Preparation #35 (Lamb Life)
Saturday,
August1 28, 1999
Brian
Kocourek
Preparation pp. 037 Jesus never asked this, "Will I find
righteousness? Will I find people that's living good?" Jesus said,
"Will I find faith when I return?
Now, the scripture plainly tells us there is One
Faith, and since brother Branham taught us that Faith is a Revelation,
something that is revealed, then this Faith that Jesus questioned about when He
comes, we must know what that Faith is.
ROMANS 5:1 ¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
But what Faith is this He is speaking of here. Paul gives us the answer to this question in
Ephesians and Galatians.
EPHESIANS 3:11 According
to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
ROMANS
GALATIANS 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by
the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed
in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by
the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified. 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by
Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the minister
of sin? God forbid. 18 For if I build again the things which I
destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
19 For I through the law am
dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
20 I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in
me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son
of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
21 I do not frustrate the grace
of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
REVELATION 5:1 ¶ And I saw in the right hand of him that sat
on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven
seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a
loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals
thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither
under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the
book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep
not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root
of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals
thereof. 6 ¶
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent
forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the
right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the
book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb,
having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours,
which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain,
and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and
people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and
priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard
the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders:
and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and
honour, and glory, and blessing. 13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying,
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto
him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb
for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the
four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth
for ever and ever.
REVELATION 10:1 ¶ And I saw another mighty angel come down from
heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face
[was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot
upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth, 3
And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth:
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things
which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him
that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven,
and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein
are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time
no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as
he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
8 ¶ And the voice which I heard from heaven spake
unto me again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in the
hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and
upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto
him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up;
and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the
angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon
as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou
must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
THE FIRST SEAL 63-0318 157-1
{271} 121 Notice. Now, the Holy Spirit and the
revelation and Christ is... The Holy Spirit is Christ in another form. That's
right. Notice, it is a Lamb that opened the Book, and the Lamb is Christ; and
Christ is not seen anymore from then, but He is seen in the Book of Revelations
the 19th chapter, coming on a white horse. If you'd like to read it, let's turn
to Revelations
REVELATION CH FOUR PT 1 551-584 60-1231 56 028
So John, we wouldn't have had a--a Book of Revelations if it hadn't have
been for John, and John hadn't went out on the Isle. That was God's way of
giving us the Book of Revelation. He was out there, I think, about three years,
and on the Book, wrote the Book of Revelations. Now, then we leave him at the
last of the invitation in the 22nd verse of the 3rd chapter, "He that has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." 58
029 Now, begin the 4th chapter.
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was open in heaven: and the first
voice which I heard was--was as it were... a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.
We're going to take It verse by verse. And I've got a lot of Scriptures wrote
down here, a--a book of them, and I don't know how far we get into It. May the
Lord lead us. Now, watch, the Word is: After these things... (after the church
age)...And all this from hereafter now, will be pertaining, will take place on
earth after the rapture of the church. See, after the rapture. This is going
back now to pick up Israel. After the church age, after the ages of the church,
and they... The church never appears again until Revelation the 19th chapter
when she returns with Her Bridegroom. Praise God for the wedding. 030
Let's just read that. Would you like to read these Scriptures as we go
through? All right. Let's turn to Revelations 19. All right, sir, Revelations
19. Let's begin at the 7th verse, Revelations 19. This is when the church
appears again, never appears again till over in the 19th chapter. Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. Oh, I--I could preach
on that till midnight and not half tell it. Look, "His wife has made
Herself ready."
SIXFOLD PURPOSE GABRIEL VISIT DAN 61-0730E 133 080
Now, after this the Bride appears. After the seventy weeks, the Bride
appears in Revelations the 19th chapter, the 1st and the 16th verse. She
arrives with her Bridegroom, the mighty King. Oh, my. I don't know whether
we're going to get it all or not. Just got it so... Let's just read part of
this anyhow. Here's where the Bride will come, after this. See? After the
millennium sets in, then Christ comes back with the Bride. Right. One to
sixteen in the 19th chapter...
