The Masterpiece 100
Reproof, Correction, Instruction in
righteousness
December 10th, 2006
Brian Kocourek
2
Timothy 3:16 All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be
perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Let us pray. Dear Father, we have read from Thy Word
this morning and we believe that Your Word was given to us to for reproof, for
correction, and to instruct us in righteousness in order that we may become
finished off, as your eldest son Jesus was made perfect. Grant to us a
refreshing from your presence this morning o God, and heal us of all our
imperfections by thy Word for we ask it in Jesus precious name, amen.
Last week we read from the Masterpiece paragraph 183, and
we saw in this paragraph a thought that brother Branham was projecting to us
concerning a certain man’s lack of understanding concerning brother Branham use
of exhortation and admonition bringing correction to the church by God’s Word.
This man did not have any clue as to the Scripture being profitable for
doctrine, but reproof and correction, and for instruction in righteousness.
Therefore he questioned brother Branham as to why he
appeared to be always bawling out the people. Brother Branham explained to him
that Beethoven in order to give the world a masterpiece, scrapped trash baskets
full of music scores in the process. So we looked at this thought on God’s
correction in our lives and then our attitude towards it.
Now, I think it is interesting in Brother Branham’s
life that he believed no matter what took place in his Life, God was somehow
involved. And he believed that everything that happened in his life happened for
a purpose. And he saw the loving hand of His heavenly Father in everything that
took place in his life.
Brother Branham was very sensitive concerning his
reputation before God and man, and he always went the extra mile to avoid
anything that could be construed the appearances of evil. But, I am afraid the
Christian people of today have become far to callous concerning the little
things in their lives. But if we serve a
God who changes not, then what was right back then is still right today. The
world speaks of situational ethics, which means the ethics change based on the
situation. That may be ok with the world, but that is not ok with God. We
should always remember the words which Solomon the wisest man that ever lived who
said. “It is the
little foxes spoil that the vine.”
And brother Branham
commenting on this said in his sermon, God's only
provided place of worship 65-1128M P:46 That every little
jot, everything, you must be faithful in. It's always the little foxes spoils
the vine. It's not the big things you
do; it's the little things you leave undone. Remember, a chain is only
strongest at its weakest link. "
So we see that we
should examine ourselves daily as Paul said to see whether there be in the
faith.
And David said, Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my
heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see
if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the way everlasting. And if God is
the Word then it is By His Word that we are to try ourselves and examine
ourselves by His Word to see if there be any wicked ways in us, and then when
we come up to the Word and it shows us any wickedness in our lives, we must
then make those things right.
Now, I am not talking works here. What I am talking is
the condition of your heart, to know your own self, because who knows your
weaknesses like you do. Now, God knows, but no human knows you like you know
your own selves, and you are the one who ought to bring about the change in
your conduct and thoughts. Let’s face it, your actions are only a reflection of
the condition of your heart, so if your heart is desperately wicked, then so
your actions will follow.
The Scripture tells us a man is righteous and
therefore what he does is right. His thoughts are right before his actions are
right.
1 John 3:
7 Little children, let no man
deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
And you can not do
righteousness unless your thoughts are righteous. That is why Solomon said, Proverbs 12: 5 The thoughts of the righteous
are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
In fact we are commanded in Scripture to examine our
own selves, because let’s face it, nobody is as interested in your making it as
you yourself are. And as parents you may examine your children because you are
interested in their salvation, but no one is as interested in your salvation as
you should be. And thus we should examine our own selves like no other could
examine you.
Paul said in 2 Corinthians 13: 5 Examine
yourselves, (test yourselves,
scrutinize your own life) whether ye be in the
faith; (Not whether you have faith, but whether you are in THE
FAITH. Examine yourself whether you are in THE FAITH) prove your own selves. (Test your
own selves, discern your own heart) Know ye not your own selves? Look, if you don’t
know your own self, then who will know your heart. Your wife or your husband
may think they do, but they don’t. No one can truly know your heart except you
and God. And he said Know ye not your own selves how that Jesus Christ is in you,
except ye be reprobates? So if you are not sure that Christ is in
you, The Hope of Glory, then you had better begin to pray and seek God for that
blessed assurance, before it is too late. Because when the Resurrection begins,
it will be too late then to make any changes in your heart and soul, because “he that is filthy
will be filthy still,” and too many people just come to church and
don’t have assurance in their soul that they are right with God.
