1975-07-NOR#8-LV Fellowship Meeting Norway-SunMorn

This will be the last time for at least a little while that I can speak to you and have fellowship with you.

And I must say that I have a better feeling all the time about you as I remain with you.

We're beginning to know each other better. And that's good for both of us. You know, the Scandinavian people have a great place in Pentecostal history.

They're also the ones who understood we must not organize.

Although many of them did organize.

Some of the great men in Pentecost that were known as flaming brands of fire were in Norway and Sweden. And then they spread this word around the world.

They sent out great missionaries.

It is only a great tragedy That the same wonderful people have not all accepted this message.

I understand that Brother Branham was stopped from praying for the sick in Norway.

I know positively that this was not the will of the people.

They wanted him to do so. But the government is in control. And we obey them. And God helps us just the same. So here you are today. Worshiping the Lord. And spirit and truth. And you believe the message. You can be prayed for. And healed. And it's going to get worse, though. It's going to get worse yet. The government will make it worse yet.

I just read this morning in Spoken Words Original Feed where Brother Branham has written in prophecy the true church bride.

Will someday be stopped from preaching this message?

And they'll close the churches. But what's that got to do with God? What does that have to do with God? There's no problem. His spirit is here. And he's the God of Daniel. And he's the God of Job.

And the God of Noah. And there's a passage in scripture. I can't remember exactly how it says it. But it mentions Job and Noah and Daniel.

And it speaks concerning the end times. It'll take a greater faith. And a greater righteousness.

than they had. We got it. There's no doubt about it. Because we have the full assurance of faith. We are just like Abraham. You'll notice how Abraham began believing God.

It was accounted to him for righteousness.

But read the rest of the scripture. In Romans the fourth chapter. And you will find that twenty years later. He came to the full assurance of faith.

After two thousand years. Which I suppose is a hundred mug of black by twenty. We have been living in faith. But at the end time we have the full assurance of faith.

Because we saw faith demonstrated. It was vindicated. The Lord God amongst us. And you have experienced that in your hearts and lives.

You are a part of that word of promise. You are a part of that exceptional faith.

Don't ever doubt it. Look, this is the Bible here. Somebody may doubt it.

Maybe your covers look like a Bible.

It could be a Sears Roebuck catalog or some catalog in here.

It is a Bible. So is this faith. Don't take it out to examine it.

Don't question it. Faith never asks questions. Faith just says what has been vindicated.

Then if you're saying that you've got it. You are a part of that body word. Body word. Body word. And remember the word of God is creative.

So within you already you have the creative power.

That's going to take you right into the ramp. Now that's so. We're not looking for it. We've got it. Abraham's considered not his own body. That means to peruse thoroughly, to scrutinize thoroughly.

And to analyze it. And wonder about it. He did. care about. He said, I've got a word of God. He said, I'm Abraham. And they said, you're not Abraham. He said, I am Abraham. They said, who said so? He said, God said so. You tell me one time where the word of God failed.

Let there be light. A book didn't come forth. Light came forth. You're Abraham. Abraham came forth. Brother Branham said, I call you not church or saint.

I call you bride. We are bride. God said so. Vindicated. So the creative word of life of bride is in us.

Now, he didn't say book. He said bride. What does a bride got? A husband. Have a glorious ceremony. A wonderful time. We're bride. He said so. And if he said so, that makes it so.

The choosing is in God.

The choosing was of God. The choosing was of God.

And he chose us. And he dressed us in his word. And we're manifest by facing that word. And he which hath begun a good work in us will perform it. Until the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

You see, I wonder what I look like in his sight. I wonder what I look like in his sight.

Look in the Bible and find out.

He said you're all glorious within.

And somebody comes along and says, I don't think they're so glorious.

And you might think, well, I don't know if I'm so glorious.

What's your word against his word? What's your word against his word? When a woman who is not too pretty, in fact, she might be sort of awkward. She might be sort of awkward, not so, you know, kind of ungainly.

And a very handsome man comes by.

Very nice looking man.

And this handsome, wise man looks at her.

And he sees something in her. And he said, I'm going to make her my wife.

