Shalom
#10
Peace: Revelation
of God
Shall
we pray. Heavenly Father, we are very happy with Your Presence. You know what
is best for us. We just pray, therefore, You will correct us and help us in
everything, especially in what we say, because we know what we say influences
so much of what we do, because we’re not hypocrites. We’re just trying to stand
here, each one of us in this building, to be right, Lord, as a servant of Yours
in some way. And we know You know our hearts; and therefore, there’s no use
trying to pretend anything. But with no pretense, Father, what we have said is
true, that we want to have Your Word have preeminence in our lives. Even if it
doesn’t, we still want It. Help us to have It so. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.
You
may be seated.
1. Now,
before we talk about what I want to go into and read my preamble, I think it
might be a little wise to go back over some of the things I said from what Bro.
Branham mentioned concerning his own spirit. He said, “If I cannot sit down with a man, no matter how sharp he is, or how
uptight the fellow gets, or how he comes back at me, if I cannot love him, but
I rise up against him,” then he
said, “the Spirit of the Lord has left
me. I simply cannot help the man. I
am wrong in my spirit.”
Now
we understand, of course, as I explained to you, that the Spirit of God does
not leave the man. But, remember, this is in Bro. Branham’s ministry different
from ours. First of all, with Bro. Branham, he’s not only full of the Holy
Ghost, the very presence of God is there Himself—Elohim as he called Him,
Jehovah, right there in the Pillar of Fire—and not only that, but Bro. Branham
in the last day, a literal repeat of the very ministry of Jesus Christ, him
standing here many times with the Pillar of Fire in him, he would, therefore
then, not only desire, but it would be incumbent upon him, to have that same
Spirit of Christ that was in Jesus, when He said, “Father forgive them, they
don’t know what they are doing.” Yet at the same time we recognize there was no
way that that prayer could go through to God, when the people blasphemed the
Holy Ghost. There’s no way.
2.
So, Bro. Branham was not going against Scripture. He was more or less, more,
talking about himself. Then, from that I begin talking to you concerning the
fact of how this would affect our church, if we would have this same spirit.
Not to be argumentative, not to try to make a point, not to try to best
anybody, but at all times in a spirit of love and kindness, attempt to show
them the Word; and, if they then became argumentative or even vindictive
against us, we should at all times try to keep our spirit. And I looked into
some Scripture to bring that to you, in 1 Peter. And the reason I’m doing this,
because I think I was misunderstood. In fact, I know I was, but I don’t know
just where I was misunderstood. So, I’m just trying to bring it to your
attention here, before we get back with the message.
3. In
1 Peter 3, Peter speaking, saying:
(1) Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;
that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by (the
behaviour) of the wives;
In
other words, let your lives be morally and correctly what the Word demands.
Then, they’ll say, “Well, you’re not like these other women,” so you’re living
by a different kind of a code than they are.
(2) While they behold your chaste (behavior) coupled with fear.
(3) Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of
plaiting (of) the hair, (the) wearing of gold, or putting on of apparel.
Now
it’s not that that is wrong in itself. It’s the overdoing of it, and letting it
think that that could take the place of godliness. It’s just like, you know, as
I’ve told you many times, back when I first started preaching, I knew I’d have
to be a greater anointed preacher as soon as I got that new typewriter. Well,
you know, the only thing was I could read my notes better. [Bro. Vayle laughs.]
But it didn’t affect the other part at all. So, you have to understand, you
know.
4. Now
he said here:
(5) For after this manner in the old time the holy women also,
trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own
husbands:
(6) Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose
daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and (be) not afraid with any
amazement.
In
other words it’s a matter of a woman not being fearful of her husband, as
though he’s a cold vessel, and she’s some kind of a servant or a slave. This
thing really bothers her to be in subjection—if she’s got a husband that does not
subject her to those things which she should not be subjected to. But being
definitely a good husband, she’ll be a good wife. Then, It says in verse 7, It
clears up… It goes to husbands.
(7) Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge,
giving honor unto the wife, as unto (being) the weaker vessel, and as being
heirs together (with) the grace of (God); that your prayers be not hindered.
Now,
what I was looking at here more than anything else was the companion ability of
husband and wife on a scriptural basis, so that you, when you pray, you know
that God is in your behalf. Like Bro. Branham said, “If I’ve got that wrong spirit, the Spirit of God departs from me.”
In other words, if you and I have a relationship, a wife/husband relationship
that is not a correct relationship, where there is a strain, your prayers don’t
get higher than your nose! Let’s face it, I’m not here to give you my own idea.
I’m here to give you the Word of God. It says that a wrong relationship will
hinder prayers. They just won’t go through.
5. Now
therefore, let’s go to 1 Corinthians 7 that I alluded to and said this is a
sexual problem to begin with. Now beginning with the first five verses.
(1)
Now
concerning the things whereof ye wrote me: It is good for a man not to touch a
woman. (In other words bachelors, spinsters, it’s best to just remain single.)
(2)
Nevertheless…
And this here brings it down to the place where, in the
days of Paul, you can tell that the whole society was lust controlled. How many
of you ever read a book on anything that takes you back to the first age of
Paul? Anybody ever read a book on that? What they’re really like? Well, you
ought to read a book sometime, what they really were like back in those days,
and you can tell that there was absolutely a degradation imposed upon women
that… This age doesn’t have it, thank God. But it was a terrible, terrible
situation. They even took women that were Christians, virgin women, and forced
them into the street to become prostitutes. And I suppose some even might have
tried to commit suicide because of it; God knows what they might have done. But
here they were in that terrible condition. So, you have a problem back there
due to idolatry, which is very horrendous.
6. Now he said:
(2) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his
own wife, (A sexual definition of marriage is a pretty poor definition,
although, granted it is there and a very strong one) let every woman have her
own husband.
(3)
Let
the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife
unto the husband.
(4)
The
wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the
husband hath not (the) power of his own body, but the wife.
(5)
Defraud
ye not one (an) other, except it be with consent for a time, that (you) may
give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan
tempt you not for your (inconsistency).
(6)
(This)
I speak by (a concession) and not (by a) commandment.
