Preparation #45 David a Man after God’s Own Heart
Brian Kocourek
075 One more little expression right quick,
please. I'm thinking, there's something come into my mind just now of a time
that Israel had backslid and got away, like the churches are away from God
tonight. And the first thing you know the devil always, when he knows he's got
the edge on you, he gives you a bluff.
076 By the name of Goliath. He stood up there, a
great big burley fellow about four times the size of an ordinary man, said,
"I'll make a deal with you. I'll tell you what I'll do; let's not fight
all these men, kill all these men. You just chose one man out of your group and
send him over here, and if I kill him you all serve us." Sure. The big
smart brag, because he had the odds. He said, "And if he kills me, then
we'll serve you." Said, "Some of you come over here and fight. Ho,
ho, ho, ho, ho."
Puts me in mind of these guys today, "Let me see
in that revival if one person is healed that I could put my hands on and see
before and after, and five years from now they'll still be, I'll believe it.
Ho, ho. Of course I believe in Divine healing." Oh, that's a lie. You know
it is. But as long as he thinks he's got the odds, that's it.
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I remember when I first started, there was no campaigns in the country,
nowhere. I preached on that little subject right there. That big boaster of
modern day science stands up with their big wheels a turning and say,
"Days of miracles is past." Brother, that's a...?... corner now.
That's right.
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One day, you know what happened? There happened to be a little old
sheepherder out there God was preparing, a little old fellow out there just
about a, oh, about four foot and a half high, little old right with a little
sheepskin coat on. His daddy, Jesse, happened to say, "David, take some
wine and some raisins, and go up there to the battle front and see your
brothers. They're at camp. There's none of them going to fight. There ain't enough fight in them. All their courage is
gone."
About like it is in the Church today. "Well, I'll
tell you, Brother Branham, I seen so many failures. I don't know." Oh, my.
That makes me believe that much more. That's right.
"Now, I don't know what to do."
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So he got the wine and the stuff, and he goes up there to his brothers
and met his brothers out on the field. And this big giant run out and roared.
He happened to roar before the wrong man one time.
Little David turned around and said, "What's this? What's going on over
there? Who is that big scarecrow standing up there? You mean to tell me that
you guys will stand around and let that uncircumcised Philistine defy the
armies of the living God?"
That's what I think today. You let some of these big
theological seminaries teachers with all these D.D.D.'s
behind them stand up and say, "There's no such a thing as the power of God
and the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And them days are gone." Not as long as
I live. No, sir. Not as long as God can put His hand on a man to prepare him
somewhere, He will not. No, sir.
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David said, "I will go fight him."
And there the pastor, big seven foot Saul, cowed down
in his tent, my.
But David said, "Let me go."
Well, they took him up before Saul. Saul said,
"Now, my son, I admire your courage. But I will tell you, that man is a
warrior from his youth, and you're nothing but a youth. That man knows how to
use a sword. Why, his spear is twenty foot long maybe. Why, he'd just pick you
up and... like that."
He said, "My Lord," he said, "your
servant... God let him take a--kill a bear with his sling shot, and I took a
kid out of a lion's mouth. How much more would He deliver that uncircumcised
Philistine into my hands."
He knowed what he was
talking about; he had God behind him. He knowed the
anointing oil was poured on him. Samuel had done done
it. He knowed he was anointed. So nothing wasn't
going to bother him."
What's the matter with you anointed people? God's done
poured the Holy Ghost oil on you. You're anointed. You've got the privilege.
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Quickly, and look. "Why," he said, "you can't fight
him." Said, "Well, if you're going to, put on my armor." Huh.
And the first thing you know, they got this great big
jacket of mail, you know, and put on little David. And I can imagine seeing
that little bitty fellow standing there with this great big jacket on, standing
like... He couldn't hold it up. Huh. He come to find out that that
ecclesiastical jacket didn't fit a man of God. It doesn't yet.
When you have to go away and get four years of
embalming fluid pumped into you, when God says go, get going. That's right. God
says you can do it, you can do it. "Whosoever will, let him come."
That great big ecclesiastical jacket on, you know,
theological seminary experience, didn't fit David. David said, "I haven't
proved that thing yet. I don't know nothing about it, but I do know what this
is."
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Brother, I don't know about all about your teaching, and all your
doctrines, and all your Doxologies, and so forth, but I do know what the Holy
Ghost is. The very thing that saved me back there will heal me. Hallelujah. God
promised it and I believe it.
Brethren, he reached down there and got a hold of five
little rocks as he crossed. And that old fellow just laughed at him, said,
"I'll feed you to the birds."
