The Parables of Christ no. 16
The Condition of the Heart
January11, 2004
Rev. Brian Kocourek
Now,
this morning we will continue in our study of the parables, and today we will
study the parable found in Matthew 15:15 which deals with the Condition of the
Heart.
MATTHEW
Let’s
also look at this same parable from Mark Chapter 7.
MARK 7:14 And when he had called all
the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and
understand:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can
defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile
the man. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 17 And when he was entered
into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not
perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot
defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and
goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20 And he said, That which
cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the
heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and
defile the man.
There
are five things I would like to bring out from this parable that Jesus is
telling us.
1.
Jesus tells us that Defilement comes from within, from the heart. Defilement He
says, is not a condition of being infected from without, or affected by that
which is without, but defilement is a condition of the heart expressing itself
outwardly. Therefore if defilement does not come from that which is without,
then there is nothing that can defile you unless that defilement is already in
you to begin with.
We
ask the question, is a man a thief because he steals? Or does he steal because
he is a thief? In this parable Jesus tells us our answer to that question. In
this parable, it is very clear that a man is a thief to begin with, and
therefore he steals. The stealing does not make him a thief for he must think
it first in his heart, and then once he thinks it that thought becomes a seed
that is planted. Once that seed is planted, then any watering of that seed by
that person will bring forth that seed into manifestation.
Years
ago I preached a message concerning this called The Garden of Your Mind, and we found that every thought we think
is a seed, just like the thoughts that were in God to begin with were seeds.
Brother
Branham said, sin is not drinking and smoking and chasing. Those are just
attributes of unbelief’. The man disbelieves and therefore manifests that
disbelief by doing those things that are contrary to the Word of God.
And
we know that we are all born in sin to begin with, we are born in sin, shaped
in iniquity and come to the world speaking lies”, as the Scripture teaches.
Therefore,
as the Scripture tells us, There is none that is righteous, no not one, and all
of our righteousness is as filthy rags. That’s ISAIAH 64:6 ¶ But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our
iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And there is none that calleth
upon thy name) that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou have hid
thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 8 But now, 0
LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are
the work of thy hand.
Now,
Jesus links the heart of man with his lips, or the tongue. He says, for out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
ROMANS
2.
Now, point number 2, we find in Matthew 7 where Jesus tells us, A tree can not
bring forth good and evil fruit and James tells us, neither can a well bring
forth bitter and sweet water.
MATTHEW
We
also find James tell us concerning sweet water and bitter water that any single
fountain can not bring forth both types of water.
JAMES 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even
the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of
God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren,
these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same
place sweet [ and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?
either a vine, figs? so [ no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
What
do Jesus and James mean by these parables? They are saying that out side things
are not that which defile a man, but those things that come forth from the
heart are the things that defile the man. Then he lists off a whole lot of
things that show defilement within the man. He says, That which cometh out of
the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the head of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries) fornications, murders, 22 Thefts,
covetousness, wickedness, deceit) lasciviousness) an evil eye, blasphemy,
pride) foolishness:
23
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
And
in MATTHEW 12:33
we read, 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 (and we know in the anointed
Ones at the end Time brother Branham said the fruit is the teaching of the
season, what they teach. Therefore you judge the tree or man by what comes
forth from his lips in terms of teaching, what they teach.) 34 0 generation of
vipers, (notice he is calling them serpent seed here. He says you generation of
poisonous serpents) how can ye, 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: and an evil man out of the
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 (now we covered this thought here
several weeks ago on where your treasure is there will your heart be also. So
lets read on, )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.
And
why is that? Because it is your words, the things you say that declare where
your heart is and what things you hold dear within your heart. So we are looking
at what is in there, deep within the heart. For that is the real you and if
that has not been born again, you are in a lot of trouble.
3.
Then your heart is what you are, it is your understanding, it is what you think
and thus what you express. It is what you understand, and thus a reflection of
the condition of your soul. And out of the abundance or overflow of the heart
the mouth will speak and the body will act those things out.