Brother Branham was so concerned that His life was
pleasing to God that he watched every motive, and checked them with the Word of
God. He even drove 100 plus miles back to the Arizona New Mexico border because
he had told the border guard that he had no food products in the car, and when
he was unpacking the trunk, he found a bag of nuts Billy Paul had packed in the
car. Now, most people would not be concerned about that, but he was. He was so
sincere before God and man that he thought it easier to drive the 100 miles
each way to make that right than to wrestle with his conscience before God.
Recognizing your day 64-0726M P:33 Men
and women, it's time to shake yourselves and to examine yourselves, and see where we are standing. For death does
not change it. They've been gone for two thousand years; Moses for about
twenty-five hundred years, and Elijah for--ever since--almost twenty-five
hundred years has Elijah been gone and Moses has been gone. And here they
return with the same nature and do the same thing. Death doesn't do nothing to
a man but change his dwelling place, doesn't change your nature, doesn't change
your faith, doesn't change nothing in you but your dwelling place. So which way
your nature is this morning... If you're a doubter of God's Word, you'd be a
doubter over there. I don't care how holy you are, how you live, and how good
you live, it wouldn't change you one bit to die, just your dwelling place. And
if you can't accept the whole Word of God the way It's written, you wouldn't do
it there; so don't worry; you won't be there. You've got to accept It in Its fullness,
in the power of Its vindication and the revelation of what It is; then you
become a part of It. It's only His Word that He'll raise up, as He did His Word
on the first Easter morning. Only His Word came forth and those who had died in
His Word, believing His Word, and vindicated His Word.
Oneness
of unity 58-0128 P:27 Watch
their works. Watch their fruits. Then you can see what spirit is on you.
John said in 1 John 4:1 try the spirits to
see whether they be of God.
Jehovah
Jireh 61-0226 P:11 "And if we just watch our ministry
like that, and just do what God tells you to do no matter if it seems wrong or
right. If God's leading you, you just keep going on. See? It'll... The first thing to think of, "Is it
the will of God?" and then your motive and objective. If your
objective is right and your motive's right then say to this mountain, "Be
moved," and it'll move. That's right. If it's the will of God, and your
objective is right, and your motive's right it'll have to do it.
You know that is so important a part that we should never forget. So many
times we think, well, it says so in God’s Word so that is all I am concerned
with. But if your motive is wrong and your objective is wrong, then the whole
thing is wrong.
Brother Branham even said his ministry was made up of watchng. Testimony 63-1128M
P:13 I'm not a preacher. But it's made up in a
spiritual form of watching things and seeing things move, and forewarning
people of things that's coming to pass. And it's just that's my makeup. I can't
help that, no more than you can help your makeup. But God has put us each one
in the Body to do certain things. And I
watch every little move, every objective, every motive,
'cause everything is governed by spirit.
Queen of
Discernment of spirit 60-0308 P:15 Now,
if we will notice the motives and objectives of the Old Testament prophets,
them men had one objective, and that was Jesus Christ. They had one thing that
their whole theme of the Old Testament was built around the coming Messiah. They
did not go out and do things just for money or for fame. They had one thing,
they were anointed with the Spirit of God, and they predicted the coming
Messiah.
And that is what we talked about after service last
week. We must look at the motive to see the reason why people do what they do.
Because sometimes, the thing done is ok as far as the Word goes, but it leaves
a bad taste and you don’t know why. Usually when that happens it is because the
thing that is wrong is not the action itself but the persons motive or
objective.
Now, God said in the beginning that every seed must
bring forth after it’s kind, so the life that is within the seed must come
forth in a manifestation and bring forth an expression of the
Life that lays within it, and it can not express anything outside of what life
is within itself. Therefore, every seed must bring forth after it’s kind or
nature.
