Message 118

March 3, 1994

On March 3, 1994, I arose about 5 a.m. and turned off the door alarm. I felt tired, so I laid on the sofa and slept some more. When the Messenger began to speak I arose-he helped lift me by taking my right hand. My pad being on the table I began to write as he gave the message. He sat in the chair by the kitchen table near me.  W.A.DRAVES


1 Arise and take the message I will give you.
2 Fret not nor worry not, this is the Lord's work, mankind cannot run it his way. I come to you to give encouragement. The authority and trust is upon you. No one or none other can take it from you.
3 Some let Satan drive them into bitterness and evil acts against you.
4 My mission is one of love, I come from the Lord's presence. I bring peace to fulfill the way of the Lord. To cause mankind to be made pure and holy, righteous in the Lord's sight. The hand of power and trust are His, He giveth as mankind prepares. I bring glad tidings to the faithful. The word I bring giveth salvation to all that believe and obey. Will mankind hear it?
5 I am the Elias, the forerunner of the Christ. My baptism is to fulfill the way of righteousness. There is no other way for salvation to come to mankind, only to follow the Christ Jesus, only through Him.
6 You have done the Lord's will and work, preserve it and keep it sacred.
7 Be pleasant at all times and the Spirit will guide you in all truth. As I speak to you, so speak I to all.
8 Let these I shall give you John O'Keefe, Howard Leighton-Floyd, Charles S. Martin, Edward Sechrest be released of priesthood authority and Terry Laws released of the apostleship.
9 Take your place as an apostle, likewise Leonard H. Draves and Mervyn Johnson. Let Leonard H. Draves keep the records as he has been told to do and other works instructed in the office.
10 Mankind cannot do the Lord's work his way, it must be the way of the Lord, or therefore their own destruction.
11 Unless there is repentance from the office of James E. Parker and James Sorgen, they too shall be released from their authority.
12 There will be other changes.
13 In time the Lord will call others to fill vacancies. Be not disturbed of what your brethren sought to do. They destroy and release themselves for lack of believing and or obeying my words I bring and will of the Lord.
14 The work of Larry and Norman is pleasing in the Lord's sight and the people they work with.
15 I leave peace with you. I will come again when the need be. Amen.





Message 119
March 19, 1994 | 6:00 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.

I arose about 6 a.m., Saturday, March 19, 1994 and turned off the door alarm. I was seated at the table, when the Messenger walked in. He laid his hand on my right shoulder as he passed to sit in the chair near me. Following is the message. He left at 7:15 a.m.  W.A.DRAVES



1 Take the message I shall give you. Give it to the brethren of the church.
2 Many of the members have been hurt over your actions and records you kept-not allowing the brethhelp.
3 The Lord has heard the prayers of the faithful and peace has come in the hearts of many concerned to consider the words I bring.
4 In the communion the sacrament of the Lord is salvation to the truly humble and repentant. The Lord has and will forgive. Let your hearts be clean and your lives pure. Hear the words of comfort and encouragement I bring.
5 Restore those that show forth repentance and Terry Laws to the apostleship; in their ministry and position and it will be well to the obedient.
6 Thus saith the Lord, "Ye are my friends. I have tested you as Job has been tested; yet he loved me, your Lord. The testing has served its purpose," saith the Lord.
7 The work in the foreign field has been well planted and will fill its mission. The word shall go to all nations and the world over. Henceforth it will reach multitudes and bring them salvation in Christ Jesus.
8 Let Robert Esler, Phillip CrownTony Crownover and Russell Lyles, when he comes into this work, be set apart as elders to further this cause. The Lord will make a blessing.
9 I leave peace with you and the church. Amen!



Message 120
April 22, 1994 | 5:30 a.m.

I was up and in the kitchen reading, when the Messenger walked in. The home was filled with light. It was 5:30 a.m., April 22, 1994. He left before 6 a.m. Following is the message.  W.A.DRAVES


1 I will give you a message that all may know the Lord has sent me to speak His will. I come from His presence to give instructions so this work may progress.
2 Keep the standard and the work will not suffer. It has been established to move to every nation and the people of this world.
3 Let Anthony Wangai be set apart as a disciple to work among his people.
4 When there cometh vacancies in the bishop quorum, let these prepare to fill vacancies: Richard Massman and Marvin Zink.
5 Likewise of the apostles; Alan Crownover, Jim Rolfe, Darrell Bellamy and Mike Greenwell. The Lord will bless by His Spirit as they take up their calling.
6 The Lord Jesus is the Christ and He changes not. He is the light of salvation to all that hear His voice.
7 Let the work continue in the foreign fields. Let it be established everywhere. The Lord will bless and bring success by His Spirit.
8 Give this message to the brethren. I leave peace with you. Amen.



The Passing of W. A. Draves
William A. Draves was a young man, a member of The Church of Christ, in 1937, when the angel John the Baptist first apto him.
He was unassuming and gentle, though he sometimes encountered great opposition to his testimony regarding the messenger.  He was as eager to learn from the messages as any other reader.  As is rein his testimony and the text accompanying each message, he was always awed by the authority and divine love carried by John the Baptist.
Affectionately known to all as "Oley," he lived to be 80 years old, and worked diligently to distribute copies of The Word of the Lord to libraries around the world, as John the Baptist had encouraged all to do.
Like Otto Fetting as a humble man, he gave the messages after he received them directly to the church, letting others clarify punctuation, grammar, and verse numbers.
W. A. Draves was born on May 12, 1912. Beginning in 1940, he was an apostle in the church.  He died on June 28, 1994.