Desperation
no 8
Identifiable
Characteristics
March 27, 2016
Brian
Kocourek, Pastor
This evening we will continue in our study of
brother Branham's sermon Desperation, and we will pick up at paragraph 18.
18 The
Token, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, is among us. (Now listen, this doesn't sound like he is talking about the God-Life
in the believer here. Sounds like he is talking about the author of Life
Himself) and then he says... We should reverence that. We can't humble ourselves enough. Taking
off your shoes or getting on your knees wouldn't expel it, it wouldn't satisfy;
it wouldn't suffice us, but a life
that brings forth the fruit of the Spirit...Now, what is the fruit of
the Spirit? See? Love, joy, peace...
Remember this morning? Preparation,
sent the messenger with the message. Next thing He done after He sent the
messenger with the message, He sent the
Pillar of Fire for a vindication. Next thing was after that, was consolation. See? You knew that it was
right; you was at peace. We have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
See?
This
evening we will take our text from this paragraph, but before we continue I
would like to read also from the next paragraph because it looks like he is
speaking of having a communion service immediately following this Message on
Desperation. So I guess this fits very nicely with what we are here for tonight,
being that this is what we call Good Friday and we are also here for a
communion service.
19 Now,
tonight we're going to pray for the sick. And I think they have Communion. [Brother Branham speaks to Brother
Neville--Ed.] You don't have baptism, baptismal service? Just Communion? And we want you to stay for Communion, and
within thirty-five or forty minutes we aim to be finished and ready for the
Communion. And now, tomorrow is the time of Labor day, so you can kinda rest
up. Now, I said that was our intentions. You see? We don't know what the... I
want to be sure to make that right.
Now,
notice that in paragraph 18 brother Branham speaks of the very presence of The
Token Himself, which we know is the author of Life, God Himself. 18 The Token, Jesus Christ,
the Holy Spirit, is among us.
Then notice the next thing we are told, and what he
says next is the atmosphere we should be living under. We should reverence that. We can't humble
ourselves enough. Taking off your shoes or getting on your knees wouldn't expel
it, it wouldn't satisfy; it wouldn't suffice us,
Therefore
with this atmosphere of knowing the Father of Glory, the Holy Ghost Himself is
here, the creator of the world, the giver of Life, he tells us our whole
attitude should be one of reverence, and humility.
Therefore this evening I think it would be appropriate for our
communion service if we look at these two attributes or characteristics that
should be reflecting from our lives, knowing that the God who gave the Word is
here to complete it.
18 The
Token, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, is among us. We should reverence that. We can't humble
ourselves enough. Taking off your shoes or getting on your knees wouldn't expel
it, it wouldn't satisfy; it wouldn't suffice us,
We talk about applying the Token, but most people in
this Message who speak of applying the Token don't even know first of all what
the Token is, and secondly they do not know what it means to apply it.
Therefore, we must first of all, be able to identify the Token. What is the
Token, or more precisely, Who is the
Token.
So
if Jesus Christ is the TOKEN, then our receiving and manifesting His Life is a
token.
Desperation
63-0901.2E 23 "The Token, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, is
among us. We should reverence that. We can't humble ourselves enough. Taking
off your shoes or getting on your knees wouldn't expel it, it wouldn't satisfy,
it wouldn't suffice us, but a life that brings forth the fruit of the Spirit...
Notice
he is telling us that nothing could we could do would be sufficient or
satisfactory knowing His great presence is here among us. Then we must ask the
question, what will suffice it? He says " but
a life that brings forth the fruit of the Spirit ".
What's
that? A life that will YIELD it's
fruit. Jesus
said, "I am the vine ye are the branches." He wants to yield His fruit through us.
What else would a Husband want from His wife? He wants to bear his fruit
through her. The fruit of her womb. Reproduce Himself in her. And Jesus Christ
wants to use our bodies to reproduce His life in us.
