UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH

WHAT IS JESUS ACTUALLY BUILDING HIS CHURCH UPON?

 

The importance of revelation by the Spirit to a true believer can never be over emphasized. Revelation means more to you than perhaps you realize. Now I am not talking about this Book of Revelation and you. I am talking about ALL revelation. It is tremendously important to the church. Do you remember in Matthew 16 where Jesus asked the disciples this question, "Whom do men say that I the Son of Man am? And they said, Some say that Thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father Which is in heaven. And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The Roman Catholics say that the church is built upon Peter. Now that is really carnal. How could God build the church upon a man so unstable that he denied the Lord Jesus and cursed while doing it? God can't build His church upon any man born in sin. And it wasn't some rock lying there as though God had hallowed the ground at that spot. And it isn't as the Protestants say, that the church is built upon Jesus. It was the REVELATION. Read it the way it is written: "Flesh and blood hath not REVEALED it, BUT MY FATHER HATH REVEALED IT, and UPON THIS ROCK (REVELATION) I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH:" The church is built on Revelation, on the "Thus Saith the Lord".

 

(Reference: The Seven Church Ages- William Branham)

GOD DID IT BEFORE SCIENCE!!!

MANY SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE KNOW NOW WERE FIRST PERFORMED BY GOD AND THEY WERE RECORDED IN THE BIBLE CENTURIES AGO. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES FOR YOUR PERUSAL.

1. Going to space

 Elijah, Enoch and Jesus were taking up.

i. Jesus
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (Acts 1:9 KJV)

ii. Elijah
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (2 Kings 2:11 KJV)


iii. Enoch
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. (Hebrews 11:5 KJV)

Three times do we see God taking people away. Three is a "witness and a confirmation." Enoch being seventh from Adam, was raptured and this age being the seventh church age from the second Adam, Jesus, will go in the rapture. It is a surety that the rapture will take place.


2. Door that open by itself /automatic door opener
Doors opened for Peter and the Angel

When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. (Acts 12:10 KJV)



3. Surgical operation. Anaesthetic  

God caused a deep sleep on Adam and He took his rid and made Eve.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (Genesis 2:21, 22 KJV)



4. Removing cataract

Ananias prayed for Paul and scales fell from his eye.

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. (Acts 9:17, 18 KJV)



5. Metal detector

The prophet Elisha caused the metal to come up from a pond.

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. (2 Kings 6:5-7 KJV)


5. Heart transplant

God gives people new heart.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 36:26 KJV)

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. (Jeremiah 24:7 KJV)

God bless you.

FALSE PROPHETS

Every Christian knows that the Bible teaches that there shall be false prophets and false christs in the end-time. However, many fail to identify these false prophets and teachers and as a result, many are being deceived.

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. (Matthew 24:23-26)

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. (2 Peter 2:1-2)

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. (1Timothy 4:1)

HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY A FALSE PROPHET?

A true prophet will always lead one to the Word and bind the people to Jesus Christ. A true prophet will not tell the people to fear him or what he says but to fear what the Word says.

The true prophet always says something and they happen exactly as they prophesied.

Antichrist means "antiWord," so these false prophets come perverting the Word of God giving it a meaning that fits their own devilish end.

Just like Judas Iscariot, they are out for money. They get you to sell everything you have and give it to them and their schemes. Some charge for consultation fees. They even tell you how much money to pay.

They spend more time on offerings than the Word. False preachers more often preach about money and how people can have material wealth.

Those who operate the gifts make use of a gift with margin of errors.

Some use psychology and guesses and they call it of God. For example, some may say," I can see someone..." or "the Lord has told me that someone..." Our God is not a God of guesses. He knows every detail of anyone or anything in the universe.

Like the seven sons of Sceva who tried to imitate Paul, the first messenger to the Gentiles, these false prophet do imitate the last messenger to the Gentiles.

If the preacher does not say exactly what Paul said, he is false! 

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. (Gal 1:8)

The false prophet will tell you if you do not believe them, you will be lost but the true prophet will cry out for people to get back to the word or they will be lost.

These same false prophets will claim that the messenger of the last-day is not a theologian, so he ought not to be heard.

