What the Holy Ghost was Given for no
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If you say to this mountain
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
Mark 11:23 For
verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but
shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall
have whatsoever he saith.
Matthew 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree,
but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast
into the sea; it shall be done.
let us pray...
37 A brother said to me the
other day, he said, "Brother Branham..." (or
some time ago, months ago)--he said, "Brother Branham, Abraham believed God and it was imputed unto
him for righteousness."
I said, "Truly." Said, "What more can a man do than
believe?" I said, "That's all a man can do. That's all he can do
today is believe God. But God gave him a seal of circumcision (that we
went through last night) as a sign that He had accepted his faith in Him."
And today, until God... You believe unto Him when you
accept Him as your personal Saviour. But when God gives you the Seal of the Holy Ghost, He's
sealed you to your eternal destination. Now, you Baptists take that,
and I'll go with you on eternal security. Yes, sir. Because, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby
you are sealed until the day of your redemption." You are not sealed by believing unto,
but sealed by the Holy
Ghost. Ephesians
4:30: "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby
you're sealed until the day of your redemption." That seals you, when you've
found favor with God, and He seals you by the Holy Spirit. That's
so, for the Bible said: "No man can call Jesus the Christ, only by the Holy Ghost."
38 You
say, "I believe it because the pastor said so." He's right, but
that doesn't count for
you. "I believe it because the Word says so." That's
right, but that
isn't for you; that
doesn't count for you. The only way that you can say that Jesus
is the Christ, is when the Holy Ghost comes into you, and bears record, and
witnesses Itself out; He is the Son of God. That's the only way you know the resurrection,
is when the Holy Ghost bears record. "When He the Holy Ghost is come, He will
testify of Me, show you things to come, bring these
things that I've said to your memories." You'll never find it in the school. See? He will bring these things to your memories.
39 Now,
we want to read just a little further in this Scripture now:
40 Now,
"The works that I
do shall you do also,"
not another work,
but God wants to bring the Holy Ghost in you to continue the same work that He was doing in
Christ. The work wasn't so needy in the days of Luther; that was
God's church.
You say, "what do you
mean brother Branham, 'the work wasn't so needy in the days of Luther",
what do you mean? he is not saying that the work was
needy, but there wasn't so much a need for the works in Luthers
day, it was correction of doctrine that ws needed in
that day. The Catholic church was teaching it was all
about works of man, and Luther came along and taught the jut shall live by
faith, which is revelation.
Then brother Branham continues, "It wasn't but a little bit more
needier in the days of Wesley, because the world, the Bible said, would
get weaker, and wiser, and more wicked all the time.
Now, he again is saying the works of Christ were not
what was needed in Wesley's day, but holiness and sanctification, because
unless you are living a holy and sanctified life, God will not pour His Spirit
into your vessel. But when the teaching went forth and the people began to live
holy and sanctified and set aside for service, God began to do the works of
Christ to a degree, like when Wesley was riding the circuit and his horse fell
and broke a leg. Wesley, laid his hands on the horse
and got back on and continued his journey.
Now, back to paragraph 40 again. "We're... The
world's getting more wicked all... We know that. Why, men do things today that a
hundred years ago you wouldn't have thought there'd been a human being that
cruel. More wicked all the time, and "the
wicked shall do wickeder all the time,"
said the Scripture, "more and more."
41 So the Holy Spirit has been moving. There was
just a little breath of It with Luther, a little blow of It with
Wesley, (in other words, from a
breath to a blow shows more intensity, and that's what he's telling us here. "and
a deeper blow of It with Pentecost."
Again brother Branham is showing an increase in
intensity of the works of Christ, and if we had time we would show you examples
of this intensity from Luther to Wesley to Pentecost 1906 and the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit.
For instance in the days of Wesley, most people are
not aware that great supernatural occurrences took place. I have attached a
link here to a study on those instances.
(http://www.danielrjennings.org/tsoojw2.pdf).
Most of the supernatural cases John Wesley dealt with had
to do with healing of people possessed by demons. I have a pdf
that I will send anyone who is interested in reading them all. There are over
250 pages of good reading of historical accounts.
That was under sanctification, and then under the
Baptism of the Holy Ghost from 1906 until the Message went forth, we had men
like Sanky, Moody, Finney, Knox,
Charles Price as well as Br. Bosworth. There were many more whose ministries
manifested to the world the Supernatural characteristics of the Supernatural
God mostly in healing.
