🙏🏽 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 God's purpose and 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 into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind but what went he out for to see, a man clothed in soft raiment behold either way a softer clothing and the king's houses but wait what went he out for to see? a prophet, yeah, and i say unto you and more than a prophet for this is of whom it is written, behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee, verily say unti you among them that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist of all born of women. In other words with only the exception of himself the speaker Jesus Christ and adam the rest John the Baptist was greater than them but I want us to look at how could you compare the ministry of John the Baptist with the minister of Moses if it was in comparison terms of the supernatural, the anointing, the prophecies, the miracles, the signs, and wonders, the demonstration of power. How could John stand a chance to be compared with Moses? How could he even be compared with the righti mean isaiah we've even done here all those prophets if you've got to look at the supernatural, the miraculous, the signs, they were all above John. But why is Jesus saying of all that is born that are born of women no one is greater than John the Baptist. And John the Baptist was so scared down in the spiritual and prophecies. Tell me 10 prophecies, five of them which John the Baptist prophesied he was a prophet yes but what did he prophesy. What did he tell us about the future. 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. And of all that were born of women, no one can come near to John the Baptist. So there is a mystery there that if God gives me the grace, we could look at. So when you begin to look at this, what is Jesus trying to draw the people's attention to. He says he's more than a prophet. And of alI other born of women. There's not reason a greater than John the Baptist. Not with his turning that is however the least. He that is the least, or least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John. So the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John because those who are born in the kingdom of heaven are not born of women. They are born of the incorruptible seed. And John never became a Christian. He pointed the people to Christ but he never became a christian. And that's why 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 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. Servant prophet. That's why the least in the kingdom of heaven, in the kingdom of Christ, in the new dispensation of the new covenant which is the new testament, he becomes the least but in the old testament, all the dispensation those born of women, those upon whom the Holy Spirit came upon not into, no one was greater than John. Now I'm talking about receiving the mysterious reality of them, more than a prophet ministry. More than a prophet. What was that more than a prophet. 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 go to receive. And of course John the Baptist parallels today, as John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Jesus, so shall your message forerun the second coming.
So the question is, what did you got to see. What did he go in the wilderness to receive the word of the king. So what did you go to receive from him. And until you know what you came to the message for, you have missed it. And that's why there is where people are hitting a snag. They are no longer able to see where they are going. They are in a spiritual fog, they can't understand, they have lost identity because they came to believe something, they came to believe the message, they came to hear a prophet, they came to believe Malachi 4 but what they receive? What did you go out for to receive? What is that that you have said you are a believer. You believe what? What have you received? What have you believed? And that's why when they are questioning the authority of Jesus, the question about the source of the authority of Jesus, Jesus puts them back to the one who introduced to him. If you know what his message was, if you knew, if you had received that message, if you knew why you went to the 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 be asking me with that question. So the answer to your question is in the reason why you went into the wilderness but you went to a wilderness, you when you put the effort you went there but you missed it. 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. When you receive the reality of your day's 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. Because even Judas missed it. Yet he was with the reality but he never got the revelation of what this man was. Who he was. Because brother Branham says what makes John the Baptist stands out is because he was the messenger of the new covenant. God was starting something, and that was the alpha, now we are in the omega, the completion of that new covenant. When all the loose ends are tied and the fullness of the word is brought. And then you are introduced to him. So the Him, Christ is the step beyond the prophet. So the message that you are supposed to receive is more than, is beyond the prophet. So you are not supposed just to hold him as a prophet. The Sanhedrin knew that the multitudes held John as a prophet. They even held Jesus, took Jesus for a prophet. They accepted him as a prophet until the the Pharisees and Sadducees afraid attitude feared to arrest Jesus because they knew the multitude could stone