In the days of Micaiah the prophet, there were 400 prophets who were all in agreement saying the same thing and fooling the people but there was only one true prophet-Micaiah.

MOSES, DATHAN AND KORAH

This is what the Lord has given me today for you.

Notice that whenever God sends a true word to His people, there is always the false one behind the scene to lead some people astray. When God was leading the people to the promise land through Moses, there was also Dathan and KORAH who were giving false messages to the people. Those who listened to those men instead of Moses were destroyed with them.

Remember that spirits don't die. They move from one person to another when the person dies. The spirit of Elijah came upon Elisha and again upon John the Baptist. So the spirits that used these men are still present in our day.

There is always one truth and all the others false.

Choose you this day whom you shall listen to. Are you choosing to listen to the voice of man or God's infallible Word which does not change?

False Christs shall come. That means they have the anointing to do miracles but they will tell a lie that will be very close to the truth such that if it were possible it will deceive the elect of God.

One day, all the 400 prophets have told a lie to the King Ahab and Jehoshaphat but there was one (Micaiah) who did not compromise but said, "As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak." (2 Chronicles 18, 1 Kings 22)

Today, the majority of preachers are lying to the people. But I will agree with Micaiah by saying, "As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak." 

The only way to distinguish truth from the false is to compare what they say to the Word of God, the Bible.

If anyone teaches women can preach, it is false. 

Anyone who says it's ok to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, is false.

Anyone who preaches you have the Holy Ghost once you start to speak in tongues, it is false.

Anyone who preaches you will go to heaven once you attend church is false.

Anyone who preaches that there is no hell is false.

"In times of ignorance God winks at." If you did not know the truth, God will not hold you accountable but once you are told the truth, God will hold you responsible if you do not follow it.

The only thing that changes the mind of God from destroying the people is REPENTANCE. Consider/read the case of Jonah at Nineve and Isaiah who was sent to Hezekiah.

He that have ears, let him listen what the Spirit is saying.

Are You Born Again?

Are You Born Again?

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5)

Recieving the Holy Spirit is the same as being Born Again.

If the spirit in you cannot agree with ANY word of God, you are not born again. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word the proceeds out of the mouth of God.

The Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth and only God's word is the truth all others are false.

If you deny any Word of God, you are not right with God. And that means the spirit of God is not in you.

Paul after receiving  the Holy Spirit was able to teach and preach the Gospel according to how the disciples were taught by Jesus. The Holy Spirit is Jesus. He said I will be with you even in you until the end of the age. So Jesus in you cannot deny His own Word. And as John 1 says, in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh.

It does not matter whether you do speak in tongues, heal the sick etc. if you cannot accept every word of God as true, you are still lost!

No man can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Ghost. 

Without the Holy Ghost, you will always argue about the Word and use your own imagination to interpret It.

Without the Holy Ghost, you will always defend your church's doctrine even if it's contrary to what the Bible says, instead of defending the Word of God.

Without being born again, you cannot forgive your enemies as Jesus commands us to do. You will always pay evil with evil.

Without the Holy Spirit, you will not find it interesting listening or reading the Word of God.
Without the Holy Ghost, you will love the things of the World more than the things of God. That is why some Christians choose watching TV programmes like football over attending Church service. 

You are still living in sin because you do not have the Holy Spirit. He that sins is a slave to sin but if the Son of God shall set you free, you shall be free indeed.

THE TRUTH ON WATER BAPTISM Part 2

TITLES OR NAME?

In Matthew 28:19 we can read Jesus' great commission unto His disciples saying, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, BAPTIZING them in the NAME of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

In Luke 24:46-47 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in HIS NAME to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

According to the scriptures ALL the eleven apostles including Peter, were present when the Lord Jesus gave this great commission. The Lord Jesus Christ never told us to baptize in the NAMES (plural), but in the N-A-M-E (singular). Both Matthew and Luke wrote NAME. We know HIS NAME is the LORD JESUS CHRIST

Take note that 'Father' is not a NAME. 'Son' is not a NAME either; neither is the Holy Ghost a NAME. These are but TITLES of the ONE true GOD.

