Message of Grace maybe

Brother Branham begins by saying that if my pen should be a sculptor's tool and my paper would be flint, then these words that I say now should be engraved upon this that it might go to all people. Now, that sounds exactly as though Brother Branham were quoting scripture, which he is not. That is not a scripture to be found anywhere in the Bible, to the best of my knowledge, and I think my knowledge is quite complete when I have a strong concordance there, which is very complete. But it could be taken from Job 19, 23 to 24. Oh, that my words were now written. Oh, that they were printed in a book, that they were graven with an iron pen and led in the rock forever. So Brother Branham does not use that scripture, but I'd be speaking absolutely by inspiration of the Holy Ghost that these are words that God put in his mouth concerning this sermon. And let us look at those words again. That if my pen should be a sculptor's tool. Now what is a sculptor's tool? It is a chisel. A chisel is made out of iron. And my paper, that's what he's going to write upon, should be flint. What is flint? It's a very hard rock that sparks when it is struck by steel. So therefore, the paper will be flint, and the sculptors, too, will be iron. And when the words are engraved, those words will strike fire and light, which signifies illumination and warmth and those things, and light, which we know to be scriptural. And these words that I say now... should be engraved upon this so therefore it's an engraving upon rock and an engraving upon metal is not so good because it rusts be quite apparent that an engraving upon flint would be far superior so that it would show the permanency and the power of that word at this particular time and he said that should be engraved upon this flint that it might go to all peoples in other words whatsoever is said here should be of such vital force and proven to be of such vital force that it goes to people and it would do what god wants that word to do for the people so this is what brother branham is saying that he himself is actually writing to us in such a manner that if this is permanent will never pass away absolutely is what is for the people of this hour now he goes on to say god's holy spirit has strange ways of dealing with his people and that is true they are strange of course according to us and word strange doesn't mean simply eerie it would mean also very peculiar uh because would not perhaps anticipate it to be that way now he says many times through wonders and through gifts and callings callings and gifts of course are without repentance is how God deals and gives whatever he wants dealt to the people and it is all by grace so let's just consider this that many times through wonders and through gifts and calling now just starting with the idea of wonders we were automatically go to the book of Hebrews the second chapter as far as I recall uh that's where it is and it says here in the second chapter verse one therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to those things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip now his words engraved with an engraver's tool sculptor's tool which is iron on flint bringing forth the light and life that lies there the illumination and the power all right we don't want to let them slip therefore they're graven in stone For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, engraven in the stone, can't change it, you can't move it, what has been written is there, so don't try to fool with it. And all you can do by fooling with it is change the meaning to yourself. You can't change that word. You see what I'm saying? For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and this graven word here would be steadfast, like Brother Branagh said in the rapture tape, three times, thus it has been spoken, thus it shall be, and every transgression and disobedience received. a just recompense reward. Now, what would be the transgression and the disobedience? It would be, in some form, denying that word, whether you walked by it, right? You said, who cares? What's this anyway? Or you looked at it and said, that doesn't line up with my thinking, so I don't know if that's right. Not

as much right as that fellow to find things out. I don't agree at all. Now,

let's look at it. The word receive is

a transgression. and receives its reward or recompense neglect

so great salvation which at first began to be spoken by the lord and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him now that scripture is true but it's not true before

he began to teach ministry

vindicated proved that he was the authority and they said this man speaks with authority what is his voice emphasize certain words and use a certain inflection and that was it they

in what we're looking

god bearing them witness here and putting the singular for christ the devil for years. Both with signs and wonders and diverse miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost. Here,

first of all, speaking,

number one, the first great minister of God, which is Jesus Christ, born in human flesh. Then comes these other ministers. The

begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish. But God did not stop there. Let's go back here to the book of Ephesians, the fourth chapter. How

familiar.