And
the reason I wove this in here is to let you know, as you well know already,
that a withholding of either person for not a valid reason can also hinder your
relationship, and your prayers don’t get as high as the ceiling, until you
begin to make amends and get the thing ironed out. And, if you do not iron it
out, it becomes a spirit. And this is what happens to men, when they go into
adultery, and women, when they go into adultery, and the home is in shambles. A
true understanding in a proper relationship, according to the Word of God,
which I spoke enough unto you enough by now, that you should have a very
thorough understanding. And know this, what I’m driving at, then, to bring you
higher in your understanding, the Bible says, “Where two or three are gathered
in my Name, there am I in the midst.” And It also says, “If any two of you be
agreed upon anything concerning the kingdom, it shall be granted unto you.” And
that’s where a woman and a man start out, especially in marriage, and can have
a church in the home and have the prayers answered.
Now,
if that does not lie within the marriage, the woman simply will not accede to
what is right. Or the man won’t. You can, then, easily get a spirit upon you,
which has to be prayed off; and then, if it’s not prayed off, coming into
church, Bro. Branham said, “One person
can hinder people from being healed.” So therefore, you must positively
watch, and I must watch, because our influence is far greater than just in the
home. It is far greater.
7. Now,
not only that, but I brought up the fact of the gentleness which is required in
the deacons, that he must not be a brawler, that things must be settled in a
proper manner, which you and I know is a scriptural one according to the Book
of Matthew: if a man has aught against you go to him and so on and so forth—so
that these things are done right.
And
then, of course, I brought up an illustration, saying, concerning that I know
ministers who have been very obstreperous. I’ve brought up the fact that I’m
quite convinced that poor old Swaggert had perhaps the greatest roots of his
problem in a father who so beat on him, and was so suspicious, if the boy ever
was out of his sight, that he might get into sexual things, that I think he
even… I think according to the boy’s testimony, he got married around seventeen
years of age. When he came home and told his dad, his dad up and beat him
again. Well, I know of a preacher in
And
so, what I’m trying to bring across here is to let you know: there are certain
things that this church has to recognize, if we expect to have an active faith
based on our passive faith. Our passive faith in a vindicated prophet does not
let us go running off as though we’re grace artists. As Bro. Branham said, “Under certain conditions, I’m a legalist.” And he mentions the fact how a certain
sister in
So,
what we’re looking at here is something that can well be done by all of us.
8. Now,
let me show you something here, especially younger people, bringing your
families up, and you have them in a position where they can be very nicely
molded. You know as well as I do that there is no such thing as breaking old
habits. We build new ones. No one can break a habit. He has to build new ones,
really, by doing it.
You
say, “Well, he stopped doing so and so.”
That
is true. But the actual fact of the matter, psychologically, you build new
ones. And this is scriptural, because you’re given a new life before you can
begin to act different. In other words there’s something in there that helps
you on this new way you’re going. You’re, actually, from that point on,
building a new life.
So
in a church here, where you’re born-again, you’re building a new life. The old
life that you had, had its old habit patterns, all the old things that went
with it. Now, with this new life, you’re getting new habit patterns.
Because
the new life said, “Smoking is out.” New life says, “And drinking is out.” New
life says, “Doing this is out.”
You
just know that from within. So, what’s happening? There’s a building of new
patterns from the life within you. And that’s what’s going on. And the more you
build the new life, the more the old life falls off, being filled with the Holy
Ghost, and Word upon Word is applied.
9. Now,
let us look at this picture, then: the Bible tells us to overcome evil by good.
Now, most of us have never taught our children, nor have we been taught
ourselves, because most of you, I don’t think, are even having family altar.
Now I know you get up early in the morning and this and that. But there has to
be some time when the family is with you, where you can talk and where you can
pray, and things can be done right. See? That rapport must be there. Now, as I
mentioned a little second ago, that you overcome evil with good. We should be
teaching our children.
I
never did teach ours, and I’m sorry we didn’t. As I said, if I could do it
again, I’d live on apple boxes, because that’s what the kids had as their
little chairs at the table. We couldn’t afford a good highchair. We took the
old fashioned apple box made out of wood, thin sides and nice heavy ends, you
know. It was about three quarter by about half an inch. I’d just saw the thing
off, move one end down, put the thing on a chair. The kids had nice highchair.
That worked out good. We could tie something around them, diaper or something,
some kind of sash that we’d want to hold them in. Then, later on, I think, we
did finally get a highchair, somewhere down the line. But I would sooner go
back to eating a turnip, looking at a sunset, than ever going back where we
were with our children, because we put too much upon material possessions
instead of upon spiritual.
10. Now
here’s what you should do with your children. I’m not telling you’re going to
do it. I don’t even know if you’ll try to do it. I wonder if you could do it.
Here it is: every day start your children out thinking, “What can I do to be
nice to somebody?” That’s what I’m talking about. How often is it in your life
that someone has dropped a card, maybe on your anniversary, or something else,
and you’ve always said, “Hey, isn’t that a nice person to do that?” You know
the very fact that you look at your card list here and send cards, that’s one
nice thing. And that is a nice thing. But, if you start looking as a chore, you
defeated the very purpose of sending that card out.
Start
to think, especially children, “How can I make someone happy?” “What nice thing
can I do?” From thereon you can go to learning to turn the other cheek and
doing some of those things that a person has to do, because the little kids are
going to get roughed up there. You cannot turn the world, and I can not turn
the world (Jesus could not turn the world.) by turning the cheek and being a
decent fellow; but He got there becoming the Savior. And one day He’s going to
have it all; and he is pretty soon going to have it. And one day you and I are
going to have it all with Him. We’re not going to turn the world, brothers; but
we’re going to change ourselves. We’re going to really have something out of
it.
11. Now
also, somebody phoned me and said, “Hey, do you say your church is going to
split?”
I
said, “I didn’t say our church is going to split.” I said, “A certain pastor…”
he didn’t even talk to me. He didn’t tell me. I just happened to find out that
he preached one night, and he said to the people, “Look, if we continue the way
we’re going, we’re destined for a split.”
Well,
what was the way they were going? Interference. Interference, pure and simple,
by other preachers and by people that thought they were bigger than their
britches.
Now,
look. We don’t have any trouble here, because I’m a pretty tough nut to crack.
I’ve been too many years in the ministry, and I just won’t tolerate nonsense.
But I wasn’t hinting anything about us, whatsoever. But the point is this:
listen, if a deacon is not truly loyal to the pastor, if he’s going to
downgrade him anyway, make snide remarks by telephone or friends or anything
else—he can’t stand it, I’m going to tell you, don’t run for deacon. You’ll be
found out, and you’ll be dismissed.
