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Copyright 1998-99 Paul L McAroy

[letter #6 of 24 (1f-defen.*)]
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 21:52:02 -0400
From: Paul McAroy <watchman@integrityonline16.com>
To: Don Parnell <d.parnell@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Spirit & Truth
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Greetings Brethren,
And greetings to you bro. Don Parnell for responding to my email, and speaking out for what you believe and hold dear. I appreciate that in a man which will stand for what he believes, even if the whole world was against what they said. It shows that they really believe what they believe. We have seen in the Scriptures that those are the type of men God can use to further What He intends to do on this earth. In history, be it good or bad, it was always men and women that stood against all odds and opposition which brought change, and the fulfillment of prophecy.

[I liked the way you referred and dated my comments so I will use your method]

email: -------------------------------------------------- 8/26/98
My dear brother, based on the Word from the Lord which was given to you, I have a few admonitions and answers to discuss with you. Your testimony is the Lord called you to a teaching ministry so I'm sure you will consider honestly what I have to say.
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Yes my brother I will consider what you have to say or anyone has to say when it comes to the Scriptures. Of course on issues like the trinity doctrine and that false trinity baptism which follows it, along with other Foundational Truths which are easily established by the Scriptures, there is no consideration as to whither they are wrong. Yet I will spend time to convey and try to show out of the Scriptures to someone that may believe such, for their sake.

email: -------------------------------------------------- 8/26/98
I have a few other admonitions my brother, I hope my rebuke is not overwhelming but you need to drop this false spirit that has taken you over.
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If I have a false spirit that has taken over me I most certainly want it removed ! It really doesn't matter to me what the Truth of a matter is as long as I know the Truth ! As a teenager I knew their was more to life than money, women, wine, and fast cars, yet no one presented to me anything that had any real value to live for. I went to Church as a child but to me it was all formalities without Power. So I studied and practiced varying religions and esoteric teachings, trying to find the Spiritual Power and Direction that I knew was out there. For the Natural Earth Testifies of this Strength and Purpose that one should have while living on this earth by the animal kingdom, plant kingdom, ect. One can see that all life on this planet is endowed with certain strengths and abilities to live out their life in strength and they all know their purpose. But when it comes to man we see weakness and no direction but the pursuit of fruitless and vain materialistic and lustful things. To say they are as an animal is to disrespect the animal kingdom which follows Gods ordained way for them to live at this time. They are the most defiled, perverted, corrupted, and the weakest of all creatures on this planet ! Yet in their hands is the ability to destroy and control every form of life on this planet. O how the earth awaits and cries out for the manifestation of the Sons of God to free them from the evil reign of this Serpent Seed Race !

The Lord came to me Himself when I was 21 years old and Revealed to me that Strength and Purpose of Life I was seeking for. And I know the method which He has chosen to Direct and Guide His Children is through the Scriptures and that ALONE. It is His provided way given to His children. The Prophets of God we can trust, but these of the Serpent Seed race who would want to listen to and be led by their vain and perverted ways? Not me.

So your admonitions and your rebukes are welcome and even encouraged. If my flesh has led me astray I want to know about it. For the Word is truly what I live by, as I understand it. Rebukes and admonitions will only make me consider what I do believe and to see if it does line up with the Revealed Truths in the Scriptures. And if I find I'm not correct in something I believe, I will cast away the false for the Truth every time.

So I'm not interested in defending what I believe, or trying to prove somebody else is wrong. For I could have a wrong belief. I have before, and I may have right now, and I'm sure I will in the future, for we GROW in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. And this comes by the Scriptures and that alone.

1Cor.8:2,3 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. But if any man love God, the same is known of Him.

I said all that to let you know my motives and objectives in discussing these and any issues. Lets dig down and get to the Truth about these matters. If its Truth we're Seeking than It's Truth we'll find. If we are just trying to defend our present thoughts concerning different doctrines, the pursuit of Truth will be greatly hindered. We know of the struggle we have with trying to present a simple and plain doctrine as baptism with those who will only look into the Scriptures to defend their position, not the Truth. So Lets not do the same when discussing these Greater Mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
Agreed?

Now let me state my position concerning the Message of William Branham. Like I have already said I know that He was a Prophet sent from God. I know he was the 7th Messenger to the 7th Church Age. He also was a Type and had the like ministry of John the Baptist, because he was Malachi 4: 5,6 revealed in flesh. And in Rev.10:1-7 we know that those Scriptures where also fulfilled through him, and the manifestation of this was the opening of the 7 Seals and the unfolding of the Mysteries of God to the people.

