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Brian Kocourek April 23, 1995
The Just Shall
Live By Faith
Wednesday night we
examined paragraphs 144 & 145 where brother Branham said, PP.
145 But then the
first little sprout of Life come forth in the reformation by Martin Luther,
that, "The just shall not live by a blessed kosher that a priest
does, but by the Word of God. `The just shall live by faith!'" It
brought two sprigs, the corn of wheat begin to grow.
We examined this thought here of what Brother Branham
is telling us and we see that he is pointing to Martin Luther's Message as the
first evidence of Life coming forth. He quoted Paul in saying, "The Just shall live by Faith."
Now again this morning I want to examine this thought
a little deeper because there is something here we missed the first time
around. And that is the way always with Revelation. First you see something,
then it gets plainer and plainer until each time you look at it it becomes more
real than the previous time and as you gaze upon it more and more you see more
than you saw previously. Kind of like those 3 - D pictures they have today. At
first they look to be just a bunch of wavy lines and dots. But as you begin to
focus upon it and block out everything else from your vision, then as though
someone turns on a light switch, you begin to see what was hidden on the surface and it is amazing
after looking at it for a while, that you can pop in and out of that picture
almost at will. Yet why was it so hard to see in the first place?
Now this is what I want to get across to you this
morning. Brother Branham was quoting Paul and Martin Luther when He said,
"The Just shall live by Faith." Now he was talking in the context of
Life coming forth. He called it the first sprout of Life coming forth in Martin
Luther's Message. "The Just shall live by faith."
Now what does this mean, the Just Shall Live by
Faith? Let's read it very slowly
together. "The just shall live by faith.
So we see here that Faith is what gives us Life. And Remember that brother
Branham taught us in the Rapture Message that Faith is a Revelation. So we see
here then that The just shall live.... by what, by Revelation. Revelation then
is what gives us Life! Now we are not talking about this earthly human life.
But what we are speaking of is this God Life. Eternal Life. How do we receive
Eternal Life since there is only one source of Eternal Life and that is God's
own Life. How do we receive it? By Revelation.
Galatians 3: 11 (read)
Now what does this mean The Just shall Live by Faith? Amplified
Now it is Evident that no
person is justified, that is "to be declared righteous and brought into a right standing
in God's Presence" through the law. For the scripture says, The man in
right standing with God shall live by and out of Faith, and he who through and
by Faith is declared righteous and therefore is right standing in God's
presence shall live.
Hebrews 10: 38 - 11: 1 (read) What
is this unseen thing that Faith is the evidence of? It is the Life in the
Word! And that is what brother Branham
is telling us in PP. 145.
Life and Revelation:
Romans 1: 16 -
21 (read) ROMANS 1: 16 - 21 AMPLIFIED (read) For
I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for It is God's Power working Salvation into everyone who believes ...For
in the Gospel a right-wise-ness to with which God ascribes is revealed, both
springing up from Faith and also leading to greater Faith. In other words, this
Gospel contains a right thinking that takes Revelation to see and once It is
revealed it leads to more and more Revelation. As it is written, The man
who though Faith is just and upright in his thinking, shall live and
shall live by Faith.
Notice It says through Faith He shall live and His
living is by Faith. Brother Branham
said in the Church Age book, "out of the Church ages comes the seals, and
out of the seal comes the Trumpets and out of the Trumpets comes forth the
vials, like the first burst of a Roman candle, the church ages comes forth with
a mighty illumination, without which there could be no further light. But once the brilliance of the seven church
ages is given by Divine Revelation , light upon light follows, until the whole
of the Revelation opens wide before our wondering eyes; and we edified and
purified by It's Spirit, are made ready for His Glorious Appearing, even our
Lord and Saviour, the One True God, our Lord Jesus Christ."
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Romans
( Remember, Jesus could not do many mighty works
because of the people’s own unbelief. So it is their own unbelief that
suppresses the Truth and Keeps it back
from others.) and we will address how they do this a little later on in
this Message this morning.
Read MATTHEW 23: 13 Here we find men, actually these are false
shepherds, because they are keepers of the door, the Word. And these won't
enter into the Word themselves and they won't allow others who want to enter to
go in either. Now why won't they enter?
John 3: 19 - 21 Tells us here you find there are two types of people.
Those who will enter in and those
who won't.
Now what is there about the Light that we would even want to enter in.