them because the multitude believed that Jesus was a prophet. And they were even scared to say that the ministry of John the Baptist was of men because they knew men could easily stone them. Men held John as a prophet but they ended with John as a prophet. But John had a ministry, a mysterious reality beyond the office of a prophet, he was more than a prophet. He brought a message and the message was greater than him and he was supposed to become a thing, immediately he introduces the reality. And that's why he could even begin to doubt what he spoke the other day. And Jesus didn't even think about it. It didn't even matter to him. He couldn't even talk about it. And you look at this man, he has backslidden. John had already finished his work. He had already done his part and whether he was doubting or not, it was not having his business. As far as God was concerned, his work was already done. So you begin to look about his mistakes, his failures, his unbelief, what he's saying at this time about the ministry. That was no problem. In other words, there was an allowance for John to begin to express doubt over what he introduced. An allowance and heaven never recognized that heaven recognized one thing John had already identified, introduced their reality and showed them to the world. Here is the man 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. his ministry went beyond the prophetic office and every prophet there is another one for so many errors to blinding those who want to scientifically and critically look at the ministry lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and that they should repent and i see the heart heal them why why did God you know i talked with brother Chad one time we
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have not told that question up to now Moses was married to Zipporah the median artist when did he marry the Ethiopian human wasn't Miriam right to complain wasn't Miriam legally right, morally right when did the Moses married this Ethiopian human who told him to does the Bible say anything about it but Miriam when he saw the mistake when she saw the mistake together with her brother Aaron and they spoke about it, God was silent. So we don't know. God is dealing between Moses, between him and Moses about the issue of marrying the Ethiopian woman. We don't know, we don't know whether Zipporah had died or not, the Bible doesn't mention but he married an Ethiopian woman, this was the medianity human and Miriam is complaining and Aaron is complaining. So biblically, scripturally according to the law, they are right. This is an error and this is a prophet. And this is an office and if he makes an error, we have a right to point it out. No right to point out. God came down and said, can't you fear God. Why was God protecting the error of Moses? Can't we go back and look at that carefully. Why would God defend Abraham for telling a lie? And he makes Abimelech to pay a fine for taking the away the prophet's wife. Why would God do that? There was a confidence between the two. He had a message and the Abraham's message was to Sarah, the church. And make no mistake about that. He has a lot of errors and he kept telling lies but God never looked at them. And he's like he had immunity. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD does not impute. So how does that scripture work unless that man is given the opportunity to do something wrong. And who are you today, to question God why. The other one is giving him, you know, that privilege which I'm not children, I don't know. I don't know God's deal. My work was to receive the message, not to examine the messenger. Remember my robins you remember the ravens. You are not supposed to ask who whether they have sterilized they are big so not they are just commanded to bring you food, just receive the food and eat. No question. Where are you getting them sandwiches from? Did you sterilize your beaks? I have commanded the raven to feed you. So they'll be bringing you food. Why didn't you send a dove, God, why did you decide to send an uncleaning bird. Don't ask me questions . You needed a food. Are we going to tell God he was wrong to send this one, he was supposed to send who, what did he go to the wilderness look for. Mr Perfect? He, no, he was not Mr Perfect, he was to introduce Mr Perfect, Christ Jesus, but he was not Mr Perfect. So don't begin to look at the introducer to be Mr Perfect. He introduced Mr Perfect to you, look at the One he introduced to you. So we are in a dangerous age, where people are pointing you to the messenger. They hold him, are holding on him, they are making him accountable to that office, we shall begin to say maybe tomorrow who, who is the culprit and who is the victim. Are you the believer who is the victim of the preacher or the preacher is also the victim, You can say, oh okay pastor chad, you preached the word, I mean I believed okay but I also didn't call myself to preach, I was also saying what to preach the gospel so who is wrong who has a case i was warned to me if i don't preach the word the gospel and want you if you don't believe there gospel so if i preach it hard and it hurts you and say well that pastor has a problem okay i wouldn't have had a problem with you if I was not sent. So are we going to turn and blame God? No. How can we, how dare we. So here we are, do we blame the vessel he said oh he blamed the sender and why did the center continue using the scent and he knows the scent has got a lot of problems well according to God's big plan he's not interested so much in the