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Discerning the spirits From sermons preached by the rev. Dieudonn AKE
SUMMARY
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Page 2 INTRODUCTION
Page 3 CAN BOTH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SATAN SPEAK THROUGH THE SAME
INSPIRATION CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION ?
Page 6 CAN THE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OF INSPIRATION BE JUGDED?
Page 8 WHY DOES THE LORD OFTEN ENABLE THE DEVIL TO EXPRESS HIMSELF
THROUGH HIS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OF INSPIRATION?
Page 14 PROPHETIC MINISTRY OF PAUL AND THE LAST PROPHET-MESSENGER
WILLIAM BRANHAM, THE ONLY INFALLIBLE MINISTRIES
Page 16 SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON THE MINISTRY OF NEW YORK CITY OF
APOSTLE JOSEPH COLEMAN AND THE TARES JULIAN BRUNELLE
Page 22 IMPORTANT NOTE
Page 22 CONCLUSION
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INTRODUCTION
At the beginning of the early church, the spirit of error slipped in slyly
within the pure Christianity and gradually plunged the church into a state of
seduction, to such an extent that the love of truth, over time became almost
a mere glimmer in total darkness.
Today, in a total decay, the church has lost almost all its bearings and
lives in a real confusion.
Since the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error are at work today, it is the
responsibility of every believer to prove deeply anything before accepting it,
as recommended by the apostle John in his first epistle : " beloved, believe
not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many
false prophets are gone out into the world. hereby recognize.ye the Spirit of
God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of
God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, it is that of
the Antichrist, which you have heard his coming, and is now already in the
world. You, grandchildren, you are from God and have overcome them,
because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of
the world, and therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them
"- (1 John 4 1-4) -
It is in this spirit that the prophet William Branham also recommends the
Church of the Lord in his sermon DISCERNING THE SPIRITS 08-03-1960 said this :
" And we have an order from God, is for the discerning of spirit, trying the spirit.
I believe that the very great lesson for the church today, is to try the spirit of
anything, have discernment of the spirit. ... May it be the last or the first rain,
whether the inner or outer rain or no rain at all, whatever it is, we should never
judge by this, but by his spirit. We must discern the spirits. "
Dieudonn AKE
Pastor of Tabernacle Amour Fraternel
Abidjan Yopougon Niangon Azito
COTE D'IVOIRE
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First, the word to discern stands for the ability to discover the nature,
the value of something, or the ability to distinguish between two confused or
mixed things. In one word, it is the ability to make A difference between true
and false in order to chase away any confusion or ambiguity.
It is in this context that the Lord Jesus walking the streets of Caesarea,
trying to teach the discernment of spirits, asked them, "Whom men say that I
the son of man am ? .They replied, "Some say that thou art John the Baptist,
others Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. (Matt 16.13 -14).
The people did not compare the Lord Jesus to Pilate, Herod or a king. But they
compared him to one of the prophets. And what the people was thinking
about him was right, though they could not identify him really. In fact the
people had found in the Lord Jesus the lives of all the former prophets. The
Lord Jesus was the Master of the prophets because it is He who sent them one
by one. And when sending a prophet, He would put his Spirit in the prophet so
that the prophet did not live his own life but that of the Lord Jesus. And all the
prophets who came had the same life of the Lord who sent them. When the
one who sent them came, His life conformed to that of the prophets who
came before him. The generation he was living in could then identify him as a
prophet because of the life he was living. This was the case of the prophet
William Branham, sent by the Lord Jesus, who lived the same life; to such a
point that some unstable people worshiped him as the lord though he was
only a messenger.
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therefore, Ive got to be dead earnest and truly convicted. But, you go into a
church, and if youll watch the behavior of that church, you just watch the
pastor awhile, and youll usually find that the church acts like the pastor.
Sometimes, I wonder if we just dont get one anothers spirit in the stead of the
Holy Spirit. You get to a place where a pastor is real radical and carrying on,
youll find out the congregation is the same way. Ill bring you to a church
where I see the pastor stand, jerk their heads back and forth. You watch the
congregation, they do the same thing. You take a pastor, just gulp down
anything, usually the church will do the same thing. So, if I was choosing a
church, Id choose a genuine, fundamental, Full Gospel, Bible church, if I was
choosing one to put my family in.
The Life or the spirit that lives in a pastor must be the main thing that
every man must discern before making his choice. The spirit or the life of a
shepherd must reflect the life of Christ. And after the right choice, holding on
to this servant of God is the second thing to do for the Spirit of Christ in him will
certainly lead you to the presence of the Lord.
