Christ is the Mystery no 189
Attributes of a son of God no 3
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
Christ is the
Mystery no 96 Attributes of a Son of God no 18 They are recognized of God as He will only recognize His
own seed.
Acts 17:28-29 For in him we
live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have
said, For we are also his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring
of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device.
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. 2 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. 3 And every man
that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as
he is pure.
Hear ye Him 56-0611 P:26 Sometime of the evening when the children
are asleep, Mrs. Branham and I slip into the room and look at little Joseph.
And I look at him as he's laying there sleeping, and I say, "Mama, do you
know he's got big eyes just like yours." She say,
"Yes, he's got lips like yours." It's the features of both of us that's represented in that child. Oh, how that God wants
to see the reflection of Himself, and His church reflecting the power and glory
to the world. In the Old Testament when the beaters was
beating gold... When you get gold that's full of pyrite (That's fool's gold.),
it really shines better then the real gold. It's got sludge and everything in
it. But the beater used to beat the gold. And the way he knowed he had all the
dirt out of it, he seen the reflection of himself in it, like a polished mirror.
He beat it, and he beat it, and he beat it, until he seen his own reflection.
That's what the Holy Spirit is trying to do to the Church, is to beat it,
and turn it over, and beat it, until Christ reflects in the Church to the
people, proving His resurrection. He's the same yesterday, today, and
forever. He's trying to get the people to beat the world out of them. The
devil's pouring it in. And the Holy Spirit, if you'll just stand still and let
Him, He will beat your life, until the loving peace of Christ reflects into
your life.
27 Now, this child was obedient, then there come a certain day when this child become
matured. That's the day the Pentecostal church ought to be now. You
Presbyterians ought to been that way a long time ago, Baptist and Methodists,
but what's the matter? Then there's a certain day come, that when that father
draw all the people around the regions that had come into the city, or some
great place. And he took and set this son on a high place, and he put him on a
beautiful robe. And they had a ceremony, and that father adopted that same son
that had been born, he adopted it into his family. Or in other words, he placed
him, positionally what he was in the family, and then he become
an heir of everything the father had. In other words, his name on a checkbook
was just as good as his daddy's .And that's where the church should be today;
it should be to a place... And I say this to myself and to you: oh, what a pity
it is when I walk around and see the sin, and the afflictions, and the sickness
of the people and so forth. We ought to be to a place in faith in God, so
separated that what we ask the Father in the Name of His Son, He'd grant it to
us. That's right.
28 He took him into a place, and there he
adopted him into his family, or as a special time when he set him apart. The
church ought to be that way tonight, an Angel come to you, set you apart and
tell you your position, where you're at. Not a bunch of men to lay hands on
you, that's earthly. I mean God; God sets you apart in a place where you
belong. God does it; your Tutor does it. He's present when it takes place. Now,
notice, God was doing here just exactly like He asked man to do. His Son had
been obedient, he had minded the father. He hadn't be
gadding about in places and say, "You see who I am? My campaign's the
biggest there is in the country. Yes, sir." He'd
been obedient. He'd been obedient to the father. He hadn't been gadding
around the things of the world, associating with them; he'd been obedient. And
God took witnesses of the earth, Peter, James, and John, brought down Elijah
and a Moses from heaven, and stood them there, and adopted His own Son. He was
glorified in the presence of these witnesses. And God came down and
overshadowed Him. And the Bible said "His garments glistened like the
sun." You see the robe, the glorification of Him? He put Him on a robe
before the witness of heaven, 'fore the witnesses of earth.
In other words as the Apostle Paul says
in Romans
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of
God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may
be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in
us. (Notice
it doesn't say to us, it says in us.) 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature
waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Hear ye Him 58-0126 P:22 But now let's change the picture. And
perhaps what if this child is an obedient child? Oh, they just are at
the father's business, does just the same thing the father does, does the things that's pleasing as Jesus said He did.
Then what does the tutor say, or the teacher, in the presence of the father?
Oh, how he must swell his chest out, the Teacher, and walk up in the Presence
of the Father and say, "Oh, Sir, Your boy, he's (excuse the expression,
and I hope you won't think I'm sacrilegious,)... But He'd say, "He's just
a chip off the old block. He's just exactly like You.
He believes just the same thing that You wrote. He
teaches everything just as You wrote it. He
believes that You're the great I Am. And he knows
that he's an off spring of Yours; and therefore,
he stands for You, gallantly." How the Father must say, "That's My boy." What a wonderful thing that would be. That's
what God wants us to be: Be obedient.
