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Issues Of Faith- Signs Have To Follow Them >>>Continued
End/start "You might desire to scold me right here for what I have said. Alright. They call themselves Pentecostal and full Gospel. Let them prove it. At Pentecost the fire came in a cloud and separated over each of them like a tongue, and fell on each one. Where is the fire? They spoke in tongues at Pentecost, and the people who listened understood. Where is that?....
THEY CLAIM TO BE FULL GOSPEL BUT THEY CANT PROVE IT. THEIR CHURCHES ARE AS EMPTY OF POWER AS ANY OF THEM. IF THEY ARE FULL GOSPEL THEN WE HAD BETTER ADMIT THE BIBLE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN IT DESCRIBES THE FULL GOSPEL MEN AT PENTECOST. They sing, "There's been a great change in me." They are right. But the change has not been for the better. IT IS TIME TO GET BACK TO GOD. They have a name that they live but are dead."
(The Seven Church Ages, Pg. 128, para 3). BROTHER, WHAT IS F-U-L-L G-O-S-P-E-L??? ANY CHURCH THAT IS NOT PREACHING THE FULL GOSPEL IS PREACHING PERVERTED GOSPEL! HOW ARE WE FULL GOSPEL? WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF POWER? WITHOUT A-N-Y MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S POWER IN OUR MIDST OTHER THAN TO LISTEN TO SERMONS? WHEN WE ARE ALWAYS TOLD THAT MK.16, JN. 14:12, 1 COR. 12 ARE NOT IMPORTANT BUT LOVE! Moreover, if the body of believers at Pentecost, which included the Apostolic fathers could pray for signs and wonders to follow their preaching in Acts 4: 29-31, and Pentecost is the Blue-print, it is not unbelief to question why MK.16 is not in operation in the fellowship, when so many claim to be filled with the Holy Ghost, and when we have recourse to the fact that our Local Assembly has been in the End-Time message for over 10 years! In fact, faith would do just that.
For faith anchors to EVERY PROMISE WORD. Every true seed, every royal seed of Abraham does that. Why? God cannot fail, and God cannot change. He is God, God that is perfect in His ways. The Great I AM. Not: "I was", or "will be". The ever present God. The Supernatural God with Supernatural ways, and with Supernatural works. The Living God with L-I-V-I-N-G W-O-R-K-S. God, whose living works (manifested wonders), prove and show beyond every doubt that He is God alone, and He is alive, not dead. God, who can open up the Red sea! God, who can bring out water from the rock! God, who can answer by fire! For Elijah declared on mount Carmel at the showdown: Let the god who answers by fire be God. Amen! God is God, not by theology, but by His power, displaying His wonderful works -His manifested attributes. "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." To deny His works is to deny Him. It is deity. He is still Jehovah Rapha - the God that heals. He is the miracle working God. Amen. "When the Bride will get back to being a Word bride, she will produce the very works that Jesus produced. The Word is God . The Spirit is God. They are all one."
(The Seven Church Ages, Pg. 164, para.2).
Therefore, I am not ashamed to say Mk.16 and Jn. 14 is most important. I identify myself with it, and believe it with all my heart. It is the power-line. It is what is written. It does not need any explanation or interpretation. It means just what it says:"God help us to have faith like that ! We believe this Bible to be the Truth. I may not have faith enough to make all the promises come to pass, but I believe it anyhow."
(God's Word calls for A Total Separation from unbelief, Pg.13, by William Branham). The prophet says:"You must be identified, somewhere, you must show. Your life shows, tonight, where you are identified. You are identified either in Christ or out of Christ. You are not half-way. There is no black white bird. You are either saved or you are not saved. You are a saint or a sinner, one or the other, and your spiritual attitude towards God's Word identifies you exactly where you're standing, Right! GOD'S WORD, VINDICATED, PROVED THAT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST IS JUST THE SAME AS IT EVER WAS ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST OR ANY OTHER TIME. And Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. AND YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THAT IDENTIFIES WHETHER YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL AMNESIA, OR NOT. That's right. No matter whether if you're a DEACON, or even if you're a PREACHER. It does not make Yeah, they get it too, so we find out, it's contagious and hits the whole thing Don't get spiritual amnesia. Cause, you will, identify yourself with something else. Stay right with the Word!We was with the church when it was commissioned by Jesus Christ, in ACTS, the 16th chapter. "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." I want to be identified there, "All the world, to every creature." These signs shall follow them that believe," can be identified in that. Well, now are you identified with that, or have you got some spiritual amnesia, that you find out you don't believe those signs follow the believers? See, if you don't believe it, then you have spiritual amnesia. See, you've forgotten that God promised that. He said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." Don't forget it. YOU CAN'T FORGET IT AND BE A CHRISTIAN. YOU MUST BE IDENTIFIED WITH IT. You must be identified with Saint John the 14th chapter , the 12th verse. "He that believeth with me, the works that I do shall he do also." DON'T FORGET IT. IF YOU DO, THEN YOU'VE GOT SPIRITUAL AMNESIA. You forgotten who you are. You forgotten what your testimony means I like a pedigreed Christian, that can go all the way back to the Word of God, to the day of Pentecost, and identify themselves there with Saints, where the power of the Holy Ghost came upon them. That's a pedigreed Christian. He knows where he come from. He's not identified with Methodist, Baptist, or anything else. He's identified in God's word. He knows exactly where he is standing at. The Royal Blood of his Father flows through him; the Blood of Jesus Christ. He knows what it does; he believes every Word. God WORKS THROUGH HIM AND CONFIRMS IT WITH THE SIGNS THAT HE PROMISED TO FOLLOW. He hasn't got no spiritual amnesia. He's a genuine thoroughbred. I like that. But the church has got a bad case of spiritual amnesia. It doesn't know where it belongs. It's forgot all about it. FORGET ALL THESE THINGS THAT MAKEIT A CHURCH".