And after these things... (After this tribulation,
after the Woes, after the Seals, after the Plagues, after the casting out of
Satan, after the setting up of the Millennium. Watch.) ... after these things I
heard a... voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and
glory,... honour,... power, unto the Lord our God:
For true and righteous are thy judgments: for he had judged the great whore,
which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of
his servants at her hand. And again he--they--and again they said, Alleluia.
And her smoke rose up for ever and ever... (That's the old prostitute
church.)... her smoke rose up... And the four and twenty elders and the four
beasts fell down and worshipped God that set upon the throne, saying, Amen;
Hallelujah. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God--Praise
our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I
heard as it was the voice of a great multitude,... (Listen. Here you are,
church. After She went up in the 3rd chapter, here She comes. See?)... And I...
(The 6th verse.)... And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and
as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a mighty thundering, saying,
Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
(Hallelujah. Watch. The marriage of the Lamb comes now. Here She comes.) Let us
be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. (Here She
comes, both Bride and Bridegroom.) And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is... righteousness
of saints. And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto
the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me. These are... true sayings
of God. And I fell down at the feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See
thou doeth it not: I am of thy fellowservant,... thy
brethren and have the--thy brethren and have the testimony of Jesus: worship
God: for the testimony of Christ--of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And I saw
heaven opened, and... a white horse;... (Oh, my.)... and he that set thereon...
was called Faithful and True, and... righteousness does he judge and make war.
And his eyes was as flames of fire, and... his head was many crowns;... (He was
crowned what? King of kings.)... and he had a name written, that no man knowed, but... himself. And he was clothed with white
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God... ("In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God; and the Word was made flesh
and dwelled among us." Who was It? Jesus.)... and His Name is called The
Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Glory. Here He comes.) And out
of his mouth will go a sharp sword, that--and that... it... should smite the
nations: and... shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God. And he had on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KING, AND LORD OF LORDS. 134
081 What was it? His people had
just crowned Him King of king and Lord of Lord, coming back to His holy Temple,
anointed with the Presence of God to live and to reign through the millennium
with His Church. Amen. The appearing with the mighty King to take Her place at
His side, the new royal anointed Temple...
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COD
62-0527 720-164
065 Now, someone wrote me here
not long ago, and asked me, said, "If you do not believe that the church
goes through the tribulation period, how about Revelations 13, how they
overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and their testimony?" The person asked
that question. I wonder. Do you realize that the first three chapters of
Revelation deals with the church in the church age? That's the tribulation
period, not the church age; the church raptures and goes up at the 4th chapter
of Revelation, never comes again till the 19th chapter when it comes with
Jesus. That's right. That's in the tribulation period, not nothing to do with
the church at all.
WHY AGAINST ORGANIZED RELIGION 62-1111E 220
119 Notice, the
19th chapter is the next, "After these things..." Did you notice here
in the 19th chapter, "After these things..."? Watch what? After what?
After the message of come out of her. After these things (Watch.) is the shout
of the Bride saints with the Bridegroom, going to the marriage of the Lamb. How
close are we then, brother? What's the last call? Come out of Babylon. Now, my
brethren, that's the reason I'm against it; it's unscriptural. It's unorthodox.
It's been proven to be false. God is not in it; He never was; He never will be.
Now, I ain't saying there's not people in these
organizations, that's where the church was made up of. But as long as you stay
into that system, you're a part of it.
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And now, we find out that He also got hidden manna. Now, hidden manna is
typed to the shewbread. The shewbread
was for priests alone. That is right. Shewbread was
just for the priest. And they... It was a special thing made for the priest,
that is, the leaders; and this man overcome. The whole congregation got manna,
but he got a hidden special manna, or special revelation, oh, of Who Jesus was,
and what about Him, all about Him. See, he got that revelation if he had
overcome. To the angel, "Hold fast, for he that..." He had
overcome... Addressed to the angel of the church... See?
Patmos vision hidden manna is not given to the whole church
Rising of the SON
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080 Oh, when He raised up Christ from the grave,
dwelling in you, is quickened your mortal bodies unto His Presence. You
recognize It; you are no longer a scavenger; you're a eagle. You don't want the
things of the world. You're a son and daughter of God. You're feasting at a
fountain that the world knows nothing about; you're drinking at--somebody
knows--the world knows nothing about. You're eating hidden Manna that the world
never even knowed nothing of It, for you're an eagle;
you're quickened up where you can get to It. You can't get to It down here; you
got to get up here. You got to be quickened, lifted up there, so It will
quicken.
