, but God, being God, cannot make a mistake. All the Words that's been written must be fulfilled; Jesus said so. So
we've got things here in the Scripture that must be fulfilled, and that is one
of the things, this boycott to come. But before
this boycott can come of the marking of the beast, there has to be a Seed sowed
for God to take a church out of it. You understand now? A Seed has to be
sowed. A denominational seed and there--to make a form or an image to the
beast, the church of Rome... And there has to be a
true Bride.
Spoken word original seed 62-0318E P:8 All
right, I predict that the two denominational groups, Pentecostal and the
Evangelical groups, will work together in a denomination, will unite themselves
together, and will become a member (all of them) of the Federation of the
Council of Churches or the Council of Churches. They already belong to it, all
of them. And there will come through
them a forcing or a boycott, that'll stop everything but what belongs to that union
of churches. That's what a... The
Bible said that there would be a boycott, even to such a way it would cause
people to not buy or sell unless they had received this, the mark of the
beast, which is Romanism, and the image of the beast, which is Protestantism,
that the image... The beast had power, authority to give the image life to
speak, and it did. And that's the Confederation of Churches, when they
confederate themselves together.
Jezebel religion 61-0319 P:64 Then one day after sin had took its toll,
and God has brought His people to their knees... Jezebel took everything; she
wiped it all up; and she'll do it again. That's THUS SAITH GOD'S HOLY BIBLE.
She'll do it again. She's right on the throne now, behind the figurehead,
twisting it anyway she wants to; and nobody's going to stop her. Certainly,
nobody's going to stop her now, because what they couldn't get in the religious
circles they cut it all into politics, and there they done it. Uh-huh, that's
exactly what they done. Which the political will be a boycott
just exactly back to the mark of the beast, as sure as I'm standing here.
See? And the Bible said it.
Thyatirean
church age 60-1208 P:3 Many
of them, Lord, was pulled apart, and killed, and fed to lions; great things
taken place. The earth is bathed with the blood of the righteous. And, Father, their blood cries out today against that wicked
adulterous church. And You said, someday when
You poured--the Angel poured his vial upon it, and the--the blood of every
martyr was found in it. Lord, help us to have--be
ready to stand now, because the time is closing in. As we see this two-horned
beast rise up out of the earth, not out of the thickness and multitudes of
people, with horns like a lamb, but it spake like the dragon... We believe that
hour is close at hand now, Father, when these churches is confederating themself together, making a image unto the beast; and it'll
be terrible on that group, Lord, that won't join it. The very boycott will
come, but in that hour You promised to take Your
church, and You--You help us, Lord.
Handwriting on the wall 56-0902 P:36 Now, I want you to notice. As soon as the
king saw this vision and he made it, he forced every person in his Kingdom in
his domain to worship this image. He made an image. And it's believed by
scholars and which, I do believe that a Spirit-filled person would see it that
that... He worshipped Daniel is what he did. And he made an image to Daniel.
And he called it Belteshazzar. He called Daniel, Belteshazzar, which was the name of his god. And he made an
image and forced every person to worship that image.I
want you to notice that the beginning of the Gentiles, when God dealt with
them, they got haughty in their heart and forced every man to worship the image
of a holy man. And the Gentile age was issued in with that; it will go out in
the same way. The same way a--a boycott of the mark of the beast that will
force people to worship images and to do the things that we've been taught that
was contrary to the Word of God. And, brother, it'll be so slick and sly until
it will deceive the very elect if possible. So you better purpose in your heart
tonight and be filled with God's Holy Spirit, that you'll be able to discern
the right and wrong thing when the proclamation is issued. Hallelujah.
Mark of the beast 56-0715 P:17 And today we're approaching on the subject
of one of the vital signs, great barricade dropped across. Now, a mark, the
Bible speaks that the mark of the beast would be known by the hand or the head.
I've heard it predicted by many different ways, that the tattoo a sign in your
hand, a sign on your head. Now, I do not believe that that's correct with
Scripture. And there's going to be a group of people that's going to be marked
for destiny in hell. And there's going to be people marked for their eternal
destiny in heaven. And these two marks run side by side. And it's going to get
so great (Listen.), so pinching, that just before the coming of the Lord, that
you'll have to have one mark or the other one, or there'll be a boycott: you
can't buy nor sell. Notice, now how does this begin? Now, these two great
things has been working in the churches for years.