I’m
being honest with you; because, look, I’m a human being, and I’m open for
remarks too. That is true. But we are above remarks, when it comes to a gift. A
five-fold elected ministry does not depend upon character. I would to God we
had more character. Don’t mistake me. But Bro. Branham said, “The non-elect,” which is the deacon and the elder, “Are kept to a higher standard than any of the five-fold.” Now, if you don’t believe he said it,
I can prove it to you.
You
say, “Well, that means, then, the preacher can do things he shouldn’t do.”
It
does not mean that. Bro. Branham constantly stood with old Samuel. He said, “When did I tell you wrong? When did I take
your money? When did I ever abuse you?” When did I ever tell you wrong in
this pulpit, as far as I know. If I find I’m wrong, I’ll come back and correct
it. Personally I could tell you some wrong things, brother/sister, because I’m
not a prophet. But for taking your money or anything else, you know you cannot
say that. There’s not one of you can say that. Not at all.
12. So,
as we look at these things, we are striving in this church, I hope we are, to
get to the place where Bro. Branham said that sweet Spirit is pervasive in the
church. And I am under the conviction. Listen, I’ll tell you, if I can read the
Book of Acts… And I’ll read It to you right now, so you may know that what I am
saying, and it’s based upon Scripture here: Peter himself is preaching on the
day of Pentecost. And Peter is speaking here, and he says in Acts 2:17:
(17)
And
it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my Spirit
upon all flesh: (Now that’s Matthew 24.) and your sons and daughters prophesy,
young men see visions, and old men dream dreams:
(18)
And
on my servants and on my handmaidens…
Now the two spirits are so close together because of the
Holy Ghost Himself anointing everybody! Roman Catholics that believe the pope
is infallible speaking genuine tongues, with genuine miracles, and genuine
prophecy—yes they can do it. And they will do it. And they’ve raised the dead.
And it’s all by almighty God; the two spirits are so close. And then, he says
here in verse 19:
(19)
(I’ll)
shew wonders in heaven(s) above, signs in earth beneath; blood, and fire, and
vapor of smoke:
That’s
the great tribulation. Right at this hour there can be a church made up of
three groups of people—believer, make-believer, unbeliever—and every single one
anointed! And don’t feel bad about it. I don’t believe I’m false anointed for
15 seconds, but let’s put it this way: I could be. What am I going to do about
it? Bro. Branham himself said,“If He
sends me to hell, I’ll love Him, if I’ve got the same spirit I’ve got today.” And to a lot of people he was a devil.
13. What
I’m trying to get across is this: look, don’t look at yourself whether you’re
this, that or the other thing and say, “Well, am I a believer? Am I a
make-believer? Am I even really an unbeliever?” Forget it! Believe for the
Spirit of God to anoint us to where, at least, if we get out of here as devils
thinking we’re sheep, at least we’ve helped somebody.
We
won’t be the gang that said, “Well, Lord, I cast out devils.” No, we weren’t of
that gang! We don’t prophesy; we don’t do those things, but we stay here hoping
that we can get in the Spirit of God somehow that, if we don’t make it,
somebody else will; and, if we don’t get it, somebody else will. As Bro.
Branham said, “If we’re not Bride,
there’s a Bride out there somewhere, and by the grace of God, I won’t stand in
her way!” Let that spirit be amongst us, brother/sister! I don’t claim I’ve
got it, but I want to have it. See?
14. I
was that way, not carelessly, but I’ll tell you the honest truth. When I first
signed up for social security, I had so few bucks to put in. I didn’t know I’d
get a larger income down the road, and I’d get more and more in till I’d get a
good return. I told my wife, and she knows I told her, and I tell you the
truth, I said, “Look, we may not get it back, but hey, maybe someone will get
some good!” Well, so what? I won’t get it; someone will get some good! You know
what? I’ve got back so much already, more than I think I’ve even put into it. I
feel ashamed of myself, at times, getting that amount of money.
But
I’m seventy-four, it’s the law of the land, what am I going to do? Give it back
to the government so they can further waste it? The more they raise taxes, the
more they waste it! They never save anything. So, I’d sooner have it myself and
give it, which is what allows me to pay so much off on the church; I can live
on the tithe, and give my own benefits, which are pensions, and there’s nothing
against it in the Scripture, the law, or anywhere. You see?
15. Look,
a right little spirit, just that one little spirit did it. What would it be if
we get what I’m talking about this morning? I tell you, everybody can get
healed. Every child get his measure. God’s not a wicked God. What did Bro.
Branham say about old Esau? Why he said, “Esau
was a better man than Jacob. He took care of his mommy and pappy,” while
old Jake was out there looking for himself, Esau was home, taking care of the
old folk. Well, you know, the Bible says, “Esau have I hated.” Esau cannot end
up where Jacob was, but look. He’s not in too bad shape after all, when you
consider, because God is never inconsiderate of our labor of love.
So,
I thought I’d maybe just taught you these things and let you know what I was
talking about last Sunday; because, if I didn’t get it all nice and clear for
you, I want to get it nice and clear this morning. I’m talking about a spirit
in the church; I’m talking about a spirit in us! And in our children! I’m
talking about the adventure that lies in the Holy Ghost to do good—destroying
evil by good. What’s worse than seeing our little children suffer with
sicknesses? My, I look at little children today, and I tell you what: I know my
generation is responsible for a lot of it. We fell hook, line and sinker for
inoculations and vaccinations, which are absolutely detrimental. God cannot be
improved upon. They just keep trying to do it all the time.
16. Well
anyway, that’s enough of that. Now, look. We’re onto number 10, and we’re going
to be on page 11, shortly, but I want you to notice that in this message,
paragraph 43, Bro. Branham states that he comes to the elect Bride, no other
person but the elect Bride, with God’s Peace—“Shalom.” Of course, there was a
time two thousand years ago when angelic messengers in Lk 2:13, brought
greetings of peace and good will, as God’s Only-begotten Son was born on earth;
but now at the end of this age, the messenger, Rev 10:7, an earthly messenger
brings us the message of peace from the King Himself, Melchisedec, King of
Salem, Who is here in the form of the Holy Ghost in a Pillar of Fire at a time
called the Appearing, fulfilling 1 Th 4:16: “For the Lord has descended with a
Shout.”