Colossians
3:4 When Christ, who
is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
So
we are looking at a reproduction of His very Life in us. That is the only thing
that will suffice, or be sufficient to do in His presence. To become a perfect
reflection of Him as we walk and live in His presence.
And
brother Branham spoke of the fruits of the spirit when he spoke of this Life
being lived before Him. "Now, what is the
fruit of the Spirit? See? Love, joy, peace...
Remember this morning?" And
remember that morning he spoke on the Token and in the evening service he spoke
on Desperation.
Now, there are two times in Scripture where the
apostle Paul speaks of the Fruits of the Spirit.
Ephesians
5:9 For the fruit of the
Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;
And Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
Now, to understand what Paul means in Ephesians 5 where he says, the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth, let's
read this in the context of what he was telling the Ephesians Church. And never
forget there must be another Ephesians in this hour.
Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience. 7 Be
not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness,
but now are ye
light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For
the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 For it
is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in
secret. 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatsoever doth make
manifest is light. 14 Wherefore
he saith, Awake thou that sleepest,
and arise from the dead, and Christ
shall give thee light. 15 See
then that ye walk circumspectly, not
as fools, but as wise, (now
this word "circumspectly" means to be discreet, careful, and prudent:
in other words we are told that our walk should "show an acute mental discernment and a keen practical sense";
In
other words, he says, we should be ...16 Redeeming the time, because
the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Therefore
He is telling us that there is a certain conduct that we should be ordering our
Life by. It should be guided by goodness, righteousness (which is
right-wise-ness) and truth. That means if we are totally yielded to the Holy
Ghost then we have put on the mind of Christ. we then will think like He
thinks, and therefore we will speak as He speaks and do what He does.
That
means when we pile Word upon Word upon Word,
that our Life will be conformed to that Word, because the piling on Word
upon Word is our own affirmation that the Word of God is our absolute, our tie
post, our all in all.
As
I mentioned a couple weeks ago: When you stand with this word and find yourself
going to the word for all your answers, then you are found standing with God, for He is
the Word. And You’re town testimony, and your own life, proves that you approve
of God and His Word. Your
own life becomes a reflection of His Word, and therefore your Life becomes your
affirmation to His Word that it has taken over your life.
In other words, the very identifiable attributes and characteristics of
God Life become reflected in your Life. For as you pile word upon word upon
word, your life is taken over by that Word. And what does it means piling word
upon word upon word? It means as you go to God's Word and He reveals Himself in
that Word, you are not satisfied with having just one Scripture or quote, but
you go to the Word for your answers, and you find another Scripture or quote
and then another and then another until your entire conscience is filled with
that thought from God and you see it everywhere you look.
It is like what happened with us concerning John
14:12. we knew that the truth of John
14:12 is that that Promise is for all believers. And when we began
to add word upon word upon word, pretty soon we could not read a Message of the
prophet's without seeing that promise being spoken about. So what does that
tell us? it tells us when we begin to pile word upon word, we are becoming that
very word we are piling on.
When you stand with this
word and find yourself going to the word for all your answers, then you are found standing with
God, for He is the Word.
From his sermon, God
identifying Himself 64-0320 P:33 brother Branham said, "The pouring out of the Holy
Ghost in the last days upon the common people has identified God's characteristic
with the people. He promised it. It's the Word.
He said He'd do it. Nobody can take it back. He said He would do it. So all these things that He's
promised, that's what He does. It identifies His characteristic. Yes, sir.
"Don't believe it, don't
believe My claims if My characteristic isn't that of God." Now,
notice in John 14:12,
"He that believeth on Me," He said, "has My identification, My characteristic. He that believeth on Me, the works that I do
shall he do also." That identifies that the character of Christ is in him,
displaying the characteristics of Him. Amen.
Now, that's a pretty
great promise considering that Jesus, the first born and uniquely born son of
God, came forth in the image of God His Father, Himself. So
that would indicate to us then the image we are to be conformed to is that
image of God that was displayed in his First born son.
From another sermon, God identified by characteristics 64-0311 P:22 brother Branham said, John 14:12, "He
that believeth,"
Jesus said, "on Me, the works that
I do shall he do also."
