Appointment of a
minister &
purpose of E.o.D.H.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
We have a special purpose this morning, and that is, our
precious Brother Lloyd Malama will be appointed, here at Bethel, to go back to Africa
in the power of the Word and Spirit. So, it is a blessing, and we are more than
happy to do this. After you heard his testimony, and having fellowshipped with
Brother Malama, I know that you are all convinced that he is a true minister of
the Lord and righteousness. So we will do that first, and then I will explain a
little more as we go along.
So now, for this ordination I will read in the Book of Titus. Come, Brother Malama. Stand right here. I am reading from Titus 1: 4-11.
<To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
For this cause left I thee in
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
For a bishop
must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not
given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre (money);
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
Whose mouths
must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought
not, for (filthy money’s sake) filthy lucre's sake.> (Titus 1: 4-11).
May the Lord add a blessing
to this portion of the scripture. And in line with our precious brother’s
appointment, I borrow the words of Brother Paul from II Timothy 4:1-8.
<I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.> (II Timothy 4:1-8).
May the Lord add a blessing to the reading of His Words. While we sing a couple verses, I will call Brother Barrow. I will call Brother Rogers as another witness. Come, brother. Come Brother Barrow.
[Ed. Song leader and congregation sing, “Speak my Lord”, as the musicians play softly.]
While the musicians play softly; we give our precious Brother Malama the right-hand of fellowship, in sanction of his sincerity and honesty in preaching the gospel and upholding the truth. We will pray in a moment. Brother Roy Barrow will join hands with Brother Malama, giving him the right-hand of fellowship with Brother Rogers Richardson.
We have found Brother Malama to be a
sincere and just man, set for the defense of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, as the Lord appointed twelve and again appointed seventy; and as
Brother Paul commanded Titus to ordain elders in every city, we follow the very
same pattern in appointing our Brother Malama. Though he is from a foreign land
(way over in
We bow our heads in prayer. Brother Barrow and Brother Rogers will pray along with me.
Yes, Lord. We agree
together that we have found the right spirit in this brother. He is a just and
upright man, as the prophet of God said on the book called, ‘The Indictment’ when he
ordained the brothers. Lord, we come before you this morning, with our precious
Brother Lloyd Malama, giving him the right-hand of fellowship, after charging
him with the preaching of the gospel, even as Brother Paul did to Timothy.
Lord, we pray that you
will freshly anoint Brother Malama, even with the anointing that came from the
seals. Lord, make him equipped. Make him strong. Make him bold. Make him
defiant. According to the Book of Jude, let him contend for the faith that was
once delivered unto the saints. Protect him from evil men. Protect him from
dangers, even as You protected Brother Paul. We pray, Lord, that wherever he
goes, he may preach the gospel and establish the truth, and that he may win
many thousands of souls into your kingdom.
We recognize the gift of Brother
Malama’s, and Lord, we sanction that as elders here today, therefore we appoint
Brother Malama as a preacher of righteousness, to go forth with the gospel into
We are happy this morning to witness
this great deed, and we expect many fruits out of what was done here this
morning. We may hear the news in the days to come of God using this brother to
win thousands and thousands of souls in
Because of the Nicolaitan system that is
existing around the world and under the message (trying to bind the servants of
God) some in Africa were hesitant to ordain our brother, but we are happy to do
this. And to defy that Nicolaitan system that wants him to come under their
heresies, and under the heretics in order to sanction his calling and sanction
the gift that lays in his bosom. So we do this in defiance to all that oppose
him, and we recognize Brother Malama as a minister of the message of Malachi 4:
5 & 6, and added to that, as a minister of end time redemption that was
loosed from under the seven seals.
May the Lord bless and prosper his work
for the ministry, and may the blessing of the Lord be upon Brother Malama that
he may win many souls into the
Appointment by apostolic pattern
Brother Malama, this day, was appointed by apostolic pattern and
he will straightway preach to us, even as the Bible said, “And Paul straightway
declared the gospel in Damascus.” He will also straightway declare the gospel
at midday today, after my exhortation.
