Christ Revealed in
His Own Word #114
“The entire Revelation of Christ”
Sunday,
June 29, 1997
Brian Kocourek,
Pastor Grace Fellowship
[John 1: 1-4, Matthew 13:18-23 & Luke 8:11] Read ...... Prayer
[144] God is revealed in every age by his
promised Word to that age. Now, let's just look what some of His promises
is for today while we're closing now in these last words. Now, God is revealing
Himself in the evening Light time.
Now, this morning I would
like to look at this thought that Brother Branham is bringing to our attention
in paragraphs 144. In paragraph 144 he says, God is revealed in every age by his promised Word to that age.
Now, what we are looking at is a thought here that says, God is Revealed in
every age by His Promised Word to that age.
Now, we have already
established that the Word of God is a Seed, and in that Seed is Life as the
term seed by definition is known to be a carrier of Life. We also found that
this Life has to do with Light. We also have the confirmation of this thought in [ 1 Peter 1:23] Read. So we should be able to see that God’s Word or
Seed Contains Life or Revelation, but that Life, at least certain portions of
it, are revealed, or manifested only in certain ages. Now this word revealed
comes from the Greek word apokolupsis
and means to lay open or uncover that which has been hidden. So then what we
are looking at in the sense of the Word being a seed is this, Although it contains the very Life of Christ
in it, It has been hidden as any seed is hidden in the ground. And as long as
that life is hidden in the ground, it can not manifest the attributes of that
Life, as Jesus told us in [John 12:24].
Therefore, we are told that in each age a certain portion of that Life is
manifested, and it takes a certain light to bring forth that manifestation.
In [Eph 5:13-14], we also find
that it takes a certain light to make manifest what Life is in that seed. Now,
this morning I would like to take this thought of Brother Branham’s and tie it
together with another thought he brought to us from the Message, “God’s
only Provided Place of Worship.”
In pp. 225 Brother Branham said, "The
Spirit of God, is the Life-giver to
the Word (the Seed), to vindicate that Seed for that season.
See?" And
in pp. 226 he said, " it
taken the Holy Spirit to make that seed come to life "; Then in pp. 231 - 233 He said, " My action, and the vindication
of God's Word in my life shows whether I'm a child of God or not..
Now what I would like to draw from these statements
is this.
#1 ) There is a Seed for every
season.
What do we mean, "a seed for every season?" Well first we must ask ourselves what we
mean by the word seed. What is a seed?
Webster says it is the "source,
origin, or beginning of anything. A carrier of Life.
"There is a Seed for
every season" What is a seed? A Seed is a carrier of Life. And it speaks
of predestination, because everything that seed will ever manifest in it's life
cycle it already has in it. Every attribute, every characteristic, every
expression. That is why a seed is the purest form of predestination. ( Sara
illustration) Lee's Vayle told me "the bride must come to a place where they have no contrary thought from what was
vindicated and revealed to us."
The Bride will not go back to
previous thoughts that were in error, but we will immediately go to God
thoughts"
Now, we began by saying that
there is a Seed for every Season, and a seed is a carrier of Life. [Mark 4: 14] The Sewer seweth the Word. & [Luke 8: 11] The Word of God is a
seed. And therefore is the Word
of God is a seed, it contains life.
John 1: 1 - 4, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the
life was the light of men. And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. notice verse 5 darkness does not comprehend it. (
katalambano = to take eagerly, to
seize upon and possess, to apprehend and comprehend. Here we are talking
about Life and it says, that darkness will not seize upon it, they won't
apprehend it.
[John 6: 63 - 66] It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and
[they] are life. Notice how that just after He informed them Eternal Life is in His
Word, they left because they did not comprehend what he was telling them.
Genesis 1: 11 (read) And God said, Let the earth
bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit
after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so Now before the Seed was sowed and planted, the ground had be made
ready. Genesis 1: 1 - 11, notice, Light first, Water next then life. Now in Scripture we know that
light represents the Word as we have already seen, and so does water. 1 -
10 In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
[was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw
the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and
the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made
the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the
waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the
firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God
said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and
let the dry [land] appear: and it was so. And God called the dry [land] Earth;
and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it
was] good.
1 Corinthians 15: 37 - 44 But some [man]
will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not
quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body
that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other
[grain]: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his
own body. All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh
of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of
birds. [There are] also celestial
bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and
the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another.
