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Sunday, August 31, 2008

  • The Book of Jeremiah

    Well on one of my bibles I have slowly progressing through the Old Testament.  When I was a sinner trying to read it, I got as far as the book of Job and got bogged down.  But through events that have transpired in my life over the last four years, reading Job this time around was joyous, and full of blessings.

    It's may seem bad to a lot of Christians, but I was cringing at reading the book of Jeremiah this time around.  I guess because like Job it one of the harder books to understand.  Well again God reveal more of himself through it.

    Consider this, Jeremiah was speaking out against the evils Judah was doing, and their  leaders.  They refused to heed his words.  Then Judgment was pronounced.  There was no escaping it.  But if you wanted to live God's advice was to surrender and bear your judgment.  = Well if God speaks our chastisement, it's best to accept it then to fight it..  Again like Moses leading the children of Israel to the Red Sea, it was contrary to the way one would think of escaping to live.  

    But that wasn't the end of it.  For those left behind by the Nebuzaredan the guard, a problem occurred when some of the men rebelled and killed Gedaliah.  They thought the Babylonians would kill them and to flee would be the answer.  So they approached Jeremiah for the Word of the Lord.

       JEREMIAH 42
    JEREMIAH 42:1
         1     ¶  Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

    JEREMIAH 42:2
         2    And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

    JEREMIAH 42:3
         3    That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

    What I consider amazing about this, is now they could see Jeremiah being a vindicated Prophet, so what he would say would be the true and correct way.  Again the advice was contrary to their ideas, stay put and you live.  Flee and you will die. = You pray for God's will in your life, consult a man of God (pastor, minister, or bible) and God uses that instrument to speak to you, but because it wasn't your way you reject it.  You or I have no one else to blame but ourselves.

    Well again they chose the wrong way, and fled to Egypt hoping for shelter.  They got it but temporary, for what they fled, came after them.  Babylon.

    What God says He means and when He wants your trust it is without reservation, even if it's contrary to what you think is the best solution.

    Thank you God for opening my dim eyes to what was happening in Jeremiah.



Monday, August 25, 2008

  • Shrines to Pretty Women

    This sermon was preached in 1963, then women was rising very fast in popularity for worship.  Now watch the word shrine.  Literally on the internet there are sites specifically stating SHRINES, ALTAR, or WORSHIP.  Every supermodel, and actress has a site erected to her by some worshiper.

    THE.FLASHING.RED.LIGHT.OF.THE.SIGN.OF.HIS.COMING_  JEFF.IN  V-5 N-4  SUNDAY_  63-0623E
    62    Notice, women of that day--in the days of Noah--must've been the talk of the day. See, the sons of God (Seth--Seth's sons) saw the daughters of Cain that they were beautiful. Why? They were wicked, and they were daughters of Cain. When the sons of God saw the daughters of men, they were fair, they took unto them women. Then the sons of God fell from their estate with God and become woman chasers. And if that ain't the picture of today, I don't know what is. That is true.
    Men... Even look at our churches today; look at everything you wish to; notice it. Everywhere, it looked in that day, must've been pretty women. Men became slaves to them says history, that men became actually slaves to the women, because they were so pretty, that they become slaves. They literally made shrines and worshipped. And just think, they literally worshipped female flesh and blood in that day. That's history.

    THE.FLASHING.RED.LIGHT.OF.THE.SIGN.OF.HIS.COMING_  JEFF.IN  V-5 N-4  SUNDAY_  63-0623E
      64    And compare that with today. It's the same thing, my brother. Men actually worship women. Why, in our own country Mrs. Kennedy is twice thought of what the president is. That's right. And if you always talk about a man, if he's got an attractive wife, that's it.
    And now, they say that--about the driving. You hear them say the women is the safest drivers. That's wrong, because I'll tell you why. Billy and I, crossing this United States with a first hand condition, we put a--a little map up in our car--a little tablet, and wrote man and woman. And every time a woman made the wrong, we put a mark on her side; and a man made one, we'd put one on his side. And out of three hundred what we call "boo-boos" pulled on the road there'd... You'd be surprised; there were two hundred and eighty women to nineteen men. But you know why? They don't get that in the police courts. The police won't arrest a pretty girl: one out of a thousand. She'll give her telephone number, but he won't arrest her. And that's just the way... No wonder the records doesn't show it. See, because men today is like it was in the days of Noah; they bow to the shrine of pretty women. Right.

