Fellowship

 🙏🏽 Loving heavenly Father, once again after some time I am here before your children. We know we have been together in the spirit by your anointing and Lord your hand has been upon us and kept us. We cannot be thankful enough but especially to come here and find your children still serving you rejoicing at your word waiting for that grand hour , Lord when our bodies shall be changed. I pray that God you know my weaknesses, my limitations, my tiredness over all this period of time, laboring in the field. I just pray that God you come and touch this body and Lord that you just help me to get out of the way and that you'll be the One to come and become a blessing to your children like you've always done. And bless them, Lord God and bless us together, Lord as you Lord unveil yourself through the 23:42 breaking of the word anoint me and lord speak through these lips of clay that which you ordained to edify, to strengthen and encourage your children. We thank you because we know you have always been there for us. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.

I just wanted us to turn to our bibles and I wanted us to start with the book of Matthew chapter 21.  Matthew chapter 21 from verse 23. I think I'll read up to verse 27. And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came out to him, as he was teaching and he said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? by what authority do we these things and who gave thee this authority and jesus answered and said unto them,  I also will ask you one thing which if you tell me , I in likewise will tell you by what authority i do these things. So in other words the question the answer to the question was in the question that it was going to give them. The baptism of John, whence was it from, heaven or of man.  And they reasoned with themselves saying, if we shall say from heaven, he will say unto us, why did he did he not believe him but if we shall say of men, we fear the people for all hold him as a prophet. Now I want you to mark that statement.   They hold him as a prophet and they answered Jesus and said, "We cannot tell." And he said unto them, "Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things." So there was a statement. And if you'll see in this chapter in verse 12 he speaks again about John the Baptist. He says for John, came unto you in the way of righteousness and you believed him not, but the publicans and the harlots believed him and he when you had seen it repented the note  afterwards that you might be that you might believe him why he brings it again and then at the end of this chapter there is something again strange  in verse 45 and when the chief priests and pharisees had had he had this parable they perceived that he speak of them but when they sought to lay hands on him they feared a multitude. Why? Because they took him for a prophet. So the majority took Jesus for a prophet and they also held John the Baptist for a prophet. May God bless his word and bless you. May be seated. 

I wanted us as we see it to go back to Matthew chapter 11 and see why Jesus points this book back to John the Baptist because in Matthew 11 from verse 2 now when John had in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said unto them i mean say it unto him and thou he that should come or do we look for another. Now this is the man who introduced him but we are trying to follow a thought that I want us to follow like a trail through these meetings why did such things happen they were not a mistake they were right in goddess per person plan 

 John who introduced Jesus is sending the disciples to inquire whether he's the messiah or they should look for another and Jesus doesn't go on a condemning spree castigating and belittling John  no but he points to the resultant effect or product of what John introduced. And Jesus, that's verse 4 answer and said unto them go and show John again the things which you do hear and see , the blind receive their sight, the lamb walk the lepers are cleansed, the death here the dead are raised up the poor have the gospel preached to them and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me and as   they departed Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John what he went out 

30:19 into the wilderness to see a reed shaken with the wind but what 

went he out for to see a man 

30:28 clothed in soft raiment behold either way a softer clothing and the 

king's houses 

30:36 but wait what went he out for to see a prophet yeah and i say unto 

you 

30:46 and more than a prophet for this is of whom it is written behold 

30:54 i send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way 

before thee verily sent you among them that are born 31:02 of women there has not risen a greater than john the baptist of al born of women in other words with only the 

31:11 exception of himself the speaker jesus christ and adam 31:21 the rest john the baptist was greater than them but i want us to look at how could you 

31:29 compare the ministry of john the baptist with the minister of moses if it was in comparison terms of the 

31:37 supernatural the anointing the prophecies the miracles the signs and wonders the demonstration of power 

31:46 how could john stand a chance to be compared with moses 31:54 how could he even be compared with the righti mean isaiah 32:02 we've even done here all those prophets if you've got to look at the 

32:10 supernatural the miraculous the signs they were all above john 32:18 but why is jesus saying of all that is born that are born of women no one is greater than john the baptist 32:26 and john the baptist was so scared down in the spiritual and 

prophecies 

32:33 tell me 10 prophecies five of them which jolly baptist prophesied 

32:43 he was a prophet yes but what did he prophesy what did he tell us 

about the future 

32:56 and today we believe him to be a prophet and the bible says he's 

a prophet and jesus says he's more than a prophet 

33:05 and of all that we're born of women no one can come near to john 

the baptist 

33:15 so there is a mystery there that if god gives me the grace we 

could look at 

33:23 so when you begin to look at this what is jesus trying to draw the 

people to he says he's more than a prophet and of alI 

33:32 other born of women there's not reason a greater than john the 

baptist 

33:39 not with his turning that is however the least he that is the least 

or least 

33:47 in the kingdom of heaven is greater than john he so the least in the kingdom of heaven is 

33:54 greater than john because those who are born in the kingdom of heaven are not born of women 

34:02 they are born of the incorruptible seed 

34:10 and john never became a christian he pointed the people to christ but he never became a christian and that's why 

34:19 a christian the least in the kingdom of christianity the kingdom of christ becomes greater than john 

 because he remained within the confines of the or the dispensation of servant prophets 

but we are now in the dispensation of sons and daughters of god

so john when he had a chance to be baptized he never went on to be baptized he only told jesus i have need of you to baptize 