EXPLAINING HEALING AND JAIRUS 54-0216 E-37 What you are here is a reflection of what you are somewhere
else. “Those who He called, He justifies.” Is that right? “Those who He
justified, He has glorified” Already in the Presence of the Father, we have a
glorified body. Whew! Wasn’t that deep? All right We’ll find out whether it
right or not “If this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already
waiting” Is that right? That’s right So right now, and what we are there, is a
reflection. Here, what we are here, is a reflection of what we arc somewhere
else. So if your deeds are evil, you know where it comes from. You know where
your other body’s a waiting.
Now,
in the parable Jesus is telling us that the mouth is the means whereby we know
what is in the heart. And if our mouth is not true to what is in our hearts,
then we are hypocrites, which is the worse kind of sinner.
CONDEMNATION BY REPRESENTATION 60-1113 4-1
When a person is preaching a doctrine, then you’ve got to stay with your own
belief, If you don’t, then you’re a hypocrite. If you say something because
someone else says it, and in your heart you don’t believe that, then you’re a hypocrite
because you’re saying something that you don’t believe. I’d rather be
criticized a little upon things that I do believe than to be a hypocrite in the
sight of God trying to compromise with someone else.
I
believe that is the reason why I have had so much success around the world
teaching the doctrine. It is because I truly believe what I teach is the Whole
Truth and nothing but the Truth, and I have not only the Scriptures to prove
what I teach is true, but I have also a vindicated Prophet’s own words to back
it all up.
Now,
there are a lot of people who claim to believe this message but their mouth
declares them to be hypocrites, because on the one hand they say, “say only
what the prophet says,” and then when you do, they criticize you for it. These
are people who say one thing but believe another, and Jesus called them
hypocrites. And that is what brother Branham is telling us here.
Now,
let’ s see some other things brother Branham tells us about these kind of
people.
UNCERTAIN SOUND 55-0731 64
As I was saying a few days ago, either here or somewhere, speaking on the lie
detector. Now, notice close now. I want you pay close attention. Put a lie
detector on you, and you try to impersonate that truth, and try to say that
it’s truth, but down on the inside of you, in the subconscious, lays a place
called the soul. And this intellectual mind does not govern that vibration of
the system. The mind is only a director. It will direct you, and it’s very
incapable of bringing you to God: your mind. You cannot know God by your mind,
intellectual It’s one of the resources, or the channels that would lead to it,
but your soul is what governs you. You are what you are, by your soul. Jesus
said to the Pharisee, said, “Why, you hypocrites. How can you speak good
things?” When, they was calling Him, “Good Master,” and so forth. Said, “Out of
the abundance of the heart speaketh the lips. And in your heart you hate Me.
And in your lips you call Me, ‘Good “‘ He said, “You hypocrites” See, your soul
is thinking one thing, and you’re speaking with your lips another thing. What a
case. What a horrible thing. What a deceitful thing is a hypocrite. For out of
their mind they say one thing, when their soul says another thing.
68 Now, the lie detector will not work on
your mind. It’ll work on your soul It’ll not work on your intellects. There !
some people can impersonate the truth. They impersonate. Yet, it being a lie,
and can impersonate it till they can deceive like anything. And Satan is the
best of that there is, for he has deceived Eve by that way, saying them same
things. And the biggest lie was ever told, had a lot of truth in it. 70 Now,
this person, what if you could ever get this soul on the inside, so in harmony
with God, that your soul and God would be one together, then you could ask what
you will, and it shall be given to you. Many people come to me, many times in
the prayer line, and stand there, and say, “Oh, Brother Branham, I have plenty
faith. I’ve got faith like to move mountains.” And, yet, they haven’t any
faith. They hardly have enough faith to get to the platform. But they are
conscious of one thing, that they do believe.