John 1: 4 - 5
Now notice, The scripture
says, IN HIM was Life and the Life is the Light. And the it says
the light
shines even in darkness but those in darkness comprehend it not. And because
they do not
understand
it they will not enter and they keep
others from entering as well. So instead of searching it
and trying
to understand it, they will speak evil against it. That's what Jude and 2 Peter
tells us. It says,
in 2 Peter
2: "They speak evil of things they understand not." And In Jude 10,
" These speak evil of
those things
they know not."
Now it is not as though they have not heard it for they
speak evil of it. And had they not heard it they wouldn't know about it to even
speak about it. So it really comes down
to this. They just don't believe it. As John said, in 1 John 4: 6 "We are of God: he that
knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hearby know we
the spirit of Truth , and the spirit of error." And over in 1 John 3: 19
he said, "They went out from us because they were not of us; for if they
had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out,
that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."
Now what am I
trying to say here. I believe that there is something about this great end time
Message that is so great that by it and through it we shall receive
Immortality. But it is only for the Elect. And the others will never understand
what you are trying to say and do because they are not meant to receive the
Life that is in this Word. Brother Branham said, "When Word is piled upon
Word upon Word it will take a hold of every fiber of your body." Now if
you are feeding on the correct Word then you are actually being anointed over
every fiber of your body with Eternal Life. You see, Jesus said in
Now, remember, He is the Word and in Him is Life. So
we see that in the Word is Life. Eternal Life. And Jesus told us that the Word
is a Seed. In Luke 8: 11 Jesus says
this, "The Seed is the Word of God." So we see that the Word is a see
and we know by definition that a seed is a carrier of Life. So we must somehow
get past the outer skin or husk of the seed if we are to release the Life that
is in it back upon ourselves. And that is what Revelation is all about. It is
the opening up of the Seed to allow the Life in it to come forth. It is not as though God's Life has been
hidden because God has expressed Himself in so many ways as to disclose and
reveal His True nature, yet men, because they are not ordained to see it, and
therefore they just don't understand it, they therefore think nothing of it.
Romans 1: 19
For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their
inner consciousness, because God Himself
has shown it to them. 20 For ever since the creation of the world His
invisible nature and attributes, that is, His Eternal power and Divinity have
been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made - His
handiwork’s. So men are without excuse - altogether without any defense or
justification. 21 Because when they knew and recognized Him as The God,
they did not honor and Glorify Him even as God, or give Him thanks, But instead
they became futile and “godless in their thinking” with vain imaginations,
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foolish
reasoning and stupid speculations - and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools - professing to be smart, they
made simpletons of themselves. 23 And by them the Glory and majesty and
excellence of The Immortal God were
exchanged for and represented by images resembling mortal men...
Now, as John said, if they are of God then they will
recognize those who God sends. Even Jesus said in John 13: 20 ' he that receiveth whomsoever I send,
receiveth me." So to not recognize the ones God sends shows that we are
not of God. And therefore not recipients
of the Life that God has laid up in His Seed for us, His Word.
Ephesians 4: 7
a measure of Grace is given unto every one us according to the Gift of Christ.
So then we should ask, what Gift? Why do we need a measure of Grace to receive
a Gift from God? Because the Gifts God sends to us are not always what we think
we want. In this case the gift He is speaking of is in verse 11. And he is
telling you that you must first have grace to receive this gift.
Ephesians 4: 11
And he gave...He gave. Not the people voting in a man. But God gave. His Gift
to His church. From A Greater Than
Solomon is Here brother Branham said, There's five ordained gifts in the
church: Apostles, prophets, teachers, Pastors and Evangelists. Now, that is the
five gifts that God has ordained in the church by His foreknowledge." Now there is a reason that God sends these
gifts into His church.
Ephesians 4: 12 - 16 It is to help us to grow up.
Now growing is a process that shows Life abounds. And Growth will be prevalent
where Life is. Now notice verse 17 - 24
When they do not understand, it brings on darkness. Then what happens?
It shuts off the Life of God to them. That is why Sunday and Wednesdays are so
important to us. We must lay in the Presence of
the Son to ripen. It takes laying in the Vindicated Truth to become
anointed in every fiber of your body.
John said, those with an understanding stay in the Word, but those who do not
understand will eventually leave.
1 John 2: 18 - 20 But you have an unction, you have an
anointing. Why? Because you are laying
in it. You are staying with it. And what is this anointing. Revelation. And it
causes you to know.
