God’s Only Provided Place of
Worship # 74
Brian Kocourek,
Character
Creates and Atmosphere
2 Corinthians
Philippians 2: 5 Let
this attitude that was in Christ Prayer
Sunday morning, we spoke from pp. 238 & 239 and our subject was Home and the house of God. Brother Branham said, (1) We live in our home like Branhams live.
(2) And in the House of God we live by
the Word of God and every Word that proceedeth out of
the mouth of God," I pointed out to you that brother Branham was
not telling us that there is supposed to be a difference between
his house and the house of God. But what He is telling us is that there is a certain way we should
conduct our homes. Brother Branham kept the same atmosphere of Christ
centeredness in his home as he did in church.
Now, remember, Jesus said, "My house shall be called a
house of prayer." And if we have the same nature and life as Jesus
Christ, then won't our homes be called a house of prayer as well? In Collosians 3: 4 we read, "When
Christ who is our Life shall appear, then shall we appear with Him in Glory." So if we appear when He
appears, and our appearing is in the same Glory, or Doxa
or mindset. Then won't our homes appear as His home also should be. We also
read in 1 John 4 at His Appearing , "as He is, so are we
in this world." Then, if we believe this, shouldn't we have the same atmosphere
in our homes as we do in this church which is His house, of prayer?
Again, we read in the book of Deuteronomy 6. "Hear, O Royal Seed of God, the
Lord God is One Lord, - the Only Lord. And you shall love the Lord your God
with all your mind and heart, and with your entire being, and with all your
might. And these words, which I am commanding you this day, shall be first in
your mind and heart; then you shall whet and sharpen them, so as to make them
penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the minds and hearts of
your children, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when
you drive down the road, and when you
lie down and when you rise up. And you
shall tie them as a symbol on your hands ( In other
words, they are tied to your actions, what you do) and you shall bind them upon your forehead."
( which means that they encompass your mind or
mindset). And, remember, your forehead is where your frontal lobe is and that
is where your memory is resident. When a person has a
lobotomy they lose there memory. But here we see that they are to take
the preeminent place of our thinking. Even as frontlets between our eyes, that
all we see is the word of God. As phylacteries that go "boing, boing, boing"
as we walk along, and they bounce off our head. A constant
reminder. And then He continues, " "And you shall write them upon the door posts
of your house and on your gates." Why? So that whether you are coming or whether
you are going, there will always be a constant reminder set before you of God's
promises to you in this hour.
We examined many scriptures and quotes and we found
that God is indeed calling a Bride out who has applied the Token for their
loved ones and I believe the closer we come to the resurrection, the more we
will become of the atmosphere and presence of our loved ones who have gone on
before us.
We also spoke on the three principals needed for
marriages which are for the husbands to Love, Even as: To render due
benevolence which is to show forth good will and acts of
kindness toward our wife and thirdly for the men the scripture tells us to have
no bitterness toward our wives. In other words, we are not to get hot and angry
towards them.
We also saw that the sisters,
or wives are to Submit themselves to their own husbands. Not to be questioning
their every move but to submit their will to his will just as the bride of
Christ submits her own thinking to her Grooms, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
Secondly, the wife is to reverence her husband. That means she is to reverently
fear him and this fear may begin by her being afraid but soon move to
veneration or a deep rooted love which brings respect. Thirdly, she is to also
render due benevolence to her husband. Now if she really loves her and she him,
there will never be petty jealousies in the marriage.
Now, always remember this, Her submission and reverence
and due benevolence is all said to be
"as unto the
Lord" whereas, his Loving her "even as," and His never being
bitter against her and his render acts of goodness and kindness are not said to
be "as unto the Lord, but are said to be As the Lord Himself would
do". So, if you note carefully how this is presented in the scriptures,
you notice he is to act as Christ would act and she is to act as though what
she is doing is to Christ. Then what a Marriage and what a
blessing.
You see, it is all in the approach we take. Our
approach is what either gets us upset with one another or is the very thing
that paves the way for our due benevolence to come forth into manifestation.
From Sirs, we
would see Jesus Brother Branham said, "Remember
friends, your approach to any Divine gift will determine what you receive from
it."
Matthew 15: 26 - 28 Notice her response, he just got done putting her to
the test and look at her response. She didn't throw her nose up and walk out
and call him a jerk or something to get even, she said, yes, Lord, that may be
true, but even the dogs lick the crumbs up from the masters table. Then notice
what He said, " I haven't seen this kind of faith anywhere, so be it unto thee even as
you would want to have it." In other words, "what ever you want, just ask and I'll give it to you." This sounds
just like what Hatty Wright was granted.
2 Kings 4: 8 - 26 ' and she answered, "All is well!" Why? "He that receives a prophet in the
name of a prophet, receives a prophets reward." She knew that the One who gives Life can also
restore Life and she had come to the conduit.
From Door to
the Heart, He said, " It's your approach to
a gift, How many knows that? If you approach
it reverently, you get what you ask. If you don't, you do not."
From, Hear ye
Him, he said, 'It's your approach to anything."
And From Proving His Word, he said, "It
your approach, the attitude is what it takes, and
that's what
it is tonight dear friends, 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 if this is so
essential with our heavenly Mate, how much more with our earthly
mate.
THE TOKEN 63-0901 pg. 49 pp. 5 Apply it, create that atmosphere around you, that
they will just drop right into it. Oh, you are ,
if you've got the Token, you create an
atmosphere around you of power, that when you walk, people know that you are a
Christian. In love for you to say something to them.
