God’s Only Provided Place of
Worship # 69
Brian Kocourek,
Your
Actions Manifest Your Character
Hebrews 10: 22 - 23 (read) Prayer
Now, we've been on paragraph 233 for the past few weeks
and I just can't seem to get beyond this thought where brother Branham said, "
My action and the vindication of God's Word in my life shows whether I'm
a child of God or not." And the word to show means
"to reveal, manifest or make evident ones character in a given
situation." So, I guess then if we want to really
have an assurance of our position in Christ, we need to look at how we react to
His Word. If we can't get enough of His Word, no matter how hard it may seem at
times, then we have assurance that we are His because Jesus said, "Blessed are they which do
hunger and thirst for right - wise - ness, for they shall be filled." So then our hungering and thirsting is
evidence that we shall be filled. Then, if we are hungering and thirsting, we
have assurance that God will fill us, and it is not for us to fill ourselves
with His Spirit because in Romans 15: 13
Paul said, "Now the God of hope Fill you..." and in Ephesians
1: 23 He said, "it is God that filleth all in
all."
So with this in mind I would like to again examine the
thoughts behind this statement, " My action and the vindication of
God's Word in my life shows whether I'm a child of God or
not." It is not so much my
actions that vindicate me, or that would be works. But he is very specific when
he says, My actions + the vindication of God's Word in
my life...That's what declares just who I am. Not my actions alone. That is
contrary to the Gospel of Grace. That is why I said, what I said Sunday about tithes and
offerings the way I said it. Just because you might do that doesn't means the
rest is in order, but if you don't do it, then that in itself shows you are not
in the conduit of God's Word.
That reminds me of a little illustration we talked
about in school when I was a boy. The teacher was trying to help us to
understand associations of sets and subsets.
And he said,
all boys are male, but not all males are boys, Do you see? Some
males are men because they grew up. Paul said, when I was a child I spoke as a
child, but when I became a man a I put away childish
things. All men were once boy, but not
all boys grow up to be men. Some die before they reach manhood. Or let's look
at it this way. All fathers were once children themselves, but not all children
become fathers. Some children are girls and some men never have any
children.
Now, I'm not trying to confuse you but I am trying to
help you see that "One Word off is Satan's kingdom." And I am also
trying to help you see what we've been striving for. We looked at the seed for a
season, right? And we saw that the manifestation of the seed in the season is
the evidence that the seed is indeed for the season, right? And we also saw
that the evidence that the seed manifests God-life is evidence that the seed
contained God-Life. Just like water melon seed will manifest water melon. God
Seed will manifest God-Life. And it must be in it's
appointed season.
OK, that was the one half of it. But every principle
of God has two sides to it. Twins. And so Sunday we
looked at the other side of the principle. A seed that does not manifest shows
no evidence of Seed Life. And that doesn't matter if it's wheat or water melon
or even God - Seed. If it receives the same rain which is the Doctrine of God,
and if it receives the same Light which is the illumination of the Word, and if
it still does not manifest God - Life which is to do the Will of the Father,
then this non activity is an evidence of a lifeless hull, or a dried out shuck.
Now, that may be hard, but that is Gospel Truth. And I am not up here to pamper
and to scratch itching ears. The Gospel hurts sometimes, but if it don't hurt it won't do you any good.
Now, before you reach any conclusions, let me say
this. If a seed is planted and it does not manifest, then we need to examine
whether it is getting any water which is the Word and if it is getting any
Light which is Revelation. And if one of these factors is missing it will not
produce a manifestation of it's seed life. So we have
three things so far that are needed for seed life to manifest. 1) A seed that
has life 2)
Light to quicken that seed and 3) water to help it to grow. And now, there is only one other thing that
can prevent and hinder a seed from manifesting its seed life. And let's turn to
the Word of God for our answer.
Mark
Luke 8: 14 - 15.