(Spiritual Amnesia, pg.10, para 78, 79; pg 14, para 106-109, pg. 17,para 133, 134). " My speech and my beseeching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and power - of the power."
THERE, SEE, THERE IS THE G-O-S-P-E-L. See? Jesus said, "Go ye in all the world and preach the Gospel." Didn't say, "Go teach." He said, "Go preach." In other words, "DEMON STRATE THE POWER, AND THESE SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW THEM." JUST TEACHING DOESN'T DO IT. IT TAKES THE ACTUAL SPIRIT ITSELF DEMONSTRATING THESE SIGNS, see? Listen to this:
"That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." "Oh, my! To change the man! Not in what I can explain away and say He is not the same. If I do that, it shows, to me, surely, a man tell me that, would show to me he don't have the revelation, the three-fold revelation of God. See?"
(Christ is the Mystery of God Revealed, pg. 42, para 307-309) HEALING IS IN THE WORD: As you rightly point out in some of your sermons, signs, healing, miracles, are already in the Word. Yes sir! But where is it? Why is it not manifesting? Why didn't the prophet just tell people to apply it and go home? Why did he have to demonstrate the power? And without that power vindicating his message, how many would have listened to him (his hard message) in the first place? There would have been no Tommy Osborne's testimony to catch you yourself into the message! GOD STILL BRINGS HIS WORD BY THE ORIGINAL OPEN DOOR OF PENTECOST! And when Philip went down to Samaria, he didn't go there to tell them a "story", contrary to what you preached to us when you preached on "Gospel, Doctrine, Mystery." The Gospel is not "story". The Bible declares it is power! (1 Cor. 4: 20; 1 Cor. 1: 17, 18; 1 Cor. 2: 1-5). And, though you didn't tell us this, when you were talking on how Philip went to tell the story to the Samaritans (you cleverly avoided mentioning or reading the verse that deals with the power, though you read that same place in Acts), nevertheless, ACTS 8: 5-13 declares that he went there with the open door of power - he demonstrated the Spirit and power so much till he overturned a whole city single handedly! Listen to this: "This Philip went down to the city of Samaria (not even a village, but a CITY!) and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake" (Why? Because he gave them an interesting or moving story of the cross? No sir!) "hearing and seeing (what) THE M-I-R-A-C-L-E-S which he did. For unclean spirits crying out with a loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and MANY taken with palsies, and that were lame, were H-E-A-L-E-D, AND THERE WAS A GREAT JOY IN THAT CITY"! That is revival. Yes sir! That is the Gospel - Full GOSPEL! And if I may ask, How much did he spend on hand-bills, posters, advertisement in the newspapers, and on T.V. and Radio Broadcasts? None! He carried in his heart the REVIVAL - the Holy Ghost! He so demonstrated Mk. 16 and Jn. 14:12, till a sorcerer mightily anointed of the devil, and to whom all the people gave heed, "from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God" was opening shamed. Like Christ, he greatly triumphed over him, making an open shew! Halleluyah! That is what I believe is the Gospel! Evangelism proper!! When we even consider Stephen, I observe that some don't know that Stephen was not just a man of hard words, but also of a terrible anointing of God. He was filled with the same Holy Spirit we claim we all have today. For Acts 6: 5,8 declares: "Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost And Stephen, full of faith and P-O-W-E-R, did G-R-E-A-T W-O-N-D-E-R-S and M-I-R-A-C-L-E-S among the people!" He was so filled with the Holy Ghost till he could "see the heavens opened!" He was so raptured in the spirit till he did not feel the heavy stones being hurled at him. He could kneel to pray!! The miracles and healings didn't take place in the closet. Many people were living witnesses to the power of God. Signs and wonders followed their preaching; for they lived in the Supernatural, because the Supernatural (God) was with them and in them. WHERE IS THE SUPERNATURAL IN OUR MIDST? WHERE ARE THE SIGNS AND WONDERS? WHERE ARE THE GIFTS? And though healing and miracles are in the Word, why is it not made alive in our midst? Why doesn't it follow the preaching, even when we hold revivals and open air crusades? Why? WHAT IS THE USE OF AN ALABASTER BOX FILLED WITH PERFUME IN A SMELLING ROOM, IF THE BOX CANNOT BE BROKEN TO RELEASE ITS ERAGRANCE??? Think about it.Moreover, let us not hide under James 5: 14,15 which pertains to elders, and who are also instructed to use oil. Mk. 16 does not say we have to carry oil. With all due respect to our loving and humble elders, we can be pouring oil on people without an ounce of faith! The observance of James 5:14,15 could be more of a ritual than of faith! Even the Roman Catholic Church could be thought to believe Mk. 16 using oil! See? She would still be the Great whore !!! Where are the testimonies to the healing and miracles taking place in the church before our very eyes, in direct answer to prayer for same in the services? God doesn't perform his wonders in secret. He is still declaring His glory to the whole world, that Jesus is alive - proving His resurrection by mighty signs and wonders. Amen. Click to continue >>>
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