Exposition Of Damnable Heresies Book
2
Mamba Snake at the Jordan
Table
of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Heretical Article No.15 "As
the Word came to the Prophets under the law, so the Word came to the Apostles
under grace"
exposed by Brother Dalton
Bruce
Heretical Article No.16 "The
seven thunders which were not revealed in 1963 by Bro. Branham must now be revealed
by seven chosen men to give the Bride rapturing faith."
exposed by Brother Dalton
Bruce
Heretical Article No.17
"The Gentile Church should be
obedient only to the Epistles of Paul, their Apostle and the Jews should be
obedient only to the Epistles of the Jewish Apostles. These include the four
gospels."
exposed by Brother Roy
Barrow
Heretical Article No.18
"Sports, Ball Games, and other Games can be played amongst Message Believers
only, Church Sport Groups can compete against each other without getting into a
bad spirit. It is ideal for entertaining youths at conventions."
exposed by Brother Samuel
Jones
Heretical Article No.19 "When a
born again Preacher gets out of the spirit and commits adultery or fornication,
if he repents, he should not be debarred from re-entering the Pulpit."
exposed by Brother
Phillip Peniston
Heretical Article No.20 “ Men who
married defiled women, non-virgins, before or after they came to the message
should not preach the gospel until their wives are dead or divorced and are
under obligation to quit preaching.”
exposed by Brother
Sookdeo Ramnarine
Heretical Article No.21 "The
Holiness Message of the Seventh Church Age Messenger types the Law of Moses:
the Bride is now in the Grace Age and preachers should not stress upon the law
of sports, dress codes, conduct, fasting, praying and such legalism."
exposed by Brother
Kenneth Bynoe
Heretical Article No.22
"The elected bride is to be
gathered for the rapture, within a radius of fifteen hundred miles of the
desert of Arizona, where the angels came down for the opening of the seven
seals."
exposed by Brother Daniel
Seebrat
Heretical Article No.23
"The Joshua Commission is the
Word from the Seven Seals Book. It is now presently placing the Bride into the
promised land, which is her inheritance. The placing of the sons is when they
see themselves in the Word as elected of God, and believe the Word without any
supernatural vindication"
(Compliments Canada Via Germany)
exposed by Brother Dalton
Bruce
Heretical Article No.24
A- “Mercy is still available since
the bloody Lamb took the book, opened the 7 seals climb upon God's throne of
Rev. Ch. 4:3-5; and God the theophany descended with the open book to meet the
prophet in 1963”, (Germany).
-B- “The Lamb came from the mercy seat
took the book opened the 7 seals in
1963 and returned to the mercy seat in heaven to continue his mediatorial
work”. (Thanks to North Trinidad W.I.)
exposed by Brother Dalton
Bruce
On 2nd and 3rd
of June 2001, there was a second gathering of
message believers at Bethel (The House of God), Calcutta Road No.2,
Freeport, Trinidad, West Indies, for the purpose of exposing other Heretical Articles, apart from those which were
previously exposed in Book One.
Again,
ministers of the Message of William Branham, Malachi 4:5-6, God's Servant and
Prophet to the Laodicean Church Age, were personally engaged in this spiritual
warfare, bringing down the stronghold of interpretations. Churches, Ministers
and Lay-members from the Caribbean, South and North America also supported this
work in various ways.
These
ministers used the written Word and quotations of Brother Branham and
successfully exposed these new Heresies. They took the same simple approach of exposing
these articles of this exposition as was previously used in exposing heretical
articles of Book One. These articles are now re-produced in this book from
magnetic tapes and videos, therefore it is a documentary reproduction of such
magnetic taped sermons.
This
second book on Exposition of Heresies- Mamba Snake at the Jordan is a
continuation of the first book in which
fourteen heretical articles were exposed by various ministers of the Faith.
This second book is of the same nature
and basis as the first book, the difference being the heretical articles, No.s
15-24. This second book arose out of the great demands, responses, comments and
encouragement from the ministry worldwide. We felt obligated to publish this
second book to make known the works of the Antichrist and Nicolaitan seducers
around the message of the hour. Our intentions are not to attack or
discriminate against ministers, churches or individuals believing contrary, but
to expose heresies in the message in general. "For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood but against powers...It is our God given duty to contend for
the Faith which was once delivered unto the saints, lost but now is restored by
Malachi 4:5 & 6 - William Branham, the messenger to the seventh church age.
This booklet is free of all
charges (freewill contributions are accepted to cover printing and postage
cost) and may be reproduced by believers of the message of Malachi 4:5&6,
but strictly without alteration in any form.
We would like to give
authorization for the translation of these books into different languages,
however, we would like to be informed of such and would like copies of the same
for approval. We also apologize for any
typographical errors in this booklet.
These messages "Exposition
of Damnable Heresies - Mamba Snake at the Jordan", Articles-No. 15 to 24
are for the edification of the bride worldwide, to give an answer to those who
have projected such doctrines to us and to better equip all who contend for the
faith and the promises of God delivered to us by Brother Branham.
If
these messages happen to reach you, may it be fully understood that they are not
intended as a personal attack on any individual or group. They are
purposely designed by the spirit to expose these damnable heresies injected
into the message of Christ. We do not in any form indicate that we are ministers holding the offices of Prophets, eighth messenger, Christ, Son
of Man or any other office gifts. Such offices are not necessary for
the exposition of damnable heresies especially after the major Prophet, William
Branham has delivered the faith.
Vision
of the Mamba Snake
"I was coming down to the Jordan: looked like I was standing on the map of Palestine. And I was coming down to the
Jordan…And as I drew near the river, I looked back and seen which a way I
had come, and I was two thirds of the
way there to the Jordan. And I looked across Jordan, and I said, "Oh,
praise God, just on the other side is
where all the promises lay. Every promise lays in the promised land."
it seemed that I was lifted up and setting on a--a highway, a narrow highway
with some brother. And a voice came and said, "There's such danger in
these days. There's a great hideous
thing that's death when it strikes you." And I heard the weeds a-mashing
down, and I looked, and here come a huge monster snake crawling through the
weeds…And he crawled up on the highway. And as soon as I got sight of him,
I knew it was a mamba...And the
snake, of course, represents sin, death.
See?…And I said, "Satan, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bind
you." …And then when he did that, that Voice said, "Now, you must be more sincere than what you are to do
this." Then it left me, and I was standing in the room…And so I slipped
off into the den room, and I got down on my knees, and I said, "Lord
Jesus, I don't know these things. And what must I do?… And I took this Bible
and just pulled it open like that, and my thumb was laying at I Corinthians the
5th chapter, the 8th verse,…"When you come to this feast..." Which, a
fast in the body is a feast with the Lord, “don't come with the old leaven or
the leaven of malice, and so forth; but come with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth," just exactly
what He had told me in the vision…Then I seen what He meant. As He... Years ago, when I seen the Bible come down
(I got it wrote right here.), come down; and a hand came from heaven and
pointed down to Joshua, and read the first nine verses, and stopped there. That's Joshua, come to the wilderness,
but never did... He was ready to... When he got near Jordan, God called him
out, said, "This day I'll begin to magnify you before the people."
And then he took the children of Israel across Jordan to the land where--give
them, divided to them, the promised land.
I went to the woods, and prayed, and prayed, and fasted."
(Paradox, Jeff, .Indianna. V-15 N-8 - 61-1210)
AFRICAN
BLACK MAMBA SNAKE
MAMBA,
a highly venomous, egg laying snake related to the cobra. Mambas are widely
distributed in Africa except in the arid north, and they are the most feared of
African snakes. Slender and agile, they have not only large venom conducting
fangs in the upper jaw, but also extremly long teeth in the lower jaw. They
attack swiftly, raising their foreparts high in the air and often aiming for
their victim's head or trunk. Noted for their agressiveness, mambas are
especially dangerous during the breeding season.
INTRODUCTION
2 Peter 2: 1-3 - " But there were false prophets also among
the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall
bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring
upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways;
by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through
covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose
judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth
not."
Titus 3:10-11 - " A man that is an
heretick after the first and second admonition reject; Knowing that he that is
such is subverted and sinneth, being
condemned of himself."
We deem this, another historic event, a most important gathering in many
months. We feel the atmosphere of the Holy Ghost by singing the song this
morning “ Come and see the antichrist”
We are here this morning for the exposition of damnable heresies which
men have injected into the message of Malachi 4 God’s servant and Prophet,
William Branham. So we declare war again this morning on all heretics and all
heresies.
And we would spend the rest of the day exposing these heresies. We will have
several ministers today. I want to explain briefly what is a Heresy as an
introduction because we are planning again to put these heresies in another
book as “Exposition of Damnable
Heresies” Mamba Snake at the Jordan No.2
I would like to entitle this topic “A
Heresy and its power.” A heresy is one of the most powerful
weapons in the hands of the devil. It is greater than the atomic bomb. In the
hands of scientists, the atomic bomb destroys the body and material things, but
a Heresy destroys the souls of mankind.
A Heresy means doctrinal departure from
revealed truths or erroneous views. I will sum up the meaning of a heresy as a lie
injected into the word of truth and the Message of the hour. These heresies
that we are exposing are partly based upon the Message of the hour, and the
Bible. So for you to have a heresy, you must have truth. Because a heresy is
departure from truth. So all heresies are built upon some truth. Truths of the
Bible, truths of the message that God sends upon the face of the earth.
Therefore to have a heresy you must first have truth and then that heresy is
built around the truth of God’s word or the Message for the day and hour, in
order to mislead God’s children that they don’t find the way of salvation. A
Heresy is invented by Satan to misconstrue the truth to cause mankind to lose
the way, or mistake the way of truth and salvation. A heresy is a lie.
In other Scriptures, heresies are called by different titles.Doctrines of devils (1Tim:4:1) Private interpretations (2Pet:1:20)
Another gospel (Gal 1:1-9) Spiritual darkness (Jn 3:9-20)Deeds and doctrines of
the Nicolatians (Rev 2:6) They are all one and the same and pertains to the
same subject and that is perverting the Word of God. Perverting the truth, perverting the
Bible, perverting the message that God sends to mankind. So heresies are based
on truth but are doctrinal departure from truth. The power of a heresy is
greater than the atomic bomb. Peter the man with the keys to the kingdom of God
called a Heresy “ Damnable Heresy.”
Therefore the power of a heresy is expressed in the word “ damnable” and that
says a lot.“ Damnable heresies”. Right
there, we can see that the power of a heresy is damnable. Damnable to what?
Damnable to the souls of mankind. Is it something to play with? Is it
something to expose? Did the prophets exposed them? Did the apostles expose
them? Did Jesus exposed heresies? Did brother Paul expose heresies?
(Congregation says Amen!) Of course they did, because they knew the danger of a
heresy. A heresy is a damnable thing. It damn’s the souls of mankind and takes
them to hell and the lake of fire by changing God’s provided way of salvation.
It is the power of Satan to enslave souls to himself, his religions, his
organizations, and his servants until he takes them into hell and the lake of
fire.
Let me stop for a moment, and go back, just to lay emphasis upon the fact that
a heresy is departure from revealed truth. My brothers and sisters, there is only one way of salvation and
that is through the way of the Bible, through Christ, through the revealed Word
of God for the hour. To emphasize the power of a heresy. The power of a heresy works in this way. Satan comes in by his
cunning devices and tries to change that one way of salvation. If he can change
that one way of salvation to mankind then he shuts up the kingdom of God toward
men. A Heretic always shuts up
the kingdom of God from men. I want it to go down deep into your ears. In every
age and every day there is only one way of salvation, that is through the
message that God sends to mankind. Heresies are built around that one way of
salvation, one truth, one revelation that God sends to them. In other words a
heresy tries to shut up the only way of salvation to man that God has provided
through Jesus Christ, through the bible, and through the message of the hour.
If he can shut up that only way of salvation for the hour, and give you a way,
resembling the way of salvation, then he destroys your soul. So heresies are
built upon revealed truth of the hour. It comes very close and resembles the
way of salvation for the hour and Jesus puts it in these words, the two shall be so close together that it shall deceive the very elect if it
were possible, the only way for you to escape these damnable heresies now upon
the face of the earth is that your name must be written on the Lamb's book of
life and you must be elected from the foundation of the world. This is that day
and age that our Lord Jesus Christ preached about in (Matt. 24-24) False prophets and
false Christ shall arise and they shall deceive many. These false
Christs and Prophets are with billions of deceptions, right now upon the face
of the earth and billions of heresies.
But among all these billions of heresies and millions of heretics there
is only one way of salvation. All these heresies are based upon revealed truth.
Therefore a heresy is the power of Satan, to enslave souls to himself, to his
religions, to his organizations and his servants until he takes them into hell
and the lake of fire.
I declare here, my brothers and sisters, beyond any shadow of a doubt
that all religions and man made organizations are built upon Satan’s heresies regardless of the names of their
religions, and the names of denominations, and organizations, they are built
upon the heresies of Satan. And in the midst of all these heresies and
organizations and religions there is only one way of salvation today that God
has provided, and that is through Jesus Christ, through the Bible and also
through the message of the hour, that came by (Mal:4). If you are not following that one way of salvation you are
caught by a heresy. If you are not following that one way of salvation you are
deceived by the devil and a heresy.
There is only one way of salvation,
every organization, every religion, and every denomination is built upon
heresies of Satan. Time will fail to name these heresies. But anything that
believes in a trinity, is built upon a heresy. Anything that is not baptized in
Jesus Christ name, believes in a heresy. Anything that believes in three Gods
is a heretic. Anything that believes speaking in tongues is the evidence of the
Holy Ghost is built upon heresies. Anything that believes in roll books in the
church is built upon heresies. Anything that is built upon preacher’s licenses
and Bible schools is built upon a heresy. Anything that separates brotherhood
and ministers by education and qualifications is heresy. Anything that allows
women to preach the gospel is heresy. Anything that builds an organization,
Bible school and college to preach the gospel is heresy.
All religions and organizations are built upon heresies. But the
elected is founded upon the word of God.
“A heresy and it’s power.” Because people don’t evaluate how powerful a
heresy is they treat it very casual and they become very offended when other
people expose those heresies, and they blame them for criticizing.
Anybody that acts like that does not have the understanding of the power of a
heresy. If you don’t have the understanding of how powerful, damaging, and
damnable to the soul a heresy is, you need to be born again. Yes! Now divine
revealed truths of God are the only power that is able to prevail over Satan
and his heresies. There is only one way to escape Satan and his deceptions, by
heresies today and that is by divine revelation of the truth.
All these heresies are called
the gates of hell. And Jesus said in Matt.16 “Upon this rock shall I build my
church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” and that is the
revelation of the Son of Man, and that is why Luke 17:30 was to be revealed
today, in the endtime, because false Christs and false Prophets were going to flood the earth
and bring forth heresies to take six billion people's souls to hell. At the
same time it pleased the Lord to reveal Luke 17:30, the Son of Man revealed in
the endtime, that they might have power over heresy. Oh my! If I could only
bring out what is in my heart, but I know that you are understanding. I am
saying, the only escape from the heresies of Satan today that have flooded the
entire earth by false Prophets, is a divine revelation of the Son of Man. And
your name must be on the lamb’s book of life before the foundation of the
world, because Jesus Christ said that these two spirits would be so close
together in the endtime, that they shall deceive the very elect if it is
possible. I want to make a connection here to show you, the power of a heresy,
how God actually planned it out in order to save the elect in the endtime. To
resist these heresies, I am saying on the basis of what I just said about the
power of a heresy, that the entire Bible is for the Exposition of Damnable
Heresies, and the establishment of truth by divine revelation.
You say, "Preacher what is the meaning of the Bible? What is the
substances of the Bible?" The substance of the bible is “Exposition of
Damnable Heresies”and the establishment of Truth by divine revelation. That is
what the Bible is, and if you want it a little more simple than that, the
entire Bible was written to expose, Satan and his heresies, and to establish truth in
people's lives. That is the substance of the Bible. Then the entire Bible was to
expose Satan and his heresies and to
establish truth in the souls of mankind. Because heresies destroyyou but truth
saves you. When Jesus Christ came, he met the organizations full of heresies.
Yes! And he said “ Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
Yes! The basis of the entire bible is “Exposition of Damnable Heresies” ,and
the establishment of truth by divine revelation.
You say, "what’s the message?" The basis of the message and
revelation sent to mankind by God through his Prophet, was to expose heresies
and heretics, false prophets and establish the elect upon truth. Every message
from Genesis to Revelation, that God ever sends upon the face of the earth, is
for the purpose, to expose heresies and establish God’s people on truth. Think on those statements. What is the message of William Branham? The entire message of William
Branham was sent to expose all heresies and establish God’s children upon
Truth, and the basis of all messages that were sent upon earth, and all revelation
sent to mankind by God through his prophet, were to expose heresies and
heretics, false prophets, and establish the elect upon the truth.
