One of His 'The Anointed Ones at the End Time' Bro. Lee Vayle - Date ?? 1971 [Poor sound quality in spots] a. Just as Bro. Guenther said, “It’s a little difficult to understand people, unless you have what they have.” Down in Texas, there’s a fellow who used to (you know) more or less, have it in for the people that were so noisy, so happy. And then, later on he got noisy and happy too, like the rest of them. And so he was being criticized, his own little story, to illustrate his point why people don’t especially like the other fellow being happy, unless they’ve the same happiness. He said, "My neighbor down there, had an oil well in his yard, (he said) that pump went ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk, day and night." He said, it used to make me so mad, and that was the awfulest sound you heard. He said, “Until one day, they found oil in my yard, now the prettiest sound I ever heard.” [laughter] That’s right. b. That’s the way it is with the Word. A lot say, “Aw, you’re just getting old, dead, you know, all denominational, all you’ve got is that Word, Word, Word, Word, Word.” Well, there was a time, when I’d a said the same thing. But now I sort of say ka-chunk, ka-chunk, sure sounds good to me. A little here, and a little there, just keep pumping. We’ll hear the gusher one day. All right. I don’t know just how long this will take, except it took a lot longer this morning, than, not long as I should’ve. But as long as I had to…which was quite long. But, we’ll see what happens now, when we go through another phase of the same line of thought. Let’s bow our heads in prayer. Gracious eternal Father, again we worship and praise Thee, O God, knowing Lord whatsoever things, we ask in Your name, that it be according to Your will. You’ll hear us, and if we know You hear us, we know we have the position we’ve desired of You. Now Lord, we’re believing this afternoon, that we are the elect of God, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, which is granted unto us before the foundation of the world, by His own nature, by His own desire, by His own decree. We’re standing on that this afternoon, Lord Jesus, we implore You with the satisfaction of knowing You will grant unto us, our request. That the Word become real to us, O God. To clear away doubt, please, do not let it be to compound doubt, but let it be to clear away the doubt. Let It come forth, Lord, the way It ought to come forth. And help people, just like when You sent that prophet Daniel …the dissolver of doubts. We know that Bro. Branham was the same thing, Lord, because You sent him. And we know, Lord, he has dissolved our doubts, but, there is still this old hanging-on, Lord, where the hearts and minds are not yet fully circumcised. Help the people, Lord, to just quit asking questions and just chuck the whole thing out, where anything just stands in the way of saying and believing exactly what Your vindicated servant taught us. And we know this is not too much to demand. For if anyone was vindicated, he was vindicated. The same with that woman at the well, just one little vindication did it. And we heard, or we saw, or heard of thousands of times. And, Lord, today we’re standing on the Word he taught us. Now, may we teach It like he did, and we’ll know It like he did. And may It come to the same proof. This is all we desire. We ask It in Jesus’ Name. Amen. 1. My subject is ‘One of His’, and of course it’s that part of a verse in Romans 8:9 the part that’s a little phrase, It says, (9) …Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (if any man have not the Spirit of Jesus Christ, he is none of his.) Which is absolutely true. That there is nobody could be the son, or the daughter of any father, unless that same life that was in the father, is in that child. So, if we do not have His Spirit, we are none of His. Now, this short verse of Scripture, actually preaches a whole sermon. And if no other verses were in the Bible, this one verse would certainly seal, or determine the destiny of all men. Because It actually says, Christ or perish. 2. Now, let us examine the Scripture, as to the truth of this. That it is, Christ or perish, or, miss out with God. First of all, in 1 Corinthians 15:22-24 (22) For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ (all shall) be made alive. (23) But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. (24) Then cometh the end, … You’re not Christ’s, you won’t make it, if you’re not of Him. See? You’ve got to be of Him. Christ at His coming. (24) Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. In other words, if you aren’t in the Bride, if you do not have the real Baptism with the Holy Ghost, you will never be in the First Resurrection. You won’t meet Christ at His coming. You won’t be in the Millennium. You’ll simply miss It. And you’ll absolutely have to wait until the White Throne Judgement, and then you will still not become one of those. The best you can do is, enter into eternal life on the grounds that you might be a subject in that kingdom, and bring your glory into the New Jerusalem, which is the Bride of the Ages. 3. Now notice, a further treatment of this subject, of being one of Christ’s. What it actually means even more to illustrate; is found in Hebrews 2:11-12. It says, (11) For both he that sanctifieth and (Christ is our sanctifier, speaking of Jesus, and) they who are sanctified are all of one: … They are all of one source. They came out of the same beginning…they are the same product, the same major. See? The Genesis so to speak, everything bringing forth after its kind. (11) (So), both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified (the Bride) are all of one …(source, they have one beginning. They came out of God, and It says,) for (this) cause he (Jesus) is not ashamed to call them brethren, You notice why He’s not ashamed to call them brethren? Because they are brethren. That’s right. Because they are brethren. Well, I don’t think I’d like to call that fellow ‘my brother’, because you see, he was the black sheep of the family. What kind of a system have you got anyway, at your house? He’s your brother. I don’t care if he’s black sheep, white sheep, or green sheep…with a little brindle thrown in. That has nothing to do with it. He’s your brother. Because, of this very source…and I know this hits a sore spot with a lot of people , because they’ve got their own guidelines, and their own thought of what constitutes a relationship to Jesus Christ. Now, drop it, you’ll never come to rest. You and I will never understand the justifying power of the Holy Ghost, through the Baptism with the Spirit, until we come to grips with the Word of God, and take It the way It is. There’s got to be a complete circumcision of the heart and mind. (11) … it’s for (this) cause, he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 4. Adam, remember was the same source of Jesus Christ, He was a son of God. Because Adam was the first man, Jesus was the second man. Adam, was the first Adam…Jesus, was the last Adam. And he was a god. By his transgression, he sold the whole human race, the sons of God, into death and into sin. Not ashamed to call them brethren. I think I'll examine it. Go ahead, you just blew it. I may sound hard, but I’m hard in myself today, because, I’m condemning myself, I’m not condemning any of you. I’ve got that same problem. And you can see, if a creed and a dogma doesn’t send a man to hell, nothing, will send a man to hell. That’s right. Not ashamed to call them brethren. Because they came out of the same source. (12) Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, … Bunch of sinners. Not just mud daubers. Literal, filth daubers. Want to declare My Name, He said. He said again, "Behold I'm of the children that God has given." Say, “My, is that inherited, did God give him? Yes, it is. The inheritance that God gave this man that redeemed us from death. For by man came death, and by man, came the Resurrection also. This, is the inheritance. That’s why Paul said, “O God, open their eyes, and let them know what his inheritance in Christ is.” That’s the Bride. See? Marvelous depths of the grace of Jesus Christ. So, we’re of that Source. 5. Now, let’s begin to trace that Source, and see it worked out in flesh. Because it’s got to work out in flesh. We go to the Book of Luke 1:30-35, this is a sacred chronicle, by the inspired chronicler, he wrote; (30) And the angel said unto her, (the messenger from heaven) Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. My, what a gracious salutation. But notice, he knew that she'd be afraid. Isn’t it strange how our hearts are gripped with fear, to begin to realize we are the very righteousness of God. That’s exactly what the Bible said. He that knew no sin, became a sin offering for us, that we might become the very righteousness of God. And we look at ourselves, I'm afraid to say that. Until then, Mary would’ve been afraid. To identify herself with Almighty God, in the sacred wonderful trust of being the mother of Jesus. So he said, "Now, don’t be afraid." This news is overpowering . This news is too great. It's something that you won't believe. It’s something that’s in the Scriptures that you won’t be able to grasp It, because you just won’t count yourself worthy. You won’t believe It's there…but It’s there. See? Now, (30) …thou hast found favor with God. Oh, what a blessed voice today, bringing out by the Holy Spirit, …thou hast found favor, and every heart receiveth. I don’t think we scream, jump, or what we do. I can’t tell when His grace has striked my soul. But if I’ve a revelation of the Holy Ghost in the action, I could grasp the very Word of Almighty God, and believe what He said. I wouldn’t worry about any evidence or anything where I'd know where I stood. 6. That is why Bro. Branham eulogized Mary so much. Not like Eve, that said, “Step aside, let’s see what’s going on here.” When Mary heard those gracious words, she believed. (31) And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. (32) He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: Notice, these are all future tenses. Because He came as a man first. He had to come this way. That is why Peter on Resurrection day, Pentecost said, “This same Jesus that you crucified, God hath made both Lord and Christ, this One is all three of those.” [Acts 2:36] Man elevated. See? (34) Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (35) And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also, that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Notice, those future tenses in there…they had a purpose. Now, “It shall be called, the Son of God.” Now, with that, we’re going to read a verse over in Hebrews 7: and I want to drop this in as illustration, not as a doctrine. Verse 16 (16) Who is made, (this is Jesus) not after the law of a carnal command- ment, but after the power of an endless life. 7. Now, I know this speaks of a Melchisedec priesthood. But to me it doesn’t only speak of that. It speaks of Jesus, who was born, though made of a woman, born without physical coitus, whereby He was born like you and I are born. He was born by the power of an endless life. By the Holy Ghost Himself, He was conceived and brought into this life. This is exactly brother/ sister, in a sense by illustration also, what takes place in the Book of John the 3rd chapter. Jesus speaking to Nicodemus. Watch verse 8. He said: (8) The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. This is a very poor translation. Because the word for a wind is ‘numa’, but it should be translated ‘Spirit’. So therefore, It ought to be read this way in a more correct version. (8) The Spirit breathest, where He willeth, and thou hearest the voice, and the disclosure of the voice, (this is what it really means) Thou heareth the disclosure of the voice, but canst not tell whither He goeth: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. 