Predestinated to glory or the Judgment
Brian Kocourek
June 10th, 2001
Now, this morning, we will
continue with Brother Branham's Sermon on Who is
This Melchisedec and we will pick up where we left off last week in
the middle of paragraph 67. And look clearly, makes it clear you will never be
the Word unless you was a thought at the beginning. That proves the
predestination of God. See? You can't be the Word 'less you're a thought. You
had to be in the thinking first. But you see, in order to stand temptation
you had to bypass the theophany; you had to come down here in flesh to be
tempted by sin. And then if you sin... "All the Father hath given Me will
come to Me, and I'll raise him up at the last days." See, you had to be
first. And then you see, He come right down the regular line, from
attribute to...
Now, in this paragraph we find brother Branham
speaking of source which has to do with the doctrine of Predestination as he
said, "makes it clear you will never be the Word unless you was a
thought at the beginning. That proves the predestination of God.
See? You can't be the Word 'less you're a thought. You had to be in the
thinking first."
Now, notice that he says you had to be in God's
thinking to begin with, or you will not be in the end. In other Words he is
speaking of the law of reproduction as we see in Genesis
1:11 where we are told that
"Every Seed will bring forth after it's
kind."
This is what brother Branham is telling us here. If
you will ever be the Word it is only because you were in the thinking of God to
begin with, and then when the right time comes and the light strikes that seed,
it will manifest what it was to begin with. Because it takes light to manifest
seed.
The Apostle Paul said, EPHESIANS
5:13 But all things that are reproved are
made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Therefore, I believe that
every seed must manifest what nature it has thus, what it's source is, and this
must come when it has been exposed to the light. The more direct light it comes
into the more it's nature become manifest.
Now the word manifest that
Paul uses here is the Greek word Phaneroo. It means to
manifest in its true character, to show one's self, appear; to become known, to
be plainly recognised, thoroughly understood: who and what one is. Another primary characteristic of this word Phaneroo is, to make known by teaching.
Which falls in line with what Jesus said, MATTHEW 7:15 ¶ Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Now, Jesus tells us there
are coming false prophets, the word He used is the Greek word, pseudo-prophetes and
we know the word pseudo means false, and the word prophet means prophet. one who, acting the part of a divinely inspired prophet,
utters falsehoods under the name of divine prophecies .
The other day I attended the
graduation ceremonies of UC Clermont students, and Nick Cloonie was the guest
speaker. He mentioned something that has meant a lot to him and it was a saying
written by a newspaper writer way back at the turn of the century. He wrote, "it's not what you don’t know that will hurt you, it's
what you know that's not so."
Right before Jesus spoke
these words of warning, He said, MATTHEW 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and
broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat: 14 Because strait [is] the
gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be
that find it.
Notice also, in speaking of these false prophets, Jesus said, Ye shall know them by their fruits. And what are these fruits? Brother Branham taught us that "the fruit is the teaching of the season". And these men are teaching error. And you will be hurt by what you are taught if the one teaching you is himself in error. As the turn of the century writer wrote, "it's not what you don’t know that will hurt you, it's what you know that's not so. " He never said, it's not what you think is so, but he said, it's what you know but it's not so.
And Look at all the "know it all's" we have in this world. Like the so-called Bible Answer man, Hank Hanegraaff. Hank Hanegraaff is no doubt a false teacher like Balaam was a false prophet. Now, you might say, those are not very kind words, Br. Brian. But the reason I say this with a clear conscience and am not ashamed to mention his name is because he sets himself up as an authority but his whole ministry is based on running others down if he does not agree with their teaching. Hank Hanegraaff is a man that will not teach the truth. He claims Sola Scriptura but does not believe all the Scripture. Hank Hanegraaff will take only those Scriptures that will benefit his doctrine and refuses all other scriptures that oppose his stand. William Branham said men like that are intellectuals and not spirit filled. William Branham said the intellectual is someone who is trained to bypass the Scriptures, and that describes mr. Hanegraaff very well.