Galatians 4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is
a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 But is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Notice that God places us under the
tutelage of The teacher,
The anointing, The Holy
Spirit, to see if
we do and say, what the Father does and says. Or are we interested only in
being led by man? That is what God is testing us for on it seems a daily basis.
Are we led by the spirit of God or by man? God wants to know if you are with
Him, walking with him, and so he shows you things others don't see, but you see
them.
Then he let's
the pressure come and the opposition come to see what you are going to do. Cave
in, or keep walking in the light. and when he tests
you and tests you and tests you and see that you will not cave in to the
pressures of man, but you are willing to walk completely alone in following His
leading, then He comes down in His supernatural way and confirms your standing
as His son.
In his sermon, 56-0728 Making the
Valley full of Ditches,
brother Branham said, "And God never did have, any time,
a group of men to run His Church. It's always been the Holy Spirit. That's
His duty. That's what He's here for. That's what God's sent Him for. He will
teach you. He will
guide you into all Truth, and will show you things to come, and reveal these
things: "Take these sayings of Mine
and reveal them to you."
Not the seminary, as good as they are; not the church, as good as it is; But the Holy Spirit, that's the Teacher. And we've tried to
adopt man to take the Holy Spirit's place. We've tried to adopt certain
different offices in the church to take the offices of apostles, prophets, and
so forth in the Church. But God set the gifts in the Church, and we've took men
and made them gifts, instead of God's gifts. And that's what we're in today.
The Scripture teaches us "Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God". And as brother Branham said, the Holy Spirit, that's the Teacher. And that is why Paul said in 1 Corinthians 2 that no one can even understand the things of God
unless He has the Spirit of God in him. So we
shouldn't care how excellent or profound a man is in teaching this truth, it
shouldn't matter how much he is filled with the Holy Spirit. What should matter
to you is whether you are filled with the Holy Spirit, because if you aren't,
no matter how well the Word is taught you will never understand it.
And we should all by now have memorized 1 Corinthians 2 where Paul tells us "no man can understand the things of
God unless the spirit of God be in him".
So if you are filled with the Spirit of
God, then you will understand the things of God, so if a man does come along
who is a false teacher, and there are more false teachers in this Message than
there are genuine teachers, but even if they come teaching with such depth and
clarity, if it is not the truth, then The Teacher, the Holy Spirit in you, will not receive it. And if you are filled with
the Holy Spirit who is the teacher, then you will not
be led to go after that error.
Brother
Branham said in his sermon Anointed ones at end time 65-0725M P:31 Notice. The same anointing water brings
forth the wheat, brings forth the weed. The same Holy Spirit that anoints the
church, that gives them desire to save souls, that gives them
power to perform miracles, It falls on the unjust the same as the just:
the very same Spirit. Now, you can't make it another way and understand Matthew 24:24. He said, "There shall rise
false Christs," false anointed ones, anointed with the genuine thing,
but be false prophets of it, false teachers of it. What would make a man
want to be a false teacher of something that's Truth? Now, and we'll get down
to the mark of the beast in a few minutes, you'll see it's
denomination. See, see? False teachers, false anointed, anointed Christ's,
but false teachers. It's the only way you can see it.
And from Messiah the 61-0117 P:57
brother
Branham said, The Bible said in Matthew 24 that, "It would come to pass in the last days till
it would deceive the very elected if possible."I heard Billy Graham say the other day in a message; he said,
"The elected is already deceived." No, no. The elected ain't going
to be deceived. No, no. They won't be. No. Church
members will, but not the elected. They was
chosen from the foundation of the world. They cannot be deceived. It's
impossible, said Hebrews
6. They will not be deceived. But it's a dangerous time and for
the church in this evening time, because there... Look, they'll go to
church, and almost be just exactly like Pentecostal believers. They'll
shout, dance, speak with tongues, and everything else: so close that would
deceive the very elected if possible. But remember, the only way where you know
that you're right is follow the Conductor, the Word. It brings forth the
absolute truth. See? Keep on the Conductor, just be filled with it. Yes, sir.
