26-0608P_DESPERATION PT-4
(HE SATISFIETH THE LONGING SOUL)
Jer 29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jer 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jer 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jer 29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Jer 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Jer 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Jer 29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Ecc 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Ecc 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Ecc 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecc 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecc 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecc 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecc 7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecc 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecc 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ecc 7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Ecc 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Ecc 7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Ecc 7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Ecc 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Pro 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Pro 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Pro 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Pro 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Pro 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Pro 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Pro 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Pro 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Pro 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Pro 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Pro 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
*GOD, IN THESE LAST DAYS, HAS
MANIFESTED HIMSELF SO TO US, BY HIS GREAT SIGNS AND POWER, SHOULD MAKE US
DESPERATE.
DESPERATIONS_ JEFF.IN V-4 N-1 SUNDAY_ 63-0901E
127 God, in these last days, has manifested Himself so to us, by His great signs and power, should make us desperate. That's right. And His willing to heal us and save us, ought to throw us all into desperation to get to that healing Stone. That's right.
*WHEN MEN AND WOMEN GET TO A
PLACE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE GOD OR DIE, YOU'LL GET TO THE WATERBROOK.
THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE_ CHICAGO.IL SATURDAY_ 59-0613
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David said, "As a hart thirsts for the waterbrook, my soul
thirsts after thee, O God."
Could you imagine the little deer with the blood streaming out of it,
and it's running, and the hounds is right behind it. And it's got its little
nose up [Brother Branham imitates panting--Ed.] sniffing everywhere. "If I
could just smell water. I've got to get to water, or I'll die." Once to
water it's safe. It's got to find water or die. David said, "As the hart panteth for the waterbrook, my soul
thirsts after thee, O God."
When men
and women get to a place that they've got to have God or die, you'll get to the
waterbrook. That's
right. If you're sick and you need healing, if you're in a desperate condition,
I can say there is fountain filled with Blood drawn from Immanuel's veins,
Where sinners plunge beneath the flood, Lose all their guilty stain. It's Life
Everlasting to know Him, not to know His Book, not to know His church, not to
know His creed, but to know Him, know Him your personal Saviour Lord, fills you
with the Holy Spirit. It puts Life in you
to walk forward. That's
the Life that David was talking about.
My lips shall praise Thee, because Thy lovingkindness is better to me than Life. My lips shall praise Thee.
*YOU GET--WHEN YOU GET
DESPERATE FOR IT, REALLY GOT TO HAVE IT OR DIE (SEE?), THEN IS WHEN YOU'RE
GOING TO GET IT.
QUESTIONS.AND.ANSWERS_ JEFF.IN COD WEDNESDAY_ 59-1223
483-65 That Holy Ghost ought to be more important to you than everything else there is in the world: your prestige, your life, your job, your anything that there is. You should not cease until you have It. You must receive It. It must be the most... And you say, "Well, I'm afraid they at--they my work. I'm afraid that my husband, my..." Don't be afraid; let That be first place. Let everything else go. Let That be first. "Well, I expect to get It one of these days, Brother Branham." Not one of these days: now. This is the time. "Let It be first before I--before I do anything else. Let me have It now." Desperate. That would help answer our question. You get--when you get desperate for It, really got to have It or die (See?), then is when you're going to get It.
*YOU'VE GOT TO COME,
DESPERATE, DYING, THEN YOU GET IT. THAT'S RIGHT. HE PROMISED IT.
GOD.HIDING.HIMSELF.IN.SIMPLICITY_ ALBQ.NM FRIDAY_ 63-0412E
320
Now it's up to
you. Now, if you'll believe with all your heart, it'll be settled from right
now. This will be a memorial night. They probably won't close these doors
tonight. You'll stay all night in here. But if you do like this, say,
"Lord, I'm standing on my feet. Until You fill me according to Your
promise, I'll never move from where I'm standing." You mean business with God, He'll get to business with
you.