Now, look. Judas was the antichrist. We know that. He was the one. He was not
seemingly against Christ, seemingly he was for Christ. And the Bible said that
in the last days them two spirits will be so close to
each other, that it would deceive the very elect if possible. And as the Spirit
of God from the beginning finally works down, down through Moses... Do you
believe Christ was in Moses? Certainly. Was Christ in
Joseph? Why, he portay--portrayed Christ just
perfectly: born, loved of the father, hated of his brothers, sold for
practically thirty pieces of silver, put into a ditch supposedly to be dead,
taken up setting at the right hand of Pharaoh, the greatest nation in the
world. When he went forth, they bowed the knee, "Joseph is
approaching." Perfect type of Christ... How his brethren was made known to
him, how they wept and said, "This is our sin," and how that was portrayed
letter by letter of Christ.
QA Image of the beast 54-0515 P:34 And now, let me get this one though again
while we... Now, someone asked me today; two or three times I've been asked it:27. Brother Branham, speaking on the mark of the beast,
don't you believe they'll tattoo a number in your head, or tattoo something on
your hand? No, sir. Don't never
look for that. It'll be a boycott, certainly. No man could buy or sell 'less he
belongs to the confederation of churches. That's true. That'll come like a
union, unionizing the thing, bringing it down, unionized religion. Mark my
word; it ain't far off. And you'll see it, she's just
around the corner. The reason you don't know these things; you're here at home
all the time. Follow me over these countries where Catholicism has the upper
hand one time, and see what takes place. Brother, they tell them all what to do
and what not to.
Perfect strength 61-1119 P:105 He had to get to the end of his road then.
Nobody would cooperate with him no more. None of the churches would cooperate
with him. All of his church left him, went back to the
world (same as it is now... That's right.), went on back to the world. Just a
very few was hanging on, one here and one there, coming from way across the
country where you had to go to see him and so forth. He was in pretty bad
shape; he come to the end of his knowledge and said, "Lord, I stood on
Your Word; I told the truth. And all of them's
gone away; there's nobody left here. I ain't got anybody
to preach to." Amen. "Yes, I stood on Your Word, Lord, and now look
where I'm at now, not none of them will receive me. I
go into town, they say, 'Here comes that old crank. Yeah, yeah, here's that old
crank coming to town; now he'll start carrying--carrying on about this here
modern living and everything.'""Don't have him. Pastor, don't you
cooperate with that guy. No, sir."Pastor,
"Now, that old fanatic's in town again. (See?) That Elijah out there, the
old baldheaded fellow, don't you pay any attention to that old fellow. Look at
him; he don't even dress like a clergyman with his priestly robes on like mine
(his hat, you know; and stand up in front, and collar around, you know)."
Said, "He don't..." Said, "He's a
different fellow. He's a odd-like guy."And I
imagine some of the great guys said, "You know what? He's a neurotic.
Uh-huh, yes; he's a neurotic, living out there in the wilderness, staying out
in the woods most of his time, coming in with a piece of sheepskin wrapped
around him. Oh, my. And then condemning them women... Mm, mm, I never seen such a thing. Don't you have anything to do with
him, at all. Don't cooperate."
Queen of
Indictment the 63-0707M P:137
He said, "They calling the holy works of God an unclean
spirit doing it." And no forgiveness for it, making shame of His Word,
trying to expose It, and call It a fake or
fanaticism."Don't go to it. Don't attend them meetings." What do they
do in doing that? They take their denominational creed nails. That's right.
These pleasure-hunting teachers, worldly, ungodly, denominational mad, take the
denominational nails and crucify the Son of God with it afresh from their
pulpits. Why do they do this? They love the praises of men, the degrees that
the church can give them, more than the love of the Word of God. I condemn
them. They can't conform to the world, because they're--can't conform to the
Word, because they're already conformed to the world. They've already... The
hypocritical day that we live in...
Queen of
Recognizing your day 64-0726M P:61 So did Nathanael, a great Hebrew. When he
saw that sign of the Messiah that was promised there, no matter how many
priests, how many anything else... What did it do? It disturbed the priests to
see them people leaving the churches and going. He said, "If any of you
attend his meeting, you'll be excommunicated. We'll put you right out of the
denomination."So is it today. "We'll put you out of our organization
if you attend his meeting."Remember the blind man? The father and mother
couldn't even answer. They was afraid because they said anybody that went to
see Jesus or--or attended His meetings, they would be excommunicated. But that
blind man could speak for himself. He that was once blind could then see. I who
was once blind can now see. I who didn't know these things, it's been made
known to me by the Holy Spirit. Turn loose denominations, because they're
coming anyhow.