May I make another statement? The purpose of every true office gift of
the five-fold Ministry, is to expose heresy without favor or compromise,
without respect of person. That is how to know the truth of God. That is how
you know who belong and who does not belong to the five-fold Ministry. A true office gift that comes from
God, is based on the bible, based upon God purpose Yes! And they are so gifted
to expose heresies and establish the people upon every truth. Any preacher that you hear say, that
nobody should criticize each other's doctrine,
does not belong to the five-fold Ministry. Because he missed the
purpose of the Bible, he missed the purpose of the message, and his gift never
came from heaven. If his gift came from heaven he would act like Brother Paul,
he would act like Jesus; he would act like Moses. The battle between truth and error, heresy and truth, waged from
heaven between Michael and Lucifer. Heresy never started on earth.
Heresy started in heaven and the author and inventor of heresy is Satan.
And by his tale he drew one third of
the stars of God and cast them down to the earth. That is how powerful a heresy
is. A heresy is so powerful, that it even challenged God in heaven. And right
under the nose of Michael and Him that sits upon the throne. A heresy was in heaven itself, and caused a
third of God’s Holy angels to fall down to the earth. And they are now in
chains of darkness reserved unto punishment.
Heresy came down from heaven and it came into Eden. The first heretic was
the serpent, inspired of the devil, who was the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil in the Garden of Eden. So the heretic from heaven came down to Eden
and became a tree of heresy in the Garden of Eden.
And that one heresy that the serpent brought to Eve and to mankind is
responsible for every hospital, every graveyard, every sickness, every pain and
every trouble upon the face of the earth.
That is how powerful a heresy is. Should we play with a heresy? We cannot
play with a heresy. God’s purpose is to expose a heresy. It’s the Tree of Life
versus the tree of knowledge of good
and evil, it’s the Tree of Life versus the tree of heresy. And this battle is going to end up today here upon the
earth between Lucifer and Michael. That heresy was such a great thing and it’s
always based upon the message of the hour, because the serpent based his heresy
upon the message of God that he brought
to Eden .
Yes! Korah, Abiram and Dathan who based
their message upon Moses' Message and right under the nose of a Prophet called
Moses, who opened the red sea and did ten signs and wonders in Egypt land.
Right under his nose a heresy was working through Korah, Abiram and Dathan and
through other men, two hundred and fifty princes, and that heresy swallowed
those two million people and caused them not to enter into the promised land.
That heresy caused the people to deny the promise of the hour.
All heresies around the message today
are to prevent another outpouring of the Holy Ghost to come to the endtime
Bride. Satan is trying to stop the Bride from going over into the promise land.
And that is your mumba snake at the Jordan. The mumba snake of unbelief
and that devil is waiting at the Jordan trying to prevent the Church from going
over. Should we play with a heresy? Is a heresy a damnable
thing? Yes! It destroyed two million
people in the wilderness, because that heresy was working under the prophet
with a pillar of fire while he was alive. After all the signs and wonders, they
ate the manna that came down from heaven, that heresy was working right there. I want to hit the power of the heresy
just right on the nose. Yes! Everybody that does not see the power of
interpretations, and power of doctrines
of devils, power of private interpretations, is deceived of the devil.
That heresy came down from heaven and came down to the earth. It
was based upon the true Message of God. The True Message of God said don’t eat
of the tree, and the heretic came and injected one word into it. And he said,
“ye shall not surely die” “N-O-T” just a three letter word, “ye
shall not surely die." Korah, Abiram and Dathan right under the nose of
Moses, one of the mightest man that ever lived upon the face of the earth.
These heretics were able to persuade all those people by their heresies and
caused them to deny the promise of God of the hour. Yes! I am saying that the
entire Bible was written to expose heresies. Every message that God sends upon
the face of the earth is to expose heresy, I am saying that every true gift
that God sends upon the earth is to expose heresy and establish Truth .The
power of a heresy stopped people from
going over into the promise land.
I am saying, that the entire Bible and every messenger that God sent
upon the face of the earth was to expose heresies. God always sends a message,
he always sends his messenger when heresies take over the church, and the
people. Yes! What was the purpose of John the Baptist? The purpose of John the
Baptist was to expose heresies, and you read your Bible and you will see how
efficiently he did that Yes! he exposed the heresies. He raked down those
Scribes and Pharisees and he said “Now the axe is laid to the root of the tree
every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast
into the fire.” Was he a preacher of righteousness? Yes! Did he expose the
churches in his day; did he expose the ministry in his day? That was the purpose
of John the Baptist, that was the purpose of William Branham. When God sends a
message and a messenger to the earth he has one purpose, and that is to expose
heresies and establish truth.
Here came Jesus, my Brothers and Sisters, Jesus was the most critical Preacher that ever walked the
face of the earth. Yes! I am telling you He was the most critical preacher.
Yes!, He was contrary to everybody. Yes!, and the basis of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ is to expose heresy and establish truth, because in truth there is life.
Read the Gospel and you’ll see the contentions that our Lord had with the
Pharisees, contentions He had with the scribes, contentions He had about
doctrines. His entire ministry was based upon exposing heresies. Are we wrong
in sending out a book called “Exposition of heresies”? We are right my Brothers
and Sisters based on the Bible, “Jesus' Gospel” all heresies
exposed when He came, because the devil had perverted the truth that God sent
to earth. Yes! and He came with a mission, his mission was to expose heresies
and establish truth. Any true man of God will expose heresies, it doesn’t
matter where it is, He will establish
truth.
The very mission of the apostles and their writing of the epistles was to
combat heresies. I cite 2nd Peter 2nd chapter
right down through that chapter it is a battle between truth and heresy.
I cite brother Paul, most of his
epistles were written to combat heresies, and establish truth. And he was so
bold in what he was doing. He said “Though we, or an angel from heaven
preach any other gospel let him be accursed” Gal 1: 8-9 “Another gospel” is Heresy and I say any man who tries to add to this
message, and change the message of William Branham let him be accursed as a
heretic! The very book of Acts in itself was a battle between right and
wrong. I cite the book of Jude, he was bold in his teachings. He said, “contend
for the faith which was once delivered unto saints.” Jude 3. 'Contend' means
to do battle, it means to fight. “For there are certain men 'Heretics' who have
crept in unawares” under the
message “ordained to this condemnation”
it means serpent seed children of the devil! Heretics born for a certain
purpose, as Judas was born for that certain purpose to pervert the Word of God.
If that is not sufficient I cite history, it tells you about Irenaeus against
heresies, and there are chapters and chapters about “Irenaeus against
heresies.” He was the second messenger to the church ages; did he write against
heresies?(Congregation says Amen!)
Are we writing against heresies? Then,
this is Bethel against heresies. This is Bruce against heresies, this is Barrow
against heresies, this is Sookdeo against heresies, this is Chandler against
heresies and the different Ministers. We are preaching against heresies, we are
writing against heresies and Irenaeus is our brother!
You say, Preacher, you are quoting
history. Don’t behave dumb! Paul wrote
against heresies. Didn’t brother Peter write against heresies? Yes! and Brother
Branham wrote against heresies in the church age book that came out against
heresies more than any book written in the world. It came against the Pope, it
came against the Methodists, it came against the Pentecostals, it came against
almost every heresy, and if Brother Branham were still alive, he would be
preaching against heresies around the message. Glory to God! I am saying that every true servant that God
sends is to expose heresies. When God sent the reformers, did they
expose heresies? Martin Luther nailed up 90 theses on the Catholic church door,
he was exposing heresies. Did
Wesley come against heresy? OhYes! and so did William Branham. They
preached and they wrote against heresies.
The entire message of William Branham,
was to expose heresies, because when he arrived here, the Laodiciean age was
overcome by heresies, and it was overtaken by heretics, then the job of William
Branham, was to expose heretics and all their heresies. But since he has gone on, heretics brought
up heresies based on the message. Then there must be true gifts upon the earth,
to expose those heresies. We
Ministers and saints of like precious faith expose heresies and establish truth
by preaching, writing, electronics waves of radios, cassettes and video. We
stand upon a solid foundation of all the Word of God, that God himself
complimented. “ This thou hast, that thou
hatest the deeds of the Nicolatians, which I also hate” Rev:2:6
We have the compliments of God for hating heresies and for coming against
heresies. We hate heresies just as God hates heresies. So we have a compliment
from God for coming against heresies.
This message is going across the world and let the devil know. We stand
behind this message and the “Exposition of all Heresies” Amen!
May the churches, ministers and saints, who contend for the faith be
reminded of a most recent example of one, who was overcomed by the destructive
power of heresies .
A young man, ambitious, smart, with a
wonderful personality, God having delivered him from heretical teachings,
denounced the same in no uncertain terms by his testimonies on tapes, books and
newsletters, but failed to cut clear from heretics and was again entangled by
the yoke of bondage, heresies, private interpretations, doctrines of devils and
another gospel partly based upon the Message of the hour. He now confesses,
that after fourteen months of hearing the truth, he was unable to empty his
soul from the teachings of his former pastor. Such is the power of a
heresy and a heretic! This
bewitched soul in a desperate effort to be reinstated under those heretical
teachings is writing letters of repentance, to churches and ministries, for
testifying against such damnable heresies.
It’s a total impossible task that he has undertaken by the instructions of
the Indian Chief, through his body-guards.
His testimonies are undeniable and cannot be altered, since it was
efficiently documented in two books that are in circulation worldwide, he tries desperately to justify his chief heretic as the fulfillment of Brother Branham’s new ministry although he
formerly denounced him as Indian Chief Authority, white horse rider,
interpreter of the trumpets , 7th Seal and 7 Trumpets, Son of Man Revealed , The Second Coming of
Christ, fulfilling the Joshua
Commission, and several other heretical bewitchments. He has returned to his
vomit.
God forewarned the church about the fall of this man, calling his name
before he showed signs of his deceit,
hypocrises and lies against his own conscience.
May the Lord have mercy upon his soul is
our prayer, for his writings have helped many around the world thanks to his
former efforts and service to God but it was necessary that he be dismissed
from the House of God as a traitor to the cause of Christ and eternal life, as
prophesied of him. (Titus 3:10-11 1 Cor. 5) Thus he is no longer a representative in any
respect of defectors assembly publication or Bethel (The House of God)
Now in
conclusion! I therefore with full assurance of faith charge these magnificent men
of God to preach the word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove,
rebuke exort, with all long suffering and doctrine, for the time is come when
they the followers of the message of Mal.4 are not enduring sound doctrine, but
has heaped to themselves heretical teachers, because they have itching ears.
And they have turned their ears away from the truth, unto fables. Heresies
based upon the message of the hour. But we should earnestly contend, do battle
for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints by William Branham
(Mal:4:5-6)
“As
the Word came to the Prophets under the law, so the Word came to the Apostles
under grace”
Amos 3:7-8 - "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing,
but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath
roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but
prophesy?"
Revelation 2:1 - "Unto the angel of the church of
Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right
hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;"
Revelation 3:14 - "And unto the angel of the church of
the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the beginning of the creation of God;"
I am Dalton Bruce. We're approaching another heresy, and a very
complex one. Very complicated heresy. And I believe that this heresy has many
thousands of people bound. This states, I quote: "As the Word came to the prophets under the law, so the Word came to the
apostles under grace.” Compliments “Prophetic Revelation” from a book
entitled, “Speak the word,” from Singapore via Arizona.
This heresy is saying that
Amos 3:7 is limited to the Old Testament, where God uses one prophet to bring
the Revelation to a certain age or generation. That Amos 3:7 is limited to the
Old Testament where one Prophet receives the revelation for the age. It applies
only to the Old Testament and not the New Testament. It states that New Testament order is to bring the Word by a group of apostles to the church, and
not by an Old Testament order of Amos 3:7. The revelation for the apostolic age,
came to the Church collectively and progressively over a period of time by
several apostles. This is evident by the twenty-six epistles written in the New
testament by the apostles. As a result
of this new order, gifted apostles can add to the message of the hour. They can
add to the message of Brother Branham (Malachi
4:5-6, Revelation 3:14). They can also add to the written Word of God, because the written Word of God is
the letter, but revelation
that is coming from God is in
the spirit and it comes straight from the Logos,
Christ, who is now upon the face of the earth personified.
Therefore the Seven thunders that were not revealed by the Apostle Branham
(only called a Prophet) must be revealed
by seven Apostles. All these heresies are hooked up in one. That is why
I used the term complex heresy.
For a little evaluation of
this heresy, let us look this heresy in it's face. What is it trying to
achieve? What is it trying to bring out? What are the motives and objectives of
this heresy and the heretics that preach such heresy? It's a complex heresy,
deceptive, that has it's roots and foundation in the misinterpretation of Amos
3:7.
This heresy is presenting to
us an order of the New Testament, and to present this New Testament order of
God bringing his spiritual revelation to the church, this heresy is doing away
with God's Old Testament order - Amos 3:7.
The only way that this
heresy can flourish and make any headway amongst the people of God, amongst
message believers, is first to destroy Amos 3:7. Therefore the misinterpretation of Amos 3:7 is the foundation that this heresy
is based upon, it is the roots. Anybody that is bound by this heresy must go
back to the simplicity of the Bible, the simplicity of the message, the
simplicity of the understanding of Amos 3:7, in order to obtain their
deliverance.
This heresy here, when speaking of the revelation coming to a group of
apostles for New Testament times, evident by twenty-six epistles, looks very
convincing and it further states that there were no Prophets in the New
Testament system, and God never called any one of the apostles,
"prophets."
So this heresy is attacking the foundational order of the scripture, in God
bringing the revelation by his prophet to the age. I want you to clearly
understand what this heresy is saying. This
heresy is saying that Amos 3:7, where God uses one man to bring the revelation
for the age, is done away with, and in the New Testament God used a group of
Apostles to bring the revelation to the age in a collective manner,
progressively, which means that the revelation did not come altogether
to one man, but it came collectively, over a period of time, and different
apostles got parts of this revelation, and bringing
them together through twenty-six epistles formed a complete revelation.
I defy this heresy! We defy this
heresy! How many say we defy this heresy? (Congregation says amen)
The evidence that is given
for this heresy is the twenty-six epistles that were written in the New
Testament which were all written by apostles. Now this is very diabolical, very cunning. I must take my time and
attack this satanic heresy. This is not just something to hit over the
head. Thousands of people are hanging their souls upon this heresy. This heresy, brothers and sisters, is
master of all heresies, because it attacks the very foundation of the Bible, it
attacks the very foundation of every message that God ever sent in the New
Testament, and, automatically, it attacks the very message of William Branham.
It attacks the very Bible system, the unchangeable system and order of
God, to bring revelation to mankind, this heresy has blatantly and cunningly
attacked the message of the hour
brought by William Branham. It cunningly attacked William Branham
himself and his claims to prophethood. This heresy is attacking Malachi
4:5&6, where it is stated, “Behold I send unto you Elijah the
prophet.” It is attacking Revelation 3:14, which states, ”Unto
the angel of the church of the Laodiceans.” It is attacking Revelation 10: 7:
“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to
sound,” when “HE” shall begin to sound, “the mystery of God should be finished,
as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.” It is attacking Amos 3:7 and trying to do away with Amos 3:7, the
very foundation of the Bible, the very foundation of the message, the very
foundation that William Branham based his message upon.
This heresy and the heretics
are trying to do away with the very foundation of the entire Church. "Surely the Lord God will do nothing but
he revealeth his secrets unto his servants the prophets." We clearly state here that Amos 3:7 is God's order. We clearly state
that this is God's established system for both Old Testament and the New
Testament. We disagree with this heresy that limits Amos 3:7 to the Old
Testament and has formulated a new system and a new order to bring revelation
in the New Testament to the church by a group of men.
The messenger himself, William
Branham, established his message in no uncertain terms, upon the foundation of Amos
3:7, Malachi 4:5&6, Revelation 3:14 and Revelation 10:7, beyond a
shadow of a doubt. I could bring quotations to you here today, but the
quotations that support the statement that I just made are so numerous that it
would take me about five years to quote William Branham concerning Amos
3:7 and God's order of bringing divine revelation to the church. It's
all hooked up in Amos 3:7. There is no shadow of a doubt from the church age
book, from the seven seal book, and there is no shadow of a doubt from all the
messages that William Branham preached, that Amos 3:7 is alive for our
day, alive for our age, and it was applicable both in the Old Testament and the
New. Therefore I will not waste my time and my breath to bring all those
quotations, for if a man could study eleven hundred tapes and so blatantly
attack Amos 3:7 and all the various scriptures that support a one-man
revelation for the Age, something is wrong with him. He is highly ambitious
like his father Lucifer. There is much ambition that is involved here and we
are about to identify this spirit in the Bible with its ambition.
I clearly state here that Amos
3:7 is God's order, His established order, His established system for
both Old Testament and New Testament. The messenger established that in his
message in no uncertain terms. That's the foundation of the entire Bible, and
the foundation of his entire message.