They
are believing intellectually with their mind. And their mind will never bring
them to God. Your mind is reasoning’s. And God has no reasoning’s. 72 If you
can reason it out, your mind will tell you, “Now, looky here, the doctor says I
can’t get over that. It’s impossible.” Now, the doctor, with his intellects,
with His intelligence, with His knowledge of medical science, he’s told you the
best of the travel of his mind. And you taking your mind, and using the same
thing the doctor has told you, you... God can never touch that line, as long as
you reason. But let’s put down reasoning. God never made us to live by our
intellect. We live by the Holy Spirit that’s in our soul, that says “no” to any
reasoning’s that’s contrary to God’s Word. When God’s Word says its so, there’s
nothing in the world stands in Its way. Then when you do that, you’re getting
down on the right side of God. You’re getting down, till you can ask what you
want to, and it’ll be given to you, ‘cause there’s nothing between there.
There’s no reason. Let’s cast away those reasoning’s. They stand in your way.
Get your mind out of the way. And don’t you say what you reason, what you see,
what you think; say what God says to be the Truth. And that can only come from
the inside, from the heart, not from the intellects.
IMPERSONATION OF CHRISTIANITY 57-0120M E-29
And in this being the intellectual type of churches that we have today in
America, and all over the world, when we get to that type of school, then the
Christian, the believer, the church member, reading the Bible sees that he must
try to act humble. He must try to be this way. But in doing so he only makes a
carnal impersonation. Let that soak deep. A carnal comparison, he’s trying to
act something that he really isn’t in his heart. In his heart he’s thinking one
thing, and trying to act another, which in real genuine language, that makes
him a hypocrite
E-30 Jesus
said, “You hypocrites, how can you speak good things, for out of the abundance
of the heart speaketh the mouth.” If you don’t speak according to what’s in
your heart, your heart thinks one thing and you speak another, that makes you a
hypocrite. The very word “Pharisee” means, “actor” They acted out their
religion for they had a stony heart They come and said, “Good Master, we would
see a sign from Thee to prove that you are what You said.” Said, ‘How do you
call Me good, when there’s none good but God?”
UNCERTAIN SOUND 55-0731 75
There’s where so many people today, is going to be so terribly disappointed at
the day of judgment: to know that they’ve lived in church, to know that they
have done good deeds, to know that they have treated their neighbor right, to
know that they have been loyal to the people, loyal to the church, and in their
mind have believed that Jesus Christ the Son of God and be condemned at the day
of judgment. Jesus said, “Many are called and few are chosen. Straight is the
gate and narrow is the way that leads to Life, and but few there will be that
find it. “Now, to you people here this morning, I want you to set up and take
notice to this. You’re old enough now. You’ve heard enough Gospel preaching,
till you ought to be able to get off of milk and to come to a real solid Gospel
diet: come to a place where men and women ought to stand. Paul said, “When you
ought to be teachers, why, you have to be taught to, yet”
78 Now, in the soul where the man lives,
you are what you are in your soul, not in your mind, not in your reasoning. Not
because you say, “I will have a better standing. 1 can associate with better
company ff1 become a Christian.” That’s reasoning. See? You mustn’t do that
Don’t do that Let it become from a new experience, a new Birth, something
that’s happened, not in the mind, but in the soul, that’s taken all reasoning’s
away, and you become a new creature. And you’re in Christ Jesus.
GOD MAKING HIS PROMISE 56-1209A E-17
Now, if you’re trying just to impersonate it, then it, you’re just making a
hypocrite out of yourself You see? ‘Cause you can? do that. Christianity is
something that has to come from the heart. Jesus speaking to the Pharisees,
said, “Ye hypocrites, how can you say good things when out of the abundance of
the heart speaketh the mouth?” Then if the heart thought one thing and the
mouth spoke something else, it becomes hypocrisy. See? We must from our heart
express exactly how we feel. We must express it from our heart And if we can’t
express the right thing, then keep still Don’t say nothing about it And now, if
the church ever gets to practicing that, they might have fewer members for a
while, but they’ll have better members while they’re having it. God grant the
day that when every man or woman will be and express just what they are.