8. In other words, the Spirit comes and goes, just like He came to Mary. It was His sovereign choice that chose Mary from before the foundation of the world. He came to her, and notice how the voice came, it came by an angel of course, at this particular time. And He brought to her the disclosure which was the revelation. See? So is everyone that is born of the Spirit. It’s a sovereign act of Almighty God. The Holy Spirit picks out …exactly who He wants, wherever He wants. You can ask many people sitting in a building, and you may find in one man a quality which you believe, if he would only come to Christ would make him a most wonderful person that ever lived. To show forth the praise, the glory of the grace of Almighty God. And that man never ever come to Jesus Christ. Well, somebody else would be what you might consider to be a lesser quality, altogether will absolutely come to Jesus Christ in repentance. And come unto the full measure of the way, which is the complete rebirth. Baptized with the Holy Ghost. See? The Spirit, is the One Who brings the disclosure. He discloses, or brings the revelation, or the understanding, to the individual. So, is everyone that is born of the Spirit. Just like Jesus was. It’s got to be a birth by the Spirit of Almighty God. So, we have that today. 9. Now, this Spirit of God, is given to some. In the Book of Galatians 4:4-6 (4) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, How? By the source of Almighty God, He came from God, but, was made under the law. He was made of a woman. See? She was the one who carried Him. Notice what she did, she actually used her body as a place of chemistry in order to feed the life which was in her, given by God to bring forth this very body of Christ. So, it is today, that God uses us, chemicals of the dust as it were, to bring forth others unto the praise of the glory of His grace. Now, what did He come for? (5) To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (6) And because (you) are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. You can see here, that the proof of your son-ship, is that you are baptized with the Holy Ghost. It doesn’t say here that God can make you a son by baptizing you. It doesn’t say that you were reprobate, now becoming elect. It says, that you were a son, but, you were a lost son. And now by the Holy Spirit, you’re redeemed entirely back to God, and you’re placed wherein you can live before God, praiseworthy unto Him. Because, without the Spirit of Christ, you could not do it. 10. Now, also the same thing is found in the Book of Romans 8:14-16. (14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (15) For (we) have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but (we) have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, (our) Father. (16) The Spirit itself (isn’t) our spirit, that we are the children of God: Notice that. It doesn’t say that there is a gift of the Spirit does it? It doesn’t say it’s got an evidence or a manifestation, that you can say, you’re going to rest your hope upon it. It says the Spirit Himself, gives you that witness. Why? Because It is the witness. See? God, puts it here. He says, “You are a son, I’m giving you the witness, the proof, that you are a son. You received the Holy Spirit, and that places you there. And then, It says here, (16) The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: (17) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; … Now listen, there’s not going to be ceasing from labor, and problems. But It says, you’ll (17) …suffer with him, (and you’ll be) glorified (with Him). Many people even doubt they’re a son of God because, they suffer. See? That’s why you can’t take these evidences that you think are evidences. It just will not work. Now, we see here once and for all. It’s the Holy Spirit that makes the difference. You could have a dozen people walking down the street, you can have millions in this world, millions of them, and you’ll see people that you think in our eyes, would be more fitting as citizens of the kingdom of God, than anybody else. You might go overseas, that someplace where they have religion that is very, very beautiful. Symbolical. In other words, they work out various things and worship by their dances and by their lives, and might be beautiful, sweet and kind. And you say, “Well look it, those folks surely must be children of God.” No sir. 11. There is only one thing that establishes a person as a child of God. And that is, God sealing him in with the Holy Ghost. This is it. That’s what makes the difference. The Holy Spirit coming into a man’s life. There simply is not any other seal. When Israel came out of Egypt, God said, “When I see the blood, I’m going to pass over you.” [Ex 12:13] As Bro. Branham said that, that was the Token. Today, the Token is the very Life of Jesus Christ, come back upon the believer. That’s exactly true. Because it is God, creating that sperm in the womb of Mary. And there at the River Jordan, He said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am pleased to dwell.” [Mt 3:17] It was the Holy Ghost indwelling Jesus Christ, that authenticated Him as the Son of God. Identical things happened today. It’s the Holy Spirit that authenticates us as sons of God. Now, Jesus did not become a Son of God, He was The Son of God. Neither do we become sons, we are. But the authentication is there, because only sons of God receive the seal…It is their Token. No one else does. Now, surely the seal of God today in the Spirit, is our seal to the very end of the day of redemption. The reason we are of His kingdom, is because we are of Him…or, we are of His Spirit. There is no other reason. Remember, the kingdom of God is made up only of sons. This is the exact reason I can see again, that in the Millennium, it is going to be a matter of a honeymoon. Right. A thousand-year vested honeymoon. It is not a matter of reigning over anybody, or anything. But it is all the sons of God, the joint heirs with Jesus Christ, comprising as it were, a great Bride for the king, and we'll be in that great, wonderful day. Now then, because we are of Him, there has got to be a difference in us from the rest of the world. There has got to be a difference somewhere. Because you could not be, and I could not be a son of God, and not be different. There has to be a difference. The Bible speaks of a manifested difference. The Bible speaks of manifesting it. Now, what is that manifestation? What is the difference? 12. We go to 1 John 3: and we’re going to find out about a person that’s baptized with the Holy Ghost. Not what we say, but, what the Word of God says. What is this son of God, like? What is this child of God, like? What is he like if he’s got the Holy Ghost? He’s got to be a child of God, that’s going to get the Holy Ghost. Because remember, God gives the Holy Spirit to His own children. It’s because you are a son, you receive the Holy Ghost. Then son-ship, automatically qualifies you, and makes you a recipient of the Holy Ghost, and Jesus says, “All that the Father gives me, (He said) I’ll not lose one, they’re going to come.” The very fact that you’re a child of God, absolutely assures you that you will have the Holy Ghost. Nothing that I’ve ascribed for, struggled for, and tried to work you up into it. It’s something different. 13. Now, in 1 John 3: It says here: (1) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, … Now, he calls Him, ‘Father.’ Now, if He’s your father, you’ve got to be His son. So, now he says, (1) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, … (See?) Now remember, a father is a father potentially, before he is a father. He's got to have everything there to make him a father. See? Here’s God now, looking down by the Holy Spirit, (See?) He’s looking by the Holy Spirit, and God says. (1) … what manner of love the Father …(bestows) upon us, … Now, what is the love of God? It is elective love. That before the children were born, for having done neither good or evil, He said, “Esau, have I hated, and Jacob, have I loved.” [Mal 1:2] The love of God is elective love. And every child He receives is surety. See? Now, there’s your love right there. I can’t believe this is what God says. The love of God…He loves every sinner. Well, I’m not going to buy that. You say, “Love is elect.” That’s right, the hatred of God, is reprobation. (1) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: … (See?) 14. Holy Spirit baptized. Because, you’re a son. If you’re a son, you definitely will receive the Holy Ghost. You’ve got to, otherwise you can’t see election. Election, falls down. If there’s a possibility here of missing it, then, the election does not hold. Because election, and predestination goes hand in hand and predestination is pre-destiny. Before you start down the road, you’re guaranteed to be there. (1b) …therefore, the world knoweth us not, (Why? Because we’re some kind of special people? No!) …because it knew (not him.) You’re going to be able to walk down this road here, just as much an elect child of God, as Jesus Christ was…in a proportion, and they’ll miss you just like they missed Him. Not one bit of difference. You’re not going to get one thing, that’s going to appear before the willing. You know, I want to tell you, “I know that fellow's got the Holy Ghost.” Now, they’ll talk that way. They know nothing of the sort. They just think they do. See? 15. Now, let’s go down to [1 John 3:] 9-13 verse. (9) Whosoever is born of God…. Now, what did I say a while ago? "He that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified are all of one source." [Heb 2:11] Is that, right? The word ‘father’ means source. Jesus came from God, we come from God. Different position now, remember. From eternity, to eternity. It says here, (9) Whosoever is born of God (does) not commit sin; for his seed… Where does he get the seed? From God. If you don’t have the seed of God, you’re not of God. Like I said a while ago about two children. If the girl isn’t born of the same man that the son is born of, they are not brothers and sisters. And they are not of that one source. The girl is not a child of the father. Somebody else, is father. You’ve got to be right here of the same source. Now, It says here then, what seed? God’s seed. (9) …remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born … That’s exactly right. Levi, was in the loins of his great-great grandfather Abraham. Do you know that’s the reason why, that when the man died, left his wife without a baby, without a boy, especially, the other brother had to go and raise up a son to this man that died. You know, he could actually do that. That actually, was his brother’s own son, by the miraculous working of Almighty God, because He said, the seed, is the seed of the brother, identical to every gene in the other brother.” Only, God by sovereignty, takes those genes and bring it where the son born here on my left side, is different than the one born from the man on my right side. But, if the man on the right side dies, God by sovereign grace, will take the genes that are like this one, and this one, and put them in a woman, and bring forth a son that is not his own son, but a son of the man over here. 16. Exactly what God does. That is certainly the virgin birth. You see? The seed remains in Him. God’s seed is in that man. It has to be there. And when the light hits it, he believes. See? Now, watch what It says here, verse 9. (9) …and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Now, in this the children of God are manifest…and the children of the devil. It tells you that. The difference between the children of God, and the children of the devil is this; one cannot sin. Do you know the reason that one fellow doesn’t sin? Because he can’t sin. That’s right. Now I know we could go Nazarene, or Pentecost, or anything else here, and get all kinds of ideas, and all kinds of thoughts. But you know the reason it can’t…a cat, a cat cannot go 'bow wow'. Because it’s a cat. And if a cat goes 'bow wow', you better be sure you’ve got an A-one hypocrite on your hands. That’s right. Now, you know what I’m driving at here. It says here, a man, a child of God cannot sin. He won’t sin because he cannot sin. “Say Bro. Vayle, don’t you dare, lift up that church.” You’ve got to be nuts. I can’t lift the church. You bet, I can’t lift it. Because I can’t. Don’t buy yourself a twenty-thousand dollar house. You bet I won’t, because I can’t. Don’t take that airplane. I can’t. No problem, I can’t. This one born of God, does not sin, because he can’t sin. 17. Now It says, the difference between a child of the enemy, and a child of God, is that one difference, that child of God simply cannot sin. And that’s going to change your theology right there. You’re going to have to find out what sin