17. This
particular hour, wherein God’s prophet brings us peace from God, is filled with
great danger, for it is in the darkest hour, spiritually speaking, in human
history. Yet it is, spiritually speaking, the hour of the greatest light, for
God Himself by His Own Presence has lightened the path to Himself and
immortality, for He is the Tree of Life. That this is the hour of the
Resurrection and Rapture is attested to by the days of the Son of man again on
earth, which is: Christ’s ministry has returned to vindicate the light, and
thereby is the acknowledgment of vindication becoming rapturing faith. To
acknowledge the vindication sets you on the road to rapturing faith. If you
cannot believe in vindication, you cannot believe in the Message. To thoroughly
believe every word is vindicated, every doctrinal statement, that’s the main
thing—every doctrinal statement; because Bro. Branham said, “There’s nothing outside of this Word. You cannot add to It. You
cannot place in It.” So
therefore, if Bro. Branham was that prophet according to Revelation 22, he did
not add a word; he did not take a word. He brought the Word for this hour based
upon a vindication.
18. Such
a light has not been seen for two thousand years. Yet men not only pass it by,
but walk into deeper darkness and chaos as their own light within themselves
turn to darkness as the Bible said, “How great is that darkness when your own
light turns to darkness.” True to His unchanging Word, God has sent a prophet
with signs in the heavens and earth beneath before the notable day of the
Lord’s coming. One such sign in the heavens is the mystical cloud; there it is
right over there, [Bro. Vayle points to the picture of the constellation of
angels.] of where no clouds form in the atmosphere.
And
Bro. Branham tells us about it on page 11, paragraph 62. So, we read it. And,
as we do, we proceed, and read, we will find that much of this message is like
the apostle Paul, who saw a need to repeat to the children, that which was
needful. And you will find as we go along, that you cannot help but believe.
And I’m not saying this in any manner except the truth. We were all in the same
place in 1964. He had to talk to them as little children more than bringing a
depth of doctrine. And that’s why repetition is so important, because you’ll
catch up on what is in between that you might have missed.
19. Now
Bro. Branham suddenly refers to that cloud as a sign from heaven as a matter of
vindication—paragraph 62 on page 11.
[62] Now, in the heavens above. Did you notice I'm
looking on this, the Light on the picture there out of the Life
magazine, that the brother that lives here in this home has put on his wall.
Now, notice that triangle of Light.
Now
you’ll notice he alludes to the light’s special configuration—a triangle. Hear
what he says in paragraph 63 concerning that as a triangle.
[63] It just happened to run across my mind. If any of you have the
Lamsa Bible translation, if you'll notice over the cover of it, or on the cover
of it, is a triune light, then he calls it trinitarian. The word
is better used as a ‘triune’ or a triunity, because trinitarian seems to
signify as a three person concept entirely rather than a one person concept
manifesting in three ways. So, triunity is better. I like the term over the
cover, ‘triune’.
A three-cornered light like a halo. Notice again, an aura. And when Dr. Lamsa,
a friend, my personal friend that is, was translating the Bible, he used the
old Hebrew symbol of God in the true trinitarian way that He is; not three
gods, but three manifestations of the same God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Light is one complete circle of Light in a triangle shape, which means that
God will dwell in three offices, the Fatherhood, Sonship, and Holy Ghost
dispensation, all the same God.
20. Now,
let’s go to 2 Corinthians 5. Of course, that is doctrine. All right, we’ll
start at 2 Cor 5:16, reading.
(16) Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea,
though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him
(so) no more.
We
don’t know Him so anymore. That’s in the Greek. You’ll notice in the writing
there, if you’ve got a margin of a Scofield Bible. We don’t know Him so
anymore.
(17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
(18) And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself
by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
(19) To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto
himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation.
Now,
put that all together. And you’ll see what I’m driving at. We did know Christ
after the flesh. God was in Him—Messiah at that time. That Messiah positively
was the Savior of this world, and it was because God was in Him that the world
could be reconciled to God. Now you see what we’re driving at? God in a form of
human flesh; not God’s Own flesh, (God’s not flesh; God’s spirit.) but the form
of flesh—Jesus born of Mary, by creation of the Holy Ghost and the processes of
human gestation, brought forth this one, and God was in him. And God was in
there reconciling man to Himself. Do you follow what I’m saying? All right.
21. Now
God left him. The body was raised up and put behind the throne on the mercy seat.
But in March 1963, He left the mercy seat, went to the Father’s throne, took
the Book of Redemption out of the Father’s hand, ripped off the Seals, put the
Book back in the Father’s hands, the Father vacated the throne, and that one
climbed upon the throne. Now that’s what the Bible teaches according to Bro.
Branham. And that’s “THUS SAITH THE LORD”, because he is a vindicated prophet.
All right.
Now,
watch. Paul says that God was in Christ; we knew Him after the flesh. We don’t
know this to be so anymore. So, the question is: where is God now? God is in
the form of the Holy Ghost. And He’s reconciling us to Himself through the
anointing. So, what is it? When He left being a human physical being, He turned
back to the Holy Ghost in a Pillar of Fire, and He’s still reconciling people,
because He’s the only One that can do it! Because God was doing it in this man.
He is not doing it in this man now. He’s doing it in and through the anointing,
the Pillar of Fire. And that’s, Bro. Branham said, “when He rose from the dead, God went back to being Spirit, which is
now called Son of God.” See, that’s what you’re looking at.
You’re
not looking at three gods. You’re looking at the one God fulfilling His
attributes. Call them offices; call them what you want. ‘Offices’ is very good,
but I like when Bro. Branham came on the scene and used the better word,
‘attribute’. And you know, as well as I do, when you begin dividing attributes,
you begin forming them in sections, as to what a major attribute is, and other
attributes follow them. See? Just like you look in the human body—the genes.
Well, this is responsible for all down here. This is all down here. This is all
down here. So, you see, under God as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, what’s under
Father? Come all down here. What’s under Son? And so on. It’s the one God
showing Himself under attributes.
22. So,
Bro. Branham drops this in here concerning Godhead, which as we know is
absolutely what we’ve got to have. Ephesians 1:17:
(17)
That
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
(18)
(In
order) the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that (you) may know
what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints,
(19)
And
what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according
to the working of his mighty power,
(20)
Which
he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
That’s got nothing to do with the dead.
That’s got to do with you and me! That’s 1 Corinthians 15: how you’re going to
get changed. This isn’t bringing the dead out of the ground, though they do
come out of the ground. This is what Jesus got: raised from the dead. This is
what the Old Testament saints got. This is what the new Bride will get. And
this is what we will get, if you and I are standing here as Bride, and we won’t
die!
(20) Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
set him at his own right hand in heavenly places,
(21)
Far
above all principality, and power, (and so on.)