In
fact in the Book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul tells us men like Hank
Hanegraaff lie awake at night thinking and scheming just how they can manipulate
the Word of God in order to gain their own following. Hank Hanegraaff takes
things ministers say, and like a spin doctor goes to work in order to derail
as many as he can. When ministers at least are willing to look at the
Truth of the Scriptures, he pontificates from his
microphone as if he has all the answers, and he is deadly wrong, and yet he
thinks he is right. Not only does he think that he is right, but, he is so sure that he is right, and yet he is so far from
the truth. The man misses the mark time and time again, and yet you can't tell
him anything, because he thinks he knows it all. He spends most of his time on the radio trying to correct all the
errors of everyone else, and yet he is so far into error, especially concerning
the Babylonian Doctrine of "Trinity" that I do not think
he could ever find his way out of the maze he has created. "it's not
what you don’t know that will hurt you, it's what you know that's not so.
"
I heard a sincere young man ask Hank Hanegraaff if a women has a right to be in the ministry. Hank Hanegraaff took the question, spit and sputtered, then twisted and turned so many times, until he finally said it was ok for a woman to be a Bible teacher, and tried to tell his audience that the Bible teaches that a woman can be a Bible teacher. Where Hank? It tells an older wman that she can teach the younger women how to be chaste at home, but there is no place where she is to minister the Word. But Hank Hanegraaff claims to believe that the Scripture teaches it is alright for women to teach, and so he is entitled to believe what he wants, but he does not believe Sola Scriptura. Only sola scriptura for advantage. That's his routine. The Apostle Paul said, if we or an Angel from heaven preach any other Gospel than what we have preached let him be accursed. And this same Apostle Paul said, "I suffer not a woman to teach or to usurp authority over the man, but to remain in silence." Now how can she teach if she is to remain in silence. And how can she Scripturally teach if She is forbidden by the Scriptures to teach. Then if Hank Hanegraaff claims Sola Scripptura, why does he contradict the Scriptures? I tell you it is because Hank Hanegraaff does not know the Scriptures. He is blinded by his own self importance, and like Balaam, doesn't even know that he is a false witness.
And how can Hank Hanegraaff teach the main doctrine defining Christianity is the Babylonian doctrine of trinity. He teaches that the three are co existent, and coequal. I ask him, are you telling me that the Son of God who came forth from the Father is coeternal with the Father? Then how could he be a son. A son has a beginning. And if he is coequal, then why could the son do nothing except the Father show him first? The way in which Jesus could be equal with the Father is that the Father came down and indwelt the same body the son dwelt in. Also, "The Word which is God" indwelling the Son, is what made Jesus and the Father the one. He said, "I and my Father are one, for my Father indwells me". He also said, "If you do not believe me, believe the works for no man can do them unless God be WITH them." But Hank Hanegraaff can not believe the Word because as Jesus said, "he has no place for the Word in him".
Jesus went on to say, MATTHEW 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes off of thorns, or figs off of
thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; Notice
he is saying, every good tree will bring forth good teaching for the season. but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit. He
Greek word for evil that Jesus used here is the Greek word poneros, which means "of a bad nature or condition 2a) in a physical sense: diseased or blind,
2b) in an ethical sense, evil wicked, bad
In MATTHEW 12:32 Jesus let's us know what evil
speaking is, when He says, And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son
of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the
[world] to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make
the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, (The word generation comes from the root
words genos and speaks of the lineage, and the word viper is the Greek word
Echidna and means the offspring of serpents or serpent seed) Then Jesus says, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the
abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things (Good teaching,
Good fruit): and an evil man out of the evil
treasure bringeth forth evil things (Wicked teachings, wicked fruit,
teaching that is in error, teaching tainted with a wrong nature). 36 But I say unto
you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof
in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy
words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Now, St. John tells us
exactly where the source of evil comes from. In I
JOHN 3:12 he tells us Cain
came from the poneros one. He said, Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And
wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's
righteous. And what were his
works that were evil? Was it because he slew his brother? No, because John says
he slew his brother because his works were already evil. And what works were
those? His offering was out of season.
It was a first fruit offering, a resurrection offering, but it was out of
season. There had to first be a remission of sins before there could be a
resurrection, or just think of the state you would be in for all eternity. But that is why at the second resurrection,
all those who have turned down the Blood or rather the way to the blood, they will be resurrected with that evil nature
in them and think to take over the encampment of God because of shear numbers.
They will say, we must be right because we are so many more in number than they
are, and that has been the cry of the wicked poneros echidna seed since the
beginning.
Now in getting back to
Matthew 7 and picking up at verse 18 we
hear Jesus say, A good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Then in verse 21, Jesus tops it all off by saying, ¶ Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
So we are dealing with
source, and the seed off from that source, and then the predestination of that
seed.