really is. Because the Nazarene’s for a while, or the Methodists, “Well, what you’ve got to do is get sanctified, and that holy root of sin gets taken out.” How can the root of sin get taken out, how can you backslide? If the root of sin could be taken out, that’s the greatest argument for eternal security there ever was. And that stone doesn’t want to go face a cow. A stone is dead, it can’t face a cow. I don’t understand people’s doctrine. They get so mixed up because they just won’t take the way that is, Take it the way it is. It says, He can’t do it. No, He just can’t. Now, there’s no Word. That takes care of it…no worries, no problems. Now It says, this is the difference between the child of God, and the child of the devil. The manifestation of a person full of the Holy Ghost, is this one thing, he cannot sin. He just can’t do it. 18. Now, let’s read further. [1 John 3:] (10) …whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. (See? Now, let’s read some more. (11) For this is the message that (you) heard from the beginning, … Let’s go back to James, and John, and Peter, and Matthew. Can’t find it there. You got to go back to the beginning. Beginning with Genesis. The first message in the Bible, is Genesis. And It says here; this message of the one being able to sin, and the other not being able to sin is found in the Book of Genesis. (11) … this is the message (of the early age, he says) … love one another. Notice, (12) Not as Cain who (was of) that wicked one, (that) slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his (own) brother's righteous. (13) Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 19. Now, let us go to Genesis 4: …first of all, let’s look at this verse 12 here, and It explains verse 11. See? Actually, It explains verses 9-11 what It really does. Because It says, [1 John 3:9-11] (9) Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; (because, he can’t).. And this is the difference between the children of the devil, and children of God. And then It gives the illustration, Cain and Abel. And It says here that Cain is not like Abel, he slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Now, watch this. Why did Cain slay Abel? Because his deeds were unrighteous. They were evil. Now, right away, your mind is saying, “That’s right when Cain killed his brother, it was an evil thing. ” See? You read it all wrong, it does not say that. It says his deeds were already evil, and that’s the reason he killed him. He already did the wrong things. 20. Now, let’s go to the Bible and find out. Genesis 4: you see It the way It’s written, boy it sure throws light on the Bible, that does it, throw away your commentary, and just believe the way it’s written. Then, put the prophet’s books in front of you…stick with them. Now notice, (2) …Abel was a keeper of sheep, … Cain (tilled the soil.) (3) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering (to God.) (4) And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: (5) But unto Cain and to his offering he (didn’t have) respect. And Cain was (mad, he was) …wroth, and his countenance fell. (6) And the LORD said …, Why (are you) wroth? …(what is your) countenance fallen (for)? (7) If (you do) well, (should you) not be accepted? and if (you don’t do) well, sin (offering) lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Now, let’s watch this here. verse 7, taken from the Septuagint, is what Jesus used, and what Peter used, and Paul used. And I’m going to use It. So, listen to verse 7. (7) Thou hast offered right. (Listen) Thou Cain, hast offered right, yet, if thou hath not rightly divided, hath thou not sinned? 21. Okay, 2 Timothy 2:15 (15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The wrong division of the Word of God is sin. If he had not wrongly divided the Word of God, he would never have killed his brother. Am I right? Amen! If he had not wrongly divided the Word, he never would have killed his brother. This unrighteous deed before God, was to wrongly divide the Word. Prove it to you. Is there is something wrong to offering to God, the best of the land? There is nothing wrong with offering God the first-fruits. Because God commanded the first-fruits, but he divided wrong. He should have offered the blood first. There was no revelation to stay with the Word of God, as his framework. And he did the very same thing his mother Eve, did. She never divided right. She listened to Satan, interpret the Word for her. And in the division, was absolutely wrong, because thought God has said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” He has set His own way to do it, and they have the means on them to bring about the reproduction, God said, “No!” He’s got the same thing done, right today. And the whole thing starts right today. And there isn’t anybody born of Almighty God, who would ever wrongly divide that Word. There’s your difference. See? Cain obeyed as Bro. Branham said, “Without a revelation.” He did. He obeyed without a revelation. He said, “God said bring the first-fruits. I’ll bring them.” So, Cain brought it. And God said, “No, I want the other one.” And he said, “No.” Now, Abel had the revelation. He brought the blood. And because he brought the blood, he was righteous before God, for rightly dividing the Word. Here’s your beginning. You see where sin is? See where evil is? Not what people say it is. It’s in that wrong division, because I took you right back to the beginning. 22. You say, “ You didn’t go back to the beginning.” I did go back to the beginning. Because John said, “That was the beginning.” Now, if I were to take you back further, then I would be a liar. And I would be of the devil, because when John said, “Go to the beginning,” and he said, that, was the beginning, and he was inspired by the Holy Ghost. I have to go backwards where John took me. Now, if I don’t go back there, and go someplace else, I’m just as much as child of the devil, if I go back too far. If you are a child of God, you will rightly divide that Word. Now listen, It says his evil deeds brought about the killing of his brother. Now, look where the works…look for the works that Cain took it. Let’s go to John 16: and see what Jesus said about this whole thing. (2) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, (when) whosoever killeth you will think that he (does) God (a) service. Augustine of Hippo, yeah…he said Paul was raging against God. So, God pulled him, and he said if that’s the mercy of God, let the church came against the heretics, and force them into the kingdom of God by destroying them if necessary, in order to save their souls. Live on, O Catholics, you’ll meet God for it. Why listen, don’t you know the very word ‘Vatican’ is Vati-ka-yeen, which is ‘the house of Cain.’ Their own name betrays them, and lets the whole world know who they are. But their educated savant, their great scholars, and their great theologians, their monseigneurs, their cardinals, their pope. Not, these filthy intellectuals, can’t even analyze their own name… ‘Vati-ka-yeen’ [Vatican]…house of Cain. Evil deeds. I don’t care how you dress them up. I don’t care how much the Catholics pretend they love us, and everything else. Stay away from them. And the harlot’s daughters are worse than the old lady. I never saw a young harlot that couldn’t beat her mom. She's younger, prettier, and she learned to fix the old gal, plus, her own. That’s right. 23. Now, that you might know I’m not stretching the point. That I am not illustrating, but laying down the actual doctrine as taught by the prophet in the Word of God here. Let us go to the Book of John and see this in the 8th chapter. (47) He that is of God… He that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified, are all of one. Who was the sanctifier? God. Who are we of God? Now listen, …then you are of God. You that are baptized with the Holy Ghost, proving your son-ship. (47) …(Hear) God's words: (you) therefore hear them not, because (you're) not of God. Oh, that guy can’t be of God, he boozes. Well, I sure admit, that’s a pretty lousy testimony. That’s what you say, God didn’t say it. Yeah? That right? Okay, let’s get our minds circumcised. Let’s kick off the covers. First of all, they're too short to cover you. Your beds are too narrow, and your sheets are too short. You enjoy vomit for so long…let’s get a new appetite. Fellow gourmets. Say you believe the prophet, you ought to be a gourmets. We eat so much adulterated slop out here, with tentacles, and all that junk, even our minds are gone nuts. Let’s get back to something that’ll bring us back to Christ. He said, “You’re not of God, because you don’t hear God’s Word.” Let’s find out what hearing is. Bro. Branham told us, let’s prove it by Scripture. [John 8:] 43. (43) Why do ye not understand my speech? even because (you) cannot hear my word. Understanding, and hearing, is the same thing. To hear the Word of God is to understand It. To understand It, is to rightly divide It. And that can only be by revelation. [John 8:] verse 31. (31) Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If, (you) continue in my word, then are (you) my disciples indeed; He said, “If you continue in My Word, then you are learning of Me. You’re not learning a doctrine here. You’re not learning some creed of ethics, or code. What you’re learning is actually Christ…and because, He is the Word. See? 24. Now, this is exactly what It says in 1 Corinthians 2:9-16, which we read this morning. We’re going to link these things all up. Okay, (9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, … The outer soul will never bring this to you. That’s what the animals have got. (9) … nor ear heard, neither (in) the heart of man, the things …God hath prepared for them that love him. Who loves Him? There’s only one that can love God, and those that obey His commandments. And there’s nobody can obey His commandments, until they are sons of God. That’s proving it by the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. And they’ll manifest it by right division of that Word. Oh yeah. You ever notice how people hate what you believe, and you hate what they believe. Huh? Ever seen a Baptist take that falling away, or a Methodist take that eternal security that the Baptist’s like. We, love It all. We hate the cruddy crust they put on it, but we love It. we love the Word. We don’t hate It, we love It all. Because we’ve got no fight with the Word. We’re not Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist. We’re not dogmatized. We don’t have to be, we divide the Word. How do you make the Word fight the Word? How can you hate the Word? Can’t do it. You hate this Word in parts, you hate Christ. How many schisms are in Jesus Christ? The schism is made because, they divide the Word wrong. Christ is not divided. The Word is not divided… but It is Spiritually revealed. You see? Like my body takes this life to hold it together. So, the Spirit of God holds the Word together. Take out the Spirit of God It goes apart…pfffmm. There you are. Okay, 10th verse. (10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, … Notice, what he calls ‘all things’. Man, there’s nothing he gets away with if he’s born again, child of God …?... notice. (See?) Why? Because the Spirit of God didn't. (10) …(even) the deep things of God. (11) For what man (knows) the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?... 