weaknesses of the scent but he's interested in the purpose of the scent the message that he gave the messenger so there is a more than a prophet reality in other words when John questions Jesus doesn't condemn Jesus, doesn't even speak anything negative, he only magnifies what that office has done says I am the reality, if you are doubting, go and tell John what you see and what you hear. John introduced this many have ended all John that's why even Herod and his wife killed John because they held John responsible for what he preached. Now I'm not going to hold brother Branham I'm responsible for what he preached although he said I am responsible as long as he was God his voice he's not responsible for the message he was a pipe, he was a vessel, he was a channel that God used neither am I going to question the message based on the weakness of the messenger, that's not my business, that's God's business. My business is to receive the reality, going beyond the office of a prophet. Why? let's look at this critically. Those who held, who took Jesus for a prophet, later on denied him and condemned him and said "crucify him", do you know that even Herod who killed John the Baptist, the Bible says he had him gradually and didn't want even to harm him, but just to please his wife, had put John in prison until a convenient they came but Herod was not intending to kill John, he took him for a prophet, he believed John was a prophet but the one who believed John to be a prophet, kill the Jew when circumstances came, when a convenient day came, amen. A day of convenience when another voice rises up to be vindictive to pin him, he must die that voice must be dealt with he killed him so whoever ended with holding John only as a prophet that didn't benefit him, the multitudes took him for a prophet, the multitudes took Jesus for a prophet but it's a multitude to say crucify him. So we have to know what we went for in this message. What did you go to see, to receive and if you have believed, what did you believe, what is the message, so when Jesus went into the temple there was authority felt and today Jesus comes into the temple, which is temple, the temple of his body, the body of the bride and the authority this must be displayed and then the question begins to come where did you get this authority because the reality of what John introduced is now manifested in flesh, he's walking on two feet. And that's the answer i remember one brother was asking me, brother Abraham, I had so and so tell me you prayed for him and God healed him the instant you just prayed for him on the phone. I said what's wrong. So okay I wanted to ask you, brother Abraham, what are you becoming in this time are you another prophet. Are you another special brother to arise in the message. I said come on, what why are you asking me that. I have never one day claimed that I'm a prophet, I've never come here that I'm coming from Uganda to come here and to prophesy about people, discern people. No, I'm a preacher. When you are questioning about the authority this ministry was it of William Branham or was it from heaven where do we derive our authority is it from a man okay the minister of that man was it a man of God was it that he was trained was it because he was a good trader or rather a good speaker fine polished fine character the man were accepted around the world supported by the denominational structures no who gave him authority the commission of an angel who sent the angel who was the angel if you shall get the people to believe you if you shall be sincere and get the people to believe you nothing shall stand before you not even cancer. Where did the message come from, where did the commission come from, what was the source of the authority and he that receives a prophet in the name of the prophet received as a prophet said what and you know this is my time that's why I stand here. and I have the privilege to step into the shoes of the supreme command as I was with Moses so will I be with you, as I was with Elijah, so will I be with you, you are in the time of Elisha who gave you this authority. Blessed be the name of the Lord . Then I mean there is that question that there is that let me call it a vacuum that someone is not supposed to step there you are not supposed to say I mean one brother was telling me I was preaching somewhere and then he was telling me for us we don't believe in supernatural, I said well that means you don't even believe in God because God is financial because I mean I believe in the spiritual God so he's not just spanish or by title he's exponential by action that is what he is and I'm not about here to talk about dead religion I said brother you see these things you know We have the Word you are you know it's not about this and that i said what about the Word , the Word made flesh what does it do, you mean Jesus was not the Word. I think Jesus was the Word made flesh he was the anointed one and what did he do he was not a backup unless we shall watch a man moving around looking down in the face of demons he was anointed wherever he went demons was screaming he was not running away from demons and hiding and trying to avoid the contact with demons and
