God’s Only Provided Place of Worship # 12
Sunday Morning
God is Faithful
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I believe the church is beginning to hear the Message, and beginning to understand. But friends, listen, we've got to lay in the Presence of the
Son, we've got to be ripened. Our--our
faith isn't ripe. Intellectually
we're hearing the Message that God has give us, and seeing the signs that He showed us, and proving it by the Bible as that; but, oh, how the church needs to lay in His Presence till it tenders up in the
heart, gets sweet in the Spirit so that it can bathe down. Sometimes in
speaking the Message, you get harsh, have to break it
in like that, because you've got to clinch a nail to make it hold. But when the Church once gets It, the Elected is called out and separated (then in the
Presence of God), I know it'll be something like the people was there when it
takes its Rapture.
HEBREWS 11: 1 KJV Now
Faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
Before we move on I want you
to look at this verse of scripture here and notice it says that Faith is the
Substance... This word substance is actually a word which means ASSURANCE.. It is not telling us here that Faith is an actual
material element as the word substance would suggest. But it is the very
assurance of things hoped for. It goes
on to say that not only is Faith the assurance of things earnestly expected,
but it is also the evidence or conviction of things not even seen. Now in
making up this verse of scripture, we must have an understanding of 4 important
words here or we will misunderstand and misinterpret what this scripture is
telling us. These 4 words are 1) Faith which we know is a revelation...God’s
prophet told us this in the Rapture Message.2) Substance is Assurance, The revelation is our assurance
of ....
3) Hope is earnest expectation. Today we have such a poor understanding of
the English language we are attempting to speak, and when we use the word hope
we are using it incorrectly. We use it as a word for ‘something we would like
to see happen but we are not so sure about it happening. This is wrong. Hope
means to earnestly expect it to happen. It has not happened yet, but we
earnestly expect it will. So we see the scripture tell us the Revelation is the
Assurance of things earnestly expected, and then the 4th word is evidence.
4) Evidence is
really conviction. So we see that ‘REVELATION
is the ASSURANCE of
things we EARNESTLY EXPECT
and the CONVICTION of things
not seen.’
Now, as we said Wednesday
night; the word conviction
is used when referring to someone who has been won over from one
thought to another. Or from one opinion to another. It
is the state or act of being convinced. And convinced means
to overcome all your doubts. So if FAITH is the conviction of things not
seen, then we can say that FAITH convinces us of the reality of those things we
don’t even see. Faith then is more real than what we do see. And with this in mind
let me read a few
translations of this scripture to you so you might see that most
translations of the scripture have translated the word for substance as
Assurance and the word for evidence as
Conviction..
AMPLIFIED Now Faith is the assurance ( the confirmation, the title deed
of things) we hope for, being the proof
of things we do not see and the
conviction of their reality -
faith perceiving as real fact what is not
revealed by the senses.
NEW AMERICAN STD Now Faith is the assurance
of things hoped for, the conviction
of things not seen
.
NIV Now Faith is being sure of what
we hope for and certain of what we
do not see.
when they are not
seen.
Substance = Hupostasis It should be rendered assurance or
confidence in most scriptures.
This word Hupostasis is also used in scripture as the word confidence
as we see in the following scripture.
HEBREWS 3: 14 KJV For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end. (Steadfast...that means firm, without
wavering)
Again the word Hupostasis is used
in Hebrews 1: 3 and here it takes on more than just a thought of being sure or
confident or assured, because it is used in expressing the very substance of
God Himself.
HEBREWS 1: 3
KJV Who being the brightness of His Glory, and the express image of His PERSON (Hupostasis),
and upholding al things by the Word of His power....
AMPLIFIED He is the sole expression of the Glory of
God- the Light - being, the out-raying of the Divine- and he is the perfect imprint and very image of God’s Nature.....
New American Standard And He is the radiance of His Glory and the exact representation of His Nature.....
NIV The
Son is the radiance of God’s Glory and the exact representation of His being...
Now here we see the word Hupostasis is
used not only as the blessed assurance that comes by Faith but is also used in
a more real sense when it is actually used in reference to the Fathers very Person or Being. Thus Christ is the
very Image of God’s Hupostasis or substance .Here the
word has it’s significance in that it addresses the
very Nature of God in contrast to
just the outward manifestation of the flesh body. So actually it speaks of the Divine Essence of God that was existent
and expressed in the Revelation of His Son.
The very Nature or Character
of God Himself.
Now in getting back to Hebrews 11: 1 AMPLIFIED Now Faith is the Assurance ( the confirmation, the title deed) of things we
hope for, being the proof of things we do not see and the Conviction of their reality- faith perceiving as real fact
what is not revealed by the senses.
Now in examining this
thought on Faith being the Assurance,
we must ask ourselves what this means. Faith
is the Assurance.
Assurance = State
of being certain and confident. Having a firm belief &
trust. without any doubt! and the
word Conviction is the state of
being convinced... overcoming doubts.....
So we see here a state or condition of having no doubts
toward God at all. This means that no wavering is even considered.