25. Why, I explained that to you this morning, I showed you. The natural man does natural things. See? He’s natural man. I expected better things of him. Are you kidding? He’s pure junk. What are you trying to do? Get a bouquet of roses out of stink weed? That’s the trouble with people. They don’t put the emphasis where they belong. They don’t put understanding where it belongs. They’ve left God, now, they want to make the Rapture. You’ll never make the Rapture brother/sister, being away from this Word of God. Can’t do it. Sure. Why? Because they serve the God of their imaginations. You’ve got to serve the God of the Bible. God of the Bible isn't the God of hate, He's the God of love. He said, “I love some, and I hate some.” I can’t take that kind of a God…then serve the God of your imagination. So, don’t blame it on God. It’s a God of the Bible. And it’s a Spiritually revealed God that’s in this Bible. And when you get the Spiritually revealed God, to see God standing right in front of you. Verse 12. (12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, (everybody’s got that) but the spirit which is of God; (sure right, if you’re a child of God, you’ve got to have it) that we might know (notice, that in order we might know) the things that are freely given to us of God. 26. What can come by the Word, except revelation? Your answers to prayer is knowing to take it, because, anybody, everybody can get an answer to prayer. Go and pray to an idol and get an answer to prayer. Do you remember the night the very brother of Jesus Christ, and His sanctified holy pre-eminence, call Him just a simple person. Yet, they’ll pray as many prayers that you and I and get just as many answers. The things that are freely given to us of God, are those things given us by revelation, and brother/sister, revelation is purely faith. And faith is not the thing, faith brings that thing. Now, (13) Which things also we speak, … Notice it, which things we speak, it’s Word, Word, Word, Word, Word, the Word of God revealed. Yet, people want something else. See? The prophet, nobody else’s got nothing. Well, you can keep it honey. I have got something. And do you know what? It’s getting better and better. I’ve preached this sermon four times, and this is the best yet. It’s opening up more and more as I preach It. Before I’m finished, I’ll know more than when I started. Because I found getting …?... So, don’t tell me I’ve got nothing. Because, there’s got to be something here to bring it forth. It’s either got to be the God, or the devil, or, call it what you want. I’m getting more and more God, and more of the devil. I prefer to believe I’m getting more of God. (13) Which things (also we) speak, not in the words which man's wisdom… 27. Notice, it’s words, words, words, revelation, revelation. It’s teaching, in which the Holy Ghost teaches. The man Paul, stands up there and says, “I’m full of the Holy Ghost. I’m a son of Almighty God. I’m speaking the truth, I’m giving you revelation. I’m dividing that Word. Listen to me. Now, it’s something different between me and some of those guys out there. I stand with the Word of Almighty God. There’s your difference. See? (14) (Now) the natural man (receives) not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: … Oh brother, serpent seed…man alive, every woman in town she just goes crazy when she hears that. When Bro. Branham died, they sent the book to Joe Pye. And he said, “There’s a fellow he’s dead now, but, he wrote a book about serpent seed, that the beast had coitus with Eve in the Garden.” Oh, they were mad. They said, “We ought to burn the book, they ought to arrest the guy, but, he’s dead now.” They're so mad over that, they said they’d kill every one of us with joy. Because they said the prophet said some great big bull elephant, or some filthy miserable creature, literally raped the woman. My God, have pity on such assininity. He was exactly like a man, but, he was big, a giant, that’s all he was. And I’ve seen them just short like that. A little woman like that, marry a guy that tall. 28. You see the same thing in the Garden of Eden. I’m not saying she’s Eve, and he’s a beast. I won’t make that mistake. I’m just telling you by comparison, that’s all it was. They don’t frown when a little girl marries a tall guy like that fellow, built with shoulders like that. That’s all it was in the Garden. You can’t tell them anything. They won’t listen. They won’t see it. (14) …(it’s) spiritually discerned. They get their own foolish ideas. Like 'Marriage and Divorce', [65-02-21] Bro. Branham said concerning Philippians. Why he said, “Man went polygamist, because of that sin in the Garden. " Why he said," there’s a rooster and a flock of hens, some men say, I'll get them now, who’s going to flock with that hen?” Shut up, don’t be such a filthy person. You ought to be ashamed of yourself to think those thoughts. …?... you thought you saw …?... You can sin, but you didn't see a thing. If you had seen the truth in 'Marriage and Divorce', you’d have realized what he said in Ephesians. The marriage symbol here, is a Spiritual union, and God forgave us about fornication and rottenness, don't you dare go back to the world and its works, stick with the Word of God. Then he had to fight with you men, and you women, "stick with your mate and don’t you dare do it again." My, no use, you can’t tell them anything. There’s the discernment. There’s the difference. Take the Spirit to do it. That’s what God said. (15) (Now) he that is spiritual judgeth all things, … Said this morning, he’s got a filter. Got a built-in filter. How fearful these people are with their creeds, and dogmas, to listen to us. 29. My goodness, I was down in Florida, now, I don’t mean this in fun, but, I’ve got to tell you the way it is, so that you get the point. You might laugh. This woman was in there with her friend, and when they found that I was the preacher, well right away they began talking about the Lord. You know, I have a very bad nature at times, and I wanted to just let it fly, to see what they’ll do with it. I said, “I used to tell folk, I’m a tongues talking, and eternal security, sovereign believer in Almighty God,”…that did it… whew. And I said, “Furthermore, there’s no eternal hell.” Right there …?... …?... So, I knew those women were Trinitarian. I let them have it. That I was one of those guys that believed in one God and His name is the Lord Jesus Christ, and I wasn’t good enough. “What …but, but, but, but, but…” I said, “I tell you what, they went back to their old manure pile, their old barn looking for old father rooster to comfort them.” When old legalist screamed, away they went… but, but, but, but, but.” That’s right. Oh yeah, they can’t listen. They’ve been taught not to listen. A good Roman Catholic’s got to go pay penance for listening. If he’s got something of God, what’s he scared of? What kind of a God have you got? If I can’t sit down and listen to a Hindu, or a Hare Krishna, you name it. Something wrong with my built-in filter. What am I running scared for? I’m a child of God. I can judge all things. That’s my test right there. That was the test right back there, rather, with Cain and Abel. It’s a test right today. See? Now, then nobody can judge you. They’ll look at you and say, “I wonder if you’ve got anything.” I guess they don’t have anything.. It won’t work. They knew not Him, and they know not us. “For now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what shall be.” [1 Jn 3:2] The world doesn’t know anything about these things. Now, (16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? … He talked back to God and said, “Lord, this isn’t the way it ought to be.” Talk back like Cain did. You don’t talk back. You say, “Hallelujah, Lord, that’s the way it is.” Say, “Amen, amen. Praise God, amen.” That’s a child of God. That man’s got the Holy Ghost. See? 30. It is this revealed Word that gives us living faith. Now, watch it. It’s this revealed Word, that gives us living faith. “For man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” [Mt 4:4] Man’s living faith, man’s life, is the revealed Word. See? It also says, “The just shall live by faith.” [Heb 10:38] See? Then, what is it? What is faith then, but the revealed Word? Yeah. What is faith but, the revealed Word? Now, you and I have got an idea, we believe in …?... That’s not so. We get so mixed up trying to believe for a little healing. A mixed up believing for this and that. We get carried away with one statement Bro. Branham made. He said, “If we hardly believe for a little healing, how are we going to get faith for that Rapture?” You can’t, because there’s a healing, there’s a revelation. And so is the Word of God revealed, to put us in the Rapture. Simple as a-b-c. We know this is truth. In Romans 10:17 says, (17) So, then faith (comes) by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Not what you think the Word of God is. But the Word of God revealed. Because as Paul said, “If we say God raised Jesus, and God raised Him not our faith is vain." If you say you’re going to make the Rapture, …?... God says, “No,” your faith is vain. See? Won’t work. 31. Now, what is that Word? It is Christ. Where Paul said, “For me to live, is Christ.” But, what is it? Put the whole thing together. The Word is Christ revealed by the Holy Spirit. Just as It says over here in John 16:12-15 (12) I have yet many things to say unto you, but (you) cannot bear them now. (See?) You didn’t have the mechanics, the truth. But when he the Spirit of Christ, (13) Howbeit (however) when the Spirit of (Christ comes) he will guide you into all truth: … Notice, the guarantee of a-double-l [all] truth. Yet, someone says, “Bro. Vayle, do you think I’ll get all the truth?” Oh well, sometime your answers are pretty stupid, I say, “Well, you’ll get all you need.” Which is really true, in a measure. But He said, “All truth.” Now, if that’s the whole body…great. If it’s tied to the body…fine. But, he said actually, “Those baptized with the Holy Ghost, whether you take the whole group, or part of that group, they would take the a-double-l [all] truth. And so therefore, this Bride cannot go to the ground, or go in the Rapture, until a-double-l [all] truth. The whole of Christ comes into view, by the revealed Word. Now, He’ll guide you. He’ll not speak of himself. No sir. That voice, is the same church. The same in the church, the same in Christ. (13) …(what) he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. (14) He shall glorify me: … That’s the whole thing. Taking the Word of God and glorifying Christ. Because, Christ is that Word. He’ll show It to you. (15) All things that the Father hath are mine: … 32. What things? The Word of Almighty God. Why? Because listen, that’s the money in the bank. Because Word made all of this, Word keeps all of us. Because what do you want? The Word It’s just like money. If money buys everything, then everything is money. Then if the Word of God does everything, everything is Word. And if you’re one with that Word, what do you want? See? You’re heirs to the riches of God in Christ Jesus. (15) All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore, said I, (notice, therefore said I) that he shall take of mine, and shall (show) it (he doesn’t say ‘give it’ he says, ‘show it’) … That’s revelation, then one day you get it. Showing you he’s steady. Revelation is steady. Revelation is faith. Revelation is assurance. The revealed Word of God at this day, absolutely assures that you’ll still be in that kingdom. And I’ll prove it to you. I’ll prove it to you, you’ll be in the Rapture. Because those that receive the revelation of Who Christ was, was in that first Bride , they walked in. And the only time, that you could possibly have Christ as your Savior, is the Holy Ghost revealing to you. And it all worked down the line. Revelation the works. But it’s too simple, nobody wants it. 33. Now, let us check on this point and see if we’re right. Let’s go back to 1 Corinthians 14:36. Now, (36) What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? Here’s a vindicated man, who said he had the spiritually revealed Word for his day. Now, he’s giving us a clue as to how this revelation all comes. He said, “I was given It by revelation of Jesus Christ. No man taught it to me. I didn’t teach myself. It was not my own idea”. He said, “It was so much of God, that if anybody comes as an angel from heaven, and I come back and change one word, then, you brand me as a false one.” Now, he said, “I’m teaching you these things.” So, he’s claiming the revelation. He's passing that revelation on. 34. Now let’s go to 1 John and see how it works. Brother, we’re going to see something here. Now, 1 John 2:18-27 (18) Little children, it is the last time: and as (you) have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They’ve already started perverting the Word. What’s an antichrist? Instead of Christ. What’s Christ? The Word. Then instead of the Word, see, you’ve left the Word, got something instead of It. Perverted it. Now, listen. (19) They went out from us, (for) they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would … have continued with us: but they went out, that (it) might be made manifest that they were not all of us. (We were in a mixed crowd, he said, and they got out.) Now, notice, but you who