    THE.FLASHING.RED.LIGHT.OF.THE.SIGN.OF.HIS.COMING_  JEFF.IN  V-5 N-4  SUNDAY_  63-0623E
      66    Oh, my. How it must've been awful in that day worship as they... Females flashing themselves in such an attractive way... And if they were any better on doing it then than they are now, I'm glad I didn't live then. Think of it, of how that they only... How that women has got to acting the same as they do now.
    Notice. The Bible said they eat and they drank. Now, that--that's legitimate. Sure. Marriage is honorable. A man--man marry a woman, that's honorable, that's instituted of God. But when it comes to a time that man will take another man's wife, or take some young woman, or some woman that no matter who she is, and break his marriage vow and do something that's wrong, it's sinful in the sight of God. And the Bible speaks very hardly against it.

    THE.FLASHING.RED.LIGHT.OF.THE.SIGN.OF.HIS.COMING_  JEFF.IN  V-5 N-4  SUNDAY_  63-0623E
      85    Now, watch. We find that, the same thing today. We see in the history that such sex appeal they had in them until the sons of God made unto themself shrines of women. That's of Venus and so forth. See? They--they made shrines and bowed to these. When you say, "Brother Branham, we don't have such things as that today; you couldn't compare that with this day." I beg your pardon. I believe it's worse today than it was then.
    What do we see? TV... You can't even pick up a newspaper but everything that you see is spread with females: pretty women on every whiskey package, in magazines, sexy, immoral dressed. All the TV is--everything is some sexy-dressed woman, some pretty woman. And we find out on--on cigarette advertisements, everything that you can look at, you find that it's some attractive woman. You can't even see the advertisement of a pair of silk stockings 'less you see some kind of a thin shaped legs going through it. And that's right. But what is it? Why is it?

Friday, August 22, 2008

  • Reach Out to the Lost

    Reach Out to the Lost

    by David Vredevelt, Nampa

    How do you look at your brother,
    Do you judge by appearance or speech
    Or do you accept as a person.
    A soul for Christ you may reach?

    Reach out with love and compassion
    To the Lost you meet on your way
    With a kind cheerful word or smile,
    It surely will brighten their day.

    May our lives be the expression
    Of Christ'''s love to all that we meet,
    Those at work, at school, and the market,
    Or the beggar in rags on the street.

    Take advantage of every occasion
    To make the love of our Savior known.
    That people may come to know Jesus
    And experience His grace for their own.

    One day we'll al meet in heaven
    And some with great joy you will see,
    As they will say thank you forever
    For introducing Jesus to me.



Wednesday, August 20, 2008

  • Fools and slow of Heart.

    The following scriptures are taken when two disciples where on the road to Emmaus.

    LUKE 24:25  Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

    LUKE 24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

    (Now the scriptures also say call no man a fool.  But God can do whatever He wants.  So a preacher under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost could call another a fool, but in himself not.  Could you stand being called a fool?)


    LUKE 24:27  And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

    The striking thing about this whole scene is Christ, never said who He was to them. but gave them what God had spoken in the Holy Scriptures.  He gave them the Word, pointed them to the Word.  Faith cometh by what?  Hearing the Word of God.  After He presented the Word, it was up to them to invite Christ in, and it was then and only then did He reveal Himself.  
    Even then did He not proclaim Himself = God is not a showman, nor boaster.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

  • Doing Service for Jesus Christ.

    Well our Pastor was going to use this quote in service last Sunday.   But didn't (Maybe it was just for me), for whatever reason.


      781-181    You might not see one person healed that you pray for, just keep on praying for them. I've often said, "If I pray for five hundred tonight, all five hundred dead in the morning, tomorrow night I'll be preaching divine healing and praying for the sick." See? Don't have one thing to do with it. See?
    He'll let you come right down to defeats and everything else, till you come right down to the end of the road and finish your work, like He let that woman. She wanted to do Him a service, so He just held His feet out there and let--let her wash them. Oh, if He'd said, "Don't do that," she'd have jumped and run, but He let her do the service.

    TAKING.SIDES.WITH.JESUS_  JEFF.IN  COD  FRIDAY_  62-0601
      781-183    And after she got through, finished the service that she was going to do, then He looked up to that hypocrite standing back there, was trying to cast a blackness on His Name, said, "Simon, I've got something to say to you, not to her, but to you. You, standing back there, in your heart that's the reason you brought Me down here. You have no fellowship with Me. Didn't I know it? But you brought Me down here, and you set Me back here to make fun of Me. Let... You never give Me no water to wash My feet; you never give Me nothing to soothe Me. Me setting here burning and hurting, you never give Me no oil for My face. You was ashamed to kiss Me welcome or shake My hand. (See?) You was ashamed before your company; you was ashamed to do it. This woman, since she's come in, she's did nothing but rub My feet and bathe them with the very tears of her eyes, wiped them with the towel of her own hair. Then I'll just show you whether I'm a prophet or not." Amen. I like that.
    "Now, I want to speak to you just a minute. Your sins which are many are all forgiven you."
    Hm, did they blight His Name? They thought they had it; they thought they had stopped it; they thought they'd fixed Him so His revival could never be in that community; they thought they'd ruined His influence; but it just taken one person that loved Him to turn the whole situation.