E-39 God Revealing Himself to His People 50-0813E. The right mental attitude
towards any promise of God will bring it to pass. Do you believe that? The Word
is a Seed (Is that right?) that a Sower sowed in the ground. And every Seed
will bring forth of its kind. If you need salvation, the Seed's here. If
you need healing, here's the Seed in the Word. The Word of God is a Seed. Put
it in your heart. Don't dig it up every morning to see if it's sprouted, put it
in there and leave it there. It's God's business to bring forth the harvest.
You just leave it there; water it by faith and praise every day thanking God
for it. All right.
E-50 At Thy Word 53-1204 I don't know how I'm going
to do it, but at Thy Word, Lord." That's it. Take God at His Word, and
God's spoken Word must, will materialize and produce just exactly what It says
It will. Listen. The right mental attitude towards any Divine promise of
God will bring it to pass. I don't care what it is. If you want corn, you
plant corn, water corn, leave corn alone. It'll produce corn. Is that
right? Wheat will produce wheat. The promise of salvation will produce a
Christian. The promise of the Holy Ghost
will bring It to you. The promise of Divine healing will make you well. Any
Divine promise of God... And the Bible said that the Word of God is a Seed.
Is that right?
E-8 What Think Ye of Christ 53-1213M And if the right mental attitude, you just
take the right mental attitude towards any Divine promise, watch it
materialize. See? No matter how it looks, if it looks impossible, if God
said so He makes it possible.
175 Word Became Flesh
In John 12:24 Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth
alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Now, we know that the Word is a Seed, right? Then if
the Word is a Seed, there is a life that is in that seed. Every seed is a
carrier of life. We know this by definition. But what is in a Word? The
answer is thoughts. Before there were any words there were thoughts.
Then the word is an expression of the thoughts. So in essence the
thoughts within the word are the life of the Word, right?
1 Corinthians 14:6-11 ¶ Now, brethren, if I
come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall
speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by
doctrine? 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp,
except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is
piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall
prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue
words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall
speak into the air. 10 There are, it may
be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without
signification. 11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice,
I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh [shall be]
a barbarian unto me.
What Paul is saying here is that every sound has some
significance in some language. Just to
speak words which have no meaning does not do anything for any one. But when we
speak in words which can be understood, then those words can and will bring
forth fruit.
In Jeremiah
6:19 God tells us that our thoughts
actually produce fruit. And in Psalm 1:1-3 we see that a righteous man is
likened unto a tree that bears its fruit in it season.
In Matthew 7:15-20 Jesus speaks of men bearing fruit,
and brother Branham taught us that fruit is the teaching of the season.
In the parable Jesus said, You will know Him by his fruits? A closer examination of this scripture, allows us to see
that you will be able to tell who and what a man is by his fruit.
Then it is the fruit that identifies and declares the man. And if the fruit is the teaching, then it is his
doctrine that will declare the man, who he is and what he stands for. And we
must ask ourselves what is a teaching but the very thoughts of this person made
known through words. Therefore if we break down this thought of what a man’s
fruit is, we find that it is his thoughts, what he is thinking. And we find a
righteous man will have the correct thoughts for the correct season. Or better
said, A righteous man will have thoughts that are a correct match for the
season.
Those who were Elect in Moses day did not look
to Noah’s Message for the bread of life in their day. They received Moses
Message in Moses day. In Jesus day,
those who were looking to Moses Missed Him When He came. And so we see that the
Righteous Man is like a tree that is planted and rooted in the Waters or Word
of Eternal Life, and their thoughts will be in season for their day and
therefore they shall never wither.
In Proverbs 23:7
we read, "For as a man thinketh in his
heart so is he." And so we see that a man is what he thinks
in his heart. And we have already shown that our thoughts are likened to the
life that is in a seed. Therefore, we can conclude that a man is literally what he thinks, and therefore his character is the sum of all of his
thoughts. "As every plant springs forth from a seed that
was hidden in the earth, and could not have began without a seed, so too every action that we do, springs forth from a seed that
was planted in our minds as a thought." Therefore our
actions manifest what thoughts lay in our heart.
Luke 6:45 Jesus tells us that the words we speak
all come forth from the abundance of the heart. And the word heart as we know, means the understanding which is the
compilation of all of our thoughts. Therefore our actions and speech are only
the fruitage which comes forth to manifest the seed-life within.