After the answer of the disciples, the Lord turned back to his apostles
saying: "And you, what is your revelation about me and what do you tell them
that I, the Son of Man am? When you look, what do you see? Clearly, what
do you think of me, you my disciples? "Peter took the floor and answered, ''I
think You are the Christ, the Son of the living God ''. (Matt 16.15-16).
Jesus satisfied with this answer, said spontaneously this: "Peter, a man did not
who tell you that, it is My Father who is in heaven that gave you this
revelation. And i Jesus having as intention to build my church, it is on this
revelation that I will build it! And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!
And Peter, I promise I will give you the keys that will open heaven and
whatever you loose or bind on earth will be loosed or bound in the heaven!
And when you have the keys, from this moment, anyone you will find bound
in sickness, unbelief, pain, curse chains ... .All that you say pronouncing the
word, I, God, will confirm your word. "(Matt 16.17-19).
Jesus knew how to identify the word of His Father through man. That is
Why He said: " for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my father
which is in heaven. " Jesus acknowledged, believed and said amen to the
words of the Father, the Holy Spirit who spoke through a man: Peter. God had
made Peter a communication channel of the Inspiration, a means by which
he could speak, for He is Spirit.
When Satan saw that Jesus had believed the revelation, the inspiration
that came through Peter, he said to himself that he could also use the same
channel since he is a spirit too. He thought that if he could speak through the
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same Peter, the channel for the communication of the inspiration, Jesus
would believe him and would succeed in diverting him from his goal.
In fact, you can see that five minutes after the powerful statement of
the Father through Peter, he opposed to Jesus and rejected what Jesus said
in Matt 16. 21-22 : "Therefore Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go
to Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed in, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took
him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, God forbid, Lord! This will not
happen to you. "
The same channel through which the Holy Spirit had spoken five minutes
before rejected and was against himself the plan of the Lord had prepared
for the world. The devil inspired Peter to express contrary thoughts to those of
Christ and the Holy Scriptures showing his opposition to the death of Christ yet
it was written that the Messiah had to suffer many things from elders and chief
priests and scribes and die as the Lamb to save the world.
Jesus, the Son of God, recognizing and believing the Word of the Father,
discerned this declaration of peter and pushed it away. He unmasked Satan
who spoke at this time through ! Peter: "Get behind me, Satan Thou art an
offense unto me: for thy thoughts are not the thoughts of God, but of men.
"(Matt 16. 23). In other words," it is true that this inspiration came through the
same channel for the communication of the inspiration but it did not come
from my father who is in heaven and I cant accept it. "
The first time that Peter spoke, it was consistent with the Word, and that is why
the lord Jesus, the Son of God, having discerned the declaration of peter
recognized and believed that it was the Holy Spirit, his Father who spoke
through Peter. But when the same channel expressed another thing contrary
to Scriptures, the Lord Jesus who was the Son of God rejected and refused to
believe this word.
The same channel that received by inspiration the Voice of God and
transmitted it to men, was likewise inspired by the voice of the devil and
transmitted it to men of the earth !
However, the problem was not with the channel for the communication
of the inspiration Peter, but with the one who was to believe the inspired
channel.
The duty of every son of God is to discern every thought, every voice,
every inspiration, every word, every revelation that comes to him. For the
father, the Holy Spirit speaks and Satan who is the spirit of error speaks too !
Every spirit speaks only through one channel : through man. God uses man as
channel to speak and to act. Satan does likewise. The responsibility of any son
of God is not only to listen but to discern any inspiration that comes to him so
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as not to take the voice of the devil to the detriment of the Voice of the
Father! It is true that the Church must listen to the channel of communication
of the inspiration of God but the Church MUST discern which word to believe
through this communication channel of the inspiration of God, since it is
possible that Satan can use the same channel to divert some elects from their
goal. Every child knows the true voice of his father even in the dark ! That is
why Jesus said "My sheep know my voice and they will not follow a stranger
"(John 10.5). And a true believer of the gospel will discern God's inspiration
from that of the devil coming out of the mouth of a man, no matter who he is.
He may be pastor, apostle evangelist, prophet, teacher or bishop ...