321 But until you do, you're hammering, "Lord, will You
give me the Holy Ghost tonight? I don't feel nothing. Well, maybe I'll try
tomorrow night." You're not going to get anything from God, like that.
322 You've got to come, desperate, dying, then you get It. That's right. He promised It. If it isn't, what are you using your time for, if them promises are not true?
*OUR DEAR LORD JESUS,
HIMSELF, IN THE WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLEGROUND, GETHSEMANE, HE CRIED OUT, IN
DESPAIR.
DESPERATIONS_ JEFF.IN V-4 N-1 SUNDAY_ 63-0901E
126 Our dear Lord Jesus, Himself, in the world's
greatest battleground, Gethsemane, He cried out, in despair. Should He take the sins of the
world, or should He just remain on earth with His beloved disciples, what He
wanted to do? But watch His humility as He humbled
Himself, "Not My will but Thine be done," humbled Himself to
the Word, the promised Word of the God of Heaven.
Notice, then, He went a little further. And if He went a little farther, how much more ought we to go a little farther. See? And notice, the Scripture says here, in Luke, that He prayed earnestly. Brother, sister, if Jesus had to pray earnestly, how much more have we got to pray earnestly. If Christ, the God of Heaven, made flesh, had to pray earnestly, then how much more are we, sinners saved by grace, pray earnestly! If--if the decision throwed the Son of God into despair, what will it do to you and I? Desperately we must cry.
* THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL HAVE TO
CRY OUT LIKE ISAIAH DID...AND WHEN YOU GET DESPERATE ABOUT THIS THING,
SOMETHING WILL TAKE PLACE.
HEAR.HIS.VOICE_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 58-1005M
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You'll be kicked
out some of these days from these interdenominationals like this. It'll come a
time when you'll have to belong to an organization or you can't worship. As you
know, the Scripture says it will be. They just make fun of you now. But
there'll be a time where there'll be a boycott. For the mark of the beast must come.
You'll either belong to the confederation of the churches, the beast like it is
in Rome, or you won't worship at all. That's what the Scripture says.
That's when you'll have to cry out like Isaiah did. And he got down in
the temple, and he realized that; he raised his hands, and he said, "Oh,
Lord, I am a man of unclean lips." You think you're good, but wait till
that time comes. "I dwell among peoples of unclean lips." What did
he? Got desperate. And when you get
desperate about this thing, something will take place. You're not desperate
enough.
HEAR.HIS.VOICE_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 58-1005M
E-57 "Oh, well, I join church that settles it." But you have to be desperate about it. You have to really need God. Jesus said, "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." But as long as you're satisfied with the things of the world, how can God ever speak to you? You say, "God never spoke to me." Why? He wants to. But you're too filled up with the things of the world. That's what's the matter with us today. We put all of our time on things of the world and the pleasures of the world, and give no time to God. It's true.
*THEN IN HIS LATE YEARS, HE
WROTE A COMPLETE BIBLE. HE STARTED AT GENESIS AND ENDED UP IN REVELATION. WHY?
BECAUSE HE GOT DESPERATE IN A TIME WHERE HE SEEN IT NEEDED MOST.*
HEAR.HIS.VOICE_ JEFF.IN SUNDAY_ 58-1005M
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So will it be
with every individual God calls. You've
got to be borned again, changed and made new, not imagination but from your
heart, something that really takes place.
And one of the Angels... If you ask you shall receive. One of the
Angels went over to the brazen altar, and took the tongs, and reached over, and
got a coal of living fire, and ran over to Isaiah, and placed it in his mouth,
said, "Now, you're clean, go speak the Word."
Isaiah was changed after he heard that voice. Then in his late years, he wrote a complete Bible. He
started at Genesis and ended up in Revelation. There's sixty-six Books of the
Bible. There's sixty-six chapters of Isaiah. Why? Because he got desperate in a time where he seen it
needed most.
Psa 66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Psa 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Psa 66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psa 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
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