I quote the messenger
briefly. If the messenger says the same thing a thousand times and I quote to
you once what he says, and there are nine hundred and ninety-nine other quotes that
are saying the same thing, if I quote the nine hundred and ninety-nine, and you
are born to be a believer, my brothers and sisters, that one quotation is
sufficient. And if you are born to be an unbeliever, though I quote the
thousand quotations, you will still be
an unbeliever, for I say, "Search the message for in it you think you have
eternal life and it is that which testifies of God's system."
I quote William Branham and
I am laying emphasis here upon God's order, God's system of Amos
3:7 that is still applicable to the New Testament, applicable in our
day, applicable in our age, verified by William Branham beyond a shadow of a
doubt.
“ It was in the end time period that the Seven Thunders of Jesus came
forth, Revelation 10:3&4. What was in those seven thunders no one knows but
we need to know and it will take a prophet to get the revelation.”
(Exposition of the Seven Church
Ages, page 324 )
My emphasis here is not thunders; my emphasis is God's order.
“Because God has no other way of bringing out his Scriptural
revelations except by a prophet”. My emphasis again, “because God has no other way of bringing
out scriptural revelations except by a prophet. The Word always came by a
prophet and always will. That this is the law of God is evident by even a
casual search of the scriptures.”
This quotation alone exposes this heresy as from the pit of hell
and the darkest abyss of Satan, and not to be recognized as a revelation from
God. May I quote a second time?
“Because God has no other
way of bringing out his scriptural revelations except by a prophet. The Word
always came by a prophet and always will. That this is the law of God is
evident by even a casual search of the scriptures.”
“You CAN'T go under a group of men. I defy any time that it ever went,
God never did use a group of man. He uses one man.” (End time Evangelism
62-0603. Vol. ID, No.5).
We defy that God uses groups
of man.
“You CAN'T go under a group of
man. I defy any time that it ever went, God never did use a group of man, he
uses one man, exactly, one man at a time. Two men got two opinions. One man,
exactly right. EVERY dispensation it's been that way, all the way down
through.”
Let me re-emphasize that. The prophet of God now starts speaking
about dispensation. He says God uses one man at a time, he never did use a
group, and then he concluded that every dispensation it's been that way, all
down the way through. And if you are not familiar with that word, dispensation,
all that it means is an age; all through the ages, all through the
dispensations. We had a dispensation of Adam, we had a dispensation of Abel; we
had an age or a dispensation of Noah; we had a dispensation of Abraham; we had
a dispensation of Moses. God's order is to bring revelation to the age by one
man. This is clearly understood from Church
Ages page 324 and it is clearly understood from End Time Evangelism, page 27, and there are many other quotations
that I could give here where God does not use groups of men, but he uses an
individual.
Old testament examples of
God applying this one-man system and applying Amos 3:7 is that God himself
brought the Word in Eden and Adam was the first Prophet, and the Word of the
Lord came to Adam in Eden, and the Word
said that thou shall not eat of this tree, the day you eat of this tree,
you shall surely die. Be sure to tell your wife that.
The Word of the Lord came to Adam and by faith Abel offered the right
sacrifice. ( Hebrews 11). It was a divine revelation that God gave to Abel
of what kind of a sacrifice to bring to the altar. And Cain refused to accept
Abel's revelation because he thought that he was equal with Abel and God should
speak to him personally also. He failed to listen to the Prophet Abel and he
perished. God rejected his sacrifice.
There arose another dispensation.
That next dispensation was in the days of Noah, and God found one man, and by
that one man he brought a message to that generation and everybody that did not
hear that prophet with that message perished. You were going to listen to
Noah's message and get into the ark or perish. "As it was in the days of
Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the
Son of Man even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is
revealed." Luke 17:26-30.
One man, and the world failed to hear that one man called Noah and they
perished. There arose another man in another dispensation, his name was Moses. Amos
3:7 is applied in Adam, applied in Abel, applied in Noah, applied in
Abraham. There were a lot of men upon the face of the earth but God spoke to
one man and he said, “Come out of thy father's house and from
amongst thy kindred and I will show you a land,” and Abraham followed
God. He was one man. That's another dispensation.
Another dispensation was in
the days of Moses, and let me linger here a little while. God called one man,
and for over four hundred years, Israel, God's children had to wait upon that
promised deliverer, promised through the prophecy of Abraham. They suffered in
bondage in the land of Egypt until that one that was prophesied came on the
scene. While Moses was growing up the children of Israel were suffering and
Moses came on the scene. And God only spoke to Moses in a burning bush of Fire.
Not to all the Rabbis, not to all the priest, not to all the great men. He
called Moses and He said, “I will send thee to deliver the children of Israel”.
One man, Amos 3:7. If you wanted
to leave Egypt land and enter the promised land, you had to follow Moses or
perish.
I want to
call your attention to something here that identifies this heresy and identify
this spirit right in your Bible. Moses led an exodus out of Egypt land, and Amos
3:7 was in operation where God was speaking to one man and leading two
million people to the promised land. But there arose ambitious spirits, and I
am identifying this heresy with men that arose, and their statement was, Numbers
12:2 - “And they said, Hath the LORD
indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard
it”
Numbers 16:1-3 - “Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of
Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]: And they rose up before Moses, with certain
of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly,
famous in the congregation, men of renown: And they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much
upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, every one of them, and the
LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation
of the LORD?”
Ambitious spirits! That is where this heresy is
identified. This spirit that wants to say that God is also using groups of men
on the same level and on the same basis as William Branham, our Moses today with
the pillar of fire. This is that same spirit identified in your Scriptures.
It's the same spirit that followed that pillar of fire down there, and later
arose against Moses.
It's the same spirit in this modern generation, in this 21st
century, because of ambition, that is saying, “Hath God only spoken by William
Branham? He hath not only spoken by
William Branham, He hath spoken by us, a bunch of Apostles also. You lying
heretic! You have the spirit of Korah, Abiram and Dathan, and the two hundred
and fifty princes upon you. You're anointed by the same spirit that was in the
wilderness. This is the same spirit that is writing these books called
“Prophetic Revelation.” This is the same spirit that wants to exalt itself
above the messenger. This is the same spirit that wants to attack the
foundation of the entire Bible. This is the same spirit that wants to attack
the foundation of the very message. This is the same spirit that wants to do
away with Amos 3:7, but Amos 3:7 will live on, it is for
today. It was for every dispensation.
We identify this spirit,
it's a spirit of Jannes and Jambres that withstood Moses. This spirit does not
only want to be recognized as adding revelation to the message or new light to
the message. No! this is not the only ambition of this spirit. This spirit has
the same ambition as it had in the wilderness, which is to contradict Moses.
Those spirits that arose in the wilderness did not only say that they were
bringing new light, but were contradicting the message of Moses. And I state
right here, that the contradiction that those false prophets, ambitious
preachers, were bringing was on the promises of the hour. That is how you identify a heretic today;
that is how you identify the Korahs and the Abirams, and the Dathans, and the
two hundred and fifty princes. You identify them when they start confessing
unbelief in entering the Promised Land, Capstone, Outpouring of the Holy Ghost.
They arose to stone Moses. They arose in the desert and said that Egypt land was
the Promised Land; it was the land flowing with milk and honey. They arose in
the wilderness and blamed Moses for bringing them and their children in the
wilderness to slay them. It's the same spirit.
This heresy is contrary to Amos 3:7. This heresy is
contrary to Malachi 4 and his beliefs. This spirit is contrary to the Message
of the hour. It has totally contradicted the Message of the hour. It has
contradicted the very foundation of the Bible; contradicted the very Message of
the hour; not only add light, (what
they are calling light), but it changed the message. It perverted the message.
It attacked the very foundation of the entire Bible. It attacked the very
foundation of the very message. It has contradicted the teachings of William
Branham who made use of Amos 3:7 throughout his message
thousands of times, stating that God always uses one man for the age, for the
dispensation to bring a revelation to the people.
Therefore, this heresy is from the deepest abyss of
hell. The propagators are heretics,
false anointed ones, Korah, Abiram and Dathan in
modern times, false apostles who have crept into the Message. And if they cannot repent of this doctrine,
it proves who their father is, because they abide not in the truth. And
when a man slips out of the truth of the Message of the hour and you correct
him and he fails to repent, it shows that he is doing the deeds of his father,
and the deeds of the devil, is to pervert the Word of God. They cannot continue
in the Word of God.
The second part of this heresy,
“B”, states:
“God uses groups of
Apostles, evident by the Epistles”
It is one thing to believe something, the next is to
prove it, and especially when
heresies come up and challenge your faith, and challenge your revelation that
you took for granted all the time. You've got to know where you are standing.
Now, this second part of
this heresy is very slick, and they are citing twenty-six epistles to show that
God never used a prophet in the New Testament times. In the Apostolic age, all
that God used were apostles, therefore the days of prophets was done away with
and God only used apostles, and those apostles wrote twenty six-epistles:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Romans, Corinthians and on down. What is your
answer, as Ministers, to this heresy?
Study the Word to show thyself approved, a workman rightly dividing the
Word of truth. And that is what we are doing here, we are studying the Word to
show ourselves approved, rightly dividing the Word of God.
This heresy states that Amos 3:7, where God uses one man to bring the revelation for the
age, is an Old Testament order. But then in the New Testament time, since the New
Covenant came into existence, God did away with Amos 3:7 one man bringing
the revelation to the age, and now he is using a group of Apostles and that is
his standard, that is his order for the New Testament. Therefore twenty six
Epistles were written by the Apostles and brought forth a collective revelation
over a period of time.
It also openly stated that there were no prophets in
the New Testament time, and the evidence of this is that
there are five "ascension gifts" and the first one is an Apostle, and
the second is a Prophet. So when speaking of the five-fold Ministry and the
ascension gifts, Prophets played a secondary role, and the Apostles were placed
first, therefore the Apostles had the headship as a group of men. Further-more,
when problems arose in the Church in Asia Minor, the Apostles there sent to the
Apostles in Jerusalem to settle the issue. Another proof is that the Apostles
collectively had to settle the issue. What are you going to do when you face a
heresy like this? Do you see how cunning that is?
Now, I cannot be angry with my brothers and sisters
in the Message for being caught up in a heresy like this, because it is
cunning, it is diabolical, seemingly with plenty of evidence. People who had not been
exposed to the Message, hearing a heresy like this for the first time, and
heretics laying that kind of foundation on virgin soil, by the thousands, and
possibly by the millions, people accept that as the teachings of Brother
Branham; accept that as the teachings of the Bible; accept that as revelation
from Christ veiled in human flesh, personified upon the face of the earth as
head of these seven men.
How are these poor Africans
going to distinguish the wrong and the right of it? How are these poor people
in India going to distinguish the right and the wrong of this doctrine, when
you have a great intellectual giant that is very fluent in his speech like
Lucifer himself, who could speak and write, and have the assets to send forth
these kinds of devilish doctrines throughout the world?When you have people
that have now come to this Message with the idea that everybody that preaches
the Message are God's servants. Everybody that preaches this Message are not
God's servants. Some are of the devil! Some are literal seeds of the serpent!
Some are incarnated devils! Some came from hell and they are going back to
hell! Certain are ordained to this condemnation and they were allowed to creep
into the Message. (Jude 1: 1-4)
This heresy says that the
New Testament order is that God uses a group of men, evident by the twenty-six
Epistles, and none of these Apostles were called Prophets, all that they were
called were Apostles. Proof and evidence is Ephesians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 12:
Firstly apostles, secondarily prophets.
This heresy is saying that the New Testament
Prophets were not like the Old Testament prophets.
They were not the absolute, but rather secondary prophets, Agabus and others.
They were not bringing a message for the age, but the Message was coming
collectively to Peter, James, John, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul and
Barnabas. It's a cunningly devised
fable, heretical to the core, deceptive to the core, damaging to our African
brothers, to our European brothers; damaging to the world; attacking the foundation of the very
Bible; attacking the very foundation of the Message; attacking the very
foundation of the Word of God that we preach.
A heresy is a deceptive thing.
The power of that heresy is a damaging thing. It destroys the souls of mankind.
This heresy concludes, that
each one of the Epistles and each one of the Apostles brought part of the revelation
over a period of time, and when put together it formed a complete revelation
for that age. Yet, in doing that, the Bible was not completed. Yet in these Apostles bringing parts of
revelation to write the Bible in the New Testament, the Bible was an incomplete
book. The proof of it is that the seals
had to be opened. Now that the seals are opened, the Logos himself has come
down, personified in a man, and that Logos personified in a man is greater than
the written Word, for the Logos was first and then the written Word came after.
Therefore this Logos has more power than the written Word. Therefore the Logos
is receiving divine revelation and can bring revelations that can be added to
the Message and added to the Bible. You talk about a cunning, diabolical
heretic that can destroy millions of souls by his heresies.
Isn't that, my brother, the
Pope's doctrine? Isn't that identified with the Pope's doctrine, that the Pope
and the Catholic Church are above the written Word of God. It is the same spirit
that is upon the Pope of Rome, that built the Catholic Church in 325 AD, which
states that the Pope is above the Word and the Pope is infallible? And it's not
what the Bible says; it's what the Church says. That's the law of the Catholic
Church. It's not what the Bible says, but what the Pope says. He is the church.
It's what the church says, not what the Bible says.
And the Pope and his words
were so infallible and so much greater than the written Word that Catholics are
not supposed to read their Bible, and they took away the Bible from the people
for a thousand years, and outlawed the Bible, punishable by death if one
scripture verse was found in your house. Isn't that the same spirit? This
spirit is saying, “never mind what the message says, never mind what William
Branham said, never mind what the Bible said, it's what the Logos says. Isn't
that a catholic spirit? Isn't that a Pope spirit? Isn't that a Vicar spirit?
Isn't that a beast speaking, from the pit of hell? Without any shame, without
any restraint, this heresy and the heretics that believe this, contradicts
Brother Branham, not only in these teachings, but many others that I cannot
bring out. And one of the outstanding teachings is that if a woman is divorced,
and has a living husband, and he is unsaved, she could be remarried.
That is in direct
contradiction to the teachings of Jesus, direct contradiction to the teachings
of William Branham and his Message. It is in direct contradiction to Romans
7:3, which says: “ So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another
man, she shall be called an adulteress.”
However, that is not our
subject. Our subject is to shut the mouth of this heretic. Our job here, my
brothers and sisters, is to shut up the mouth of this Cretian prophet. Brother
Paul said their mouths must be stopped, for they subvert whole houses, they
subvert Europe, they subvert Africa, they subvert India with their corruption,
and their mouths must be stopped. I am saying that the Old Testament order of Amos
3:7, where God use one man at a time, bringing forth a revelation to an
age still stands for today. And I will give you up-to-date proof right now. God
himself knowing that that system will continue from Genesis to Revelation, and
be applicable for our day, written by Malachi in Malachi 4:5&6, “Behold I send
unto you Elijah the Prophet”.
How are you going to answer
this? How
are you going to come out of this tangle if you were those Africans, and
Indians, and some Chinese where the message has gone on now into China? How are
you going to answer these heretics? My beloved, as much as you know this
Message, you needed somebody with divine revelation to expose those heresies
and bring deliverance to you, if you were caught up in those heresies.
A heresy is a deceptive thing. The power of that heresy is a
damaging thing. It destroys the souls of mankind.
I am saying that the Old
Testament order of Amos 3:7 where God uses one man at a time, bringing forth a
revelation to an age still stands for today. And I will give you up-to-date
proof right now. God himself knowing that system would continue from Genesis to
Revelation and be applicable for our day, wrote by Malachi 4:5&6, “Behold I send
unto you Elijah the Prophet !" 'A P-R-O-P-H-E-T' not 'A-P-O-S-T-L-E-S'.
Revelation 10:7 speaks of an individual to bring the Message to the age.
That is sufficient for you and me.
Behold I send unto you
Elijah the Prophet. Right there in our Bible it is prophesying that God will
send an absolute in the end time before He burns the earth, and that absolute
for the end time, to bring forth a revelation to turn the heart of the children
back to the Pentecostal fathers, will be a prophet called Elijah the prophet. God
knowing that system still exists and is still applicable for the New Testament,
prophesied by Malachi four hundred years before Christ, and stated there, “Behold
the day cometh that shall burn as an oven," and in the fifth and
sixth verse, “Behold I will send you Elijah
the Prophet before the coming of the great and the dreadful day of the
Lord."
God knowing that that system of Amos 3:7 still holds
good for today, even to the end time, He placed there, Malachi 4:5&6. Then something is definitely wrong with your
heresy, Mr. Heretic. And your heresy has become so anointed of the devil that
you shut your eyes to Malachi 4:5&6.
Your heresy has taken you out to the deep end so far that you fail to come to
the simplicity of the scripture that quotes “Behold I will send unto you Elijah the prophet."
