Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

This is Brother Frank speaking to you from the International Mission Center in Krefeld, Germany. We are so glad for this possibility to share God’s holy Word with you. We call this ministry “apostolic, prophetic”, because we do include everything the Bible teaches from Genesis to Revelation: the evangelistic part, the teaching part, the prophetic part. And we don’t explain, we don’t interpret a single Scripture; we just go from the Old to the New Testament, and from the Gospels to the Book of Acts, and from the Book of Acts to all the epistles written to the different local churches, and then also the letters to the individuals.

Beloved Friends, the main topic is the Return of Christ, the fulfilment of Bible prophecies in our day and, of course, the restoration of all things before Christ does return. And then we look into Christianity and especially into the Full Gospel ranks: We do see so many different interpretations and directions, explanations of God’s holy Word. Beloved, we have to face reality: when our Lord returns He is going to look for a Bride that has the nature of the Bridegroom. He is going to look for someone that is taken out of Him, like Eve was taken out of Adam and then presented to him and he said, “… flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone.” The same we find written in Ephesians, chapter 5, about the Church that our Lord will present unto Himself without spot or wrinkle.

And in 1 Thessalonians, the 5th chapter, the Apostle Paul writes like this in verse 23, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God that your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.” And here we do touch a very important point. As you might know, dear Friends, God has used different men in different ages for various purposes. Looking into the Old Testament, God chose Noah, Abraham, Moses, the prophets and the kings in the Old Testament for special purposes. And then, coming to the New Testament. There was a prophecy about a forerunner: Isaiah, chapter 40, verse 3, “A voice cries in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight a path for our God.” And then also in Malachi, chapter 3, “I will send my messenger before my face to prepare my way before me.” When the time was fulfilled the Angel Gabriel visited Zacharias in the temple, announcing the birth of John the Baptist, the birth of the forerunner, the promised prophet for that age. 

Beloved, then we go right to the beginning of the New Testament. There was the Apostle Peter, there was James and John, everyone in His place. Then there was the Apostle Paul who had a special call and commission. Then finally, to summarise it all, our Lord had the Apostle John on the isle of Patmos to show us in 22 chapters the final plan of salvation, the things which would come to pass before the Lord returns, well, right into eternity, when the new heaven and the new earth shall be and time will be no more. 

But coming to our day. It is not enough to know what God did in the past. We don’t live in the past; we live now. And I am interested to know the promised Word of God for today. What did God plan for us, what did He plan for Israel, for the nations? What does the Bible teach? And, Friends, here we shall have to say a few very important words about the soul, about our soul. It was God’s servant and prophet William Branham, and I hope, dear Ones, you are familiar with his ministry. God used Brother Branham in a very outstanding way and unique ministry in our time. And he was told on June 11th, 1933, “As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, you are sent with the message that will forerun the second coming of Christ.” 

And, of course, having known Brother Branham personally for ten years – I was in his meetings in Germany and also in the United States, I drove with him in the same car, ate with him at the same table – I am an eyewitness of the supernatural works of Christ in our time. In fact, I saw the ministry of the Son of man repeated before my eyes. But I know, it was not the man Willam Branham, it was the power of Almighty God using a vessel to show unto us the promised Word of God for this day and also to demonstrate that Jesus Christ is the same in every way, not only in words but in deed – the same. He is the same Saviour, the same Healer, the same who makes free, who delivers from all satanic power. The same Jesus Christ who rose from the dead and ascended to heaven shall return. And, Friends, before the second coming of Christ there must be a calling-out time, a preparation time. We must come back to God and to His Word. 

Even in the ranks of those who claim to believe the Word of God and the message of the hour there are so many different explanations and interpretations and fractions and directions. And this is not of God! No, Jesus Christ has one Church, and there is one Holy Spirit, one Body, and we are many, many members of one body. Like, for instance, in the days of the apostles there was only one letter written to a local church, never two, three, four or more local churches – one local church. And in that one local church were elders, were deacons. The five-fold ministry was placed into the Body of Christ. The five-fold ministry was not bound to a local church. The Apostle Paul could go from country to country, from church to church. But the elders, the elders had to stay in the local churches, and so had the deacons, to take care of whatever function they had to do.