The Prophet Branham said in his sermon FOURTH SEAL - 21/03/1963 JEFF , IN ,
USA : Truth and error cannot mix. It cannot mix. It's either the THUS SAITH THE
LORD, or it's wrong. No matter what "Holy Father" said it, Saint Boniface, or--or
the Archbishop of Canterbury. I don't know who said it; if it's contrary to the
Word, it's perversion. It won't mix. Say, "Why, this fellow done..." I don't care
what he done, how much holy he is or anything like that; this is the only direct
Truth that we have. No church, no creed has no Truth, if it's outside of this;
The Lord Jesus, the Son of God could not stop the devil from using the
same channel that God had chosen and used, but Jesus had to keep this
channel from influencing and convincing him so as not to believe and do all
that is contrary to the Word of God. Every true son of God must do the same!
The Lord Jesus on earth not only represented the Son of God, that is to say,
God in human flesh, but he took the position of the Church before the Father.
Jesus had the ability to discern voices, identify Words through man and reject
that which does not come from the Father. And this same capacity was also
given to any son of God. For, this capacity acting in a man makes him a
predestinated son of God. Being predestined is having the ability to recognize
and believe the pure word of God for his day.
Following the idea that God's chosen channel can make human
choices, it's good to know that when choosing the replacement of the
Apostle Judas Iscariot, the human mind inspired apostles to make a bad
choice, particulary apostle peter. Indeed, after the suicide of Judas, the
apostle Peter, who had received the keys of sealing and unsealing and the
commission to strengthen his brethren in Luke 24. 31-32, read the Psalms and
gave conditions for the substitution of the false apostle Judas Iscariot. He
proposed that the replacement of Judas be chosen by lot and be part of
those who accompanied all the time Lord Jesus from his baptism by John until
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the day he was caught and be a witness of His resurrection. The people's
choice after prayer and draw fell on Matthias.
But the teaching of the last messenger Prophet William M. Branham said
this was human choice, not God! In his sermon HEBREWS CHAPTER 6 PART 2 08-
09-57 Evening, he said: "When they selected a man to take Judas' place, they
got the wrong man. They got a gentleman, Matthias, a great scribe, a scholar,
a diplomat. They said, "He'll just take the real place. Boy, he looks like a real
man." But it wasn't God's choice. And he took this man, and he never done
nothing for God. "
Thus, the choice of peter was judged by the prophet and God. In fact,
the choice of God was Paul, who could not be chosen according to the
required conditions that Peter wanted. And it was that Paul, having the spirit
of discernment, who resisted, judged, corrected the apostle Peter and called
him a hypocrite in Galatians 2.11-14 : " But when Peter was come to Antioch, I
withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that
certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were
come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the
circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that
Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. But when I saw that
they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto
Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles,
and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the
Jews? "
Paul knew that even if the Lord had given the keys of the kingdom to
Peter, he could be influenced by both spirits and therefore he had to prove
every word and inspiration of Peter to feel reassured to believe the right
thing. PETER, like all the other apostles continued to have ups and downs in
their lives until they left the body of sin in which they lived.
In addition, the Holy Spirit did not also hide the errors of His messengers
but revealed them in order to correct, to help and save believers. The
prophet William Branham, talking about that declared in the EXPOSITION OF
SEVEN AGES - THE AGE OF THE CHURCH OF SARDES " God used an Abraham (
he lied ), a Moses ( he rebelled ) a Jonas ( disobeys ), a Samson ( he sinned ),
a David ( he murdered ). Likewise, he used Joshua and Joseph. And those
with severe blemishes far outnumber those whose histories seem to be
perfect. "
He continued by stating in the same chapter : " God raised up many mighty
men of which Luther was but one. Calvin and Zwingli were two other
luminaries and besides these were many, many more who are not so well
known. However, though all this was not in vain, the mighty work of God was
actually hindered by these very men. For one thing, they did NOT oppose the
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Church-State marriage of the Nicene Council but actually fostered that union.
The defense of the Gospel by the state was welcomed though there was no
Word for it. And though we can see "the wrath of man praising God," in such
events as Henry the Eighth taking up for the reformation and the rejection of
papal authority, it was a far cry from the truth of Pentecost and protection of
an omnipotent God. In spite of Luther's constant teaching against outside
interference in local church matters he was not able to clear men's minds of
the "Bishop, Archbishop" concept of church government. Thus the church
took one step in the right direction but still remained shackled, so in short
order she was again imprisoned in the same dungeon whence she had
attempted to escape. Still the cup of the abominable works was not yet full.