or cult world he knew who he was he was god many flesh so now the whole thing is because they have ended on the office of the prophet and the devil wants you as long as you end on the office of the prophet you are a very comfortable person for the devil very comfortable and the devil says please remain there but this one was more than a perfect just like John the Baptist was more than a prophet so the more part going beyond the office here to what was introduced is what the devil doesn't want but I'm not here to give the devil what he wants remember he was the embodiment of the mysterious but glorious reality of the more than a each man felt he had a giant's arm, and as he rode to battle, struck home for God and for the truth, as he gave out his watch word, remember prophet ministry Jesus was amen. Blessed be the name of the Lord. And now today the source of his authority that is in us should be the product of the fact that we received what God sent beyond the office because the office just delivered what was handed over to it to deliver and I want you to look at Jesus when he is introduced in the world you look at something strange here I mean how the angel was introducing Jesus to the mother the physical Mary you look at this verse here in John I mean Luke chapter 1 in Luke chapter 1 in verse 35 he says and the angel answered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. Now listen there are for also that holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the son of God. Now can you imagine God calling this person that is going to be born a holy thing, not the right reverent doctor, most holy precious, an angel is describing Jesus and he says that holy thing that shall be born of you. Now if Jesus the one you are going to deliver is the holy thing, not even a gentle man, not the right reverend, this PhD, this and that a whole thing because it's just going to do a particular work a particular service. He stepped into time and put on this flesh. This flesh is a thing, the purpose for the flesh is the most important thing not the flesh, the flesh is the thing. And if you want to be treated with dignity, with respect you feel that you know embracing the reality of the message is going to be to turn you into a fanatic people are going to look at you as some you know already degraded the ranged you know person and so I cannot go the other side I have to remain in the office lest I become a thing I was telling brother child when he was you know I pray I say sometimes god can't even put you there so you just become a necessary evil they ask you can be a necessary evil that people even only run into when they must but you're not even bother I mean you don't matter most of the time you are nothing so when you come to serving God if God could declare and call his own himself a thing and then you want to be some special big brother this sister this and everybody say coming greeting and say you are the man of the hour uh we really love you brother we i mean don't you bother whether all people call you a thing whether everybody sees you nothing after all that is the description of how God described himself when he came that body is a thing but the purpose this which the body is going to serve is the greatest thing it's the most important part but the body is a thing so this bird of yours is a thing but the reality the purpose why we are here is the most important the devil wants to always have feelings and because of those feelings and association if I believe this if i go beyond the prophet and yet I must go beyond step beyond the prophet's office and then all my friends, my associates, my other brothers, that we preach the same line of vision will will see me as a thing Jesus never gave himself God never gave himself a good name he never gave himself a title he told the mayor you are going to produce a thing that is going to be stunned that is going to be spot on a thing that is going to be stunned that is going to be spot on that's going to be killed that's going to be hanged naked that's going to be laughed at and beaten you know until it will be shapeless so the purpose is beyond the purpose is beyond the flesh so the flesh is a thing so we can begin to look at this now how that the church wants to remain within the comfort zone you regard so much your body but your body is a thing that one day will die if it is a tomorrow anyway but if he doesn't die then what is going to happen just excuse me what is going to happen what's going to happen it will need more than the body to transform you i was telling that brother you you believed to go and you go in the rupture and said yes i said want itself be supernatural how will you go into the rupture how will you be changed would that take supernatural power and yet you don't believe in the ......., something is wrong somewhere. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Glory! Glory. So let's go down here, the prophet says , now listen to this, you say brother Abraham I have no power neither do I don't have any power well brother Branham I am a weakling so am I but I'm not depending in my strength, it ain't my strength. I'm depending on my authority. See, my authority given me is not means who is strong. It ain't strength he is strong I am his so because I am his strength, his authority, his power, his anointing, his glory is mine. So I am the body that Jesus is dwelling in now and I must go beyond the office because the office introduces Christ, introduces Jesus. That's what brother Branham did. He introduced Jesus and he's continues to say and he says let me leave this because I have here something he says John kept saying I am nothing. I am nothing. I'm not even worthy to lose his shoes but now listen but what about when Jesus just said about him. He said who do you go out to see. Yeah. Did you go to see a reed shaken with a wind, oh, why did you go out to see some man in fine raiment and luxury and things, say they are