Now, look, "He that believeth
on Me (a true
believer), the works that I do shall
he do also." Notice. In other
words, like this, "He that believeth on Me, shall be identified by My
characteristic, the works." Now, that's what He did. He said, "If I don't do the Father's works, then don't
believe Me." And the Father
spoke to the prophets, and that was their characteristic, identification. So
was it with Jesus. And promised it to
him that believeth, "My characteristics shall do in him just as it
did in Me. And if I do not the works of My Father, then don't
believe Me. But if I do the works, and you can't believe Me, then
believe the works, because it's spoken of; it must be." He said, "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you
think you have Eternal Life, and They are They that tell you Who I am." That was Jesus (See?), God manifested,
showing Himself. "They
testify Who I am." That makes Hebrews 1:1 now, "God in sundry times spake by the prophets," clearly identifying the characteristic
now of the resurrection of His Son. God spoke by the prophets then, through His Son now. The
unchangeable God, the same characteristic, "The works that I do, shall you do also." God's
known by His identified characteristic. That's how you know. You say,
"Well, I tell you this; we sing this, we do this, and we do." That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the Word made manifest
and identifying this Life, the characteristics of the promised Word for the age.
Them Pharisees knew that Bible as good as anybody, better than any of us
clergymen know ours today. They had to
live by It. Their great-great-grandfather were priests. They studied It,
day and night, and they failed to see that identified Word. 23 Today, Luther
said, "When you believe, you've got It." The Methodist say, "When
you shout, you got It."
The Pentecostal said, "When you
spoke in tongues, you had It." We find all that
wrong. Some of them said, "The fruit of the Spirit's got It." And it's wrong. The only
evidence is, is when the a-vindication, when God Himself
identifies Himself in the promised Word of the hour. There it
is. Who had any more fruits of the
Spirit than them kind old priests, circumcised the children, and blessed
them, and everything else? And here this guy Jesus was, come around, kicked
over their sacrifice blocks, looked upon them with anger, beat them, run them
out, no identification of nothing. The Scripture is
His identification. He had no fellowship card; He belonged to no organization. But God spoke of Him; that was
His identification. That's the genuine identification of
God in any hour, is His identification. That's what it is, the
Scriptures that's promised made identified by the characteristic of the promise
which is God, and God is the Word. And the characteristic of that
promise being identified, that makes the believer. Jesus said so,
and that settles it. Amen. Notice, now we find out, the characteristics
identify Him. As He said, "If
it doesn't do it, then don't believe Me." Now, Jesus spoke that it would
identify Him.
Christ
is identified the same 64-0415 P:42 Now, we see, He... God, then,
identifying Himself in all ages, how? How did He identify Himself now? What
characteristic did He use? His same characteristic from the beginning: manifesting
His Word, making His Word to live. That's the identification: the promised
Word of that age. See now, when Moses come, he couldn't said, "Now, we're
going to build an ark and float out of here." That was Noah's message.
That's the trouble. When Jesus came on the scene, He found those Hebrews living
in the glare of another light. And that's what it is today; that's
what it is in every age. They live in the glare of another light. That's
the reason that you Methodists, when you come on the scene... Luther, He was
living in the glare of a Lutheran age. They couldn't accept John Wesley. When
Pentecostal come on, the Methodists couldn't accept Pentecost, because it was
living in the glare of Methodist. And now, I wonder what kind of glare the
Pentecostals are living in. See? What you want to do is search the Scriptures and find out
the hour that we're living in, and then what's supposed to be here at that time,
and see if God makes that live and manifests it. Then that's the thing
we got the right interpretation to the age.
This is
so beautiful. Look, he says what we want to do is look for the Word that is
supposed to manifest in our age, and then when we can see it and we then
manifest it, then we know we have the right interpretation of the Word for the
Age we live in.
Let me
say this. When Jesus Christ expressed the characteristics of God to the age he
lived in, but then he went off the scene. Right? Well, then what happened next?