Now, in getting back to sons that are
heirs or sons that won't be heirs, brother Branham said in his sermon, Desperation 63-0901E P:57 Pentecost, there's where you failed. You
thought because you were born of the Spirit, born of the Spirit of God, the
birthright, that settled it. But it only starts it. You remember in
the message of "Hear Ye Him," how that the child, after it was born
in the family, become a son. It had rights to the birthright, but it had to
be proven, child-trained. And then, if it did not prove out to be an
obedient child to the father's will, then it must be... Well, it did not
become heir. It become heir of nothing, yet
it was a son. But he was heir of nothing, if he wasn't interested in the
father's work. And so, when the Holy Ghost fell upon the Pentecostal people
and begin to restore back the gifts and things that was in the church, they
thought because they were born in the Spirit, that settled it. But you see, there's a placing of a son. And after this son proved
to be a real son, then he was taken in a public place, and then was set up,
and changed robes, and set up there, and then there was a placing of the son
that he had heir of everything the father had.
Galatians 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in
bondage under the elements of the world: 4 But when the fullness of the time
was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but
a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 8 Howbeit then, when
ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known
of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, where unto ye
desire again to be in bondage?
Hebrews 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not
thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If
ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son
is he whom the father chasteneth not?
So you are going to be tested, that is a
fact you can not get away from. And that brings us to Christ is the Mystery no 97 Attributes of a Son of
God no 19 They are tested by their
heavenly Father.
Hebrews 12:8 But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not
sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we
gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father
of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few
days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we
might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward
it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto
them which are exercised thereby. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang
down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that
which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow
peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there
be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold
his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward,
when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no
place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
James 1:2-8 My brethren, count
it all joy when you fall into divers temptations. Now “all
joy’ means you
can’t add anything to it, the whole thing is joy, period. Therefore it is pure
100% joy. And we see that James is saying count it a 100% total
joy experience when you fall into divers testing. Now, who in the world
would accept this statement as sensible in man’s way of thinking.
But we are not asked to see things with man’s perspective but with God’s
perspective. And James is saying that when we are put to the test, the many
various tests that God places us under, we are to consider it nothing less than
pure joy. Why?
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your
faith works patience. But then he adds, 4 But let patience have her perfect
work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
So we are talking about a perfect work of
God here that patience will produce in us.
The Apostle Paul said in Romans 5:1 from the Weymouth Translation: 2 We exult in hope of some day sharing in
God’s glory, 3. And not only so, we exult in such afflictions as is ours;
knowing as we do, afflictions produce endurance; 4 Endurance produces
ripeness of character, and ripeness of character produces hope: 5
And this hope never disappoints because the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost.
The “Moffatt”
translation: 1 Through him we have access into
this grace wherein we have our standing, 2 And we triumph in the hope of
the glory of God; 3 Not only so but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing
that troubles produce endurance, 4 And endurance character and character
produces hope, 5 A hope which never disappoints, since God’s love floods our
hearts through the Holy Ghost given to us.
And this led us to Christ is the
Mystery no 98 Attributes of a Son of
God no 20 They understand that the Alpha
has become the Omega.
From his sermon, The
Now, this phrase concerning the Alpha and Omega is used quite a bit in the Book of Revelations as we have already read, and also Revelations 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty.
Again we read in Revelations 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the
first and the last: and, What thou see, write in a book, and send it unto the
seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto
Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto
Laodicea.
9Therefore this one who is the first is
also the one who is the last. And that is Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD,
I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Also we see in Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to
day, and for ever.
The Bible Doctrine that deals with the
"Alpha and Omega" principle is purely the most
important revelation we can receive from God. In fact in the Message Patmos
Vision we hear brother Branham make several points which we shall consider.
First of all he says "It is the Greatest of all revelations" because
it teaches us the Supreme Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, this is
important to understand because brother Branham said the Body was not deity but
deity dwelt in the body. So it is the understanding the One
who dwelt in that Body, that It was God, dwelling in the body of His Son.
Brother Branham also said, "it is the first thing you have to know," because it concerns the Supreme
Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. He said, "I'm Alpha and Omega, the first of all
revelations." You
must know Who He is so that you might recognize His voice when you hear it. And
finally he quotes The Lord Jesus Christ saying to John, ,
"I am the Beginning
and the End. I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last." Therefore, what He did at the
first he must do at the last, for He can not change.
Therefore,
understanding the Alpha and Omega ministry and presence of God is essential
because:
#1)
We must understand this in order to understand the day and
the hour we live.
#2) In order to be able
to recognize what is being done in the hour we live.
#3) In order to know Him Who is Here.