It is impossible to bear God Seed Fruit if you are so
earth bound with the pleasures of this world, because John told us in 1 John 2: 15 - 17 "Love not the world, neither
the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
the Father, but is of the world. And the world will pass away, and the lusts
thereof: but He that DOETH the will of the God abideth
for ever."
Now we know that to everything there is a season, but
we are running out of seasons. This is the last season,
this is the end - time! Don't put off for tomorrow to get right with God
because there may be no tomorrow. Now, I
think I've said enough about non seed or non manifestation of life in seed.
Tonight I want to flip it back again and look at the thought of what exactly this
manifestation of seed life is and what it should do for you who have this
manifestation in the season.
Psalm 1: 1 - 6 Now again we see the contrast between seed and non seed.
But let's look at the seed Who's leaves do not wither
and who's fruit comes forth in the proper season. It tells us that God watches over them with
an active participation. Remember, "He who began the good work in you
shall also perform it." So God will make sure that you are producing
timely fruit. And As I said earlier in this series, that God will bring us
trials and testing to make sure we use our faith. So don't worry too much about
what fruit you bear, because God will also give you the tests you need in order
to perfect that faith. He gave you the faith, he also gives you the means to
use it and bring it to a maturity and completion.
Now we began this message tonight by reading from the
book of Hebrews.
Let's go back again and read.
Hebrews 10: 22 - 23 (read) Let us draw near with a TRUE heart in full assurance. That is
what we all want. Full assurance. That is why brother Branham is telling us
here that The
vindicated Word will produce something in our lives that will take over and that will be an evidence to us
that we are indeed God Seed. He said, "
My action and the vindication of God's Word in my life shows whether
I'm a child of God or not." Not
my actions alone, no, that is works. But my action AND
...and is a conjunction that links the two thoughts together. My actions is one thought and the Vindicated Word in My life is
the other thought. So what he is saying here is The
vindicated Word in my life will produce an action in my life and those two
together will show I have God - Life in Me. Because let's face it. A seed that
never comes forth no matter how much you give it light and water, if it still
does not manifest any life then it is only a husk or a shuck. But when the seed
manifests Life, do to the Vindicated Word shining upon it, then that Seed by
manifesting Life shows it has Life. And
as I read to you before, 1 John
So we are looking at what brother Branham calls an
evidence of God Life in us. A combination of the Vindicated Word of God in our
Life and what it produces in the season. The fruit.
Now also remember, not just any fruit will do. But the fruit for the season of
which he told us in the Anointed Ones at the end-time, "the
fruit is the teaching for the season."
This evening I want to talk about the assurance that the
Word of God brings, and knowing we are part of the Word of God for the hour
that we live.
In Hebrews 10:
22 he tells us that we have a true heart in Full Assurance of faith. And
since faith is a revelation we then have a true heart in full assurance because
of this revelation. Now how much more assurance could you have than at the
Revelation of Jesus Christ you see yourselves responding to it and preparing
yourselves by it.
1 John 3: 1 - 2, but notice verse
3 is our response.
In Hebrews 10 : 22 the word assurance
is a Greek word "Plero - phoreo" and it used in the scriptures as to "fully believe", to be
"fully persuaded",
to "show full proof" and to be "fully known". The word actually means "to fill one with any
thought or conviction or inclination and hence to make one certain. To persuade, convince and be assured."
Luke 1: 1 Most Surely Believed
Romans
2 Timothy 4: 5 Make Full Proof
2 Timothy 4: 16 - 17 Fully Known
Colossians 2: 2 Full Assurance of understanding
1 Thess 1: 5 Full assurance that ye may know
Hebrews 6: 10 - 12 Full Assurance of Hope ( earnestly expecting)
So we see by all of these scriptural proofs that our
assurance comes as a result of receiving a certain understanding or a
knowledge which as brother Branham put
it, when we have this knowledge and we see ourselves responding to this Revelation
of Christ in our Midst, we come to the place where we just know. Everything
just adds up and to God - Seed and therefore, God - Life in us.