Christ is the Mystery no. 59
He lived so Godly
February 2, 2013
Brian Kocourek
Last Sunday we spoke again from
paragraph 312 of brother Branham's sermon Christ is the Mystery of God Revealed and we focused on the body of Christ and how Paul said he was a prisoner
of the Lord Jesus Christ. But we found that the Greek word that had been
translated as prisoner was actually a word which also means "a limb or member of" and we spoke mostly this
thought that we are not our own, but we are bone of His bone and flesh of his
flesh. We being born by one spirit into one body should focus our thoughts as
such.
This evening, I would like
to move forward with these 5 statements that brother Branham made in this
paragraph. Let me read again to you these five statements where brother Branham
spoke of the attributes of Christ in Paul.
"Paul,
this great intellectual man, (1) never
tried to express his great theological terms upon the people. (2) He
humbly accepted the Word of the Lord, and (3) he
lived the Word so that It expressed It. And now
number (4) which I would like to focus our thoughts on this evening, he said, "He
lived so godly until they seen Jesus Christ in him so much, till they wanted
his handkerchief to take it and lay it upon the sick. (5) There's
the Life of Christ.
This evening I would like
to speak on the 4th statement here where he said, He
lived so godly until they seen Jesus Christ in him so much, till they wanted
his handkerchief to take it and lay it upon the sick. And then
he added "Not what some... "Oh,
you see, Elijah done that a long time ago, laid his stick, but oh, that was the
days of Elijah." Now, the world thought that. The
intellectual priest and things, and churches of that day thought that, but to
them believers, they knew different. They seen the revelation of Christ that
was in Elijah: same thing was in Paul, expressed
the same kind of Life, 'cause he was a prophet. See? He foretold things
that happened exactly the way it was, and they knew that was God's
identification of a prophet. And they knew that he was God's prophet. You
couldn't shake them from it at all.
So what we are looking at tonight is this thought
that Paul lived such a godly life that the people could see the very Life of
Christ living itself out in that man, that they knew there was an anointing on
him, and they knew enough of Bible history to know that other men who lived the
same way, that whatsoever they touched was blessed.
And for this purpose they wanted even the apron or
material from his clothing to come in contact with so they might receive their
healing.
Therefore this evening, I thought I would speak on
this subject of healing and the different ways in which God used to bring about
healing to different ones throughout Bible history.
Now, to do so, let's go back to the earliest
records we have where God used an instrument, something other than a vision, something
other than or a Word from God through a prophet, and something other than the
laying on of hands. So we will go back to the time of Moses, or the first
Exodus to see where this idea of using something that was anointed as a part of
the clothing of the anointed man of God was used in healing the sick.
Numbers 21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell
that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and
took some of them prisoners. 2 And
Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this
people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the
LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and
they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the
place Hormah. 4 And they
journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea,
to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged
because of the way. 5 And the
people spake against God, and against Moses,
Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither
is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the
LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much
people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came
to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and
against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And
Moses prayed for the people.
8 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole:
and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses
made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to
pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of
brass, he lived.
Waters of separation 55-0606 P:25 When Moses took the children of
Israel, and they begin to chide or fuss with Moses. Said, "Korah is just as good a man as Moses is. And there's more holy besides him," and all this. And they begin to go on the way they did,
murmuring against God and against His servant, there come serpents in and bit
them, and Moses intercede for them; and God told him to make a serpent out of
brass. It was for a compound reason: to forgive them of their chiding, and to
heal them of their sicknesses of the snakebite. Jesus come along later, and He
said, "Just as Moses lifted up the brass serpent in the wilderness, so
must the Son of man be lifted up."
To see Jesus 54-0718E P:43 Now, here was a sign. God told
Moses to perform healing down in Egypt. They could do all kind of enchantments,
the magicians could. Moses would call for fleas; they could call for fleas.
Moses would call for lice; they'd call for lice. Moses would call for one
thing; they'd call for the same thing. But they couldn't take it away.
They could pronounce a curse, but they couldn't take away a curse. When
he called for boils, they broke out in them, and they couldn't heal themselves.
Do you see the mark of God is Divine healing? The
first name God, the first Word ever appeared in was, "I'm the Lord that healeth thee." taking away all of the
sickness and things from them Jehovah-rapha,
"Jehovah-jireh" was "provided
sacrifice," and "rapha" was "the
Lord that healeth thee." God is the Healer.
Satan cannot heal. And when you see signs and wonders, and something another
accompanied in the spiritual realm, like perceiving thoughts of the people,
quickly, the un-regenerated heart says, "Spiritualism." But
when you see the sign following that Spirit of healing, and blessings of God,
you realize that it's coming from God. Don't misjudge it. Judge God
rightly.
Believest Thou This?
50-0716 81 It's
your approach to a Divine gift what brings the results. It's the way you come
to it. Isn't that right? The way you approach anything...
Ministry of Christ 53-0607 62 But,
brother, let me tell you something now. It's your attitude towards any Divine gift, your approach to that attitude determines what you're
going to get out of it.
