The William Branham Sermons: How God Called Me to Africa and Other Sermons (Voices from the Healing Revival) by William Branham

Author:William Branham
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Revival Library
Published: 2014-02-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter VII. The Day of His Coming

TEXT Luke 2:25: “And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.” In the days of the events of these Scriptures, conditions were something like those we are living in today. It was near the time of the First Coming of the Lord Jesus. Today every real Christian knows that the only hope of the Church lies in the Second Coming of Christ.

People had forgotten about the true faith of Jehovah in those days and had broken up into sectarian groups such as the Pharisees and Sadducees. But God has always had a remnant through all the ages. God has never left Himself without a witness. There has always been someone whom He could put His hand upon and say, “This is my servant.” Sometimes it has gotten down to one person as in the days of Noah, or, Elijah.

As the church gets away from God, the ministry gets away from the simplicity of the Gospel until the poorer people don’t know what they are speaking about. God always brings the Gospel to the level of the common people. Don’t you love Him for that? If it were just for the smart, the highly educated, where would the people like myself and many others be? If it took money to buy it, what would we do?

God had a remnant in the days of John the Baptist. He had Simeon the priest, He had Anna the prophetess, and Zacharias and Elizabeth, people He could put His hand on. Now Simeon was an aged man, but He believed that he would see Christ before his death, because God had given him that promise. Now when God promises anything, He's going to fulfill that promise. God puts Himself under obligation to fulfill His Word. He watches over His Word. He loves to reveal it to His people and find someone that will accept His Word and hold onto it until He can bring it to pass. Now sometimes when you pray, God does not immediately answer you, because there are hindrances in the way that prevent Him from getting through to you at a certain time.

Look at Hannah, when she was praying at the altar. Even the priest thought she was drunk, and he walked up and asked her if she had not been drinking too much wine. But she said, “I'm not drunk, but I'm praying God to take away my reproach.” The priest answered, “The Lord grant you a blessing.” I believe that God could have placed a baby in her hands right then. But she was blessed, and she thanked God for her blessing, went home, and in the normal time, Samuel was born. God brought it around.

Many times God would do things for us if we would wait in faith. Daniel prayed 21 days before the angel got there. The only ones that get in a hurry are you and I.

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