Then God sent forth William Branham with a healing
campaign that none in the hostory of the world have
ever come close to. It was prophesied in the Book of Malachi the forth chapter.
Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn
as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:
and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it
shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto
you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings; (in other words, with
healing campaigns) and ye shall go forth, and grow
up as calves of the stall.
Back to paragraph 41 where brother Branham continues
by bringing it down to this hour that we are now living in. He says, "Now, the
Breath and the Spirit has become the same. She's uniting together,
bringing forth that
same powerful blow of the Holy Ghost like He did back
there, is manifesting the same works that He did back there, is being
manifested right today, the same thing. Watch what Jesus said: "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing except
He sees the Father doing it first. What the Father does, He shows the Son. The
Father dwelleth in Me; He doeth the works." See?
Notice that brother Branham brings it all down to this
hour, where it is no longer a breathe of the Spirit, or a blowing of the
spirit, showing an increased intensity, but now, he is saying, Now, the Breath and the Spirit has become the same. She's
uniting together, bringing forth that same powerful blow of the Holy Ghost
like He did back there, is manifesting the same works that He
did back there, is being manifested right today, the same thing.
And we see that the alpha has become the Omega, what
Jesus ministry was in His day, it was repeating in our day. that same powerful blow of the Holy Ghost like He did back
there, is manifesting the same works that He did back there, is being
manifested right today, the same thing.
Notice he is not yet speaking of you and I at this
point, he is speaking of what God was doing in his own ministry. we saw John
14:12 a little he said in Luther, and in Wesley it grew some, and by the time
it got to the restoration of the gifts we began to see a universal expression
of the Holy Ghost restoring John 14:12 into the church until in his own
ministry we saw the greater works.
Now, some believe that after this move of God with the
greater works, that the universal move of the Holy Spirit is all over and
they've begun to look back at what God did do, and are missing what God is
doing right now.
42 Now, notice, Here's another thing I'd like to
say right here. "As--" Jesus said, "as the Father has sent Me... As (Now, watch.)--as the Father has sent Me, so send I
you." As the Father... How did the Father send Him? The Father
that sent Him come down from heaven and dwelt in Him. He went forth; He
said, "I always do
that which pleases My Father." See? He went about doing the things that the Father was
showing Him to do. "I do nothing except My Father shows Me
first." The God
that sent Him, was on the inside of Him. "And as the Father sent Me (the same way the Father sent Me), so I send you." What is it? God
in you. Carrying on what? The same works, the same...
Jesus said, "He
that believeth (He that has Me
on the inside of him, the Holy Spirit)--he that believeth (that's
already witnessed My resurrection), and know that I'm in him... He that's in Me; if
ye abide in Me, My words abide in you..."
In other words,
brother Branham is telling us plainly that if the Spirit of God is not in you,
and if the Spirit of God is in you, you will be very aware of it, and if the
same Spirit that dwelt in Christ is in you, then you can not help but to do the
very same things he did. Notice he keeps talking about the witness of the resurrection in you. Yes, in you. That's what he's talking about. God in you
will produce the same works that God did in Jesus.
43 Now,
you say, "I abide in Jesus, but I sure don't believe in Divine healing." That shows He's not there." I believe in
Jesus; don't believe no Holy Ghost in this day, not like they had It back there." That shows He isn't there. The Holy Spirit will bear record
of every word It spoke. He's not a liar. He's
not afraid of nobody or no organization. He don't
have to take down for nobody. He speaks, and then He stays with it. If
the high, and polluted, and educated, or as we'd call it, plutocrats, if
they don't want to receive It, God's able of these stones to rise children to
Abraham. He'll take gangsters, and bootleggers, and everything else, and
rise it up. God can do it, and He is doing it. God's able of these
stones to rise children to Abraham. Somebody's
going to do it, 'cause He's God.
44 "If ye abide in Me
and My Word's in you, ask what you will," because you're asking His Word, and His Word is
Life. Speak it;
if God said it and
you're sure He said it, the Holy Ghost bears record that Word's right, then
there you are, brother. Speak it. There it is. "Say to this mountain, 'Be moved.' Don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you said's going to come to pass." It's not you
that speaketh, but
the Father that dwelleth in you, He doeth the talking. It's
not you talking to that mountain; it's the Father that's in you speaking to
that mountain; it has to move. "All heavens and earth will pass away," He said, "but My Spirit shall not--or My Word shall
not pass away."