Verse 7, but unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. The measure of the gift of Christ. Complete, total manifestation of salvation of God in Christ. Now listen, he's turned over to the church. Therefore

he said, when he set it up on high and led captivity, the captain gave gifts unto men. Now he that ascended, what is it? He first descended also to the lower parts of the earth. Now that wasn't the body. That was the soul. He descended. The one that went up and came back. That's why Brother Brannon could say that the Holy Spirit actually would be the soul of Jesus. You could say that. I don't want to carry that too far. That's too deep for me. Just thank God for the Holy Ghost. The spirit of life. That's all I'm going to say. That is the same that ascended up far above all heavens that he might fill all things. And he gave according to the measure of the gift of Christ that God so loved his son. He gave. He gave his only begotten son that they might be saved. And this is the process whereby it is done through a ministry. He had 12 apostles began to

down, not through apostolic succession, but through divine election until the fullness of was poured into Christ is poured into the church. He has the way that God poured it, which was in the beginning was the word and the word was

same word continuously from the mind of God is poured down the bride. Through the way that God ordained it by flesh to put

upon. He

hasn't abandoned the flesh.

His ways of doing it in the flesh. The church is so bankrupt. Denominations are finished. If you don't have a leadership which is constituted by God, you're finished.

You're insane this morning. Spiritually insane. Under

authority, God

never has abandoned.

We begin to see gifts. Those aren't the only gifts. Bring

the church to perfection.

1 Corinthians 12, do not bring the church to perfection. but it can bring in disarray and disorder. Verse 4, now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. Different administrations, the same Lord. Different ways of operation, same God doing them. But the manifestation is given to every man to profit with all. In other words, God set these in the church in order to be complementary to the ministries that are already there and work in perfect harmony to bring it to a beautiful and wonderful climax, but He allowed this so that men can take it under. the true anointing of god they themselves being false and cause great disrupt the

true gifts to the church which are men with your ministries these are not the

legitimate sense of the word we're talking about they

use where they're supposed to be used so brother brown is taking a very stated

servant of god was called the devil

pentecostals nine one and there's not too many here thank god he's

standing up here you

came from one to another like i did good old presbyterian hogwarts

We know what it was when the Nazarenes blasphemed the Holy Ghost at Nyack, or rather the Missionary Alliance, and the Nazarenes did too. And when the fire rolled,

broken tongues, and the Missionary Alliance brandished, they died. The

Nazarenes did. They

died. You say, no, brother.

So the Green

Graze House wreaked the sound to save a wretch like me. Take my dirty dog ways, just as I am without one plea. I'm the same guy that you see here is going to stand right there. The only change is geography. Now look everybody in the eye and I don't have any fear to say I'll be there. And you put your finger on me, it won't do you any good. Because

you haven't come under grace and I am. This is subject to grace. He's going to take a chisel made out of steel and a strong hammer. He's

going to hit the flick, which is paper, which is people also living epistles. And he's going to draw sparks. But

if you're the right kind of flick, as the prophet hews out the

hue out from the windy rock, draw a message of grace and water of grace, you'll stand there. You won't have any trouble.

These gifts. And callings are without repentance. A man phoned me the other day. He said, Brother Bill, I understand you know a little bit more about the prophet on marriage and divorce concerning ministers, and perhaps some people do. What do you know about marriage and divorce? I said, you mean a man that was married, a preacher, got divorced and remarried, and now wants to preach? He said, yep. I said, go ahead and preach. I said, I'm going to tell you what Oral Roberts said, and he said the truth. God forgives you, but the people won't. A

man for that, what can he forgive him for? And I said, you're right, Brother Brown, that is not the unforgivable sin. you know my stand on that and i'm telling you is i will meet you the judgment day i'm not going to stand up here and tell you lie knowing that i've got to account if there's 80 people here i've got to account for 80 lies because that means 80 fold i've got to stand for for one little word 80 times i'm not exactly stupid yes

but not stupid i'm telling you the truth so you see the gifts and callings are without repentance furthermore let's go to psalm 68 spoken of in the first in in the ephesians the uh fourth chapter It says right here, and this is concerning Korah, David, and Abiram. Thou hast descended on high. Thou hast led captives to be captives. Thou hast received gifts for men. Yea, for the rebellious also. Who are rebellious? Those that went against the ordained servant of God, Moses. The chosen one of the hour. In the Exodus, particularly. And they said, listen here, old boy. I think you're the only guy that God uses. God gives too. And Moses grew sick, I've told you many a time. how that Moses, when they treated him like a dirty dog, they'd pull the rug from under him, do everything in the book. He cared two cents what he came back with from God. They used every excuse to turn their backs. And he kept pleading, kill me, oh God, don't touch him. In this moment, listen, man in the world rose up and said, oh God, if they're telling the truth, he

