Justification made a way for sanctification. Sanctification made a way for the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The baptism of the Holy Ghost made a way for the Holy Ghost Itself to come right down in perfection, back to the Word again to manifest Itself. (The Masterpiece 64-0705)
All that God was, He poured into Christ. All that Christ was, He poured into the Church, to take her back to Eden, Spoken Word.
Taken from Five Definite Identifications of the True Church of the Living God preached by Bro. Branham, 60-0911E,
86 Now, we do not want to spend too much time on each one. Now, I want to find out, What Is The Message Of This Church? What should this church teach? What is its message? The first message that I can think of, that this church (mystical Body) will teach, will be repentance. Let us turn to Luke 24 again, just for a moment. Luke, 24th chapter, the first thing the church is to do, is to repent, and it will teach repentance. Now, Jesus, fixing to leave, this is the last chapter, when He is fixing to leave the earth.
Luke 24:46, let us begin with the 46th verse. And He said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins… (Oh, I want that to soak in, because I am coming to something in a minute on that, remission of sins)… repentance towards God, and remitting of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things…Many come into this message and have not repented. That is why there is so much wrong doing. In Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
(60-0911E), 88 Now, Jesus is King (the second message), Jesus is King and is alive forevermore, Matthew 28:20. Jesus is King and alive forevermore; that is what the church should teach Matthew 28:20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. (That right?) Hebrews 13:8, Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. That is the message of the church: doing His work, proving His resurrection, and giving witnesses. Now, Acts :32, where we see whether they had it or not. As we turn, Acts the 5th chapter, 32nd verse. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to them that obey him. (He has got to be witnessed.)
90 John 14:12, He gives the teaching what the church should do. In John the 14th chapter, and the 12th verse, we will see what that says. John 14:12, so we read it, make it official. All right, John 14 and the 12th verse. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these do he, do, shall; because I go to my Father. That is the message of the church: Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever, living in the church, King of the church, raised from the dead, same yesterday, today, and forever, performing the same works, doing the same things that Jesus did. That is the message of the church. If the church is not teaching That, it is teaching some false theology. That is what Jesus commanded them to preach.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.
92 What else will be? How will we know whether these people… They say, Well, I am a believer. Let us see what His last commission was to His church for believers, Mark 16. Take Mark the 16th chapter, and we will find out what His last message was to the church, and we will see then whether we are following out His commission. Mark 16, let us begin at the 14th verse. After he appeared unto the eleven… (that is after His resurrection)… as they sat at meat,…Here is the commission to the church, now listen, the last commission. We will check ourselves whether we are believers, or whether we are in this church or not.
After he appeared unto the eleven as they set at meat, and upbraided them with the hardness of their heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
94 Somebody was trying to tell them about it, and they did not believe it. If that is not the same thing today. We know He lives; we have a witness of His Spirit in us. We see His power move over the audiences, and tens of thousands of people, and discern their thoughts and hearts just exactly like He did when He was here. Like the Bible said, He is the Word of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us. The Word of God is sharper, more powerful than a two-edged sword, cutting even to the marrow of the bone, and a Discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Christ, The works that I do shall you also. See Him doing that. How many seen Him do it? Sure, we know He does it. He lives here. He is in our hearts.
100 How many knows what the Gospel is? Not the Word. Paul said, The Gospel come to us not in word only, but through the power and manifestation of the Holy Ghost. The Gospel is the power of God to make the Word act what It says It will do. Preach the Gospel all the world. Preach the Gospel to just the white people or just the brown, yellow, black? To every creature. Amen. Every creature: you believe that means that? I seen God baffle a bull one day. I seen Him cause hornets not to sting. I seen Him raise up a opossum that had been laying dead all night. Every creature… The Gospel will take effect upon anything that you ask. You say, That is wrong, Brother Branham. It is not wrong.