The choosing is of the man.

And she'll begin to wonder. What does he see in me? And she might not see anything in herself.

But the word tells you what he sees in you.

He saw that predestinated seed in you. He saw part of himself in you.

I often look at little children. I told you I complained about my own because they look like me.

And I look at other people's children.

And I say, my, what a handicap.

The little girl looks like the daddy. The little boy looks like the mommy. So she looks kind of hard. Kind of rough looking.

And he looks like a sissy. So listen to me. They can see in those children themselves.

That's the way it is with God. We might not look good on the outside. But it's on the inside.

The good word of God tells us that we're the righteousness of God.

People don't want to accept that. We ourselves find it hard to accept.

I proved this one day by the word of God to a congregation.

You know it's the truth. Brother Branham told you. He became us so that we might become him.

We are the righteousness of God by our union with him.

And I asked that congregation to say after me.

I am the very righteousness of God.

A man said it. And he came to me later. He said, Brother Levelle, I want to tell you something. That was the hardest thing I ever did in my life.

It is hard. Look at it. It doesn't look like it. But what does that matter? God said it. And he justifies the ungodly.

Which means he calls righteous the ungodly.

I've got to quit, but let me tell you something. I've got to stop, but I've got to tell you something.

There were 99 sheep that lay in the fold. One was lost. And the shepherd went out to bring it back.

And he rejoiced more over that one lost sheep found in the 99 that never were lost.

And here's the moral of it. He said to the scribes and Pharisees.

You are of them that justify themselves.

They claimed they were all right.

But the little sheep that was lost.

Knew that he was lost. And he wanted to be found. And he was found. But the 99 who didn't know they were lost could not be found.

You are that lost sheep. And God is rejoicing over you. And the angels in heaven are rejoicing over you.

And as a groom anxious to meet his bride. And as a groom anxious to meet his bride. He is standing there waiting for us. Waiting for the former latter rain to combine together.

And they're here now. There will soon be a resurrection.

And we'll be with him. And when we see him. As we already have in the word. Before we leave this earth. We're going to be like him. Wondrously like him. Wondrously like him.

And in his glory we will shine. He made a promise. You can't fail. You cannot fail. Heaven and earth are going to pass away. But not one word will pass away.

And this is the hour of the fulfillment of a resurrection and a bride in the rapture.

And pretty soon this word will pass away. Because it will be fulfilled. It's being fulfilled now. Do you want to know what you look like? Do you want to know what you look like? Do you want to know what you really are? Go to the word. Don't have your own ideas. Go to the word. That's all that counts. One of these days we're going to be gone. But we're going to come out of the ground. Because God said so. Remember. Let God's word be true. But every man's words and thoughts are lies.

It's true anyway. So our words and our thoughts. Let them be his. The Lord richly bless you. If you wondered about any differences between us as ministers, don't worry about it. Count it as nothing.

Every man must be strong in his own convictions.

You wouldn't be worthy of being a preacher if you didn't.

But we love each other. And we will stand with each other. And if a certain church needs to go a certain way, bless it.

And another, a certain other way, bless it.

Because God knows how to deal with his children.

The one that we lavish the most love on in our family. The one we gave the most love to in our family. Was the one that got a complex as though we didn't love her.

We have to treat our children different.

And so by wisdom God treats his churches different.

And the scripture has assured us. And the voice of Paul. That if God needs to reveal something to us.

He'll do it. So let us stand with one another. In the virtue of the word. In the truth of the word. In the love of Jesus Christ. The communion of the Holy Ghost. And in holy decency.

Decency is to be right with each other.

Because if we actually look at each other, there's no anger. There's no hatred. We actually love each other. And we enjoy each other. I do. If things happen that are wrong, if wrong things happen, I can actually laugh about it. We don't need to be so serious about these things.

Be serious about him. Lift each other up. It's been so good for me to be here. I've learned some good things. And I mean it from all my heart. I leave here a better Christian.

With greater grace. And a greater love toward my brothers and sisters.

And I say again to you. Go home and pack your gifts. Pack your cookies. Because I want to take you back to America.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it. God bless you.