The very Life He lived came back upon the believers, those who were filled with
the same Holy Spirit that lived in Him. And the same Word he spoke they spoke,
and the same action's he did they did, and the same works he performed they
performed. Then they were recognized by those who saw them that they were
called Christians, because they were Christ-Like.
Now the
truth of it is that those who witnessed the Characteristics of God in Christ,
after receiving the same God-Life that was in Christ, now became the expression
of those same characteristics themselves. They had received that same
revelation that Jesus lived by, and they now they also became the manifestation
of that same revelation, by their own lives becoming the expression of that
revelation.
Now,
isn't Alpha to repeat in Omega? Then what we saw in this hour, a Life totally
surrendered to God, that He became the Word expressed to us in this generation,
and thus he became the interpretation of the Word, but just as Jesus went off
the scene, but His Life, His Works, His power remained behind and expressed
itself through those that had witnessed, now because the living witnesses to
the world.
From
his sermon, Identified Christ of all ages 64-0401
P:35 brother Branham said, "Remember, you're identified by characteristics, and God is identified by His great characteristics
that He cannot change. He said in Malachi
3:6, "I
am God and I change not." See? He
absolutely doesn't change. His characteristics are the same.
God
identifying Himself 64-0320 P:41 What was it? He had the promise of God. He believed
God. And he acted like God. He held on to the promised Word. And
twenty-five years passed. The booties had done turned yellow, but she still
held on to them. Now, he's old and stooped over, and he's in a terrible shape.
And Sarah's womb was as good as dead, and he's sterile, and what a condition
they're in."How do you feel, Abraham, father of nations?" his
make-believer friends would say to him."Well, glory to God. I feel fine.
We're going to have that baby anyhow." Because "he staggered not
at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong, giving praise to God;
for he was fully persuaded that what God said, God's able to perform." Amen. There is a characteristic of a
believer. What about you? See? What about we, the
children of Abraham? Are we identified with the Word of God as a promise,
and our characteristic identifies ourself that we actually believe it? Or
do we just hem-haw, jump from here, and over here, and down here, and guess,
and hem-haw around about it? Then we're not Christians. We're
just making believe. But when we really stand to that promise, toe it
right there and stay with it... Abraham did.
God
identifying Himself 64-0320 P:38 What if Moses would've went down in Egypt, and said,
"Well, we're going to build a big ark. We're going to float out of this
country. The Nile's going to come up." They'd look back in the scroll;
there's no promise of that. That's right. But you see, he identified himself as
God's prophet, for what he said come to pass. Then they knowed he had the Word
of the Lord. Pharaoh had spears, but Moses had the Word. So when they
got to the sea, the spears all went under the sea, and Moses took Israel across
the sea on dry land, because he had the Word, and he was the Word of that
hour. Moses was the Word made manifest for that hour. Elijah was
the Word made manifest for that hour. Christ is the Word made manifest.
And the promises that He made "A little while, and the world seeth Me no
more. Yet ye shall see Me, for I'll be with you, even in you to the end of the
world. The works that I do shall you do also." He promised
these things. What is it? It's
the characteristic of God displaying His Word like He did in all ages.
God
identifying Himself 64-0320 P:34 See, there's no mistake about it. His life... "He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also." See, that
identifies the characteristics, same thing He said. "If My character
doesn't identify Myself, God in Him," then don't believe Him. Now, He also
said that He would be identified in that. Then that, if it doesn't identify
Him, then He isn't what He says. And today if Christ doesn't identify
Hisself--the characteristic of Christ identify us as being of Christ,
believing the Word... Jesus was the Word, so He had to believe the Word. And
how can we say that we are of Christ and deny any Word in that Bible? The Holy Spirit of Christ is God
in you. And it'll punctuate every promise with a "Amen."The
Bible said, "These signs shall follow them that believe."The
Spirit of God said, "Amen." See? One of them said, "No, that was
for another age. That was for disciples only."...(that was only for William Branham.)... "Go ye
into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. (anywhere, all the world) He that
believeth, these signs shall follow him,"
same thing, same yesterday, today, and forever, the
characteristic being identified. That makes Hebrews 1:1, "God of sundry times,
speaking to the fathers by the prophets," identifying
Christ resurrected today by the same characteristic that He did in sundry times.
