Beloved Friends, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, 

This is Brother Frank speaking to you from the International Mission Center in Krefeld, Germany. 

I just love to share God’s Word with you. As you might know, the Lord called me directly with an audible voice 50 years ago, and I am still in the ministry sharing the precious Word of God. As you also might know, I was acquainted with the extraordinary ministry God gave to William Branham in our time. I am an eye witness, I am an ear witness of what God has done in our generation now before the Return of Christ. 

Then we understand that first God makes promises, and then He watches over His Word to fulfil what He promised. And if you go to the number of scriptures which we shall touch on, especially in the Hebrew letters, “This day when you hear His voice …”, it is so important not to hear a man preach, but, as our Lord said, “If you receive someone whom I am sending, you receive Me, and if you hear that one I am sending, you hear Me.” This is so very, very important, that you not only hear, let’s say for instance Brother Branham or Brother Frank, that you are connected with God by the Holy Spirit, that you hear the Lord directly speaking to you and sharing with you His precious and holy Word. 

If you only hear Brother Branham, you will miss it all. And if you only hear Brother Frank, you will miss it all. And when you go on saying, “Brother Frank said this”, or “Brother Branham said this …”, you are going to miss it all. You must comprehend once forever that God is speaking by His holy Word. We only share with you what is written in God’s Word. And the things, for instance, what the seven thunders uttered in Revelation 10, it does not even interest me. Why should it? I am responsible to preach the written Word of God: Revelation, chapter 1, verse 1–3, we are to keep those things which are written in this book. Leave the rest with God. We are not to give our own interpretation. And the next thing is: When the Bible speaks in the singular, please let it be in the singular. If the Bible speaks in the plural, please let it be in the plural. We have to respect every verse, every line, every word written in this Holy Book. If we don’t, we are going to be in trouble. 

Today, because of the many requests, I just like to share for a few minutes the word “adoption”, “adoption”, which means “placing into our right position” by the grace of God. And, dear Friends, like the Prophet Isaiah in chapter 53 said, “Who has believed our report? Who has believed our message?” And the same even our Lord in John, chapter 12, repeats the same words (verse 38), “… that the saying of Isaiah, the prophet, might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?” Well, Friends, what do you say? If the Apostle Paul, if Isaiah would say, “Who hath believed our report?”, we could understand. But even our Lord: if people did not believe Him, what then? He could do nothing, unless people would believe what He said. It’s not enough to believe in God or to believe in Christ – we must believe what God said. We must believe what our Lord Jesus Christ taught. We must forget our own thoughts and interpretations, when it comes to the Word of God.

Now, here in Romans, the 8^th chapter …, and this has become a point of discussion, I don’t even know why, because it’s very clear. If you don’t stop with one verse, but read on and not stop with one chapter, but read on the next chapter. And then go again and read some more that speaks of the same subject. Here in Romans, chapter 8 it says in verse 14, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Not only filled with the Spirit, not only anointed with the Spirit, but “who are led – who are led by the Holy Spirit, they are the sons of God.” In verse 15, “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption” – the Spirit of adoption – “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Here the Spirit of adoption, the changing of the inside. But at the Return of Christ our placing finally and our changing of the body will take place. In verse 16, “The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” Verse 17, “And if children, then heirs – heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ …” So we understand what this subject is all about: being placed back again as sons and daughters of God into our original position. 

And then it says here in verse 23, “And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, that is, for the redemption of our body.” Hallelujah! Praise be to God Almighty! First the placing by the Spirit of God: All born again are placed into the Body of Christ by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, being sons and daughters of God. – But we are still in this body. This body is also redeemed but not yet changed. The heart, this soul is redeemed and is changed, but we are waiting for the changing of our bodies, as the Scripture declares here very, very plainly. There is no possible way to not see it, unless you are spiritually blind.

So, we repeat: not only the whole creation, but we ourselves are waiting for the adoption, that is, for the redemption of our body. And this will take place at the Return of Christ. When Christ rose, He rose with a changed body, with a resurrection body. This body was placed into the tomb, but when He rose, it was a changed body. So will it be in the resurrection: our bodies will be changed in a moment, mortality will take on immortality, and we all shall be changed. In the next moment we shall be taken to Glory. 

And it says here also in Romans, the 9^th chapter, in verse 4 – Romans 9, verse 4, “… who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption” – “to whom pertaineth the adoption and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law … “ You all know the Scriptures. So, God made promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God made promises to Israel. And as it was promised to them, the Bride from all nations was included, because God already through Moses and through the prophets had foretold that all nations will be blessed through Abraham. And if you go to Galatians, chapter 3: In Christ all nations were blessed. And if you go to Romans 11: First the fullness from the Gentiles must come in, and then Israel will be saved. 