ROMANS 1: 16 -
21 AMPLIFIED (read) For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ; for It is God's Power working
Salvation into everyone who believes ...For in the Gospel a right-wise-ness
to with which God ascribes is revealed, both springing up from Faith and also
leading to greater Faith. In other words, this Gospel contains a right
thinking that takes Revelation to see and once It is revealed it leads to more
and more Revelation. As it is written, The man who though Faith is just and
upright in his thinking, shall live and shall live by Faith.
That's what this End-Time Message is all about.
Eternal Life. In Phillippians 2: 16 it is called the Word of Life. And in 2 Timothy
1: 1 Paul says we have this Promise of Life and He says it is in Jesus Christ,
and we know He is the Word.
Romans 8: 2 For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ
Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. What is the law of Life? Genesis 1: 11 says it is this. That
every Seed must bring forth after it's
Kind. After it's own nature. Jesus said,
My Words are Spirit and they are Life. And He also said they are a seed that
the sower sewed. So we find in this that
Revelation of God's Word releases the Life of God back upon us. How? Because
the Word is a seed which is a carrier of the Life. Then when that Seed is
opened, the Life is exposed and brought into view.
John 1: 1 -
4, In...In Him like a seed, is Life and
the Life is the Light, the Revelation that gives
us our
life and that we henceforth live by.
1 John 1: 1 -
3 The Word of Life
2 Peter 1: 1 -
4 Everything we have need of pertaining
to life is in this Word.
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2 Corinthians
2: 14 - 17 To some it is the
stink of death but to others the fragrance of Life
Acts 13: 46 - 48
We can only believe if we are ordained to Life.
Collosians 3: 4
We have a promise that at Christ's Appearing, when He manifests in His
true
character we shall
also.
2 Timothy 1: 10 This Life is brought to Life through
the Gospel
James 1: 12
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Then along come John Wesley and added to
that. (There was many of the others that... Zwingli and them come forth and
denied the virgin birth, and it just died down). But along come the Methodist,
the tassel, the pollen, the missionary day. And they preached sanctification;
added the tassel. PP. 147 Then along come the Pentecostals in the
shuck, so much, to deceive the Elected. Looked like a real grain of wheat, open
it up, there's no wheat at all. But the Life's passing through the shuck.
Now notice how brother Branham is speaking here on
God's Life coming forth and how some are just carriers that it passed through.
The Life of God coming down and arriving at this end-time to where it is to
come fully into manifestation again. The seed that went into the Ground, which
was Jesus, the Life in Him, Has come forth through Luther, Wesley &
Pentecost until it has arrived at it's destination in this hour, in an Elect
Bride who is carrying His Life in her.
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Now, have you
noticed, every three years after a--a great meeting, what takes place? A
denomination. This is twenty years and no denomination. Dear dying Lamb, may it
never do that. If I go in this generation, may the people who believe this
Message never stand still for a denomination! God will... You'll die right in
your track! Remember that! The very hour that you mention denomination among
you, I don't care how sincere you are, take man for your leader instead of
the Holy Spirit to confirm this Word, that's the hour you die! The
genuine Seed cannot, because there's nothing left after the seed, it's the
same thing was back at the beginning. It's the Bride that fell into the ground
to bring forth the corn of wheat again.
PP. 149 Notice: ..
seven days shall you eat unleavened bread... And there shall be with the
Bride... PP. 151 Now, you
people that had that old shouting Methodist mother, and so forth, that you
wondered "If she didn't speak in tongues, she ain't going to be
there." That's a lie! She had that same Holy Spirit that you have today,
but it was impossible for them... not restoration of gifts. But all seven
days, just eat the unleavened bread, the Word. Then, back, them that
denominated, they're dead. They're stalk, they'll just be gathered and burned. But
the Life's going right on through. And what happened? All the Life that
was in the stalk, in the tassel, in the shuck, all winds up in the wheat.
And that same Holy Ghost that brought Luther, brought Wesley, brought the
Pentecostals, winds up in the Bride at the resurrection.
Notice, it's the Life moving on through the plant ,
stalk , tassel & shuck. But the
focus is the Life and it will not stand still. It keeps on moving.