Now, in brother Branham's
statement that we read from Who is this Melchisedec, he said if you weren't the
germ of the Word in the beginning, in the thoughts of God, in the beginning,
then you won't be a manifested Word at the end, because "every Seed must
bring forth after its kind, or nature.
Now
the word predestination comes from the (Greek word Proorizo) and means to
predetermine, or determine beforehand, to ordain, predestinate or to limit
in advance. And how do you limit beforehand, by placing within it every
genetic trait, every spiritual characteristic it will ever possess. Then it is
just a matter of coming in the presence of the light to bring into full
manifestation what has already been placed in there.
Romans 8:29 For those whom He has known beforehand He
has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be
the Eldest in a vast family of brothers; 8:30 and those whom He has pre-destined
He also has called; and those whom He has called He has also declared free from
guilt; and those whom He has declared free from guilt, and He has also crowned
with glory.
EPHESIANS 1:3 ¶ Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
[places] in Christ:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
him in love:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by
Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his
grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;9 Having made known unto us the mystery of
his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in
one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth;
[even] in him:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being
predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after
the counsel of his own will:
Notice, Paul tells us that
the predestinating that God does is already a done deal. It is in the past. He
says, HAVING PRE-DESTINED US unto the adoption of children…And God
predestinates us according to his Own Good pleasure.
MATTHEW 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the other.
MARK 13:22 For false Christ's and false prophets shall rise, and shall show
signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect. But
it is not possible.
God leaves nothing to
chance. Nothing is left to coincidence, nothing is left to will, nothing is
left to the strength of the pre-destined, nothing is left up to the abilities
of the predestined ones, but all by a great design is planned out to ensure
it's final outcome. Hence all is under a continual enforcement and control of the One doing the predestinating.
Therefore, a plan is involved, and a destiny is set in stone.
ISAIAH 55:11 So shall my Word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall
not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it
shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.
I CORINTHIANS 3:7
So then neither is he that
planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Now, if there are those who
are predestined for Glory as we have already read from Romans 8, and
again in I CORINTHIANS 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the
hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory: And
if God ordained it to our Glory before the world was created, then He had to
know who it was for as well. And if there are those Who God ordained to Believe
as we see in ACTS 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life
believed. Then there had to
be a way for them to believe, for we read in the book of JEREMIAH 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not
in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Therefore, the Lord had to
plant within each of us the gene seed necessary to believe. PSALMS 37:23 The steps
of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him
with] his hand.
In Psalm PSALMS 1:6 we read, For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous
(Now, the word knoweth is a Hebrew word yada which means that the
Lord watches over the way of the righteous with an active participation ): but the way of the ungodly shall perish. (And
the word perish is another Hebrew word abad, which means they are left to
themselves) as we also see in II PETER 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Now, in order for there to
be a people to believe, there had to be first a God Who predestined that group
to believe. Then there must also be those who are predestined to condemnation,
or else how did they have a gene seed that was not made to accept and glorify
the Word of the Lord.
JOHN 3:19 And this is the
condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be
reproved.
Now, contrast that with
those who were chosen in Him from before the creation of the world.
JOHN 5:24 Verily, verily, I
say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, (Now, I want you to notice, Jesus said hath everlasting life, hath,
that is past tense, they already have it. Therefore He is saying, they that
hear my Words, and believe on Him that sent Me, are those who already have
Everlasting life, because they were given Life in Christ before the worlds were
ever framed). and (These) shall never come into condemnation; but they have passed from
death unto life.
ROMANS 8:1 ¶ [There is] therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit. The word condemnation means
damning sentence. In other words the judgment. But to those in Christ there is
no judgment. And the only way you can be in Christ is to have been there in the
very beginning as we read earlier from Ephesians 1:3.
In the book of James we are
told that these men who are not ordained to Glory were ordained to
condemnation, which is the judgment.