EXHORTATION ON HEALING 51-0501 E-45 We learned this, friends, that God knows what
your heart is. See? And if you don’t speak from your heart, then you’re a
hypocrite. Is that right? And I really mean it
WORD BECAME FLESH
225 Then let that be pure. Let your
thoughts run pure, and your expressions pure. Live pure and be pure. Now, out
of your heart proceedeth evil thinking, adultery, and all these different
things; if that comes out of your heart, that’s what’s in your heart. But if
out of your heart comes righteous, peace, love, joy, oh, my, then it’s coming
from a resource here that s made up of that See what I mean? It’s made up of
the Spirit of God here that’s expressed Itself through the words, and what you
say then will come to pass.
You
See then, The hearts that we are born with are no good to begin with. And if that
is so, then we are dependent upon God to give us a right heart. God must give
us a new heart, for the heart we are born with is corrupt to begin with, then
He gives us another Spirit and then His own Spirit
Ezekiel 11:19-21
And I will give them one heart, and! will put a new spirit wIthin you; and I
will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of
flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. But [ for them]
whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their
abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, Saith the Lord
GOD.
Ezekiel 36:26-28 A
new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will / put within you: and I
will take away the stony head out of your flesh, and / will give you an head of
flesh. And! will put my SpirIt within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [ And ye shall dwell in the
land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and / will be your
God.
PP 37 inter veil 56-0121
Notice. There is an intellectual faith. And there’s a faith that comes from the
heart. The old unbeliever said years ago, “When the Bible said, ‘As a man thinketh
in his heart... “ Said, “That’s crazy. There’s no mental facilities in the
heart” Said, “You think with your mind. There’s no mental facilities in the
heart.” But last year they found that’s wrong. God was right down in the heart,
in the center of the heart, there’s a little compartment where there’s not even
a blood cell in it, It’s not in the animal heart, only in the human heart. And
they say, it’s the occupation, or the occupant of the soul The soul lives in
the head. Then after all, God was right, when He said, “As a man thinketh in
his heart.” And I’d like to add, So is he!
And
so this brings us to the last part of this question, what about the heart? And
the heart Now this is very important that you understand about the head as I
just read this wonderful quote. Because “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is
he.” And of course if the Soul resides in the heart then what if a man’s heart
is removed from him and he receives someone else’s heart? Are they a living
soul or just a living beast? What about it? I believe they have already died
and their soul has gone to it’s eternal destination and all you have remaining
is a living beast. But what of those people who are purely serpent seed? What
then? Do they have a soul? Good question.
51 Hear ye Him 60-0712] Man ain’t measured by muscles; that’s beast. Man’s measured
by character. I seen men that weighted two hundred pounds and all muscle and
didn’t have an ounce of man in him. Throw a baby out of a mother’s arms and
ravish her, that ain’t a man; that’s a beast. That’s brute. Man is character.
There never was a man like Jesus Christ But the Bible said there was no beauty
that we should desire Him. Probably a littIe, bitty Fellow, stooped in the
shoulder or something... We all hid as it was our faces from Him. But He...
There never was a character like that That’s what real man is. You don’t
measure a man muscles, but by the bags of the knees in his pants where he’s
been praying. That’s the way you measure a man, by character It’s true.
What does it take to make a Christian
Life? 57-0113 Now, I want you to listen for a few moments
before closing. I want you to notice one thing and watch closely now. Watch the
order of the Scripture, “I will take away the stony heart and give you a new
heart.” Now, the heart is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit “And I will
give you a new spirit.” I want you to watch the order. Now, many people get
mixed up there. They think they got the Holy Ghost, but they just get a new
spirit Watch.