Influence 63-1130B P:67
The blind man that was healed, he couldn't explain. He
couldn't tell just how it was that He did it. And he didn't know whether he was
a sinner or not; he said, "It's a strange thing to me, that you men here,
you priests asking me what, this question."They said, "Who healed
you?" They asked his father and mother, but they said...They'd already,
priests had told them, "If anybody attended Jesus' meetings... "He's
an insane man. If you attend his meetings, you're excommunicated from this
church. We'll put you..." That's what the Bible said. "We'll put you
right out of church, if you attend that meeting."But the blind man... See,
the meeting come to him, and Jesus healed him.
Testimony on the sea 62-0720 P:53 Then, it must have been Matthew, said,
"Let me testify. Do you remember that day we were going down into
Shalom 64-0119 P:11
And they, seems like that the--it's coming more and more
into the churches. And then when you raise up and say
something against it, then they condemn you for doing it. See, you--you--you
can see it coming, and--and then when you speak against it, somebody misunderstands
it. Sometimes women misunderstand it; men misunderstand it, take the wrong
attitude. Men sometime, good men, have to cope with such things in order to
hold their rights in the religious ranks that they belong to, because if they
don't, they're excommunicated, and then they're--they're on their own. And then
being once excommunicated from a certain people, then it's hard to get in with
someone else, because they once knew that you belonged to this other group,
then, "What happened over here?" Then you've got to stand to your
convictions, or go on your own, or deny your convictions. So it makes it real
hard for the people.
Uniting time and sign 63-0818 P:35 Now, we find out that they rejected the
Messiah and then united themselves together and drawed
themselves a league, and made a--a motion among them that if any persons
received Jesus as a prophet, that they would be excommunicated from the church.
You remember the blind boy that was set with blinded eyes? And the disciples
said, "Who sinned? Him, or his father, his mother?"And
Jesus said, "In this case, neither; but that the works of God might be
done, made known."And you remember, they said that the father and mother
could not say. They said, "They know this is our son, but we don't know
how he was healed." Because the Jews had said that any person that
confessed Him to being the Prophet, that they would be excommunicated.
Third Exodus 63-0630M P:77
And then all the time that this intellectual Raamses was growing and coming to the throne... And
remember, he raised up as a brother to Moses (See?), a brother to Moses. One of
them had to take the intellectual seat, just like Joseph to his brethren. And
what did they do with the little Joseph? Excommunicated him
from the Word. The Word's God. And they
excommunicated the Word and accepted a creed; and now, the creed has growed to power. Oh God, let people see that. How can I use
any more voice? How can I make it any plainer by the Scriptures under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, that we're here?
"Oh," you say, "well now, if that come from Pope John, or Pope
So-and-So or Bishop So-and-So..."Do you see that God took a little
insignificant desert dweller? Say, "How can all of it be wrong?" God
deals with an individual, not with groups, with individuals. God getting His...
He's getting his... Only thing He had to have is one man that He could
hold--operate with. That's all He wants, is one man.
Present stage of my ministry 62-0908 P:61 Daniel took a true stand. You know where I
get that in Daniel 12, or--or Daniel 9, I believe it is. When you... Daniel
took a true stand for the Word. What happened to him? When he was the
right-hand man to the king, but he took a true stand for the Word, and was
excommunicated and throwed into a lions' den: a man
of God standing true to the Word. The Hebrew children stayed true to the Word,
under the king's proclamation that "whosoever shall not bow to that image
when the psaltery sound and the trumpets be blowed out, and so forth, ever who will not bow to our
image will be throwed into the fiery furnace."
And they turned their back to the image and... They, regardless of how
unpopular they become, regardless of how excommunicated they'd be from the society, they stayed true to the Word. I like that.
Unchangeable God 62-0120 P:52 Now. But when Jesus came, we found out He
was born in a manger. So right quick the Jews disagreed.
He didn't come the way they thought He was to come, so they just excommunicated
Him from their fellowship. And He was no more in it. But watch what He done.
He, when He... That didn't stop Him. When Pentecost was first born, the church
was excommunicated too. That didn't stop the message. It goes on just the same.
Jesus can't be stopped. Who can stop God? You can't do it. No, you could no
more do it... You could easier stop the sun. But you can't stop God. His
program's going to move on. So it come...
Only believe 61-0427 P:26
So maybe, he was there that morning to see that. However, he
believed through the Scriptures that that was the Messiah. And, but yet he
couldn't make a confession because the--the ministerial association of Gadara
had said this: "If there's anybody ever attends one of them revivals that
that prophet of Galilee over there, holds, we will excommunicate him that hour
from the church. So well, he had a pastor though. And he had a big
congregation, and a nice bunch of people, and he knowed
he loved the Lord. But right down in his heart, he knowed
there was something else ought to be added. Oh, Zacchaeus,
I hope you're setting here tonight and don't get up and go till this is over.