To illustrate this point using Abraham Lincoln, the 16th American President, he was born a SON to Thomas Lincoln. He became a HUSBAND when he married Mary Todd. When they had their four sons, he became a FATHER to their children and to the rest of Americans, he was the PRESIDENT. Abraham Lincoln by being a Son, a Husband, a Father and a President, did not make him FOUR persons but still the same ONE person but with different titles.

In the same manner, God ABOVE was FATHER (Psalm 89:25, Isaiah 9:6, Malachi 2:10), the same God WITH US in human flesh was the SON (Isaiah 9:6), and now the same God IN US (John 16:17) is the HOLY GHOST, and therefore the NAME of this one true God is the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

In the Old Testament, God the FATHER was always called LORD (with capital L); in the New Testament, we find JESUS was the name given to the SON of God and in our age when the HOLY GHOST was given since the day of Pentecost, He is called the CHRIST or the Anointing of God.  

We can therefore conclude from the these basis that the TITLES of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost refers to only one compound Name, which was given on earth whereby man must be saved (Acts 4:12)- and that NAME is nothing else but the NAME the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the complete NAME of GOD!

We can read throughout the Bible that ALL of Jesus' disciples baptized in water in no other name but the Name of Jesus (References: Acts 2:38; Acts 8:14, Acts 10:46-48, Acts 19:1-5). 

NEVER can we find the entire pages of the Bible where anybody was ever baptized using the TITLES of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Look it up and you will never find one.

No wonder the scriptures say in Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

The apostles understood that baptism in those TITLES was not a LITERAL command, just as when Jesus told them, 'Except you EAT my FLESH and drink my BLOOD, you have NO Life in you.' Nowhere in the Bible can we find they literally ATE the flesh of Jesus or DRANK his blood. That would make them cannibals and vampires if such command was followed to the letter. But the thing is that it was revealed unto them that eating His Body means 'partaking of His Word' and drinking his Blood meant 'receiving His Atoning sacrifice' into their lives. In Water Baptism, it was revealed also unto them WHO really was the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, and what the NAME of God really was. "Lord Jesus Christ," that's the complete Name of God.

The third and final part of the Truth on Water Baptism will follow shortly.

God bless you.

REJECTING JESUS IS RECEIVING THE MARK OF THE BEAST (666)

REJECTING JESUS IS RECEIVING THE MARK OF THE BEAST

Jesus had made a statement that served as the last straw that broke the Carmel's back!  He said 'if you don't eat of my flesh and drink my blood you are not part of me.' To some, Jesus wanted to make them cannibals etc.

And the Bible says;
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. (John 6:66 KJV)

It is no coincidence that John 6:66 has this information for us. This Bible verse represents 666.

Many of the disciples of Jesus turned away and walked with him no more. The mystery here is, walking with Jesus, you receive the Seal of God which is the Holy Spirit. On the other hand, turning your back on Jesus is receiving the Mark of the Beast, 666.

The Bible says there will be a falling away before that great day comes. Therefore, just as it happened at the beginning with Jesus and His disciples, the same will happen at the end-time.

Some people teach that the devil will mark people on their foreheads with the number 666. Of course the Bible says so but the true meaning of that is, receiving false doctrine into your head. For example, if you accept a church's doctrine instead of the teachings of the Bible, you are receiving the Mark of the Beast.

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar. (Romans 3:4 KJV)

Rejecting Jesus makes you an anti-Christ thus aligning yourself with the devil. 666 is the symbol of the Anti-Christ.

If God permits me, I will make a post on the topic 666 to explain things further.

FAITH

SEE WHY WE ALL NEED FAITH!

 

We all have faith in something; either, in a creed, in a church, in a textbook or in our doctor.  If your faith rest only in a human being, that is a curse. So when the doctor tells them you have got cancer and you have just months or weeks to live, then you believe and know that is the end. But Jesus said have faith in God.

FAITH BRINGS HEALING/MIRACLES

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”- Matt 17:20

So even the little faith without any doubt mixed with it will do great wonders. That is why Jesus kept saying to people who were healed that your faith has healed you.  When you pray believe that you have received what you are asking for and it shall be granted.

Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.- Matt 15:28

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.- Heb 11:1

So one may ask, how do I get faith? The answer is simple. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Our elders did all and obtained good report by faith.
 

Jesus said, have faith in God. If you abide in me and my Words in you, you shall ask whatever you desire and I will grant it unto you.

The double-minded person cannot receive anything good of the Lord. So by doubting, you hinder your prayers and you do not get the answer to your prayer.


FAITH GIVES US ETERNAL LIFE

Faith is a gift. It is also a revelation. 

In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God. The word become flesh.

Jesus is the word. So without listening and obeying all that Jesus says, you are a sinner. Without faith, it is impossible to please God.- Heb 11:6

Abraham believed in God and it was imputed unto him for righteousness.

SIN= UNBELIEF

You do all the gossip, fornication, adultery, idolatry lieing etc. because you do not believe in God. You are a sinner if you disbelief any word of God. The reason is, man shall not live by bread alone but by EVERY WORD that comes out of the mouth of God. So as Christians, we do not do cherry-picking. We don't pick and choose which word of God to believe and which not to believe.

Jesus said the words that I speak unto you, they are spirits and they are life. So basically, by listening to Jesus' words you get the spirit into you that makes you belief and leads you into eternal life.

On the other hand, by listening to the lie of the devil, you get doubt into your soul and that leads you to damnation in hell.

Once you believe, you pass from judgement unto eternal life. Faith without works is dead. Therefore, if you have faith, then your deeds must show that you have it.

With faith, you are able to quench the fiery darts of the wicked.- Eph 6:16

ONLY BELIEVE, FOR ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO THEM THAT BELIEVE!!!

WATER, BLOOD AND SPIRIT

I am going to discuss how the three elements- water, blood and spirit are demontrated in three different kinds of births.  

The  life of human and animal is in the blood.  Transporting nutrients is not the blood's only task. It is also used to remove waste products, such as carbon dioxide, from the body. Also essential for human survival is water.

In much the same way that the blood removes waste from our system, God uses the blood of Jesus to purify us of all impurities.

1. The Natural birth - Water, Blood and Spirit

The natural life types the spiritual life. When a woman gives birth to a baby, the natural, the first thing happens is breaking of water, then blood, and then the spirit (the life). Water and blood comes before a baby is born and this has been the natural process by which every human being is born. The spirit enters the baby as soon as it is born, to make it a living being. When the spirit leaves the body at any point, the person is then pronounced dead. Before Jesus died on the cross, He said Father, into your hand I commit my spirit.

2. Birth At The Cross - Water, Blood and Spirit

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (John 19:33, 34 KJV)

There are three that bear record in earth, which is water, blood, and Spirit." That's the three elements that came from the body of Christ. They pierced His side; Water came out; Blood came out; "Into Thy hands I commend My Spirit."

(1 John 5:7, 8 KJV)

We had our birth at the cross when water and blood came out of the side of Jesus. And he also said Father, into your hands I commit my Spirit.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. (Leviticus 17:11 KJV)

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (Romans 3:25 KJV)

God has shown throughout the Bible from the Garden of Eden through to Abraham up to Jesus that Blood was, is and will always be the resource for redemption. Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.

3. Being Born Again- Water, Blood and Spirit 

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:3-5 KJV)

This empasises the importance of water as well as the Holy Ghost baptism for every believer.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)

In the quote above, we see the three elements

1. Baptise- Water
2. Forgiveness of Sins- the blood cleanses you.
3. Holy Spirit- Eternal Life

It also follows the process of (three stages):

1. JUSTIFICATION- Water baptism

2. SANCTIFICATION- Cleansing by the blood

3. BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST

By looking at the natural birth, we can notice that water baptism should be only by total immersion in the water.

According to science, when you look at black through red, you will see white.
GOD SEES YOUR DARK SINS WHITE WHEN HE LOOKS AT YOU THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS!!!

