Questions on, "Where Is The Church?"

Concerning the desire within my heart do I write this article. I can only trust it will cause the reader to consider not only where the church is, but what the church is. God has promised blessings to His church (the bride). He has promised gifts to His church. He has promised ministries to His church. He has promised total fulfillment to His church. I ask, are you walking, manifesting, seeing, experiencing these promises? or are you just setting down waiting for something to happen, and doubting it when it does happen? Are you sticking with that most common statement, "We have the Word", we are in the "Complete Word". Yes, you are exactly right, but what good is it going to do when you just sit on it, and ignore what God is doing?

What does Mark 16 mean to you? Has that portion of the Word ended with the ministry of Bro. William Branham? What about Eph. 4: 11, are all the ministries mentioned included, except for prophets? We know there will be no more Word Prophets for this is the last age, but what about those minor prophets like Agabus, is that a possible ministry for the so-called message groups to accept, especially if they are outside of what we call our "ranks"?

What about St. John 14: 12, is this a believable verse of scripture, or has that been done away with since we have the complete Word? Do we spend our time quoting Hebrews 13: 8 and denying what God said He would do for those that Believe? Are we spending to much time comparing quotes from message books, and not filtering those quotes through the Word of God? (Which is the Bible). I have seen many minds warped through this practices. Bro. Branham never told us to compare quote with quote, but he did say to filter everything through God's Holy Word. Are we doing that?

What about our church attendance and our worship services? Do we spend more time at Wal-Mart and only get in the spirit of things during sales and sport shows? Have our churches become stero-type assemblies, knowing just how the service is going to be conducted at any given message church? Have we set the churches up like a Wal-Mart store? You go into one and 500 miles away another one is set up just like it? Is this denominational conduct or is it practicing the Oracles of God’s Word?

Is the church made up from a group, or does God do His own choosing? Are we a Christian just by saying we believe the message? Are we exempt from a Holy Ghost experience just by being raised in the message, or just to say we believe the message?, or should we seek for that experience?

Are we commissioned to remind believers how to dress and act, or should we preach the baptism of the Holy Ghost and thus accept the fact that the Holy Ghost is leading and guiding them on conduct and standards? Do you consider them serpent seed if they don’t line up to your degree, or should they line up to the degree of God’s word? Do we preach these doctrines in the spirit of love or in the spirit of law? Is this Church under the guidance of Law or Grace? Is there a correct way of presenting the message of conduct and standard to the people? Are we presenting what the first Church Age Prophet presented concerning what a believer needs to do with the flesh? Bro. Branham presented the same gospel and that gospel was on the fact that you are to reckon yourself (flesh, carnal mind) DEAD and ALIVE in Christ. Is this doctrine being taught?

There are many question that I’m sure many people have had. This is just a few of my own. I’m sure many of these questions are logical questions on what, and where the Church is to be and should be in our day.

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"Oh, if the church could only get a fresh revelation and become by it the Living Word manifested, we would do the greater works and glorify God our Father in heaven." (Bro. W.M. Branham, Church Age Book page34; 2cd paragraph)

"He (Satan) knows that if the people get the True Revelation of the True Church and what she is, what she stands for and that she can Do the Greater Works, she will be a Invincible Army!" (Bro. W.M. Branham, Church Age Bk. Pg.15, par.3)