Not only did Luther through poor judgment incite to battle and thereby cause
the death of multitudes; but Zwingli's party persecuted unto prison the godly
Dr. Hubmeyer, and though it did not commit him to the stake, it was actually
responsible in great measure for his eventual death by fire. And Calvin did no
less, for he demanded the arrest of Servetus who had seen and taught the
oneness of the Godhead. The State then tried this brother, and to Calvin's
dismay he was burned at the stake. "
However, the Holy Spirit calls them true servants of God! Because in all
of them the sovereign will of God was fulfilled.
Despite their mistakes, they remain true servants of God. In Hebrews
11.1-38, the Holy Spirit says that all His messengers, though they made
mistakes in their lives are, by their faith, true servants of God in whom the Lord
was fully manifested.
WHY DOES THE LORD OFTEN ENABLE THE DEVIL TO EXPRESS HIMSELF THROUGH
HIS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OF INSPIRATION?
To answer this question, the story of the Prophet and King David can be given
as an example. When David decided to number the people of Israel in 1
Chronicles 21: 1-17, the Bible says that it was Satan who inspired him to do so.
Now David was a prophet-king that is to say, GODs channel for the
communication of the inspiration. God used DAVID to talk to his people, and
Satan, seeing that the children of Israel were listening to that channel, and
wanting to destroy them, inspired David to count the people without any
order from the authorized voice of God (the prophet who is God's word).
Once the counting was done, the Bible says that God's anger was kindled
against David, and sent Gad the prophet told him to choose one of these
three plagues, namely :
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All these three proposals were designed to kill people, not David himself the
guilty. God's judgment did not touch David the guilty but rather the people
(Innocent) .This false inspiration of Satan through David occasioned the death
of more than seventy thousand (70,000) men of Israel with pestilence and
destruction by the lords Angel, of one part of Jerusalem.
Why that ? Talking about the same census by David, the Bible says the
wrath of God was kindled against Israel, and so, God moved David to the
number Israel. " The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
pushed David against them, saying, go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Samuel
24: 1).
This implies that God sometimes happens to even let his true servant receive a
false inspiration for a purpose. When God is angry and wants to kill a group of
people, he allows the channel through which he expresses himself and
through which the group also believes to do contrary things to His will to pour
his anger on this group! But he that has the ability to discern that this is not
God's will saves his life. But the others who accept without discerning the
actions or words die by the edge of the Lords sword !
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twice. He had commanded him to go after other gods that regard; but he did
not keep the commands of the LORD commands. And the Lord said to
Solomon : Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not kept my covenant
and my statutes that I have commanded thee, I will surely remove the
kingdom from thee, and I will give it to thy servant . But I will not do it in your
days, because of David thy father. I will remove it from the hand of your son ".
The Lord, because of the idolatry of Solomon, divided his kingdom not when
he was king, but during the reign of his son. Also, those who worshiped foreign
gods that Solomon made and those who married foreign women sinned
against the Lord as said Nehemiah 13. 26-28 Did not Solomon king of Israel
sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who
was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless
even him did outlandish women cause to sin. Shall we then hearken unto you
to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange
wives ?
God was not pleased with this judgment. So he decided to blot out of his
book those who worshiped the golden calf made by Aaron. The prophet
William Branham said in EXPOSITION OF 7 AGES CHURCH - THE SARDISEAN
CHURCH AGE : " In order to further clarify this removal of a name from the
Book of Life we ought to extend our thoughts to Israel in the days of Moses.
Exodus 32:30-34, "And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto
the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sins. And Moses returned
unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have
made them gods of gold. Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sins--; and if not,
blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written. And the Lord
said unto Moses, whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My
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book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have
spoken unto thee: behold Mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the
day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them." It is more than evident that
names have been, and will be removed from the Book of Life ere time shall be
no more. In this particular place it was because of idolatry, even as when Dan
and Ephraim lost their rights as tribes for worshipping the golden calves. All
who worshipped the idols had their names removed from the Book of Life.
When Israel rejected the leadership of God in the pillar of fire, and turned to
worship the golden calves their names were removed from the Book of Life.