Certainly, It cannot pass away. "Father..."
45 Now.
"The works that I
do..." God is in His church to continue
His works. That's why He sent the Holy Ghost. Now, He knowed
that. He knowed it wouldn't be--it couldn't be done that way, so was it by
otherwise... So He had to send... The Father sent the Son, put all that's in the Son in
you. And the same
works that He did, the same very works now that Jesus did, you'll do also, the
church. Wouldn't
you like to do the works of God? Jesus said, "If you want to do the works of God, believe
on Me." How you believe on Him? You can't do it till you got the
Holy Ghost, 'cause no man can say He is the Son of God. You're
saying what somebody else said," The Bible said that He's the Son of God;
I believe the Bible." All right. "The Bible
says He's the Son of God; I believe the Bible. The pastor says He's the Son of
God; I believe the pastor. Mama says He's the Son of God; I believe Mama. My friend
says He's the Son of God; I believe my friend." But the only way that I
can say He's the Son of God, is when the Holy Ghost comes in and bears record
of Itself. Then I know He's the Son of God.
No man can call Jesus
"Christ," only by the Holy Ghost. There. No man speaking by the Spirit of God called Jesus
accursed or say He was something that day and something
else today. That's makes Him weak and faultry. No, sir. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Any true spirit will bear record of that.
All right.
46 Now,
He said, "These
works that I do shall you also (John
47 But
we've done everything else besides what He... He said, "Go ye into all the
world and preach the Gospel." What does the Gospel? Not Word only, but through power and demonstrations of the
Holy Ghost. Making the Word of God manifest
is the Gospel. You can't do it. Now, Jesus knowed
that, that He had to live in His church; therefore, He knowed we'd have
intellectual schools. And you'll never get this in an intellectual school.
They'll be against it, because all they know is some smart man's learning, some
creed or denomination they want to live by. So they'll set you up in that and
make you a member of that body, and, brother, quote some things to you out of a
creed that would seem like it was just perfect. "The great holy church,
the mother, it stood a many, it stood a many a pound." So has the devil.
He's been kicked out of everywhere there is nearly, and he's still going on
just the same. Yes, sir. Oh, they'll try to quote these...
48 So Jesus
knowed that there'd be a great intellectual move just like there was in His
days, intellectual, washing of pots and pans, and wearing of clothes, and
turned-around collars, and everything as they did, all these different things
that they would do. He knowed they'd do that. So He said, "Now, just wait
a minute. I'm going to
not leave you comfortless; I'm coming again to be with you. Therefore," He said, "the works that I do, you'll do also." The purpose of sending the Holy
Ghost was for God to continue through a bunch of people, to continually manifest
God to the world (That's exactly.), not by a creed, not by a denomination,
but by the power of His resurrection, by making His Word real, by
taking His promise and standing on the side of the minority and believing God;
and watch the black skies move back and the power of God move in and
take over. Amen. That's what He wants. That's what the Holy Ghost was sent
for. That's what purpose He sent It for. We know what It is now. And that's why He sent It.
I can say amen to that, and so can brothers all over
the world who've seen along with me those black skies move back when the Word of
the Lord was spoken for them to do so.
We saw those big black clouds bring cooling here in 1997, and in
Notice he said, "The
purpose of sending the Holy Ghost was for God to continue through a bunch of people,(and
a bunch is not one person, a bunch means many people, a bunch of people,
plural) to continually manifest God to the world (And
continually means it is not supposed to stop)(That's
exactly.),(and then brother Branham says that manifestation of the
power of God is not to come by some creed which is some doctrinal belief) not by a creed, not by a denomination, but by the
power of His resurrection, by making His Word real, by taking His
promise and standing on the side of the minority and believing God; and watch
the black skies move back and the power of God move in
and take over. Amen. That's what He wants. That's what the
Holy Ghost was sent for. That's what purpose He sent It
for. We know what It is now. And that's why He sent It.
Now, the people are without excuse, because we have
all heard a vindicated prophet tell us that is the very purpose of God sending
His Holy Spirit not only among us but into our very being, and yet they still
want to revert back to a message of words only, one void of the power of God.
Lee Vayle
Adoptions No 2.
