The Benefits of the Son of God to us no. 6
That
you might know you echo Life
Rev. Brian Kocourek
Prayer.
Last week we examined the
fourth benefit concerning the Son of God from 1 John
Last week, we found that the word translated as “hath”
that is used several times in this verse was translated from the Greek word “echo”.
Now, if the translators had left that word un-translated as they left the word
baptisma un-translated, where we get our English equivalent baptism from, then our understanding
of this verse of Scripture and thus this particular benefit that we receive as
a result of our understanding the role of the Son of God, would be completely
different than what most men will have when they read this using the word hath
instead of echo.
Now, in reading this verse with the word
un-translated we read it as: He that echoes the
Son echoes life; and he that echoes not the Son of God echoes not life
Now, that means that since God is the
fountain of Life and in John 5:26 we hear Jesus say, For as the Father
hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; So
we see that the life comes from the Father and then into the son. And in
reading this scripture also with the word echo left un-translated it reads, John
And as the
heart pumps the blood over and over again to echo forth the life in the body,
so too the Father’s Word echoed over and over and over again in His mind as
thoughts and then when it begin to come forth from the Father this same echo of
life moved forward into manifestation as Word, first into His Son and then into
Sons. Listen carefully to what brother Branham says about this.
Who do you say this is?
64-1227 P:31 Just notice, how few recognized Him to be the anointed Word of that
day. See, God in the beginning, being infinite, and knowed all things from the
beginning... And the only thing that
these things are is the display of His attributes. An attribute... You have
an attribute. It's your thought. You
think of something, then you speak it, then you take it. That's God. He, in the
beginning... If you're... If you ever was or ever will be in heaven, you was in
heaven to start with. You're part of God. You
were His thought. He knew your name. He knew who you were before there ever
was a molecule, before there was a light. Before there was anything, He knew
you and your name, and put it on the Lamb's Book of Life before the world was
ever formed. See, you were His thought.
And Then you become a Word. And a word is a thought expressed. Then you're
manifested.
P:32
That's
the way He was. He was in the beginning by Himself. God dwelt alone with His thoughts. He'll
never do that again 'cause His thoughts are being made manifest. And that's
why we are right here this day: is God fellowshipping
with His thoughts being made manifest. See? There we are. So you, by taking
thought, cannot add one cubit to your statue. You cannot do this, that, or
other. It's God that showeth mercy. It's God. "All the Father has given Me will come to Me, and no man can come except
My Father draws him." That settles it.
Now, we can see that 1 John
Now, for any
who might think that this talk on the echoing the son echoes life is just my
own little thoughts, let me show you that William Branham spoke of the same
thing.
Come let us reason together
55-1004 P:90 And now, not knowing nothing about you, and this is our first time
meeting in life, if Jesus will tell me, what you come up here to ask Him
about... You come up, not to see Brother Branham; you come up to see the Lord
Jesus. And now, you believe that I'm just like this microphone. See? This
microphone can't speak 'less something speaks through it. See? It's just a
piece of metal. It's got to have a sound
here to hit it first, before it will echo (See?), 'fore it'll carry
out. Now, that's the way I am. I'm just like the microphone. See? Now,
there has to be some real intelligence behind here, Something that knows you,
and knows all about you, knows what you're here for, to speak through these lips to say that. Isn't that right? Now, the
audience believes that, don't you audience? See? 'Cause we don't know each
other, but He can tell me. Then you believe Him.
Now, let’s look at what Jesus said about
himself. Notice in the next 4 verses of Scripture Jesus tells us exactly what
Brother Branham said here.
John 12:49 For I have not
spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what
I should say, and what I should speak.
John 12:50 And I know that
his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the
Father said unto me, so I speak.
John 14:31 But that the
world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment,
even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments,
ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and
abide in his love.
Now, let’s examine again what William
Branham said concerning this echoing back of God’s word.
Conference
60-1125 P:44 Let's just think. I can see Gabriel come down, His great sword
standing by His side. I can see Woodworm. I can see the other great Angels
lighting on the rocks around. What was it? A conference table being set. Then
that Holy Spirit of God, as we see on the picture of
Why against organized religion
62-1111E P:117 Notice, this is the Angel of Light. Remember, the
last Angel, it's the Angel in the church age to the
Greater than Solomon 64-0306
P:13 There must be a supernatural sign from God to vindicate. No matter
how real, how deep it was in theology, how great it sounded, still, if God's supernatural
sign didn't vindicate it, it wasn't so, to the Jew. Now, the Old Testament, the
Aaron's plate was done away, with the old covenant. But in the New Covenant,
God still remains with the Urim Thummim. That is, if a prophet, dreamer,
theologian, or whatever it is, speaks something that's contrary to the Word,
and God don't echo it back through the
Word, I'll let it alone, for It's God's Urim Thummim. And I believe it with
all my heart, that It's God's Word.