ROMANS 4:20
He staggered not at the
promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Now remember, Abraham is considered the
Father of our Faith, and when God first revealed Himself to Abraham in Genesis
15 we hear Him tell Abraham, ‘I am thy shield and exceeding great Reward.’ So
what does Abraham do? He says, ‘ OK, then, if you are
my reward, I need a son.’ How about it?
I believe what you said, so how about a son! And God said, that will be
fine with me. And so Though the promise tarried for 25 years, ‘He staggered not at the promise of
God through unbelief. ‘
GREEK LEXICON ‘Staggered‘
diakrino {dee-ak-ree'-no} Doubt , judge
discern , contend , waver to
separate one's self in a hostile spirit, to oppose, strive with dispute,
contend, to be at variance with one's self, hesitate, doubt
MATTHEW 21:21
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not
only do this [which is done] to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into
the sea; it shall be done.
MARK
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his
heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
You Must
not doubt what God has promised you. Hebrews
11: 6 Tells us He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (read)
Matthew 7: 7 Ask and
it shall be given you; seek , and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened
unto you: for everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened. ... or what man is there of you,
whom if his son ask bread, will give him a stone? Or if he ask
a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in Heaven
give good things to them that ask him?
Now to doubt shows a lack of understanding Whom you are
dealing with. If Faith or Revelation of God is the Assurance of things
earnestly expected, and the very conviction or being convinced of those things
which you have not yet seen, then when He is truly revealed to you, you
are very sure and need no further convincing. Therefore the Revelation stands
on it’s own.
More blessed are you which have not seen yet believe.
I Peter 1: 7 - 9 ‘That the Trial of your Revelation, being much more precious than of
gold that perishes, may be found after scrutiny to result in praise , honor and
Glory at the Appearing of Jesus Christ: ... ( Now
notice what else Peter says here ) Though you have not seen Him, yet you love
Him; in Whom, though now you see Him not, yet because you believe, you are
rejoicing with joy unspeakable and full of Glory; because this will bring forth
the receiving of your goal and your reward,
even the salvation of your souls.
Though you see Him not, yet
you believe any how. What is that? Faith! Revelation! Revelation is the Assurance of things
earnestly expected and the conviction or being convinced of the reality of
things you don’t even see. ... ‘Yet,
though you see Him not, you still believe and rejoice with joy unspeakable and
full of Glory!’
Now we believe that He has
descended with a Shout! Right. And ‘ As a man thinketh in His heart,’ Jesus said, ‘So is He.’ And ‘out of the abundance or the overflow of the
heart the mouth must speak,’ right?
Then the Revelation of Jesus Christ in this hour is what brings the very
Assurance of things earnestly expected, the conviction of
things not seen. Did not brother
Branham say, ‘My ministry is to declare Him, That He is here!’
Then this Revelation is to bring forth joy unspeakable and full of
Glory.
Is not Ephesians
Ephesians 1: 17 - 19 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give unto
you the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of Him. .... Why does He want to
do this, and why has He done this in this hour? ... So that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened; that you may
know what is the earnest expectation of His calling, His
what? His calling! ‘Behold He is Here,
come out to meet Him. Behold I stand at the door knocking ,
if any man hear my voice and open up to me, I will come in to Him and sup with
Him, He has come forth calling , but
He is on the outside, so He has come forth to call by a shout, so you who are
on the inside can hear Him and come forth to meet Him. That the eyes of your understanding might be enlightened; and that you
may know what is the earnest expectation of His calling you,
and what the riches of the Glory of His inheritance in the saints. And what is
the exceeding greatness of His power is to us - ward who believe, according to
the working of His mighty power.
Friends, listen. You must
not doubt any longer, Hebrews
Now if Faith is the
Assurance and we know that Faith is Revelation and then
Who gives us the Revelation that gives us assurance? Didn’t Jesus
Himself tell Peter, that flesh and blood can not reveal but who does? He said
‘My Father which is in Heaven, He has revealed it to you.’
And Who
has come down with a shout? The Father of Glory Himself.
To do what ? To give us the
Revelation of Himself. Why? SO that we might receive
the reward. Our inheritance. He has come to
give us our inheritance.
Collosians 3: 23 - 24 ‘And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to
the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the
reward of the inheritance:’
In Revelations 22: 12 He said, ‘ Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, ‘
ROMANS 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was
strong in faith, giving glory to God; He didn’t
fuss and stew, he said, Lord, what will you give me. What is my reward!
JAMES 1:6But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed
HEBREWS 10:23 Let us hold fast the
profession of [our] faith without wavering;
(for He [is] faithful that promised;)
There is your key...He is
faithful! Deuteronomy 7: 6 - 9 ‘ For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God
hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are
upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not choose you because you were more
in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: But because
He loved you, and because He would keep the Oath which He had sworn unto you
fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out
of the house of pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He
is God, the Faithful God, which keepeth covenant and
mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand
generations;
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 3: 3
‘The Lord is Faithful, Who shall
stablish you , and keep you from evil.’
1 Corinthians 10: 13 ‘There hath no temptation
taken you but such as is common to man: but God is Faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that what you
are able to bear; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that
ye may be able to bear it.’