FORSAKING ALL
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Heavenly Father, now I have said what Your Word said, forsaking all to
follow You. Those who forsook all got to see You. And no matter what You would
do, those who will not forsake sin and follow will never be able to understand.
Those who do forsake sin, unbelief... We know that sin is unbelief. No matter
how holy we live, what all we do, if we still disbelieve, we are sinners. The
Bible says, "He that believeth not is condemned already." So we know
that we must believe every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God. That should be our daily bread.
92-3 EPHESIAN.CHURCH.AGE -
CHURCH.AGE.BOOK.CPT.3
Now to get the real meaning of what we are about to go
into, I must caution you to ever keep in mind that religion (spiritual matters
if you like), is composed of two parts that intertwine but are as opposite as
black and white. Religion and the spiritual world are made of those two trees
which had their roots in
175-4 PERGANEAN CHURCH AGE - CH
5 But what do we
have in this our day? Multitudes are working signs until we have a generation
of sign seekers that know little or nothing about the Word, or a true move of
the Spirit of God. If they see blood, oil and fire they are happy; it matters
not what is in the Word. They will support any sign, even unscriptural ones.
But God has warned us about that. He said in Matthew 24 that in the last days
the two spirits would be so close together that only the very elect could tell
them apart, for they alone would not be deceived.
'A
DECEIVED CHURCH' "But as
MY REDEEMER LIVETH
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043 Don't you love Him? We sing
that little song because we believe that the Holy Ghost Gospel is still dripping
with blood. It's a way of persecution. It's a way of misunderstanding. That's
right. The world don't know it. The world never knew it. The world will hate
you. "But be of a good cheer, I've overcome the world." They don't
understand it. "The preaching of the cross is foolishness to them that
perish." But there's something down in the believer's heart, says, "I
know my Redeemer liveth. I know it, beyond a
doubt."
WHO IS THIS
59-1004M Then, if that is true, a supernatural God
cannot change His nature to fit people's nature. People has to change their
nature to fit God's supernatural plan. And that's why people cry, "Who is
this?" It's God in the midst of His people. They don't understand it. God
will never come to your level; you'll have to come to His. God will not come to
your requirement; you have to come to God's. And then when that requirement is
met upon a promise that God made to redeem the people. If that requirement has
met, your entire being changes; your thinking changes. Your habits change.
Everything about you changes. Your desires change. Your living changes. Your
habits change. You change. Everything about you changes, 'cause there's a new
life in you.
ISAIAH 54:13 And all thy children [shall be] taught of the LORD;
and great [shall be] the peace of thy children.
Ephesians 1: 17 The Spirit of Wisdom & Revelations in the
knowledge of him
1 Cor 13: 9-13 we no longer
think as children, but we are to grow up and think right We will know as we are
known.
2 Thess 1: 10 the mind of
the Father in us.
1 Peter 1: 13 Speaks
of the revealing of Christ and having our minds ready to receive it.
Matthew 13: 10-17 This speaks of God withholding from everyone except
the elect.
1 Cor 1: 4-10 Speaks
of the Spirit of God coming to anoint an understanding
PROVERBS 9:6 Forsake the
foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He
that reproveth a scorner getteth
to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest
he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9
Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a
just [man], and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge
of the holy [is] understanding.
PSALMS 32:7 ¶ Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt
preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of
deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the
way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
PSALMS 25:12 What man [is]
he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the
way [that] he shall choose.
ISAIAH 2:3 And many
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the
LORD from Jerusalem.
2 Cor 2: 1-14
JEREMIAH 31:34 And they
shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
My ways are not your ways, and my thoughts
are not your thoughts.
EZEKIEL 44:23
And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in
controversy they shall stand in judgment; [and] they shall judge it according
to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine
assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Secret things belong to us
I SAMUEL 12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in
ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consider how great [things] he hath done for you.
DEUTERONOMY 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
EXODUS 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be
with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the
causes unto God. 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and
laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must
walk, and the work that they must do.
DEUTERONOMY 6:6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto
thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest
in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon
thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of
thy house, and on thy gates.