(22)
Put
all things under his feet. (In other words we get in the Rapture.)
23. Now,
what we’re looking at is this! If this is required, we are in turmoil—if we
don’t know how to get it! But, if you know how to get it, your troubles are
over. Peace. Bringing peace is a revelation of God. And It says right here, if
you don’t have the right revelation, which is a special end time revelation…
And I don’t care who teaches different. Your theologians know better. They have
to admit it. There was something that Paul did not tell them and could not tell
them. It’s the same as Dr. Bloomfield, a very fine student. He’s dead now, I’m
sure. Indiana. A great student of prophecy. When it came to the Seven Thunders,
he said, “Somebody has got to be raised up by God to tell us!”
Now,
what if all the signs start to come in, and nobody’s there to tell you? How’re
you going to get it? By reading all of the books, and smugly patting yourself
on the back that you are so wonderful? No way. Nothing makes me more worked up
than men who rise up, and they’ve read a book. Whose book?
Listen,
I knew of a preacher named Springer out there in Colorado. He could be dead by
now. I don’t know. He convinced himself he could be young again. I don’t know what
he’s eating or something. His hair turned black, bushy beard, clear blue eyes,
everything else to go with it. I don’t know. He figured little brown men were
coming out of the ground somewhere. You’d name him the Scripture, he’d tell you
where It was. If you’d say, “Jn 4:28,” (I don’t know what that is myself.) he’d
tell you right now. If you’d quote It, no matter where It was, and he’d tell
you where It’s found: every single thing in the Bible. But he had an idea
little brown men were coming out of a hole at the North Pole. So much for your
books.
24. How
smart are you? What is the good? Read somebody’s book; you get all the answers?
How are you going to get this one? You know what you’re telling me?
“Listen,
I know God like you don’t know Him.”
Well,
I got news for you: I don’t know God like you know Him. I know God like the
prophet said. I can’t figure it. I can’t preach it the way I’d like to. Neither
could Bro. Branham. But there is one God, and that revelation, brother/sister,
is required of you, or you don’t go into the Rapture.
And
you can say, “Millions now living will never die.”
They
are liars, because millions don’t know this! And it’s hid from the wise and
prudent, or He’s not the same God! And they talk about the same One making
reconciliation. They don’t even know Who did it!
They
say, “God the Son.”
They’re
wrong. It’s God, God that did it! So much for your Catholic dogma.
25. Let’s
keep reading—paragraph 64. Now all my shouting doesn’t make it real. All my
emphasis doesn’t make it true. I believe it, though, and it’s vindicated.
[64] But did you notice before the Seven Seals were
revealed, before the great mysterious Light showed forth in the heavens up at
above Tucson, at Flagstaff, where we were? Brother Fred, then he
said, two men
that were with me that morning, they were, so there was another man there,
Gene Norman, of course.
When, that had been told months and months ahead would happen. Brother Fred
Sothmann and Gene Norman sitting here this morning, were there when the blast
went off. But not knowing these things would take place. See, they
weren’t privy to it, only Bro. Branham was. And God sent me back, and said that the time was
at hand for these Seven Seals which held the seven mysteries of the entire
Bible, which were sealed in with those Seven Seals. And how these angels down
along the road, messengers of Seven Church Ages, opened up to a certain part of
that. But in the seventh hour, the seventh messenger, then all these mysteries
should be finished. See? The seventh earthly messenger, (See?) this angel that
He speaks of was on earth at that time. An angel means "messenger."
And then, after that, he saw another Angel coming down, not the earthly angel
that had been given the Message here, but (another) mighty Angel from heaven
with a rainbow over Him, and set His foot on land and sea, and swore by Him
that live forever and ever, "Time shall be no more." See? But before
He broke forth on those Seven Seals to reveal them, first He showed
miraculously, He showed it in the heavens.
Now,
number one: we’re looking at seven mysteries of the entire Bible. It doesn’t
say New Testament. It says the entire Bible. And Bro. Branham categorically
states in this same sermon, talking about his vindication, he said, “We’re not saying that to make you think we
know this and we know that; we’re somebody. But it’s in the light of the hour
that I am preaching.” In other words there is a Word, as he says here, in
every single church age. And there were seven messengers that brought the Word
for every single age; until this age, there would be a messenger, a prophet,
and God would come down at that time, when that messenger was on earth, and he
said that messenger would sow the seed of the entire Bible from the serpent to
the prophet in the former rain. He was saying the entire Bible.
26. Furthermore,
let me say Bro. Branham did not teach certain things in the Old Testament,
because they had nothing to do with us, anymore than he could preach on the
trumpets, because they have nothing to do with us. We’ll be gone.
So,
for this hour, the seed of the entire Bible has been planted! Therefore, if the
seed has been planted, we will be recipients of the entire grace of almighty
God in the entire Bible. And, what more could we want?
Want
to sit back and think, “Well, I’ve got to be smart. I’ve got to know about the
Jews. I’ve got to know this and that.”
Well,
you just go ahead, because I don’t have to know anything. I just have to read
what he says here. And I believe he planted the entire seed. And I just simply
bypass the rest. I’m not interested. Why should I be?
You
say, “Well, Bro. Vayle, you’ll miss something.”
Well,
fine. You can have it for me. The quickest way you can add to the Word of God
that’s vindicated, brother, is to take that attitude. And I said ‘brother’,
because you sisters aren’t in it. It’s the men that have to know the doctrine.
You can just sit back and enjoy yourselves. And I hope you do.
27. Now
these are the Seven Thunders. They are not only New Testament revelation, but
they are the entire doctrine, tracing from Genesis to Revelation. And it traces
the seed of God. And that’s all I’m interested in; because, when it’s all over,
only the seed of God will be there, and all history will be forgotten, except
redemption.
So,
I’m happy with the Message that tells me, I’m going home to my New Jerusalem.
I’m on my way now. Most people don’t even know we’re in transition. They don’t
know we’re before the White Throne. They don’t understand the Judge. They don’t
understand the prophetic ministry. And I’ll tell you, if you don’t understand
the mechanics from this pulpit this morning, you stick around awhile, please,
and don’t miss any service at all, even if it costs you your living, because
it’s better to lose a few dollars than to lose your life.
You
say, “Well, if I’m Bride, I won’t lose it.”
That’s
right. And, if you’re Bride, you’ll make sure you don’t lose it. You’ll just
come and get everything you can possibly get.
28.
Paragraph 65.
