The Fountain Of The Living Waters (Brother M. Maanda) - 120726E

THE FOUNTAIN OF THE LIVING WATERS Jeremiah 2:12-13 35 A—a cistern is a—a place, a thing that’s dug in the ground, to take the place of a well. Where people doesn’t have a well, then they get a—a cistern. In other words, a cistern is a man-made tank, or a man-made well in the ground, that man dig out, to catch the water, to—to use it. Some of them use it for washwater, and some use it for drinking water, and different way, maybe. All the water sometime, that we used to get, was on a cistern. Used to have an old thing you had to wind, around, around, around, around, to get the water up; had little buckets on it, to pump the water out of the cistern. 40 And that’s a whole lot like our churches today. I think that we have left…One of the great sins that the church has done today, just like Israel then, it left Him, the Fountain of living Water, and has hewed themselves out man-made cisterns. And it become a habitation of everything that loves that kind of water. Lizards, frogs, and all kinds of unclean germs, live in it, because it’s a man-made tank. And in this tank these things stay, a perfect example of our denominationals today. 41 “Now,” you say, “Brother Branham, why do you strike at those people so hard?” It ought to be struck at. It’s got to be struck at. Flee it, because it will finally form the mark of the beast. Remember, that is the Truth! It will be the mark of the beast. Denomination will lead right to it. It’s on its road right there now, to force, by a power. 48 Now, I’m liken that to these dirty, filthy cisterns. “He is the Fountain of Life. He is the living Waters.” And man leave That, and dig for themselves cisterns which can only catch the filth. That’s the only thing it can catch. And that’s what denominationalism does; it catches everything that comes along and wants to join. They’re willing to take it in if it’s got some money, or can dress in a certain way. No matter who they are, where they come from, they take them, anyhow. 64-0726E - Broken Cisterns “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches of each age.” In every age it was the same cry. Hear what the Spirit says. If you are a Christian, you will get back to what the Spirit is teaching, that is, the Word of this age. Every messenger to every age will preach that Word. Every fresh and true revival will be because men have gotten back to the Word for their age. The cry of every age is the rebuke, “You have left the Word of God. Repent, and come back to the Word.” From the first book in the Bible (Genesis) to the last book (Revelation) there is only one reason for God’s displeasure — leaving the Word; and there is only one remedy to regain His favor — back to the Word. In the Ephesian Age, and in this age, and in every age we contemplate we will see that this is true. And in the last age which is our age, we will find the blackout of the Word, the complete apostasy ending in the great tribulation. If you are true seed, if you are truly baptized with the Holy Ghost you will esteem His Word above your necessary meat, and yearn to live by EVERY Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. This is my earnest prayer for all of us; may we hear what the Spirit is bringing from the Word for us today. CAB (4 - The Smyrnaean Church Age) Jesus never did stress the importance of the Works as He did the Word. He knew that if the people got the WORD the works would follow. That is Bible. Now Jesus knew that there was going to be a terrible drift away from the Word in the Pergamean Age which was as yet two hundred years off from the Patmos vision. He knew that drift would cause them to go into the Dark Ages. He knew that the way man originally got away from God was by first leaving the Word. If you leave that Word, you have left God. Thus He is presenting Himself to the church at Pergamos, and indeed to all churches of all ages, “I am the Word. If you want Deity in your midst, then welcome and receive the Word. Don’t ever let anyone or anything get between you and that Word. This which I am giving you (the Word) is a revelation of Myself. I AM THE WORD. Remember that!” CAB (5 - The Pergamean Church Age) 73 See, denominations make stagnant pools where man can live with women, and them women can carry on, and cut their hair, and wear shorts, and anything else, and call themselves Christians. But a genuine Fountain, hallelujah, of the Power of God, it can’t stay there, because It pushes it out. “I am the Fountain of living Waters. They left Me, to dig themselves some cisterns.” 74 Now, a fountain of living water, we find out, what is a fountain of living water? We find out what the cistern is, now what is a fountain of living water? 64-0726E - Broken Cisterns Rev. William Marrion Branham The Fountain Of The Living Waters (Brother M. Maanda) - 120726E Pastor L.T Mutasa The End Time Message Ministry: Thohoyandou www.endtimemessageministry.org https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaP3...