In Genesis 1:11
We see in the law of reproduction, that every seed must bring forth after it’s
own kind or nature.
Therefore, the life that is in the seed must become
manifest. And therefore, whatsoever life is in the seed will come forth in an
outward manifestation in due season. Our thoughts then are the seeds of our
actions. And therefore if a man is righteous, it is because he has righteous
thoughts. Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the
righteous are right: but
the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Therefore,
what distinguishes a righteous man from a wicked man? His thoughts first and
then his actions following. Ps 10:4 The wicked, through
the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:
God is not in all his thoughts.
Brother Branham taught us the simple principle that
before you can actually do the sin-act in your flesh, you must first have to
think of it in your mind. Therefore the Greatest battle ever fought is in the
mind. Since we know that God created man
in his own image, then we must consider that as God brings forth into
manifestation His thoughts and desires of His heart as we see in Jeremiah 23:20 then so must man do the same.
Your
mind then is likened to a garden which will grow forth fruit,
whether good or bad depending on what we do with it. In a natural garden we
plant the seeds that we want to bring to harvest. We cultivate our garden so
that no weeds will grow in it. It takes work, but if we sow we shall also reap.
The problem is that there is another who also wishes to sow in our minds as well.
Jesus tells the parable of the two sowers who went forth sowing seeds. The
First was the Son of Man and the other one was the devil. The Son of Man sowed
forth good seed which was the Word of God. But the devil sowed his own word
seed which brought forth tares or weeds. Now we are responsible for our own garden.
We are supposed to be good stewards of the Word Seed God has sown in us by His
Word. But if we are not interested in what kind of harvest we shall reap, then
we do not cultivate the good seed. We just let whatever grow in this field and
we then create the greatest battle ever fought right here in the mind. And the
results of an un-cultivated garden is the weeds will overtake the seeds every
time.
Weeds will always outgrow the True planting of the
Lord because after all they are wild. And we know that "many more are the children of the harlot than she which
has a husband." And
so we see that every deed is first committed in the heart, or mind. In Matthew 12:35 & 15:19 and Mark 7:21 the
Bible tells us, "As he thinketh in his
heart, so is he." Therefore
we are the product of our thoughts just as any fruit is the product of the seed
that was planted in the ground. That is why we are told to cast down any
thoughts that would exalt itself against the Word of God, and in 2 Corinthians
10:5 we are told to bring every thought into obedience to the Word
of God. Again in Matthew 12:33 and Luke 3:8-9 Jesus
said the tree is known by its fruits. Then, if we are righteous it is because we
think righteous thoughts. And if you have your source from God then you will be
able to think God’s thoughts. In the parable of the two sowers they both sowed
seed, but the Seed from the Son of Man was called he good seed, and we see that
a good plant will only produce a good fruit. Just as a good tree can not produce bad fruit.
Now I believe that everything you are, even
your Character comes forth from the thoughts that are in your heart and
those thoughts expressed make you what you really are. Brother Branham told us
when we are born again, we receive everything that we will ever have need of to
bring forth the image of God in us. In
Fact we hear John tell us this in 1 John 3:2
where we find that we are already Sons of God,
but that at this point we just don’t look like it, and
therefore we may not know it.
The garden in your mind affects every thing about you,
not only your character, and the molding of your character, but it even affects
the circumstances that you enter into daily. And those circumstances are used
by God in the shaping of your character into it’s final product that God has
predestined for you. Therefore, every trial you endure, every test that
God puts you through, comes about as a result of the Seed thoughts that lay
within your heart. Let me repeat that so you get it. Every trial you endure, every
test that God puts you through, comes about as a result of the Seed thoughts
that lay within your heart
In 1 Peter 4:12
we see it should not surprise us when we face many trials, because our trials
are made for the purpose of testing us.