Now in
this next quote brother Branham makes a comparison between Moses and Balaam,
showing they both knew the Scriptures, and they both performed the same fundamentals
but one had the identifiable characteristics of God while the other did not.
And the Bible warns us in this hour that the two spirits would be so close it
would deceive the very elected if it were possible. why? Because they both
believe the same Message, and do the same religious actions, but only one has
the identifiable characteristics of the God-Life in them. The other might do
and speak like the God-filled one, but he is just an imperonsator.
God
identifying Himself 64-0320 P:15 Now, that's exactly the same altar they had down in
Israel's camp. There they are down in Israel with the same altar they
got up here, and the same sacrifice a bullock, and a bullock; a
prophet and a prophet: two nations in contrast. A very perfect example of the day we're living.
If we had time to go into it, notice, God doing this in parable, we would find
out, paralleling. Now, also, Balaam required a ram on each altar. That was speaking of his faith
in a coming Messiah: a ram, a he-sheep. That's the same sacrifice
they had down in Israel--down in the camp of Israel. Up here in Moab,
the... Fundamentally they were both right, but notice, fundamentally in doctrine,
but one prophet down in Israel's camp had the characteristics of God and the Word of God.
He stayed with the promise of God for that age, because he was in
a line going to the promised land. See? Now, as far as the fundamental part, Balaam,
could be just as identified as Moses was. But you see, Moses, being the correct prophet
of God, not only had the fundamental parts but had the identification of God.
See? He was in line of duty exactly what was promised for that age, not
for the age of Noah, but for the age then. "I will take you to a land that's
flowing with milk and honey." They were on their way. And Israel was
identified with their prophet, Moses, with the message of that age.
God
identified by characteristics 64-0311 P:13 Another thing, the one, the prophet of
Balaam, was fundamental, but the prophet Moses was identified by the
characteristics of God. There was the Pillar of Fire, supernatural
Light hanging over them. And there was great healings in their
camp, supernatural God showing supernatural signs. And they were
staying exactly with the Word of promise that God gave Abraham back in the
time that both nations started. But now, Moses had Abraham's promise, going
to the promised land. Balaam, also a prophet of the Lord, standing down
there... And the only way that you could identify, not from their
fundamental teaching, but
by the characteristic of God. There was the sound of a shout of the
voice of the King down here with Israel. The atonement was in effect, a Brass
Serpent, a smitten Rock. And God was with them, identifying Himself in a
supernatural Light, and healing their sickness and diseases as they went
on. The characteristics proved what He was, staying in a line of the Word
for that age, for the age that they were living in. God's
characteristics identified Himself with Moses. See, the characteristics
of God identified with Moses. The Pillar of Fire, the atonement
in action, the supernatural, smitten Rock, and also the Brass
Serpent, speaking of healing, and then again they were in the line of duty of
the promise of God.
So we
know that we are headed for the Millennium, and we are identified with the
Shout, which is the Message, right? We are all walking under the Pillar of
fire, right? We are all baptized with the same Baptism, right?
Yet we
read in 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye
should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, (and in every
church that claims this message we have that same picture of the Cloud hanging
up on the wall, and so we "were under the cloud",), right?
"and all passed through the sea; 2 And
were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and we have all been baptized according to Acts 2:38 right?
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; (And we all have
the same 1200 sermons on tapes, right?)
4 And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock
was Christ.
And we have all drank from the
same fountain of Christ the Word. Right?
5 But with many of them God was not
well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these
things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil
things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat
down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some
of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, (that means put
Christ to the test) as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of
serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. These were
grumblers, not content, finding fault with the Message and the Messenger, and the
leaders assigned by God to see them through their journey.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: (and never
forget that) and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the world are come. (and they are examples that
will take us all the way to the end of the world as we know it.)