One more scripture about adoption is found in Galatians, chapter 4, verse 4 and 5, “But, when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we – that we might receive the adoption of sons” – that we might receive the adoption as sons. Verse 6 and 7, “And because ye are sons …” – we are sons of God now, we are sons of God now, “And because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your heart, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore, thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” 

Beloved, this should be enough for this subject. There is no need to come up with a new doctrine that Christ has come down to make a claim and to put people into the adoption position. There is no need for any strange teachings. Beloved, respect the Word of God: we are now sons and daughters of God; we are placed in Christ, we are placed in Christ. But at the Return of our Lord and Saviour our bodies shall be changed and then, what the Apostle John has written shall be fulfilled: 1 John, chapter 3. 1 John, chapter 3, verse 2 and 3, “Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know, we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as he is.” 

There are teachings that Christ has come back as the Wort, as the revelation, as the mystery … – Forget all these things! Just forget all these teachings! If Christ returns, the dead in Christ will rise first – not in a week or in 20 years, but the moment. And that is 1 Corinthians, chapter 15, from verse 51. So let me emphasize again: Whatever God says in His Word we must respect, and we must leave it where it is. Never take anything out of context and make your own plan and program, but leave it according to the plan and program of God. So, here we have it in the Holy Scriptures, “Beloved, now we are the children of God.” We are born again, we are born again; we are filled with the Holy Spirit; we have believed the Word of God; we follow Jesus Christ; we are placed in Christ as sons and daughters of God. 

And then, I read again, “… and it doth not yet appear what we shall be …”, no it has yet appeared what we shall be. But it certainly will appear. And then you have the answer, “… but we know” – “we know that …” – we don’t guess, we know that – the Bible says here, “… we know that, when He shall appear, we shall see Him – we shall see Him as He is, and we shall be like He is.” The same Jesus that was taken from us into heaven bodily, the same Jesus will return bodily. At that moment our bodies will be changed into the image of His resurrected body. That is “Thus saith the Lord” in His holy Word! So, please understand. 

And those, who believe that Christ has already come in any other way, they are not only heretics, they are antichrists. And this must be said very plainly. Second Epistle of the Apostle John, in verse 7, “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh.” Here you are! … who confess not that Jesus Christ comes bodily, in the flesh! And now the judgment is being pronounced, “This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” Plain language! Needs no interpretation. Anyone who claims that Jesus Christ has already come in this form, in this form, in this way, in this way, is not only a deceiver – that person is deceived, is deceiving and is the antichrist – is the antichrist! Because that is the antichrist position, that Christ has come spiritually.

Beloved, such scriptures are very, very seriously to be taken. Today everybody says, “The Prophet said … “, “The Prophet said …”, and they pick some of the statements and then they change them into their own pattern. The Prophet has said nothing except what God says in His Word. There is no person on the face of the earth which could say that they know more about Brother Branham, about his ministry, about the sermons he preached. I, Brother Frank, told you already, I knew Brother Branham for ten years; I was in his meetings in Europe and in the USA, drove with him in the same car, ate with him at the same table, translated all his sermons into the German language. I know them in, I know them out; I know, what he taught; I know, what he believed. Who are you to come and say something different? 

Beloved, this is a very serious time, and the decision you make now you will take with you, you will take with you. Please, place Brother Branham’s ministry into the Word of God; please, place everything Brother Branham said into the Word of God and let God speak to you by His holy Word. And let heaven and earth pass away, but let this Word of God not pass away. Let it be with you and take it with you to eternity.

So, we summarize what we try to say here today. Because of my responsibility before God – and I am telling you, this is the truth: if you receive a direct call and commission from the Lord, you have a responsibility that no one else can imagine. I don’t speak in my name, I speak in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ: Believe every Word of God the way it is written and take every scripture that pertains to that subject.

May the grace of God be upon you. May you be led by the Holy Spirit. May divine understanding be granted to you, divine revelation by the Holy Spirit. The Bride is the Word Bride: no interpretation, no discussion, no. Just believing as the Scripture says, and God will take care of the rest. Wherever you might hear this sermon, this speech: May the grace of God be upon you. And may I say again: Divine understanding be granted to you by the grace of God. The peace of God be with you, in Jesus’ holy Name. Amen.