In fact we see in 1 Peter
1:7 that not only are we ordained to these tests, but we are also
ordained to pass them. WUEST TRANSLATION In
which last season you are to be constantly rejoicing with a joy that expresses
itself in a triumphant exuberance, although for a little while at the present
time if perchance there is a need for it, you have been made sorrowful in the
midst of many different kinds of testings in order that the approval of your
faith, which faith was examined by testing for the purpose of being approved, that your approval being much
more precious than the approval of gold which perishes, even though that gold
be approved by fire-testing, may be discovered after scrutiny to result in Praise, Honor and Glory at the
time of the Revelation of Jesus Christ;
Therefore, we can say that every trial that you go
through and ever time you are put to a test by God and you can not see beyond
the circumstance which surround your life, just remember that these are all a
result of the seeds of you’re thinking and they have spawned forth from the
garden of your own mind. Paul told us in Romans
8:28-31 that everything about us is predestined from God. Then if
that is so, then the very thoughts we think, He knew we would think them before
the foundations of the World, and He knows not only what you have thought, but
what thoughts you will think too. Then we can see the relationship of these
thoughts that we have and how they influence our growth into the image of His
Son.
Our minds are always in a constant flux of change.
When we were children we had certain thoughts that filled our minds. Then
through life experiences we begin to further develop our thoughts.
And as we receive each and every new experience, our
minds begin to examine the circumstances in our lives with a more mature
understanding. Paul said in 1 Cor 13:11 "When I was a
child, I spoke as a child, because I understood as a child understands, because
I thought as a child thinks, but now that I have become a man, I put away from
my mind childish thinking." And so we see that
our mind is in a constant growth pattern, in which our garden or thoughts are
constantly being upgraded so to speak, or renewed by what life experiences we
go through on our journey of becoming.
In Romans 5:3-5 Paul
tells us that we should glory in our tribulations, or testings.
Now this speaks of those things that seem to bring forth pressure upon us. We
always think of these trials as coming from an outward source, and we are ready
to blame others for them, but we are told by Paul that we should glory in these
things, because he went on to say, "knowing
that tribulation worketh within you patience; and patience worketh within you experience (which
is character), and character brings forth an earnest expectation, and having an
earnest expectation makes us to be not ashamed, because we know that the Love
of God is shed abroad in our hearts or understanding by the Holy Ghost which
God has given to us by the receiving of His Word. Therefore we see how
God uses circumstances to bring forth His Character and Grace in us.
Therefore we must understand that since our character
development is dependent upon outside circumstances that move us and shape our
thinking, they also produce in us a dependency to think on God, and to think
what His thoughts would be for this situation. Thus we can see the dependence upon these
outside circumstance to bring us into fulfillment toward the ultimate goal of
receiving the very mind of God. Therefore, our reactions that we show
toward these circumstances is an outward indication as to where we stand in our
development toward the end-product of our being. How we handle each
circumstance will depend upon what stage we are in, in our progression toward
our ultimate character. Then what appears to be a test at one stage in
our progression, will not appear to be so at a further stage in our character
development.
Circumstances are just like taking a test in school.
What would appear to be a very difficult thing for us in the first year of
schooling, would not even appear to be a test at all after twelve years of
schooling. The further on in our progressive state that we move into toward the
image of the eldest Son that we are being conformed to, the further developed
will be our response mechanism that we harbor in our mind set or the garden of Mind.
Therefore every circumstance that we face in life is a growth from our
own mind or thoughts. Circumstances grow out of thought.
We are only buffeted by circumstances so long as we perceive these to be an
outside influence upon our lives. But when we view them as God working in us
His Word and His Will, then we do not see them as us verses them, but as a
working into us God’s perfect will and his very nature.
But when we come to the place where we realize that circumstances that come forth
in our lives are a direct result of our own mental state, we will begin to
appreciate their use and purpose in our growth toward the finished product that
God has destined for each one of us.
Anyone who has for any length of time, been a
practicing Christian, and who has practiced self control and knows how to
sanctify his vessel, will have noticed that the alteration in their
circumstances have been in a direct ratio to the alteration in their mental
state. When a man purposely and
earnestly makes an effort to remedy their personal character defects, and makes
a swift and marked progress, toward bettering themselves in those areas of
weakness, they pass swiftly through a succession of unpredictable changes. Therefore, the soul attracts
that which it secretly desires, and also that which it fears the
most. It not only reaches the heights of it’s desired aspirations, but
it also falls to the level of it’s un-chastened desires, and circumstances are
the means by which the soul receives what it longs for.
