“THE MESSAGE OF EACH AGE GIVEN TO AN ANGEL”

 

By C.W. Wood                                                                                                                                                  February 2015

 

PERSONAL NOTE TO OUR READERS: This sermon is not so much for those who do not believe in prophets for today, but rather for those who claim to believe, yet lack the full revelation of God’s Plan to get His truth to us in every age.  Seven times in a row in Revelation, chapters two and three, the Scripture declares that the message was given to one man, the Angel Messenger for that age.  It is most important to note that the Revelations were not given to the Church at first, but to one individual, a special man that God Himself had chosen.  He was chosen for his spirituality and his dedicated life above other men.  This man could hear the Voice of God and was prone to obey it.  Therefore, God could trust him with the truth for his age, and then Anoint him to give it to the Church!  This was God’s Plan from the beginning and He will not change it.  When the Apostle Paul said “Don’t change what I have Preached to you, or you will be under a curse.” this statement could be said by our last Church Messenger, Angel.  His corrected message was exactly with Paul’s teaching.  The Bride will Follow God’s Provided Way to receive the revealed Word for this last age.  They will have a revelation of the character of their Messenger and will not accuse him of being a liar.  A word of warning to message believers, Do not stay in the First Pull message.  The Messenger’s line was somewhat tangled up then.  Don’t stay in the Second Pull message, it was not yet complete.  Study the Third Pull message, it caught the rainbow trout!  All Seven Seals were opened and revealed exactly what Paul taught.  Check your revelations with the Prophet’s teaching after the Seals were opened.  Listen to the Five-Fold ministry that God has called to give the truth on down to the Church.  Lay down your own program and stay with God’s Provided Way!  God bless all readers and a Heartfelt thanks for your support.  Together we are doing our Part.  I will see you soon at the Marriage Supper.  We love you and pray for you daily.  Above all, stay with Your God Sent Angel Messenger.  He has the truth and will keep you off of many Side Roads.                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                               Br. C.W. Wood

       God has a Provided Way that He brings to Pass His Plan and carries out His will.   In 1965 Br. Branham preached a sermon called “God’s Only Provided Place of Worship.”   He

showed us that we can only truly worship God when we have the Holy Ghost and worship Him in Spirit and truth!

   And now we are going to see that God also had a way of bringing His true Revelations     to the church in every Church Age.  And we know that once He makes a Plan and says a thing that He never changes it.

   

   Now I want to read some Scripture and show forth what His Plan was to reveal the Portion of His Word that was for that Particular age.  We have read these verses many times, but perhaps we have not yet seen all that is in them. It has to do with the method God used to reveal His Word for each Church Age.

    Rev. 2:1 Unto the Angel of the Church of Ephesus  (Paul) write;

    Rev. 2:8 And unto the Angel of the Church in Smyrna (Irenaeus) write;

    Rev.2:12 And unto the Angel of the Church in Pergamos (Martin) write;

    Rev. 2:18 And unto the Angel of the Church in Thyatira (Columba) write;

    Rev. 3:1 And unto the Angel of  the  Church in Sardis (Martin Luther) Write;

    Rev. 3:7 And unto the Angel of  the Church in Philadelphia  (Wesley) write;

    Rev. 3:14 And unto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans (Wm. Branham) write;

    I read these seven Scriptures, so I can point out a very important truth (if you haven’t already seen it),   In every age, the true Word was given, not directly to the Church as a whole, but to one Angel, one Messenger one man, one SPECIAL MAN!

    God Himself Selected the man for each Church age and he was the man in that time period whose ministry and life was the most like the Apostle Paul!  And we know that Paul said,  Gal. 1:6-12 (In these verses I am about to read is found the Point I am making in this Sermon)

6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

7 which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would subvert the gospel of Christ.

8 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.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

10 For now do I persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

11 But I certify you, Brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by revelation of Jesus Christ.              Notice the Warning that the Holy Ghost gives in these verses.   God gave the true revelations to His Angel Messenger, Paul!!!

     Not to the whole congregation, but to one man, Paul!  And it was done this same way in every Church age!  One man received the true word and the congregation had to check their revelations against this man’s message!

   Paul said, “I marvel that you would leave what I have Preached to you and are Following another Gospel”  (following some other man)…because I have told you that the   Gospel   I preach is not from man  and no man taught it to me, but Jesus Christ revealed it to me.