stay, (stick with the Word) put the church in order. What of the man that puts the church in order? (You're going to sleep on me.) I said, “Put the church in order.” Is that, right? Keep it in order. Keep the gifts in order. The only thing the prophet said, “It’s right.” I don’t care what anybody else thinks. He said it. See? I don’t care how much you love a man, how much you think he’s right, and how sweet he is, or anything else, …if that man is off that Word, he’s is off that Word. Is that right? Then, act like it. Haven’t caught you not doing it. Unless I come back sometime and find you. Then, you play your tape back. You’re strong in the Word now. Will you keep it that way? Remember, the church is a woman. That’s the least she can do. You say, “Well, I’m a real Bride.” Then you will stick with this Word letter by letter. What the prophet brought out, you’ll stick with. 35. Now, listen. (20) …(you) have an unction from the Holy One, and (you) know all things. You say, “Well God, I don’t know all things.” Hold it! There’s a Holy Ghost in you, and He knows it all, therefore, you know it all, He's going to tell you. (21) I have not written unto you because (you do not) know the truth, but because (you) know (the truth) … Amen, that’s exactly right. How could you have that sitting here, and not know that truth in here? We’re part of iI. Like the eagle recognized the voice, not like those chickens that ran screaming in Florida. You get an eagle screaming, bless God, he says, “Amen, I’ve been waiting for that. Hallelujah.” I like that! You won’t be heading for the barn. You’ll be heading for the nearest telephone pole to see if you can get a little higher. Certainly! That’s exactly right. Now, listen. He said, (21) …(you) know (the truth), and …no lie is of the truth. What did he tell them? He didn’t say, “Don’t take this thing, and take that thing.” Well I think I'll take love. Huh? A guy comes by here and try to teach love as the evidence, are you going to swallow it? Well come on, are you going to swallow it? You’ve got to tell the guy, “What are you trying to tell us? Bro. Branham didn’t say that, what are you trying to tell us?” “Why I was in his meeting.” Oh, you were? How’s that guy going to scramble, when it’s time to meet the Lord? “Well Lord, I…I felt so sweet.” Well, you’re too sweet for My kingdom. You think that might not happen? A fellow down in Florida smarted off. 36. When he knew Bro. Branham was coming, He said, “I won’t shut down my revival.” Pentecostal guy. When his elders heard it, they said, “Shut her, because, we’re going to hear Rev. Branham.” He shut it. Then he got to caterwauling, because he wants to see Bro. Branham. Then he phoned, and he fussed, and he bubbled. And one day he said, “Listen here, I want you to know, I’m no little fly-by-night preacher with a little church down on the corner, I’ve got a big church down here in …?... and I want to see Bro. Branham.” Well, that did it, I said, “Bro. Branham, you've got to see that guy, because he said he’s no fly-by-night man, he’s a big man. He’s got a big church down there, you got to see him.” “Oh Bro. Vayle, Mm…mm…mm… he’s too big for you and me, we better leave him alone.” [laughter] It could happen there. But, …?...? Didn’t Bro. Branham preach that sermon of Cain? And brought it down, it came to that Word. Because they fuss at us that we believe this Word. This is the one thing thank God, that I’m not ashamed. If I’d ever opened a community church anywhere in this world, there is only one Message I would preach, that would be the Message Bro. Branham taught us. But I’d have to leave his name out of it. But I’d preach exactly what he preached. But, because I know it’s the end-time, and there was a prophet again, I’d preach William Branham, like I preached Moses. I’d preach the Word he gave us. See? 37. Let’s keep reading. Now, listen. (22) Who is a liar but he that (denied) that Jesus is the Christ? (Jesus is the Word) He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and (even) the Son. That word in the Greek ‘kai’ can be translated either way. (23) Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:… (24) Let that therefore abide in you, which (you) have heard from the beginning. What have you heard from the beginning? The Word. Go back to your Old Testament, go back to Genesis like William Branham did. He always took us back there. Go on, go back to the beginning. That thing stay in you, because if you've got the proper seed back there, it’ll keep bearing, bearing, bearing, bearing, bearing, then, then comes to the fruit of Christ. Right? Amen. That’s exactly right. I can prove it to you. A woman naked in the Garden, naked at the end. Beast in the Garden, beast at the end. Tree of Life in the Garden, Tree of Life at the end. Knowledge at the first, knowledge at the end. Everything. 38. All right. Keep going. (25) And this is the promise that he hath promised us, …(life) eternal. (26) These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. Now watch, there it is. Seduction, not rape…seduction. That’s the whole thing. People don’t you realize this is what Paul said. A wolf in sheep’s clothing. They’re the foolers, not the guy that goes around to beat you with a club. Though there’s some of them, too. They’ll come to your house, and they’ll beat you down. Oh, that’s that denominational church, beat you down, beat you down, beat you down. Trinitarian club like, you know. You know, you’re lucky to be up here. I never thought you would be. Now, I’ve got to let my hair down, because I love the United States. I’m a citizen by choice down there, and I love it with all my heart. But, you’ve got one point in your favor…keep it that way. You’re up here, almost by yourself. It’s such a nice way to be. There’s a lot of friends and visitors. Oh brother, let’s not go into that. You just have to know, what I’m talking about. They’ll seduce you. Yeah, some club you, some seduce. 39. Now listen, 27. (27) But the anointing which (you) have received of him abideth in you, (Why, it’s in redemption…certainly.) and (you) need not that any man teach you: (he can't anyway) but as the same anointing teacheth you of (a-double-l) all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even (so) it hath taught you, (you) shall abide in him. Now, listen carefully to verse 27 again. (27) But the anointing which (you) have received of him abideth in you, and (you) need not that any man (to) teach you: … And as I said before, some smart guy that says, “Now John, shut up and sit down, you’re a man.” Well, somebody’s got to teach me. You think William Branham can’t get to God? Well, don’t tell me I can’t get to God. Well I’m telling you, you can’t get to God. Get up here and prove it. Why listen, I’m not conceited, when I was just stupid enough years ago, I’d say, “Bring your Pentecostal preachers, bring your Catholic priest, bring your sick person. Put them here. Let me stand here, and let them stand there. Let’s see if you can tell what’s wrong and let's pray the prayer of faith.” I meant it. I never had ‘Thus Saith the Lord’. I had a good …?... though. I was wrong in my thinking. Wrong in my doing. Only one person had ‘Thus Saith the Lord’…that was William Branham. Do you know how I know that? Because, they all said different. What kind of a fool God would be, if He spent two minutes “Thus Saith the Lord’, and said two different things. Oh, brother. Forget it. There’s only one place to go, that’s spiritism. There’s no place else to go. No place. No, place to go. He had it. Listen, God doesn’t cross up, man does. Man’s a mess. No man can teach you. See? Because this is something a man can’t teach. 40. Now listen, let’s go to 1 John 4: now, just watch this, I want to prove a point. This is Pentecostal. “Who needs a man to teach him? Why, bless God, I’ve got the Holy Ghost.” Well just watch it. 1 John 4:4-6 (4) (You) are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Now, listen. (5) They are of the world: therefore (they) speak of the world, and the world heareth them. (6) We are of God: (now, listen) he that (heareth) God heareth us; … John said, “If you’re of God, you’ll hear me.” Now, now, now cool it John, that a… hm… a…oh, no. Paul said the same thing. Moses said the same thing. William Branham said the same thing. See? Now, he that is of God, hears God, hears the Word of God. He that is of God, says John, (6) …(hears) us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby (we) know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Hereby you know if you’ve got the Holy Ghost. Did you hear what I said? Then believe it. throw out your Pentecostal dogma…you’ve got to have a sign and a wonder. Got to have this and that, this feeling and that feeling. This belief and that belief. …?... bunch to the world. That belief isn’t going to do you any good. …?... getting over it. You know what I’m talking about. He said, (6) …Hereby (we) know the spirit of truth, and…error. John said, if you listen to me, you’re approved you're of God. If you come to me and hear me, and wait on the Spirit of God to take what I say, and bring you revelation, that absolutely proves, you are of God, and it shows you do not have the spirit of error which Cain had. In other words, you’re going to try to figure this thing yourself. You’re going to listen to God, to think for yourself. John pinned this down, just like Paul did. You cannot have a private revelation from God. You’re sunk. No man can teach It. The greatest teacher is God, standing there, that’s the Holy Ghost and if you haven’t got the Spirit in you…you’re finished. As old George Fox once said, "The reason people couldn’t understand Moses because their Spirit was not the same as Moses." 41. That’s what It says here. Exactly. Now, listen. Compare this in every Age, as I did this morning. Unto the Messenger to the Church at Ephesus, the Messenger in Sardis, the Messenger in Pergamos. See? Right down the line, to Laodicea. It gives the revelation of God to the individual…to the Messenger. Then It gives the Message. And then It says, “He that hath an ear, let him hear.” [Rev 2:29] Let him understand, (see?) what the Spirit is saying. In other words, this man is bringing the revelation for that Age, and as it was a revelation for Six Ages, there’s a revelation for the Seventh Age. And the mark of whether you have anything to even do with the Holy Ghost, is the fact that you will listen to that prophet. Now remember, there’s going to be a mixed group. But, there’s going to be a group that will not leave this Word. They will not be enticed by signs, they will not be enticed by visions, they will not be enticed by anything. But they’ve got to say, “Word, Word, Word, Word, Word.” I don’t care how big the manifestation is. Remember I said this morning, Peter said on that mount. The literal Bible translation is bear us up, to take us in His arms, and performed the Rapture. He carried three men by Himself in the air, to the top of that mountain. Transfiguration mountain. There in that Holy, wonderful place, the grace of God manifested. And Peter said, “Oh, what honor and glory, God bestowed upon us, that we’d be in the Holy mountain. And hear His voice crying, “Here is My beloved Son.” But He said, “There’s a more, sure Word of prophecy. You can fight all you want over a tent vision, this vision and that vision. My brother/my sister, stick to the Word of Almighty God, and wait and see what happens. Get carried away here and there. They get so busy being carried away they can’t take the unadulterated Word the prophet taught us. That the evidence of the Holy Ghost is listening to that man in your Age, and you identify yourself with that Word, until God makes It real…stick with the prophet. Absolutely the Word of God, you know it. 42. Now, listen. Revelation 10:7 one of our favorite verses. Why not? Made up of a 3, and two 7’s. Three is the number of God, seven is perfection or conclusion, bring it to the people. Now it says, (7) But in the days of the voice of the seventh (messenger, seventh) angel, when he shall begin to sound, … Don’t you understand and heareth the sound thereof, when he by the Holy Ghost, begins to make a Holy Ghosted soldier? So, it is not I that speaketh, but, My Father in Me. He’s making Him a soldier. It’s coming to the mystery. Because it is a mystery. It comes in a way that people don’t expect it to