If your system was right,
where God uses groups of men, the scriptures had to read, “Behold I send unto
you groups of Apostles, behold I send unto you twelve Apostles with the twelve
foundations stones.” But Malachi 4 is
in direct contradiction to your heresy, and your heresy is in direct
contradiction to Malachi the prophet. Your heresy is in direct contradiction to
God and His system. Your heresy is in direct contradiction to the entire Bible
and to the Message of the hour because that is the way William Branham
explained Malachi 4:5&6, and he laid emphasis upon the fact throughout his
Message, that Malachi 4:5&6 is not a group of man but a one man show.
In the days of William
Branham, just before he came, there was a bunch of men that arose, and they were
preaching a doctrine that Elijah the Prophet is a group of men anointed by the
spirit of Elijah. And Brother Branham exposed that as heretical, satanic and of
the devil. And we are not relying only upon what Brother Branham said, we are
relying upon the Bible. Behold I send unto you Elijah the prophet, not “the
Apostles” “the prophet”! And “HE” not
them, “HE” shall turn the hearts of the children back to the fathers. What are
we going to do with that?
I defy this heresy, and the
simplicity of the Word is going to destroy this heresy in a minute. My brothers
and sisters, Paul in the ninth chapter of the book of Acts was called as the
light to the Gentiles. And if that is vague Mr. Heretic, let me state here that
Paul was the first messenger to the first church age, and it is recorded in Revelation
2:1, “Unto the angel of the church of
Ephesus write. These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His
right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.”
Your heresy is saying that God uses a bunch of apostles to bring the Message to
the early age. The early age was the apostolic age, the early age was the
Ephesian age. How many say Amen? [Congregation says, “Amen”.] And I am proving
by scriptures that the Message for that age was not directed to many Apostles,
it was directed to the angel of the Church. And unto the Apostles at Ephesus.
Did it read that? [Congregation says , “No!]
“Unto the Angel”, Is that singular? Was it a singular Message?
Was Paul called as a light to the Gentiles? Yes. It was a singular Message.
“And unto the angel of the Church”.
That one scripture put
together with Acts 9 has destroyed your heresy where it stated God uses a group
to bring a collective revelation progressively throughout the ages. That one
scripture has defied and has broken up your heresy into pieces.
You are saying that in the
apostolic age God used a bunch of apostles to bring forth the revelation for
the age,
which was the Message of the age. I am proving by the scriptures, right
in your Bible, and it's not a man saying that, it's Christ himself saying that.
It was given to one man, and the man was an angel messenger; the
revelation was given to him.
I would further prove that Paul
was the absolute. I will further prove that Bro. Paul was that man with the
Message for that hour. It takes a blind man to read the Church Ages,
where it states that Paul was the
messenger for the Ephesian Church Age and then come up with a heresy like
that. You have to be twice dead, plucked up by the roots. You have to be highly
ambitious.
Galatians 1:1 - "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither
by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the
dead;"
You heard the authority in
that voice?
Galatians 1:6-12 - “I marvel
that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ
unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and
would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let
him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I
now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek
to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I
certify you, brethren”... This is a certified cheque. “...That
the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it
of man, neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
I am proving to you that
Brother Paul, his office, his Ministry was the absolute for that age, that if anybody taught a
revelation contrary to the revelation that was given to Paul, the prophet
Messenger for that age, though an angel come down from heaven and contradicted
that Message, he was accursed (Anathema and Maranatha,) which means that you
were accursed unto the day of the coming of Christ, if you changed the message
of the messenger of that age. And any man that tries to change the Message of
William Branham, making it say what it does not say, is Anathema and Maranatha.
So, I am asking, Mr. Heretic,
where is your bunch of apostles? Where is your group of Apostles that brought a
collective revelation. I am showing you that the revelation did not come
collectively by a bunch of apostles, but it was addressed to one man, and that
man was very defiant about it, in so much that he said that no man could change
that revelation. Not even I nor Barnabas is able to change that revelation,
because the revelation was given to me by Jesus Christ. Why was the Message
given to Paul by Jesus Christ? He was one of the stars in the hand of God.
(Revelation 1:16)
Galatians 2:7-9 - "But
contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed
unto me, as [the gospel] of the circumcision [was] unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to
the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the
Gentiles:) And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the
right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto
the circumcision."
I Corinthians 3:10 & 11 - "According to the grace
of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the
foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he
buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ."
Brother Paul said that he
was the wise masterbuilder. Out of all those apostles, Brother Paul was the
wise masterbuilder. He said I have laid the foundation. The gospel of William
Branham is a restoration of the Gospel of Paul the Apostle, the first Messenger
to the church age, and all of the redeemed are resting on that. When Brother
Branham was caught up in the translation, he said, “I preach exactly what Paul
preached”, and the whole of heaven said, “We are resting on that.” He was the
wise master builder.
To prove to you that there
was an absolute, that there was a prophet Messenger, who was responsible for
that age, to bring the revelation for the age, completely, there were certain
apostles that arose and challenged the authority of Brother Paul. And then
Brother Paul said, “I will glory.” He said, “Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are
they Israelites? So am I. Are they Apostles? So am I. And on down he went. And
in 2Corinthians
11: 13-14, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light." And, it is the same thing
today, as when they challenged Brother Paul, so are these false apostles today,
challenging the authority of William Branham, changing the message of William
Branham, changing the very standard of his message. Anything that would
challenge the authority of the vindicated messenger is a false apostle. And if
Brother Branham was here today, he would say, “Such are false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming themselves into angels of light." Is that
right? And it's no marvel that Satan himself is transformed into an angel of
light, and his ministers into ministers of righteousness.
Now when that first
messenger in that first age came up, did you have false apostles claiming to be
the authority of God? Claiming to be a bunch of men that God was using too?
It's the same spirit today.
The same spirit that arose
under that messenger, claiming that they were a bunch of apostles bringing
higher light and higher revelation,
adding to the message, and claiming to have deeper revelation than
Brother Paul, is the same kind of Apostles we have today, and Brother Paul
declared them to be false apostles and deceitful workers transforming
themselves into angels of light.
Now, I am going to destroy
this heresy with the simplicity of the teachings of the church ages. Every
message, for two thousand years now, starting from the days of Brother Paul as
the first messenger, right down to the age that we are living in, every message to every age was directed
to a singular messenger. I am asking this Mr. Heretic, that said God changed
his system and was using a new system a group of men. Why did Christ have only
seven stars in His hand? Why was He holding seven stars in his hand, and
why did he bring the message to every age to one of those stars? That alone, proves
that the plan and program of God continued from the Old Testament, Amos 3:7,
one man at a time. Yes! And it came over from John the Baptist; that was
one man for the dispensation. It changed over from John to Jesus; one man at a
time. It changed from Jesus to Paul, and it changed to Irenaeus, and it changed
to Martin; it changed to Columba, it changed to Luther, it changed to Wesley,
and Branham is the Messenger for this age. Oh Yes! Seven stars in the right
hand of God. The first star was Paul, and the last star was William Branham,
and that system continued to the day in
which we live, Revelation 3:14 - “Unto the
angel of the church of the Laodiceans." Are we living in the
Laodicean age? Then there was one messenger for the age in which we are living.
This heretic might say that all
these seven stars were apostles, because it does not speak of prophets, it says
angel messenger. I have news for you. When God spoke to this messenger to the
Laodicean age, there was another scripture in the Bible, to verify that
messenger as Elijah the prophet, and that is Malachi 4, showing you that
William Branham was an apostle indeed, but he was also an Old Testament
prophet and a New Testament prophet. And, if this would not stumble you, William
Branham was more than a prophet, for Jesus said of the forerunner, John the
Baptist, that he was more than a prophet. Therefore he was a special messenger,
and he was the greatest prophet born from a woman. And if Jesus said that of
John the Baptist he would say even more about William Branham today, who came
to forerun the second coming of Jesus Christ .He was a special messenger.
I am proving that it came from John the Baptist,
even unto Jesus. From Jesus unto Paul, and it came right down. You say, what
about the apostle Peter? I have news for you again. The ministry was divided
with two headships, one to the circumcision and the other to the uncircumcision (Galatians 2:4-10). Is
that right? And God himself placed it in such a way, and all the apostles
recognized that the ministry of Paul was to the uncircumcision, which were to
the Gentiles, and the ministry of Peter was to the Jews, and they all
recognized it. He said that's the grace of God that was given to me, and the
grace of God that was given to Peter. All that it means is that these were
two special ministers, apostles and prophets, and one was to the Jews and one
was to the Gentiles, but they had the exact same revelation. Revelation
3:14, Malachi 4:5&6, Revelation 10:7 all speaks of an individual to
bring the message of the age. That is sufficient for you and me.
The third part of this
heresy: I
will just brief you on it see how diabolical. The third part of this
heresy states that we can add to the Message, we can add to the Bible because
of this “new order,” of a “collective revelation,” and progressive revelation,
and since the days of William Branham, when he came to the earth as the first
Apostle, then there are other Apostles who are still bringing forth the revelation. Therefore, they
could add to the Message and add to the
Bible.
I defy this heresy; because the Bible says if
you add to it, the plagues that are written in it shall be added to you, and if
you take from the Word of God then your part shall be taken out of the Book of
Life. That is the scripture.
Now, to show you how
diabolical this heresy is, whenever a man preaches a doctrine like that,
brothers and sisters, he leaves the church without a standard to judge who is
right and who is wrong. Don't you see
it?
How many knows that William
Branham laid emphasis on the Word, from Genesis to Revelation, as being our
absolute, and anything contrary to that is the devil? Even because he looked to
the Bible as the standard. Now, but this heretic, by his heresy, has put a
sword into the hearts of the believers that are deceived by him because he
has taken away the standard, which the standard is the Bible; the standard
is the Message; the standard is the revelation by which any prophet is judged,
any revelation is judged, and any heresy is judged.
And when a man would come and
say that revelations are still coming by gifted Apostles, and could be added to
the message, he has taken away your standard to judge whether he is a false
prophet or a true prophet, a false apostle or a true apostle. He has taken
away that standard.
I am saying that this heresy is a "heresy of heresies"
cunning and diabolical, therefore we conclude that this heresy came from the
darkest abyss of hell, from the throne of Satan himself, by false anointed ones
in the end time, to try to deceive the very elect; but the elect is built upon the
Word of God and she has an antenna down inside. She will only hear the voice of
God, and the voice of God is His Word and the Message of the hour.
Have you ever seen such a diabolical
and cunning heresy like this? My brothers and sisters, we detest this
heresy. Come on; let me hear your voices. [Congregation responds with
shouts of Amen!]
We defy this heresy! This is the deed of the
Nicolaitans. We hate this heresy
and God hates this heresy. May God send deliverance by this message to our
brothers and sisters in Africa and in Europe and in the United States, and
throughout the world to set the captives free. May the Lord come soon!
There is going to be an
outpouring of the Holy Ghost so that even if these messages don't reach
the people, there is going to be an
outpouring of the Holy Ghost very soon. Yes! And they are going to hear these
same things in power and in
demonstration of the Holy Spirit. Paul
speaks of the signs of an Apostle. He said, but the sign of an Apostle was
wrought in me by signs wonders and miracles, the very seal of my apostle-ship
are ye in the Lord. And I am challenging these false Apostles that have arisen
under the Message, I am challenging them to show the sign of an Apostle.
There is a way that an
Apostle is identified. There was a way that William Branham, who was an
Apostle, was identified. All the claims that you could make as heretical
Apostles, yet the signs of the Apostles are not working in you.
All that is working in you
is intellectualism, and that takes you and ties you in with the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, and makes the serpent your brother, that deceived
Eve by intellectualism on the message of the hour. Yes!
But the signs of the
Apostles must be shown in any Apostle that will arise upon the face of the
earth.
In conclusion, I believe that the world is getting ready to see a
bunch of Apostles, but that does not change the fact that we had one Prophet
messenger to the seventh Church Age.
In this age, the world is
getting ready to see a bunch of New Testament Apostles, but not one of them will have their own Message. No! They are going
to be based upon the Message that William Branham brought.
And let me clarify the fact of twenty-six Epistles
being the evidence. Every
Apostle that wrote any Epistle, Jude, Peter, or any of the rest of them, had to
be based upon the Message that was given to Brother Paul. It had to dovetail
with the revelation and the Message that was given to the Messenger of the age
called Brother Paul. And he summarized it in so many words, “ though we or an
angel come from heaven” in other words, I or any of the other Apostles or an
angel from heaven come and speak any other revelation unto you, let him be
accursed.
That makes the revelation of
Brother Paul the absolute for the age, and all the Epistles that were written
had to dovetail with the message that Brother Paul was bringing. And likewise,
any preacher that will preach or write any kind of a book, no matter how many
signs and wonders he may show, if it does not dovetail with the Message of
William Branham, it is of the devil. That shows that the standard for the first
age is the same for the last age and will continue to the end of time.
Our absolute is the Bible
and the Message of the hour, and we boldly state here that anything that
contradicts the message of William Branham is of the devil. It is heretical,
and is a heresy from hell. And even when the seven thunders are revealed it
must dovetail with the rest of the scriptures.
“And when anybody thinks that he has those seven thunders, if it don't
compare with the rest of the Word, there's something wrong. It's got to come
THUS SAITH THE LORD, for this is the Book; this is the revelation of Jesus
Christ in its entirety.” (Seals pg. 284.1963).
It must dovetail with all the scriptures when it comes. It must never
contradict the Bible, and got to dovetail with all the scriptures.
Any Messenger, any preacher,
any lay member that is anointed of God today and is speaking for God cannot
contradict the Message of William Branham. He must dovetail with the Message of
William Branham. Any preaching, any
writings, any book that is written, must dovetail with the Message of William
Branham, and if it does not, we know that it is the devil.
Therefore, my brothers and
sisters, all these prophetic revelations that contradicts the message of
William Branham are of Satan, it is of the devil, and wherever you are
throughout the world, have nothing to do with it. Flee for your lives, because
it contradicts the Message of the hour.
Go back to the simplicity of
the Message. Go back to the Message of William Branham; go back to the church
ages and the seven seals book Yes! And stay in the Message of the hour.
I call you back to the
Message of William Branham if you are caught by this heresy.
May the Lord bless your
hearts. Lift your right hand to Him. Give Him a praise offering. Thank you
Saviour. Blessed be the Name of the Lord. Thank you for Your Word. Bless be His
Words. Let the inspiration fall upon your people wherever they may hear it,
wherever they may read it; let his inspiration fall upon them. May it open
their eyes to these heresies and these heretics. Bring deliverance to your
people throughout the world we pray. We humbly thank You for your spirit here, and
we thank you for one another. Bless us all together as we pray in the Name of
Jesus Christ, for His honour and glory. Amen.
“ The seven thunders which were
not revealed in 1963 by Bro. Branham must now be revealed by seven chosen men
to give the Bride rapturing faith”.
Exposed by Dalton Bruce.
Rev:10:3-4 - "And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion
roareth: and when he had cried, seven
thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
"
Compliments: “Prophetic
revelation” on the book called "Speak the Word" from Singapore. They returned some of their
literature to acquaint us with their teachings. I am announcing on the tape that in case this message should
reach India, Africa or Europe we want some of your literature please. Send it
to Bethel Church.
This brother could be sincere, he could be honest in the way he is
thinking his motives and objectives could be correct, I do not know. All that I
am dealing with is right and wrong doctrines, and this doctrine is saying here
that seven men are to receive the seven thunders, that is plainly understood
page 34, 35 gives you that account. Also there are seven men without any faces
and facial features. One place in this book also states that the “seven men”
are actually the seven thunders, each man is a thunder. It is plainly stated
without any apology and without any shame that these seven men are the seven
thunders. The scriptural support that is given is taken from:-
Zechariah 3:8-9 -
"For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall
be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of
hosts..."
So this doctrine states,
that scripture is being fulfilled today after the Ministry of Brother Branham
and Zechariah
3:8-9. The seven eyes upon one stone that is recorded are seven men,
Apostles, that will receive the seven thunders fulfilling the trump of God to
bring the dead from the grave.
We disagree, we do not
believe that there is any scriptural foundation for this heresy. However, I
believe that this heresy is partly correct, and that is how all heresies comes.
All heresies are mixed with truth, it is based upon the message of the hour, it
is based upon the bible, but then, in that heresy there is a death seed, it is
like poison, sugar coated right around in a big ball of sugar, you don't taste
the poison but you taste the sugar.
Give a little child that ball of sugar he eats the sugar and it tastes very
nice, it is very palatable but then the poison gets down into the system and
the child dies. Now that is a heresy,
that the serpent gave to Eve and he sugar coated it and the bible said, she looked upon the fruit
and it was pleasant to the eyes and one to be desired and she took of the fruit
and she did eat. So she took that little ball of sugar not knowing the unbelief
and the heresy that was wrapped up in the little ball of sugar, it tasted sweet
in her mouth but later on it brought death.