But now coming to the point that goes through your innermost being. It was in the sermon “The Anointed Ones at the Endtime”, when Brother Branham spoke about the three circles. I have it before me. A brother just was nice and said, “Brother Frank, may I just draw the three circles.” And if you see here the outside: We all know, we feel, we taste, we hear, we have the five senses. And then, of course, the second realm: conscience and all that goes with the second realm. But what about the soul? What about the soul, the inside of the inside. And God starts in the soul, not in the spirit realm, not in the body realm. God starts in the soul! And you go back to Genesis, chapter 2, verse 7, “God made man a living soul.” You go to the Prophet Ezekiel, chapter 18: two times God says, “The soul that sinneth shall die.” And you go to the various Scriptures speaking about the salvation of our soul. 

It’s you, the inside of the inside that must receive the Word of God. The inside can only exist in one way: whether you believe or don’t believe. Two things cannot be in your soul. And our Lord says, “If you don’t believe that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.” So the inside is where God places His Word, and His Word is the seed. And if the inside is connected to God and His Word, then the second realm and the next realm can be included. But God doesn’t work from this outside or from here, God starts right from the inside. 

And therefore Brother Branham made the statement, which goes through our hearts, “You can be anointed with the true Holy Spirit in the second realm (in the second realm!) and not be born again in your soul.” And this is the big problem in our day! We have so many charismatic movements. And since 1964 when I visited the Vatican, was there with David DuPlessis, whom the whole earth knew as „Mr. Pentecost”, and I was preaching with John McTernan in a small assembly in Rome. But at the same time I was also visiting the Vatican during the Second Council, going on there from 1962 to 1965. And that was the time when the charismatic movement began in the Vatican. And the only concern was the speaking in tongues. No doctrinal point, no teaching point was touched, only to receive the Holy Spirit and in connection with that only to speak, to speak in tongues. 

And now from there, from 1964 we have so many charismatic meetings in all the different denominations. And all claim to be anointed with the same Holy Spirit and all walk into different directions, believe as they believed before, or don’t believe as they did not believe before. Every one walking in their own ways, in their own traditions, and speaking a few syllables which they don’t understand and others don’t understand, and maybe God doesn’t even understand. And I tell you why. Because I am familiar also with the charismatic movements. The same few syllables that people repeat in the United States – you can go to Taipeh, you can go to the other parts of the earth, the charismatic personalities repeat the same words or syllables all over the earth and they call it “the anointing of the Holy Spirit”. No, that is imitation! And we just have to say it very clearly. Because the Holy Scripture says in John, chapter 16, “When the Holy Spirit comes, he will guide you into all the truth … He will show you the future things.” 

And, Friends, if there are charismatic meetings in all the different churches and denominations, and they all come together in the World Council of Churches and all go back to Rome, there is something not right, and you know it. And you know it! We must go back to Jerusalem, to the Word originally preached and taught by the apostles! Because Isaiah, chapter 2, says, the Word of God will go forth from Jerusalem and the doctrine from Mount Zion – not from a certain church, not by a charismatic movement. But the original Word of God that went forth from Jerusalem, from the first sermon the Apostle Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, must return to the Church of the living God now before Christ returns. 

And therefore we have to say, what William Branham said was so true, “You can be anointed in the second realm and pretend to have the gifts of the Holy Spirit and not be touched in your soul by the Holy Spirit, by the new birth.” And therefore I have to say, Beloved, the Lord paid the price on the cross of Calvary to save our soul, to put the eternal seed of the Word of God into our soul! We start not with the outside – God starts on the inside. There is faith which becomes a revelation. And then you know you are born again, because you have received the seed of God’s Word into your soul. We could read the many Scriptures speaking about the soul. 

Beloved Friends, before closing let me say that again, as I did many times: If you are born again, if your soul has received Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, if the redemption work by the blood of Christ is in you and your soul has received the Word of God, then you are in contact with God, you don’t care about religious traditions, about what churches do or say. You return to God, because your soul is directly connected with God Himself through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So, Beloved, as the first sermon was, so must the last sermon be. As the first baptism was, so must the last one be. All the teachings must return to the Church of Jesus Christ which is not a denomination, not an organisation but the Body of Christ of all the born-again believers who receive every Word of God into their soul.

Beloved, the Return of Christ is imminent and we must prepare. Matthew 25:10, “Those that were ready went in to the marriage; and the door was closed.” Revelation 19:9, “Blessed are those who are privileged to partake in the marriage supper of the Lamb.” Beloved, what about your soul? May God bless you. May He be with you. Are you one with Christ, your Saviour? Is His life in you? Is the mind that was in Christ in you? Is the nature of Christ in you? Do you follow in His footsteps? God bless you. I like to see you, if possible, on earth; if not, I am sure to see you in Glory. God bless you and be with you in Jesus’ holy Name. Amen.