[65] That day they took pictures all across southern United States
and Mexico. There it hangs now in Life magazine, still a mystery to
them. But He declares it in the heavens before He does it on earth. He always
does that. He shows His signs in heavens first.
Now,
do you know, when you go back in history… Let’s say that Jesus was born in 0
AD, which he was supposed to be—no doubt was. Or some year, 1 AD. All right.
He’s a little tiny baby born; there’s been a tremendous angelic visitation;
shepherds certainly spread the word and spilt the word all around the country.
And then, three wise men came [End of side one of the audio tape.] when he’s
just a little fellow, and they came bearing gifts, and they upset Herod so
much, because they said, “Show us where this one King of the Jews is born.”
“Oh,”
he said, “I don’t know about him; but, if you go and find him, let me know, and
I’ll go honor him, too.”
He
wanted to kill him. So, he killed all the babies. Do you mean to tell me that
by the time that Jesus was in the temple, twelve years of age, and then, thirty
years of age, showing a ministry, that they had a right to forget the slaughter
of the innocents? And the angelic visitation? How gross and how deadly were
they in their spiritual realities. They had nothing. And, when you consider William
Branham, his birth… Of course, nobody knew too much about it, but they knew
about the river, the light coming down. They knew the vindicated ministry, and
they sure turned it down.
29. Now
it doesn’t take people long to turn around and lie about this [Bro. Vayle
points to the picture of the Cloud.] and say, “Well, it so happens we did find
out there was a certain missile go up there.”
A
bunch of liars. It didn’t happen at all. They knew it; everybody knows it.
They’ll lie about anything. Thank God we are not in the liar class, because
they all will go to the Lake of Fire.
[66] Even in the Zodiac. And I’m not going to teach Zodiac, I’m
just showing you the heavens declare It. In the Zodiac we find out, in the
constellations of stars, that He declared the whole Bible in constellations. And there
in the Zodiac, that’s the constellations of the Zodiac, we find out there He starts off,
the very first figure in the Zodiac is the Virgin, and the last in the Zodiac
is Leo the Lion; showing that Jesus would come first to earth by a virgin,
He’ll come the second time as the Lion of the tribe of Juda. See? He goes
through the crossed fishes just like that. Cancer Age, what we’re living in
now. “And all the heavens declare Him.”
Do
you know that in every single culture and sub-culture, they understood things
about the Zodiac? The other day I just picked up a book, I might even go back
and buy it. It’s over there in Columbus on Morse Road. There’s a bookstore
there. And it’s a book on anthropology. And this man is telling the
folklore—the mythology—of these pygmies. And don’t you know they have the
hunter up there hunting [the constellation, Orion] and everything else. They
have the bears up there, Ursa Major and Minor [the constellations]. They have
it all. There isn’t any nation where the Zodiac has not been known—the Bible
written in the stars.
And,
when Nimrod built a tower unto the heavens, he started with an eleven acre
foundation. I understand the thing is still there. It’s like a needle, an
obelisk, which might have formed the temple. And around it is a circle on which
are all the signs of the Zodiac. So, what they did, they began worshipping unto
the heavens with their own understanding, and they tried to reach heaven. And
now, with every single person with his own native tongue, go back and trace
your books, and you will find there is no place on earth where they don’t
understand about the Zodiac. The heavens declare the glory of God and the
firmament shows forth His handiwork. Their sound has gone through all the
earth. You cannot change the Bible written in stars, brother/sister. The next
one was exactly by Enoch who made the pyramid, and that (Isn’t it strange?
survived the flood. Very strange. But you will find that ancient authors will
tell you, as well as Bro. Branham, that he was certainly the builder, and
science is proving it today.
30. Now
he says, “The heavens declare Him.” That’s the Psalm; what’s that 19?
Paragraph 67.
[67] Now, a few months ago I preached, for a series of meetings at
the Tabernacle, on The Seven church Ages. You, perhaps, all heard them. When I
finished drawing out on the blackboard the Seven Church Ages, how the Light
came in and how the Light went out. And I guess you have that, perhaps, here
somewhere; but it’s among us, anyhow, we know. And the strange thing, on the
last day when the last Church Age was drawn out, this great Pillar of Fire
(which is amongst us)—not in us now, but amongst us—came down among hundreds of
people, (They say three hundred were there.) and took Itself back to
the back wall of the Tabernacle. And there, before these hundreds, drew those
Church Ages, darkening and lightening, (in other words, showing where
the dark and the light was) just exactly the way I had drawn it on the board. How
mysterious!
Bro.
Branham told me saying, “Some of the
people just screamed and almost fainted in the presence of God.” Imagine
that. They didn’t actually see the Pillar of Fire. They saw the drawing, what
It drew out. And it was exactly that way.
31.
Paragraph 68.
[68] Now, the other day, we’ve had in the event of the history of
the church now... In the Bible the moon represents the ‘church’.
So,
what he does, he’s going start a sentence there, and he realizes he’s got to go
back and tell you something in order to really make clear what he started. So,
the first part: “Now the other day,”
you could just forget that, because he’s going to talk about the eclipse of the
moon, and it isn’t going to do any good until he talks about the moon. See? So
therefore, just forget that first part. Take your pencil if you want, and just
blot it out.
[68] In the Bible the ‘moon’ represents the ‘church’,
and the ‘sun’ represents ‘Christ’. For we find that in Revelation 12, the woman
which was the ‘church’, was found with the moon under her feet and the sun at
her head, twelve stars in her crown, which the old orthodox Jewish law was
under her feet. She had crossed over that into the light of the sun. Twelve
stars are the ‘twelve apostles’ that brought the message to us.
Now,
right there you’re confused. And I’ll tell you why you’re confused. Because he
makes an interpolation. The interpolation is, “…which the old orthodox law was under her feet. She had crossed over
that into the light of the sun.” Now, let me leave that out.
32. [68] In the Bible, the ‘moon’
represents the ‘church’, the ‘sun’ represents ‘Christ’. For we find that in
Revelation 12, the woman which was the ‘church’, she was found with the moon
under her feet and the sun at her head, twelve stars in her crown. Twelve stars
are the ‘twelve apostles’ that brought the messages to us, now, under the Holy
Spirit. Now we find that the moon in the heavens is to reflect the light of the
sun, in the absence of the sun. It gives us light to get around. No matter how
much it reflects, it’s still not the perfect light, but it’s reflecting. And
the sun shines against the moon, and the moon reflects its light in the absence
of the sun. But, when the sun comes up, then the moon is not needed any more.