We agree that the seven thunders was not revealed in 1963 by Brother
Branham. That part of this heresy is
very sweet. The next part of this heresy says that it must be revealed to give
the Bride rapturing faith. All that is correct, that is all together sugar we
agree. We agree that the seven thunders were not revealed to Brother Branham in
1963. We also agree that the seven thunders must be revealed for rapturing
faith, there is no doubt about that. That is right through Brother Branham's
message. The seals, almost anywhere you turn, say that rapturing faith is going
to come by the seven thunders. But we totally disagree with the conception that
seven men are to receive the revelation of the seven thunders. We totally
disagree that these seven men themselves are the seven thunders, because it is
unscriptural. Now in attacking a heresy we attack the foundation. This heresy
is built upon two scriptures Zechariah 3:8-9 and chapter 4:9-10 now
these seven men fit themselves in Zechariah 3 and Zechariah 4 as their
foundational scriptures to prove that there were seven men to come after Branham
to receive the revelation of the seven thunders. Now attacking the foundation
that this heresy is standing upon, we are more than able to destroy it. So I
challenge my hearers on tape and whoever will probably read our literature. I
challenge you to choose ye this day whom you want to believe. If you want to
believe the interpretation of Zechariah 3rd chapter and 4th
chapter from the vindicated prophet called Malachi 4 William Branham or you
want to believe some fly-by-night preacher that has arisen and tries to force
fit himself into the Word of God. I
could take the Scripture and the Message and prove that Chapter 4 of Zechariah
is not speaking of seven men to come but that they have already come. They came
and fulfilled their ministry and have gone on and the last one is rocking on
his rocking chair. Now my words are a little too weak but there was a prophet
of God sent today to interpret Scriptures Malachi 4:5-6. He was sent unto us today with the facts. He
was Revelation
10:7- "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall
begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to
his servants the prophets.” All that was recorded in the bible far as
the mysteries are concerned was to be loosed by William Branham. We take his
word above every man's word and if he will interpret Zechariah 3 and Zechariah
4 in a different light we will take his word for it. How many wants to hear it?
I quote Revelation 3:1 -"These things sayeth he that hath the seven
spirits of God and the seven stars," seven spirits are identified
as seven eyes in Zechariah 4:10 .
"Putting our scriptural
discoveries together, it is evident that the seven spirits of God
referred to the continuous ministry of the same Holy Spirit in the lives of seven
men with whom God identified Himself very closely. They are his eyes, they are
his lamps. Who these men are can easily be seen because the next phrase calls them seven stars which are already
known to us as the seven messengers to
the seven church ages. How beautiful this is.” ( Seven Church Ages - pages 248-249)
Brother Branham opened up
the Book of Revelation and was
preaching on the Lamb, he said the Lamb had seven eyes and He had seven horns.
That is Revelation: 5. He opened up the Bible and said in Rev
3:1 that these were seven
spirits before God. Then in Revelation 5 he said there were
seven lamps burning before the throne. He said all these sevens over here,
seven eyes, seven spirits of God, seven lamps they are speaking of one thing.
They are speaking of seven spirits before almighty God. These seven spirits are
not seven individual spirits it is the Spirit of the Holy Ghost working through
seven men throughout the seven church ages and it's the seven stars which are
the seven messengers to the seven church ages.
I believe a blind man should
see that, I believe a blind man should understand that. Therefore I am saying
that the inventor of this heresy that built upon Zechariah 4 his prop is
knocked off by the major prophet called William Branham.
Whereas he is putting
Zechariah the 3rd and the 4th
Chapter over here after William
Branham. Brother Branham took those messages and applied it to the seven church
age messengers. Zechariah 3:8:9, Zechariah 4:10 quoting Brother Branham (Seals Pg.102) interpreting what those scriptures are, he was speaking of the
Lamb in Chap:5 of the Book of Revelation. Brother Branham ties in the seven
eyes of Revelation Chap. 5, with Zechariah the 3rd Chap. and the 4th
Chap. So this is what he said, “The seven
eyes, eyes means seeing. Seeing means prophets - seers: this Lamb had seven
horns, and on each horn had an eye. What is it? Christ and His Bride, Seven Church Ages out there, was seven
prophets that went forth - seven seers, seven eyes. So the last one must be a
seer. All right.”
Brother Branham tied in the seven eyes of Revelation 5 and 6 into
Zechariah Chap. 3 and 4 and say that they belong to the messengers of
the Seven Church Ages. They pertain to the seven messengers of the Seven Church
Ages.
Therefore we have knocked
off the next prop upon which this damnable heresy is resting. When you destroy
the foundation of any heresy, my Brother, that heretic has to prove himself an
unbeliever or a child of God. If he is a child of God, he repents. And if he cannot repent after
seeing the simplicity of the Scripture then he is a born devil to pervert the
Word of God and what you need to do is to give him a second warning. And after
you give him that second warning you fulfill the scripture in Titus
Chap 3:10 “A man that is an heretic
after the first and second admonition
reject... [for he is condemned]
of himself”. That is the scriptural order to deal with a
heretic.
You don't go begging, and pushing and pulling a heretic day after
day, month after month, year after year, asking him to repent. If you had
Brother Paul here and he had to deal with a heretic. Brother Paul would make plain the Scripture once, and he wouldl
make the Scripture plain a second time. After that is made plain and that man
cannot see that, Brother Paul would know that the election is off, he would
reject him. That is Scriptural order.
And after the Word of God is made plain people that sit and hear the
exposition of such inventions of false doctrines and interpretations on the
Thunders and they cannot accept the simplicity and the plainness of the Message
of William Branham, something is wrong with their desires, definitely wrong
with their desires. Jesus said, “This is the condemnation that light is come
into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds
were evil”, John 3:19. And if you have a pastor that allows you to
commit adultery and live in fornication and be a thief, a vagabond and do
unscriptural things and your deeds are evil, you would love that kind of a
preacher because he allows you to wallow in your sins and Jesus, said that
would be your condemnation. And after the Word of God has come and explained Zechariah
3:9, Zechariah 4:10 by the
mighty Elijah the prophet in Church Age,
pg. 249 on the Seal Book page 102. Lets
say that you did not know that the Prophet interpreted those Scriptures. Here
you have a preacher showing you the Word of God. Something has to be wrong with
a person to deny the Words of Malachi 4, William Branham, who was sent of God,
inspired of God as a major prophet of the age, and to take another man's
word. Something has to be wrong with
his desire.
So if you got tied up in my explanation all that I am saying is, Brother
Branham took Zechariah the 3rd Chapter and Zechariah the 4th
Chapter 10th verse and he applied it to the Seven Messengers of the
Seven Church Ages. I defy this heresy
upon the basis of the words of the anointed Elijah that took Zechariah Chap. 3 and Chap. 4 and
applied it to the Seven men in the Seven Church Ages bringing the Seven Church
Age messages. Therefore this heresy has no foundation to stand upon, I defy it
as heretical, hell oriented and satanic and call the heretic to repentance and all that follow him to
repentance. I call all the congregations to repentance, and to turn loose of
this heresy!
Observe that only two scriptures were given here to support this
heresy, “There are seven men to reveal the Seven Thunders.” No quotations were
given and that is simply because there are none. There is no quotation from any of the eleven hundred tapes to
prove that seven men are to receive the Revelation of the Seven Thunders,
otherwise these heretics would certainly make use of it. The only way they
could force fit themselves into the Word of God, is to bring up another
interpretation of Zechariah 3rd and 4th Chapters. No quotations were given, absolutely none,
because there is none. In eleven
hundred tapes there is none to prove that there are seven men to receive the
revelation of the seven thunders not even to indicate such a plan of God for
the opening of the Seventh Seal or Seven Thunders.
One heresy leads to another,
and this heresy has its foundation upon other heresies. These men are saying
that Amos 3:7 only applies to the Old Testament and it is not applied to the
New Testament.
Another heresy that this is resting upon is that, in the New
Testament, God has a different order in bringing revelation and that is by a
bunch of Apostles. Since he used several
Apostles in the New Testament, the revelation and the message are still coming
after the death of William Branham, He was only one Apostle but we got to have
a bunch of apostles in the end time. Those apostles that are arising now could
add to the message, new revelations.
You don't have to find it in the Bible, you don't have to find it in
brother Branham’s message because New Testament order is that one Apostle gets
a revelation, and another gets a
revelation to form the picture.
I defy these teachings.
There are heretical, totally unscriptural and unfounded in the message of
Malachi 4: 5:6. This heresy is based
upon those heresies which seek to destroy the foundation of the scriptures and
message of Malachi 4. Amos 3:7
is the very foundation of the Bible and the very foundation of the message
of William Branham. Anything that would try to destroy the foundation of the
Bible and the foundation of the message of William Branham is hell oriented, is
satanic, and should be recognized only
as that.
In all the Prophet's
teachings, the foundation for his message to the end time bride is Amos
3:7, Malachi 4:5 Revelation 10:7, Revelation 3:14 since God's divine
order is to bring revelation to the church by one Messenger for each Age. All
messages were addressed to the Angel/Messenger to the respective Ages. The message for each Age was addressed only
to one, not seven.
In all the written Word from
Genesis to Revelation, God never used a group of men to bring a message to the
Church neither did he ever use a group of men because he had seven or more
revelations to the Age. I challenge any heretic to prove differently. No where in the Bible did God ever use a
group of men, and if God was bringing seven revelations or more to a particular
age. He did not need seven or eight
men, because it was several revelations.
No! My Brothers and Sisters, the only way that an heretic can force fit
seven men into the message for receiving the Revelation of the Seven Thunders
is to pervert Amos 3:7 and Rev. 10:3.
Mathematically it's right, seven voices, seven revelations, seven men,
seven thunders. Mathematically, working it out from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. So they are saying seven voices, and seven voices
equals seven revelations, seven revelations equals seven men, seven men equal
seven thunders, but give it the Word test, give this heresy the Word test by
God's mathematics of the Bible. Rev. 10:1-4 plus Amos
3:7 equal one revelator. Let us hear God's mathematics by God's
mathematics of the Bible, Rev. 10:1-4 plus Amos 3:7. God reveals His secrets to His Prophets
equal one revelator, Revelation 10:1.
Now you can't find that in the
colleges? No. They cannot understand
this mathematics. Now if you want to know if the answer is correct, my Brother,
and your little teacher cannot correct the lesson, you have to go
to the Principal of the age. Let me quote him here from Church Age, Page 324. “It was in the end
time period that the Seven Thunders of Jesus came forth. Revelation 10: 3-4. What was in those Seven Thunders no one
knows. But we need to know, and it will take a prophet to get the Revelation
because God has no other way of bringing out His Spiritual revelations except
by a Prophet. The Word always came by a Prophet and always will. That this is the Law of God is evident by
even a casual search of the Scriptures.”
I am saying that Revelation 10:1-4 plus Amos 3:7 equals one revelation
and revelator, “Christ,” and it proves
the other sum wrong. Seven voices
equals seven revelations. equals seven men, equals seven thunders, equals seven
Apostles today. I say that sum is
wrong. Put an ‘X’ on it, yes, put an ‘X’ on that sum. Because the prophet
corrected this sum.
I am checking my lesson with
what the Prophet of God says in Church Age Page 324. I am just quoting him, you do what you want. When this goes out there and meets you, you
do what you want, I am quoting the Prophet of God! And I tell you right here
and I declare right now my Brothers and Sisters In this Assembly and to all that will hear this tape and to
all that will read our literature,
that I am not that one! I make myself
abundantly clear. I want you to bear me witness. [Congregation says Amen]
Anybody that hears this
quotation, do what you want with it. I am not fitting myself into that quotation, I am stating truth.
That is the order of God's Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Notice on this
same page. Brother Vayle documented the
expectations of Brother Branham to receive the Revelation of the seven
thunders, but at the Seals in 1963, Brother Branham concluded that it was not
revealed. So, this idea of seven prophets, seven apostles is condemned by
Brother Branham from the Church Ages page 324, it cannot stand up in the
message, it cannot stand up in the Word.
I am quoting Brother Branham:
“He could've chosen the sun to
preach the gospel, but God always deals with one individual who will listen to
Him Word by Word." (Seals page 184
& 298)
“God uses man and man only. God doesn't use machinery. God doesn't use
groups men. God doesn't use organizations. God uses individuals always.” (Perfect Faith 63-0825E pg. 9).
Let me get a few more, I am quoting here from “Voice of the Sign”
“God never did deal with a group nowhere in the scriptures. He deals with one
individual because every man is different from the other. He gets one man till
he can get him perfectly in harmony, till he can become that word” (Voice of the Sign 64-0313, par 40)
"It can't come to a group never did, one man, that's what God
promised.
(Trying to Do God A Service, 65-1127, par. 219)
"Tell me when God ever used a group to lead. You won't find it in
the Bible. One man, the Word came to
Moses. Korah we all know that he got
himself, and complained about God not being just to do a thing, like that to make one man with the message.
And remember, Jude speaks the same thing in the last day." ( Why It Had To
Be Shepherds, 64-1221, para 153)
God use one at a time.
“You can't go under a group of men. I defy anytime that it ever
went, God ever did use a group of man. He uses one man. Exactly. One man at a
time, cause two men's got two opinions. One man! Exactly right. Notice now,
every dispensation it's been that way, all the way down through.”(The end time
Evangelism, Jeff, Ind.,62-0603. page 27).
"Each time he appeared on the earth at the end of an age, He
always sent a man and anointed him with the Holy Ghost, Christ …. Now He can't
do it in a group. You can't do it. It just never has been done. He never did use a group, never did. He uses one single person.”
(The Identified Christ of all Ages. Louisville Series, 64-0401 Page 7).
“Now God always uses a prophet, a man. If you use a bunch of man, you get different ideas, See. Each
man, two man. Never did he have two major
prophets on the earth at one time. He
takes one, so the other one can take its place for another day, another
message. He never has two. He has one at a time”. (The Evening messenger, Mesa, Arizona,
63-0116 Pg. 12).
That is sufficient to help
us to understand that the Prophet's understanding was, that right through the
Bible God never did use a group of men. God always used an individual. Now this
heresy is completely contrary to the entire program of God. I am saying that
more light may come upon the message of the Age, but it cannot contradict the
Revelation that is given by God to his messenger previously, and that is simply
proven, the reformers Martin Luther came with justification, then Wesley came
with a higher revelation, is that right!
But he never contradicted Martin Luther's revelation and William Branham
came and opened up all the mysteries of God and never contradicted the
revelation of justification and sanctification, neither did he contradict what
happened at Azusa Street. So now more light could come to an unfinished
message. But, that man must not
contradict the message in any way. This
man who ever he is, has contradicted the prophet. The invention of this heresy
has blatantly contradicted the inspired interpretation of the Bible, the very
standard of the Bible, the very system of the Bible according to Amos 3:7
Closing remarks, this heresy
has broken every type, and shadow of the scriptures and blatantly contradicted
the foundational teachings of the Bible and message of brother Branham.
Therefore it is of the Antichrist. This heresy changed the divine
interpretations of Zechariah 3:8:9 and 4:10 which the Holy Ghost declared by Malachi
4:5-6.
Therefore it is Satanic, hell-oriented, and a damnable heresy to many
souls. We call the perverters to repentance; we call the elect to hear God's
voice, Malachi 4, and turn away from such heretics. Seven of them calling themselves Seven Thunders. If one dies, a
Thunder dies. In any event all seven of them are spiritually dead. Thus their Seven
Thunders are dead and have no life in them. Flee for your life Lady Elect. Seven thunders ministers
will certainly agree with the exposition of this heresy of seven men for the
Revelation of the seven thunders. While
we are grateful for their support may I state, that they are caught in the same
net, since many of them claimed to be receiving the revelation of the seven
thunders collectively and progressively since nineteen seventy four ten years
after the opening of the seals, when Brother Branham stated in 1963 that the seventh seal or thunders
was not revealed (Seals, page 567-576). As
certainly as these seven men have violated the laws of God to force fit
themselves as revelators of the thunders those seven hundred and seventy-seven
thunder ministers plus, have done the same to their hurt and dishonor. Why only
after ten years? Somebody is acting super-spiritual. The answer to that question is a greater diabolical heresy than
to say seven men are to reveal the seven thunders. For they claim seven hundred
and seventy seven plus.
"The Gentile Church
should be obedient only to the Epistle of Paul, their Apostle and the Jews should
be obedient only to the Epistles of the Jewish Apostles. These include the four
gospels."
I am Roy Barrow. I truly
believe in the holiness message brought to us today by God's holy anointed
prophet, the immortal Elijah, our precious and beloved prophet, Malachi 4:5-6,
Brother William Marion Branham.
I am here to expose by
Scriptures and the message of William Branham, Heretical Article No. 17, which
says, "The Gentile Church should be obedient only to the Epistle of Paul,
their Apostle and the Jews should be obedient only to the Epistles of the
Jewish Apostles. These include the four
gospels."