[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and
another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in
glory. So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it
is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it
is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is
raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual
body. Notice here that the
scripture tells us the seed must be sewn and the form it eventually takes is
not what is sewn.
Matthew 13: 36 - 43 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his
disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of
the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the
Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the
kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one]; The enemy that
sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers
are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so
shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his
angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and
them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall
be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Again we see a seed being
sewn at a specific season in which case this is marked out as being the end of
the world. So we must have a season. A sewing season and a reaping or harvest
season. [Eccl 3: 1] To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: So if everything has a
season,
we must ask ourselves this question? What season are we in? What is my season? Why am I here? What is
my end?
1 Peter 1: 3 - 7 Blessed [be] the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To
an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved
in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are
in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being
much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ: now notice verse 5, the WUEST translation
says, "You who are constantly
being kept guarded by the power of God through Faith, for a salvation that is
ready to be revealed in a last season which is epochal and strategic in it's
significance. " again notice verse 6 & 7, the trials will produce in you a
crop that is in the image of the Life of the Original seed.
[Hebrews 6: 4 - 8] For it is impossible for those
who have been once for enlightened, those who have tasted of the Heavenly gift
and have been made companions of the Holy Ghost Himself being brought longside
and made aware of His presence, by tasting the goodness of God's Vindicated
Word and have been exposed to the
Powers of the coming age, having fallen away and deviated from the
truth, it is impossible for them to ever come to a change of the mind again,
seeing that they have crucified themselves along with the Son of God, and have
subjected Him to public disgrace. Now
catch carefully what Paul says right after this... For the land that drinks in the rain (doctrine) that often falls upon
it and that produces a crop that is useful to those who have sewn it ( And
who did the sewing?, the Son of Man) it
is this land which produces the crop which receives the blessings from God. But
the land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless to the one who sewed
the land and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
[Psalm 1: 1 - 3] Blessed [is] the man that
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight [is] in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a
tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. So we see here that there is a fruit that is to be brought forth in
it's season.
[Matthew 21: 33 - 43] Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a
vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a
tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the
time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they
might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat
one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more
than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto
them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw
the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him,
and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast [him] out of
the vineyard, and slew [him]. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh,
what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably
destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other
husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in
the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the
head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given
to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
[Psalm 145 : 15 - 16] The eyes of all wait upon
thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand,
and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
[Galatians 6: 7 - 9] Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
[2 John 8 - 9] Look to yourselves, that we
lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not
in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of
Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Do not lose that which we have
sewn for, you must abide in the doctrine IF YOU ARE TO REAP.
#2) God sends His Spirit forth
to quicken that Seed.
1 Peter 3: 18 For Christ also hath once
suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Psalm 119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the
dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 37 Turn away mine
eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness.:50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. :88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of
thy mouth.:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.:107 I am afflicted very much:
quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me
according to thy judgment.:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.:156 Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to
thy judgments.:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy
lovingkindness.
Why?
[Psalm 80: 18] So we will not go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon
thy name.
He says here, so that we might walk in His word, and come into manifestation of who
we really are. Son's and daughters of God Himself. * The Gene Seed of God
will come to fruition and God's Word will not be sewn and then
come up empty in His predestinated Gene Seed because He is Here to bring all
His Word to pass. [Phillipians 1: 6] and how does he perform it?
Unrecognized Presence 6-18-64 "working
for this One purpose: for you to recognize the Presence of Jesus Christ, See?
If He is Present, then, everything is settled. He made the Word, He's here to
confirm it." And then He said, "If we could realize that He is Appearing to us in these
meetings for one purpose and that's to release our desires that we have in Him
back to us. But we've got to recognize His Presence."
[1 Corinthians 1: 4 - 10] Grace [be] unto you, and
peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God
always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and [in] all
knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye
come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who
shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye may be] blameless in the day of
our Lord Jesus Christ. God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but
[that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
Notice He will confirm you
by fertilizing the predestinated gene seed. This thought on seed is the best
and simplest explanation of predestination that I know, because a seed has
everything about it already predetermined in it. It's growth rate, it's response to the light, it's full
manifestation of it's attributes and characteristics are already in it by
predestination.
[Deuteronomy 32: 1 -5] Give ear, O ye heavens, and
I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop
as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name
of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. [He is] the Rock, his work [is]
perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity,
just and right [is] he. They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not
[the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
[Deuteronomy 11: 14] (read)
[Joel 2: 23 - 27] (read)
[Hosea 6: 1 - 3]
[James 5: 7 - 9] (read) the season. The early and latter rain is at the time of
the Judge.
