Circular Letter - December 1992

Missions

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Up till now we have officially published in the German language about 200 sermons of Brother Branham, 150 in print and 50 on cassettes. In the church I translated almost every sermon, and they are in circulation with the believers. We also have some brochures with the different biblical subjects and themes. This month my book "The Traditional Christianity – Truth or Deceit?", approx. 200 pages, has come of the press in the German and the French language. The Italian and the English will be available God willing in Jan. and Feb. 1993. The Czech edition is already printed and the Polish manuscript is almost ready for the press. We take it as from the Lord that our mission work has been recognised and received the official status of a publishing house. Therefore, our books from now on are carrying the international ISBN Number, they will be placed into the list available to all public book shops and libraries.

God has appointed various brethren in different countries for His service. Brother Alexis Barilier for the Franco-phone countries, Brother Etienne Genton for the Italian work. Also a number of other brethren being occupied with translation work into the various Eastern European languages. Whoever did translation work knows how time-consuming it is, and also how much work there needs to be done in the printing and dispatching. We are grateful for these faithful servants of God and we are in good co-operation with them. May the Lord bless their work and give them many souls as the fruit of their ministry. It is wonderful to see how people are taken out of darkness, are saved and placed into the Kingdom of God.

We also remember the many other brethren, for instance Markku Vuori in Finland and all those we have not mentioned by name, who are faithfully doing their job to the honor of God. As already mentioned, the translation work in different languages and the printing has reached a very high performance. In this way, God's people are receiving the fresh spiritual food at the right time. From the Krefeld Mission Centre we are sending out the German and the English literature into all the world and also to the Eastern European countries in the different Slavic languages.

Whoever would have thought that here on the soil of about 10,000 square meter ground a place of worship, the mission buildings and now a separate printing building, "a publishing house" in central Europe, would be erected? Our print shop is fully equipped, has two offset presses and an assembling machine with 28 stations and also with a stitching and folding device. We have also a most efficient cassette duplicating machine. In years past we bought approximately 8,000 – 10,000 cassettes per year to serve the need in the European languages except in English. Now it is three times as much. In the years gone by we used up to a million sheets of paper, in this year we have already used more than three times of that quantity. We can only thank God Who has moved upon the hearts of His people to make this great world-wide ministry such a blessing. Up till now every bill could be paid in time and many was never once mentioned since the beginning of God's work in May 1966., We trust, that the great tasks which are before us will also be accomplished by the Grace of Almighty God. He cares for His people and for His work. His Name be praised now and for ever. Amen.

With deep gratitude we acknowledge the fact that God has placed us into the position to make the revealed Word available in many different languages. Time and again I am reminded on the Scripture found in Isa 53: 1 and also in Rom. 10: 16: "Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?" In the German and other Bible translations it reads like this: "Who has believed our message?" We must make sure that our message is the message of God to His people. The second part, "And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed" can be answered from experience. Whosoever believes what God said, to him the arm of the Lord will be revealed. The message of Bro. Paul was the message of the Lord. In the same way, the message of Bro. Branham was and is God's message. If a message of a man is not the pure divine proclamation, then it is the message of a man, and in such a case we just can forget it. If it cannot be said, what our Lord as Son of man stated, "Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me" (Jn. 7: 16), then something is wrong with that message and individual. Our message can only be the message of the resurrected Lord, our Gospel can only be the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our teaching must be the teaching of Jesus Christ.

All things must be brought back to its place and state of origin. Jesus Christ, our Lord, said, "He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me." (Jn. 12:44-45). If someone only sees a man sent from God, but does not visualise God behind him, such a person does not see at all yet. Whoever listens to a prophet and does not hear God, has not yet comprehended whatever God is doing. Whoever speaks of the doctrines of a prophet and has not verified these doctrines in the Holy Scriptures as the doctrines of God, such a person needs to be taught first. A message is only right if it originates in God Himself, and consequently, takes us back to Him. So it is with every doctrine. In Rom. 10: 17 the apostle Paul expresses a very important thought, "So, then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

The true valid faith before God can only come by the preaching of God's original Word. That is the actual message we are concerned about. Whoever believes God's message for today. to him the arm of the Lord will be revealed. The same will be taken out from all confusion and be placed into the Kingdom of God.