    TAKING.SIDES.WITH.JESUS_  JEFF.IN  COD  FRIDAY_  62-0601
      782-186    How do you know that you're not that person for your community or somebody that you'll meet? Take sides with Him; do Him a service; do something for Him. You know what I mean, brethren? Take your side with Jesus. Take Him--make Him your choice. Do service for Him regardless of whether anybody else, or you're ever repaid or anything. Don't make any difference. Wait till the work's over.
    How would you like for Him to say... Even though you'd prayed for sick and they didn't get well, though you prayed to get to speak with tongues, and you didn't do it, you prayed to prophesy, you didn't do it; but yet, the only thing you can do is tell the story of Jesus in your church, or in your community, at your work. You couldn't even do one thing, didn't lead one person. That woman didn't lead one to Christ, but she done a service for Him. And "And I say untwhat difference does it make at the end of the road, if He'll say, "And I say unto you, all your sins... Though maybe not one prayer was answered for you, but you come on the basis of My Word. You come because you believed Me, and you did Me a service. And I say that the many sins that you have done is all forgiven you." That would be good enough for me. Amen. Yes, sir.


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

  • In Whose Hands (Paul Ciniraj Mohamed is a missionary in India)



    IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE HANDS IT'S IN



    A basketball in my hands is worth about $19
    A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
    It depends whose hands it's in

    A baseball in my hands is worth about $6
    A baseball in Mark McGuire's hands is worth $19 million
    It depends whose hands it's in

    A tennis racket is useless in my hands
    A tennis racket in Pete Sampras' hands is a Wimbledon Championship.
    It depends whose hands it's in

    A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal
    A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea
    It depends whose hands it's in

    A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy
    A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon.
    It depends whose hands it's in

    Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches.
    Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in Jesus' hands will feed thousands
    It depends whose hands it's in

    Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse
    Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.
    It depends whose hands it's in

    As you see now it depends whose hands it's in. So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your relationships in God's hands because....... it depends whose hands it's in.


    This Message is now in YOUR hands.
    What will YOU do with it?


    At our youth camp, after Sunday service this was given out to each of the young people in the 5-12 age group. 

    As a very brief summary, God came down in a special ways for our camp, using some of the team captains, and also during an impromtu singing service during a storm.  He dealt with several of the young people and results was at 4 getting baptized on Sunday (from both age groups- and it was unusual as it was all boys).  During the singing He dealt with several young people (age 12 and over).  What happens next will be interesting to see.



Thursday, June 05, 2008

  • Do you know your scriptures?

    2008/06/05  Pt2

        As a continuation of the Pt1 from below.  Think you understand the scriptures, what they mean, how they flow?

    Consider this Scripture
    ISAIAH 61:1
         1     ¶  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

    ISAIAH 61:2
         2    To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

    ISAIAH 61:3
         3    To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

        Jesus was given the scroll of Isaiah, and purposely found this scripture.  The part in Red is what he read to them (Luke 4:18-19) and then promptly said: This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears (Luke 4:21). Thus a comma and the word and are not fulfilled yet and there is a space of about 2000 years in them.  So God can break a verse into parts, and it can span thousands of years.

        Also consider this poplar verses (but misapplied) for John the Baptist.

    MALACHI 4:5
         5    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

    MALACHI 4:6
         6    And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

        The part in green is the only part mentioned in the New Testaments.
    LUKE 1:17
         17    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord

        So again like the Isaiah scripture, only part has been fulfilled.  The arrival of Jesus at the time of John the Baptist was not a dreadful day, nor the end occured.  The coming and dreadful day of the Lord is when the judgments befall this world.  To say it any other way is to twist the scriptures.  There is a reason and purpose scriptures are written a certain way, and what is recorded.  This still leaves an Elijah to come, for the rest of the prophecy of Malchi to be fulfilled.


    2008/05/30  Pt1

    ISAIAH 40  3 ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 

     4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 

         We know, what this scripture means, only because the Bible explains it to us.  However if we were at the time of John the Baptist would we recognize it.  Odds are we wouldn't, for very few recognized John the Baptist. 

          You say you would.  I doubt it.  For do you know when God speaks in parables, or plain in the scriptures?  Do you know when it's figurative or literally?  Do you know when it has a single meaning or double meaning?         The Pharisees probably thought this forerunner would be some mighty Prophet by the sound of the scriptures.  "There'd be a voice of one crying in the wilderness." And said, "All the mountains skipped like little lambs, all the leaves clapped their hands, the high places was made low, and the low places was made high," such prophecies as that.

         But he came in simplicity. So God manifests his Scriptures in simplicity.  Only babes willing to learn will catch it.  Only God can interpret his Scriptures.

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