said, I'll tell you that I'm wrong. Now he said, if they're wrong, you'll deal with him, not in the customary manner of death. and god said that's what i'll do and he destroyed him in the fiery pit they went down alive to the gifts

can do and they are without you think well hey maybe god will take those gifts away from those people no he won't right to the white throne judgment my

thoughts are still clear so watch carefully what i'm saying when brother brandon presented jesus christ in chapter one of the revelation he made him the judge and he took him by projection right down to the white throne that shows you that a

miniature

the millennium this is ready for the white throne and

in judgment against those of the false anointed ones they're anointed correctly but falsely to the word of almighty god but

you see what we're dealing with and i want you to understand that brother sister because let's not just go over your heads we're not like other churches i don't care any other churches this is our church this is our responsibility that's why i keep caution keeping and be very sincere about these things because as of now you are already

That's why when Greg talked to me yesterday, he said, Brother Bill, I won't forget what you said. In

our church, there'll be no excuse. And you said, don't come sneaking around afterward. If your marriage fails, you marry the wrong one. That's exactly true, and I mean that.

We are in a two -layer game once for all. We

have time, future assessment. Your assessment is going now, at this very moment. He says, God gives,

this is, God gives

the same rain and the same sun, the same blessing. the same everything but there's a difference what in the term can

be so close to the real thing that at the end time god calls the pentecostal chat in one place because they're the last asked for this is the word i didn't make them what they were a

bad time you

gave joan a bad time he came out not

condemning them condemned not by me but by the word of god so listen to it there is such a strict razor edge at a certain period at the end time that is called a chat he

separates the tears from the wheat.

So now the identity is known. Identified, it is no longer a part of the stock. Part

of that which my heavenly father has not planted shall be uprooted, leaving neither root nor branch. The chaff would he burn with firing destructible. The tares also would he burn, having been bundled. So

therefore at the end time, it is very strange

system. People

fought and abhorred.

Many cost of people know their tares. But they cannot know the day of their visitation because that would be contrary to the word of Almighty God. No group that had just left God ever did know the day of visitation. Or they turned. It

proves right. Here,

saying they're wrong. And

I was one of their preachers. I know better than anybody sitting here what it's all about. Don't try to tell me. I

know the miracles. I know the power. I know the gifts. I know it all.

Methodists stand

here and wait.

And everybody knows it. And they're all preaching it. But they're all saying millions now living will never die. And we say billions are going to die. And in ratio and proportion, according to the days of Noah, you better not look for very many to rise above it in a secret so -called rapture. There will be so few that nobody will miss them. Sitting here this morning, I just got thinking. Joe says he wants to leave St. Catharines and move into Windsor. Be three hours drive from here. Max Lung come down every Sunday anytime he felt like it. Well, I thought that stupid one had come all the way to save the three hours. But that's up to you. And

I thought not just a minute. thinking about this thing. What if he decides to sell everything he's got and he's going to move to Windsor? But

he cares too much. He's got a few friends, but just like me, there's not that many. So why worry? If he decides he's going to sell his car at home, it's just the only thing he did decide to take a train. He'd take a train across there and ship his stuff. Suddenly, Joe and Jenny and the two boys aren't there anymore.

He said, well, maybe he got off at London instead of going all the way to Windsor. Maybe he did this, so who knows? Well, you know, who knows? Now he's bought a house to move his furniture in, but... The house sits vacant. And people say, well, the house has been vacant. We don't know when old Joe's coming. We don't even know if Joe is coming, because we don't know Joe.

So the house sits there, and who gives a rip? And the freight cop is that bird. That's because he sounds like a rascal. So we ask him, he says, oh, no, because

we're going to charge storage on him. And he doesn't show up. There's

not going to be very many vacant, and there's going to be taking away a few at a time, by the way. Now, if there's only a dozen of them, that's four out of one.

God's holy whales were

called people of the Holy Ghost. Many

times through wonders, through gifts and commons, which all are.