25 Seed Shall Not Be Heir
65-0429M And then noticing this morning, Brother Jewel Rose, a very
precious friend and brother to all of us, how that he got up and read that
Psalms. Look how that dovetailed in, like he said, "I want to see what
kind of a seed that's hanging on you." Last night, the Spirit spoke and
said, and about, "The latter rain, former and latter rain, both being
poured out in the last days." And this morning, "The seed that's
hanging on you." See, the Spirit speaking, watch how It did through these
ministers and so forth, this morning. So therefore I'm taking this subject:
"The Seed Shall Not Be Heir With The Shuck." That's a very strange text, but, "The
Seed Shall Not Be Heir With The Shuck." And from taking, drawing my
conclusions of this, or my text, rather, from Galatians 4:27 and 3, Paul here
of course is speaking of the literal seed of Abraham's two sons.
377-2 Church Age Book This age started just after the
turn of the twentieth century. As it was to be the age in which the true church
would return to being the bride she was at Pentecost, we know that there must
of necessity be a return of dynamic power. The believers sensed this in their
spirits and began crying to God for a new outpouring such as was in the first
century. What seemed to be the answer came as many began to speak in tongues
and manifest gifts of the Spirit. It was then believed that this was indeed the
long awaited RESTORATION. It was not, for the latter rain can come only after
the former rain which is the spring or TEACHING rain. The latter rain, then, is
the HARVEST rain. Next will come the harvest rain or rapturing faith.
46-1 Spoken Word is Original
Seed 62-0318M Now, watch. Now, remember the word "m-o-u-r-e-h, moureh,"
means "teaching, the former rain." It says "the moureh rain, the
teaching rain," teaching rain went forth.
Billy Graham has struck the world. The Pentecostals struck the world,
and the Word has struck the world. Now, what's the matter now? She's now
waiting for the latter rain. That's when she produces her fruits. Oh, I hope
you get it.
64-1 Spoken Word is Original
Seed 62-0318M Someone asked me to repeat that Hebrew word again. In Joel the 2nd
chapter (Joel 2:28) where he's speaking of the coming of the former and latter
rain, the word "former" is the Hebrew word M-o-u-r-e-h, moureh, which
means "teaching." In other words, it'll be a teaching rain and a
harvest rain. Now, we've had the teaching rain, and we're ready now for the
harvest rain. You know the first rain is when you plant the seed. That starts
your crop growing. Then just before it matures, there comes another crop.
That's what they call the harvest rain. We know when it is--the spring rains,
and then the rains about June, it makes your crop.
54 Jehovah Jireh 62-0705
We've had a revival. Joel said... We fuss so
much about latter rain, had movements called latter rain; latter rain, former
rain, inner rain, outer rain. I was reading the other day. Do you know what
former rain means in the Hebrew word? I can't call it right now; I never wrote
it down; it skipped my mind. But "former rain," the first rain, means
"a rain of teaching." The second rain is the Spirit that comes upon
what's been taught and produces the crop
E-63 End Time Seed Sign 62-0319 Now, we said in the last days
Joel told us (the other part of the Scriptures. Listen close now.) that there
would be a former and latter rain in the same season. How many Christians know
that? Say, "Amen." Sure. What. Now, the other day, to my surprise, when I looked... Former and
latter rain would come in the same season. Now, the word "former" in
the Hebrew word (get your Hebrew lexicon and find out), the Hebrew word for
"former" means "moureh." "Moureh" means
"teaching." There will come a teaching rain. What is it? Putting the
seeds into the earth. What's had.
What's gone on? Well, we find out that there's been a teaching rain
going on. The Baptist people, "A million more in '44," was their
goal, members of the church. Billy Graham's great revivals, our great
evangelist, look what he done. Look at Oral Roberts and the Pentecostals.
There's been a teaching rain gone forth.
There's been a national teaching rain, communism sowed amongst the
people, every nation. There's been a
Roman revival. Do you know what happens? If they give the western part, or the
eastern part of Berlin back, that puts communism just, or I mean the Roman
empire, just exactly in the old circle it was in the time of Jesus. Certainly
it does, perfectly. There's a revival going on. What is it? A sowing. You don't
hear very much of Billy Graham no more, do you? What about Oral?
What about the rest of them?