This belief called, Article
No. 17, is unfounded in Scripture and the message of the hour. It cannot be
fitted or put back in the Scripture of the great commission given by our Lord
in Matthew
28:19 - "Go ye therefore and teach all nations (Jews and Gentiles)
baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching
them (Jews and Gentiles) to observe and obey all things whatsoever I
have commanded you. (Not some things, but all things) and
lo; I am with you always even unto the end of the world."
Both Jews and Gentiles are
compelled by Scripture to observe all things, whatsoever Christ commanded in
the Gospels or Scriptures.
This command was given to
all the Jewish Apostles and the Church at Jerusalem to proclaim the Gospel to
all nations. "All" includes Jews, Samaritans and Gentiles. The Gospel
is an all inclusive Gospel. It is good for the Jews, the Samaritans and the
Gentiles. Jesus died for all men according to John 3:16 - "For God so
loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth
(Jews and Gentiles) in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Article No. 17 is contrary
to Mark
16:15 where Jesus commanded the Jewish Apostles and Church at Jerusalem
to "Go
ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature." The phrases, 'all the world'
and, 'every creature' included both Jews and Gentiles.
It is also contrary to the last
command that Jesus gave to the twelve Jewish Apostles in Acts 1:4-8, where he
commanded them to "tarry or wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father, then
shall ye be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, Judea (Jews) and
Samaria (Half Jews) and unto the uttermost parts of the
world" (Gentiles).
This belief that the
Gentiles should be obedient to Paul only and the Jews to their Jewish Apostles
only is furthest from the truth. It is false, erroneous and deadly. It is a
damnable heresy and a doctrine of devils. It is another gospel, under the
Message of Malachi 4:5-6.
Galatians 1:8-9 - "But
though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say
I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed."
Any preacher that believes
Article No. 17, the Gospel of our Lord is hid from him.
2Corinthians 4:3 - "But
if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost."
Any spirit that divides the
Gospel is the spirit of the White Horse Rider in disguise under the Message of
the hour and it is the spirit of Nicolaitanism. It is the same spirit of antichrist
that divided the gospel and the True Church in the third century. It is a dangerous spirit. It is the
same spirit that martyred 68 million of our brothers and sisters through the
Dark Ages. We do not compromise with any heretical teaching nor treat it
lightly. It must be exposed, opposed, fought against and be relentlessly resisted.
Jude 1:3 - "Beloved,
when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was
needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."
Paul saw the same spirit
that divided the Gospel at work in the first century and instructed the Church
in Galatia, that if we or an angel come from heaven and preach any other gospel
unto you, let him be accursed. This is our stand today.
Any spirit that sets out to
divide the Gospel and the message of the hour as in Article No. 17, Let him be
"Anathema Maranatha" - Let him be accursed unto the day of the coming
of the Lord.
The responsibility of taking
the gospel to the Gentile world was given by our Lord to the Jewish Apostles
and Church at Jerusalem. The responsibility of teaching the nations to observe
all things Christ commanded them was committed to the Jewish Apostles and not
only to Paul, even though he was subsequently chosen and sent to the Gentiles
according to Acts 9:15, where God told Ananias to "Go thy way, for he is a
chosen vessel unto me to bear My Name before the Gentiles and Kings, and the
children of Israel." (Jews). Paul proclaimed the Gospel, contrary
to Article No. 17, to both Jews and Gentiles. His ministry was not just limited
or restricted according to Article No. 17, to the Gentiles as some message
preachers now want you to believe and accept. We are not ignorant to the fact
that he was the Apostle to the Gentiles, but he ministered to both people.
The first time the gospel
was turned over to the Gentiles, contrary to Article No. 17, was done by Peter,
a Jewish Apostle.
Acts 10:44-45 - "While
Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the
word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as
came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of
the Holy Ghost"
Where does this belief
that the Gentiles should be obedient to
Paul only and the Jews obedient only to the Epistles of the Jewish Apostles
stand in what took place in Cornelius' household?
I therefore, solemnly and
boldly declare today, Article No. 17 to be false, erroneous and of the
antichrist, disguised under Scriptural terminology and the message of the hour.
It is damnable heresy and iron bars of
false interpretation on the Word of God.
The same gospel that Peter
preached among the circumcision (Jews) was the very same gospel he preached
unto Cornelius' household (Gentiles). If this is not so, I challenge you in the
Name of the Lord to make it something else. You dare not do it.
A revival broke at Pentecost
and the Gospel went in power to the Gentiles. A revival is about to be broken
among the Gentiles that will take the Gospel back to the Jews.
"As the Jews brought the message to the Gentiles, even so the
Gentiles will take it right back to the Jews and the rapture will come"
(An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, page 36)
When the Gospel is turned
over to the Jews by the Gentiles it will fulfill Romans 11:26 - "And so all
Israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of Zion the
Deliverer, and shall turn away un-godliness from Jacob."
The same Gospel that is now
being preached among the Gentiles brought unto us by the Restoration Prophet of
Malachi 4:5-6 is the same Gospel that will be turned over to the Jews.
"And one of these days some divine holy anointed Prophet will go over
there with signs and wonders. Those Jews will say that's what I am looking for.
Yes sir! And God will baptize a hundred and forty-four thousand Jews and the
rapture will come, the Gentile age will cease." (The Seal of God -
54-0514. par. 277)
The same Gospel Peter
preached among the Jews was the same Gospel Paul preached unto the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:7-8 - "But
contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the un-circumcision was
committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter. For he
that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostle-ship of the circumcision, the
same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles."
Both Jews and Gentiles were
saved by the same gospel.
Romans 1:16 - "For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation
to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
The gospel that the Church
at Jerusalem had to be obedient to is the very same gospel the Gentile Church
had to obey also, contrary to Article No. 17.
Message Preachers, where
does this belief of Article No. 17 stand in light of the Scriptures quoted and
the quotations of the Prophet on the matter?
Message Believers, where is
the difference between Jews and Gentiles?
There is absolutely none as
far as the gospel is concerned.
God has only one standard or
principle by which he works and that is His Word.
Psalm 119:89 -
"Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven."
It cannot change, God does
not have one standard for the Jews and another for the Gentiles. What was good
for the Jews on the day of Pentecost was good for Cornelius' household and the
rest of the Gentile world.
1 Corinthians 12:13 -
"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or
Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one
Spirit."
What is implied by Article
No. 17 is that there are two gospels. Article No. 17 strongly implies that the
Gentiles have a different gospel or Word to live by and the Jews have a
different gospel to live by. I refute such belief. There is only one Gospel.
Hebrews 2:3 - "How
shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to
be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him."
Ephesians 4:5 - "One
Lord, one faith, one baptism."
If this belief of who Jews
and Gentiles should be obedient to was Scripturally correct and has spiritual
merit, then this Article is saying that Jesus did contrary when He, being a Jew
spoke the Words of Life to the woman of Samaria.
John 4:4 - "And he must
needs go through Samaria."
Who is wrong? Certainly not
Jesus! This Article is wrong.
According to Article No. 17,
Phillip the Evangelist did wrong when he, being a Jew, went to preach the
Kingdom of God unto the City of Samaria.
Acts 8:5-6 - "Then
Phillip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And
the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Phillip spake,
hearing and seeing the miracles which he did."
What is also implied by this
belief is a spirit of division that was among the Church of Corinth where some
said, "I am of Paul," others said, "I am of Apollos."
1 Corinthians 1:12-13 -
"Now this I say, that every one of you saith; I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of
Christ. Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in
the name of Paul?"
Let it be known that the very same spirit involved there is now
at work in the message. It is a spirit that is trying to divide the gospel by
making it two; one for the Jews and one
for the Gentiles. I ask like Paul, - "Is Christ divided, followers of
Malachi 4:5? I know your answer will be "No." Then the gospel cannot
be divided.
It is one Gospel and Christ
is that Gospel. He is all the Word of
God and all the Word must be obeyed whether you are Jew or Gentile.
The spirit of division is
the spirit of the White Horse Rider at work in dividing the Message. It divided
the early Christian Church. It is the Nicolaitan spirit now housed in the Roman
Catholic Church.
I declare this article to be
satanic, diabolical and of the devil. It came from the pit of Hell. This is the
same old serpent with his tricks, under cover, twisting the Word and perverting
the Message of the Hour, trying to deceive and pregnate end time Eve with a
false seed as he did in Eden. This article is sowing seeds of discrepancy among
the followers of Malachi 4:5 by false anointed ones here in the end time. It is
the antichrist spirit speaking perverse things to draw away disciples unto
themselves. They are not saying what the Word says neither what the Prophet
taught.
The Prophet never taught
that kind of division between Jews and Gentiles. Message believers, I solemnly
call upon you to judge all things by the Word, stand by the Word which is our
Absolute and escape being deceived by cunningly devised fables of unbelief as
contained in Article No. 17.
Why have you gone out of the
Scriptures to make a distinction or division between Jews and Gentiles, when
all those things that brought the difference between both people are done away
with in Christ?
Ephesians 2:14-15 -
"For he is our peace, who hath made both one (Jews and Gentiles) and
hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. Having abolished in
his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for
to make in himself of twain (Jews and Gentiles) one new man, so making
peace."
I ask where is the middle wall
of partition? It is broken down by Christ's death on the Cross and now there is
no difference between Jews and Gentiles. Any Preacher who is trying to rebuild
the middle wall is a false Prophet and has not seen what Christ did on the
Cross.
Ephesians 2:16-22 -
"And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross,
having slain the enmity thereby. And came and preached peace to you which were
afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by
one spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the house- hold of God.
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone. In whom all the building fitly framed
together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord. In whom ye also are builded
together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."
Romans 3:29-30 - "Is he
the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles
also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and
un-circumcision through faith"
The distinction made by
Article No. 17 between both Jews and Gentiles is a direct violation of
Galatians 3:28 where Paul taught that
there is neither bond or free, male or female. For we are all one in
Christ Jesus.
Article No. 17 runs in
conflict with Acts 13:46 where the gospel was first preached to the Jews and,
on their rejection, was turned to the Gentiles.
Acts 13:46 - "Then Paul
and Barnabas waxed bold, and said. It was necessary that the word of God should
first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge
yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."
The gospel that the Jewish
Apostles preached and established the Church at Jerusalem upon, was the exact
Revelation that Paul was preaching among the Gentiles. He never once
contradicted those who were Apostles before him.
Galatians 2:9 - "And
when James, Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that
was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship
that we should go unto the heathen and they unto the circumcision."
2 Peter 3:15-17, Peter acknowledged that Paul
spoke something hard to be understood but he never contradicted, opposed or
fought Paul on doctrine. Of all those things that were hard to be understood
yet they never differed on doctrine. They believed and preached the same gospel
because they had the same spirit.
If you have the same spirit
as William Branham you will believe and preach the same things that he taught.
The reason you believe and preach differently is because you have another
spirit.
Paul had to correct Peter,
the Chief among the Jewish Apostles, but it was not on doctrine, it was on
racial prejudice or racial segregation.
Galatians 2:11-12 -
"But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because
he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did
eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and
separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision."
According to Article No. 17,
Paul had no authority or right to correct Peter, a Jewish Apostle. This belief
is utter foolishness. It makes no sense, natural or spiritual. I make no
apology about that. It is damnable heresy and iron bars of false
interpretation. We will not support or subscribe to it. We refute it.
The truth of the Gospel is
that once you break God's word you will be corrected.
In Acts 15:1-32, Paul the
Apostle (to whom the Gentiles should be obedient only, according to Article No.
17) brought a matter from among the very Gentiles to the Jewish Apostles and to
the elders and Church at Jerusalem to be settled. Remember that the Jews should
be obedient to the Jewish Apostles only, and the Gentiles to Paul only. But
this was a Gentile matter that the Jewish Apostles were asked to settle.
Where does Article No. 17
stand in the light of these situations and instances in Scripture?
This belief cannot fit in
any part of God's Word. We dismiss it. We want no part nor lot with it. We will
continue with the simplicity of God's Precious Word.
"Sports, Ball Games,
and other Games can be played amongst Message Believers only, Church Sport
Groups can compete against each other without getting into a bad spirit. It is
ideal for entertaining youths at conventions."
I am Samuel Jones. I am a
preacher of righteousness, contending for the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the holiness Message brought to us by William Branham, God's Prophet, who
fulfilled Malachi 4:5-6.
I am here to deal with
Article No. 18 which states, "Sports, Ball Games, and other Games can be
played amongst Message Believers only, Church Sport Groups can compete against
each other without getting into a bad spirit. It is ideal for entertaining
youths at conventions."
1 John 2:15-16 - "Love
not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of
the Father, but is of the world."
Ephesians 4:14 - "That
we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with
every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive."
I want to associate with my shepherd,
Dalton Bruce and, Exposition of Damnable Heresies. I am in full agreement with
my fellow ministers and elder brothers in the Ministry of Christ. I fully
support them in their Exposition of Damnable Heresies.
The author of this Article
is stating that it is okay for message believers to play sports, and other
games, and that Church Sport Groups can compete against each other and not get
into a bad spirit; even
"Sports" is ideal for entertaining youths at conventions.
This author is saying that sports
hold high ideals for youths to follow.
After careful examination of this Article, as compared with the
Scriptures that I have just read and the end time message of Malachi 4:5-6, I
conclude that this Article No. 18 is a
doctrine of the devil. The spirit behind this article is a very deceptive and worldly spirit.
A backslidden man always
comes up with something to suit his taste! When you are in a backslidden state,
you must allow the Word to correct you. You don't try to twist the Word to
conceal your backslidden condition. False doctrine eats like cancer until death
results.
2 Timothy 2:18 - "Who
concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already;
and overthrow the faith of some."
Get back to the Word, sit
under the pure Word of God and bury your pride. The Word of God is for reproof,
for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (2Timothy 3:16) Any spirit
that twists the Word has its origin from the serpent in Eden.
Article No. 18 is false and
deceptive. The reason why men ought not to love the world, and the things
therein is simply this: The love of God, and the love of the world with the
things that are in it are incompatible. They are on opposite sides. They cannot
exist together. They cannot agree in one.
How subtle this spirit is.
It has to take a side. It must find something suited for its taste. They now
bring the world into the Church in order to be in good standing, to look good
in the eyes of the world. It is a proud spirit.
The love of God and the love
of the world and the things of the world are on different sides. This is the
reason why the devil, who is the prince of this world, fights the children of
God. He does not like to see God's children striving to perfection and living
according to the holiness message that was brought to us by the end time
messenger who advocated holiness or hell. We have something to look forward to,
so we ought not to be looking back to sports, ball games and other such games,
which are articles of the world.
The love of the Father and
the love of the world and the things in the world breathe two different
characters. A man of God has his affection set on things above. A man in the
world has his affection set on things beneath (earthly)
James 4:4 - "...know ye
not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore
will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
As an ex-sportsman, let me
give you some first hand information. Before every game my team always said a
prayer. As we finished praying, I laced
up my boots and got ready. When the referee blew his whistle all that was in my
thoughts was "To Win". At that time, anything that came between
"Win" and "Me," I moved it out of the way. From the time I
got that ball and the spectators started shouting my name, a certain pride took
over and I felt that there was not another one on the playing field as skillful
as I was. That show off spirit took over and did anything to oppose the other
players in order to prove its point.
I am putting it to you that
a sports spirit is a competitive spirit and a competitive spirit is an exalted
spirit. This spirit can be traced right back to Lucifer.
To compete with someone is
to try hard to gain or to win something wanted by another by contending for it,
going after it until one comes out the victor. That is not the spirit of God.
That is the spirit of the world. A competitive spirit is of the world.
No way can you be in sports
without that spirit coming upon you. A competitive spirit is a worldly spirit
and it is contrary to 1John 2:15-16 which says that if any man loves the world
or the things that are in the world, such as sports, ball games, and other such
games the love of the Father is not in him.
You are either on God's side
or the Devil's side. God will have all of you or none at all. Anytime sports are being played, whether
they are between believers or un-believers, or whoever, there is always a bad
spirit in attendance and that is a worldly spirit. This doctrine that 'Church
Sport Groups' can compete against each other and not get into a bad spirit does
not say a thing, it just cannot stand with the Word.
A competitive spirit is an
exalted spirit, an exalted spirit is a covetous spirit and a covetous spirit is
a bad spirit and is contrary to Philippians 2:3 - "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in
lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves."
This doctrine is very
cunning, it is slippery and if allowed to creep into the church it will enslave
people and eventually take their souls to hell. This is the sole purpose behind
this doctrine.
Lucifer preached this same
exalted doctrine to one third of the angels in heaven and brought their demise.
There were cast down from heaven. This sports spirit is an exalted spirit, it
is a proud spirit. Lucifer wanted to be like "The Most High." He
wanted to exalt his throne above the stars of God. It is a show-off spirit.
Every sportsman and sportswoman has a show-off spirit, a proud spirit and pride
goeth before a fall.
