ONENESS
# 62
Grace
for Grace
Brian
Kocourek
Last
Sunday we examined pp. 233 of Oneness and saw where brother
Branham gave three examples of people who
didn't have enough
Grace in their lives to overcome certain
situations.
We examined this thought on Grace and focused our attention on
three vital elements of it. Namely #1) What is Grace. #2) Where
does it come from, or shall we say Who
does it come from. And
finally #3) How will I know that I have received it.
What measuring device do we use to tell what portion of Grace we possess.
WEBSTER : It simply means Good will or favor;
thoughtfulness
toward others. Mercy and
clemency or forgiveness. The unmerited
love and favor of God toward man.
So we ask ourselves. What is
favor? Grace is
unmerited or
unearned favor . It means to be partial toward. To be
friendly or
show a kind regard for. To show good will towards and approval
of. So it is a
partiality toward you that is totally unearned.
Now we
know JOHN
Christ." So we see then that He is the source of our Grace.
For
He truly is Grace.
We read a quote from brother Branham
where he said, " Love and
Grace are twin sisters. They are the same."
So then you can not
separate Love from Grace. They must be like Siamese twins.
Inseparable. Except
these two are joined at the head wher
because they have only one head and that is Christ.
We
found that Grace is to bring forth it's fruit by the Truth
of
the Word. In fact we found by the
scripture that in order to
measure the Grace you do have you can only do it by
measuring the
Grace you bestow upon others. Reaping and sowing.You
sow Grace...
you'll reap Grace. You sow love ...you reap
love. You so mercy
you'll reap mercy.
In
1 PETER 1: 13 we find that this end-time revelation of
Christ
is to produce in us this Grace that brings us into His
nature.
In
Colossians 3:4 it tells us that at the Appearing of Christ
we
shall come to manifest His very nature.
This
Grace comes by His
unveiling to us as we saw in
1 Corinthians 1: 3 - 10. And also brings us to the place where we
are made ready to receive the very mind of God. For after all,
that is the very ministry of Elijah. To restore the
hearts of the
children to the fathers. And when the word
hearts is used it
always is used in such a way as to represent the
understanding of
man.
2 PETER 1: 2 - 4
So we
see that through this Grace, not just receiving it but
actually it takes a hold of our entire thought
process until it
replaces our very own nature with His nature.
I believe the highlight of the message Sunday was not so much
knowing what Grace is and where it comes from,
as important as
that is. But by now we should know that all things that work for
our Good come only from God. So those two aspects, as important
as they are, you already knew them. And as Peter said, we only
need to stir up your pure minds by way of
remembrance. But the
highlight of the message for me is being able to see the
effect
of Grace in our lives.
We
saw many, many scriptures that showed us that the Grace of God
brings Rest. It brings Mercy and therefore it brings Peace.
And
we know that He is our Peace. We found in
Hebrews 13:9 that The
Grace of God establishes our hearts. And
Hebrews
that the Grace of God brings us to a place of service unto
our
King.
Ephesians 1:
5 - 6 tells us that the Grace of God makes us
accepted in the beloved. Purely unmerited I might add, and
brings
us to the place of actually wanting to make sure our
destiny so
much that He literally predestines our path to ensure we
come out
as He had planned.
Oh,
the Mercy and Grace of our loving Father is incomprehensible.
And as
I said earlier we found in the scripture last week that
where God is His Grace is sure to be found.
Now
how many here believe that Alpha has become Omega? All
right
then, let's turn to Exodus 33: 12 - 16 <read>
Notice here that God Identified His Grace with His presence as
did Moses. And He is the same yesterday, today and forever. We
are walking in Grace because we are walking in His Presence.
If
you walk in the Light as He is in the Light, you have
fellowship
with one another and the Grace of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses
you from all sin.
You
mean the blood cleanses us from all sin. You bet, and what is
the blood, but the Grace of God shed abroad in our
hearts by the
Holy Ghost.
Notice how brother Branham was speaking about Grace in pp. 233
and then at the end of the paragraph he says, "why
don't you take
this Word this morning. I'll tell you now, It's flesh among us!
Take the Word in your hand."
Take the Word in your hand. My, what a statement. And I'll bet
you that most people who read this mean it to say what he
didn't.
The
Pentecostal element will run with this and try to make it fit
into their ideology. But He's talking about Grace and the
Subject
is Oneness with God. Not miracle and so forth. But The
Very Grace
of God coming forth from His Presence
which brings us into
fellowship and therefore unmerited friendship,
or Grace. That's
what He's speaking about. And I challenge you tonight to take
that into your hands. Grace.
JOHN
1: 16 - 17 <read>
Grace for Grace, That's what we have need of. Grace to have
Grace.
Now
this Word Grace here is the Greek Word "CHARIS" and refers to
the Divine influence upon the heart and It's reflection in
the
Life which includes
gratitude."
WUEST:
"For out of His fullness as a source we all received,
and
Grace in exchange for Grace."
2
COR 8 : 7 - 12 <read>
JOHN
1: 16 - 17 AMPLIFIED: For out of His fullness (Abundance) we
all received - all had a share
and we were all supplied with -
one Grace after another and Spiritual
blessing upon Spiritual
blessing, and even favor upon favor and gift (heaped) upon
gift.
let's
just read in pp. 234 at what he follows up this thought on
Grace with. Notice carefully how he ties
it to the very presence
of God in our Midst. Then He ties the
blood of Christ to that
Presence.
ONENESS
pp. 234 <read>
Luke
7 : 40 - 50 <read>
MATT
18: 1 - 35 <read>
ONENESS
pp. 235 <read>