Grace is not only unmerited favor, but grace is this. I

went the other day just to the restaurant,

North Street and Columbus. They serve Japanese food, and she said, well, yes. And it's all prepared in front. It's very good, clean food. It doesn't give you the heat. And so we ordered chicken teriyaki, and for $7 .95, that sounded pretty good because we didn't want to go home and cook dinner. We knew what they'd give us. They start with a nice bowl of soup, and then they give you a nice salad with a very special dressing, which is very nice. Then they start to bring on the other food in front of you like they give you. Nice onion chopped up with squash. Now, you might like zucchini. I love it. There's a little bit of stuff on it, and he's mixing something else with chicken there. But the surprise was this, which was grace, as far as I'm concerned. They brought out some nice shrimp, and I thought, well, I wonder who ordered shrimp. Well, somebody. You know, I'll watch and eat it. But you know, they gave me and my wife a nice portion of shrimp, and everybody a portion of shrimp. That's grace. I wasn't expecting the shrimp when I got it. In

teriyaki, not a word about shrimp. That's

where you're sitting today. Accepted a problem. Who expected that

challenge? 24 of your worst cases no and

i saw the most grotesque people go being carried up and everything else and everyone banged just like chip i hated you talk

about on

your boston creek

only recipe in heavenly food i

thought i was hard as the so -called hubs of hell you

came near my house and i'd say why don't you just turn me over the deal your preacher's got all the answers you're so smart see only don't stay in your condition come on bad preaching boy i don't

feel sorry all

those off except they had enough brains my two penny cost their friends to just get

one guy that

I

knew Brother Brown was in town, but I didn't want to go near him. Why should I go near him? What's he got? What do I want that he's got? Who gives a rip? Him

and my wife, what a mess I'm in here, got me to go there. And he got me into one seat that nobody else could get. Tough boy, wept for two hours flat. It was

all gone. He's

the two -tailed lamb. In

every moment of life, as it were.

I didn't expect it. I'd given up on it. I didn't even want it.

As far as I was concerned, there was no concern, no eternal hell anyway, and who gave a rip? You know why? Amongst the lovely Pentecostals and the lovely fundamentalists. I never met such lovely liars, such lovely cheats, such spiritual adulterers. And I said, you can have it. I walked off. Perhaps

it was the only way that taught to get my mind turned around.

Blank it all out. Because it wasn't worth bits. In the first place, it was a detriment. Grace. On

this time of year, because I like to relax, when I go hunting with squirrels. And he says, here, I've been down in Kentucky with my friends this week. He's just a little bitty. He's just telling about himself, why he's there. Hunting squirrels, my favorite spot. Somehow I was discouraged, and not exactly because I could find no squirrels, but I felt discouraged. Now, notice this is the top of your crates. It's feeling pretty low. Something was telling me I must return home, and I slept in the car coming back. Last year, as you all know, which is on print, I said, I've got my gravers, too, and I'm going to print. If

you're an Italian, don't forget it. Don't argue, don't fuss. As you all know, which is on print, also in testimony and in the tapes, I was sitting at a place here in Indiana where the Lord came down and spoke to me that my second ministry was ready to take place in the near future, and there was spoken into existence three swirls. Okay, let's just go back to the book of Acts, chapter 1, 24 to 25, and let us see this. because it better be scriptural. And the Lord spoke into existence.

Let the earth bring things

and beast of the earth after his kind, it was so. And the Lord made the beast of the earth after his kind, tatted after their kind, even he creeps upon the earth after his kind, and God saw it was good. What did God do? Through that, the spoken word creation and molded by the same word he brought forth. And Brother Branham said, God will create again. From the dust. The calcium, the potash, cosmic energy, petroleum, all the things he mentioned, which don't necessarily have to be a part, but we're all a part of it out here somehow. And he said, it will not be God populating the earth through sex again, but God will create again. This is a sign of the resurrection. God, as

he did in the first part of the first resurrection, this is your type. This is why this is engraven.

They will still draw sparks. Do you believe that any man could stand like Moses and create squirrels? Not that Moses ever created a flea or a fly or a bug. Never turned any water into blood. Or Moses ever did anything except open his mouth. Sounds

like Moses was even too stupid to want to open his mouth. I like people.