in the king's palace but if you go to see a prophet I say yes and more than a prophet. He was more than a prophet because he was a messenger of the covenant. That's what he was. He was more than a prophet and he said there's never been a man born of a woman as great as him to this time. See, he says that's what it was see he was a messenger of the covenant he was the one that introduced and he said this is him all other prophets spoke of him but John said this is him and we thank God that we are living in that time again. We are not talking about talking this message doesn't talk about Jesus. This message is Jesus. We don't point the people to him. He's here. He's in you, as the brother i was preaching the other day, you are just going to realize what is new that's all but he never wants to keep you pointing, I'm waiting for Jesus will come. Come from where and go where blessed Peter mother so he was the end of the covenant what was the covenant and Revelation chapter 10 1 he comes down as the end of the covenant with the cloud with a raining ball , with an opening book and the mysteries are you know revealed the thunders roll out and then you are supposed to go and take the book and eat the book in other words the continuation of the message of the covenant by that seminar and you got the angel and said give me the book so because he was the messenger of the covenant that's why he was greater than all born of women and for us we have double portion double person because we are also receiving the message of the messenger of the covenant so the angel with a book, the Angel of the covenant you go to him and take the book and eat the book and digest the book and then you are supposed to prophesy again not only that you are not just greater than he I mean like you are not in the capacity of John. John was only greater than all that were born of women but for us, we are born of the word, the incorruptible seed the word of God himself and the prophet says if the devil wanted to stop it it's already spoke the word is already spoken unfortunately for the devil the word has already gone forth.
Jesus, God has already spoken it and the devil cannot and he do it he cannot make the word to be unspoken because it's already spoken and because spoken it is a seed that must come to pass and we had a manifestation of that and we are in the time of the glorious reality of the more than prophet ministry.
Blessed be the name of the Lord. And that reality he comes there he says of course he was not a reed shaken by denominational winds, did you go to see that? No. Not John. You didn't go to see a sophisticated, polished man of much education and a good orator. No, you don't go to see a foolish faultless man with no error, that's what they are looking for in the office of a prophet, those are messages followers wherever the office goes they follow but for you, you are not just a message believer but you are the message, and that's why God made sure in this end, the destiny of the Bible was not just to be in the mind or held somewhere or in your drawers, not even just message books and message tapes, I have all the tapes of brother Branham, I have all the books but receiving the fullness of God that in you, that's why it says take the book and eat it, so the destiny of the book this time with you, God makes sure the devil can't touch it again, it's finished, it's a done deal. The devil is defeated. I was telling one brother, I said, brother I am not going to do any give you one time I don't have anything to listen from you if I'm deceived I'm comfortably deceived but I thank God you know I'm not deceived because the most glorious part of my testimony is that God led me to the message so you are not going to come around and tell me that this message is wrong, when me in the depths of that jungle in Africa, God leads me to the message and he has told me that this is the truth that I told you, that I read you, too. Who are you? Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Now let me I looked at John the Baptist critically, I said show me five prophecies of John the Baptist that he prophesied is going to happen and it happened. John the Baptist, what did he prophesy. But he was the major prophet, why, connecting all prophecy to reality. That's the greatest prophecy and when they say we are going to prophesy again, let me tell you something. The culmination of all a prophecy of all the Bible and all that we have preached and all the sermons we have had is when you become HIM . When you become the Word, until it will be like she the Bride , is HIM. She has become exactly HIM. That's what makes it a greater prophecy. Oh he prophesied this, it didn't happen, oh this one is yet to happen, oh I mean, they are looking at prophecies but John the Baptist was the greatest prophet with no prophecies, no miraculous signs, no wonders. Show me. How many people join me, pray before they were here, how many discernments. Let's go to the scriptures, prove me by the scripture, what prophecy did John make, what discern me. And yet he became the greatest of all, greater than even Isaiah who prophesied about the virgin birth of Christ and everything. But this one is greater brother and Moses, yes the Lord your God shall give you a sign, there will be a man like me, a prophet later and this man is his brother and Moses, he's greater than Jeremiah, he's greater than Daniel, his brother and all his prophets. What is the criteria? Because he, John the Baptist connected all prophecy to reality, to the fulfilment. Glory be to God. And then you come today you people you are hearing all these forces, these spirits that are trying to challenge the ministry of brother Branham and you know what they are trying to talk about, some folks somewhere and I want to tell you they are there and God purpose that some of those folks be there, that's why God intentionally left the mother says ........ and God never delivered Moses from grace, the wickedness of anger, he was a prophet, but he could bang down the tablets of stone and break them. Yes. He could smite the rock when God have told him to speak. Reaction of anger. Yes. So he did that, disqualify him from bigger prophet. Amen. So God left those things for a reason, isn't it. So if you don't go beyond more than a prophet. Those who are remaining, holding a prophet, the office, they took him for a prophet, so he's responsible for his office, we are going to examine him in his office, we are going to look at him, we are looking, he is just a victim like I am. He told us very clear. He said American today says my mother was having a lot of anger that he could do what there's a way he started he steps it he was a mixture of Indian blood, and this and that and Irish. Why did the God look at that, pick that why some of us if we look at the clans, the origins that we came from. I sometimes sit there and say Lord why did You pick me, there's could have been some better people. But God makes sure he picks those, ones from wretched background, rotten ones. You can imagine even Jesus when he was born from an immaculate conception, God on purpose made him to grow up in Nazareth, so that he's even called Jesus of Nazareth, a caste city of the cast and failures of people who are not prosperous, until when I was in israel in 2006 even our tour guide didn't want to enter Nazareth because Nazareth is up to now is looked on, you know, from that as a city of the cast, the seat of the failures, the feet, the city of the ancestors unsuccessful and then Jesus is called Jesus of Nazareth. And then the Sanhedrin could emphasize that on the purpose and they even one time told Nicodemus when he was saying there's even a law permits us to kill someone until we have exams him, say are you also a guardian, search, check, examine the scriptures out of Galilee arises know what prophet he they were scriptural right but in their being right scripturally they were off from God's will a million miles God had intention intentionally placed Jesus another race and even called by the name of the wicked city to blind any of them so God's ways are not our ways that's why I'm asking you to think about it as we shall continue why was this man greater go and read the bible and come with some proof that John the Baptist prophesied how many prophecies did he give and how many came to pass how many failed you never gave any prophecy John the Baptist simply said the only prophecy said this the one whom who was preferred before me whom i'm not even worthy to unite his shoes, he's here. And then he went on to identify him say, behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. And God had told him that, the one that you will be baptizing and you see the sign of the dove 🕊️ coming down upon him, he is him. So that was not even discernment. God had showed him it to be a sign. John didn't see Jesus and discerning him. No, but that sign was to come. Okay. Now what does Jesus say? Jesus said, if you are to receive it, this is that Elijah who was to come. If you are to receive it. If you are designed, if you are man that does receive it, if you are one of those for whom this package of mysteries is given, you'll receive him as Elijah. But if you are not among this one, you will of course not take him as a prophet. And you will be very right scripturally, scientifically and everything you prove him out. If you take him verbatim by what he will say, what did he say, are you Elijah, no , are you not a prophet, no , who are you? I'm just the voice of him that is to come and crying in the wilderness. So brother, I give you to understand the prophet, this man you are calling a prophet, himself he denied. He said, I'm not. And brother Branham many times, he says, I am not, maybe the one I am laying the foundation for him to come. I'm laying the foundation that is on purpose, on purpose. That's why he said, it is broken. But it's not broken public, is the seal, is broken, it's not broken, it's not. So we just switch on purpose and then the others were he had said they are not revealed they are not they have quotes and even those who say John the Baptist is not a prophet they have a quote it's there in the Bible. It's written, he denied it, but Jesus says "And if you are willing to accept it, this is him the Elijah," the Elijah who is to come. So to you who are ready to receive it, receive it and there are those who are not going to receive it. They have their scripture this is to whom to those who take me what I reveal to them and those who take the letter that is for those of the letter, but this is to those who receive revelation. Now this is me revealing this to you he is him, he is that prophet but the letter which is written there says he said, "I am not," so the letter blinds them, but now this is revelation. So it's up to you which of the two are you going to take. If you remain in the office of the prophet, the prophet will deny that he is a prophet, but if you go beyond more than a prophet and you go to what the prophet introduced, so the One the prophet introduced will tell you the mystery of what he did and what he is and then you know how to treasure what he introduced.