Therefore, every thought seed that is sown, or
that we allow to fall into the fertile soil of our minds, to take root there,
will produce it’s own, after it’s own likeness or nature. Sooner or later each thought seed we have sown in our hearts will have to take
blossom and become manifested in our lives as an action or deed. And each
action or deed will bear it’s own fruit in terms of opportunity or
circumstances. As the Scripture tells us, good thoughts will bear
good fruit and bad thoughts will bear bad fruit. That is why we must
come to the place where we begin to monitor and control what we think and
believe.
In 1 Peter 1: 20-22
we find Peter telling us that if we suffer for Christ sake it is acceptable
with God, but if we suffer for what we have caused, then we should take the
consequences patiently, knowing that all things are working together for our
own good. As you can see, you thoughts are seeds that must by their nature of
being a seed, bring forth into manifestation the nature that is in the seed.
Since the life in the seed will make itself known, then when the seed thought
does give way to a life experience in the form of an action or a deed, it will
then cause other things to happen in response. Therefore as Peter said, don’t
be so shocked and surprised if your actions cause other circumstances to happen
which you may feel you can not control. You really can control them by not
causing them to happen in the first place.
For every action there is a reaction. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful how we do
things. If we really believe that everything we sow will result in a reaping,
then when we sow hateful speech, or criticisms, we should not be surprised when
the criticisms come back our way. Therefore we should be able to now see how
the outer world of circumstances actually shape themselves to our inner world
of thought. And both pleasant and unpleasant external conditions are
factors which make for our ultimate good, or work together for our good. That
is why we learn by both suffering and
receiving blessings. Each of these outward stimuli helps to
further our growth toward that image of Christ that we so long to be in our
souls. Therefore we should be able to see that our actions are only an
expression of our thoughts. Circumstances do not just happen, they grow
out of the conditions of our heart.
Just as our spiritual lives are progressive where word
must be piled upon word to bring forth that Glorified body, so too do our
circumstances add to our suffering in order to help our character to grow and
develop. Every situation we face in life is like the piece of a large
puzzle that once fitted together gives purpose and meaning to each of them.
The circumstances and conditions we face each day are only reflectors which
help us to know how far along in our development we have come. Therefore, you
may not always receive what you pray for, but know one thing for sure, you
will always receive what you have sown for. Therefore our desires
and prayers are only gratifying to us when they are in harmony with what we are
actually sowing in the recesses of our mind. When we fight circumstances, we
are only revolting against the effect of what we have been sowing. We see the
circumstances that are without and we may not like what we see, yet they are
there only because we keep nourishing them in our minds, and we keep feeding
and thus preserving them in the gardens of our mind.
We so often wish to improve upon our circumstances,
but yet we are so unwilling to improve ourselves. And that is why our
circumstances remain the same. If we shrink from crucifixion of self, we
shall never achieve our hearts desire. A man who wishes to have a
better life style, must be willing to work for what he wants. Too many people
live at the poverty level and wish daily that they could rise above it, and yet
they are personally unwilling to do something about their condition other than
gripe and complain about it. You are the reason you are what you are. What you
have sown is what you are reaping in your life.
You don’t get a close knit family by the luck of some
draw, but you get a close nit family by hard work and constant communication. Good
thoughts and actions can never produce bad results. Jesus told us that
a Good tree can not produce bad fruit. Therefore if we think good thoughts, we
will have good actions which will produce good results. Matthew 7:17-19 tells us a good tree can not bear
bad fruit, so you reap only what you sow. Therefore if you delight in the Lord,
you will receive the things that you have need of. Psalms 37:4
You make the commitment; you are the one
who must sow, and then God simply honors the Law or Reproduction that says, every
seed will bring forth after it’s own kind. I have seen too many people
complain about their lack of victory, yet they do not sow victory, but defeat.