So, our precious
brother was appointed according to apostolic pattern. If you notice that in Matthew 10 and Luke 10, it
spake nothing about laying on of hands of our Lord upon them. He just said that
they were appointed. And when Paul gave Timothy and Titus the command, he never
said, “Lay hands upon them,” but all that he said was, “Ordain elders, even as
I have appointed you.”
Nothing is wrong with laying on of hands. The Bible said, “By the laying on of the hands of the presbytery, stir up the gift that is in thee.” But that is an old Jewish custom. The prophet of God said that we should be far past the days of ‘laying on of hands,’ and be like the gentiles. Yes. “Speak the word only and my servant shall be healed.”
So, I make this declaration, not only for Brother Malama today, but I make it for the whole House of God here, all under the sound of my voice and wherever this message may go, that people will understand the functions of Bethel the House of God and also E.O.D.H., the publishing arm of Bethel the House of God.
We were tremendously blessed by the testimony of Brother Malama. It gave us an insight into how far and deep into the world and the rural areas that E.O.D.H. has gone. It has gone far and wide.
Brother Malama is
appointed as a minister of the message of Malachi 4 and end time redemption that was
loosed from under the seals. He represents the message of Brother Branham. Not
a cult or not an ism of any kind. And people who consider Bethel and E.O.D.H. a
cult and a new movement are wrong, therefore, he is not ordained as a minister
of E.O.D.H. That is just a little arm of the message. He is not ordained as a
minister of Bethel. That is only a little arm of the message of Malachi 4. But
he is ordained as a minister of the message of Malachi 4: 5 & 6, in its
fullness, and in its purity. And above all, he is ordained as a minister of end
time redemption, which we also uphold, and which we also preach. How many agree
with these things? [Congregation says,
“Amen!”]
We have recognized a call in the brother’s life, and we have sanctioned the same. We have appointed him as a preacher of righteousness.
In his church, or
wherever he is pastoring when he goes back, if this was not done the church must now
make the decision whether they sanction him and accept him as a pastor. But we
have sanctioned and accepted him as a preacher of righteousness. Then, they
will decide if they want to recognize him as doing the work of a pastor.
But regardless of what
we have done today, done in the past and will do in the future, the hour is
coming when the Lord will positionally place the five-fold ministry, and He will declare what position each
one of us has in the Body. Right now, I challenge the world to tell me what
part they are playing in the Body, as an apostle, prophet, teacher, evangelist
or pastor, and they have no proof of it. When God appoints a man He will back
him up with signs and wonders and miracles, and He will back him up with an angel
of God, ‘positionally place’ him, and then He will manifest him as a manifested
son of God. That is Bible standard.
We have this recognition of our precious brother. And that gives him the authority to preach wherever the Lord leads him to preach, in any part of the world. Yes. Not just tie him down to pastorship in his church. The people of God there will make that decision.
We will further give
him a letter on Bethel’s letter head, stating that he was appointed here on
this very day, in the presence of one thousand witnesses. How many sanction
that? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] He will also be given this cassette, DVD or MP3 to prove this
wherever he goes, and whoever wants to contend with us, let them contend with
us. We stand in defense of the gospel and all true servants of God who uphold
the Word of God, who embrace the message of William Branham, the message of the
Lord which came through Malachi 4, including all those we appointed here at
Bethel, and will appoint in the future.
Brother Malama is an
example of what I am going to say here. He must be free from all domination, by
ministers at Bethel or myself, and must be led of the Spirit and the Word. That
is apostolic pattern. Not because we recognize you and appoint you today, does
that mean that you are under our domination. One thing must dominate you and
that is the Spirit of God and the Word of God. But we will continue to have
fellowship in the Spirit, and the Word of God. Yes. Our contact and our joining
together are Word based, not organizational based, nor heretical based. That is why we
afford you that liberty to be free in the Spirit and be led of the Spirit.
He is not
financially obligated to Bethel or E.O.D.H.
publication. Organizational system is that when they anoint a man, send him out
and ordain him over a church, he must send back sixty percent of the tithes and
offerings to the mother church. That is Pentecostalism, and that originated
from the Catholic Church. Bethel does not function like that, neither does E.O.D.H.