You know the great revival fire's not burning. What is it? It's the end time
seed sign. The words has been sown. What is it? Denomination will reap
denomination. That makes them confederate themselves together. But the Word of God has been sowed also. And
when the Spirit of God begins to fall, the Word of God will live in the people.
And that false bride that's committed adultery out there, and brought herself
into creeds, and sold out her birthrights will reap what? A confederation of
church, that's to be bound and burned like the thorns and thistles. But where
the Word of God's been sowed into the people's heart, it will reap a Bride for
Christ as certain as I'm standing here: End time signs. What's the matter, Church of
God? What's the matter with us? What's the matter with you Baptists, you
Presbyterians, Assemblies of God, Jesus Only, all the rest of you? What's the
matter with us? Can't you see? The seed... Don't you... Be careful what kind of
a seed you're taking in your womb of your heart. Don't you take creeds; take
the Word. They've been talking so much
about latter rain. Not discarding you latter rain brethren, but that's not
latter rain. If the latter rain would've been here, the power of God would've
struck that thing, and she'd have swept the world. The latter rain's fixing to
come. What's the matter? The church is manufacturing herself something just
like Eve tried to do. She tried to have more light to manufacture
something. We've done the same thing,
trying to make something in ourselves. Keep your hand off of it. Let God do it.
Take His Word and believe It. Hold It in your heart. And when the rain begins
to fall life will take hold, and the Word will manifest itself.
Romans 8: 1 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell
in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Ephesians 2: 1, 5 And you [hath he quickened],
who were dead in trespasses and sins; 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
1 Corinthians 15: 45 And so it is written, The
first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening
spirit.
John 5: 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so
the Son quickeneth whom he will. JOHN 6 : 6 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.
1 Timothy 6: 13 I give thee charge in the
sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius
Pilate witnessed a good confession;
Collosians 2: 13 And you, being dead in your
sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses;
#3) When this Seed manifests
who it is, this manifestation of the Seed
vindicates that this
Seed was indeed for this Season.
Psalm 1: 1 - 6 Blessed [is] the man that
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight [is] in the law of the
LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a
tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his
season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the
congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:
but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Noah, Moses, Paul, Wm. Branham all are exoduses
Matthew 13: 10 - 17 And the disciples came, and
said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said
unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given,
and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be
taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because
they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears
are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they
should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand
with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But
blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily
I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous [men] have desired to see
[those things] which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [those
things] which ye hear, and have not heard [them].
#4) This manifestation of the
Seed life by being quickened by the Word
for the season, is the
evidence that the Seed is God's Seed.
Ephesians 1: 3 - 17 this speaks of the predestinated plan of God and His
purpose behind it. Blessed [be] the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by
Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the
praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the
beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all
wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the
dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things
in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him: In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That
we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom
ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy
Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption
of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Wherefore I also, after I heard of your
faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks
for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
1 John 3: 1 - 3 Behold, what manner of love
the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are
we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he
is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is
pure.
2 Corinthians 3: 18 Behold, what manner of love
the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are
we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he
is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is
pure.
Collosians 3: 4 When Christ, [who is] our
life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
1 John 4: 17 Herein is our love made
perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so
are we in this world.
#5) All other Seeds will not be
quickened to Life but will reject the
Word for the season. Not the
Word but the True understanding of it.
Contrasts Matthew
24: 42 - 51 & Jerimiah 5: 23 - 31
Watch therefore: for ye know not what
hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had
known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not
have suffered his house to be broken up.
Therefore be ye also ready: for
in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful
and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give
them meat in due season? Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler
over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My
lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to
eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day
when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of, And
shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jerimiah 5: 23 - 31 But this people hath a revolting
and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. Neither say they in their
heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and
the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the
harvest. Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have
withholden good [things] from you. For among my people are found wicked [men]:
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a
cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are
become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they
overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the
fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Shall I not visit for these [things]?
saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? A wonderful
and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and
the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and
what will ye do in the end thereof?
John 3: 19 - 21 And this is the
condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But
he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God.
Psalm 1 : 1 - 6 the two vines...notice the characteristics of non God Seed. They fall
away.
1 Timothy 4: 1 - 2, Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy;
having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
2 Thessalonians 1: 7 - 10, And to you who are troubled
rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of
his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired
in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed ) in
that day.
Presence vs non-presence, 2: 3, 10 - 13 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and [by] our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind,
or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as
that the day of Christ is at hand. Let
no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there
come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition; And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a
lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure
in unrighteousness. But we are bound to
give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God
hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth: