Stick with the Bible

It’s important that we brothers when we preach we don’t bring something simply to make people feel good or make them feel emotional. As someone who preaches you have to bring what God has laid on your heart and allow him to do what he wants to do. Sometimes you say things that are hard or harsh, but thats how growth comes. Those of you who have lifted weights before know thats how growth comes. When you are lifting weights you are putting tiny, tiny micro tears in the muscle and then as you eat the right things it rebuilds them stronger than they were before. That’s how someone who preaches the gospel should bring it. Make the people just uncomfortable enough to bring growth.

I want to say something that’s been on my heart hear. I’m afraid the preachers around the message have gotten away from the bible and have caused the people to go away from the bible. In our zeal for the message we have forgotten to truly listen to what the message teaches us. The message brings us back to the bible; to the proper understanding of it. It doesn’t bring us to understand the message all by itself, it brings us the right understanding of the bible. I think we’ve taken quotes pieced together with quotes and gotten away from the gospel that William Branham preached. I never, ever want to be guilty of not knowing the bible and not preaching from the bible.

Bro. Branham in Anointed Ones At the End Time said, “if you’re a child of God you’ll stay with the prophet of this bible.” He also said on numerous, numerous occasions, “all doctrine must come from this bible.”

Christ is Revealed In His Own Word, “Well, every denomination is an ultimate to their believers. But to me and to the ones that I hope that I’m leading to Christ, and by Christ, the Bible is our Ultimate. No matter… ‘Cause God said, “Let every man’s word be a lie, and Mine Truth.” And I believe that the Bible is God’s Ultimate. No matter what anyone else says, It’s the Ultimate.”

As for me and my house we’ll stay with the bible. I love this message with all my heart, but you can’t separate it from the bible. The bible is the absolute. I love the statement of Martin Luther in 1521 at his inquisition, “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason-for I can believe neither pope nor councils alone, as it is clear that they have erred repeatedly and contradicted themselves-I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus I cannot and will not recant, because acting against one’s conscience is neither safe nor sound. God help me. Amen. – Martin Luther 1521

I stand there with Martin Luther. I can do nothing else. If its not in the bible I won’t believe it, no matter what anyone says. They can be fine brother and a good man, but my conscience is not captive to them, its captive to the scriptures.