He said, "You meet me as a Philistine, in the
name of a Philistine, with an armor and a spear. But I meet you in the Name of
the Lord God of
Why, old Goliath was covered all over with steel, all
up-and-down like that, just one little spot. And here he comes across to meet
him. A little bitty fellow about like this, and Goliath about like that
standing there with his spear ready to pick him up and hang him up on a tree
somewhere... Here come little David just a bouncing in the Spirit, "Ha,
ha, ha." Oh, what a holy-roller. Victory already... Hallelujah. Why, he
placed the Name of The Lord God of
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You say, "David dancing?" Oh, yeah, he was a dancer. One day
the ark come in, and his wife was setting up there looking at him. He was a
cute little fellow, and she was standing. And here comes the ark across. And
David run down there and begin to run and dance and carry on. And his wife
said, "You embarrass me."
"Oh," he said, "you don't like that,
huh? Watch this." And around and around and around and around and around
the ark, dancing. Hallelujah. That's right. Yes, sir. Said, "Watch
this."
And then... God looked down out of heaven and said,
"David, you're a man after My own heart." Ha, ha. O glory.
"You're the very man after My own heart." Little old David was a
dancer.
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And here he went up there just a dancing in the Spirit as hard as he
could. Why? By faith he saw the victory. Amen. He saw the victory.
He took his little old sling in there, one of these
stones, and he give a dance and here he comes, coming around. Oh, I see Goliath
saying, "Ho, ho, ho, ho."
What was it? He had five stones: F-a-i-t-h in five fingers wrapped, this string around
J-e-s-u-s. Here he comes. Oh, brother. Look out, Goliath. You got to fall.
And when he set that loose, the Holy Ghost got a hold
of that little old stone and picked up a speed about a thousand miles per
second, struck that giant between the face and he fell forward. Hallelujah. Oh,
my.
Like a little Jim Crow, danced up there, jumped up on
him, pulled his sword out, chopped his head off like that. Said, "How do
you like that, boy?" Reached down and got him by the hair of his head.
Said, "Come on, boys, let's preach Divine healing." Way they went.
Hallelujah.
And you know what they done? The rest of them seen it
could be done, and they cut Philistines plumb to the wall. Glory. Down there
the old critics has got their mouths shut now.
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Florence Nightingale, Congressman Upshaw, Queen of England, great men,
when the Divine healing power was proved that night yonder at Portland, Oregon,
that maniac run to the platform, and God threw the demon right on the ground.
Tommy Osborn, Oral Roberts, Jaggers, the rest of them
took turns. We've cut them devils plumb to the walls. We've got the victory.
Hallelujah.
There goes David marching in, pulling old Goliath's
head behind him. Victory, God prepared him a man to take care of it.
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And, brother, about several hundred years after that, the
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They climbed up the hillsides, up yonder to the temple, stayed in the
upper room until all of a sudden they got to a place one said, "I don't
care if I am a Methodist."
Another one said, "I don't care if I am a
Baptist, or Sadducee," till all the differences got out of them. And when
they did, they started blessing God. And about that time the preparation come
from heaven.
Now, the Catholic church said, "Lick out your
tongue, take the holy eucharist, that does it."
Holy eucharist, a little wafer... The Protestant
church, just as bad; shake hands with the preacher, right hand of fellowship,
sprinkle a few little drops of water on top of him, take him in to
a...?..."...?...
How far and they're both wrong. But here's what the
Bible says the preparation was.
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Now, another thing, "Well, now my boy, I believe you're to become a
minister. We will see the doctor and elder and all of them, and we'll give you
the right hand of fellowship. We'll send you off to a seminary, and we'll teach
you all about this thing."
Never that, no, sir, that wasn't God's preparation. He
said, "Wait in the city of
Here come a priest up the road with a box and said,
"Here's the holy..." No. Here come the Protestant preacher, said,
"I'll give you the right hand of fellowship." No. Here comes the
elders saying, "We'll send you to the mission field. First we have to take
this student..." Nope.
"But suddenly there came a sound from heaven like
a rushing, mighty wind. It filled all the house where they were setting."
Hallelujah. Cloven tongues set upon them like fire. They were filled with the
Holy Ghost. Out into the streets and across the nation, signs, wonders... They
laid in the shadows of the men and were healed. The critics made fun of them.
That was God's preparation. God hasn't changed His
plan. That was to be until Jesus come back again. It sounds ridiculous to an
ordinary man. "Why, the very idea, you mean I have to go down and act like
a maniac? Huh." You'll either do that or stay out, either one you want to.
That's what you to do.
Somebody said, like old Naaman,
he said, "I--I--I... You mean I have to dip in them old muddy water?"
Either do it or keep your leprosy, either one you want to do.
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There I was sometime ago, I was preaching. A certain minister come to
me, he said, "Brother Branham, I couldn't even enjoy your sermon,"
said, "those people hollering 'amen,' screaming and hollering and
crying." Said, "How could you keep your subject?"
I said, "I wasn't trying to."
Said, "When do you ever run out?"
I said, "When a kink gets in hose." Yes,
when I get a kink in the hose somewhere, God has to set straighten it out, and
let the blessings pour again."