What does It take to make a Christian
Life? 57-0113 “I’ll give you a new heart, and a new
spirit And then I will put My spirit.. “Now, the new Spirit God had to give you
a new spirit, but that’s a new spirit God give you so you could get along with
the Holy Ghost. With that old spirit you had, you couldn’t get along with your
neighbor; you couldn’t get along with yourself; so you know you couldn’t get
along with God; so God gives you a new spirit And many times under enthusiasm,
and if you’ll watch the life that it bears... I hope I’m not hurting, but /
hope I’m uncovering. See? A lot of times you’d think that you’d have the Holy
Spirit “Oh,” you said, “ sung; I spoke in tongues.” Certainly. Being that close
to it you might do all of that, but that isn’t the Holy Spirit yet See? The Holy
Spirit bears record of Jesus Christ Now, He taken, and what did He do? Give you
a new heart, give you a new spirit, and then He puts His Spirit, His Spirit in
you. It’s just like.. You don’t have to go around and pretend that you’re a
Christian man. That new spirit brings new life. The Holy Spirit in your new
spirit, in your new head... Your new heart, your new spirit and the Holy Spirit
goes right in the center of your new spirit, and your new spirit goes right in
the center of your new head.
IMPERSONATION.OF.CHRISTIANITY JEFF.IN
57-0120M Now, when you do that, and don bear the
fruit of the Spirit, then you’re in the new spirit You didn’t use to do that;
that’s right. But God had to give you a new spirit. Why, the spirit you had,
you couldn’t even get along with yourself So how are you going to get along
with God? So God had to give you a new head, not a patched up one, a new heart.
That’s your intellects that you think with, a new way of thinking. Then He give
you a new way of thinking, “Yes, that’s right....{ notice the new heart is a
new mindset, a new way of thinking) Then He said after that, “Then I’ll give
you a new spirit” What’s that? A new desire, “I want to do right” “Now, / know
I’m a Christian, I got to... I’ll smoke one more and then I’ll throw it away.
See? And I’ll--I’ll--I’ll just see.. I--I--I’ll just stay home tonight, and you
know, I’ll just...” all these little just, just, that’s exactly.., Eve stopped
just for a moment. That’s all she had to do. But now, that’s the new spirit
Then notice the order of the Scripture. After you get a now heart and a new
spirit, He said, “Then I’ll put My Spirit..” See? Oh, what? That’s the what the
Scripture says here. That’s the order, the pneumatics and numerical order of
the Scripture: a new head, a new spirit, and then My Spirit. E-44 Then God’s
Holy Spirit.. God’s new heart that He put in you, sets right in the center of
you. That’s your—your impulse, where you--you--your--your emotions goes out And
the new Spirit sets right in the center of the new head. And God’s Spirit, the
Holy Spirit, sets right in the center of your new Spirit, and there It controls
your emotions. -69 But to accept it, and to have a new heart, a new spirit, and
His Spirit, part of the Logos in you controlling your emotions... And when He
coos through His Word, you coo back and answer to Him. “Jesus Christ the same,
yesterday, today, and forever...”
Impersonation of Christianity 57-0127A
Yes, watch the order of the Scripture. “I will take away the old stony head,
and I’ll give you a new heart.” That’s the first order. Some of them stop on
that first order. Now, that’s... You are--you’re just getting started. Then He
said, “I’ll give you a new spirit.” There’s where a lot of you Pentecostals
fail You had to have a new spirit Oh, you felt good and you felt like that,
“Oh, wel4 I just, oh, I feel fine. I--I--I couldn’t have it.” Well, you just
got started. You’re just getting fixed up now to just... You’re just coming in
line. He had to give you a new spirit. Why you couldn’t get along with yourself
with the old spirit So how could you get along with God’s Spirit? So He had to
give you a new spirit
Matt 13:15] For this people’s heart is
waxed gross, and [ ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed;
lest at any time they should see with [ eyes, and hear with [ ears, and should
understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
So
we are dealing with the heart as the receptacle of the Soul. Then the heart and
its condition is very important because of the influence it plays on the
condition of the soul. You raise up a child in the way they are to go and when
they get old they will not depart. Therefore, if you raise up that child in a
condition or atmosphere of unbelief, it will have a very strong influence on
what they believe the Word of God. A child raised up in a very irreverent home
will have a much harder time coming to grips with his need for salvation than
one who is raised up in a home where love, and respect for God are taught.
