I have a deep burden in my heart to see the gospel preached here in America amongst and through believers of the end-time message. Here is the reason I have this burden.
I have seen and heard of many people being so disturbed because someone presented them with William Branham and his ministry. They say something like, “the worship William Branham” or “they are exalting a man.” What a reproach this brings upon the word of God!
What happened to following William Branham’s example and preaching the same gospel that he did. Not just a powerless presentation of the powerful ministry of William Branham, but preaching the gospel with signs following. When I say the gospel I mean, the apostolic fathers’ faith, the original faith preached by the apostle Paul. I’m talking about water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, the oneness of the Godhead, the work of the Holy Spirit, the blood of Christ, sanctification of the Spirit, holiness living and salvation by faith alone. The mysteries of the scriptures are important, but people need to hear the original faith and gospel. I am seriously in prayer that the Lord would raise up a generation of brothers that would preach the word and not preach quotes of God’s servant or about the miracles of God’s servant.
As glorious and wonderful as the ministry of brother Branham was we are never called to lift up a man. We are called testify of God’s work, but not before we testify of the real true gospel of the bible and Jesus Christ. My hope is there would be a group of men raised up to preach out of the scriptures and not a bunch of quotes and statements piecemealed together. The gospel (that is the good news that Jesus is Lord and Christ, that he has raised from the dead and that through his name there is remission of sins) comes not in word only but in power and demonstration of the Spirit that faith might be in God and not in the words of men.
My hope is that the saints in America would be revived to this and would go out in our local areas and present the truth we have been restored to in a scriptural means and not as the seven sons of Sceva who said, “we adjure thee in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.” Many times that is what we do as we preach, “bro. Branham said this out of the bible and bro. Branham taught that out of the bible.” PREACH THE WORD!
I pray the Lord helps us all!
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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)
It always amazes me to hear about the false ministers that supposedly believe in the message that William Branham preached. They present it and preach it completely wrong. They pick up a bunch of quotes and preach from quotes and teach out of the message books. This is not only spiritually naive it is the exact opposite of everything that William Branham stood for. He constantly told us to go back to the bible and back to the original faith. Teach the doctrine that William Branham taught, God vindicated his ministry and the word that came forth, but teach what he taught out of the bible. Don’t just sit and quote and point to the man over and over again. This brings great reproach upon what we stand for and believe in. This is why people come to church and say its a cult or say the people are pointing to a man. It’s because you aren’t preaching out of the scriptures. Certainly, point to what God did through that man, I do all the time, but teach out of the bible.
It is mentioned by about every minister that brother Branham came in contact with that when they said they believed in his ministry and that he was a prophet he said, “stick with this bible.” I adjure you to do the same. Stick with the bible; meditate on it, feast on it and preach from it brothers. It is THE ABSOLUTE. It is God in letter form. Brother Branham said, ‘me I’m a man, my words will fail, but God’s word won’t.’
I pray that we would all stick with the bible and point people to Christ and the Gospel that is contained in it. Certainly stick with what brother Branham taught, but teach it from the bible. Become an expert at teaching the Scriptures not a second handed teaching from what some other brother preached. Preach from the Scriptures!
If you believe the message then follow the instructions of the message…go back to the original bible faith. If a sign on the street tells you to go right and you just stand there and look at the sign have you obeyed the sign. No, you simnply stood and looked at the sign like an ignoramous. The sign says turn right so turn right. The same with the message, don’t just sit and look at the message and say, “isn’t that a pretty message.” DO WHAT THE MESSAGE INSTRUCTS YOU TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!! GO BACK TO THE BIBLE, GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FAITH OF THE PENTECOSTAL FATHERS!
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