Message 71<br />

 August 13, 1948 | 3:30 a.m. | Broadview Hotel | Wichita,

Kansas<br />

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 During my stay in Wichita, Kansas, at the Broadview Hotel, the

Messenger of the Lord appeared to me on three successive nights,

the last of which, on the morning of August 13, 1948, at 3:30 a.m.,

he gave the following message.  W.A.DRAVES<br />

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 1 Arise and take the words I will give you.<br />

 2 I am your fellow servant; I am the servant of the Lord; I am he

who sits and refines. Of ancient days it has been my mission, and

my name is John. I preached repentance and baptism before the

Christ-and again I preach and prophesy before His coming. I come to

bring His word that a bride might be prepared and a people that is

His church in very deed- The Church of Christ. I have come in the

past and I will come in the future until the work is finished, and

the Christ sits in the right hand of power when Satan's rules are

put down. Then will be rejoicing, for the millennium shall break

forth, and call nations that live and dwell in the lands come up to

worship the Lord their God.<br />

 3 Fear not, for the Lord is mindful of His people. The church

shall see His hand and His power. Heed not that which does not calm

the soul-it is of the evil and seeks to destroy. Be not moved in

emotion, for Satan takes hold of mankind and entices evil that they

may gain prominency-and speaks in confusion and untruths.<br />

 4 There are those that cannot be trusted; they have and will

deceive. Be calm-even all. Let peace rule your lives. My message is

one of peace and security to all who humble themselves and obey,

for this is the assured way of the Lord and the Elijah message so

many look for.<br />

 5 I come not to bruise; I come not to quench the smoking flax; but

to bring peace, and let the people choose the way to eternity and

life with the Lord, or go down to darkness and that awful rejection

of their choice.<br />

 6 Let the assembly meet in peace and hold to the way of the Lord.

Let man deny himself and seek not for the praises of men.<br />

 7 Let the work continue in all parts of this land and the foreign

fields. Up, ye servants of the Lord, live and speak the truth, and

more light and joy will come to you as you prepare; and the greater

your faith the greater your work and responsibilities will

be.<br />

 8 Let the Lord's voice be heard. Let the translations continue.

Let the message go to Jew and Gentile, bond and free, the dispersed

and outcast, to Israel, that all may have a chance to hear the

warning word.<br />

 9 Thus saith the Lord, "Let my servant Allsworth, whom I have led

and preserved for a great work, be set apart as an evangelist, and

take his calling and mission, that salvation and life may be

carried through the gospel teaching to many. I will lead him by my

Spirit, for his faith hath been heard," saith your Lord.<br />

 10 Teach the whole truth and let not man have his way, except it

be the way of the Lord. Worry not over things you have no

control.<br />

 11 Let all pay their oblations to the Lord and send the word to

the end of the earth.<br />

 12 I speak light to the world, and my mission is designed of the

Lord and shall have its effect, for the word shall fill the whole

earth and men will know the truth and be abundantly free. Satan has

bound mankind with soothing ways and words and enticed in sin,

until the Spirit of the Lord cannot work with them, except they

repent. Let repentance be taught. Faith in God's word must be heard

and the baptisms, that men be born again of the water and Holy

Spirit, with fire from the Lord-and peace will rule and Satan have

no power on those who heed and obey, having strong faith.<br />

 13 I leave peace with you and all who heed.<br />

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