And
the five fold ministry can not give you a revelation, but they can prepare your
mind to receive revelation from God. And you parents can prepare the minds of
your children to receive the Word of God as well. That is your duty before God
as a steward of your household.
Deauteronomy 6:4
Hear, 0
Blasphemous Names pg. 23,
as saying, Coming to your mental faith, right here, comes the Holy Spirit;
coming down into your mental faith making it a Spiritual Faith. Then the
Spiritual Faith only recognizes the Word.”
And
so, in looking at this condition of the mind, we see that God has come down in
this hour to bring about a change of our mind that we might receive His mind.
Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” And we also know in
Colossians 3:4 we are told, that “when Christ Who is our Life shall appear,
then we shall appear with Him in the same Glory or mindset.” So then, if it is
a condition of the mind, then it must first come to our mind, before it can
move down into our heart and soul and take over the very ambitions and desires
of our heart. That’s why the scripture tells us, “where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.”
in Luke 6: 45
“A good man out
of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an
evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is
evil; for of the abundance of his heart the mouth speaketh.’ And so here we
find the Scripture telling us that our hearts will only reflect the real
treasure that lays inside of it, and it will show what our treasures really are
in the things that we talk about.
From
the message IS
YOUR LIFE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL PP 151,
Brother Branham said, “the things that you think on, the things that you do,
(the actions), the things that you talk about creates an atmosphere!’
What
your mind is feeding upon is only a reflection of your Spiritual condition
which is only a reflection of your Eternal destination. Gods Elect will hold
His Word as their treasure, and it will reflect in their thoughts and actions
as well.
From
Enticing Spirits brother Branham said, “you let me see what a man reads, let me
see what he watches, listen to the music he listens at, and I can tell what
spiritual condition he is in.” He said, “because that’s your appetite!’
From
What is the
Holy Ghost PP 31, brother Branham said, “You let me talk to a man for two minutes; I
can tell you whether he’s received the Holy Ghost or not So can you. It
separates them; It’s a mark, It’s a sign. And the Holy Spirit is a Sign. And
it’s... Any child that refused circumcision in the Old Testament, which was a
foreshadow of the Holy Ghost, was cut off from amongst the people. He could not
have fellowship with the rest of the congregation if he refused to be
circumcised. Now, pattern that to today. A person that would refuse to receive
the baptism of the Holy Ghost can have no fellowship among those that has the
Holy Ghost You just can’t do it You have to be a nature. Like, it’s... My
mother there used to say, “Birds of a feather flock together” Well) it’s an old
proverb, but it’s a true one. You don? see doves and crows fellowshipping.
Their diets are different; their habits are different; their desires are
different And that’s the way it is with the world and with a Christian when you
have been circumcised by the Holy Spirit, which means to cut off a flesh.
And
so we see that there is a certain diet that we partake of. A crow can eat just
anything, nothing hardly will bother him, but a Dove can only eat certain kinds
of food. That’s his nature. To eat like a Crow would kill it. And Ill tell you
I believe that with all my heart. I heard a tape other night of a certain
preacher in this message, and all he did was holler and scream and yet nothing
was being said. I couldn’t stand it.
THIRST
65-0919 there is a control tower in your soul, that tells you the spiritual
things that you have need of, something in your spirit, and, and you by this
can tell what kind of a life is controlling you. When you—when you can see what
your desires are, then you can tell, by that, what kind of something that’s in
you, that’s creating this desire that you have. See, there is a certain thing
that you thirst for, and it--and it can tell you in your soul what this desire
is, by the nature of the thirst that you have. / hope that you can understand
that.