Y 'all all geared up to sell your bill of goods. Come and see this. Get ahead. Get ahead. Words

that I speak.

So, sparks,

is it engraved in there? Somehow going up the road while I let the rest of the boys off going hunting, I had a strange feeling to go to this place again. I said, I'm telling you about what happened this time that happened a year ago. I'm telling you it's the same place where I was. It was before daylight, raining, and I didn't even know whether they'd get to hunt or not. But that I would get over in the field there. He's going to go a certain place. Hunting means to get alone to yourself to pray. And I stopped the car and got off and walked across the road and went over into the bush. and just before it would have been daylight of gray at dawn i'd stopped in an offer a little usual telling father that just what i have need up to provide it i don't believe in wasting anything or destroying never shot a bird in my life for target practice or anything else what i hunt to eat or give to someone that does eat it i don't believe in wasting anything i don't believe in doing those things because it's not right now that's a lesson to all of us here too As I turned and I started down the familiar little pathway by the side of a pasture that crossed over to a nail shape in the woods, and something strange took place. Of all my experiences, I have never had anything like that. I looked at the top of the hill to my left from where I was standing, and there coming up out of like the top of the hill, seemingly it looked like out of the hill itself, were three rainbows, and they were running some 30 foot high. Saw the light, and I just turned back because I thought it might be the sun rising. Upon second thought, it wasn't toward the sun. It was toward the south. It

could be the sun. It hasn't even risen yet. It ought to be sun. Another thing, it was smooth, cloudy rain, raining over. Now, I think he meant smooth. It was consistently the same. In other words, not getting darker or lighter. It was just consistent, like

sun breaking through or something, or the rain lifting.

morning, and you know how it was raining, and it's smooth clouds everywhere. In other words, it's a complete lair. I think that's what he means, nothing breaking through her, just even rolling around. You know how it just stands there at times? And I looked again, and there it was, growing taller and taller, three rainbows. I took off my hat. I set down my gun. I started walking towards it with my hands up. Something just seemed to tell me this was close enough. I was going. to sit down and take off my boots that I had on to see if I could walk a little closer. That's nice.

Very respectful, but wanting to know more. You know, that's how God will reward you. If you're really respectful and humble and honest and you want to know more, you'll only want to know more because they can do something with themselves and gain something. You know, Brother Branham could not use his gift of healing for himself. When he prayed for Billy Paul, Billy Paul got well. He prayed for the, oh... I forget his name out here. It's Sister Weiss' brother. There's cancer on the ear. He got well. And he pulled up his pant leg and he had a huge, ugly bruise that could not get well. Had to take his time. Couldn't use it well. So this depicts the man here. This is a good picture. The humility and the sweetness. You know? Not barging in. Not trying to grab. But just saying, I'm going to come closer if I can. I believe this is from God. See, that's what we're trying to do here. Trying to be somebody. If you are, forget it. You're already lit.

that's smarter than i am and there's only one person doesn't outsmart himself and that's god and we're not done anybody

don't try to

we're going to be any value at all we've got to help people in ministry be complimentary in a few yards of it and i saw the color of it misting like a fog moving stood

still for a few moments it was coming right out of the top of the little mountain and i watched as the three i watched one to the right one to the left one in the center running down into one bowl like he said like a common receptacle which i could epitomize would call a bowl the rainbows were coming up one and two maybe

you're drawn literally the paragraph i want to draw or draw or what it was whatever it was he was

he said now rainbows don't live fog doesn't live

did because

it was the same thing that god said to moses moses there but

you are different a

form that is visible that you can see

there with the prophet, I would not have seen the rainbow. I was in the room with him with a pillar of fire on the wall, and I did not see it. And personally, I did not even care to see it.

My attitude is, want to respect to God's office when he fills the office, officers when he fills the office. So I said, Brother Branham, I don't see it, but I do see the one who does see it, and that's fine by me. And that's exactly where I stand today. I don't have to see it, but I want to see it for him. Put me in debt, snap

pictures of me. That picture, somebody's got to see it. Brother Branham saw it. It's got to be on the camera because he got his taken. It

turned out to be something I didn't want to see.

So what do you do? You see it pretty good. You believe the problem.

Do you think maybe it would...