Now, reading from the 8th chapter of the
Book of Romans. Just one verse at this time, the 15th verse
at this time. For
ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Now in the first message on this subject
which was last night we showed from the prophets teaching that there would be a
word identified Bride who would be able to manifest the very life of Christ at
the end time, quoting brother Branham
"there'll
be a power come into the church and now is coming in that the holy spirit will
so anoint the people [plural] so that they'll [plural] speak the
Word and it the word will create itself like that or identical to what
was spoken."
You see when God said let their be light, suddenly something didn't said I think I
will have a little fun, let it be - dark. No, - Light. See?
Therefore
the Word which will be in the bride will be a literal manifestation into
creation of that same Word by the Spirit that lies in the Word, there will
be literal creation.
Now, that's what the prophet said, do you agree with that he said it. Alright, fine we believe it.
Now, notice the language of the prophet. He
said now, N.O.W. at
this moment it is coming into the church. That means only one thing,
the potential is
already in the bride of this hour and it, the potential will produce the
manifestation in her of creation by spoken word. God is going to refill the bride
with the spirit,
Then see what happens, Brother Branham said
we've got a ministry coming that just excites exactly like the life of Christ. Now
that's what he told us and that's what we believe. this word brother Vayle used, "excites means: "to increase the activity of".
I was preaching one time in Chicago a couple a years ago or three when Doctor
Hoyer who in my estimation is the greatest authority in the Hebrew and Greek
living today because he can speak it with the exact emphasis, the exact facial
expressions and the exact demonstration by the hand. He is a very brilliant
scholar. At the end of the service he said, brother Vayle, I trust you will not think me to be a fanatic,
but I would like to say something, and he sounded so apologetic I wondered what in the world he was going to
say.
He said, Please, please , please do not
take this bad, he said, I said what it
is br. Hoyer, he said, "Br. Vayle from a study of the Word of God I
believe the Bride will
have the creative Word within her before she goes in that rapture". I said, "brother that's exactly what a vindicated prophet said by
"thus saith the Lord".
Here is a brilliant theologian who knows
exactly the hour of the day, if you heard him and you could meet him and talk
with him, you would know that this is a giant intellect anointed by the Holy
Ghost who has studied the Word of God until that's all he knows and all he's
lived. You mention a scripture and he will quote you the Hebrew or the Greek
and then he'll raise his eyebrows, his face will change, and an expression will
come upon him and there he will literally begin to preach in that language and
tell you every thing that it means.
And he said "brother Vayle I know that it is
coming".
So
we see according to the Word of God given to us by a vindicated prophet that the creative
Word will be in the very bride at the end time. Now this great capstone ministry of the
bride it's called the manifestation of the sons of God or the adoption or placing
of the sons, and to me, and I emphasize to me, it is also the
manifestation of what brother Branham called the third pull in the bride.
Up until 1963 brother Branham talked much
of this manifestation, but after 62 and 3 he spoke of the pull of the various
pulls, and he said there would be a third pull in the bride which would come
into manifestation. Now, we have no details concerning it, but remember it will
be the creative word within that bride. Now let us just think of the potential
or the prime cause of this great manifestation. It is already in the bride
but its is evidently subdued, Now, It's in there
but subdued. See ...
... But, letting that power lie dormant, see, does not annul that
the power is there. So it is that the lack of the manifestation does
not annul the power, the power is there but the manifestation is not here
because it is not yet time for it.
Now this is what you must understand. See, The bride is not without the prime
cause or the cause to bring about the effect, it is just that God is not
ready to produce the effect. See now, it is not time to show it forth.
Notice our text the 15th verse, For you have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but you have (already)received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, our, Father. We
already have the spirit of adoption, the first age, the second age, the third age, the fourth
age, the fifth age and the sixth age. Every member in the body of Christ has
already whether they've gone to the dust or not they have already received the
potential but not the manifestation.
Now, notice verse 19-23. For the earnest expectation
of the creation waiteth for the unveiling of the sons
of God. 20 For
the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him
who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because creation shall also itself shall be delivered from
the bondage of corruption into liberty of the glory.
The liberty of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth
and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but
ourselves also, which already have the firstfruits
of the Spirit, which will make us like unto
Christ even to the very members in which we (?) it says we are groaning, even we groan within ourselves, we are waiting
for the adoption,
Even though you got the very spirit of it,
tell you what, "haven't I got it all, don't I possess it all", my
brother and sisters you and I may possess every thing from God in potential but
into manifestation we do not yet possess it.