JUDE 1:4 For there are
certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, (Notice here, these men were ordained to this condemnation, they didn't
come by chance, they were ordained to this condemnation) ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
We also find in the PSALMS 10:4 David speaking of the wicked, saying, The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not
seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
In ROMANS 9:11 Paul gives us an illustration of these
two seeds from the two different sources, one whose end shall be unto glory and
the other who shall come to condemnation or judgment. (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or
evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works,
but of him that calleth;) 12 It was
said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob
have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 14
¶ What shall we say then? [Is
there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will
have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion. 16 So then [it is]
not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth
mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have
I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be
declared throughout all the earth. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will
[have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why
doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who
art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that
formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the
clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto
dishonour? 22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power
known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction: 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Then knowing we have a God
Who is Sovereign, One Who changes not, and Who chooses right ( Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?) One Whose Word is Eternal and immutable,
One whose first choice is His best choice, then it is This One Who has Chosen.
It is this One Who has planned out the destiny of all men. It is This One Who
has determined our destiny, even before we had a chance to do good or evil as
Paul speaks of in Romans 9.
From the Message
BLIND
BARTIMAEUS
61-0124 E-49, Brother Branham said,
Every revival produces twins. The two sons of Isaac are
well represented. Every time there's a revival, there's a Esau born and a Jacob
born. One religious man of the world gets starchy, and takes some seminary
experience; and the other one wants that birthright regardless of how he has to
get it. If he has to be a holy-roller, or anything else, he wants the
birthright, I don't care. That's what's
the matter with the people today. They're afraid of that birthright. Oh, how
that they hate that. But it produces twins. The men of the world, very
religious inclined, do good alms and things, but cares nothing about the
birthright... Those two great factions has been fighting since the world
begin. And they're about ready to come to a head right now, where something
that Jesus said, "they'd be so close alike they'd deceive the very elected
if it was possible." It's true. You see what a deceiving hour that we're
living in. Stay with the Word, brother.
Don't leave that Word. That's right. The Word will speak for Itself.
When Brother Branham says
"every revival produces twins," we can conclude that
every time there is a revival, and a church under that formed, it produces two
different types of Believer; A True genuine believer, and a false believer or
make believer.
Scripture wise, we can show
this phenomenon took place on earth as far back as the time of Cain and Abel,
who both presented sacrifice to God. God received one and rejected the other.
When the Scripture says
every seed will bring forth after it's kind, the word kind means nature.
Therefore we have a clue as to the identity of these two sources by examining
their nature, which will tell us what form of life they are, and who their
source of regeneration is.
Therefore we want to find
out where the life forms of these two specific seed life come from since they
are of such a nature that every revival must bring them forth. We must then find out when the first revival
took place that produced the first set of twins? For if he said, every revival has always produced twins then,
then we must be able to trace back the two (seed-life forms) back to their
origin.
To understand this we must
understand what the word revival means. The word revival is used in reference
to a stirring up of those who have been indifferent in the faith, and bringing
them back into a meaningful and useful life. The word revival also refers to a
bringing back to life or a bringing back into use. And therefore it deals with
life, or an infusion of life. Therefore we can say that when a woman brings
forth children there is a life coming forth and a revival in that woman to
produce life once again. Therefore, a woman types the church. Especially in the
case of child bearing and revival.
Now, the
question remains, where did these first set of earthly twins, Cain and Abel
come from.
In the Church Age Book,
Brother Branham said, 69-2 - Chapter 3
Let us go back to the Book of
the beginning, Genesis. In the Garden of Eden there were TWO trees.
One was good; one was evil. One produced LIFE, the other produced Death.
There were two children who originally offered sacrifices to God. Let me repeat
that, they BOTH offered sacrifices to God. Genesis 4:3-5,
"And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of
the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto
Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering He had not
respect..." But one (Cain) was evil, being of his father (that Wicked
One), while Abel was righteous before the Lord. Again, there were two children
from the flesh of the same parents. They were the twins of Isaac and Rebekah.
One was the elect of God and the other was reprobate. Both worshipped God.
In every single case there was worship of God involved. In every case the
evil hated the righteous and persecuted the righteous. In some cases the evil
destroyed the righteous. But notice. They were planted together. They lived
together. They both made claims upon God and worshipped God.
John said Cain was of the
wicked one. Therefore he could not have been from Adam, for Adam was a son of
God. Therefore we must be able to see that Cain manifested something in him
that was not manifested by Adam or Adam's children. We then need to look into
the source of Cain's manifestation to identify his nature and thus his source.
Both of these children were religious, as all the way down through the ages
both twins were religious. Then the question should come to our mind, "If
every seed must come forth after its nature, then the source of both seeds were
in themselves religious.