   The Church at Ephesus was duty-bound  by God to believe what God gave Paul! The Elect there in Ephesus had a revelation from God concerning the character of Paul!  They  saw his changed life and knew God had Performed a miracle in him.  The Elect in every age was given a revelation of the character of their Angel messenger.  They trusted them.

 

 

   I have preached that we, today, need a revelation of the character of Wm. Branham!  Some Message Believers have gone away and called God’s Seventh Angel Messenger a liar!  Others may not have called him a liar, but they doubt his teaching in some areas!

   This is a dangerous thing, and it’s what has Prompted this sermon!  Our last day Angel said the same thing Paul said about believing another Gospel! 

   I’ll state what he said in my own words---You say, ‘When Br. Branham is under the Anointing, he can tell you what you are thinking and can cast out devils and heal the sick, but some of his doctrine is Wrong.”  Then he said, “How  can you  know that God  reveals  your  thoughts to me, then would let me teach you wrong???

    Now let’s follow God’s Provided Way of getting His truths on down to the Congregation!     He has set five offices in the church, Eph.4:11 “Apostles Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and teachers.”  These God called men would know who the Angel Messenger was in every Church age, they would receive his teaching and give it to the Church!

   Then in the Church, God has given some an Ear to hear what the Holy Spirit has said through the Angel Messenger and down to the Five-Fold Ministry and on to the Congregation!  Everyone in the Church will not have a Spiritual Ear to hear the teaching!!!     Notice the Scripture.  It says to every Church Age Messenger that their message is only for those who have an Ear to Hear!

   Are we saying that Lay People can’t receive revel-ation on their own??  NO !!!!  They certainly do, but they are duty bound to check their teaching with the Angel that God sent to their age.  Some will be turned to believing Fables because they refuse to do that!!

   1 Tim. 4:7 “But refuse profane and old wives Fables and exercise thyself rather unto Godliness.”  

 We don’t want to make a mistake here and think that God is a “Respecter of Persons.”  There are no Big ones and Little ones in God’s eyes.  We are all one in Him!  But He does hold to His own plan of getting His Word to the people!  We are all Equal with Him as long as we stay in our God Called Place.

   The Scripture says that not all will have Ears to hear correct Doctrine, and some may believe that God made them that way,  so let’s read what Jesus said about that, Whose Fault is it???

   Matt.13:11-17 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14  And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, BY HEARING YE SHALL HEAR, AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND SEEING YE SHALL SEE, AND SHALL NOT PERCEIVE:

15 FOR THIS PEOPLE’S HEART IS WAXED GROSS, AND THEIR EARS ARE DULL OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; LEST AT ANY TIME THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND SHOULD BE CONVERTED, AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM.

16  But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

17  For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

   Now, we can read in the Scripture why these people did not have Ears to hear, and Eyes to see the Truth!

   John 7:17  If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God!....

   Jesus was teaching that all who walk in the light they already have, will be given more light (truth)…But to disobey some truth we already have will result in having the truth taken away that we do have.

   And we can look around us today  and see this  Scripture being Fulfilled!  Some, who once believed God’s Angel Messenger, are now calling him a liar, or say he Preached some error that we shouldn’t believe!!

      We have warned that we should be careful and not preach Br. Branham (the Angel Messenger) too much to the lost (Don’t preach the Prophet ahead of Christ) and that still remains true, but this message I am bringing now is not for the outsiders, but to those who are supposed to be in the message.  Stay with our Angel Messenger, for he is the one God gave the message to for our age!  The Bride is duty-bound to hear the voice of their End-time Messenger, and not another voice!

   Quote: Smyrnaean Church Age  Church  Age Book Chpt. 4. “Oh, how important it is to hear the Voice of God by way of His Messengers, and then say what has been given them to say to the churches.” (End of quote)

   Quote: Gifts And Callings Are Without Repentance. “And a man is just a man until he’s fully submitted to God, and then Deity dwells in that man, the Holy Spirit.  Not the man, but God in the man does the work.” (End of quote)

   Here in these Statements (and many others) the Prophet is telling us that the   Message comes to one man, the Angel Messenger, then on Down to the Church!!!

   Quote: The Feast of the Trumpets. “And we who are in, Lord, may we take Inventory now, that we have seen and heard the Voice of God speaking through His Word, and we know what hour we’re living.” (End of quote)

   Quote: A Resume of The Ages  Church Age Book Chpt. 10. “It is in the preaching and teaching of the Word that the sheep hear the voice of God and follow Him.