MAN SHALL LIVE BY EVERY WORD OF GOD

WORD is thought expressed. The Bible says out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We realise that the words people use make us know the sort of people they are. Let every man be a liar and God's word only be the truth. When the devil tempted Jesus, He answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

I AM the Bread of Life

Now, notice (John 1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it. If you not eat of his body (the Word), you are not part of him.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. No prophecy of the scripture God is His own interpreter. When He said let there be light, it continues to say and there was light. Jesus said when the Holy Spirit comes, it will lead you into all truth and remind you of all I have told you.

Eve disobeyed just one word of God and that brought about death. Since God does not change, we will also die (eternally seperated from God) if we disbelieve one word of it. Therefore the Bible says in the book of Revelation that anyone who adds or removes a word from the scripture, his part will be taken from the lamb's book of life. We therefore have the choice to either hold on to God's word add or remove and to either live or die. Paul went on to say that: Let God's curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.

Remember when King David failed to follow ALL the instructions on how to carry the ark of God, it brought about death within the camp. God does not bypass His word and do anything. Whatever He has said that He will do. There are countless number of prophecies in the Bible that have been fulfilled and all scripture will compass to pass before the end.

Please do not let anyone decieve you to believe that so long as you attend Church services or pray, you will go to heaven. Jesus is the WORD and He will judge us on that day. I will end with this quote:

"Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book."

God is the Holy Spirit and the Word. Jesus said the Words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and life. So if you reject any of His word, it is a clear indication that you have not recieved the Holy Ghost yet. It does not matter whether you can pray for someone to be healed or speak in tongues or whatever.

Matthew 4:4

Galatians 1:8

Revelation 22:7

2 Peter 1:20-21

2 Peter 3:16

2 Timothy 3:16

Deuteromony 13:32

Jesus Is Lord

May God bless you.

I SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH

Some Reasons for Allowing Women Priests/Ministers

I can understand why so many Christians think that it is ok for women to be priests or ministers in the Church. Among these reasons are:

1. The first person to see Jesus after the resurrection was a woman.

2. Jesus instructed Mary not to hold on to Him but she should go and tell the others about his resurrection.

3. In Christ there is no male or female, free or bond, Jew or Gentile, for all are equal.

4. When Jesus died, the curtain in the temple got torn and so all including women have direct access to God.

5. So many women have won souls for the Lord Jesus.

6. The Samaritan woman went to the city to tell everyone about Jesus.

7. The Holy Spirit was poured on both men and women on the day of Pentecost.
8. In Christ there is no male or female for all are one.

Unfortunately, none of these excuses above allows a woman to be a minister/pastor. God is not the author of confusion and the Bible does not contradict itself. Notwithstanding, from the above references, it is clear that the woman can witness to others.

What The Bible Says

Paul said emphatically concerning this subject, "this is a commandment of the Lord." Jesus stated "obey my command if you love me."

1. To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you. ” (Genesis 3:16)

2. Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. (1 Corinthians 14:34-38 KJV)

3. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. (1 Timothy 2:11-15 KJV)

4. This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach. (1 Timothy 3:1-2)

5. I believe that the scripture below also has a lesson for us.
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. (Revelation 2:20)

Again

Some argue that women have to be priest in order for them to be saved. But the scripture says: she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. (1 Timothy 2:11-15 KJV)

Peter said, 'knowing this first, that NO prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. (2 Peter 1:20)

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar. (Rom 3:4)

Paul said, "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." (Gal. 1:8)

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock." (Matthew 7:21-24)

"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." ^{(Matthew 7:13-14)}

THE PILLAR OF FIRE PHOTOGRAPHED

We Would See Jesus 58 0612- By William Marrion Branham
 (Please note that this is unedited. They are the words of William Branham himself.)

Look. When He was here on earth, how many knows that that was the Pillar of Fire that followed the children of Israel in the wilderness, that It was Christ, the Angel of the covenant? All right. And how many knows that that was Jesus in Jesus, that same Spirit? Look, when they questioned Him, Saint John 6, calling your^?^attention to it. They said, “You say you’re greater than Abraham?” And said, that, “Why, you’re only fifty years old, yet.”
He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” I AM was in the burning bush. Is that right? A Pillar of Fire^When He was here on earth, He said, “I came from God, and I go to God.” Did He say it? And then, if He came from the Pillar of Fire, He returned back to it again.
After His death, burial, and resurrection, Saint Paul was on his road down to Damascus and big bright Light struck in his face and blinded him. None of the rest of them saw It. Paul saw It. It blinded him; he fell on the ground. What is this Pillar of Fire, again? “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?”
“Who are You, Lord?”
“I’m Jesus.” Is that right?