Demonology 2 Religious 53-0609
P:55 Now, then the Urim Thummim today is this Bible. If somebody has
give a prophecy or a dream, and it don't
compare or echo with God's Bible, it's false; don't believe it.
Spoken word original seed
62-0318M P:23 The Word of God continually goes on. I'm told that if we could pick
up an instrument that could catch it, that a man's voice, my voice that I speak
today, ten thousand years from now could still be picked up in the air. It's
like dropping a pebble in the middle of a pond. And the teeny little waves after
they fail to be seen by the eye, continue on till it hits the bank. And the
air-wave of our voices continually travels around and around the world;
therefore, then our voice, what we say
will be our judgment. Our testimony will rise right against us. Our own voices will echo in our own ears at
the judgment bar of God when His great instrument catches every voice that's
been spoke--every word that's been muttered.
So what are you
echoing today? Because what you echo today will be played back at the white
throne judgment. Then if all our words are the Words of our Father, God, then
won’t it be a wonderful experience at the White throne judgment? Won’t it be
wonderful for our Father God, and all the saints, and all the angels to hear
our Father’s words being repeated back at that time as our Life is reviewed
before all to see? Then what will your echo be? Will it be His own words being
spoken from your mouth? Or will it be worldly echoes? Worldly songs of lust and
sin? Will we all hear songs of praises at that day? Or will we hear country
song lyrics when your life is played back for everyone to hear?
1 John
In other words our life in Christ becomes an echo
of the Father’s Words for everyone to hear. For the Son of God echoes forth the
Words of the Father and when we echo His Words we are echoing the Words of
Life.
And did you know that the Son of God was so single
focused that He shut out everything that was not from the Father?
Remember when we spoke on the parable that Jesus
told. Matthew
We find in Isaiah 42:19 that the Scriptures
teach us that the Son of God was blind to everything except God’s Word. And he
was deaf to everything but God.
KJV Isaiah 42:19 Who is blind,
but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that
is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
Rothetham Translation Who is blind if not My
servant? Or deaf like my messenger that I send? Who is blind like an intimate friend is blind, or blind like the
servant of Yahweh?
JERUSALEM BIBLE Who so blind as My servant?
So deaf as the Messenger that I send?
In other words, it should read Who in all the world
is as blind as my Servant ? Who is designed to be my Messenger of Truth. Who is
so blind as My dedicated one, the
“servant of the Lord”?
So we see here that Jesus Christ was
absolutely blind concerning anything that was contrary to God’s Word, God’s
Will and God’s purpose.
Now, this brings us to the fifth benefit in our
series, and The fifth benefit to us in believing the relationship between
the Father and the Son is to know that we have Life, Now, this is
different than to echo life, for to know that we echo life brings the benefit
of rest. And if we know we echo Life our whole nature changes, and thus our
relationship with God changes, and thus we enter into such a peace that no man
could ever rob you of your confidence in your relationship to God and thus
God’s word. We find the text for this
study in 1 John 5:13.
1 John 5:13 These things have I written
unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe
on the name of the Son of God.
Again we find that the word have here, not hath as
before, but the word have was translated as have from the same Greek word echo.
These things have
I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have (that
you echo) eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God.
So here is
not the fact that you echo but the fact that you know that you are echoing. Because then the echo is not just
something being done out of rote
learning or just repitition, as though you are able to simply repeat, because
to just repeat does not mean that you truly know and understand what you are
repeating. But to know that you are echoing back the same words as the Son
means that you also understand what those words are that you are saying.
How many people can quote the scriptures verbatim
and not even know what it is that they are saying. The denominational world is
full of such people. And Jesus faced those kind of people all the time.
Who do you say this is?
64-1227 P:34 And again, the church seen Him in His great power of manifesting.
Manifesting what? Not manifesting a creed, He
was manifesting the Word. He was the
Anointed Word, Himself. And when they seen that taking place, the
manifestation, the anointed Messiah, they turned It down. They didn't want It.
It wasn't in their taste. That's the pitiful part. How many... Just think of it.
Just as in other days. See, each had
their own interpretation of the Word. That's what the reason
So you see, when
we speak of the echoing of God’s Word the understanding must be there or the
echo will not truly give a certain sound, but an uncertain sound. But we are looking at the benefit of knowing
that we are truly echoing the Son of God and thus the life that was manifested
in the Son.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the
Son of God; that ye may know that ye “Echo
Eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the
Son of God.
As I said earlier the benefit of knowing
that we echo is that we receive a certain peace and rest from our own works,
and enter into an assurance of Faith that brings us into a peace that surpasses
all understanding.