See, I'm so sorry for those who believe,
and have said, listen
I'll take this whole bible, and this whole bible is mine, you are
wrong. Only the part of the word what's in here is yours if it is yours for
your day.
Brother Branham put is so beautifully,
Moses could not come preaching Noah's message, he couldn't do it and Christ
could not come preaching Moses Message. The Law was until John but see now we
look forward to Grace and truth by Jesus Christ.
And the Word for this day is the
revelation of the
manifestation of the sons of God. Now, if we are not aware
of the hour in which we live then we can not say we got the holy
ghost because he is given to teach us those things which have been
given us of God. O how blind the church is today that calls itself filled with
the holy Ghost. ...
brother Vayle then talks about Billy Graham's
statement if the holy ghost were gone 90 % of the activities would still go on
in the church. And then he says,...
Now, we are waiting for the adoption.
And this tells us when it will take place. It takes place in resurrection season.
Now what is the
resurrection season? It takes place over here in the 11th chapter of the book of Romans. Paul says here in the 15th verse. "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be,
but life from the dead?16 For
if the firstfruit be
holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches."
So, layer by layer, in seven church ages
the church is coming up to the capstone itself until it fits so perfect in the
last age, the seventh is literally identified with Christ Himself. Now as bride,
accompanied, Paul saw this as many members. Ephesians the fourth
chapter. But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in
all things which is the head even Christ. We are
coming up into the very Word itself, then brothers and sisters can't you
see if we are coming up into the very Word itself, then creation must lie in
the bride.
But speaking the truth in love, may
grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even
Christ: 16 From
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth,
according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, it makes
increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
... The whole body is coming up. Every single
one of the first six church ages had the potential of adoption to the spirit of
adoption, but only the seventh church age has
the potential plus the manifestation. ...
The church itself did not have the holy spirit which would bring them into the manifestation
because the age was not yet. As God was bringing that word up, line by
line, building his church up, all the
way to the top, The life was moving on. The church building
up.
Now, listen brothers and sisters, this
what brother Vayle is saying here is exactly what we were reading from
brother Branham this morning. He called is a breathe,
then a blow, then a deep blowing. But it speaks the same thing as what Br.
Vayle is teaching here, that God is bringing up each age by the Word building
Word upon Word, until the end time when the bride will not only have the
potential but the manifestation of the Word.
Now, back to brother Vayle, "Now, here is what I am trying to show you. This is a mortal
church we are talking about, then this makes me understand that the manifestation of the
sons of God will come before the resurrection. We are not dealing
with a church that has gone on, but a church that is coming up. This is the
same age as brother Branham said the age of adoption is the age of
restoration.
Now, let me just insert a quote from brother Branham
concerning this.
Fourth seal the 63-0321 P:72 "Wait till them seven thunders utter
their voices to that group who really can take the Word of God and hand it
there. It'll slice and cut. And they can close the heavens; they can
shut this or do that, whatever they want to. Glory.
He will be slayed by the Word that proceeds from His
mouth; it's sharper than a two-edged sword. They could call for a hundred
billion tons of flies if they wanted to. Amen. Whatever they say's going to
happen, because it's the Word of God coming from the mouth of God. Amen.
God always... It's His Word, but He always uses man to work it. God
could call for them flies down in Egypt, but He said, "Moses, that's your job. I'll just tell you
what to do, and you go do it." He fully done that. See? He
could've chosen the sun to call them; He could have caused the moon to call it or
the wind to call it, but He said, "Moses..."
That... He chooses men. All right.
God hiding Himself in simplicity 63-0412E P:126
Lord Jesus, in the way
of humility, in the way of humbleness, I offer You this congregation that's on
their feet. I offer them to You because they have
stood in response to the call. They're seeking deeper things. They're seeking
more life after hearing that the Blood of Jesus so thoroughly cleanses that
there's no more nothing, that the complete Word of God rests within them, that the very command of their
own voice is creative power, because in them is the Holy Ghost. And this Holy Ghost is a Creator. He
makes things come to pass, because He speaks the Word. And the Word spoken
becomes God in action. And, Lord, I pray that You'll send the Holy
Ghost upon every one of them just now, and deliver unto them, Lord, in the
power of the resurrection of Christ, the things that they are desiring in their
heart: a better life, the baptism of the Spirit. Lord, may it be so that this
audience will be illuminated, the hearts of the people will see the vision
and be filled with the power of God. I commend them to You, Lord, in
the Name of Jesus Christ.
