PREACHING No.34
TO WHAT THEN WERE YOU BAPTISED?
(Preached on Sunday May 09, 2004 in Locodjro, Abidjan - Ivory Coast)
This morning, I want to talk about the baptism, that's why I want us to remember that old song about baptism. As the Old Gospel it is one of the oldest songs. And history reports that from the early centuries, during the persecutions, early Christians in the direction of Europe and United States sang two songs. Let’s sing that...
... The baptism is an institution of a major order. Every man as soon as he believes and agrees to separate from sin must be baptised immediately as we see it in Acts 8:36-38 and Acts 16:30-33. In Matth.28:19-20, it is said: "baptise them first and then teach them." The courses of baptism are a human institution yet we know that behind every human institution is a demon even if it is good. What God has not instituted, even if it seems logical, do not do it! Remain within the limits of the Word.
As far as aspersion is concerned, the Emperor Constantine thought himself Christian but refused to be baptised. On the eve of his death, he asked to be transported up to the Jordan to be baptised in the place where Jesus was baptised. On the way, he was dying and was sprinkled in extremis. It was on May 22, 337 at midday. It was then decided to sprinkle the sick who would be in these cases and that was called "the clinical baptism ".
Let’s take now Matth.28:19-20 ... Remember that after that he said: AWAIT! Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4! Why? Because they were to receive the Holy Spirit that would reveal the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to them because Satan is also father, son and holy spirit. Let’s read John 8:38: "I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father." and verse 44 says: "Ye are of the devil, as [your] father ...." You see? God is Father, Satan also is father. Let’s read John 17:12, Jesus is Son; Judas also is son, Satan in flesh. Satan disguises himself as an angel of light that is to say the holy spirit as 2 Cor.11:14 says it. Jesus Christ and Judas were the same age, they walked side by side, they died on the same day, on trees. Two sacrifices. The day of the Pentecost Peter stood up and said: "Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." In the presence of all the apostles and disciples because according to Matth.16:17-19, it is him who had the keys. How can you say that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are names while there is no "s" to name? Can one write on a check "in the name of the CEO of the company? Yet by the Word of the Lord, the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ and also the name of the father, son and holy spirit is Judas Iscariot who is now the Jesus of catholic, protestant, evangelical and branhamist churches. Yet the Holy Spirit specifies that the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is: "... For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who [are] afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God may call". Where is then the place for the trinitarian baptism? Is God still calling? If "yes" then it is in the name of Jesus Christ. There is no place in the Bible where someone was baptised in these titles while all these baptisms are in the name of Jesus Christ: Acts 2:37-41, 19:1-7, 10:44-48, 8:14-16, so on. ... It is better to put our reasonings aside and align ourselves with what the Bible says. The trinitarian baptism is a practice of polytheistic religions and any church that administers the trinitarian baptism is a polytheistic church with a god father, a god son and a god holy spirit. It's paganism. You should retake the baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ according to Acts 19:1-7. But notice that it is not because it is in the name of Jesus Christ by immersion that the baptism is just!
Well, it is impossible to be in the will of God outside of a prophet among the people. It is written "by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt and by a prophet was he preserved." Jehoshaphat said, "Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper". And God recommends a special attention to the prophet:"He suffered no man to oppress them, And reproved kings for their sakes, [Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm." [1Chr.16:21-22] And like Samuel, rejecting the prophet of one’s time, it is to reject God. If therefore it is God who commissioned me on that April 24, 1993 then whoever rejects this Message chooses the hell and does not have the Holy Spirit at all. And we will never collaborate with a church. The debate of collaboration is definitively closed in all its forms. It is the devil that acts with craft against us as in Ezra 4. These are the Sanballat and Tobijah of this Message. If they love us, let them keep away from us! He that gathers not with me scatters!