We find ourselves saying the same thing
as the prophet said, when we are confronted by the same unbelief he was
confronted with. I do not know how many
times this has happened to me when men will bring up a question, or will
challenge our understanding of the doctrine of Christ, and I find words coming
our of my mouth that I had not even thought about, but when I check them out
later, I find brother Branham had said those very same words and so it brings
comfort.
Remember, Jesus said, “He that will
confess me before men, I will confess before My Father which is in Heaven.” And
knowing the word confess was taken from the Greek word Homo-logeo which means the
same words, I find it quite comforting to find myself saying the same words as
the Son of God said, because those are the Words of Life that came forth from
the Father. For Jesus said, “My words are spirit and they are life.”
Now, this rest is spoken of to take place
in this hour, and it is called by the Greek Word parrhesia which means a
certain boldness to speak.
PARRHESIA( Assurance, Openly Confident,
Absence of fear in speaking.)This word parrhesia is a Greek word used in
scripture to show assurance, open confidence and an absence of fear. I am
placing this scripture among those which refer to the end - time condition of
the Elect. This condition of assurance, confidence and absence of fear are a
direct result of the Parousia of Christ, His manifesting in His true character
and the fact that when He openly reveals Who He is and Why He is here, this
brings the Elect into a place where they now know and understand their own
position in Christ. This makes them bold, and unashamed before Him. And so we
shall examine in this section the word parrhesia and how it ties in with the
revelation of Christ in this hour.
John
I John
This lets you know that God's Children
are to come to a condition of Parrhesia or an absence of fear when Christ's
great presence and disclosure (His manifesting Himself in His True Character)
takes place. Remember in 1 John 3: 1-2
we are told that when he phaneroo’s we too will phaneroo because we see his
phaneroo. So in essence, we begin to echo Him, and in echoing Him, we begin to
manifest his Word to the world, and thus as His true character is revealed or
openly manifested to us, we in turn begin to manifest openly our true character
that was predestined in us from before the foundations of the world, which is
the Word coming into manifestation again, which the word again means another
echo off from the original. And we know that since the Spoken Word is the
original, and then each time it manifests, it echoes forth from the original,
again and again and again.
Therefore at this time we come into a
condition of uninhibited assurance and open confidence. This condition is a
result of the unveiling of Christ. He comes not only as Husband, but as our
Advocate and Judge. As Husband He does not have to testify against us, and as
our advocate He is our defense attorney, and as our Judge the case is sowed up.
We are predestined not to fall. He that has begun the good work in you shall
perform it. He is the Author and finisher of our faith. As Paul said in Galatians 2,
"we live by
the faith of the Son of God." It is His faith we live by, not our own. Therefore, "whom the Son shall
make free is free indeed." What else could we ask for. This
brings confidence as never known before, when, "He which gave the Word is
here to confirm it."
I John
This statement alone ensures us of
tremendous blessings and confidence or absence of fear. How could God deny any
part of Himself. He can't. Then how could He deny His Seed? He can't. Then what
have we to fear? He is here to ensure that we do not fall this time.
In Ephesians
Again we find the Apostle Paul speaking
of the parrhesia in Hebrews
The very fact that He has come down in
this hour and has unveiled Himself to His Seed and has let us know Him as never
before and has established a relationship with us let's us see how much He loves us and wants
to fellowship with us.
Then, seeing through the revealed Word
for this hour our place in Christ, and our relationship to God as our Loving
Father, we understand more fully our relationship that began in Him before the
foundations of the world, where we were in His thoughts and made manifest
finally in this hour. What confidence this should brings to us.
Again we find in Hebrews
In John 16:25-29 "we find Jesus speaking to the
disciples the following about this parrhesia..”These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs: But the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs,
but I shall show you parrhesia of
the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name; and I shall say unto you, that
I will pray the Father for you: For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from
the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the
Father. His disciples said unto Him, lo, now
speakest Thou parrhesia, and speakest no proverb." Jesus
Himself is full of parrhesia and He says that in the day when He discloses or
unveils the Mighty God before us, that we will also come into this state of
parrhesia and will not be inhibited in our prayer to God. We will know the will
of God and the mind of God. He will show parrhesia to us. This let's you know
that we get this parrhesia from something that is shown us or disclosed to us.
And thus echoed to us, and we thus echo it back to God from whence it came
originally.
In our text we read of the importance to
know that we echo the Son of God. And we found that it brings us into a rest
and assurance of Faith. In this next scripture we will find the evidence
of our parrhesia with God. I John
I John
1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of
the Son of God; that ye may know that ye
echo eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Let’s bow our heads and our hearts in prayer.