Fourth seal the 63-0321 P:11 And that's the way the Blood of Jesus
Christ does. Then that sets a man across the chasm again as a son of God. See?
And then he becomes a... Why, even he's... The creative power of God is in him, and at least
whenever God can command it to be done, it'll be done. And we get
back.
Go tell 60-0417M P:54 And now, Lord I pray that You'll confirm
this little broken up message to every heart. Let them not miss it. Let them
see that You are the same yesterday, today, and forever, that You are here,
raised from the dead, and will be until the Spirit and the body unites
together again at the second coming. I pray for the sick that's here,
Father, this morning. I have now on this Easter morning laid aside (or, not
laid aside, but just laid by for a moment of time) the gifts that Thou has
given me, such as discernment. The world, I've been back and forth across the
nations, Lord, they all know it. Now, I pray that the message that You gave me up here in the
woods, that few days ago, that on the creative power which sets in this church
this morning, the very people it was created on...
Speak to this mountain 57-1215 P:25 I would've no more spoke to that fish than
nothing, if Something hadn't have spoke first. What was it? He spoke those secondarily, by the Holy Spirit through human lips become the creative power of
Almighty God, because God said so. If that taken place that way, how
much more could He through the written Word of the Lord God that was spoke
through human lips as it was through...?... "If thou canst believe." How simple. Just
don't doubt It. But believe that what you say shall
come to pass; you shall have what you say. Believe it, friend of mine. Now,
let us pray.
All things are possible 56-0722 P:18 Now, just simple trying to hide behind some
kind of a church doctrine instead of coming out and saying, "You ain't got
no faith." That's all. Satan never received the Holy Ghost; he ain't got nothing then to give you faith. It's God that's got the
faith. And just as you're filled with God, you're filled with faith.
If you're the Son of God, you're like God. He just speaks the Word
and it creates itself. His Word's the creative power. How'd the
world come here? He made it out of things which was
not. He just said, "Let there be," and here it is. He believed His own Word.
In
the message Look 63-0428 P:41, brother
Branham tells us that if God could take a man like Moses whose sins was
cleansed by the blood of bulls and goats, and place in that man creative power
to bring into being flees, and frogs, and all those plagues that came down on
Egypt, and if God could do that by a man cleansed by the blood of bulls and
goats, how much more could he do with men who have been cleansed by the blood
of His own son, and filed with God's own Spirit. "When a man confesses his sins and gets right with God, and
God drops the sin of this confession, into the Blood of His own Blood and
forgives that sin, and replaces in that man the original Spirit that should
been there, His own Spirit, making him a son of God, how much
more ought the creative power of God to be in the church. See?
God hiding Himself in simplicity 63-0412E P:96 Now, if the blood of bulls and goats could
give a power to Moses to go out there by the commission of God, and stretch
forth that rod, and say, "Let there come flies."... He had the
Word of God, and he spoke that Word. And when he did, it become from
God's thought. A word is a thought expressed. And so, then when
God thought it, and put it in Moses' mind, and he spoke it, it become a Word. And Moses turned around and went back,
maybe not a fly in the country. In an hour from then maybe one old green fly
begin to buzz around. In a half hour there was ten pounds per square yard. What
was it? The creative Word of God that was spoke by the lips of a mortal man.
God uses man. God could've used the sun to preach the Gospel. God could've used
the wind to preach the Gospel. But God chose man to preach the Gospel.