Well, today I had wanted to preach on John 6:47-70, but I have been led to preach a real prophetic revelation on the topic: To what then were you baptised? And just after the sermon we will move to questions-answers. How many come from the evening time? [Twenty people], the others come from evangelical churches and others. Thank you, let’s take our Bibles in Acts 2:38 [Brother Philip reads up to ... remission of sins.] In the various places where we stood to preach, the branhamists (those who still follow the Message of William Branham while we are at midnight) wage us the same battle as baptists, pentecostals, assemblies of gods and others. They are as pagan as those! The vision of April 24, 1993, they were the mixed race woman sitting in the same military cargo with catholics and of which Satan was the driver. And if the baptism however in the name of Jesus Christ of the pentecostals, recognized by the branhamists, is retaken in the midnight Cry, why recognizing that of the branhamists? Are there two good news or two baptisms at the same hour? No! When John was baptising, it was for repentance then the apostles baptised for the remission of sins and that included repentance. Then Luther baptised for justification and that included repentance and remission of sins then Wesley baptised for sanctification and that included repentance, remission of sins and justification and William Branham baptised for the restoration and that included all the rest but not the restitution which is to come. Then today the baptism of restitution and that includes all the rest including the restoration. It's the pure truth. We must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the Message we have received. It’s through baptism that we enter into the Message of our time. Even behind the curtain of death, with the saints fallen asleep. Is the baptism of repentance enough at time of the apostles? No! According to Acts 19:1-7. Yet it's the same age, the same people but two Messages and then two baptisms. And it is the same for the consecration as well. The consecration of a minister in the evening time is not valid at midnight. In the evening time, the Jews with Moses received the baptism of the Red Sea then that of the Jordan with Joshua, but on Mount Nebo, when God was showing Canaan to him, Moses did not see the baptism of water to come. And after Moses, when Joshua was crossing the Jordan with the people, it was for the restitution; they would take possession of the promised land. It was a baptism of restitution. Similarly after Elijah, Elisha gave clearly a symbol of the baptism of the restitution in 2 Kings 5:10 with Naaman who had to wash seven times in the Jordan. And we see this Message of purification in it. You see? The baptism of the restoration does not include the restitution!
Notice that in Africa, all the fetish priests proceed with a bath for the sick. If it's at home, the adjourned water is not used. And every fetish priest administers his baptism. That is imitation! Even to crush or to prepare some remedies, we do not use adjourned water ... yet notice this: the messenger of Matthew 25:6 must come from the evening time if not it is a strange fire. He must come out of the loins of the Apostles themselves of Jesus through Luther, Wesley, Branham otherwise it’s a strange fire and only him cannot be baptised if not by whom? In the upper room, who baptised the apostles? Who baptised John the Baptist? The prophet messenger is the manifestation of the Word which is the attribute of God Himself. It is God who created every thing, existing by Himself and therefore "Uncreated" and we must accept it this way. The prophet messenger baptises and consecrates everybody and cannot be himself baptised or consecrated. So all the branhamists including their pastors, Ewald Frank, the sons of Branham must come humbly to be rebaptised. You see that it is difficult for these rich branhamists as their fathers the pharisees to enter into the kingdom? John 6:47-70 "This word is hard; who can accept it?. We who are children of Branham, he wants to rebaptise us as well". They forget that Elisha divided and passed across the Jordan as Elijah. The baptism is the biggest obstacle of the branhamists. The multitude of catholics and evangelicals are afraid to accept the message when she hears about midnight and others whereas the branhamists are afraid to be rebaptised. These are the two groups of Judges 7:1-7. You see? Here is the top of the pyramid! And it is "Thus saith the Lord." None of the wise, prudent and intelligent in their own eyes will understand but blessed are the poor in spirit and fools because they shall not err. Even if they were not divided at all, they must be rebaptised in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for restitution. To Restore (re-establish, repair, recover one’s strength) and to Restitute (return, put back in its first state). Remember this:" what God gave and that the devil took, has now been restituted to you." You see? I did not invent anything. The repentance, the Bride has already acquired it with John the Baptist, the remission of sins, she has acquired it with the apostles, the justification, the sanctification, the restoration, the Bride has acquired them and she is now at the step of the restitution. Man looks at the people, God looks at the Church and the prophet is the mind and the eyes of God. Revelation 22:6 says He is the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets: The bible says that all those who accepted the gospel were baptised in the name of Jesus Christ. And in "all those" the branhamists must be counted too...
For the administering of the baptism, after the confession, when you get in the water, then, after a short prayer such as: "O God, under the virtue of this grace that you have granted to me in this Message, I pray that in this water die forever the failures and the curses that were or could have happened in the life of this brother and that coming out of the water, he comes out with a new testimony and a new life of victory over sin and that with your help, he may be a blessing to his house and also to us. Amen! "...