The Bible says in Deuteronomy 13.1-6 that : If there arise among you
a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And
the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let
us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou
shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams:
for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your
God with all your heart and with all your soul.Ye shall walk after the LORD your
God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye
shall serve him, and cleave unto him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of
dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from
the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and
redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the
evil away from the midst of thee. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy
son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine
own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which
thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers
Thus the fulfillment of a prophecy or a sign should not be the capital thing the
people must look but the teaching that follows the fulfillment of this sign or
the wonder! The look should rather be focused on the nature of the teaching
following a prophecy or a sign, not the sign itself ! God can allow someone to
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As an illustration, in Exodus 23, God's purpose for Israel was to get him
out of Egypt and to enter the land of Canaan to serve Him. But many died,
struck by the wrath of God in the desert before entering Canaan because of
idolatry, murmurs and rebellion. The most striking fact was that of idolatry in
the plains of Moab which cost the lives of more than forty-three thousand
(43,000) despite being Israelites all passed through the waters of baptism in
the Red Sea, saw great miracles, all ate the manna, all drank water from the
rock, and all benefited Blessings. Indeed, the Bible reveals that the prophet
Balaam managed to cause more Jews in the spiritual fornication by his
teaching. This Moabite prophet had the same sacrifices and the same rituals
(seven bulls, seven altars, seven rams).He was in the midst of Moab like
Prophet Moses among the people of Israel. But Balaam, though he could
have a true revelation from the Lord, the purpose of his teaching was to
encourage Israel to be placed under a yoke in which God would be forced
to destroy Israel. Just as Satan knew he could seduced Eve (make her fall in
the sins of the flesh), and thus bring God to apply death sentence
pronounced against sin. Balaam knew that if he could bring Israel to sin, God
would have to deal with them by death. He conceived by his education in
Israel, a plan to make them to sin. He invited them to the party of Baal-Peor
where Israel began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab, to the
worship of false gods. (Numbers 25.1-18). This aroused the wrath of God and
forty three thousand (43,000) Israelites perished in the judgment !
The teaching of Balaam was to push the people of Israel to make a great
mistake and be defeated while Moses plan was placing the people in
victory. The Prophet William M. Branham in his sermon THE ANOINTED ONE OF
THE END TIME, - M25.07.1965 : Balaam, anointed with the same Spirit that was
upon Moses. What was the difference? The teaching of Moses was perfect.
The Bible said here in Second Peter, that it was "the teaching of Balaam" that
Israel received, that God never did forgive. Unpardonable sin! Not a one of
them got saved, though they had come out under the blessings of God, and
seen the hand of God moving by this mighty prophet, and seen it exactly
vindicated by God. And, because, another prophet come in with a teaching,
contrary, and disputed with Moses, and tried to prove to the people that
Moses was wrong. And Dathan, Korah, and many of them, agreed with him
and taught the children of Israel to commit fornications, to go after his
organization, that, "We're all the same. Now, "the teaching of Balaam," not the
prophecy of Balaam. That was all right. That was God. How many believes
that? The prophecy of Balaam was exactly right, 'cause he couldn't speak
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nothing else. The anointing of God wouldn't speak nothing else, and God
vindicated it by proving it was the Truth. But it was "the teaching of Balaam
Balaam did the same manifestations than Moses. He prophesied right on
Israel, nevertheless, his teaching was different from that of the prophet Moses
because the teaching of Balaam led to the death while Moses one led to
life!
First separate those who love Him with all their heart and all their soul and
believe His Word from those who dont believe and do not paying
attention to him.
Secondly punish and destroy by his wrath all the make-believers who
dont discerned all things by the Scriptures and believe before
applying.
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The Bible tells us that God used the Holy Spirit in Seven Evangelical
Enlightenment to illuminate the seven different ages. And the prophet William
Branham gave the name and ministry of each of these seven messengers. He
later said that the first messenger (Paul) was a prophet and the last
messenger (Elijah) was a prophet but the other five were mere reformers.
The Word of God only coming to the true prophets of God with the Thus
saith the Lord, this means that only two messengers among all the messengers
who came Over the 7 ages (the first was the prophet and messenger apostle
Paul and the second was the messenger prophet William Branham) received
the power of infallibility and the ministry of Infallibility; and nobody else.
In fact, the messenger Paul with a ministry of infallibility declared in 1
corinthiens 3.10-11 : "According to the grace of God which is given unto me,
as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other
foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." And in Acts
20:27 " for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." or
in Galatians 1:8-9 : But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be
accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed !
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And his experience beyond the curtain of time, he said in his Sermon
PRESENT STATE OF MY MINISTRY 08-09-1962 : And now just compare that
ministry with what we're going through today. Compare the teaching of Saint
Paul. Remember in the little Heavenly thing that I saw, I said, "Well, will Paul
have to stand with his people?" They said, "Yes." I said, "I have preached the
same Word he did, just exactly stayed with the same Gospel." And millions
throwed up their hands and said, "We're resting on That."