Did
you know that when brother Branham was in Durban South Africa, at the end of
the service, after standing there for many hours praying for the people, he
then just waved his hand over the crowd and thousands of people were instantly
healed even as far away as 5 miles up the road were healed that instant. That's
that creative power brothers and sisters, and they took in 30 truck loads of
crutches and wheel chairs and delivered them to the Hotel the next day where he
was staying. There's never been such creative power in the church until this
hour. And we are on the threshold of the Third Pull when the manifestation of
the revelation will unfold itself. We've seen major things in God's prophet and
minor little things in the rest of God's children, but one of these days, when
that squeeze comes down, brother Branham said in his sermon, Look away to
Jesus 63-1229E P:16 So now, I am
going to say something to you now, that I haven't said all along. And that is,
the thing that we have looked forward to for so long, or at least many years,
four or five years or maybe longer, the third pull has now been vindicated,
and I'm sure you all know what it is. Now, remember, there'll never be any
impersonation of that, 'cause it can't be. It cannot be. Now, it's in existence,
and I am warned of this, that soon, right at this time now, it's just happened,
so it could identify its presence among you. See? But it will not be used in a
great way, until this council begins to tighten up. And when it does, when that
does... The Pentecostals and so forth can almost impersonate anything could be
done, but when that
time comes, when the squeeze comes down, then you'll see what you have seen
temporarily, be manifested in the fullness of its power. See...?
Unchangeable God 62-0120 P:23 Now, "In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God." Now, we wonder how the world ever got here.
See, the Word of God created the world. Hebrews 11 tells us that the world was made out of things
which does not appear. See, God spoke it into existence, 'cause He was God. He
just said, "Let
there be," and it
was so. Therefore, if in the beginning was the Word, and the Word spoken was
a creative Word, and every Word that's spoken cannot be taken back for a
mistake... Then "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," which is Christ, and now, the
Word of God written in the Bible is His Word to us. And every promise
has the same power of creation behind it that God's Word did at the beginning,
if we believe it to be the Word of God. Depends on where the seed falls.
If it falls into ground that can create a moisture, or a
nourishment around the promise of God will bring forth every promise the Bible
made. It's just as... Why, the right mental attitude towards any Divine
promise of God will bring it to pass, if you'll just look at it, and take care
of the Word just right. Because the infinite God spoke it: God's Word.
Now, in getting back to what brother Vayle was reading
from Brother Branham's sermon, "The Spoken Word is the Original Seed, he
quotes brother Branham here saying, "As Paul
said, we shall not all sleep but we shall all be
changed. That word did not apply to the first
six ages, but to the seventh only. And not to all in the
seventh age, but to only those at the end of the age.
The
last days true church will be a super church a super race, they will be so much
like him they will be in his very image, they will be the very manifestation of
the living God.
Then from a little group of the true Seed
of the Word, God will present Christ a beloved Bride, a Virgin, a Virgin of His
Word. And through them and by them will be fulfilled all that has been promised
for His Word in the Virgin, who knows no manmade creeds or dogmas. The Word of
promise in Himself like it was in Mary, God Himself made manifest... He will act Himself by His own
Word of promise so to fulfill all that has been written of Him. As He
did when He came from the virgin womb (type of the spirit womb now), so will
the Virgin now, accepting His Word: "Be it unto me as Thou has said," though it was said by an Angel while
it yet was the written Word (Isaiah 9:6). They will love Him (love His--), and will have His potentials,
for He is their Head, and they are His subjects, subject to His Head. Headship
of Christ was His.
175 Notice,
what harmony. Jesus never did anything until seen of the Father or the
Father showed Him first: (Harmony between God and Christ. See? John 5:19) So will the Bride, and He shows Her His Word of Life (He shows Her), and she receives It. She never doubts
it. Nothing can harm Her, not even death; for if the
Seed be planted, the water will raise it up again. Amen. (Now, I got a great
big "Hallelujah.") Here is the secret: the Word is in the Bride and the mind of Christ to know
what He wants done with the Word, and She does it in
His Name. She has THUS SAITH THE LORD. Then it is germitized; so the
Holy Spirit waters it until it is grown and serves its purpose. They do only
His will. (Amen. I'll believe that.) No one can persuade them different.
They have THUS SAITH
THE LORD, or they
keep still. Then
they will do the works of God. For it is
Himself in them, continuing His Word to fulfill as He did complete in His
day. All things when He was here, He did not complete all when He was
here, for it was not time yet. 176
Now, let us stand like Joshua and Caleb. (Now, watch close, this is going to
have a spiritual background.) Now, let us stand like Joshua and Caleb as we see the promised
land coming in sight. It's nearing the time to be given.
"Joshua" in Hebrew means "Saviour" and
represents the promised end time leader to take the church over. Caleb
represents the true believer who stayed with Joshua. God started
Israel as a virgin, with His Word, but they wanted something different. So did
the last day church.
177 Notice how God did not move
Let us pray