Then ask two or three times the question: "Brother ... before God and his holy angels and before men, do you accept to be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ [for restitution]?" Then baptise him by: " on the basis of this confession, I baptise you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ". I cannot admit baptisteries and swimming pools except in the desert countries. I think that the baptism is a moment of blessing and deliverance, but for lack of revelation, it becomes a mere formality. People went once or twice at the marabouts’ or fetish priests’, spending just a few minutes with these people. That, they confess it at the baptism but they do not confess that they were baptists, catholics, methodists, where they spent years. They do not confess that they were at the vigil of such and such prophet. You see? They want to put that on their personal experiences. May God have mercy for us and help us! Let’s move now to the questions and answers ...
TO WHAT THEN WERE YOU ... (CONTINUED)
Let’s specify that in the vision, I was standing upon the sand of the sea then upon the pyramid then upon the sand of the sea. These are three different places. And just before the Angel and the Lamb descend, there was an eclipse and when they were descending, the earth was illuminated again. This eclipse was the crucifixion of the evening time Message by the high priests of this century ... Let’s see again that pyramid, I was standing on the top. According to the dream of Junior Jackson, William Branham and the branhamist preachers were gone. Yet, he had commanded them to keep eyes on the white stone that had to be one day interpreted, a type of the unknown language. The white stone according to Revelation 2:17 contains the mystery of redemption and it is behind it that the resurrection and the manifestation of the sons of God takes place. I will give to him the hidden manna, the midnight Cry and the Message of white stone. [Ed: The congregation says "Amen!"]. In Revelation 5:1-7, it is the Lamb who took the book of redemption, the book of the seven seals, attribute of the Bible, the book of life and the book of life of the Lamb. The same book. You see? The Lamb kept that mystery of the white stone and the unknown language. Moses and the prophets of the Old Testament did not know it. David and the kings, Abraham and the patriarchs did not know it. Paul and Peter did not know it. William Branham did not know it. Gabriel and the angels did not know it, nor the 24 elders ... But the Lamb of April 24, 1993 and Revelation 5 knew it. And this happens in secret away from crabs and sea snakes. William Branham said:"... Let's get ready for this midnight Cry. It's coming in a hour when you think not. There'll be a cry, not amongst the unbelieving world; it'll be a secret."[Ref. 134 "The Uniting Time and Sign" August 18, 1963, Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville USA].. Notice that in the dream of Junior Jackson all the branhamists left as died the Israelites who went out with Moses but we see that at the end of the vision a crowd came from all the churches with a supernatural faith:"We have not seen nor heard but we entirely believe It." All the branhamists died in the desert. God sent them snakes, seducers. They do not even understand the baptism, what methodists here understand.
When Paul met the disciples of Apollos in Acts 19, he said: "To what then ..." Not "in which name" But to what then? He said: no, John baptised you for repentance, but we are in another phase, that of the remission of sins. Paul did not speak of name but of the Message because if the baptism is summarized around a name what will it be of Luther and Wesley who baptised in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you see? The Message of John and the baptism of John come from heaven but when appeared the Message of remission of sins, the baptism, the ministry and the Message of John were worthless.
If I am chosen one and a son of God, it is at the Message of John that I repented and it is with the apostles that I have had the remission of my sins not in the year 1993. What the methodists see, you do not see it and you pretend to be eagles! Which species of eagle? And if Jesus Christ humbled himself to be baptised by John, no one if he is from God will refuse it, it is John who should rather say: "I am unworthy... "And you to say:" the Scriptures and promises must be fulfilled ... suffer it!". And is it not an honor and a sign for my former pastor or for Europeans, Americans to receive the baptism from us? How can a branhamist come and sit here with his baptism of restoration? Can we baptise for repentance at the time of remission of sins? Can we baptise for remission of sins at the time of justification? You receive the baptism of the Message you have received in order to receive the Holy Spirit in the dispensation of that Message. If the baptism is just by the name, so a woman can administer baptism.