The prophet William Branham preached exactly the same gospel that
Paul preached, restoring and bringing by his message everything that was
preached by prophets and apostles and that was dislocated through the
ages. The apostle Paul had the Alpha Gospel and Prophet William Branham
the Omega gospel. Thus these two prophets messengers of the 7 church
ages preached to the Bride.
All the fullness of the Word of Jesus Christ, as Paul says in Acts 20:27. But
the other messengers being reformers did not have the fullness of the Word.
Therefore, the Ministries of reformers and gap messengers did not possessed
the power of infallibility! Thus, these two gospels being the same thing,
everybody could make doctrinal errors but not these two unique prophet
messengers of the 7 ages!
The apostle Paul and the Prophet William Branham are in no case
comparable to other reformers or gap messengers who existed or will exist
until the Brides rapture !
Therefore, the message of Malachi 4 remains the last message and there will
be no greater message than this as he said in his sermon DO NOT BE AFRAID, IT
IS I 14-04-1961 : " remember, Thus said the Lord, this is your last sign! Write this
in your bible. Apart from this If there something bigger than this appears, call
me a false prophet. This is a strong statement. I watch what I say I am in
contact with more than ten million people around the world. Therefore I must
say that I know I did not say it myself. "
This statement was supported in the message QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 12-
01-1961. " But let me say this, that there will come--there will come a
message, and there will come a messenger. I believe that if it's to be a man,
it--it'll be somebody after me. See? It'll be... But this message that I'm
preaching is the true message of this day, and it's the last message. You see
what I'm doing, brethren ? I'm putting you all the same place I am, 'cause
you're just as much into it as I am. "
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There will be no greater message than that of Malachi 4. This is the last
Message because it will be preached in the midst of the Jews after the
rapture of the bride by the two olive trees for the 144 000.
Therefore, no one should misinterpret or misplace, dislocate or even reject the
prophetic word, as said in 2 Peter 1: 19 : " we have also a more sure word of
prophecy, which you do well to pay attention as unto a light that shineth in a
dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."
This prophetic word must be held with certainty and firmly.
Since 1965, the New York City ministry of Apostle Joseph Coleman, was
distinguishable from others by its teaching and its similarity to the revealed
and confirmed promises of Malachi 4s 7seals/ 7 thunders message. The
Angel of the Covenant who descended in rev10.1 veiled and identified
himself again in that ministry echoing the 7 seals / 7 thunders message and
fulfilling rev10.8-11. This ministry was identified as an apostolic ministry, an echo
or a gap ministry after the prophetic ministry. So Brother Coleman was an
auxiliary or gap messenger as well as Polycarp, St. Patrick of Ireland, Zwingli,
Calvin ...
An echo maker, to put faith in the message of Malachi 4.5-6: The 7 thunders.
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Thus the seven thunders are not an exclusive revelation of Brother Joseph
Coleman but he echoed the revelation coming from the ministry of the
prophet William Branham.
That is the reason why the Bride of Christ had her eyes turned to the Word that
was being manifested in New York City ministry.
However, the spirit of error crept into the auxiliary ministry which was
coming to its end in October 2010 with supernatural events contrary to the
Holy Scriptures and false prophecies made by an individual who had been in
that church for two (2) years that is to say in 2008. Julian Brunel prophecies
given to him by an angel through writings on the wall saying that the apostle
Joseph Coleman would not die but regain perfect health and even be
turned to a young man of twenty-one (21) to preach the last message to the
world to release the dynamic! This prophecy was given with specific dates
and was approved, supported and preached by the Apostle himself. But
January 5th, 2012, the apostle died without any fulfillment! Was it the voice of
God still speaking to the Bride? Should the bride Believe or cling to this false
prophecy because the Apostle of God Joseph Coleman approved it?
