ONENESS
# 68
Every
Life has its own nature
Brian
Kocourek
Last Sunday we spoke from brother Branham's message on Oneness
and we took our subject from the thoughts that he
spoke from PP.
19 - 23 where he let us know that the
interruption in the Garden
caused a hybreeding of the nature of
man with that of the beast
and thus the constant warfare that lays deep
within each of us.
Now we did not have this warfare within us when we lived with our
sole purpose of gratifying this flesh. But when the light struck
the seed, and quickened that which is Eternal,
the Life of the
Spirit began to be nurtured by the Word and
therefore came into
conflict to that other life that lay in us
called the body of
this death.
We
have learned from brother Branham's sermon here that these two
natures can not live together. One of them must be killed off.
The Apostle Paul said, "I am crucified with Christ,
nevertheless
I live, yet not I , but Christ that Liveth in
Me, and the life
that I now live I live by The Faith of The Son
of God Who gave
His life for me."
So,
then as Paul said, "To live is Christ, to die is but gain."
Now
we know that every life has it's own nature. The word nature
according to WEBSTER = NATURE = The essential character of
a
thing, the quality that makes something what it is,
it's essence
of being or inborn character. It's
innate disposition or inherent
tendencies. It's kind....
GENESIS 1: 11 <read> Every thing will bring forth after
it's
kind. The very essence of Life itself is to
reproduce itself in
another. Every life form must reproduce itself or it's own nature
in
another called offspring. It is impossible for one
kind to
produce
another kind. Therefore simple bible logic would tell you
that
Brother Branham made this clear when he often said, "If you
had
the life of Dillinger
you'd rob banks. If you had the life of
Beethoven you would compose music." So you see, you can't have a
Life form without having the nature of that Life form.
So if
God's own Life is forming in you , then you will begin to
show forth the very nature of His Life in you.
Then the things,
He did you will do also. Jesus gave us Mark 16
to tell us that.
But it goes way beyond Mark 16.
That is why brother Branham went to great lengths to teach
us
that if we have been quickened by the Spirit of God
and are born
again, then we will and must by the nature that
is in us by the
new birth stick with every Word of God.
Now, this morning I would like to continue this
thought as we
examine further about these two natures
that we have, the one
given us at birth through the flesh by a flesh act and
the other
nature that is given at our new birth.
Then if we have the ability to actually possess two natures at
one time, we know that unless these natures are
the same, they
can not coexist in this earthly tent of our
habitation without
conflict. One will
rise up against the other and warfare will
ensue.
Now the question is what Spirit will rise up. well,
to see the
nature of these two natures we have only
to look to the
Scripture.
Now let's See these two natures at there peak and investigate
this further. Now remember, bother Branham has taught
us that if
we have the Spirit or Life of Christ in us then the evidence
of
that is that we will believe the Word for the season.
We will
enter into the Word for the Season and become one with it.
So let's see what happened when Jesus (Who is our Life) Let's
just see what happened when His Spirit or Life
came into the
presence of that other nature which is fleshly.
JOHN
a product of Abraham, and therefore you claim his life
in you and
therefore His nature in you, but something is really wrong
here.
Then
He tells them that they are not really of Abraham as is
the
Lineage of God, but rather, they have another
father really.
JOHN
their father are different. By this time they get the drift and
they try to repute what he is alluding to.
JOHN
from Abraham they would have his life and
therefore his nature.
But because their nature is not compatible with the
nature of
Abraham,
therefore they could not possibly
have been his
offspring as pertaining to the lineage of God.
JOHN
that the things they are doing in opposition to the Words
of God
shows that they have not the Spirit or Life or nature of
the one
they are claiming to have come from. He tells them because they
would easily murder one who tells them the truth, it
shows where
their roots are from. He of course is alluding to Cain.
Now let's just go back a moment and follow this through back at
the beginning right after the great interruption took
place. Now
remember, God had said in GENESIS 1: 11
that every seed would
bring forth after it's own kind. And we see by Webster's
definition of KIND = 1>origin 2> nature 3> essential
character.
So then every seed must bring forth after it's own nature
or
essential
character. So let's
just see what took place at the
great interruption to the life stream of God.
GENESIS 3: 14 - 16, 20...(read) Here we see the great interrup
tion take place. Eve cohabitated with the Serpent who was of
another kind or nature or essential character and so she
became
pregnant with his seed. The Life stream of God
became polluted
and by mixing or hybreeding
one life to another, it introduced a
breed of nature that became violent.
Let's
just look at the nature or essential character of the first
byproduct of man and beast. CAIN...
GENESIS 4: 2 <read> Now notice something about his
nature to
begin with. He became a tiller of the
ground. Now why did the
ground even need tilling?
Because of the fall in the garden
right?