Now,
why did I leave that sentence out? Because it’s an interpolation telling what
happened to the Old Testament Bride! It’s not the Old Testament church anymore.
Whether it’s Bride or not, she’s not really Bride. It’s ‘church’, because he
makes a difference right away. So, what he’s saying is this. Look again.
[68] She was found with the moon under her feet and the
sun at her head, twelve stars in her crown, which the old orthodox Jewish law
was under her feet; but she had crossed over from that to the light of the sun.
33. In
other words he’s telling you a transition has taken place from the Old
Testament church to the New Testament church, and it was really better if he’d
left it out. Do you see what he’s saying now? It makes perfectly clear, once
you put it in its place. I could read it this way:
[68] In the Bible, the moon represents the ‘church’, the
sun represents ‘Christ’. For we find in Revelation 12, the woman which was the
‘church’, who at this time has the moon under her feet and the sun at her head,
twelve stars in her crown. But at one previous time, under the old orthodox
law, under the Old Testament, (See?) it wasn’t that way, but she’s crossed over now.
So,
that’s what you’re looking at. You’re looking at the old and new. So, we’re
dealing with the new.
Now
there’s something here that doesn’t puzzle me; it just makes me want to
interpolate a little thing here, which isn’t really necessary. But you notice
those twelve apostles that brought us the message. Under the Holy Ghost they
brought it. No other way. Do you realize that Paul was one born out of due
season, and he replaced Judas. Now the thing is this: as Bro. Branham said, the
eleven apostles decided to vote, and in a democratic vote they lost the mind of
God, and put in a man called Matthias, of whom we never heard one more word.
God wanted Paul. Now I’m wondering, since Alpha’s Omega, and God never changes,
and Bro. Branham himself admitted he was born out of due season—never came out
of Pentecost. Who did he take the place of? Well, he didn’t take the place of
any one man, but Pentecost has this to their shame, which they call their
glory: “Hallelujah, bless God, nobody started us but God Himself. What happened
to us here in America, happened all over the world at the same time. We’ve got
nothing but Jesus, bless God.”
34. If
you’ve ever studied their history or read their books, you’ll find all they did
was pray. They never got into the Word. Now brother/sister, let me tell you
something: you can pray your head off and your shoes off, and you can get every
single answer to your prayers, outside the world, and your soul will be dead,
bleak, and dry, because the Bible said, “God sent them leanness of soul, when
He answered their prayer.” Anybody that turns his ear away from hearing God’s
law, and especially the vindicated Word, his prayer will be an abomination
before God, though he can get answers. We don’t want those kinds of answers
here. Personally, I can stand only with the vindicated Word and believe
thoroughly. I was with him and saw God in the prophet.
35. You’ll
know what the White Throne Judgment is, if you ever sat like I sat. I told you
about it that day I was fooling, smarting off and being silly. I wasn’t silly
any longer. How would you men like to come home and let your wife look through
you like that? Or you kids, your parents? Or your wife come sneaking home
sometime, and you say, “I can tell you all about yourself,” and give her such a
look that you don’t have to say one word, but she knows that you know
everything, and you’re more open than a pane of glass? I’m glad to say William
Branham could relax having looked through me. He didn’t say my soul was as
black as night, as one would like to tell you.
You
say, “Well, how would you know?”
I
phoned his source and found out. I don’t have the highest IQ in the world.
Neither am I stupid. Who placed Bro. Branham where he was? God did. Whose place
did he take? Nobody’s place. He had his own, because Wesley was off the scene.
And Pentecost, believe it or not, though greater than Wesleyism, in the sense
of coming near to this ministry of Christ, was a billion miles off the Word,
because each church age left off something. And let me tell you, when Pentecost
was embraced by Romanism, they locked themselves into a death trap.
Now,
let Father O’Connor speak in a genuine tongue, and somebody speak a genuine
interpretation and genuine prophecy and see genuine miracles, where dead people
are raised on campus. Then deny the pope his right to be the vicar of Christ?
They’re trapped. That’s why this church can have no organization other than
what it’s got, simply allowed by the government to conduct business, and that
business is here in this church, period. Not outside. If not one more tape went
out of here, that would just suit me fine. I’d say, “Well, God you said it, and
that’s the end of it.” And the good old days would be over—which we won’t talk
about.
The
pride of Pentecost is: there is no leader. God did it all. Then, how can Heb
13:8 be in the canon of Scripture? Because it would be a lie otherwise.
36. Page
13, paragraph 69.
[69] And today… now not over here which the old orthodox
church was under her feet, she crossed over from that. And today the church is
reflecting the Light of the absent Son of God. The church is a reflection of
the Light. Because He said, “A little while the world sees me no more. Yet
you’ll see me, for I will be with you, even in you, at the end of the age. The
works I do.” It should be, “you’ll do also.” He doesn’t say that. Lights that He made
manifest. There’s no Light except through the Word of God.
Now,
let’s take a look at that paragraph, because that seems a little disjointed.
[69] And today the church is reflecting the Light of the
absent Son of God.
Now
it’s supposed to be. That’s where she’s supposed to be, which indeed would be
the Bride. But, remember, at this time Bro. Branham, you’ll find, is speaking,
as he starts out, about the church general, though the Message is actually to
the elected Bride. But he does say the church gets darker and darker. But the
Bride will get lighter and lighter. So, we must keep them both in mind as we
proceed in this message.
[69] Now the church today is reflecting the Light of the
absent Son of God. The church is a reflection of the Light.
In
this particular instance I would say this: regardless of whether this is the
world church or the Bride, the definition is the same, that no matter who it
is, or what it is, because it claims to be what it is, it should be reflecting
the Light of the absent One, Who said, “I’m going to leave you here; but don’t
worry, I’m going to send somebody in my place.” And, remember, the church is
supposed to be the body of the Lord Jesus Christ.
37. Let’s
just take a look at that in 1 Cor 12:12.
(12) For as the body is one, and hath many members… so (is) also (the
body of) Christ.
The
body of Christ is a many membered institution or organism. It’s a living
organism. And that church should be reflecting the life that was in the man
that was here and called Messiah. And, what was in him? God was in him. So
therefore, God is supposed to be in a many-membered church, and He will be
manifesting through them His Own life. And that becomes light to the world. So
therefore, the Bride becomes a mirror that reflects the light. But she’s also
living epistles read and known of all men. So, she’s a book; she’s a mirror;
call it what you want. The world should see Christ in her. Certainly, we
understand this. That’s very, very plain.