34:51 me how do you come to me and jesus says fine i understand you you understand me let me baptize you i mean you baptize me 35:16 sign a prophet that's why they list the kingdom of heaven in the kingdom of christ 

35:25 in the new dispensation of the new covenant which is the new testament he becomes the least 

35:33 but in the old testament all the dispensation those born of women those upon whom the holy spirit came 

35:41 upon not into no one was greater than john 

35:52 now i'm talking about receiving the mysterious reality of them more than a prophet ministry 

36:04 more than a prophet what was that more than a prophet 

36:11 blessed be the name of the lord jesus is saying you went to see whom do we do you go did you go to look for what did you go to see what did you 

36:20 go to receive and of course john the baptist parallels today as john the baptist was sent to foreign the 

36:28 first coming of jesus so shall your message for around the second 

coming 

36:37 so the question is what did you got to see what did he go in the 

wilderness to 

36:44 receive the sword of the king So what did you go to receive from 

him 

36:54 and until you know what you came to the message for 

37:02 you have missed it and that's why there is where people are 

hitting a snag they are 

37:10 no longer able to see where they are going they are in a spiritual 

focus they can't understand they have lost identity because they came 

to believe something 

37:18 they came to believe the message they came to hear a prophet 

they came to believe malachi 4 

37:24 but what they receive what did you go out for to receive 

37:33what is that that you have said you are a believer you believe 

what what have you received what have you 37:40 believed and that's why when they are questioning the authority 

of jesus 

37:48 the question about the source of the authority of jesus jesus puts 

them back 

37:54 to the one we introduced to him if you know what his message 

was 

38:02 if you knew if you had received that message if you knew why you 

went to the 

38:09 wilderness if you had received the reality of why you went to the 

wilderness what you were supposed to go and receive you will not 

38:17 be asking me with that question so the answer to your question is 

in the reason why you went into the wilderness 

38:26 but you well do a wilderness you when you put the effort you 

wanted there but you missed it 

38:35 so go back to your drawing boards and begin to find out why you 

went to the wilderness then you know why  i have this authority so the authority that i have today begins from there 

38:52 when you receive the reality of your, there is prophet, what his real message is, you get to know this, but if you missed that, you will not understand this. Blessed be the name of the Lord. And you see the reason many are hitting the snag and i wouldn't want you to reach that spot because it is very dangerous. It is very important for you to know what   you have received. I mean it's good to come here, to be a good believer, to pay tithes and offerings, to be a deacon, to be a trustee, to be a good preacher but you have seen that men have been good preachers and they have failed. You can be a very good preacher. You can be very anointed. You can be very spiritual even even in the spirit and you have missed it 

39:53 because even judas missed it yet he was with the reality 40:01 but he never got the revelation of what this man was who he was 40:10 because brother abraham says what makes john the baptist stands out is because 

40:15 he was the messenger of the new covenant 

40:27 god was starting something and that was the alpha now we are in the omega the completion of that new covenant 

40:37 when all the loose ends are tied and the fullness of the word is brought and then you are introduced to him 

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40:49 so the hymn christ is the step beyond the prophet so the message that you are supposed to receive 

40:58 is more than is beyond the prophet 

41:05 so you are not supposed just to hold him as a prophet the sanhedrin knew that the mountains 

41:13 held the journey as a prophet they even held jesus took jesus for a prophet they 

41:21 accepted him as a prophet until the the first season jesus christ feared to arrest jesus because they knew their 

41:30 mouth could stone them because the multitude believed that jesus was a prophet 

41:39 and they were even scared to say that the ministry of john the baptist was of them of men because they knew men could 

41:45 even he said easily stoning them men held john as a prophet but they 

41:54 ended with john as a prophet but john had a ministry 42:03 a mysterious reality beyond the office of a prophet 42:10he was more than a prophet he brought a message and the message was greater than him and he was supposed to become a 42:19 thing immediately he introduces the reality 

42:29 and that's why he could even begin to doubt what he spoke the other dav and iesus didn't even think about it 42:37 it didn't even matter to him he couldn't even talk about it and you look at this man he has vaccinated john 

42:46 had already finished his work he had already done his part and whether he was doubting or not it was not having his 

42:53 business as far as god was concerned his work was already done so you begin to look about his mistakes his failures his 

43:02 unbelief what he's saying at this time about the ministry that was no problem 

43:09 in other words there was an allowance for john to begin to express doubt over what he introduced 

43:16 an allowance and heaven never recognized that heaven recognized one thing john had already 

43:24 identified introduced their reality and showed them to the world here is the man 

43:33 and that's why you find those who hold the messenger of the day as a prophet they hold him as a prophet they put him in a prophetic office and they begin to examine him look he said this he said that he said this he said that why they hold him as a prophet they end on the prophetic office they are looking at the prophet but brother branham is more than a prophet.

44:00 his ministry went beyond the prophetic office and every prophet there is another one 

44:06 for so many errors to blinding those who Want to 44:13 scientifically and critically look at the ministry 

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44:23 lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with 

44:30 their hearts and that they should repent and i see the heart heal them 

44:40 why why did god you know i talked with brother chad one time we