First of all concerning the mystery of the body change, the prophet
William Branham in his evening message. CONFIRMATION.AND.EVIDENCE_S
GATE CA THURSDAY_ 62-0621E : The other day when I turned my fifty-third
year, I said to the wife; I said, "You know, I would... What if in the morning
when I wake up, if--I'm on my birthday--if there would stand the Lord, Jesus,
as I noticed the Angel of the Lord standing in the corner, that Light... Beneath
that Light would stand the Lord Jesus, and He'd come to me, and say, 'What is
your desire?'" I'd say, "Lord, that I might live longer to serve You." And He'd
say, "It's granted. I'll turn you back. Now, you'll be twenty years old, or
eighteen years old. Live the rest of the time out again on serving Me." But that
wouldn't be right. If I went back to be twenty years old, then my wife... And
here I've got a son twenty-seven. So that wouldn't be right. So then I thought,
"Well, I love my wife so. And to see her forty-three years old and me eighteen;
that wouldn't be right." Then I thought, "Well, what would I ask for?" I thought,
"Well, now, if I would say... Well, I--I couldn't ask for that, because... Again,
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here's another thing. See, these people that I preach to in my generation, I'll
have to raise with that generation. See? I'll have to rise in the judgment with
this generation, to declare the ministry that I've preached. See? So I couldn't
go back in another generation and die over here under this generation after
preached to this generation." So I thought, "Well, as far as I know I'm healthy,
as far as I know anything about. And I still got good sight; hearing's strong.
And the ministry that He gave me, I'm so thankful for it. I've--I've done the best
I could with it. So there's isn't but one thing I could do, and that's say, 'Lord
Jesus, I'm thankful that I--that I'm what I am by the grace of God.'" That's
right.
This means that any man who prophesies rejuvenation or body change
regardless of the affirmation of God through the last Prophet messenger
William Branham is wrong because the Lord can not rejuvenate one person
without taking his wife into account and the generation to which he
preached, since he will be judged with this generation.
Also, before he makes the rejuvenation of the body, the dead in Christ,
not one, will rise first and appear to the living in Christ on earth and it will
produce the body change of believers remained alive as evidenced
1Thessalonians 4.16-18 : For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the
dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these
words ".
The prophet William Branham goes further in his sermon HOW CAN I
OVERCOME_ JEFF.IN V-4 N-12 SUNDAY_ 63-0825M : But, that won't hurt the
Rapture, now. See? No. They come first, then. Them are privileged, that's gone
on. They come first. See? See? "We which are alive and remain, to the Coming
of the Lord, will not hinder or prevent those that are asleep. The trumpet of
God shall sound; the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then when our eyes behold
our loved ones, then we'll be changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye,
and with them shall be caught up together." See? The ones that goes first are
privileged above those that are living.
And also in his sermon GOING BEYOND THE CAMP_JEFF.IN V-6 N-3
SUNDAY_64-0719E : And, oh, how thankful we are for all of God's great
blessings! May it continue to be with us until that last trumpet blows and, you
know, "We'll be caught up together, to meet the Lord in the air." Think of it!
Missing people, they can't see you no more, but you're getting together with
the rest of the group. "They which are alive and remain to the Coming of the
Lord shall not prevent, or hinder," the word is, "those which are asleep," not
dead. No, Christians don't die. They're just taking a little rest, see. That's all. Oh,
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my! "And the trump of God shall sound; and the dead in Christ shall rise first,"
appear to many. And all at once, you happen to stand and look, and, well,
there's a brother, and you know it ain't long. In a few minutes, "We'll be
changed, in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. And together with them, be
missing on earth, caught up to meet the Lord in the air.".
All this shows that the angel that appeared and gave those false
prophecies to Julian Brunelle was not the Angel of the Lord because the
writing on the wall left by this angel was terribly false!
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when I... One time read in the Bible about hell, and I begin to read that the
word "hell" come from the word "hades" which meant "the grave." And I was
for about three years or four, I would not preach the subject of hell, because
one place it looked like it was a burning fire; the next place was the grave.
Until I found the truth of it, then when I got to know exactly what it was, and by
the help of the Angel of the Lord that revealed it to me, 'cause I did not get
any schooling, and I just hold on to a Scripture and pray and search the
Scriptures until He comes and reveals it to me. When He stands before me in
that Light that you see on the picture, and reveals it, it every time is perfect
with the Scripture through and through. That's the reason I know it's the Angel
of the Lord, because He bears record of His Word. And if that Angel told me
one thing that wasn't Scriptural, I would not believe Him. It has to be with the
Word first. God's Word is eternal. 'Cause an angel could come and preach
something else, Paul said, that wasn't right. But if it's the Word of God, the
Angel of God will verify that Word every time to be the truth, if it's a true Angel
from the Lord. If it's something off color, then don't you listen to it. But if an
Angel comes and speaks and says just exactly what the Word says, then that
Angel's from God.