As long as the devil could
get that competitive spirit in your soul then you are trapped. Your whole sight
will only be fame and glory and big pay day.
Matthew 16:26 - "For
what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
This spirit of competition
among message believers is in direct contrast to 1 Timothy 5:21 - "I charge thee
before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe
these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by
partiality."
Sports is not a Christian
article. Why? Because sports has a companion. A worldly spirit that is
inseparable. In order to have sports you must have its companion, "Mr. World",
contrary to 1 John 2:15-17, sports is not an article of the Church.
Since the inception of the
Church on the Day of Pentecost there is no Scripture in the New Testament which
suggests that Sports were played
between believers. Can you imagine Paul organizing a ball game to
entertain Timothy? Or Paul's team
competing against Titus' team?
Impossible! If the early Church did not organize those games to
entertain the youths, then we have no God-given right to do so among Message
believers and Church groups.
"What the Church was at Pentecost is the standard. That
is the pattern. There is no
other pattern. No matter what the scholars say, God has NOT changed that
pattern." (Church Age Book - page 67)
The devil has cunningly introduced
these activities in the Church as a Christian article. It is a scheme he uses to bring God's children
into bondage.
2 Peter 2:1 - "But
there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying
the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
"And I tell you one thing brother, when a man is born to be a
child of God, old creeds and denominations will never satisfy him! No sir!. The
things of the world, basket ball games and bunco games and all these kinds of
entertainment that the modern churches do today in our day. No wonder they
grieved. Where is God? They've grieved God away from them. That's exactly
right. Yes sir." (As An Eagle Stirreth Her Nest - 60-0403, par.23-4)
"If you're a eagle you're not scared. You can't understand how all
these socials and parties, and picture
show, entertainments, and everything in the church, and ball games and
everything else to make money to pay the pastor. Never was intended. (As The
Eagle Stirreth Her Nest - 58-0316, par. E58)
"Ball games and frolics and so forth, that's all right but it
don't belong in the Church." (Micaiah The Prophet - 26/04/61)
"And that's it today. You can have all your church joining and
frolics and basket-ball parties and everything else you want. But for me, bury
me in Christ. (God Perfecting His Church - 54-1204, par. E61)
"Trouble of it is to the world, the church is trying to give the
world a big bunch of entertainment...on their grounds. We're not supposed to.
What will we do? We just give them a great big pot of cooked up religious
mulligan stew. That's all. Call it social parties and little bunco games and
soup supper to pay off the preacher. Nonsense. That's no way to run a
church....When it comes to a place that the church has to put entertainment,
it's a miserable backslidden hell bound group of people." (Greatest News
Flash in History - 61-0424, par.E40&E43)
"Now you see all these things just a conglomeration of gaiety. Now, it said, they'd be heady, high
minded, lovers of pleasure more that lovers of
God, oh! They can't go to church on Sunday night as long as there's some
good television program on. Oh my. Even
the churches has got ball teams and soup suppers, and cricket parties and
lovers of pleasure more that lovers of God, truce breakers, false accusers,
incontinent and despisers of those that are good. These despising those. See? despisers of those that are good."
(Smyrnaean Church Age - 60-1206, par.71)
I challenge all the
hypocritical, sports-loving preachers and worldly sports- loving message
believers to show me where the early church had on its soul winning agenda,
"Sports and Ball Games and Other Games". Although games had existed
they were not practiced by the Christian Church.
Remember how they made sport
of Samson? They sat in their pavilion, drinking and revelling. They sat in
their amphi-theater and made fun of our brothers and sisters who were murdered
by the millions.
"I ain't got nothing against basket-ball, base-ball, foot-ball or
whatever it is, if that's all your god is, its a big bag of air. But let me
tell you, what we need today is the Word of God anointed for this age that'll
bring forth the Power of the Holy Ghost again. Yes, that's all right, but that
don't belong in the Church. No sir. Have to build something like that, to keep
the Church together, you'd better burn it down or kick it out, or get something
in there that'll bring the Word back again. And that's the things of the world,
oh, mixing it with the Word of God, you cannot do it. No sir!" (World
Again Falling Apart - 63-1127)
"We do not try to compete with the world in their momentous
psychological exercises. We do not try to out-glitter them with ball games and
intellectual entertainments. We cannot
meet them, Father you said ' The children of the night are wiser that the
children of the day! So we know that Father, but we have Jesus." (Jesus
Christ the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever - 61-0516A)
If any man add to or take
away from God's word, God shall add the plagues that are written in the Book
unto him and his part shall be taken out of the Book of Life, and out of the
Holy City. Revelation 22:18.
Matthew 16:6 - "Take
heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
Galatians 1:8 - "But,
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that
which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
The last Church Age
messenger also warned the Church of this false doctrine.
I am also warning believers
of the dangers of injecting error in the Word of God.
Sports, ball games and other
games do not belong to the Church.
The Apostle Paul and the
Prophet William Branham took heed and taught the Church as Jesus warned, so who
are you, Mr. Article No. 18? Where did your authority come from to teach such
falsities to the Church today? Flee from these teachings! Save your soul before
it is too late.
"He goes to ball games and he does all these things; he's a sinner
to begin with, his nature's like a hog.
When you go and call yourself a Christian and stick your nose in with him, then
you are no better than he is, but you're worse, come out from among them. Let go of the world. Let go.
(Enticing Spirits, Jeff. Ind.
55-0724, par.95)
"Have you noticed how the world gets into the spirit of things
that are in the world? They go to their ball games, their sporting events and
their dances events and their dances. They enter into the spirit of it."
(Exposition of the Seven Church Ages, Patmos Vision, page 44)
"The kind of spirit in them draws for that, (Sports) the Spirit of
a Christian draws him to Christ." (Escape Hither, Come Quickly, 58-0202,
para E-37)
The message of Malachi 4, on
several messages on tapes and books, condemns baseball as a god to the world,
sports spirit as hog's nature. It's not an article of the Church. The Church is
hybrid when she endorses sports, he said, "I don't go ball games, new birth is always against it, sinners attend
sports, it's the sin of Sodom." Amen!
Can you possibly imagine Jesus being a sportsman? Playing cricket,
football or other ball games for entertainment and Mary Magdalene, Susanna and
the other women, hollering in an arena or taking part in any ball games like
basketball, netball or tennis? We never
heard of the apostles nor the disciples involved in sports. We never read of
the "Corinthians Sport Team" nor the "Romans Church Sport Team",
though sports was the order of the day in the city of Rome. We never heard of
competitions amongst the early churches not even between the two backslidden
churches of Corinth and Laodicea. Therefore, followers of the End Time Message
have proven themselves to be more backslidden than the Corinthian, and the Laodicean
churches.
"When a born again
Preacher gets out of the spirit, commits adultery or fornication, if he
repents, he should not be barred from re-entering the Pulpit."
Proverbs 6:32-33 - "But
whoso commiteth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding. He that doeth it
destroyeth his own soul. A wound and dishonor shall he get, and his reproach
shall not be wiped away."
Job 28:28 - " And unto
man he said, behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from
evil is understanding."
I am Phillip Peniston. I am
a Preacher of Righteousness, contending for the Holiness Message of our great, mighty Prophet,
William Marrion Branham. We are
contending today to keep this Holiness Message clean. I will be dealing with
Heretical Article No. 19, which states,
"When a born again Preacher gets out of the spirit and commits adultery or
fornication, if he repents, he should not be
barred from re-entering the Pulpit."
I declare that this is a heresy. I would like to divide this
article into three parts. The main issue of controversy that is being defended
is that, after committing such sins, this preacher is at liberty to re-enter
the pulpit. It is a consensus opinion that a preacher who
commits such a crime will propagate this doctrine and try to defend it.
The first part deals with
"When a born again preacher". I declare this to be a Nicolaitan
doctrine and an organizational seed, which had conquered and is still trying to
conquer the Laity. This is a prevalent custom in organization and is now
proposed as Doctrine and Standard of
this Holiness Message. We will not stand for it, No! Not for a minute. We stand
in defense of "Be ye holy, for I am Holy". (1Peter 1:16)
Is this preacher truly born
again? If a man is born by the Word, he will live the Word, his life will
reflect Christ. It is a total impossibility for anyone who is born again to
love the world and the things of this world, much more to commit adultery or fornication.
I will quote my spiritual progenitor and let him prove or disprove this
preacher's birth.
"And if you still got the things of the world in you, you're not
born again. And how you going to claim to be born again and still with the
things of the world hanging on you...and go right back out and defile a man's
wife, break up a man's home.... you'll still be just exactly like the world,
because you're not dead to the world yet. You are alive with it.....and a man
that's born of God, you cannot call him back into that rottenness of sin
anymore. He's dead and he's born again. He's a new creature, he's got the
nature of the eagle. He's got to get into the skies and soar" (You Must Be
Born Again, 31/12/61 - page 19-22)
Are adultery and fornication
articles of the world? Well, Brother Branham is saying unto every believer or
preacher who is guilty, you are not born again.
1 John 5:4 - "For
whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world, and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith."
There is a faith given to
the believers that helps them overcome the world. This faith makes you an
overcomer, a victor, and gets you born again. The soul can possess the sixth
sense of faith or unbelief.
This preacher, not having
this faith in his soul, is possessed with unbelief. His adultery or fornication
is a manifestation of the attribute of unbelief.
1 John 2:16 - " For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
The New Birth gives you
power over the world and it's lusts. Why did the preacher commit such sins?
Simply because he is not born again and the world and its lusts overcame him.
Proverbs 6:32-33 - "But
whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it
destroyeth his own soul. A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach
shall not be wiped away."
The "Wise Man"
proved that adultery is the result of a lack of understanding.
John 3:3 - "Except a
man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
See means to understand.
There is an understanding in the scriptures that gets a man born again.
In Matthew 16:17-19, Peter
came to this understanding or Revelation and the Lord promised to build his
Church upon this Revelation. "And the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it."
Mr. Preacher, how come you
were born again, have revelation, have the faith of Jesus and the gates of hell
prevailed against you?
Let every man's word be a
lie and God's word be true! Come back to the Word!
"What is the new birth? It is the
revelation of Jesus Christ personally to you."
(Christ Is The Mystery, 63-0728, par. 36-4)
The Prophet taught that when
a man is born again he receives the spirit in the measure like a shirt button.
Job 28:28 - "And unto
man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from
evil is understanding."
It is the same understanding
that helps this man to depart from evil. How was this preacher unable to depart
from such evil? He has no eternal life in his soul.
"But many of us try to do the works of Christ before the
reflection of Christ is in us.... we see these stumbles along the road. We find
the scrap heaps of ministers, of Christians, piled along the road. It is
because they didn't go into it right." (Stature of A Perfect Man, 62-1014,
par. 23-2
If you never went in right you cannot end right.
The right way to go in or start is to be born again by the incorruptible seed.
(1 Peter 1:23). This scrap heap of ministers is presently around the Message.
He stumbled on an object. This object was a sister in the church and he
stumbled over her. After he stumbled, his vehicle was destroyed. (He that
committeth adultery destroyeth his own soul, he defiled his temple). A wrecker
took him and he was numbered with others in the scrap heap. Before committing
the natural act, this man was guilty of looking and lusting. When the
opportunity arose he was overcome by his lust. There are many preachers in this
Message who are on the Pulpit, guilty of such sins, some repeatedly. History
proved that these are men responsible for peddling heresies. Their foundations
and their seeds are not right. These are men as the Prophet said, claiming to
do the works of Christ, manifesting the
third pull, preparing a Bride for Christ and preaching deep and swelling
Revelations.
This does not mean that a
preacher who sinned cannot be forgiven or is lost. The Lord is plenteous in mercy.
The blood of Jesus cleanses the vilest of sinners, only the blasphemy of the
Holy Ghost is unpardonable. But
re-entering the Pulpit is barred, he is out of place and is a disgrace
to this Message.
A man who lived in
fornication or adultery while handling the fire of God and married the woman
afterwards is equally guilty. The same scriptural judgments are applied. His
disqualification is that he is unfit to rule and must step down. Your marriage
never got you born again, never gave you the Holy Ghost, never gave you eternal
life or made you qualified. Marriage was just an exit for your sins. If you
were born again then in obedience you will marry before approaching a female.
Can young people draw virtue from you? Can they take you as a model or pattern?
We look in the Scriptures at
the examples of the Apostles and in our day at the example of William Branham.
We see no where, where they were associated closely with nor held in high
esteem, those ministers who fell by adultery. Then why is this being tolerated
today among the followers of this Message? Don't the leaders realize that such
close association and approval of such ministers to continue preaching and
being identified with them convey the wrong meaning to the followers of this
Holiness Message. And moreover it is an action contrary to the Word and the
Message of the hour.
Now secondly, it is claimed
that the Preacher "Got out of the
spirit." When a Christian is born
again, then he truly begins to walk in the spirit. The Holy Ghost comes down
into his soul and he is anointed from inside out.
Galatians 5:16 - "This
I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the
flesh."
Brother Paul gave us a guarantee
that if you walk in the spirit you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. How
did you manage to go out of the spirit and manifest the lust of the flesh?
Galatians 5:19 - "Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication
uncleanness...."
When you walk in the Spirit
you will manifest the fruits of the Spirit. When you walk in the flesh you will
manifest the works of the flesh.
A Christian does not begin
walking in the Spirit, slips out into the flesh then slip back again into the
Spirit. No, you are either walking in the Spirit or you are walking in the
flesh. No room to change into reverse gear. We began as little children, feeble
and weak. Walking in the flesh, as young Christians we obeyed the Word,
"Flee youthful lust". As we continued striving, the grace and light
of life shone into our hearts, darkness was dispelled, unbelief went and our
old carnal nature was changed. We are now lifted into the spirit. We live and
walk in the Spirit. We will continue walking in the Spirit every day of our
lives until we are translated like Enoch.
Old Testament believers
lacked this New Birth, the power to overcome the works of the flesh. New
Testament believers have access to this New Birth, they will triumph in grace
whereas our brethren failed under the law. The Lord promised to magnify the law
and to write it in our hearts. "Thou shall not commit adultery",
"Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife", are inscribed by the Holy
Ghost on the tables of our hearts.
How did you commit
adultery/fornication preacher? Where was the Holy Ghost you claimed? Was the Word inscribed on your heart? Because
you failed your test, you are under the law and need to sit under a true Grace
Covenant Preacher to bring you from Law to Grace. You cannot do it in yourself.
When and where did you find such a preacher? David is a poor example and
shelter for your sins.
Psalms 51:10 - "Create
in me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me."
David was crying for an
experience which is only attained by the New Birth. You are looking back to the
Law for an example. But contrariwise David is praying for an experience which
is under Grace.
Preachers! Show me your New
Testament example! We have not so learned Christ in the Apostles, the Church
Age Messengers, Brother Branham or in true God called, Holy Ghost anointed,
Word and Message based Preachers. Christians can be walking in the spirit and
make many mistakes which do not challenge their Birth. Brother Peter, Brother
Branham, Brother Polycarp, etc. are such examples.
Galatians 5:24-25 -
"And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections
and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
How can you preach
to get the people to do what you never did? You cannot manifest or put out more
Word than you possess. You never valued your own soul neither can you value the
souls of other people. You are not born again and cannot get a man born again.
You were not sanctified and cannot get the people sanctified. This is not the
quality of a leader. You need to be
led. To re-enter the Pulpit is spiritual suicide and homicide for the
Church. You will be identified with the
man dressed in black.
Thirdly, here are other
reasons why you are barred from the Pulpit. This goes for all preachers, past,
present or future. If you married the woman you flirted with afterwards, though thirty years ago, your sins were
committed and you sat down for a while but marriage is not a door for re-entry.
Our contention is that you were in the office as a Priest, a Minister, a
Bishop, a Preacher when you fell. Repentance or forgiveness is not the issue.
Because you were not born
again, and still are not, then you cannot understand or see. If you cannot see
then you are blind.
Matthew 15:14 - " Let
them alone: they be blind leaders of
the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the
ditch."
Blind means that both
preacher and congregation are in darkness. You need someone who can see to lead
you to light. When you re-entered the
Pulpit you were still blind. Being blind you fell into a ditch of heresies,
false interpretations, ditch of worldliness and eventually you will lead them
into the ditch of the tribulation where, as the foolish virgins, they will be
purged. No blind preacher is equipped to prepare the Bride for the rapture.
When Pastor Adam disobeyed
God he was forgiven, but he never
re-entered the Garden of Eden. His Bishopric was given to another. When Queen
Vashti disobeyed King Ahasuerus her royal estate was given to Esther. Preachers
when you fell, another who was spiritually capable was needed to lead the Church.