Jesus Himself makes this
distinction in JOHN 8:38 ¶I speak that which I have seen with my
Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They
answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If
ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. (Genesis
1:11 the law or reproduction, every seed after its own nature) 40
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then
said they to him, We be not born of fornication;
(we are not serpent seed) we
have one Father, [even] God. 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father,
ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because
ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do. (Now,
watch what Jesus says next). He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the
father of it. 45 And because I tell
[you] the truth, ye believe me not. 46
¶ Which of you convinceth me of
sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God
heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God. Here, we see that Jesus
identified the origin of these men by identifying their behavior with the
source of that behavior.
Again we see in
MATTHEW
23:27
Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead
[men's] bones, and of all uncleanness. 28
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish
the sepulchres of the righteous, 30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31Wherefore ye be
witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the
prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the
measure of your fathers. 33 [Ye]
serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Jesus says, "Fill
ye up the measure of your fathers", and the Greek word pleroo,
means; to carry into effect, or bring forth into realization or
manifestation. What things
Jesus is speaking of being brought into realization? It is the measure of
their fathers, which is a Greek word metron, which means; the
rule or standard of judgment. Therefore Jesus is saying, "bring
forth into realization and carry into
effect the standard of judgment that your fathers used."
He said, you make it seem
that you love the prophets by garnishing their tombs, but you are the children
of those who put them in there. He tells them, "inwardly they are full of
iniquity". This speaks nature and thus source, giving us the necessary
clue that identifies the source of these men.
Brother Branham further
enlightens us on this parable in the 70-1 EPHESIAN CHURCH AGE BOOK CPT.3 These illustrations depict perfectly the parable of
the Lord Jesus Christ when He said that the kingdom of heaven was like unto a
man who sowed good seed, only to have an enemy come and plant tares amongst
those good seeds. God did not plant the tares. Satan planted those tares
right amongst the good seed of God. Those two kinds of plants (people), from
two different seeds, grew up together. They partook of the nourishment in
the same earth, they shared in the same sun, rain, and all other benefits, and
both were harvested in their turn. Do you see it? Don't ever forget these truths
as we study the church ages and later the seals. And above all, don't forget
that it is in this last age, when the tares are getting bound for their
burning, that they will shove out the wheat that is to be garnered by the Lord.
Now, to this point I believe
we can establish that if the Son of Man came forth teaching, and the fruit is
the teaching of the season, then the sowing of the a Word is to produce a fruit
in the believer, it is to produce the manifestation of the teaching in the
believer. Then if Satan also came forth sowing, he had to come froth teaching.
In the beginning, Lucifer was a
co-partner leading in the worship of God.
He taught, He was a teacher. He knows the Word of God, but where he went
off was when he added his own thoughts to what God said. He was perfect in all his ways until
iniquity was found in him. He perverted the Word, He twisted it for his own
self interest. He was not satisfied with being a good steward of the Word of
God and he wanted a bigger kingdom than Michael (Christ) had.
Notice, Paul calls
him an angel of Light in 2 Corinthians 11.
II CORINTHIANS 11:13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself
is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore [it is] no great thing
if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose
end shall be according to their works.
And when Satan came to
Jesus, what did he come with? The Word of God, only twisted. He came to eve in
the Garden as a indwelling spirit in the serpent and what did he come to Eve
with? The Word of God, only twisted. He is always that way. It is His nature.
LUKE 10:17 ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the
devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven.
And so we see the great
falling away begin in the heaven's when Lucifer, now referred to as Satan, was
cast out and when he left 1/3 of the host of heaven was cast out with him. Then
he came down to the earth to continue the war against the Sons of God.
REVELATION 12:7 And there was war in
heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought
and his angels, 8 And prevailed not;
neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon
was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out
with him.
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Oh elect of God, beware.
Study closely. Be careful. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Rely upon God and be strong in His might. Your adversary, the devil, is even
now going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Watch unto
prayer and be steadfast. This is the end time. Both the true and false vine are
coming into maturity, but before the wheat matures, those ripened tares must be
bound for the burning. See, they are all joining the World Council Of Churches.
That is the binding. Soon the garnering of the wheat will come. But right now
the two spirits are at work in two vines. Come out from among the tares. Start
to overcome that you may be considered praiseworthy for your Lord, and fit to
reign and rule with Him.