GENESIS 3: 17 - 19...<read> Notice verse 18. Thou shalt
eat the
herb of the field. ...GENESIS 1: 29 - 31 <read>
Now
apparently the fact that they would have to eat herbs was not
so bad yet this blessing given in chapter 1 becomes a
curse in
chapter 3. But notice more specifically verse 17 the curse is
upon the soil. The ground. And
what do we see Cain doing the very
first time we hear of him? He is tilling the soil.
TILL or TILLER = abad = to serve, till ; to enslave
or keep in
bondage. Also bondsmen or bond service.
It's
a sign of a person in bondage. a bond slave.
2
Samuel 9: 9 - 10 <read>
Ex
6: 5 <read>
Leviticus
25: 35 - 46 Tiller is a bondslave.
Cain
had become a bondslave to the soil. A bondslave, a legalist.
God
cursed the soil so what does he do? He goes to the soil for a
living. He tries and tries to break the soil, to break
the curse
but to no avail. This reminds me of the man John Bunyan wrote of
in His Pilgrim's progress
whose name was Mr. Legalist.
Mr. Legalist tried to carry his sins up the hill in
a big sack
and as he got further up the hill the hill became
steeper and he
kept falling back down the hill and then he would get
up and
start all over. And this scene would continue without end.
Day in
and day out.
GENESIS 4: 2 <read> notice how Abel did not go for legalism, he
went after the easy way out, to watch over the
sheep. The sheep
didn't need to be tilled, they just ate and slept ate and
slept.
All he had to do was to keep his eyes
open and watch out for them
and make sure they ate proper food. Then they would produce what
he would have need of. You didn't see him tilling or becoming a
bondslave to the soil like Cain. He was free.
GENESIS 4: 3 - 7 (read) SEPTUAGENT: "If
thou doest well, shalt
thou not be accepted? Thou hast rightly offered, but thou has not
rightly divided!"
So
watch his nature go into action. GENESIS 4: 8 <read>
So
Cain went to talk to his brother. Now what do you suppose they
talked about? Didn't God tell him he had not rightly
divided? So
he went to his brother to get the right division
of the Word
because after all, God had vindicated his brother's
revelation or
understanding by accepting his offering.
So
now we see the same scenario as in JOHN chapter 8. Abel, a Son
of God is talking to his half brother who is serpent
seed. Now
Abel never went to Cain and forced his revelation on him,
Cain
went to him to find out. And when Abel spoke the Word it so
infuriated Cain that his
nature took over and he slew his
brother.
Now
remember, Abel's sacrifice was a slain lamb right? And what
happened to him? He became his sacrifice. And what is a
sacrifice
but your revelation given back to God.
So
you become your revelation. Why? Because you can only do
what
is revealed to you. And your nature controls what you are and
what your responses will be. And if you have the nature of Jesus
Christ, then you will respond like He responded
to the Word of
God.
Now,
notice. Abel became his revelation. A lamb slain. Now which
of the prophets were not put to death? They all came the way
Jesus Came? Why? Because
His nature was in them.
And If we
were in Christ before the foundations of the world
then His nature will have to be in you. Then we must know
what HE
was then so we will know what nature we will have.
EPHESIANS
1 : 3 - 4 <read> So we were in Him back then
right? And
what Was He then?
REVELATIONS 13: 8 <read> The Lamb slain from the foundations
of
the world. And just think as that lamb, we were in Him
then.
So then what nature will we have? "Butt Pastor," Butt I think"
Butt I don't like it" Butt My opinion
is"...Goats butt, sheep
just follow.
What nature do we have today? That will tell us
of
whom we have our source. That will tell us what Life we have in
us.
So we
see Cain was a murderer to begin with. And Jesus told the
Pharisees that they were of their father
the devil, just like
Cain because when He attempted to give them
God's Word they
fought it tooth and nail.
JOHN
8: 40 - 41 <read> we are not serpent seed! God is our Father
They didn't like what Jesus was telling them. But
all He was
saying is look here, "I have spoken the Word of the Lord
to you
and yet you still look for fault in me and my Words. You do what
you can to destroy me.
You
know, my father in law wrote to brother Branham one time
and
asked brother Branham something about killing. I don't know
if it
had to do with going into the service or what, but
brother Bran
ham wrote back and told him that there is more than one
way to
kill a person. He said, you can speak against
him and kill his
influence.
Now that is exactly what happened to Jesus. They tried
to kill
His influence, and when they found they could not do that, they
then went physical and literally killed Him. And don't
think that
that same nature doesn't exist today.
Why did they want to destroy His influence? Why did
they then
attempt to kill Him with violence? JOHN 8: 37, 40. <read>
JOHN
10: 31 - 33 <read> It isn't for the good things you've
done
for your congregation that we stone you, but
it's for what you
say and what you stand for.
You know I think that same devil lives today. If the life
of a
seed will bring forth after it's kind, then those
that would
oppose any true five fold ministry and talk behind
their back, it
is the same as murder. And even though they may only
speak words,
yet out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. So if
it comes from the mouth, it is already in the heart and
therefore
it shows the nature is serpent seed in nature.