Let’s notice now that Revelation chapter 6, the Lamb opened the first seal ... the Lamb opened the second seal ... Revelation 8:1 the Lamb opened the seventh seal. And on April 24, 1993, the Angel? No, ... but the Lamb. Revelation 10 says: a strong angel clothed with a cloud, standing where? On the waters. Clothed with what? A cloud! ... Rejecting the midnight Cry, it is to sign one’s own condemnation. And for the first time in forty years, act again the spirits of Elijah, Daniel and Apostles on the earth. Daniel interpreted an unknown language before the king Belteshazzar.
In 1993, two great soothsayers mentioned this vision. One is Kacou Severin, president of the foursquare church of Ivory Coast. It was during a prayer vigil organised by the businessmen of the full-gospel in the holidays’ period of 1993, near the Assonvon hotel [Ed: A well-known hotel situated in Yopougon, a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast] before thousands of people. Those who have the film can check it because after having spoken, he pointed at me and I stood up on the left side of the platform of the second or third row. Another one, vice-president of the apostolic community christian church, said:"You have a Message, where you shall stand to preach, there shall be eternal life". Is this false? No, but where are they? [...] And I mistrust such men. If Osborn, Billy Graham or Yongi Cho tells me: "My god told me that he is going to use you mightily ..." I would never tell people: "Oh! Even the great Osborn says that [God] will use me ..." Jesus said to such men: "Hold thy peace" and the spirits of divination were silent. They are all full of it even the branhamists. No matter the gifts, miracles or the power of the spirit that is on someone who rejected this Message, it is the devil.
They have dreams almost every day, they see and kill snakes and see dogs... all that it is divination. [...] Now notice that when Billy Graham preaches, he cites writers, philosophers, politicians, ... that shows which god and which jesus he speaks of because all the high places of 2 Kings 17 are called "churches" and the gods Baal, Baal-Zebul, Chemosh, Nergal, Dagon Adrammelech ... are named Jesus. The baptists’ god is named Jesus Christ. The methodists’ god is named Jesus Christ. The branhamists’ god is named Jesus Christ (branhamists: those who follow the Message of William Branham and who reject the midnight Cry). That is the problem! So as to deceive the elect if possible. All the spirits they have are named: holy spirit. But God in his goodness has planned this Message which is the eye-salve of Revelation 3:18 in order that we may see and that the shame of our nakedness may not be made manifest. We will never collaborate until they show us where Jesus and the apostles collaborated with the pharisees and the sadducees. We are not concerned by their conventions. Matth.28: 19: Go and organize international conventions?
Some brothers and sisters who have had false holy spirits repented. Some have even spoken in tongues, prophesied, had presences of unctions and of fire, believing it was the real Holy Spirit. You see? All these religious systems are in the 5th dimension which is the region of the lost ones, the region of torments and nightmares. That is why you must not cite a man you know to be false, even if what he says is completely true. The book of Jude has suffered enormous difficulties to be accepted among books of the New Testament. Several assemblies especially of the East, rejected it despite his clear and powerful message, despite the fact that it was written by the own brother of the Lord Jesus. Why? Because he quotes textually the book of Enoch (v.14-15), the book of the Assumption of Moses (v9) and the testaments of the twelve patriarchs. Three existing books but which have not been accepted in the Old Testament. Do not look for good things in what an Osborn, Billy Graham or Ewald Frank said. Remain strictly within the limits of what the Message, the Cry said, even when preaching, follow that closely. [Ed: Brother Philip said in a sermon: "... There were books inspired by God before the flood, but none of them has been able to cross the flood because the world must not need them as also no book, even the Bible will cross the millennium because we do not need it there! You see? Jude did not draw his inspiration from a supposed book of Enoch! Jude cannot do it! "].
Just before that vision of the 24th of April, 1993, I had an experience ... I was 1 km away from me in the heaven. I was present, and seeing clearly people as I can see you and recognizing the place. I was condensed air into about 15 cm of radius. I saw without eyes and a voice certainly could come out of me and I could think. I saw men, trees and houses. But I saw no spirit or anything supernatural. It was in broad daylight around eight o’clock and that happened to me once and at the moment when my living body was to move, I saw that I was there in spirit in the house but not in my body and that I was getting into the house like another [of] myself when I was a kilometer away (under that form). It seemed to me that I was three and I became as before and so far, I've never seen anything like. It is there that I understand Genesis 1:26-27 and Genesis 2:7 and 21.
[All the brothers and sisters coming from the evening time were rebaptised on Saturday and Sunday, May 16, 2004.]
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