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"Seven
days, eat unleavened bread." No leaven shall be found amongst the Bride,
no--no word added, no nothing. Remember, one word caused every
death that's in the earth; every illegitimate child was borned because Eve, the
first church, the bride of the first Adam, doubted God's Word and accepted a
denominational, or a intellectual, or a school exceptions of It; because It was
reasoned out, that "Surely, God is a good God." God is a good God,
but He's also a just God. We must keep His Word! School, she accepted it. PP. 153
There's where some of you
seminary boys, no doubt a call in your life, but you run off to some Bible
school to have this doctrine injected in you, and there's where you die. Stay
with God and His Word. They won't let you; or, you can't even belong to
their congregation, won't accept you on the platform. So let them have
it, let the dead bury the dead, let's follow Christ the Word.
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True End -Time Evangelism is not what most people
think. Most Evangelists today are just business men. They are looking to build
a network of places where they can go and preach and receive a meal ticket. And
just like a business man they will be looking for repeat customers. Churches
that will invite them back time after time. And in order to do this they have
to hold back on the Truth. Because if they don't, then they will not get a
return trip. That is why I could never be an evangelist. I have traveled quite
extensively in this Message and I have visited some 56 churches and I have
preached in 3 to 4 dozen and I could count only on one hand the number of
churches that I have been asked to come back to. And that is because I will not
compromise myself for anyone. Each and every time I approach this sacred desk,
I approach it as if this is my opportunity to tell you the Truth. And no matter
where I go, I do the same. Because after all, I am more concerned with having
to give an answer to Him for what I tell you than I am with whether you come
again or not. Now I firmly believe that
if you are being sent forth with True End-Time Evangelism then you will not
produce crowds. For True End -Time Evangelism will only produce The True Word,
but "since many more are the children of the Desolate than She that has
a husband," it is evident that Large churches are not a sign of God
blessings, but are more indicative of shuck being bound together.
I believe many ministers judge their worth today by
how many churches they are invited to and how many people they
"perform" before. That is totally carnal. A musician or actor or
football star might use this criteria for endorsement ratings but not so a True
Five Fold Minister of God. In Fact there
are many scriptures that will show just the opposite. 2 Peter 2: 1 - 4 etc.
2 Peter 2: 1 - 4
Notice it says, "And many shall follow there pernicious
ways."
So I ask you, What is this Message all abouot? Why Has
God Himself come down in this Hour? It can be all summed up in One Little Word.
And to give you a hint, God had His picture taken wearing a Judges wig in a
Magazine that bears this one Word. What was the name of the Magazine that
caught the descent of the Logos to Open the seals? LIFE
ROMANS 1: 16 -
21 AMPLIFIED (read) For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ; for It is God's Power working
Salvation into everyone who believes ...For in the Gospel a
right-wise-ness to with which God ascribes is revealed, both springing up from
Faith and also leading to greater Faith. In other words, this Gospel
contains a right thinking that takes Revelation to see and once It is revealed
it leads to more and more Revelation. As it is written, The man who though
Faith is just and upright in his thinking, shall live and shall live by
Faith.
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Now, seven days there shall be no leaven mixed in
the Bride, the Church, seven days.
Now notice: And there shall be
no leavened bread seen in thee in all thy coast seven days;... (the sacrifice
here is a type: the Bride coming forth from the Sacrifice which is Christ)...
neither shall there be any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificed the first
day at evening,... PP. 156 And remember--remember how we just went
through the Church Ages? The messenger to the church always comes just at
the dying of the other church age, always. The dying of the Pentecost
brings forth the rapture of the Bride. See? The dying of Luther brought
forth Wesley. See? The dying of Wesley brought forth Pentecost. The dying of
Pentecost brings forth the Message now. Here, it's right here, patterned
all through the Scripture. There's not a scripture in the Bible what hooks
right one with the other. See? All these types. I have no education, but I
have the Holy Spirit that shows me through another channel that teaches me that
from nature; and that's by the Word. Has to be the Word, brings His promise. ... flesh,... the sacrifice the first day...
even, remain all night until the morning.
PP. 157 Now, even Luther, who had the Truth and taught
the church "the just shall live by faith." You don't want to hang
onto that being the full doctrine, in the Methodist age. What shall you do?
Burn it with fire. What was the type of? The denomination that comes out
of that Word is the shuck, the stalk, the husks, must be burnt with fire.
That denominational part that it come through must not remain, it's got to
die. Don't leave it till the breaking of another--another age, burn it up! He's
talking now to the Bride here, just the Bride, coming up through every
age. And what is she coming up
too? LIFE Let's pray
!