In addition, when the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds and
announced the birth of the Messiah, they went and found things exactly as
the angel had told them, concerning the exact place where he had said that
the Messiah would be !
This means that the angel that comes from the Lord is consistent with the
Scripture and always announces prophecies that are fulfilled with precision.
Outside that, it is an angel of the devil ! And a fallen angel must be expelled:
'Satan, get away from me' as the messenger reformer Saint Martin did with a
crowned angel who came to him as the lord Jesus and asked Saint Martin to
worship him.
All the three (The Angel, the Word and the prophet) are agreed as the
prophet said in GOD KEEPS HIS WORD_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_57-0407M : Look, my
friend. They had what? First the Word, second a prophet, third an Angel to
lead them, to guide them; everyone agreed with the other, the three of them.
The Word agreed with the prophet, and the prophet agreed with the Word. The
Angel agreed with all three of them, all of them. The Word, the prophet, an
Angel, they were ready for the march. Oh, blessed be the Name of the Lord
God. We're at the end time. The Word, the prophet, and the Angel, all three of
them together, one great testimony... God always said, "In the mouth of two or
three witnesses, let every word be established."
So this prophecy of Julian Brunelle, that was not fulfilled, showed that it did not
come from the Lord! It was brought by the devil as Satan disguises himself as
an angel of light!
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warn God's people of the danger they face in continuing to believe a word
God did not said.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Does this mean that the ministry of the apostle Joseph Coleman is no
longer true? God forbid ! Far from it !
If someone thinks that the intrusion of Julian Brunelle with false prophecies and
visions at the end (which divert more of the same objective was to the
apostle) of the ministry of Joseph Coleman made the apostle a false servant,
that person is strongly wrong !
Indeed, how can he explain the fact that Moses, who rebelled, Jonah
who disobeyed, that Samson who sinned, David who murdered, Joseph who
lied and many others who committed serious mistakes are found in Hebrews
11 as saints and heroes of faith, awaiting the resurrection for the rapture?
The Holy Spirit did not hide the mistakes of these great men of God just to
serve as an example to all those who believe the Word today, so that every
time they sin or make mistakes, they can repent and be forgiven by God and
continue their christian walk, and by doing so, God will also write their story
one day when they have finished the race and be considered as heroes of
faith as the Lord has considered these great men. Their sins will not be
mentioned because they will have been confessed and forgiven. But the only
thing that will be mentioned will be their faith.
But anyone who will repeat the mistakes of these men of God by not
discerning the Word will be put to death (destruction).
CONCLUSION
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So the ONLY WAY that the Holy Spirit taught to the bride how to make the
difference between spirits it is just by the test of the Word. And Bereans
christian did the same. Acts Chapter 17.11 describes the Apostle Paul and
Silas and their brother expounded the Word and they received it with great
eagerness, without failing to examine the Scriptures daily to see if what these
ministers told them was true. These christians, despite the position and the
commission of Paul, they tested each one of his words by the Scriptures. Thus,
every believer MUST have the same attitude. For ONLY the Scriptures bear
witness of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For example also, in 1 Kings 22:13, Micaiah resisted Ahab and his 400 Hebrew
prophets who by mutual agreement declared this to Ahab : " Go up to
Ramoth-gilead, and prosper for the Lord shall deliver it into the kings hand .
But they fail to go and see Elijah who had the Word of the Lord, and cursed
Ahab and Jzabel.
God could not turn around and bless what He had previously cursed through
His prophet Elijah and Micaiah knew that! THAT IS THE REASON why God
confirmed Micah because he remained faithful to the word of the great
prophet Elijah. This shows that God still speaks in agreement with the Word
delivered by the prophets.
The Bible says that if someone does not speak according to the law and
the prophets, there is no light in him. The last prophet messenger William
Branham also encourages the Bride in LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE CHURCH
AGE BOOK CPT.9 quote 365-1: listen to the authenticated prophet of God
who appears in this last age. What he says from God, the bride will say. The
Spirit and the prophet and the bride will be saying the same thing. And what
they will say will have already been said in the Word.
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Thus, the true Bride continually gives thanks to God, because He has
chosen her from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit
and through belief in the truth. And it is what He has called her for by the
glorious Gospel, so that she may possess the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dieudonn AKE
Pastor of Tabernacle Amour Fraternel
Abidjan Yopougon Niangon Azito
COTE D'IVOIRE
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