Up till now we have officially published in the German language about 200 sermons of Brother Branham, 150 in print and 50 on cassettes. In the church I translated almost every sermon, and they are in circulation with the believers. We also have some brochures with the different biblical subjects and themes. This month my book "The Traditional Christianity – Truth or Deceit?", approx. 200 pages, has come of the press in the German and the French language. The Italian and the English will be available God willing in Jan. and Feb. 1993. The Czech edition is already printed and the Polish manuscript is almost ready for the press. We take it as from the Lord that our mission work has been recognised and received the official status of a publishing house. Therefore, our books from now on are carrying the international ISBN Number, they will be placed into the list available to all public book shops and libraries.

God has appointed various brethren in different countries for His service. Brother Alexis Barilier for the Franco-phone countries, Brother Etienne Genton for the Italian work. Also a number of other brethren being occupied with translation work into the various Eastern European languages. Whoever did translation work knows how time-consuming it is, and also how much work there needs to be done in the printing and dispatching. We are grateful for these faithful servants of God and we are in good co-operation with them. May the Lord bless their work and give them many souls as the fruit of their ministry. It is wonderful to see how people are taken out of darkness, are saved and placed into the Kingdom of God.

We also remember the many other brethren, for instance Markku Vuori in Finland and all those we have not mentioned by name, who are faithfully doing their job to the honor of God. As already mentioned, the translation work in different languages and the printing has reached a very high performance. In this way, God's people are receiving the fresh spiritual food at the right time. From the Krefeld Mission Centre we are sending out the German and the English literature into all the world and also to the Eastern European countries in the different Slavic languages.

Whoever would have thought that here on the soil of about 10,000 square meter ground a place of worship, the mission buildings and now a separate printing building, "a publishing house" in central Europe, would be erected? Our print shop is fully equipped, has two offset presses and an assembling machine with 28 stations and also with a stitching and folding device. We have also a most efficient cassette duplicating machine. In years past we bought approximately 8,000 – 10,000 cassettes per year to serve the need in the European languages except in English. Now it is three times as much. In the years gone by we used up to a million sheets of paper, in this year we have already used more than three times of that quantity. We can only thank God Who has moved upon the hearts of His people to make this great world-wide ministry such a blessing. Up till now every bill could be paid in time and many was never once mentioned since the beginning of God's work in May 1966., We trust, that the great tasks which are before us will also be accomplished by the Grace of Almighty God. He cares for His people and for His work. His Name be praised now and for ever. Amen.

With deep gratitude we acknowledge the fact that God has placed us into the position to make the revealed Word available in many different languages. Time and again I am reminded on the Scripture found in Isa 53: 1 and also in Rom. 10: 16: "Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?" In the German and other Bible translations it reads like this: "Who has believed our message?" We must make sure that our message is the message of God to His people. The second part, "And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed" can be answered from experience. Whosoever believes what God said, to him the arm of the Lord will be revealed. The message of Bro. Paul was the message of the Lord. In the same way, the message of Bro. Branham was and is God's message. If a message of a man is not the pure divine proclamation, then it is the message of a man, and in such a case we just can forget it. If it cannot be said, what our Lord as Son of man stated, "Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me" (Jn. 7: 16), then something is wrong with that message and individual. Our message can only be the message of the resurrected Lord, our Gospel can only be the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our teaching must be the teaching of Jesus Christ.

All things must be brought back to its place and state of origin. Jesus Christ, our Lord, said, "He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me." (Jn. 12:44-45). If someone only sees a man sent from God, but does not visualise God behind him, such a person does not see at all yet. Whoever listens to a prophet and does not hear God, has not yet comprehended whatever God is doing. Whoever speaks of the doctrines of a prophet and has not verified these doctrines in the Holy Scriptures as the doctrines of God, such a person needs to be taught first. A message is only right if it originates in God Himself, and consequently, takes us back to Him. So it is with every doctrine. In Rom. 10: 17 the apostle Paul expresses a very important thought, "So, then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

The true valid faith before God can only come by the preaching of God's original Word. That is the actual message we are concerned about. Whoever believes God's message for today. to him the arm of the Lord will be revealed. The same will be taken out from all confusion and be placed into the Kingdom of God.