[69] Now He said, “A little while the world see me no more.
But you’ll see me. I’ll be with you, even in you, until the end of the age.” And
then, he goes on to
“The works that I do.”
And
he stops there. Why does he stop there? Because he’s telling us the truth that
the Spirit of God will be in the Bride, but the Holy Ghost Himself will be with
the Bride, and there’ll be a man who is doing the mighty works of God, which Jn
14:12 said, “He will do these works,” which is Matthew 12, which is the
ministry of the Son of man returned to earth. As Bro. Branham said, “I am not the Son of man. The Pillar of
Fire’s not the Son of man. It’s in the form of the Holy Ghost!” What it is,
it’s through both of them! [Points to the picture of the Pillar of Fire.] And
that doesn’t come through the church. It comes to the church! See?
38. Now, “The works that I do,” Lights that He made
manifest. And there’s no Light except through the Word of God.”
Now,
this remark here is a veiled remark. You could take it any way you want. But
knowing the prophet of God, knowing what he says eighty percent of the time, in
other words, the substance of every message, he says it a hundred percent the
same way, but it becomes eighty percent of the content. He’s telling you that,
in this hour of shalom, the light, which lies in the Word, has been revealed
through vindication to be the true light—not some thing that people guess at or
theologians drum up or by some comparison or by study, but through vindication
proving a divine revelation.
39. And,
notice; he says, “There’s no light except
through the Word of God.” Well, who in the world has got the Word of God?
“Well,”
says the Baptist, “Hallelujah, I want to tell you here, there is no two ways
about it. I don’t quite agree with the conduct of that old fellow back there,
who burnt old Servatus at the stake. You know he understood thoroughly, Calvin
did; and Calvin believed in the sovereignty of almighty God. I didn’t like his
life, but I sure know that that man was a hundred percent true.”
The
Methodist comes by, and he says, “Let me tell you something. I don’t like the
man that wrote it, and I don’t like the man who did it. I’ve no use for him.
I’m a hundred percent with Wesley, and I believe you can follow him and go
plumb to hell any time you want.” Legalism—Armenianism.
Well,
I’d like to know, if they both get it out of this Bible, who knows what he’s
talking about? That isn’t any light to me. That’s a bunch of mud. That’s
exactly what happened in the church, and why the church is not full of
believers. They got off the Word, and there’s no vindication.
40. Now,
when the Word is proven to be correct by vindication, whatever portion of that
which is correct, God honors. But He cannot honor that which is not correct.
So, at the end time the Word of God must be restored from the entire Old
Testament. Between the time of the refreshing revival, healing revival, the
manifestation, and the literal coming, there has got to be a Message. And that
will be the light of the Word. See? And the question now is: if this world has
light, and Bro. Branham is talking about ‘shalom’, and you cannot say, “shalom”
to a person who is walking in darkness. Just say, “Go out there boy, and
stagger through.”
You
say, “Kid, I got corns and bunions on my feet. I twist my ankles easy. I can’t
go out there and stagger around in the dark and have peace. What are you
talking about?”
“Well,
I’ll tell you what you’ll do. Tell you what it is. Out there, there will be a
flash of light every now and then to see how you’re doing.”
You say, “Well, just a minute!”
What if I walk into a blind corner, and you
give me a flash of light, and I see I’m hanging out over a precipice here, and
I can’t get away, because there’s a bear coming? What good’s your light?
Where’s any peace in that? There’s no ‘shalom’ in that. Let’s get something
where there is no darkness, because the Bible says, “In him is no darkness,
neither shadow of turning.”
And
John stresses it, concerning light. Now William Branham comes along here and
says, “Shalom! Shalom to you people! I’ve
got news for you.” In the absence of that One (The body; call it that.)
you’re right here as a many-membered figure. And you ought to stand right here
somehow and be an exact duplication. And He especially mentions the end of the
age.
Then, he says, “The works that I do.”
He
didn’t finish it. What’s he talking about? He’s talking about William Branham
himself standing right there at the end time with an absolute vindicated Word,
based on the ministry of Jesus Christ Himself, where God absolutely proves Who
He is and what He is doing, who and what His prophet is, and what he is doing,
and that’s going to get a Bride out of here. You can say what you want, but
that’s the whole thing.
41. You
say, “Well Bro. Vayle, there’s something I must do.”
You
bet there’s something you’ve got to do. You’ve got to crucify your mind. You
got to believe what you see, and what you know to be vindicated here. And I’ll
tell you, that takes something. Before you’re finished, you’ll have an entirely
renewed mind, and an entirely renewed theology. And, if you don’t have a
renewed theology, let me tell you this morning, you are still in your sins!
Because it’s the washing of the water by the Word! The Blood has already made
it available. Don’t talk to me about the Blood and say, “Hallelujah, I got the
Blood.” And turn down the Word? That’s the most stupid thing I heard in all my
life. Let’s go back to Hebrews 10, and I’ll prove it to you. It tells you right
here—Heb 10:26:
(26) (But) if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
In
other words the sacrifice for sins precedes, goes before, truth! So, what does
the sacrifice do? It opens the door for truth! Let’s find out.
(27) But a
certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, shall devour the
adversaries.
(28) He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or
three witnesses:
(29) Much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall be thought worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and done despite (to) the Spirit
of grace?
What’s
the Spirit of grace going to bring you? Light! And, what is light? The Word
revealed. You can’t change the Bible on that. A vindicated prophet brought it.
Stay with the prophet. I just believe what the prophet said, and my Bible opens
up to me! No problem! If you’ve got a problem I’ll just tell you what’s wrong.
You just don’t believe what he said. Now I believe it the best I can believe
It. That’s what you do. It’s all there is to it. Nobody’s trying to be
superman. The Word is here, both Rhema and Logos.
42. Oh,
this one preacher, you know, lied about Bro. Branham. He tries to tell you
Logos and Rhema is different, so he can come along and say, “Logos is here,
bless God. Now this is an old Rhema boy up here!”
Why,
I’m no Rhema boy up here, because I want to tell you Rhema and Logos is one and
the same; and, if I deny one or the other, I’ve denied my God. Don’t ever you
be caught up with these preachers. You wonder why I guard this pulpit? Because
it’s my job to guard this pulpit.
You
say, “Well Bro. Vayle, I think maybe… Well, you should take time off or
something.”
You
take time off.
“Well,
you wouldn’t be so sick.”