They believe your word, what you say, they hold onto it. See? That is it. Apply
the Token, then walk in it. Claim your household. You
must do it, now. This is the evening time.
It's
the atmosphere that they've got around them, the way they live; they
create an atmosphere that you like to be into. That's
lovely people to be with.
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Now, what you want to do is be
lifted up by Christ into a--an
atmosphere to where you are happy, peaceful, and then in there you create a
situation.... In the atmosphere that
you live in, you project to your associates what you are.
Hebrews 10 : 22
- 25 Provoke to love, to an outward
display of their revelation.
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And when Divine love has been projected and
comes to Its end, then sovereign grace will take its
place. Now, that's my text. When Divine
love has been projected... Project Divine love and it comes to its end, till it
can't go no farther, then sovereign grace will come in and take its place. Now, do you realize, being a son or daughter
of God, that you are a minor creator? Do
you know you create the atmosphere that you live in? Do you realize that the
atmosphere that you dwell in, you influence somebody else? What makes
people act the way they do? Is because... What makes the drunks like to be with
drunks. As my mother used to say the old proverb, and
I think it's southern here too: "Birds of a feather flock together,"
because they have things in common.
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They create that atmosphere. And there's some kind of people that you just
love to be around. They create that atmosphere that they live in. Now, it's a supernatural thing. Now, when the Presence of the Lord comes down,
it creates an atmosphere for faith. And when... I
thought, "Now, Lord God, You help me."
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Now, you've got to create an
atmosphere, and your faith will do it. They were all in the upper room with
one accord, when suddenly there came from heaven as a sound of a rushing mighty
wind; the atmosphere was right. It takes
a atmosphere to do anything. You know, the regular procedure to hatch
chickens is to put them under the hen. But get
the egg in the right atmosphere, it'll hatch anyhow. Listen, brother, if a
man loves God, and the right kind of an atmosphere he could get into, it'll
produce a new born babe just as certain as I am here. It's the atmosphere that counts. Let this little handful of people setting here tonight, get in the
perfect atmosphere, watch what takes place. There will
not be a feeble among a--one in our midst. The cripples will walk; the blind
will see; the deaf will hear; the dumb will speak without prayer or anything.
It's the atmosphere. That's how
twenty-five thousand was healed at one prayer in
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They
create that atmosphere by the way they live and the way they
think. It's a little atmosphere you live in.
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I know it's the truth, that man
create in himself the atmosphere that he lives in. And around him he's anointed with a spirit. I have seen people that you just couldn't get
away from them; you just loved them. There's
something drawing about them. It's
because they live in that atmosphere, they live under the--the power of the
Holy Spirit.
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And it's come down home to the Pentecostals, acting, and dressing,
fashioning, looking, talking, blaspheming, making fun, indifferent. That's
rough, but it's good for you. It's the truth. But that's the reason the world
can't see nothing genuine. When the
people comes to a place that they'll forget all their little differences, and
the love of God will shed abroad in our heart by the real Teacher, the Holy
Ghost, you'll become salty, and the world will want to be like you. You create a creation around you.
You've seen people you couldn't stand to be around, yet they were nice people. They create that within themselves.
You've seen people you love to be with, because they create that atmosphere
around them. Your spirit's your soul. You can't hide it; you can't make
believe. That's what's the matter today. There is too
much make belief in Christianity.
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they
create that atmosphere by their--their life, the way they live, and the things
they think about, and the love they have for you.... You create an atmosphere, and that's the
atmosphere you have to be in to pray for the sick. See? It's the same
thing. It's love that casts out evil
spirits.
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Now,
but we find out that as we go along
through life that our character molds the image that we are. Each one knows
that. As you live, Your character molds you to what you are....
Because each person is
a little dynamo of their own, and you put out an atmosphere.
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They create that atmosphere by the life
they live, the way they talk, their conversation..... And the things that you think on, the things
that you do, the actions, the things you talk about creates
an atmosphere...
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They was applying the
token. Amen. That's it. Get ready. Apply
it. Believe it. Clean up. Let your children, let your family, let your loved ones
see it in you. That's right. It'll
take effect. Yes, sir. Then apply
the Token in prayer with--with--with consideration, with believing. Apply it
with such love and so forth, you know it's--it's going to take place. That's
all. Apply it in confidence,
believing it's going to help. When you talk to that child, when you talk to
your husband, talk to your wife, talk to this loved one, believe that it's
going to help, and stand there and say, "Lord, I've claimed them; they're
mine. I'm getting them for You, Lord."
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Apply it, create that
atmosphere around you, that they'll just drop right into it. See? Oh, you
are--you are--if you've got the Token,
you create a spirit around you of power, that when you walk, people know that
you're a Christian. They love for
you to say something to them. They believe your word; what you say, they hold
on to it. See? That is it. Apply the Token; then walk with it. Claim
your household. You must do it now. This is evening time.
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And we
create our atmosphere around us, each one of us.... oh,
wouldn't you have loved to have been around Jesus just a little? Wonderful! See
what that atmosphere He created would have been. I imagine it was just one
great big bundle of Love, and Respects, and Godly Fear.
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that atmosphere
they're in. And their character creates
whatever they are, makes them what they are.
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PHILIPPIANS 4:4 - 9 Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again
I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord [is] at
hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally,
brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned,
and received, and heard, and seen in me,
do: and the God of peace shall be
with you.