DEUTERONOMY 11:18
¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these
my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your
hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest
by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door
posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
JOHN 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they
shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath
learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
PSALMS 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in
a plain path, because of mine enemies.
PSALMS 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in
thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
PSALMS 119:33
¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way
of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end. 34 Give me understanding,
and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
JOB 6:24 Teach
me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
ISAIAH 28:9
¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the
milk, [and] drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept [must be] upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
[and] there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue
will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This [is] the rest
[wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet
they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
[and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and
snared, and taken.
PHILIPPIANS 3:15 ¶
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any
thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
I TIMOTHY 6:3
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, [even]
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to
godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting
about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh
envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings
of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is
godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
II JOHN 1:9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He
that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son. 10 ¶
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not
into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is
partaker of his evil deeds.
ISAIAH 29:9
¶ Stay yourselves, and wonder;
cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not
with strong drink. 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the
spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers,
the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as
the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is]
sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is
not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not
learned. 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this
people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and
their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
[men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to
hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they
say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 16 Surely your
turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall
the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say
of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
ISAIAH 50:4
¶ The Lord GOD hath given me the
tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him
that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away back. 6 I gave my back to
the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off
the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed. 8 [He is] near that justifieth
me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who [is] mine adversary?
let him come near to me. 9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is]
he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth
shall eat them up. 10 ¶
Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that
obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in]
darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay
upon his God. 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass [yourselves]
about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks [that] ye
have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
ROMANS 16:17
¶ Now I beseech you, brethren,
mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye
have learned; and avoid them. 18 For
they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by
good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
EPHESIANS 4:8
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity
captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what
is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14
That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which
is the head, [even] Christ: 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined
together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,
according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in
love. 17 ¶
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk
not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given
themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with
greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If
so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in
Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the
former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful
lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
HEBREWS 5:8
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he
suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the
author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10
¶ Called of God an high priest
after the order of Melchisedec. 11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye
are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the
time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be]
the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of
milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For
every one that useth milk [is] unskilful
in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of
full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
ISAIAH 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy
judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness.
MATTHEW 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the
Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he]
to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].28
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
DEUTERONOMY 4:10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them
hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live
upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.
DEUTERONOMY 5:1 ¶
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn
them, and keep, and do them.
PSALMS 119:73 ¶
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,
that I may learn thy commandments.
ISAIAH 30:1 ¶
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but
not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may
add sin to sin:
JEREMIAH 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way
of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are
dismayed at them.
I JOHN 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth
in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
HEBREWS 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God,
and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach
every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
LAW OR GRACE
54-1006 026 Now, if you're believing right... If you
just confess it with your lips, it don't do much good. But from your heart, if
you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, you can't live the same life you once
lived. You can't, if you ever get a true view of
Calvary. Now, if you're just taking just a haphazard way, you're
just--you're just fooling yourself. But when you really get a view of what
Jesus was... Oh, my, how I like to preach the Deity, the supreme Deity of Jesus
Christ. If you could ever realize Who He was, and what He did for you men and
women, your hearts would rend within you, and you'd be willing to throw away
the trash of the world to live for Him. Oh, how marvelous, and what a Person He
was. If you realize the condescending of God Himself, unfolding Himself, coming
down till He could get into your heart...
67 027 When God the Father, in a form of a big
Cloud, hung over the children of Israel, and when He settled on the mountain
that morning to write the law, why, even if an animal touched the mountain, he
must be thrust through with a dart. Only through sanctification did He bring
Moses up. Set Aaron way down at the bottom of the hill to watch and to keep
guard that nothing... And when that Pillar of Fire settled on that mountain,
the lightning bursted forth, and the thunders roared,
the blackness settled. When Jehovah God, the Creator of all eternity settled on
top of a mountain that He created Himself, the thickness of the clouds a
bursting forth of the lightning, the shaking of the earth, till, them
Israelites standing out yonder in camp, with a bleeding sacrifice around them,
said, "Let Moses speak, and not God, 'less we die."... Think of that.
COLOSSIANS 4:2 ¶ Continue in prayer, and watch in the same
with thanksgiving; 3 Withal praying also for us, that God would
open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I
am also in bonds: 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to
speak. 5 ¶
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6
Let your speech [be] alway with grace,
seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.