As Bro. Branham said, (60-0911E) 137 Ephesians 4:30, says, Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you are sealed until the day of your redemption. A famous Baptist preacher said to me, not long ago, said, Brother Branham, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness. What more could he do but believe God? He said, We believe we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe. I said, But you are wrong; you are honestly wrong. Paul said in Acts 19, to those Baptists who had a good pastor up there, a converted lawyer, Have you received the Holy Ghost since you have believed? He said, The original does not say that. I said, It does say that. I have the Emphatic Diaglott, and it does say it in every translation, both Greek and Hebrew. He said, Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? I said, Abraham believed; that was true. But God give him a sign that He had accepted his faith, by giving him the seal of circumcision. That is right. He had accepted him, because He give him a sign that He had accepted him. If you say you believe, and have not received the Holy Ghost yet, God has not sealed you yet, has not had enough trust to trust you yet. When you come to God, God seals you with the Holy Ghost till the day of your redemption. And that is the message of the church. Amen.
142 Just a little farther. All right. Now, I Corinthians 12 and 13, By one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body. Acts, here is the way we entered. Here is the inauguration of the church: Acts the 2nd chapter. When the first message was preached to the church after the day of Pentecost, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Mary, all the apostles, were all filled with the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues, and just carrying-on like a bunch of drunk people. And when they were just having an awful time, just shouting and praising God, and staggering under the impact of the Holy Ghost, they did not care whether it was Sunday, Monday, what day it was. They was having them a big time, just shouting and going on. Why, the–the great intellectual people said, These people are drunk on new wine.
Bro. Branham in his message Uncertain Sound preached (60-1218),
425 Was the Pentecostal Church a noisy church, back at the beginning when the Holy Ghost first fell? The virgin Mary, like she was drunk, staggering under the power of God, and all of them like that. And the people said, They are full of new wine. That is the way the church was ordained. That is the way that every church was ordained. Every time God has a church, it will be that same kind of church. Because it does not have no uncertain sound.
Well, well, our bishop says…I do not care what the bishop says. It is what the Word says. That bishop has got an uncertain sound. If his sound is sounding the same thing This is, he is right. And then if the church does not act like it did, like that, he is wrong. If you say you have got it, and did not act like that, then there is something wrong with you. Because that is exactly what it said, every one. Look. on… After it went down to the house…
427 Philip went down, preaching to the Samaritans, laid hands on them, Peter came down, laid hands on them. They received the Holy Ghost, done the same thing they did at the beginning. Went up to the house of Cornelius, and there was all the Gentiles up there, the Greeks, and so forth, laid hands upon them, they received the Holy Ghost like they did at the beginning.
Bro. Branham in his message Five Definite Identifications of the True Church of the Living God preached (60-0911E)
165 You do not know nothing about it until you have received the Holy Ghost. You say, I accept Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour. Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? If you do not, you can not even call Him the Lord, because He is not Lord, He is a historical Being that you by faith have accepted. But when He is come into you by the Holy Ghost, He is your Lord. No man can call Jesus Lord, only by the Holy Ghost; until you are borned of the Spirit of God, and the Holy Ghost is in you, you are borned into this Kingdom, and you are part of the church. You are the called-out ones then. You see it? All right, now.(60-0911E)
180 …What is its message? Repentance, water baptism, baptism of the Holy Ghost, Divine healing, salvation. How do we become a member of it? By being borned into it. Can we get to heaven without it? No, sir. For those that are dead in Christ will God bring with Him, and not–not anyone else but those who are dead in Christ. Jesus is coming for those that are dead in Christ. Ephesians 4 chapter said that the… No, Galatians, I believe it is, the 4th chapter said that Those that are dead in Christ will God bring with Him. (Scripture Correction) I THESS 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
(60-0911E), 112 The last commission, Go into all the world, preach the Gospel. He that believeth and is baptized… Let me quote it the way it should be, the way it was broke down. Go ye into all the world and to every nation and demonstrate the power of the Holy Ghost. He that believeth on this and is baptized shall be saved; he that denies it will be damned. These signs will follow them that believe: they will lay hands on the sick, they shall recover; they will cast out devils; they will speak with new tongues. This will be the signs that follows. The last verse said, And they returned. The Lord working with them, confirming His Word with signs following. That is the way the first church was.
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