E-17 Hour Is Come 51-0415E Your right mental
attitude towards God's Divine promise will bring any promise to pass. Now, maybe you don't believe that. You say, "Well, my
faith is weak." I wouldn't confess it. See? Don't let the devil
know that. Always say, "I have good
faith. I believe God with all my
heart." See? Don't testify nothing of the devil. And when you accept
Him as your Healer, don't never act like you're sick or crippled any more.
Believe that you're healed. Take Him at His Word. Then it's all over on God
then and not on you. See? As long as you take God at His Word, then the Word
will produce what It promised to do.
Therefore, Beautiful thoughts of all kinds will
crystallize into habits of Grace and kindness, which solidify
into friendly and cheerful circumstances: pure thoughts crystallize into habits
of holiness and self control, which further solidify into
circumstances of rest and peace. If you sow thoughts of self
reliance, courage and decisiveness, they will bring
forth circumstances of success, plenty and freedom; energetic
thoughts crystallize into habits of cleanliness and industry, which solidify
into circumstances of courteousness: gentle and forgiving thoughts solidify
into protective and preservative circumstances.
Loving
and unselfish thoughts crystallize into habits of self-forgetfulness for others
which solidify into circumstances of sure and abiding prosperity and true
riches. "To have friends you must show yourself friendly" If you keep sowing the same particular train of
thoughts, be it good or bad, it cannot help but to produce its results on the
character and circumstances in which you live.
Isaiah 58:11 "And the Lord shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy
bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of
water, whose waters fail not."
In Jeremiah 31:12b we read, "Their Soul shall be as a watered Garden"
Therefore, everything you are,
even your Character comes forth from the garden of thought that
is in your heart, making you what you really are. And the garden of your thoughts
affects every thing that is already in you, not only affecting your character,
and molding your character, but even to the circumstances that you enter into
daily, and the way you handle those circumstances. And God uses those
circumstances in shaping of your character into it’s final product that He has
predestined for you. Therefore, every trial you endure, every test God
puts you through, comes about as a result of the Seed Thoughts that lay within
your heart. Therefore, every thought seed that is sown, or that we allow to
fall into the fertile soil of our minds, to take root there, will produce it’s
own, after it’s own likeness or nature. Sooner or later each thought
seed we have sown in our hearts will have to take blossom and become manifested
in our lives as an action or deed. And each action or deed will bear it’s own
fruit in terms of opportunity or circumstances. As the Scripture tells us, good
thoughts will bear good fruit and bad thoughts will bear bad fruit.
Therefore Loving thoughts create an atmosphere
of help, and trust, which crystallize into habits of Grace, kindness, and
charity, which creates further circumstances of friendliness and cheerful
benevolence, and reciprocity on the behalf of those who are the recipients of
your loving thoughts. 2 Thessalonians 1:2-3,
Ephesians 1:15, Colossians 3:12 & 2
Peter 3:1-7
Pure thoughts create an atmosphere of holiness and
sobriety, which crystallize into habits of sanctification and self control,
which further solidify into circumstances of rest and peace. 1Thessalonians 5:23 Romans 6:17-19, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Philippians
4:8, 1 Timothy 1:5, Hebrews 12:14
Positive thoughts, along with thoughts of courage and
decisiveness, creates within you an atmosphere of assurance, and steadfastness,
which will bring forth circumstances of success, and freedom. Ephesians 3:11-12, Hebrews 10:35-36, Hebrews 10:22-24
Gentle and forgiving thoughts create an atmosphere of
love and trust which solidify into protective and preservative circumstances,
and crystallize into circumstances which allows you to minister help and
forgiveness to others, which allows those affected to enter into an atmosphere
of hope and reconciliation. Ephesians 4:31-32, Colossians
3:12-14, Luke 7:40-47.
If you keep sowing the same particular seed thoughts, whether
good thoughts or bad thoughts, they cannot but create an atmosphere around you
that will affect your character and the circumstances in which you live.
So he that thinks
righteousness does righteousness, and conversely he that thinks wicked thoughts
does wickedness. And Revelation Chapter
22 Verse 11 tells us that one day soon, He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and
he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him
be holy still.
In closing we
read from 1
John 3: 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he
that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
And again from 1 John 2:29 If
ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness
is born of him.
Let’s bow our
head sin prayer.