We do not have time tonight in
this review to go into the same sort of detail we did in our sermon on that but
this led us to Christ is the Mystery no 99 Attributes of a Son of God no 21 They are harvest ready. Because
it took the same author to be the finisher of our faith. he which began the good work came back to perform it.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race
that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Now, remember, God interprets His Word
by bringing it to pass. And we know what He did as the Author, and we can see for ourselves what He
is doing as the Finisher of our Faith.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he
which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ:
And as brother Branham said in
his sermon, Angel of the Lord
51-0502 P:17 ..Christ
was seen in Revelations 1 setting on a throne and a rainbow over Him... There's seven perfect colors representing the seven church
ages. Rainbow representing a covenant, He was to look upon as jasper and sardis stone, which was Reuben and Benjamin, the First,
the Last, He that was, which is, and shall come, the Root and Offspring of
David, the Morning Star... How marvelous. And with the
covenant to His Churches, seven golden candlesticks behind Him, each
candlestick representing a church age. And we're living in the Laodicean age, the last. And He was standing with His
hands out to look upon. And there, one hand like this was Alpha, the other
one as Omega. As the lights went out, on up to the dark ages and come down;
just as they come in, so will they go out, the same kind of Church, same
kind of signs, same kind of people, Alpha and Omega.
So we can see that not only the
ministry of Christ in the Messenger of the first age is the same as the
ministry of the messenger in the last age, but also the same way the church was
in the first age will be the same in the last age. And that led us to Christ is the Mystery no 104 Attributes of a Son of God no 22 They will do the Works of Christ pt1. and Christ is the Mystery no 105
Attributes of a Son of God no 22 They will do the Works of Christ pt2.
The statement Jesus made in John 14:12 (using the English Standard Version) “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever
believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than
these will he do, because I am going to the Father”
Also the Apostle Paul said in Ephesians
We also see Paul mention the motive for
these "works" in 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 “For the love of Christ controls us,
because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have
died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for
themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” And the motive for our works is more important than the actual
thing that we do anyway.
William Branham prophet of God however
quoted this verse of John
14:12 263 times not using the word "works" but rather using the word "things", making it so generic that you
could not ascribe one certain "work" or "thing" to what
Jesus was saying.
Now, in this sermon Christ is the mystery of God Revealed, brother
Branham speaks of John
Christ is the mystery 63-0728 P:68
Now, here we are given the definition from a
vindicated prophet of what the word "he"
that Jesus uses is supposed to mean. He is speaking of what Jesus said, and Br.
Branham says, "He said, "He (he, anybody)--he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do
also." So according to William
Branham the "he" Jesus
is referring to in John
And again in Christ is the mystery 63-0728 P:136
William Branham said, Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." Now, where's it at? Uh-huh, see, right. "The works that I do shall you do also," every creature, every person that
believes in Him. Now, where's it at? That's His Words. "Heavens and earths will pass away, but My Word shall never
fail." Now, where's it at? See?
Now, those are not my words, they are the Words of a
vindicated prophet. But I accept them, and
I use them, because I accept God's vindication of that man above my own ability
to reason otherwise. and therefore I say what he said.
And he said that the "He"
that Jesus is referring to in John
Again we see another reference to John
And from his sermon, At thy word Lord 54-1207
P:95 brother
Branham said,
"Now, let us pray again. Now, heavenly Father, I have told these people
that You have raised from the dead, that You are the
same yesterday, today, and forever, that Your power is just the same. The same
things that You did when You were here in flesh, You
promised to do it through our flesh, for You said, "The things that I do shall you also." And we see the ministry that You had, not a great boaster to go around and claim to be a
healer. But You walked before the Father.
And You did just as He told You to do.
Then I want you to notice that after His
resurrection, we see Jesus commissioning His disciples with these words in John
And we hear William Branham vindicated
Prophet tie John
From his sermon, Why it had to be shepherds 64-1221 P:67 we hear William Branham vindicated prophet of God
say, "He said,
"As the Father
sent Me, so send I you."
The Father that sent Him, went in Him to confirm
the Word. And the same Jesus that sends His people, goes in the people
that He sends; That's saying, "The works that I do, shall you do also." Sure, He prayed that we might be
one: one with Him, not one with an organization, not one with a system, but one
with God. For God and His Word is One, and Jesus and God was One,
and you and I and the Word must be one. That's right. We must be one in
agreement with the Word. Not what somebody else says, This
is of no private interpretation. Take It, what It
says, and believe It; and God will vindicate It, and prove that It's right. You
think it's just for disciples only, take His Word for it; go try it once and
see. You'll find out that it will work for you just the same as He
promised. Yes, sir. They won't eat on slop; they have to have a sheep
diet.