PP> 75 "Eve had the life of the devil in
her. As soon as she
disbelieved God's Word, she accepted the life
of the devil
because she accepted his teaching."
That is pretty strong. Either we are sealed in or we only
think
we are sealed in. What nature is governing
today brother and
sister. What thoughts do you have of the True five fold ministry
and true shepherd God gave you. Well, you say, he doesn't see
things my way. Since when is a shepherd supposed
to follow the
sheep? The sheep by nature will follow the shepherd and if you
don't think so then I would question your
authenticity as a
genuine sheep. Jesus said, "My sheep know My voice and a stranger
they will not follow". If your thoughts are
contrary to His then
you are the stranger. If a sheep thinks he or she has a better
way, I can say a few things about that.
#1)
That thinking is in opposition to scripture, therefore it
is
Satan's lie.
#2) Anyone who feels that way is supposing themselves to
be the
shepherd. Therefore they are guilty of false representation.
58 REVELATION.BOOK.OF.SYMBOLS - JEFF.IN - V-13 N-6 -
56-0617
Your pastor,
when he stands here on the platform, ministering
the Word of God, he is God's angel to the church,
messenger to
the church. Therefore a pastor should never leave that
Word, but
stay straight with the Word, because He's
feeding the shepherd
straight, 'cause that the word pastor means
"shepherd." Look it
up and find out if that ain't
right. A pastor is a shepherd, and
the Holy Ghost has made him overseer over His Church and
flock,
to feed them. What with? The Word of
God. Amen. Oh, my! What a...
E-57
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But pray God
to send you some sensible sound Gospel preacher
that'll stand in the way, and give you a little bit of
spanking
when you need it and love you need it...?... and
keep you lined
up with the Scripture and with the Spirit. He's a
shepherd watch
ing over your soul. If you got that pastor, flee to God and pray
for him all the time. Listen to him.
E-23
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Sometimes I
preach pretty rough because I see that somebody
getting out of line. You see, you're supposed to do that. A real
daddy will. Why, he'd shake you and say, "Here, get
back here in
line!" if he's a
real true father. So... sometimes your
pastor
has to wade down on something. Just love him that much more,
because he's a real father to you, you see, trying to keep
you
lined up; because he's watching over your soul--which
the Holy
Ghost has made him the overseer of
the church. And you must
always watch that.
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But the full
and complete authority of the church is the pas
tor. Read that in the Bible, see if that's not
Bible order.
That's exactly right. There's no one
above the elder.
Now getting back to these two natures. You will notice the nature
of the serpent seed will always go to trying to destroy the
one
who is packing God's Word. They did it to every messenger God
ever sent and they continue to do so today.
JOHN 8:
42 <read> If you have the nature of the one who sent me
then you will love me because He sent me.
JOHN
Jesus said, which one of God's servants
the prophets did not your
fathers put to death? It's in your nature and you can't help to
perform what your father before you performed.
JOHN
8: 43 <read> It is impossible for them to be anything
other
than what they are. What would cause a people to hate the
man but
love his message. A man and his message are one.
As
a man thinketh in his heart so is he and out of the abundance
of his heart his mouth will speak. So if His message is one with
God then so is he for a man and his message are one. You can't
separate them. Now, you may not always understand why that
person
reacts the way they do, but that isn't any of
your business to
know. Your business
is only to pray for that person that God
would use them to help you prepare for the rapture.
You see this is so important for us to know. These two
natures.
If we are God's Seed, we have both of these
natures warring in
our mortal beings. But which one is receiving
the preeminence.
That is the key.
Now
if the nature of the flesh which you all know is a hybrid, if
that nature is the only one showing power over your
thoughts and
actions then either you have not been born again
which means
either you have never died to yourself, or else you are
incapable
of being born again because you had no representation in
heaven.
In other words, you were not
in the lamb slain before the
foundations of the world, therefore you do not and can not
have
His Lamb nature in you.
Now
as we said before, you must be honest with yourself. You must
have the Life of Christ in order to have His nature
for every
seed will bring forth after it's own kind which
is it's own
nature or essential character.
To receive God's Word is to receive His Life,
His nature.
To doubt is to receive Satan's nature, his
life. pp. 76-80
John 6: 63
1 Jn 1 : 1 - 2
James 1: 18
2 Cor
1 Peter 1: 23
But notice the nature of Cain desired a
substitute for Word. pp.
107 - 108
1 John 3: 11 - 13
2 Peter 2: 1 alongside of True doctrine
2 Cor 11 : 1 -4 and 13 - 14
2 John 9
John 8: 37 - 43
Therefore
we must have a more dominant nature of our spirit than
our flesh in order to be united in oneness. This comes only by
the Word of God which transforms our nature to His own. The Word
only can restore the nature we had in Him before the
interruption
came.
pp. 24 - 31 & 2 peter
1: 1-4 Eph 1: 13 - 14 before 15 - 18
1 John 3: 2 - 3 Romans 12: 1 - 2 transformed
by the Word
Eph 2 all