come. See? And the mystery of God is absolutely fulfilled. And if that mystery is fulfilled, and it’s the last mystery in the Bride, it is the secret why she won’t die. The very last one. "Behold I show you, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, that’s caught up". [1 Th 4:17] The last message. See? Now, listen. What is that mystery? That mystery absolutely, has to do with the voice of the prophet. So, it’s the revelation of the Word. What Word? Well look, it can’t be this Word down the road. And it can’t be that Word up the road. It’s got to be the Word for this day. What’s the Word for this day? Rapture, Rapture, Rapture, you miss the Rapture. What is that? Mortality, putting on immortality. Corruptibility, putting on incorruptibility. In other words, corruptible is like stacking this shirt until you wear it out. More than death-doom, but it’s no longer death-doom. Now you’ve got to put that on to swallow up death. Don’t kill it, you swallow it. Because death goes on in that Tribulation. See? Death is not destroyed until the Lake of Fire. 43. Now, he said, "You’ve got to put it on." That word in the Greek is, ‘to put on’, as investiture, is a vestment as an investiture. Taking your position in Christ, by the Word. That’s what I said this morning, Bro. Branham, when that Sword struck his hand, he screamed out… read it in the Seventh chapter yourself in the Seventh Seal. When he said, “It’s the Word of God.” And he said, “Bring on Your holy vesture, with the Word of God standing by.” He didn’t even know the Greek said, ‘vesture’. Absolutely. The ministry in the end-time is the Word ministry that the Bride believes. And in that believing, she goes right back to where Eve was. Because, as long as Eve was under the perfect Word, she could not sin. But the wrong division brought her to sin. Then, if the wrong division brings sin, the right division brings you back. What more do you want? Amen. Bless God, if I just get the thought of what Bro. Branham had for five minutes. This is getting the thing across. But there’s the truth of the whole matter. See? That’s what he tried to teach us. That this Word that’s the simplicity of it. You’re looking for little things to come out of the Word. Don’t look for things to come out of the Word, …look for the Word. Bless God, if I can find the bank that never fails. I’ll grab it. I’m not worried about all the …?... and terrible things in the Bible. I’ll grab the bank. That’s what the Word of Jesus is. That’s the bank. Don’t get fooled by these things out here. Get back to the Word. 44. Now, watch where this brings us. The true Bride, is one in which the revealed Word which is, Christ revealed. See? But, how to prove who has that Word? Say, “You’ve got to hear a man.” See? And how many times do you hear him? You still have got to have a revelation. The first message I preached you, proved that. Let’s go to, 2 Corinthians 10:18, now listen: (18) For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. Now, there’s the secret. What man commendeth? John said, “Listen, you hear me not, you’re not of God.” Paul said, “If you don’t hear me, you’re not of God.” Okay boys, prove it. Is it sanctified? Why, yes, it is. Anybody can talk. There’s lots of people talking. The rest were talking. This guy was talking, that guy was talking. Allen was talking, and Jasper was talking, and Roman was talking, and Roberts is talking. They’re all talking. Yakity-yakity-yakity-yak. Just what it ways in Matthew 21: And in there it’s not a cry went forth, it’s a clamor. Out there… “ Behold, the Bridegroom, behold it. I’ve got, I’ve got it, no, I’ve got it. Amongst them there was one man saying, "Behold the Bridegroom, the man with the authority.” Amen. William Branham revealed Christ the revealed Word of God. 45. All right, come on, let’s find out who's got a right to talk? Not in the man that commended himself. I could have commended myself a while ago, I need to know what God wants to do with me. I’m commended. Hogwash. I never had ‘Thus Saith the Lord’ in my life. I just get it by pure stubborn faith. I even intruded where I didn’t belong. I pastored for years and it was my entire personality, as a minister. I had no right pastoring, ...I’m not a pastor. But you’ve got a genuine God sent pastor, put a ball and chain on him. If you haven’t, give him two bits, [twenty five cents] and let him go. In fact, give him a pension, and give it up, because you won’t do him a favor. You’ll do him a favor, if you send him out if he’s not a pastor. And Bro. Branham said, “Doc, you don't need no pastor, what are you doing there?” I said, “I don’t know.” He said, “Just why I say, what are you doing?” Forget [inaudible comments] … been doing it for thirteen solid years now. I got some of them in Georgia, where [inaudible comments] …Who’s commended? Anybody can talk. And talk’s not cheap. You say something, before God, He’ll hold you to it. Then who’s commanded? What did Paul say? 46. Let’s read on, [2 Corinthians 11:] (1) Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: … Now, he’s just sort of get them all thinking. He says, "Listen you guys, how foolish can you get?" Do you want me to act like those fools out there? That’s exactly what Satan told him. How foolish is your thinking. Now, he said, “I’m going to have to lower myself to show you. You should’ve known by looking at me. You could’ve compared and understood, … but no, you wouldn’t understand.” Now I’ve got to lay it on a tape. Well then, how much clearer do I have to teach? I’ve often said to myself, “Do you want me to come down with a club and hit you?” Go whap, whap, on that side of your head. Whap, whap, now, you listen, and do what I say. That’s what Paul said. He said, “I’ve got to condescend, and act as though I’m just an ordinary guy with the rest of those fellows. Don’t you understand who I am? 47. All right just bear with me and notice, “I’m jealous over you, with a godly jealousy, for I have espoused you to one husband." [2 Cor 11:2] And said, “Well said that's very righteous man who believed, and believing by himself. I was espoused to God by the Holy Ghost, Paul, so shut up you just happen to preach to the Bride.” Well, I guess we have to rip that out of our Bibles, I’m sorry about it Paul old boy, but that’s the way it goes. Or, does it? I want to shock you. I intend, I say, “I intend, because this is what the Bible says, not what you want to make It say.” Because Paul said, "I have espoused, I make the contract. …?..." Well of course, Jesus wasn’t man, He was some kind of a flying serpent, or a…what was He really? Now, let’s see. He was a man. And you pray in His name. And you come to God by Him. And you say, “Jesus, help me.” And you’d better show your crying to Him. You’re hoping somehow your …?... and these ….let's do something. He’s just a man. He died, didn’t He? He’s a man. Paul said, “I am too.” And because Jesus was a man, he let…Paul walk in His glory said, "Get with me Paul.” Oh, we want to do that, oh my. I don’t want to tear down too much…you understand. Oh, we don’t want to scare Jesus. …?... Paul said, “Listen to me now, I'm going to be a little foolish, I’ve got to get down here where I don’t belong.” I wonder how Bro. Branham felt? When he said to those ladies, the last time in California. He said, “I preach to those ladies, and every year, (he said) I told you don’t cut your hair, watch those dresses.” And every year you get worse…ha, ha, ha, ha, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter. Honest before God, I could have crawled under the table in embarrassment, for those women. 48. That man of God, lowered himself, to be like a little snake in the grass. A little nothing. A little Kentucky hillbilly, sort of a guy. A little, no good, stupid guy, that came along to this lovely Full Gospel banquet too be sort of a drawing card, and to extend himself at the meeting. Brother/sister, on Judgement Day, I’d sooner be thrown into the Lake of Fire a million times, than to stand in the Presence of God, having stood in that man’s presence, after that meeting. They’ll pay a price. Not, because I say so. No, I don’t want them to pay a price. If I’m there, I’d want to help. If you can lower yourself, until people just use you as a doormat, not knowing, they’re walking on Christ once more. Because an ambassador, stands for the man that sent him. You spit in an ambassador’s face, you spit in that country’s face. When he said, “I’ve espoused you to one husband. That I may present you.” Yes, Paul is going to present the First Church Age Bride to Jesus. He’s going to say, “Come on beloved, we're going to go there, we’ve a long march…? …right up to the Throne of grace to see the Husband.” 49. He said, “I prayed lest by any means that the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds. (m-i-n-d-s) ” [2 Cor 11:2] Not tomorrow. I’m afraid you’ll be a bunch of drunken infidels. You’ll be a regular mafia. Oh, you’ll be cohorts and aiders and a-betters, of the most heinous crimes in the world. No! He wasn’t afraid of that. Why? As she tippy, tippy toe, as though she was the most virtuous, wonderful, marvelous, person in all the world. With her short hair, and her slacks, and her pretty shoes. And they say, “Isn’t she wonderful.” And God says, “When?” "What well, she’s kind to us." “When?” Thou seeth, says, "Bride come in.” You down trodden, funny looking fellows, the funny men, I’m going to make them know who you really are. It’s not what you and I think. Your minds (m-i-n-d-s) what you’ll listen to. Well I think what she’ll listen to. It’s what you’ll listen to. Then you can call a part of it, the Message. You’d better check it out. Is blood thicker than water? And ...?... thicker than this? What is it? Color? Your friendship, your family? 50. The prophet of God died not knowing if any of his family was saved, but his wife. When she said, “Bill, I don’t understand you.” He looked away from her, and began crying. Said, “Only believe.” Little difficult, isn’t it? M-i-n-d-s. I’m not afraid of my wife, she’s a lovely, virtuous girl. But that mind of hers? My son is upstanding, he’s a fine boy, I want to tell you, he believes God. He lives it. What about that mind of his? How about your mind? What about my mind? I’d sooner be like a badger, scurrying to dig, to get away from an eagle. As I study this Word, hard as I can. Get away from something hunting you. Seriously, frantically, to know this Word. Get my mind exactly as He said. Anything in this world, because that’s what Paul said. "Why, I see it this way." I don’t care what you see. Paul said, “Seduction, was by the mind.” It’s by the mind if you grow a horn, you’ve got a horn mind. If you want the seed of denomination planted in your mind, and you turn away from a vindicated prophet. When you haven’t got one bit of vindication, I challenge you all here in Saskatchewan, and Canada. You haven't got one ounce, so leave me alone. You couldn’t produce a thing. Not stand here to challenge you by my record in Alberta, and down through the coast, and Florida all around. I challenge you. I’ve got a record, and I challenge you. And I couldn’t prove nothing from nowhere. I challenge, my business is right on the dot, and everything was colored because they posed. I know that my Jesus is God of my soul, would not fall us. [inaudible comments made] I challenge you. I stood in that pulpit down in Florida, and I said, “I challenge you.” In Ohio, I showed you, because, I said it. Down in Algiers, hundreds of people saw it, was done. Day after day. I had no more things to say to that than, …?... …?... Because the false anointed ones can do the same thing…and better. More of it. Paul the apostle was absolutely this man. Hear what he’s saying. 51. Now, let’s read on quickly here. And he said concerning the preaching. Listen, he said in verse 6, [2 Corinthians11:] (6) (So why are they) rude in speech, (yet) not in knowledge. William Branham was rude in speech, but not in knowledge. So, is every prophet. Brother/ sister you read this book it’ll be the rudest teacher in the world. Comes out exactly a jigsaw puzzle. Spiritual jigsaw puzzle. If you don’t believe, you read it, do you want to see a jigsaw puzzle? I’m glad you said yes. …?... says, “They’re alive.” All right, listen. [Isaiah 11:] (7) And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. (8) And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. (9) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: (what’s that holy mountain? New Jerusalem.)