So
what we are looking at here is the fact that God has made us to receive His
Word with our minds first and then He will anoint the understanding He has
given us and t then drops down into our Soul and becomes a Spiritual
Revelation. So we are dealing with the mind here and that is why we see Brother
Branham pointing to the deteriorating condition of the minds in the people. Now
this brings up a question that was handed in to me.
Now,
as I have said, the Soul is that part of man that identifies the man. It is His
very Life, and nature of the Spirit. When we read I Thess
Now
many men have tried to place the Soul as being inferior to the Spirit and men
such as Doctor Larken before brother Branham came along, even taught that there
is a difference between the Soul and the Spirit. But they could not place it
correctly within the Body itself. They taught that the outer is the Body which
is correct. But then they taught that next to the body lay the soul and inside
of the soul lay the spirit which is error. Brother Branham taught us after the
Seals were opened that the first Ring is the Body, then the Spirit and then the
Soul. This means that the Spirit was in between the Soul and the Body. In
between or in the midst or middle.
Now
the question was asked, Where is the mind And we must answer according to the
scripture and what Brother Branham told us, the Mind is in the spirit. Yet our
Soul still has the last say on our choice. But the Affection, and reasoning,
and emotion and memory and conscience all exist in the realm of the spirit. But
the Soul is the nature of that spirit. And the next part of this question is
Where and what is the Soul? I think I answered this part by saying what the
soul is . It is the nature of your spirit. The very Life of your being. Now you
ask, where is it. It lies within the deepest recess of your heart.
5.
When we are born of God we can not any longer sin, because it is God’s Seed
that remains in him. Then that which comes forth from the heart is only Good,
and will reflect the fruits of the spirit.
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Therefore
we must train the heart, and the Soul by the Word of God. When a person is born
again, he is not filled. The filling comes as you replace the unbelief with belief
in the Word of God. And then how do we know what we are believing in our heart?
By what things we speak. Unless you are hypocrite, and purposely are acting one
thing while you are believing another, you will speak from your mouth what is
in your heart. 2 Corinthians 4:i3 We having the same spirit of faith, according
as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak;.”
Romans
PROVERBS
PROVERBS 13:2 ¶
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [ mouth: but the soul of the transgressors
shall eat violence. 3 ¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [ he that
openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
PROVERBS
Proverbs
James 3:11. A well is not to give forth bitter and sweet water, is that
correct? THE MOUTH OF A RiGHTEOUS MAN ISA WELL OF LIFE.”
Proverbs
12:19: ‘THE LIP OF TRUTH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
FOREVER:.
Notice-it!
The Lip’s of Truth... and What is Truth? John 17: “THY WORD IS TRUTH.” What ‘will be established?
God’s Word, not yours and mine. Proverbs 12:19: “BUT A LYING TONGUE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT.”
What’s
a “LYING TONGUE? Anything but what the Word of God is, because Romans 3:4:
“LET GOD BE TRUE,
BUT EVERY MAN A LIAR;...
Anything
we say about a thing when God has not said it, is a lie. He alone has the
Truth. Proverbs 12:18: ‘THE TONGUE OF THE WISE IS HEALTH.
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When you are thoroughly convinced that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and in
your heart, now, not in your imagination, but in your heart something echoes
down there, and said, “Now, I am saved.” that’s all you need, right there,
brother. Confess it out, and let your words go out. And then watch, watch your
life from then on. No more than a corn could bear cockleburs, neither could
that man bear evil fruits. He will have to bear good fruits. Jesus said, “He
that heareth My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, has Everlasting Life,
and shall not come into condemnation but’s passed from death unto Life.” That’s
because you believed, not imagine, but you believe It. It become a thought in
your heart. The next thing, you expressed It as a confession. He that will
confess Me before men, him I’ll confess before My Father and the holy Angels”
Then something anchors. Thats the reality.
I JOHN 3:7 Little children, let no man
deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the
beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his
brother.
Let’s
just bow our heads in a word of Prayer.