Blessed be the name of the Lord. Now you see was John the Baptist is very successful in the ministry. I bet not. let's begin look at it how many disciples did he have not so many he baptized so many but how many remain in the church. Now let's look at how they were converted. In John chapter one verse 37, I think let me look at that I have some little time, John chapter one, verse 35 what does the Bible say. It say , and the next day after John stood and two of his disciples and looking upon Jesus as he walked he says, Behold the lamb of God and the two disciples heard him speak and they followed Jesus. Why not all the disciples? So the message even to the message believers was not to all. The mysterious part that identifies the reality of the message was just made for very few and the Bible says too. Why didn't he gathe kor them all and just tell them that's the manner I was sent to introduce please me I'm discrease, he must increase. Stop following me, follow that man. Did he ever say that they still followed him and yet the reality was also there . Why didn't he say all of you pacquiao thinks follow that man it was to be done by revelation. By revelation, not by command, not by coercion, yet they had believed the message but when he points out the reality of his message these ones the others are not seeing they are not even hearing but they are believing the message and they continue the following journey yet the one whom john had introduced had already come was on the scene but they still followed
they still held on the office of the prophet
yet the reality that the prophet introduced was here so the two who had followed why didn't others here isn't the bible interesting let's continue they followed him then Jesus stand and saw them following he said congratulations you did he said congratulations you are the man of the hour praise the lord you've done it you've got it
Jesus stand and saw them following and he says unto him and to them what seeking , what are you looking for and they say that to him rabbi and i said unto him rabbi which is to say being interpreted master where do it is down you see so you see the purpose of there following him was to go to where he dwells , not because we have come to be blessed we've come to be healed we have come to get this we want you to do this for us but where do you dwell in my father's house are many mansions I go to prepare a place for you so the purpose of their following is to get to that i must reach his home I am the bride did you know that Jesus said he didn't have where to dwell so where why particularly this time it was on purpose then he says unto them come and save and they came and saw where he dwelt and aborted with him that day for it was about in tennis hour now they even begin to name the names of those people but then the others remain among whom were those who were sent by john from prison go and find him ask him are you the one and there were messaae believers asking the reality of the and there were message believers asking the reality of the message whether it is the truth that's why we still have people who are still believing the book is not open the scenes are not revealed the standards are all revealed and then they are looking to Jesus when are you going to reveal these things well the prophet didn't finish everything we are looking for something can you give us the solution then we see another group a bunch of stunning baptists in Acts chapter 19. about 12 of them who also get converted the letter in the apostolic ministry can imagine even the churches had it started deforming the pentecost was over the holocaust had come Jesus even has left they missed the chance of walking with Jesus physically and yet the main message of John was to point them to the Messiah. They missed the Messiah, they had to catch up later because it was not very clear it was not very direct that John the Baptist would tell them please leave me go to that man. Blessed be the name of the Lord. But we thank God that today's message is very clear, but it's clear for those whose eyes have been enlightened, but the rest of the people is still vague. They are still even questioning whether the vindication of William Branham was enough, millions of discernments and miracles and signs and wonders still is not enough. And John the Baptist who had not even one miracle, he's believed to be a prophet, you see the hypocrites of man, why because John the Baptist is in the past. So it becomes very easy to believe that which is not of your age that which is past but now that which is of our part. Blessed be the name of the Lord. So friend what went you out to see, what do you come here to hear. I was telling brother Chad when we started preaching the message it was the dream of preachers around the world.