… for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. (10) And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, (it) shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: … According to this verse of Scripture, there’s none of us born again, nor can we be born again, until the New Jerusalem. It’s too late then. The kids drop off. The kids drop off. Rude speech. Rude speech, makes you tear your hair. John almost screamed, “What’s that all about? What's that all about?” Hold it, hold it. This isn’t the holy script. Don’t get nervous. Calm down. Rude speech, sure, rude speech. But not in knowledge. 52. Now listen. But we have been thoroughly made manifest, among you. He said, “You saw what I was, and you know what I was. So, therefore, you should listen and not turn from me.” Now, you’re turning, this is the seduction. And when I was attempting to present you to Christ, you took it out of my hands. You’ll never make it. Well Bro. Vayle, I believe in the grace of God. Well Bro. Vayle you see. Now, I don’t see a thing honey, I’m blind. I’ve got blinkers on. I’ve got my eyeballs screwed in a certain way. Just look at the Word as Rev. Branham brought it. I can’t see nothing. Bible said, there’s nobody as blind as my righteous servant. I want to be that blind. It’s all over. Now, look at that 6th verse again. [2 Corinthians 11:] (6) … though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you… And in chapter 7: of 2 Corinthians, 12-15 (12) But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them (that) desire occasion that wherein they glory, they may be found as we. (13) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming them- selves into the apostles of Christ. (14) And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 53. Which is what? The part that they’re working iniquity. What’s it saying here? He’s saying here, that anybody that gets off of this Word brother/sister, no matter what evidence he’s got, he ends up in the Lake of Fire. Now, how do you like that kind of preaching? You didn’t know Paul was that kind of a rough-tough, did you? Now Paul, oh please Paul, you know the Lord loves everybody, Paul. Now Paul, you don’t mean to say they disagree with me, do you? What kind of a …?... He said, “That’s exactly right. What do you think I was saying?” You believe a man can get the Word of God that strong? Come on, do you believe? In Deuteronomy 18: God said, “If I send you a prophet in My Name, and the thing comes to pass, you fear him.” What do you feat? You fear what he said, not the things that come to pass. That merely puts your eye on it. ‘Thus Saith the Lord’ you fear that man, and you hear that man. Why? Because he is a prophet. And the original meaning of a prophet; is not to bring the Word of God, he’s to reveal the Word of God. So, he does bring the Word of God. 54. Now, do you see why Bro. Branham preached the way he did? And when he stood there, he literally sounded like he was saying, “Nobody got It, but me.” And Paul said, “Nobody got It. but me.” See? John said, “Nobody got It, but, me.” And Peter said, “Nobody got It, but, me.” So, all together, if you don’t hear us apostles, as Paul said, “We’re built upon the foundation of the apostles, and prophets.” And if you don’t hear them, you don’t get what the law of the prophets said, “You’re not of God.” Now, that sounds awful tough. But, I didn’t write the Bible. It’s already written. Paul said, “I was manifest and can prove my point. What about you guys?” “Did the Word of God come out of you, or did the Word of God come to you?” [1 Cor 14:36] "Well, (he said) you know It’s come to you." Now listen, Paul was manifested to be that great worker. Because it says in 1 Corinthians 2:4-6 (which we won’t read) he said, “I never came to you in the wisdom of man, but I came to you in demonstration and power of the Holy Ghost. So, that your faith would stand.” How? Not, in a miracle, in the Word. Because the Word points to the miracle. Even a miracle, points to the Word. Just like Jesus said, “If I have not done the works another man did, now they have not sinned: but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.” And then He said concerning the Word, "If I had not spoken to them, (He said) they had no sin, but now their sin remaieth." [Jn 15:24] That’s just what Paul said. 55. Now, at the end-time, we are going to have two kinds of prophets. Both will have signs and wonders, both will have a message. They’ve got to have a message if they’re prophets. Do you follow me? They have both got to have a message. And after, people get fooled. They just think, “Signs and wonders, signs and wonders, signs and wonders.” Look it, if you’ve got signs and wonders, you’ve got to have a message. Why? God said so. But remember, it’s Jannes and Jambres against Moses. One person against plural. One prophet against many. See? Now, there is one sign prophet, many false ones. Now remember, God always sends a prophet with the what? Word. “Oh that Bro. Branham, oh that Bro. Paul, oh that Bro. Moses, I…well you folks will never know, oh my, the miracles, the miracles, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.” Oh, that’s right. What are you going to do about it, now that you’ve got your oh, oh, oh? What does it do for you? Well, a miracle’s a miracle. Sure it is, that’s all it is, too. Where do you go from there? What’s it carrying? What’s it do, for you? Nothing. You can’t explain a miracle. Anybody instantly healed of cancer, cannot explain it, and it doesn’t do hardly one thing for him, except he simply glorifies Jesus Christ. He’ll say, “That’s a great thing.” And what about Unity? Go get a healing, or another miracle, and they’ll say, “Jesus is simply a man”. You get a miracle, of those war elves down in Philadelphia…a little in my book. And they speak with tongues. He’s a spiritist, and she’s a spiritist. And she sees her mother. He’s a Greek Catholic, very sweet person. Got those miracles, the doctors go to him. And he prayed, cancers have been healed. And what’s he do? What about the Roman Catholic’s in Notre Dame University, that prayed for two boys struck by an auto. One was killed, the other injured. They prayed for the boy injured, and he was cursing God. They rebuked him. And he raised up and walked away. The other boy dead, all spattered on the sidewalk, they prayed, and he raised up. Then they go in the Catholic sanctuary, and they say ‘Hail Mary’s’, and give that to the priest. Talk in tongues. Every miracle has got a sign to it. So, there’s got to be somebody with a super sign, that nobody else has got. That’s the prophet. Now what is it the prophet come for? The prophet comes with revealed Word. Then, when you get the revealed Word, you’ve got it. Right? 56. Okay, let’s prove it. Now then, I’ve got it at your house there’s a need, you need my lovely twenty-five cents, your Canadian money. So, I set up there rapping, “Hello, I’m here with the twenty-five cents.” You say. “Thank you”, and take it.” And I stand back there, and you say, “Have you got like a comb in your pocket?” “Oh yeah, I got that.” “And have you got something in a little book?” “Oh yeah, I’ve got that too.” Now, hold it. I came with a quarter. Want to take it back? Maybe. That’s the prophet. He comes with the Word, what are you asking for? When he brings the Word, is that it? When he grocery boy brings the groceries, says, “Hey Simon, did you bring me gas for the furnace? ” I’m the grocery boy, here’s the groceries. Well I…well maybe you brought the gas for the car too. What’s the matter with you? Are you crazy? What kind of a nut am I talking to? Look, I’m a grocery boy, here’s the groceries. The gas man is over there. Say, "Bro. Vayle, I wouldn’t." Oh, wouldn’t you be? Well what do you want? Something delivered? Huh? I never taught school this way, don’t worry. I went down and hit them. [laughter] God sends the prophet with His Word. So, it’s the Word that God wants us to have, and when we have the Word as the prophet said, “God never takes His messenger off the scene, until He’s through with him.” 57. And He couldn’t take that Message, until every one of the mysteries were revealed. Right to the Seven Thunders. Now, both these people have the Word of God in power, to prove that the Word is true. That’s right, the Word is true. But who can prove what the truth is? Who can show one Word unchanged, the way God gave it? As Moses was the greatest. So, Paul was the greatest. So, Elijah will be the greatest. He will have the right to give the revelation, or, the unveiling of Christ. Just like Elijah said, “If I be a man of God, let fire come down.” Bro. Branham said, “If I be that man, let Him come and do what He said He would do.” And invariably, the Pillar of Fire came, and then He spoke, and God honored him, because no man’s word can do what the prophet’s words did. He was vindicated, no one like him. It was here that the very fulfillment before our eyes, takes place according to Acts 3:21 (21) Whom the heaven must receive until the times of (restoration) of all things, (what all things?) which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Right before our eyes, we saw all that the prophet spoke, concerning this day, were fulfilled. Just like when Jesus was here and opened their eyes to all the things concerning Him, and all the Scripture concerning Him. What? For that day. See? Now, according to this, Jesus could come at any time. Anytime. For whom will He come? The virgin of the Word, His very own. So now, what is the evidence of the Holy Ghost? See? I brought you. You’re not one of His, unless you’ve got the Holy Ghost. See? Tell you about it. See? Show you what He does. What’s the evidence? The evidence of being one of His, who are in the Bride, are those who hear the Word, they understand It. They believe It. They who identify in that Word with His Christ. That’s their identification. They stand with what the prophet said. 58. Now remember, a lot are going to do it, and they’re going to do it wrong. But thank God, they’re doing it anyway. As long as they do it. It shows they come a certain way. 1 John 5: 19-20 (19) And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in (the wicked one.) (20) And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, … What’s the Holy Ghost? He’s the Son of God. What’s He done? Given us understanding. (20) …that we may know him that is true, … You cannot know Jesus Christ, apart from the revelation of His Word. That’s right. (20) … and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, … What’s the true God? The revealed Christ, of the Word. 59. Okay, listen now. I’m going to quit pretty soon, but, not yet. I’m going to show you about the Rapture. 1 John 3:2 (2) Beloved, now are we the sons of God, … Why? We heard the prophet. Now…doesn’t that really sound silly? Sure, it sounds silly. But it’s true. Yeah. He’ll tell you…the Word test. (2) … and it doth not yet appear…(It has never yet come into existence, says John) …what we shall be: … Certainly not. There never was a time when a living group of people was going to be taken up in a Bride, Rapture. Only going to happen once. Now listen. (2) …but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. Now listen. I don’t think you’re getting it. Let’s go over the mechanics. (2) …we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. How are you going to be like Him? On what grounds? Because you’ll see Him as He is. When are you going to see Him as He is? When you’re caught up in the air…that’s what the fundamentalists said. Now listen. You cannot be caught up until you’re changed. Is that, right? Dead come out of the ground, we get changed, we get caught up. We get caught up last. Is that so? Right. 