Notice how brother Branham quotes John
In this next quote from his sermon, What The Holy Ghost was given for 59-1217
P:42 and notice the title is "What Holy Ghost was given for",
so that's what he's talking about in this sermon,. And in it he says,
"Now, notice, Here's another thing I'd like to say right here. Jesus said,
"As the Father
has sent Me... "As" (Now, watch.) "As" the Father has sent Me, so send I you." "As the Father"... How did the Father send Him? The
Father that sent Him come down from heaven and dwelt in Him. He went
forth; He said, "I
always do that which pleases My Father." See? He went about doing the things that the Father
was showing Him to do. "I do nothing except My Father shows Me
first." The God
that sent Him, was on the inside of Him. "And "As"the
Father sent Me (the same way the Father sent Me), so I send you." What is it? God in
you. Carrying on what? The same works, the same... Jesus
said, "He that
believeth (He that
has Me on the inside of him, the Holy Spirit), he that believeth (that's already witnessed My
resurrection), and
know that I'm in him... He that's in Me; if ye abide
in Me, My words abide in you..." Then ask what you will.
But there is a balance to understanding
this. If you are not living a sanctified life you will not do the works of
Christ because you are
not abiding in Him,
and the bible says, "he
that knoweth to do right and doesn't do it, to him is iniquity", and God will not hear the prayer
of one who regards iniquity in his heart. Therefore for this Verse to work, you
must have the Life of Christ living in you to do the works of Christ, and God
will not live in an un-sanctified vessel. And it matters not how well you can
preach, what matters is that your Life is worthy of the Gospel.
Stature of a perfect man
62-1014M P:60 And now, we're supposed to do His work.
He said, "He that
believeth on Me..." (
Therefore First of all, in order for
anyone to understand John
The Apostle Paul said in Romans 8:11 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. And never
forget, a mortal body is one that can die, not one that has already died. So
he's talking about this body we live in right now. Quickening
it to the things of God.
From his sermon, Jesus Christ the same - 58-0312 brother Branham said, "If a Christian church is the branch
that's in Christ, they'll do the works of Christ and bear the Life of
Christ. "By their fruits you shall know them." Now, then the way that He is today,
He's here in the form of the Holy Spirit, working through His Church, performing
the same things that He did there. That makes Him the same yesterday,
today, and forever.
Secondly, in order to understand how John 14:12 is for every truly Born again
Believer who is indwelt with the Spirit of God, it is necessary to
understand the Law of
Life, wherein
"every seed must come
forth after it's kind."
Until you can see this you will never understand how only those who have God'
Spirit can understand the things of God.
He that is in you -
63-1110E And if Christ is in you, the works of Christ you'll do,
if Christ lives in you. He said so,
What shall I do with
Jesus - 63-1124M And when the Life of Christ is in you, you'll live like
Christ. And the works of Christ you do.
God's gifts always find
place - 63-1222 "For
He said, "If I
do not the works of My Father, then don't believe Me." And could not
the Christian say today, "If I do not the
works of my Saviour, believe me not"? See? "As the Father sent Me,
so send I you."
And if you did the works, creation works of the Father that sent Him, then it's
a creation... The Christ the Creator that sends us,
does the works of Christ the Creator. See? "As the Father sent Me,
so send I you. And if I do not the works of My Father, believe me not." Then the Christian today has got to
do the Life that Christ did or we have a right to say, "It's not so."
59-0628E - "Questions And Answers" 172 88b. Brother Branham, can any man do the works of Christ unless
he is Christ? No. Now, you, do you mean, dear person, that…? Let me read that
again. Can any man do the works of Christ unless he was Christ? That's
what it is, "Unless he was Christ?" Sure. Let's take
In closing Spiritual Amnesia - 64-0411 he said, "You can't forget it and be a Christian. You
must be identified with it. You must be identified with St. John the 14th chapter, the 12th verse, "He that
believeth with Me, the works that I do shall he do
also." Don't forget it. If you do, then you've got
spiritual amnesia.
You've forgotten who you are. You've forgotten what your testimony
means.
The word "Identified" means to cause to be, or
become identical b: to conceive as united in spirit, outlook,
or principle): to be or become the same. Therefore it
means more than to just agree with John14:12, it
means you must become John