The ministry of Brother Branham was as important as the ministries of Moses, John the Baptist, and of the Apostle Paul in regard to their connection with the Plan of Salvation. The Word of God that God’s messengers have proclaimed has been left unto us, and that is what we preach, for only the Word remains forever (1 Pet 1:25).In 2 Pet 3:14-18, the Apostle Peter admonished the believers in view of the promised Return, to be diligent that they may be found without spot, and blameless. He also referred to the writings of Paul in that context, but pointed out that some things therein are hard to understand. We have recognized that when it comes to the biblical message, it is not about the hard-to-understand statements, which Paul made back then, as mentioned by Peter in 2 Pet 3:16, or which Brother Branham made in his great expectation of the final work of God. As it was back then, even today there are some people who take the statements of Brother Branham out of context and create false teachings out of them (v. 16).

The instruction that Paul gave to his faithful co-worker Timothy in 2 Tim 4 was given to Brother Branham in 1933 by the Lord Himself in a vision. Every true servant of God will take these words to heart: “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 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. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”

The Lord also commanded me to read 2 Tim 4 in February 1980 when I was in Marseille, France. The previous evening I was asked for the first time what the seven thunders in Rev 10 mean. I did not have the answer at that time. While reading 2 Tim 4, I immediately realized why I had to read that text: I may teach and preach only the Word; I cannot and may not take part in any interpretations. A compromise is impossible for me; it is excluded.

Everyone who is truly called by God will heed the admonition that Paul addressed to Timothy so urgently: “I charge thee therefore before God … Preach the word …!” Whatever is not written in the Word is not destined for the proclamation of the everlasting Gospel. And whosoever preaches something unscriptural, even though he calls it a revelation, places himself under the curse (Gal 1:8), even if it were an angel from heaven!

The Apostle John had to leave this warning unto us in all seriousness: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”

All those who accept as valid only what is written in the Word are declared blessed: “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” (Rev 1:3).

The ministry of Brother Branham was as important as the ministries of Moses, John the Baptist, and of the Apostle Paul in regard to their connection with the Plan of Salvation. The Word of God that God’s messengers have proclaimed has been left unto us, and that is what we preach, for only the Word remains forever (1 Pet 1:25).  In 2 Pet 3:14-18, the Apostle Peter admonished the believers in view of the promised Return, to be diligent that they may be found without spot, and blameless. He also referred to the writings of Paul in that context, but pointed out that some things therein are hard to understand. We have recognized that when it comes to the biblical message, it is not about the hard-to-understand statements, which Paul made back then, as mentioned by Peter in 2 Pet 3:16, or which Brother Branham made in his great expectation of the final work of God. As it was back then, even today there are some people who take the statements of Brother Branham out of context and create false teachings out of them (v. 16).

The instruction that Paul gave to his faithful co-worker Timothy in 2 Tim 4 was given to Brother Branham in 1933 by the Lord Himself in a vision. Every true servant of God will take these words to heart: “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 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. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”

The Lord also commanded me to read 2 Tim 4 in February 1980 when I was in Marseille, France. The previous evening I was asked for the first time what the seven thunders in Rev 10 mean. I did not have the answer at that time. While reading 2 Tim 4, I immediately realized why I had to read that text: I may teach and preach only the Word; I cannot and may not take part in any interpretations. A compromise is impossible for me; it is excluded.

Everyone who is truly called by God will heed the admonition that Paul addressed to Timothy so urgently: “I charge thee therefore before God … Preach the word …!” Whatever is not written in the Word is not destined for the proclamation of the everlasting Gospel. And whosoever preaches something unscriptural, even though he calls it a revelation, places himself under the curse (Gal 1:8), even if it were an angel from heaven!

The Apostle John had to leave this warning unto us in all seriousness: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”

All those who accept as valid only what is written in the Word are declared blessed: “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” (Rev 1:3).