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall.
Then
what sets us apart from others claiming this same Prophet and this same
Messenger? It is the identifiable characteristics of God. These people were
following the Prophet messenger under the same Pillar of Fire that we are under
today, and they ate the same manna, drank from the same well springs of water,
and were all baptized with the same baptism, and yet most of them fell away and
died on their way to the promised land. Why?
Because they lost track of the promise. They did not know what age they
lived in.
And
today people do not read their Bibles, and they fail to recognize that the
coming of the prophet, and the Pillar of Fire is not the end of the journey,
but the beginning of it.
And brother Branham said in paragraph 18 of Desperation,
"Remember this morning? Preparation,
sent the messenger with the message. Next thing He done after He sent the
messenger with the message, He sent the
Pillar of Fire for a vindication. Next thing was after that, was consolation. See? You knew that it was
right; you was at peace. We
have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ. See?
And
only two of the original 2 million had this confirmation. when they sent the 10
spies to spy out the land, 8 returned complaining that the obstacles to
receiving the promise were greater than they had ever anticipated, but two
said, "if
God promised we would receive it, then God is obligated to give it to us, and
therefore we are more than able to take it, we are more than conquerors through
Christ Jesus our Lord, who giveth me the victory."
And so
they had peace where the others did not. And if you are looking at anything
except the promise for this age to be fulfilled, you will find yourself losing
faith in the promise.
I think today so many are caught up into the
politics of this nation, but that is just a distraction from what is really
taking place. Brother Branham said in his sermon, Hearing, Recognizing
and Acting upon word 60-0221 P:92 No wonder the Bible said, "Every table's
become full of vomit. And who can I teach doctrine, and who's weaned from the
breast? But precept will come upon precept, and line upon line. For with stammering
lips and other tongues will I speak to this people. And this is the rest. For
all this they would not hear." We got our own intellectual conception.
Oh, how good it could be to stay all day on it. Politics, corrupted! Democrats, Republicans, and all,
is lowdown. What is it? It's a bunch of graft.
You know what graft is? He's not talking about what you do when you take a limb off one
tree and graft it to another. He's talking about politics.
The word Graft, a form of political corruption,
is the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal
gain. The term has its origins in the medical procedure whereby tissue is removed from one
location and attached to another for which it was not originally intended.
Similarly, political graft occurs when
funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to
maximize the benefits to private interests.
And that is exactly what he saw this nation and its
form of Government had deteriorated into. And he continues, "Every person works
in it, that's not born again, is of the Devil. The Devil said, "Every kingdom
in the world belongs to me," and Jesus
never debated with him. The world is controlled by the Devil. And every man that works for the
government, if he ain't a Christian, he's of the Devil and working for the
Devil. These nations will all fall to Jesus Christ when He
comes; there'll be a millennium.
So I don't
care what politician holds his Bible up and then proceeds to tell you what he
will do. They are only using God and the Bible for their own personal gain.
Forget it, and leave the Bible out of it, this nation as all nations belong to
Satan right now, but by their graft they
will compromise and they will cause the vote to be cast for Hilary because God
showed it in a vision they will bring in a woman who will be president of Vice
President, and that is "Thus Saith the
Lord." And they have already proven they do not respect the vote of
the people. Their own elites said, the people do not select the nominee, we do.
So what
we are seeing is the fulfillment of the Word of the Lord. The prophet saw it
coming because like an eagle he could see far out ahead of the storm, and we
are now seeing the fulfillment of what he said more than 50 years ago.
So I
ask you, brethren, what is your focus on? We have all sat under the shout? Then
are we now focused on the Voice which is the resurrection? Are we making ready
for it? Are we being conformed to the
image of the first born son? Are we manifesting as Sons and daughters of God?
Are we ready for adoption? If not then we have not the identified
characteristics of God in us for the hour in which we are living.
Let us
pray.