E-56 When Peter was in prison, Who was It in that Light, walked before him, opened the door? Surely it was. He returned back to the Pillar of Fire. That was in that day. Here He is the same today. Here’s His picture, even taken by the mechanical eye of the camera. It isn’t psychology. It’s the power and the resurrection of the living Christ, Who remains the same from the Old Testament, New Testament, and today just the same. You say, “Brother Branham, can I depend on that?” The vine will bring forth the same fruit. If that was the Holy Ghost, that Pillar of Fire in Christ that made Him discern spirit and do that, if He’s in us tonight as we say He is, He will do the same or He ain’t the same Christ.
Here He is as millions of the church knows it. Millions of the church people knows it. Now the scientific world knows it. One hangs in Washington, D. C., in the Religious Hall of Art,the only supernatural being was ever photographed in all the world. George J. Lacy of the FBI, Fingerprint and Documents, here in Houston, Texas, examined it. It’s right, and put his own You see the write up on it, on the book. That’s true. Yes, sir. The only

E-57 And in Germany they said they wanted to see if they could take the picture. And they stood there, and we got a great breakfast where them Dutch Reform, and Lutheran, and all kinds of ministers, and they was questioning me. And this German said, “Can I take the pictures?” (At Lausanne.) One of those great big German cameras with the Poloroid. I said, “He might permit it, sir. I do not know. He did in America two or three times.” I said, “He might do it. I don’t know.” So it^And I said, “If He starts^”
He said, “Can I take the picture?”
I said, “It isn’t a flash?”
He said, “No, sir, it isn’t a flash. It’s just a still picture; they don’t have to have a flash.”
I said, “All right, ’cause I don’t want to see a flash, and don’t take pictures while it’s going on, ’cause it’s a Light Itself.”
And so_just then, I felt It coming, I said, “All right, sir. Here He is.” And stood up, I said, “You standing there with that Roman collar on like a priest. I said, “You’re not a priest. You’re a leader of thirty-two thousand communists.”
And he fell across the plat_his table like that. Said, “My God, that’s right, mister.”
I said, “You’re not a German, and neither are you a Swiss, but you’re an Italian.”
Said, “That’s right.”
I said, “The reason you never eat your breakfast is because that you got stomach ulcers.”
He said, “God, have mercy on me.” And right there, God healed him. That big German camera taken the picture just as fast as it could. And that German rushed right down, and put them in the acid, and brought it forth. Here was the Holy Ghost, the Pillar of Fire, coming down. Here’s where It anointed, and here’s where It went back. Fifty thousand received Christ as personal Saviour. Certainly. He remains the same.

The Legion Story

What can we learn from Jesus casting out of the evil spirit from the man (legion)?

This story can be found at Mark 5

 
1. There will be judgement when demons will be tormented. 
⁷ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Revelation 14:11

2. Demons can recognise the people who are filled by God's spirit.

⁶ But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

⁷ And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Philippians 2:10
 
3. Spirits do not die. They move from one habitation to the other.

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

¹² And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

¹³ And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

4. People who are possessed have unclean spirits. There are spirits behind diseases.

² And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. ⁴ For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. ⁵ Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

  5. Evil spirits make people strong but Holy Spirit make Christians stronger

³ Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

⁴ Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. Acts 12:7

6. The devil destroys whoever he is possessed.

⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10

7. Names have got meanings and they also influence the person who bears the name. 

⁹ And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

8. We should tell what great things the Lord has done for us.

¹⁹ Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee,

9. We should have compassion on people we pray for. 

¹⁹ Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

Without having real love for the people we pray for, there can not be healing.

10. Legions also come to the righteous.
⁹ Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.-Psalm 34:7

Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?-Matthew 26:53