The local elder is over the money in his own church, and he accounts to God and
spends it how he wants. No treasurer nor trustee is over the money, and neither
of them can direct the spending of the money. The pastor of the local church
directs the spending of the money, always.
Bethel and
E.O.D.H. owe no salary or other support to any
minister who embraces E.O.D.H. Let that be established worldwide.
Brother Malama, with
all other ministers around the world who support the truth of E.O.D.H., owe no accountability to Bethel the House of God, its ministers, or E.O.D.H., for the work of
the ministry. Yet, I believe that if a man has the right spirit, and he has the
Word of God, then we will fellowship around that Word of God. There will be a
communication. There will be love existing. Yes. And that is apostolic
standard. No man must be overruled by the Nicolaitan system. And that is what
we do not have here, a Nicolaitan system, because we hate the deeds of the
Nicolaitans, which God hates. (Revelation 2:
6).
All ministers must bear their own reproach if they fail to live and preach the Gospel message of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Bethel or E.O.D.H. is not accountable. If a minister falls, he
goes back into the world, lives contrary, and preaches contrary, Bethel will
not be held accountable, nor E.O.D.H. for that individual’s failure. But we are
persuaded better things of Brother Malama, for I have known him for the past
five years through communicating with him. Once I heard, but now I see.
No resignation from E.O.D.H. is necessary in such circumstances, because E.O.D.H. is not something to
join. It is not an organization. We do not have a role book, or such. So there
is nothing to resign from. Anytime you resign from E.O.D.H. you resign from the
Word of God, and you resign from the message of the hour. Anytime a man falls,
lives contrary and preaches contrary, he resigns from God.
What is apostolic pattern?
Let me further establish that all ministers and saints who
embrace E.O.D.H. and the truths of the message and the holiness standards of
Bethel must enjoy the same liberty and freedom of the Spirit. We are not an
organization. One must function under the same apostolic pattern, and one may
rightly ask, “What is apostolic pattern?” Apostolic pattern, unity amongst the
ministers was clearly made known in the communication of Brother Paul and
Timothy. The way that Brother Paul addressed Timothy; there was an underlining
factor through which such address could have been made, and in his address to
Timothy, he said, “My own son in the Gospel.” I love that. There was something beyond Nicolaitanism,
something beyond organization, something beyond the deeds of the Nicolaitans.
Yes. And I want to describe that for a few minutes.
Over
in the Book of Titus he spoke in the same manner. And if you notice the apostle
was commanding Titus, not in an organizational manner, but with love, respect
and adoration. And he told Titus what to do. He said, “Titus I left thee in
Titus 1:4 <To Titus, mine own son after the common faith…>
I like that, "the
common faith."
All true servants of God and all true saints followed the common gospel that
was laid down by our Lord Jesus Christ. And the efforts of Brother Paul, Titus,
Timothy and many thousands of faithful brothers were to contend for the faith
that was once delivered unto the saints, and it was called, "the common
faith."
Titus 1:4-5 <…Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
For this cause left I thee in
I wonder if we
could understand the harmony that existed between these two ministers. I wonder if we could understand the
absence of Nicolaitanism, and organizational rule and domination. There was a
certain harmony which existed between these ministers and Brother Paul. Yes.
And I want to establish here, brethren, that they had a Word connection, Word
fellowship, Word recognition, gift recognition and Spirit connection. So these verses of
scriptures have nothing to do with Nicolaitanism.
Now,
upon this principle Bethel is built; apostolic pattern. Upon these principles are
what E.O.D.H. functions. We are not looking to form a network of ministers
through a Nicolaitan system. We are not looking for joiners. We are not looking
for supporters. We are not enrolling anybody. We are not trying to bring message believers, and ministers,
under our domination. No, friends. We are trying to establish apostolic
pattern. Apostolic standards in dressing. Apostolic standards in the lives of
ministers. Apostolic standards in living holiness, amongst the people of the
message of the hour. We are trying to bring back the people to "the common
faith" that was restored today by the instrumentality of the Lord and His
servant, William Branham.