Those days there were no tapes, were not there, you could hear one person with a tape and everybody I want a tape, measure a book was a message book was so precious you would just pick it from one another time came we had enough books enough tapes but they became weaker we didn't have guitars we didn't have pianos and organs and so forth and we could sing if we had instruments in the church the music would be so good and people would enter in the spirit and worship the Lord and then when we got the fast guitar, the piano, some of us know maybe here it's cheaper to get to them easier but not in our place so we people thought when we have a public address system and the church is having you know is good speakers and he has instruments for music and we have good song leaders and we have a good we shall have made it we had all those things and we have become ones we have had very good sermons very good preachers until We become big-headed and just intelligent because we were thinking somebody's going to do for you a religion somebody's going to bring Christ and throw him at you on your laps and say this is Jesus no let's go to perfection. When those two disciples of John the Baptist heard, they followed. When you hear, when you are, when the reality is identified go to it, go to where the reality is now become it, because we are going beyond now, a church building, a church service, a church membership, time has come to go beyond that, beyond being just a message believer, subscribing to certain doctrines, it's not just even doctrine, there are people who have got been very good, very balanced in doctrines and now they are completely aware of, come to organize, organize the chaos finished and then you sit down and say what happened to that brother , what happened the other one , because they stuck, they got stuck at the office holy prophet God set him prophet God sent a prophet.
One time I was, you know, I was in Kampala and I was with another pastor. I had gone to buy there's a brother who wanted to buy a vehicle and we got a mechanic who was a pentecostal to go and check the cars and so forth and we took time I preached to the man and the man really got touched and then he says where is your church here in Kampala, would want to go and attend. So I pointed it to the other pastor I said and then he went to the other pastor he says, how do I reach your church where is it located, how is it called and you know the greatest embarrassment that I got this is, the man who a pastor who answers this one and says, well have you heard of a bunch of people who are called Branhamites? Well, we are Branhamites and then the moment the custom pastor came to me and said, so excuse me, sir, so you are Branhamites, you are not Christians. I said, well, maybe for him, he is still at the door of Branham may I receive the Christ because Branham had pointed me to Christ, so I'm actually genuinely Christian. And you know that's the reason many ministries have not even been successful in evangelism because they all remind a person is, do you know God sent a prophet. I mean what does this person have to do with it. God is sending a prophet, he's a baby, he doesn't even know the Bible, he doesn't know nothing in the Bible and you are just giving and throwing a bone to a baby and you expect this baby to chew the bone and he and then I asked him, brother, I said why did you say brother I'm not ashamed of the prophet, I said a prophet now can you tell this man the prophet, the prophecies of the prophet that can save him, tell him the prophecies of the prophet that can save him, now it's beyond the prophet, it's the message, he was a prophet messenger, so you take the message that a prophet brought and it's the message, he was a prophet messenger, so you take the message that a prophet brought and live that life that presents that message but very many people are comfortable with that you have no problem I mean you can have as many, you know, photos of the prophet on your wall in your house can even put it in your office but that does not bring Christ in your life. You can be so bold to be identified with a person of brother Branham but you are ashamed to be identified by the life of the Man that the prophet identified, the prophet introduced that's the reality and that's what is going to take us home, glory be to God. Christ in you the hope of glory, Christ in the temple, walking in the temple and then when the denomination is beginning to ask him what authority, who gave you this authority because I received the reality (Christ) that the prophet introduced so the reality now workers in the temple is here, I am the answer to the question I have the answer to the question of the origin of authority the origin of authorities because I received the reality the message of the messenger. I really am not stuck at the door of the office. I'm not just holding him, my prophet is my prophet okay, what did he prophesy and then if he's your prophet, do you know that this is the time you are also supposed to profess he was your prophet and you are supposed to be somebody's prophet so what are you doing about it now
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