See? Just set still for a minute.And there he was,
you know, out there, and believing that, and come by the little candlelight,
and study through the night, when he'd go to one of those meetings, and listen,
maybe disguised himself, and put a veil over his face, or something, so he
wouldn't be knowed as a doctor, or Dr. Jairus, you know, or... He just wouldn't want to be known
amongst the crowd. But yet, he was setting there. And he watched this, and he
studied it; but yet, he couldn't open it, publicly confess Him, because he'd
have to give up his ministerial association and his fellowship with his
brethren. And that's the reason, all of them together run Jesus out of Gadara,
and put Him back over in His own country. In His own country it
been the same thing. And anybody joined themselves with this so-called
prophet of
Queen of the south 58-0613 P:33 What good does it do to feed your canary birds
vitamins, and then keep him in a cage? Make good bones and good feathers and
won't let him fly? Well, that's the same way, of sending your preachers away to
seminaries, and making them polished scholars, and telling you, "The days
of miracles is past." What good
does it do to serve a historical God? Will ruin anything
if He won't act the same today that He was then. He's no good; it's just
history. (The Mohammedans is just as well off as we are,
any of the rest of them.)But I thank God, that we've
got a God that lives, and He's just the same, and He has the same power. He
lives just the same as He ever lived. He does the same things that He ever did
do, for He God. He's not a historical God, but He's a God in a time of trouble,
a very present help, all times, omnipresent, ever ready...Now so, I guess her
and the bishop had it out. And I can hear the bishop say, "Now, looky
here, you may be queen, but if you go,
we'll excommunicate you, just as soon as you go." But you know, if
God's dealing with a heart, you just might as well excommunicate to start with,
'cause they'll go anyhow. "For as the hart thirsts for
the water brook, so my soul thirsts after Thee, O God."
Washing Jesus feet 57-0310A P:40 Well, he... She pours the money out on the
counter. He counts it. Yep. Just exactly right. Thirty pieces of Roman denarii. So he gets up and he said, "Where are you
going to take this."She said, "Sir, it doesn't matter, does it? As
long as you've got your money, what difference does it make? What difference
does it make how--what I want to do as long as I ain't bothering you?"She
gets her money--her little frankincense box. She sticks it under here, the
alabaster box, and she puts it under her coat and--her little shawl, and she
walks up the street.As she goes up, the devil kept
talking to her. "Now, you're going to get really embarrassed. Sure enough. They'll... That Pharisee will put you in jail
for doing that."Why, if... "They'll throw you out of the house if you
shout. You'll be excommunicated."
What do you care about excommunication?
Get to Jesus is the main thing.
Raising Jairus
daughter 56-0731 P:37 Oh,
brother, what we need is Bible salvation, and back to the old hewing lines,
back to the Bible. And here was old Jairus over them;
it was around his heart. They had him in a general meeting, and they had taken
a vote whether they should let Jesus of
Healing of Jairus
daughter 55-0227E P:40 That's
the way to do it. Gets his hat and puts it on... The first thing you know, here
comes the ministerial group coming out. "Jairus,
why, the very audacity. Do you mean to tell me that you're going... Where you going?""The
doctor just give my child up. My only hope, I've got
to go down to that Prophet that's coming across down there, the Son of
God.""Why, we'll excommunicate
you."I can see him turn around and say, "Excommunicate what you want
to; my faith is built in nothing less...?... Jesus Blood and
righteous. Do all your excommunicating you want to. I'll excommunicate
myself." Faith done took a hold then, but they can't stop it now, it's
moving on."Why, Jairus, a learned man like you
are, a scholar, don't you know the days of miracles is past?""No,
sir, I don't. No, sir. Here I go.""Well now,
Jairus, your only going to
bring reproach; that's all. A man with your... A
dignitary like you are, with all the class that you a deal with. All your
friends will turn you down, if you ever join yourself with that bunch of
fanatics."
Seven church ages 54-0512 P:44 He was exiled out there for preaching the
Word to a religious people. That's what the Word says. Isn't it? He was out
there for preaching: exiled, excommunicated from the church, from society, from
all the world. Amen. But he wasn't excommunicated from the One Who loved him and washed him in
His Own Blood. He was with His Presence in the isle called
What is the attraction? 65-0725E P:14 The people of that day, the... what they
called that day, "a better religious class of people," hated Him. The
churches of that day hated Him and denounced Him, and denounced all that
listened to Him. And if they went and attended His campaigns, they were immediately excommunicated from
the fellowship of the church. No wonder the Scripture said, "He
came unto His Own, and His Own received Him not." The ones who ought to
have loved Him, the ones who ought to have been for Him, was His
bitter--bitterest enemy.