Circullar Letter October 2007
It is overwhelming to be able to experience what God is presently doing worldwide.
More than half of the year 2007 has passed and each month was filled with special meetings in various countries. Between seventy-five and eighty thousand people heard the Word of God during the missionary trip in July, which led me through five African countries. Sports stadiums were filled with as many as eighteen thousand people for a single meeting. Many of us cannot even imagine meetings of these proportions. There were 21 meetings altogether, and God bestowed his blessings in such a mighty way that they produced much fruit for eternity. By God’s grace I have been able to remain faithful to my commission and to continue with the monthly missionary trips. Generally, I am at the Mission Center for about two weeks and on missionary trips for the remainder of the month. I am very grateful to all of you who keep me in your prayers, which accompany me on my travels.
It is indeed a victorious campaign for the truth. The last call is going forth and those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches come out, they segregate themselves, and they are purified. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, was victorious at Calvary. After conquering Satan, death, and hell, God crowned the work of Redemption by His resurrection. Now it is our commission to strive for obedience to the faith among all the nations for His name (Rom. 1:5-6). The Apostle Paul writes to the believers, “… Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 1:5-6). Today those words are addressed to us. We are the ones who have received the divine commission and accepted the message, believing it with all our hearts.
The words written in Rom. 11:4-7 remain true for ever. The first question is, “But what saith the answer of God unto him? ... Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace … but the election hath obtained it.” Those are mighty declarations; they are divine facts valid for every time period. The elect emerge as the last remnant, and they are the only ones who will reach the final goal.
What our Lord said in Jn. 8:47 shall also stay for ever true: “He that is of God heareth God’s words …” The same applies to 1. Jn. 2:21, “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.” (1. Jn. 2:21). In 1. Jn. 4:6 the apostle rightfully dares to say, “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.” That has always been the case with the chosen ones, even until today. In this Circular Letter we have dealt with the commission and the responsibility. That kind of responsibility has been assigned to me and to all the true servants of God. Preachers who give in to their envy and jealousy are spreading the most terrible slander. They are actually committing character assassination and shall be held accountable before God. By their actions they manifest their real nature, whereby the following Scripture is fulfilled: “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother …” (1. Jn. 3:11-12).
Since the very beginning there have unfortunately always been two different seeds: There are the ones who hate, and those who are hated; the ones who kill, and those who are being killed; the ones who persecute, and those who are being persecuted; the ones who slander, and those who are being slandered. Along with all the true brethren that also carry responsibility before God in all the different languages and nations, I look upon what God is now doing for the edification of His Church, and not upon the destruction which Satan, the thief and murderer, is causing. It is always clearly manifested in whose service the individual person actually stands.
All those who are proclaiming their own interpretations and drawing the people in to follow them are only in agreement when it comes to one thing, namely to present the one who carries the true Word as being untrustworthy. They are doing that in an attempt to provide their own interpretations with credibility. Precisely that is the work of the enemy in sanctimonious disguise. Only God’s Word remains for ever, and only God’s Word is the original seed. The true Bride will be a Word-Bride.
When it comes to the ministry of Brother Branham, I have given testimony right from the beginning — which can be verified with every Circular Letter — that he was the man sent from God, the promised prophet for our time. With equal emphasis I have repeatedly declared that no one on earth is allowed to distort Brother Branham’s statements unto their own destruction (2. Pt. 3:14-18), while attempting to support their own strange doctrines. The mere thought of the countless different opinions and interpretations that are in circulation within the circles of the message about one and the same subject will let even the simplest person recognise that they cannot possibly all be correct. God has only one correct answer for each subject matter. As far as I am concerned, the message is the Word and the Word is the message, whereunto nothing can be added and wherein nothing can be changed. It is in perfect harmony.
By His commission
It is overwhelming to be able to experience what God is presently doing worldwide.
More than half of the year 2007 has passed and each month was filled with special meetings in various countries. Between seventy-five and eighty thousand people heard the Word of God during the missionary trip in July, which led me through five African countries. Sports stadiums were filled with as many as eighteen thousand people for a single meeting. Many of us cannot even imagine meetings of these proportions. There were 21 meetings altogether, and God bestowed his blessings in such a mighty way that they produced much fruit for eternity. By God’s grace I have been able to remain faithful to my commission and to continue with the monthly missionary trips. Generally, I am at the Mission Center for about two weeks and on missionary trips for the remainder of the month. I am very grateful to all of you who keep me in your prayers, which accompany me on my travels.
It is indeed a victorious campaign for the truth. The last call is going forth and those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches come out, they segregate themselves, and they are purified. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, was victorious at Calvary. After conquering Satan, death, and hell, God crowned the work of Redemption by His resurrection. Now it is our commission to strive for obedience to the faith among all the nations for His name (Rom. 1:5-6). The Apostle Paul writes to the believers, “… Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 1:5-6). Today those words are addressed to us. We are the ones who have received the divine commission and accepted the message, believing it with all our hearts.
The words written in Rom. 11:4-7 remain true for ever. The first question is, “But what saith the answer of God unto him? ... Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace … but the election hath obtained it.” Those are mighty declarations; they are divine facts valid for every time period. The elect emerge as the last remnant, and they are the only ones who will reach the final goal.
What our Lord said in Jn. 8:47 shall also stay for ever true: “He that is of God heareth God’s words …” The same applies to 1. Jn. 2:21, “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.” (1. Jn. 2:21). In 1. Jn. 4:6 the apostle rightfully dares to say, “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.” That has always been the case with the chosen ones, even until today. In this Circular Letter we have dealt with the commission and the responsibility. That kind of responsibility has been assigned to me and to all the true servants of God. Preachers who give in to their envy and jealousy are spreading the most terrible slander. They are actually committing character assassination and shall be held accountable before God. By their actions they manifest their real nature, whereby the following Scripture is fulfilled: “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother …” (1. Jn. 3:11-12).
Since the very beginning there have unfortunately always been two different seeds: There are the ones who hate, and those who are hated; the ones who kill, and those who are being killed; the ones who persecute, and those who are being persecuted; the ones who slander, and those who are being slandered. Along with all the true brethren that also carry responsibility before God in all the different languages and nations, I look upon what God is now doing for the edification of His Church, and not upon the destruction which Satan, the thief and murderer, is causing. It is always clearly manifested in whose service the individual person actually stands.
All those who are proclaiming their own interpretations and drawing the people in to follow them are only in agreement when it comes to one thing, namely to present the one who carries the true Word as being untrustworthy. They are doing that in an attempt to provide their own interpretations with credibility. Precisely that is the work of the enemy in sanctimonious disguise. Only God’s Word remains for ever, and only God’s Word is the original seed. The true Bride will be a Word-Bride.
When it comes to the ministry of Brother Branham, I have given testimony right from the beginning — which can be verified with every Circular Letter — that he was the man sent from God, the promised prophet for our time. With equal emphasis I have repeatedly declared that no one on earth is allowed to distort Brother Branham’s statements unto their own destruction (2. Pt. 3:14-18), while attempting to support their own strange doctrines. The mere thought of the countless different opinions and interpretations that are in circulation within the circles of the message about one and the same subject will let even the simplest person recognise that they cannot possibly all be correct. God has only one correct answer for each subject matter. As far as I am concerned, the message is the Word and the Word is the message, whereunto nothing can be added and wherein nothing can be changed. It is in perfect harmony.
By His commission