But if you will notice, it was Scripture being fulfilled and Scripture being REVEALED. Many, I'm sad to say, have put aside the Scriptures for the books or tapes of Bro. Branham. When it was the Scriptures that he was revealing and unfolding. William Branham's 1100 or so Tapes or the books from those tapes are not the Scriptures. They are not to be used or seen as the Scriptures. There is only one time and one place that I know of that could be considered Scripture by bro. Branham, and that is when the Spirit of God told him to pick up the Pen and Write.

SPOKEN.WORD.ORIGINAL.SEED JEFF.IN V-3 N-2 62-0318E
105-4 Now, that's why we got all the things that we've got. Now, all these things I've said, if they don't jibe with the Bible, or dovetail with God's Word, they're wrong. They're wrong. Now, all this picture... I'm just going to hurry over some of this, not explain it, but just hurry over it so we can get to it; and I promise you, just as quick as I possibly can... I got place here where I got so in the Spirit. I was--I got the church up to show it and prove it in the Word here exactly what's happened all along, and then when I did, I thought, "Lord, I got the people standing here now; I'll have them standing there; what can I tell them? I can't predict the future. I can't tell them what to do. What will I do? I'll leave them setting on a limb." And I raised up my hand and I said, "God, I think I'm doing this for Your will. I've never did this, never did before." 'Cause the seed hadn't been sowed yet. I said, "Now, I've got... I--I believe it's time for me to say it; but now, what am I going to say now?"
106-2 And just as plain as you hear my voice,something said, "Pick up your pen." I'll read it to you in a minute. And when I got through, there it was, just the answer. I didn't even know what I was writing, just started writing; and when I got through, I laid the pen down; I looked; I thought, "O God have mercy; there it is right there. That's what I'm looking for." Now, there's some things I had to bypass. We'll get to it in a little bit, the Lord willing. See? (William Branham)

What Brother Branham spoke in The Name of The Lord, is the Word of God. That also was not his thoughts or opinion about a subject. That is what a Prophet does. But every word he said on those Tapes or in the books was not Thus Saith The Lord. He preached and taught the Word of God by the Revelation of the Word that he had at that time. He did not have the same understanding of the Scriptures at the beginning of his ministry as he did at the end. He grew in the knowledge of Jesus Christ as it was Revealed to him. I call this progression of Revelation. We all experience this because we grow in grace and understanding as the Word is Revealed to us. Of course the Major Doctrines even at the beginning of his ministry he was correct in. God revealed to him the Foundational Truths of the Gospel when he started his ministry. So when we go to quoting bro. Branham we must be careful to compare it with everything else he said and of course the Scriptures. I could give a you a list of things he said in one place but said something else somewhere else. This is not taking away from the Message of bro. Branham but putting it into the correct perspective according to the Scriptures. He was not God. He was not Jesus Christ. He was a man as you or I. He was a man sent from God.

To believe that everything he said in every message he preached was Thus Saith the Lord, would give it the same authority as the Scriptures. He did not preach that or want it to be as such because he knew that the Scriptures is the only Revelation of Jesus Christ, not his messages. In his messages he reveals the Mysteries of Jesus Christ out of the Scriptures as God revealed it to him.

So let me say this as clear as I can. The Message of William Branham was the Scriptures Revealed, the Word Revealed, Jesus Christ Revealed. The Scriptures was and are the focus point not his messages. That is why the Lord sent him. Not for us to follow William Branham and the messages we have through the Tapes and books, but to follow Jesus Christ the Word. That was the Message !

I accept without question his Revelation of the Word even if I don't understand it because of the Authority he Had from God. I recognize his position in the Kingdom of God. But as Paul said,

1cor.3:3-7, For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the> increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

And one last thing, if you can help it please don't use the Church Age Book written by Lee Vayle as a source of information concerning the Truth. The book was written by Bro. Lee and it is very good. But it is Lee's understanding of how he seen and understood the Scriptures in the light of what Bro. Branham preached. There is some parts in there that I don't believe bro. Branham would agree with. I have given out many copies of the book, and do like it, but I prefer to hear what bro. Branham had to say himself.

I will be sending a response to your post as soon as I can. At the time I don't have the Message on Computer but just the Ebook. So it takes a lot longer to search and see what bro. Branham said about a subject.

Also I don't have a copy of the book " Like a Might Wind" in order to point out some things. So I will just let that go for now. There are other issues that really need to be dealt with first anyway. But I am questioning whither I'm right or wrong concerning the Indonesian Revival. My mind and heart is open to the Truth.

Let me close for now, and I pray the Lord blesses you and all that Seek after and follow Jesus Christ with sincerity.

Paul McAroy

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