Your sins have brought a
reproach and shame on the Message. Even twenty years after, your wound and
dishonor remain and your reproach shall not be wiped away. Wherever you stand
to preach the Gospel your reproach shall follow you. It is a stigma because you
failed to magnify the Lord before the people. You let down the Holiness
standards of the Message. You have lost credibility. Your actions have
paralleled the Preachers of this Message with those of Organizations and
Religions who have adopted this lifestyle. You are a poor example to the flock,
a poor representative of Jesus Christ. If the Head is sick the whole body will
be sick likewise.
You have betrayed the trust
and confidence of the flock. Will you trust such a man to counsel your wife and
your daughters? When trust and confidence are broken then the faith of
believers will be overthrown. This will result in backsliding and the loss of
souls. Preachers! You are held accountable. The youths who are going through
their temptations will say, "If the Preachers did it and repented then I
can also do it and repent."
Having darkness and unbelief
in the soul, that minister cannot impart life to the believers. All you will impart Preacher is your death
seed, corruptible seed, hybrid seed, heretical seed. If you have the goods as
claimed, why have you constantly changed your doctrines over the years? The
Spirit of Truth guides you into all truth then all you can do is to continuously run a straight line on the Word, from the day of your birth to
this present time. How were you deceived by that false teacher? How were you
misled by Brother Spiritual, then by Brother Deep Revelations?
No congregation is more
spiritual than their Pastor. On re-entering the Pulpit you will further kill
and stagnate the growth of the Church. You need a man with the Word and Spirit
to lead you.
1 Corinthians 4:15 - "
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many
fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.'
You gave the enemy an
occasion to blaspheme the army of Israel. You supplied them with weapons to fight.
In the time of Battle the enemy will use this adulterous stick to beat you on
your wounds. The congregation will also be beaten and will fabricate excuses to
defend your crimes.
You have also disqualified
yourself as a Bishop or Steward of God. (1 Timothy 3:2, Titus 1:5-9)
A Bishop must be blameless,
a Steward must be faithful and the husband of one wife. You are unfaithful and
your life had blame and blemish. Nobody disqualified you. Your sins disqualified
you. You failed at your post of duty and proved yourself unfit and incapable of
your responsibilities on the pulpit.
Leviticus 21:18 - " For
whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach....." In this chapter Moses laid
down the qualification of the Levitical Priesthood, before his ordination or
during his course of duty. If the Priest was found with a blemish, he was
forbidden to approach and administer.
In the New Testament Paul laid down the qualifications of the
Priesthood and during your administration if blemishes developed then that
Priest is forbidden to preach. If it was forbidden in the law, please preachers, can you show us where it
is permissible under grace? Will
Brother Branham stand for such double standards? Absolutely not!
If it is already settled by
repentance and forgiveness in correcting your wrong it is not an access of
re-entry. Sit down humbly and serve the Lord. Let someone mollify your wounds
with ointment and apply the healing balm of
Gilead.
How will you have liberty to
forcefully preach against adultery and fornication? How will you rebuke or
discipline believers who are guilty of such sins? Will they not spit in your
face? Your hands will be tied.
"Pastors who let them people come in, take deacons and everything
else and jobs like that, with two or three living wives, and things, aren't you
ashamed, Minister? Aren't you ashamed
of those things? And take them members in there when they are living in adultery..."
(Evening Messenger, 63-0116)
Here is Brother Branham
crying shame on Ministers for allowing and compromising with adultery in the
Church. What will he do to know that there are scores of his Ministers who are
not just compromisers but are guilty of these sins? Further to learn that they
are presently on the Pulpit. It is a crying shame!
Growth in popularity, fame,
prosperity, followers and swelling interpretations are no evidence that
you have changed your seed. Your track record proves that all you did
was camouflaged under the message. Do not boast that you never committed
adultery or fornication after re-entering the pulpit or after you married to
your guilty partner. You have flirted with the antichrist spirit within the
framework of the Message and are pregnated with his seeds. From the natural act
you now committed the spiritual. This is proof that you are bastard born and
out of the Spirit.
You are de-barred by the
Word and the Message from re-entering the priesthood after you desecrated your
office. You are not born again, were not walking in the spirit and are
de-barred from re-entering the pulpit.
Repent and obey. Life is
precious. Amen!
“ Men who married defiled women,
non-virgins, before or after they came to the message should not preach the
gospel until their wives are dead or divorced and are under obligation to quit
preaching.”
I
Thessalonians 5:21 - “ Prove all
things, hold fast that which is good”.
2Timothy
2:15 - “ Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
I am Sookdeo Ramnarine; a
minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am not ashamed to be identified with
the Message of William Branham - Malachi 4: 5-6 and Rev. 10:7. I am contending
for the faith restored to us in the
endtime by William Branham.
I want to boldly state here
that this doctrine is heretical and false because it is contrary to the Written
Word of God, and the revealed Word of God brought unto us by William Branham.
This heresy is the work of
certain men who have crept in unawares under the pure message of God, seeking
to pervert and make the Message say something that it does not say.
I am admonishing all believers
of the Message, and especially the ministry to join with us as we make war
against all heresies.
This heresy deals with the
subject of the qualifications of a Minister, as well as one aspiring to be a
minister with respect to the kind of wife he marries.
If she was a defiled woman,
a non-virgin, then he is disqualified from entering the ministry.
If he is already established
as a minister, having married a defiled woman, he should quit the ministry
until such time that his wife dies, or
until he divorces her.
A woman becomes a non-virgin
when she loses her virginity. If she loses her virginity through fornication,
or from a previous marriage to a former husband, from whom she is now either
divorced or widowed, she is then a defiled woman.
According to this heresy, a
man who is married to such a woman is disqualified from entering the Ministry,
and if he is already preaching he has to quit.
I want to refute this heresy
by saying that it has no support from the Scriptures nor from the Message of
William Branham.
This is a wicked and
dangerous spirit trying to make the Bible and the Message of the prophet say
something that it does not say.
The apostle Paul in his
letters both to Timothy and Titus, outlines the qualifications of a Bishop ( Minister ) and with reference to his wife,
says :
I Timothy. 3: 1-2 - “This is a true saying, If
a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then
must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour,
given to hospitality, apt to teach.”
Titus 1:6 - "If any be
blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of
riot or unruly.”
There are also other
scriptural requirements of a husband and wife, that applies to a minister and
his wife, e.g.
Ephesians 5: 22-23, 25 &
33 - "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is head of the
church... Husbands love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church... Nevertheless let everyone of you in
particular so love his wife even as himself ; and the wife see that she
reverence her husband."
I Peter 3:1 - “ Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own
husbands.”
There are no Scriptures in
the New Testament spoken by Jesus nor his apostles that disqualifies a Minister
whose wife is a non-virgin or defiled woman. The Lord Jesus chose twelve
apostles, of whom we know that Peter was married before. If this heresy was
true, then surely the Lord Jesus would have said something about it. Nowhere in
the New Testament did Paul, Peter, nor any of the other apostles say anything
to support this heresy. The only thing the apostle Paul emphasized on, is that a Minister must be the husband of
one wife. That automatically rules out
the Minister having more than one wife either by polygamy or, after having
divorced one or more wives, is living
with another.
I quote Malachi 4:5-6,
Brother Branham.
Question - "Bro. Branham is it…
for a person who has a living, divorced mate, who remarry before coming to the
Message to minister?”
Answer - "Well in 1 Timothy. 3:2 and Titus 1:6… If a man desires the
office of a bishop or a preacher he's got to have just one wife - That's right
! a Minister.”
( Questions & Answers, No. 286,
page 1012 C.O.D.-Vol. II,
64-0823E)
“… Ministers calling from
everywhere ,married two or three times........
To you people who are married
and divorced and remarried, promise me one thing… Go on living just like you are.
Don't try anything else like it, but live,
just go ahead live happy…. Now when I come back the Lord willing, I'll
explain that to you in the Bible … stay just as you are till you hear from me
again on this subject.” (Questions
& Answers page 64-0830E, C.O.D.)
This was Q & A 1964. Now
in 1965 when the prophet preached Marriage and Divorce he said:
“ There is no minister that can marry a widow… all right you get it in
Lev. 21:7 and Ezekiel 44:22. (Marriage And Divorce, 65-0221M,)
Leviticus 21:7 - Speaking of the Priests: “
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane ; neither shall they
take a woman put away from her husband ; for he is holy unto God.
Ezekiel 44:22 - “ Neither shall they take for
their wives a widow, nor her that is put away, but shall take maidens of the
seed of the house of Israel or a widow that had a priest before”.
“ It will show you that the priesthood was not to marry a woman that's
been touched by man. This type is of the Virgin Bride of Jesus Christ, because
they handled the fire of God.” (Marriage and Divorce, 65-0221M, par. 36.)
Here the prophet is citing
the Old Testament ordinances concerning the priesthood, and bringing it to our
day saying that no Minister should marry a widow nor a woman who had been touched
by man before.
However, note that this
condition only applies to the man that was already in the office of a Minister
and then goes about to seek and marry a wife.
Contrary to this Heresy,
this does not apply to: The man that is already married to a defiled woman,
a non-virgin and then seeks to enter
the ministry NOR The man that is presently established as a Minister having
previously married to such a woman.
These Scriptures and the
words of the prophet do not disqualify such men from the Ministry. On these
grounds they are under no obligation to quit the Ministry.
Matthew. 5:31-32 - “ It hath
been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of
divorcement. But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, saving
for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall
marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”
“ See she has got a living husband so no man can marry her…. There is
no grounds for her at all. But it's not for him; because its her, not him. Get
it? You have to make the Word run in continuity. See nothing saying he
couldn't, but she can't… He can remarry, He can remarry again if it's a virgin;
but He can't marry somebody else's wife.” (Marriage and Divorce page 37,
65-0221M)
We see here that the prophet
of God connects these two scriptures of the Old Testament; concerning the
priests, to the ‘Marriage and Divorce question’ answered by our Lord Jesus.
He gives the grounds on
which a minister can divorce his wife and marry another: He can only marry a
virgin; not a widow or divorcee. Notice here that no mention is being made by
the prophet in this Message: Marriage and Divorce, nor throughout his ministry
with regards to the Minister having to stop preaching until his wife is dead,
or he divorces her because she was a defiled woman or a non-virgin. No mention is made of using this
as grounds to bar him from the ministry. On the contrary, with permission from
the Lord, the prophet obtained pardon for all those people (ministers included) who were followers of
the prophet, and were caught up this Marriage and Divorce situation.
(Reference: page 48,49 - Marriage and Divorce) This was in February 1965.
In April 1965, in the Message:
“Does God ever change His Mind about His Word” the prophet of God proceeded to
ordain Brother Ben Bryant and other
ministers who were caught up in this Marriage and Divorce situation.
These ministers were forgiven and told to remain as they were. They were not
told to wait until their wives were dead or to divorce their wives if they
wanted to continue in the Ministry. We can see clearly that the propagators of
this heresy consider themselves to be more spiritual than the prophet.
This heresy is a move of
Satan trying to stop the Gospel from being preached. If this heresy if believed
and accepted, it can cause; and I venture to say has already caused much
confusion among the ministers and congregations, churches to close down, and
souls to be lost. This heresy is a result of the Misplacing of a scriptural
requirement of the Minister. The scriptures require that a minister who is
already established as a minister to marry only a virgin. It says nothing about
the wife that a man marries before entering the ministry, whether she was a
virgin or not.
I want to say on the basis
of the Scriptures and the Message of the Hour that this doctrine is heretical
and false. It is a move of Satan, in the form of the White Horse Rider to
pervert the Pure Message of the Hour. In addition, this heresy violates basic
principles of the scripture regarding the interpretation of scriptures
according to : Isaiah 28 : 9-10 - “ Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he
make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk and are drawn
from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept on precept, line
upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little.”
2 Timothy 2:15 - “ Study to show thyself approved unto God a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth.”
Amos 3:7 - “ Surely the Lord
God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the
prophets."
The Bible was written by
prophets and God uses prophets to interpret the scriptures. A prophet is a
“seer” - a Divine interpreter of the Word. Any true Revelation will run in
continuity with the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation and will not
contradict the Revelation brought to us by William Branham.
“ But now that the seals are opened, the spirit of Truth directs us to
the Word. That explains why all the mistakes has been down through the ages,
because the Seals was not opened.”
(Marriage and Divorce page 38 )
For us to go down the middle
of the road, we must come in contact with the Spirit of Truth that came from
the opening of the Seals; and be led by that Spirit of Truth.
I declare this doctrine to
be a false Revelation given to some by the Nicolaitan Antichrist Spirit to
bring the church into bondage. It is a move of Satan to confuse the church and
to stifle the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I hereby call upon all
believers and propagators of this heresy to repent and humble down to the True
Revelation of God's Word.
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"The Holiness Message
of the Seventh Church Age Messenger types the Law of Moses: the Bride is now in
the Grace Age and preachers should not stress upon the law of sports, dress
codes, conduct, fasting, praying and such legalism."
Hebrews 12:14 - "Follow
peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the
Lord."
1 Peter 1:16 - "But as
He, which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation,
because it is written, be ye holy for I am holy."
1 John 2:15 - "Love not
the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him."
I am Kenneth Bynoe. I have
been a follower of the Message of William Branham for more than twenty-four
years. I am also a Minister of the Gospel here at Bethel Tabernacle, Trinidad.
I am here to examine Article
No. 21 which states, "The Holiness Message of the Seventh Church Age
Messenger, types the Law of Moses: the Bride is now in the Grace Age, and
preachers should not stress upon the law of sports, dress codes, conduct,
fasting, praying and such legalism."
Now, I am very familiar with
this article of doctrine, having contended against it for many years. Some of
the followers of the Message, when they hear of our standard here at Bethel,
against the worldliness that is creeping into the Message Churches, they throw
this doctrine into our face, saying that we are too legalistic. Brethren, I
want to label this doctrine as heresy.
I want to add a definition
to the word 'heresy'. Heresy is any opinion or doctrine contrary to present
revealed truth and to me, heresy is just a sophisticated word for 'hog
food'". Now excuse me if I am sounding crude, but when you are dealing
with heresy, you have to be plain.
The Bible says that the
backslidder in heart shall be filled with his own ways. Proverbs 14:14. Whenever
a people become backslidden in heart, they move away from the leading of the
Holy Spirit and formulate their own ideas, interpretations and doctrines,
contrary to the Word, which ideas and interpretations are not their own but it
is the Devil giving them 'hog food' to eat.
That is what happened to the
prodigal son when he left his father's house and went on his own. He ended up
eating 'hog food', and that is what has happened to some of the followers of
Malachi 4:5-6. They have become backslidden in heart, left the Lord Jesus
Christ, behind as Joseph and Mary, supposing that He is in their midst and they
are eating 'hog food'.
My exposition here is not
just to condemn, nor to criticize; rather it is with the hope that my
exhortation might cause some to get back to the Word, get back to the original
standard of the Message. This is why Malachi 4:5-6 came unto us, He came to
take us back to the Word. Some have not found the grace to keep that original
standard, but there are some preachers upon the face of the earth who are
trying to encourage their brethren to get back to the standard of holiness that
the Prophet established.
Whilst I agree that, in
certain instances, the Holiness Message of William Branham can be typed as the
Law of Moses, I want to say that the Prophet's Message as a whole, is a
restoration of Apostolic Doctrines, which were established under a covenant of
Grace, and which magnified the Law of Moses.
William Branham, God's
prophet was identified in Malachi 4:5-6 as the Elijah who was to forerun the
coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. The whole purpose of his
coming was to restore all things. When he came he restored Apostolic Doctrines.
Therefore I believe it is gross error for these people around the Message to
propagate the idea that preachers should not stress upon the law of sports,
dress codes etc.
William Branham spent
thirty-three years preaching around the World. He preached against immorality,
nakedness, sports, television, against the wickedness that is taking place upon
the face of this earth, which is in a Sodom and Gomorrah condition.
I quote from Brother
Branham:
"Why does the Church want to act like the World. Why do they do it?
I don't know! You say, Well, it's no fun to play poker, just a little bit for
fun. Just a little penny-ante, ever what you call it, it's a sin. You shouldn't
have them things in your house. Why, It's no harm to take this little bitty
glass of beer out there. We just got a few, me and my wife has a few in the
afternoon. And the first thing you know,
your children got a few."
(Adoption , par. 137, 60-0522E)
"Look at the soul, look at
the spirit. Look how the spirit in the
Church has got, hybrid, intermarried to
the world. Oh! What an hour! Flee children! Flee. Flee to the cross. Come to
Christ. Let him lead you." (Leadership, 65-1207, par. 295)
" And if you love the world, the world's travel you go and in the
fall you'll be, see! Come out! You're sons and daughters of the King. Be ladies
and gentlemen. Walk like Christians. Live like Christians, act like Christians,
remember I'll meet you at the Judgment bar, with these remarks." (Things
That Are To Be, 65-1205, par. 137)
Now, I believe that all these articles of the World are covered by 1 John 2:15 - "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the World." And the Lord has ordained in the Scriptures, certain spiritual exercises such as fasting, praying and waiting on the Lord to help us to deny self. We