Proving His Word 65-0426 31 It's
your approach. The attitude is what it takes. And that's what it is tonight,
dear friend; it takes the attitude. We are, and believe that we are in the
Presence of Jesus Christ, but it's your attitude that brings the results. The
mechanics is here and so is the dynamics. If you can just get started, God will
do the rest.
And we find that it is the attitude
you take that brings the results. We can see this attitude in the next two
stories I am going to read you from the Old Testament. And I want you to notice
the right mental attitude. Now in the first story you will see it right away,
but ihn the second story, he had to be taught to have
the right mental attitude before he actually did have it.
2 Kings 1:21 Now there
cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha,
saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest
that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him
my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her,
What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in
the house? And she said, Thine
handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he
said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And when thou art come in,
thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons,
and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she
went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it
came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me
yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she
came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt,
and live thou and thy children of the rest. 8 And it fell on a day, that
Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat
bread. And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her
husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an
holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
10 Let
us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him
there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when
he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. 11 And it
fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And
he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And
he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with
all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the
king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 14 And
he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath
no child, and her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And
when he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 And he
said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine
handmaid. 17 And the
woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her,
according to the time of life. 18 And when the child was
grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
19 And
he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to
his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to
his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then
died. 21 And
she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she
called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men,
and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
23 And
he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new
moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. 24 Then she saddled an ass,
and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. 25 So she went and came unto
the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw
her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,
Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet
her, and say unto her, Is it well with (1) thee?
is it well with thy (2)
husband? is it well with the (-(3)
child? And she answered, All
is well.
Now,
I ask you, why would she say all is well when he asked her if
it was well with her, with her husband and with the child, and she said "It
is well" or "all is well". Because she knew the man who
prayed to God for her to have this child when it was not possible for her in
the natural to have it, and God answered his prayers, so this same man of God
was now back to go to God again for her.
27 And when she
came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God
said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 28 Then she said,
Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me? 9 Then he said to Gehazi,
Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand,
and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee,
answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said, As
the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose,
and followed her. 31 And Gehazi passed on
before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went
again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is
not awaked. 32 And when
Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went
in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And
he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and
his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself
upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and
went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven
times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite.
So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell
at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went
out.
Now, you might ask yourself, why did
Elisha lay his hands on this child's hands and his
eyes on the child's eyes, and his mouth upon the child's mouth? And the answer
is because his mentor Elijah did the very same thing.
1 Kings 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of
Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many
days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did
the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. 17 And it came to pass after
these things, that the son of the woman, the
mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was
no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah,
What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art
thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And
he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and
carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And
he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil
upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 And he
stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and
said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of
the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the
chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said,
See, thy son liveth. 24 And the woman
said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art
a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in
thy mouth is truth.
Notice his Life and his testimony
were one and the same, and thus she knew his life was a man of God.
Investments 63-0126 P:52 What you
need is a return back to the principles and the sincerity of the Gospel,
back to the real Pentecostal thing that produces Christ in the life of the
people." That's right. See, we get away from those real things. And this rich man here saw that, and he knowed that Jesus had that. And He was asked, "How can
I have it?" And Jesus told him, and the price was too great. That's what
the Assembles of God, Foursquare, Oneness and all of them is doing. The
thing... The price is great. If we'd just come back to that sincerity of the
Word. Believe that, so God can vindicate Himself. You say, "Will He do
it?" Sure, He does it. Your life will shine a lot louder than your
testimony you could ever give. Your life is so loud till the people don't
even understand your testimony. That's where sincerity and sacredness...
Five good people really filled with the Spirit will do more in Phoenix, than
all the members we got, if they're consecrated to God in a sincere life,
'cause God will move His Word through there and vindicate that to be truth.
And the first thing you know, things are happening so you just can't hold it
down.
Paradox a 63-0801 P:11 You thinking you
have, and having It, is two different things. You might be able to try to say
you have; you might be able to show some evidence of some emotion; but unless
your life is vindicating what you're professing to have, you still haven't got
It. No matter how many emotions, how much you jump, run, sensations,
speaking in tongues, or shouting, or whatever you might lay it upon (which is
all right, I believe in all that too.), but unless your life copes with your
testimony, then you haven't got It. 'Cause the fruit of the Spirit
vindicates what you are, just like the fruit of any tree tells what it is.
Jesus said, "By their fruit you shall know them."
We see another example in the Old
testament where a
certain man who needed healing had to be told that his attitude was not
correct, and when he corrected his attitude, God healed him.
2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain
of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance
unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out
by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little
maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her
mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet
that is in Samaria! for
he would recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one
went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5 And the
king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of
Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six
thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he
brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come
unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest
recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass,
when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and
said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that
this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore
consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king
of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore
hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me,
and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood
at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger
unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come
again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But
Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I
thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the
LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he
turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do
some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when
he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven
times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came
again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 And
he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood
before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there
is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee,
take a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he
said, As the LORD liveth,
before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to
thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy
servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other
gods, but unto the LORD. 18 In this thing the LORD
pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to
worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow
myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself
in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant
in this thing. 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he
departed from him a little way. 20 But Gehazi,
the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that
which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat
of him. 21 So
Gehazi followed after Naaman.