60. Now, listen. It says the reason you get changed, is because, you see Him as He is. But you can only see Him up there as He is, and you’ve got to get changed down here, in order to see Him up there. Something’s really screwy now. Somebody’s missed it. Because you’ve got to see Him as He is, to get changed…but He’s up there. So, the Appearing of Christ is not what the fundamentalists say that it is…that He Appears up there. His Appearing is right down here in the revealed Word. Because, you cannot see Jesus as He is, walking with Him, eating with Him, talking with Him, because, even His own disciples, didn’t recognize Him. And the people killed Him. There’s only one way you can see anybody at that age, when He reveals Himself by Word. And I’ll prove it to you. 61. I’m going to use an illustration in here, and you can do what you want with it. But, it’s on tape. Now, let’s just say here, I come to you people, say, “I love Bro. Branham. I believed in Him, I tried to serve God, and serve Bro. Branham the best I could, because he was a man of God. And I did so and so.” And then I say, “You folks believe that, don’t you?” But it really ain’t true. But I didn’t have any real faith in Bro. Branham. It just looked like a good thing. I could see that he was a smart man, and he could fill a lot of churches, and I could go there and preach, and I could see I could make a lot of money. You say, “For the first time, I see Lee Vayle for what he is.” Why? Because, I told ya. Now, it’s on tape, I didn’t follow Bro. Branham to make any money. Because when I worked as his assistant, I lost money. And money hasn’t got a thing to do with it. I laid everything on the altar to serve him and serve God. And I loved him. And I still love him. But if I were that kind of a guy, and really was that kind of a guy, I’d have you all fooled. When I get up and confess and say, “I’m not the man you think I am.” And I reveal by Word, what I am, that’s what the Bible said. The only begotten has revealed Him, or, declared Him. Which is exegesis, which is to reveal by Word. And at the end-time the prophet of God reveals Christ. And when we see Him as He is, every mystery unfolded, and there’s the Bridegroom. That guarantees our change brother/sister. So then, listen to me. What is the evidence? 62. What I’ve been talking about. It is not character, or, where is David? Where is David? A man said, “I see a drunken sinner.” I was a ribald old hooster. I was as miserable as a rotten dog. I want to tell ya, I went to that altar, and I gave my life to God. And He changed me. I want to tell you something. I never was a ribald kind of a hooster, kind of a guy. All of this is a little Hindu boy, maybe been thirty years now, he never fornicated, he never lied, he never twisted anybody’s arm, he’s a fine moral upstanding man. A virtuous, but holding his head high because, that you can’t pin a sin on him. Well, he’s got the same thing this good guy got. Now, where’s your evidence? This old bum needed help. He shouldn’t have been that kind of a dirty dog in the first place. Oh, what gives you the right to smoke your stinking cigars and blow it in my face? Your dirty rotten pipe, and everything else. And drinking your hooch and running my kids down the street. Who gave you the right to steal my money, or, anything else? Better they put you in jail when you were a kid. Don’t come around me telling, “What a bum you were, now God saves you, you’ve got the Holy Ghost. Now you live right.” Should have lived right in the first place. Where’s the evidence? Don’t pin it down as surrogates. 63. Now listen. We’ve got to have character. You bet we do. But, it’s not just character, because anybody can provide character. Where is David? With five hundred wives waiting for him, and he takes a little girl out there. What kind of a sex maniac is that? Now, if I want to be rough and crude, brother, I could paint you a picture, and you know it. God said, “Get that filthy sex maniac, out of My sight.” This man quoted Christ in the first person…‘they wounded My hands, and My feet’. David was a man after God’s own heart. It wasn’t character. It was the right decision of that Word by the blessed Holy Spirit, that made that man stand apart. Sure, he sinned. And repented, “My sin is always before me.” And God said, “I’ll whip you. And when I’m through whipping, I’ll take him to the grave.” Brother/sister, I’ll tell you something. You and I have sinned, and we’ll pay for that until the day we die. We’ll pay. But one day we’ll stand, in His likeness, we’ll stand. Because the grace of Jesus Christ and His part in righteousness, which God think our Father gives us. Brother/ sister, it’s not love. Oh, I know some say it’s love. Oh, sure, sure, you’re good. What about Elijah? Elijah that had that double portion of the Spirit. Whoohoo, he had that love, love, love. 64. And one day about forty kids said, “Hi old bald head,” He said, “God, kill them.” Got mad at little kids, …little mouthy kids. Just slap them? [Bro. Vayle makes a slapping sound] No, curse them. Two she-bears killed the whole bunch of them. Oh boy, if that isn’t love…oh man. That’s the cutest thing. Isn’t that a beautiful picture of love? Oh, I’m going to jump up and down. What about Elijah? A poor old chap in the …?... pulled by the ...?... “Go and bring that guy in.” He said, “Oh, thou man of God,” and he says, “If I be a man of God, let fire fall.” You just have to get that captain of fifty men. He wasn’t even flattered to be called a man of God. He should have been flattered. And say, “Oh sure, you’re definitely a man of God, I’ll be sure to have God bring down fire.” Shhh, comes down. That’s a servant? “Hey, I like that kind of guy”. Now, that’s real love, isn’t it? What about Paul? He wrote the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians, love, love, love, love, love. And one day they go on a missionary trip, and poor old John Mark gets kind of scared and homesick, he runs home to mama. That’s right. And then Barnabas says, “Let’s go pick up John again, and let’s encourage him.” Paul says, “Not that bird. He flunked out.” Then Barnabas said, “Aw, come on now, anybody can fail Paul, let’s give that kid a chance.” He said, “Shut up. He had his chance.” I said, “Just a minute now.” I guess I’m [inaudible comments] …you’re a seasoned man, Paul. Our job is to train these kids, let's give them a break. He said, “I won’t give them a break.” 65. And they’re a little too haughty, so beautiful and delightful, they kissed each other, and walked out. The Bible does not say that. It says the contention was so hot. Love, love wonderful love. What about Jesus? He goes to temple. What was the poor money changers doing there where they sold animals? Oh, they were trying to make a fast buck. You don’t know your Bible. You don’t know the history. You don’t know anything about it. The truth of the matter…I don’t mean to insult you, if you don’t know to understand the story. The truth of the matter is this. Those money changers when you worship in the temple, you had to have a certain coin of a certain size. If they didn’t have it, he wasn’t going to get it. Then said a brother, “I’ll send you money, so you can glorify God. I will be glad to get you the change.” Pretty good scheme. He was a sweet old fella. Now you’ve got to bring a sheep without blame. You’ve got to bring a turtle dove. What are you going to do? Haul that thing for miles across the hills and desert? No. You’ve got some fine Christian men…I use that term loosely, because it’s our vocabulary. You’ve got the fine brethren, and they say “Look, let’s not make those poor people bring those animals, let’s have the first, best sheep you can get, the best turtle doves you can get, the best animals…and they can buy them from us and sacrifice them.” 66. Jesus lifts His arms back, He took up some cords, you know that hemp, oh, you know that, whooo, ever had a rope burn? [Bro. Vayle whistles] It takes the hind off forms a rough tough, wham, wham, whap, whap. He said, “You’ve made My Father’s house a den of thieves, and robbers.” Now, what’s a thief and a robber? He comes in another way. They say, “Us righteous folk here, we want to serve God. And the way to do it, by lovely…Word, and we’ll to these lovely things to it there, to get into the kingdom.” He said, “No, you won’t come like this,” Love? Where’s the evidence now? I’m so sweet. Now look, I’m not trying to be tough, with these things…you know… a rough old cob like me. I’m not saying that. Because God knows I want a tender heart. But love is doing what God would do in a certain condition. Not this stuff you think it is. I’m only quoting the prophet and I’m just trying to lay it a little thicker, in case you’ve been taken away by somebody. 67. It is not power, …no, it’s not power. For Moses struck the rock, when God said, “Talk”. Moses, a servant of God. God said, “Moses, talk.” He knew who he was. He said, “I’ve got the power. Bless God, I’ve got the power and I can do what I want to do.” He struck the rock, and God said, “You glorified yourself, instead of Me. You took that power and authority, and instead of doing what I said, you glorified yourself.” He said, “You had the power, you knew you had it, and you did it.” Contrary to what I said. Now, Elijah couldn’t have been compared to God, or God wouldn't have honored him. Elijah, couldn’t have been contrary, or God wouldn’t have honored it. But God honored it, it was the thing to do at that time. Because God did not say not to do it. But God said to Moses, “Don’t do it.” And he had the power and did it. Now, where’s your power? That’s wrong. What about Matthew 24:24? What about Matthew 7:22? What about Judas? He had signs and wonders, and he was the devil. You can see this afternoon, it is Christ in you, identified by your faith in the revealed Word. Are you depending on anything else? Or do you believe that this Word that the prophet brought is it, and that planted seed in a good ground will absolutely bring forth what God said. Because that former rain is the teaching, is the Word. The planted Word, in good ground. See? Stay with that Word. That is exactly what we saw. 68. In 1 Corinthians 2: 15-16, where we have the mind of Christ and no one can judge it. Now, this is why the prophet said, “Just love each other, and do the will of God the best you can, and don’t fuss.” Why? Because only the Rapture, is going to manifest exactly who is Bride. Because there is no certain evidence, that you can pin on anybody, that he has really got the Holy Ghost. The best you can know yourself, as Bro. Branham said, “Believe it, and believe you’ll make it. If you’re going to make it, you’re one of us. If one is going to make it in your town, you are that person. Because only the Rapture will prove who’s a real son of God.” Because there is no evidence physical, that you could put your finger on. That’s why the Bible said, “No man can judge it, and neither can you judge one another.” The only thing that touches any man is the Word of God. And then It says, anything contrary to what the prophet said. You know it is categorically, opposite from what the prophet said, you dump it right there. Say, “Bro. Vayle, how do I know I’ve got the Holy Ghost?” There’s no certain evidence physically manifest anybody can tell. The only thing you can stand on is, “I believe the prophet.” I believe his Word. It has been revealed to me. I see how the Scripture dovetails, more and more. I am growing in that Word. And believing that all you can do. And brother/sister, as Bro. Branham said, just like John said, “Love each other.” Love each other. That many times he stood up for the Word of God, and corrected It. Bro. Branham said, “If I get off that Word, you come to me and tell me.” 69. Listen to me. The showdown is Mount Zion brother/sister. It is the Rapture. But the only evidence you and I can stand on today, is just what the prophets and apostles all said, “Have you identified yourself with this Word, to the very best of your ability?” To every spiritual factor, that you dedicated your mind, and your heart and soul, to the under-standing of the Word of God. The difference by the prophet and you stand on it, and you won’t move one inch. Brother/sister, that’s all the evidence you and I could possibly have. Because every other thing does not have become an evidence. The Scripture herein is the manifestation. One of these is of God, and one is not of God. And those of God, rightly divide the Word. I stand on the division of God’s Word, by the vindicated prophet. That’s all you can say, and that’s all you can do. That’s right. That’s exactly what the prophet taught. I challenge you, read every book and hear every tape, you will not go beyond what I preached from this afternoon’s sermon, that is exactly what the prophet taught. Let’s… [tape ends abruptly] One of His (2871) Page PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1