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Sound of Liberty
7286 Hwy 53 West
Dawsonville,
GA
30534
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Let's Do
It Again, But Right This Time
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(Manila, Philippines)
1997
Delivered By Brother Ben Howard
Dawsonville, Georgia (U.S.A.)
The message contained in this booklet is taken from
a sermon preached in Manila, Philippines; as Brother
Ben preached to hundreds who flocked to the meeting,
filling the largest auditorium available in the area
to capacity, leaving many unable to gain entry as
you can see in the photo. We praise God for the
moving of His Spirit during this meeting by the
revelation of His Word. This book is dedicated to
the Bride of Jesus Christ.
(Edited slightly for publication)
Let’s turn to the book of Revelation, chapter 10,
and we’ll read some in the Word of God. We just
trust that God will add His blessings to the reading
of the Word. I want to begin reading in Revelation,
chapter 10, verses 8 through 11, and take this
little thought, “Let’s Do It Again, But Right This
Time.”
The children of Israel started into the land of
Canaan, but they didn’t get there as soon as they
should have, because of their disobedience; so they
had to go into the wilderness for forty years, but
God brought them out. This types out the seven
church ages, and the Bride being called out. Solomon
spoke of the Bride coming out of the wilderness,
“Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness
leaning on her beloved?” (Song of Solomon 8.5)
That’s the Bride. The same thing happened with the
Church as it did with Israel. Now reading,
Revelation 10:8-11—“And the voice which I heard from
heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take
the little book which is open in the hand of the
angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth. And I went unto the angel, and said unto
him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me,
Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly
bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey. And I took the little book out of the
angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth
sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my
belly was bitter. (Here’s my text verse.) And he
said unto me, Thou must prophesy again (Thou must
prophesy again.) before many peoples, and nations,
and tongues, and kings.” I want you to notice, the
word again means, it has already been preached at
another time. This has been done before. Also,
notice the word prophesy, which means spiritual
preaching, testifying, etc. Do it again! Let’s do
it again, and let’s do it right this time!
Now let’s get some scriptures in 2nd Corinthians,
chapter 11, and then we’ll just go on a little
journey in the Word of God. The early Church
started, but they didn’t make it. Instead of going
on into perfection they went into the dark ages.
They went through the seven phases of the seven
church ages, but here we see her back again, and
this time He says, “Eat the little book,” and then,
“Prophesy again.” So let’s do it again, and this
time do it right.
So in 2nd Corinthians, chapter 11, Paul is
speaking to the Church in his day. He is telling
them what was going to happen, and what did happen.
Paul says, 2nd Corinthians 11:2—“For I am jealous
over you with a godly jealousy: for I have espoused
you to one husband, that I may present you as a
chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any
means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from
the simplicity that is in Christ.” As the serpent
beguiled Eve and got her off the Word, another route
had to be taken; so did it happen to the Church.
Likewise Paul said, “I espoused you.” Espouse means
engage. Paul said, “I engaged you; I got you
engaged to Christ as a chaste virgin.” And the
purpose of an engagement is that ultimately there
will be a marriage. I believe the marriage of the
Lamb is about to take place in this last day. So
Paul preached the Word of God, and gave it to the
Church and started the Church on its journey. Then
God took him off the scene, but before he left the
elders there at Ephesus he said, “There are men
among you right now, that as soon as I am gone, will
rise and try to draw disciples after themselves.
They’re grievous wolves, not sparing the flock.”
Now to the saints here in Manila, here’s what I
like about the ministers I talked with earlier. As
I addressed the ministers of this great city of
Manila, Philippines and the surrounding areas this
afternoon, you were gracious to me as I explained my
reason for being here and also answering your
questions and concerns. It seemed like everybody
had a good spirit. Everybody wants to get behind
this thing. We know that we are nothing and Christ
is everything. If we get together and get our
shoulders to the wheel, we can see a mighty move of
God here in the Philippines that won’t stop, until
it sweeps the whole world. Let’s do it again, and
right this time, and when we do it again this time,
we’re not going to have big I’s and little you’s;
and I’ll follow this preacher and you follow that
preacher. We follow Christ! He set in the Church
the five-fold ministry for the perfecting of the
saints.
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