And when Naaman saw him
running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even
now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the
prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. 23 And
Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he
urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of
garments, and laid them upon two of his servants;
and they bare them before him. 24 And when
he came to the tower, he took them from their
hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let
the men go, and they departed.
25 But
he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. 26 And he said unto him, Went
not mine heart with thee, when the man turned
again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time
to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards,
and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The
leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee,
and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
2 Kings 13:20-21 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites
invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And
it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Hidden life with Christ 56-0213 P:50 That's what the church needs
today, is a hidden consecrated life. You can't be dittle-dabbling
along with the world, and impersonating, and acting like them, and hid with
Christ, 'cause you're trying to fashion after the world. You're trying
to live like the next church. You're trying to belong to a better
organization, wear better clothes, do so-and-so. That's not comply with Christianity. Christianity is a
sacrificed life, hidden life with God through Christ, sealed by the Holy
Ghost. Amen. That's what the real Christian life consists of: Not of how well
you can do this, or how well you can sing, that's all right, how well you can
preach, that's fine. But that isn't it. It's a hidden life, consecrated, the
veil, curtain's dropped around you, and you're dead and you're buried, and
you're hid in God through Christ and sealed in there by the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth. 3 For ye
are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify
therefore your members which are upon the earth;
Romans 8:10 And if Christ be
in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the
Spirit is life because of righteousness.
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. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye
live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by
the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Notice, brother Branham said about Paul, "He
lived so godly until they seen Jesus Christ in him so much, till they wanted
his handkerchief to take it and lay it upon the sick.
That's exactly Matthew 9: 20-21 And,
behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came
behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but
touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about,
and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good
comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole
from that hour.
Luke 8:45-46 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve
years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed
of any, 44 Came behind him,
and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And
Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter
and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out
of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid,
she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before
all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed
immediately. 48 And he said unto her, Daughter,
be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
And we see the same thing with Paul as we see in Acts 19:
11-12 11 And
God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 12 So
that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the
diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
And notice in John 9:14-15 it wasn't a piece of Cloth Jesus used, it was just mud. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then
again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto
them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
Mark 16: 18 they shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover.
James 5:14-16 14 Is any sick among you?
let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of
faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject
to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and
it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.18 And
he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her
fruit.
Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord
in Solomon's porch. 13 And of the rest durst no man
join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And
believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick
into the streets, and laid them on beds and
couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some
of them. 16 There
came also a multitude out of the cities round
about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
And now as we are here for communion service
tonight, let me read before we change the order of service to communion and
foot washing, let me read what the apostle said in 2 Corinthians 11: 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread,
and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall
be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let
a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he
that eateth and drinketh
unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. And as we brought out last week, who
is the body of the Lord? We are member, limbs, bone of his bone and flesh of
his flesh. And Paul says, 30 For this cause (what cause? Not recognizing you are
dealing with the body of Christ) For this cause many are
weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if
we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when
we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned
with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together
to eat, tarry one for another.
For
did not the Apostle Paul write, "Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?"
Did he
not write that we are "the members of Christ"; "members of his body, of his
flesh, and of his bones." if we have been baptized into his body by one
spirit? Then shouldn't we manifest the "firstfruits
of His Spirit" "that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in
our mortal flesh"? Isn't that what he says in 2 Corinthians 4:11; and in roman 8:11 he tells us "If the Spirit, the same Spirit
that raised up Jesus out from the grave lives in your will it not also quicken
your mortal not dead but your mortal bodies?
Why 61-0128 P:65
Women, stop cutting your hair; start
living like Christian women. Men, quit the things that you're doing. The
Christian Church should conduct itself like sons and daughters of the King,
living godly in this present world. Do you believe that? Let us bow our heads
just a moment, now.
Token the 63-0901M P:110 As we see the great ensign of the
time at hand, warning us: time is at hand... Oh, take this solemnly. We
should love one another. Oh, my. We should be so in love. Don't never speak evil against one another. If somebody
makes a mistake, pray for him, right quick. We are together in this with
God. We are brothers and sisters. Oh, live godly. Live like daughters of God.
Live like sons of God. Live sweet, kind, humble. Let no evil come in your
mind in your thinking; just dismiss it. If it knocks on the door, take it away,
just show your Token. Just keep walking. "I'm under the Blood."
Angel and three pulls 51-0414 P:7 Notice. In this same wheat field
that was sowed, in there is briars, creepers, stink weed, everything, all
growing together with the wheat. And when the drought is on, the creeper is
just as thirsty for water as the wheat is. The water is sent for the wheat. But
the creeper's just as glad to get the water as the
wheat. And by their fruit you shall know them. In the meeting the Holy
Ghost falls over the building. But those who live godly in Christ Jesus are
the people that'll be taken into the garner. And the tares, not for us to
judge, but will be burned at the end. You see what I mean? Then don't judge a
person because they shout, or 'cause they could praise the Lord. Judge them
by the life they live. And if they're not living the right kind of life,
don't turn them down; pray for them. That's the way to do it.
Let us pray,