This is not a new
faith. No, it is the same faith that was delivered unto us by William Branham.
But message followers have gone away from the faith that was once delivered
unto the saints. As a result of which, Bethel and E.O.D.H went out to throw a life-line, and deliver all
true saints of God from the paw of the lion, the paw of the bear, and all heretics
that are now upon the face of the earth.
We see the same pattern between John and Gaius. This is apostolic pattern. In the third chapter of the book of John. Oh, that is so wonderful; I think I will read it. This was not only with Brother Paul; this was also with John the Divine. And he addressed himself as,
III John 1:1 <The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius,
whom I love in the truth.>
There existed a
certain harmony, a certain love between ministers, and these ministers that
came after Paul recognized that Paul had a certain authority from the Lord,
which influence they wanted to come under. Not by Nicolaitanism. Not by organization. They respected
Brother Paul as gifted to handle the Word of God, as none other handled the
Word of God in that time, and that age. And that influenced them to be obedient
to Brother Paul, to be obedient to the things that he was preaching to them.
Therefore it was not a man dominating, but it was the Word dominating. They
recognized the Word in that man. They recognized the Word in Paul. They
recognized the Word in John the Divine. And that is why Brother John had the
confidence to write this letter and say,
<The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius…>
In other words, he knew that Gaius was sold out to the Word, sold out to that apostolic ministry and sold out to truth. He was not embarrassed. John could not say this to other people. No, but there existed a harmony, love, respect and recognition of Brother John. So therefore he took the confidence to say, “The elder.” “I am the elder.” In other words, the younger is respecting the elder who was in the gospel before him. Yes. Who was teaching them the way, and leading them away from heresies, leading them away from false men, and they were thankful to God. That is why he wrote “the elder.” I love that word.
III John 1:1 <The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.>
It was not a carnal organization. No! It was a Word connection. It was a truth connection. Yes. He said,
III John 1:2-3 <Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.>
Word connection
Oh my! Do
you see that Word connection? There was one thing that was joining Gaius to
Brother John, and that was the truth. And there is one thing that is going to join every minister of the gospel, to God’s people and to other
ministers of the world, and that is "the truth." Yes! That is what
E.O.D.H. presently has come to. We have Word connection worldwide. We have men
that respect this ministry even as Gaius, even as Timothy, and even as Titus.
Yes!
It is not because of a salary that they
receive. No E.O.D.H. minister receives a salary. No! Not because they ought to
pay money to
And
then, on the other hand, we have a man with a Word connection down in
I
have a son named Timothy Asare over in Ghana. I have another son named Maxwell
Gamado. Yes! I have sons in the gospel over in the Philippines. Sons in the
gospel over in Nigeria and different states of Africa and we have many sons of
the gospel over in India. Now, they do not have to give that respect, but they
follow Bible pattern, and they want to act
like Timothy, and they want to act like Gaius, and
they want to act like Titus, even because they have seen apostolic pattern in
the Bible and the harmony that existed between Paul and the ministers. That is
what E.O.D.H. is trying to establish. We are establishing a Word connection. A Word connection is what we want; nothing more. So we are thankful to God for this
establishment of the people of God who belong to the message, and they are
thankful to God for their deliverance.
Beloved, if you were
in a foreign country, under heretics (well known heretics that I always
"blaze" from this pulpit) and you followed them for ten years, or
fifteen years, and some twenty years (like our precious Brother Jairam, who
followed the heretic Gan for over ten years) and then a little literature, or
tape passed your way, and delivered you from Hell, destruction, the lake of
fire, take you away from your deception when you thought that you were prepared
for the Rapture, that you have found a man of God, you gave all your money, all
your tithes, all your support, and you contended for heresies, and the Word of
deliverance came and delivered you from that, would you not be happy? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] You would be happy. Would you not respect the source that it is
coming from? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] Yes! Would you not be thankful for that man? [Congregation says, “Amen!”] Would you not praise God, brothers and sisters, for the Word of
truth? Would you not testify about it? [Congregation
says, “Amen!”] You would testify about it. But
jealous preachers find fault. Jealous people find fault because we are not
following their heresies. But we will continue to lift up the name of William
Branham, because God sent him with a Word of deliverance to us, and he has
delivered us from organizations, delivered us from cults and isms, and we are
contending for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints in this modern
age, by the man called William Branham. That is the simple understanding of
E.O.D.H. That is the purpose of E.O.D.H.
Now,
what has happened to a lot of people around the world is that they were caught
in deception by heretics. Being caught by deception, by heretics, they are even
afraid to read E.O.D.H. books, because they suffer from a complex. Besides
which when they do accept the truth from the E.O.D.H. tapes and books, they are
afraid to submit because they want to check that out and make sure that it is
not a deceiver like the one who they sat under. So, although they recognize the
truth of E.O.D.H., they are afraid to come out. They will take the books, and
take the tapes and they will preach from them without even saying one word of
the source that it is coming from. I want to say to you beloved brothers that
would listen to the tapes: that is okay. I am not looking for recognition. As
long as you recognize the Word, that is the important thing. Yes! And if you
are elected and you are a child of God, and you have the Spirit of God, the
Lord will bring us together someday. I am saying that, that is okay. You got a
book and you want to preach the truth that is recorded in that book, go on. You
do not have to contact Dalton Bruce. You have to contact the Lord Jesus Christ. You have to ask
Him for divine revelation. But if you are a child of God, He will bring us
together even at the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. So, do not despise such
people.
There was one time the
apostles found a man preaching the gospel on his own, Oh yes, and they said,
“Follow with us.” He said, “I am not coming with you.” And then they came and
complained to the Lord. They said, “We found a man and he said he is not coming
with us. Should we forbid him?” He said, “Do not forbid the man. Do not forbid
the man at all. Let him go on and preach what he is preaching.” And there are
people who have found our tapes, and found our books, and beloved, they are
preaching an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. I do not want to be a lord over God’s heritage. I do
not want to be their boss. I do not want to be dominating them. I do not want
to be dictating for them. I want the Lord to dictate. I want the Word to be the
dictator. And if you believe the truth, and I believe the truth, we are going
in the Rapture. We are going to receive an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. That
is our establishment.
No obligation to correspond: integrity of e.O.D.H.
We are not looking for a network, beloved. Those who get the
books and get the tapes, you are not under obligation to contact me. You are
not under obligation to correspond with me. No! You are not under obligation to
pay any money here, or support E.O.D.H. You are under obligation to preach the
Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove and rebuke with all
longsuffering and doctrine, for the time has come when the followers of the
message are not enduring sound doctrine, but has heaped up heretics from around
the world, and they have given their ears to fables. Yes. They are looking for
preachers to scratch their ears. But here, brothers and sisters, we preach a
straight gospel. Yes sir! And who it offends, it offends.
We have apostolic
pattern. We have no regard for a heretic that would pervert the message of the
hour. We have no regard for anybody that would contradict the message of the
hour. And though a minister arises in our very midst and will live contrary,
and teach contrary, the same application goes for him. He is cast out as an
infidel. Yes! Or if an infidel arises, with nasty Sodomite habits, we cast him
out of the church. That is the standard of E.O.D.H. That is the purity of
E.O.D.H. That is the integrity of E.O.D.H. That is the integrity of the
message, and it goes in line with what Brother Paul said, to get rid of that
person from among you who was living with his stepmother in the church. (I Corinthians 5). That was
the integrity of Paul. That was the integrity of the gospel, and that is the
integrity of E.O.D.H. Anything that comes against the Word of God becomes our enemy.
You either repent or you are going to perish. Yes.
Wherever the Lord has given me the
oversight, here in this country, the
But
how can I control the churches in
People must understand the functions of
Finally my brethren; we hereby take the liberty to publish to the world the articles of our faith based upon the Bible and the message of Malachi 4: 5 & 6, and upon which Bethel the House of God was founded. May it serve to acquaint all with our principles and functions of the church, both locally and internationally.