Said, "I'll tell you, them people just made
chills run over my back."
I said, "They did?" I said, "That's
strange. If you'd ever get to heaven, you'd freeze to death; 'cause, brother,
they're really making some noise up there: Screaming and a shouting, and a
praising God day and night, overcoming by the Blood of the Lamb and their
testimony." Hallelujah.
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It's God's preparation time. God's preparing a people. And if you can't
have faith to heal this sick body, how you going to have faith to raise it up
in the last days? Glory to God. It's His preparation time. Oh, you're going to
call me a holy-roller, so that's all right, I am.
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Well, let me tell you something now, brother: I'm glad that I seen this
vision of Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever, of the power of
the resurrected Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the
world, heals the sickness. I'm glad tonight that He's here. I'm glad that I
have Eternal Life.
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I'm telling you now; when you walk to the altar one day and said,
"I accept Jesus Christ as my Saviour,"
raise up your hand and started praising, thanking Him for your salvation. You
couldn't show any physical results, but you went ahead and you believed it. You
stayed with it; you confessed it; you believed it. And now, you... Everybody
knows you got it. Do the same thing by healing. Accept Him on the same basis.
"I accept Him as my Healer."
Don't get that little old cowed down saying
"Well, I don't believe I can move this foot." Why not? You might not
be able to walk perfect for a month. But kick that crutch away and walk away
anyhow. It's your God given privilege. Amen.
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Brother, I feel good. I just got to quit. I was just getting warm now,
so I believe I could preach a little while right now, just getting straightened
out now. I'd like to get you over in Revelations, the Lamb coming. But
I'll--but I'll do that some other time. God bless you. The time gets away so
quick.
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All you got faith--have got faith, raise your hands. Say, "I've got
faith, Brother Branham. I believe."
You believe it's the preparation time? Don't
notice--don't notice your age. Don't notice the circumstances. Faith knows no
age limit or circumstance. Faith knows one thing: "God said so, and that
settles it." You believe it?
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Where's our sister that plays the piano? Let us bow our heads a minute.
"The Great Physician," sister. Something come on my heart then.
Our heavenly Father, I thank Thee tonight because that
we're living in the hour of preparation. We're living when You're preparing the
people to believe all things. We believe that's the message of the day, the
preparation time: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. And
You're calling a people, have give them the Holy Ghost, and now, You're trying
to call out of that group of sons to adopt them.
We realize that the old law was that a son was born
into the home, he was a son, but the tutor raised him. And then when he was of
age, if he'd been the right kind of a son, he was taken out, put a purple robe
on in a ceremony and adopted. And that's what You're trying to do to these Full
Gospel people now: To get them out to themselves somewhere, alone with You in
faith, to adopt them into the Kingdom, and give them the right to go forth, and
to do the things that You did.
I pray, God, that You'll take these few examples and
here the great
Now, Father, many are weighted down; they'd like to
run but they're sick. And, Father, I pray tonight as I have brought them the
plain simple truth of how that You heal the sick, You raise the dead. You
commissioned Your disciples to go preach the Gospel, said, "These signs
would follow them that believe."
Back in the Old Testament from Genesis on to
Revelation You constantly was a miracle working God when people were ready to
step out and believe You. When Moses prayed and then stepped toward the
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With your heads bowed. God put something on my heart just now. He said,
"You preached like an evangelist, bring the people up and ask them to
accept Christ as Saviour, why don't you bring them up
and let them accept Christ as Healer?"
How many in here is sick and wants to accept Christ as
their Healer now? I'm giving the invitation to walk right up here the side of
this platform. God bless you, young lady. God bless you, sir. That's right. All
right, everyone now:
The great
Physician now is here,
The
sympathizing Jesus,
He speaks the
drooping hearts to cheer,
Oh, hear the
voice of Jesus.
Sweetest...
... on mortal
tongue,
O sweetest
carol ever sung,
Jesus, blessed
Jesus.
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Now, just reverent as you're singing this folks. Christians, I will have
to answer at the day of the judgment if I told you wrong. God Almighty will
hold me responsible for what I say. You know that.
You don't know how I'd like to take each one of you in
my arms, set down here, set there and talk with you a few minutes, see just
what your trouble was, and see if I could--if God would tell me what was wrong;
or maybe something in your life that you've done that wasn't just right, would
hinder your healing.
Now, you confess all your wrongs. Tell God that you'll
make it right. Tell Him that you'll do it and confess your wrong.
Now, you're standing here right now to accept Jesus as
your Healer just as you accepted Him as your Saviour.
I seen two little girls moving just now. There were
healed. I seen It move over them when they come up. See? Now, I just had to go,
bless them because that He told me to. See?
Now, I want you to come on these basis to accept Him.
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Now look, Christians, you love me; I love you. If God, Who knows... If
I... If that's wrong, I don't know my heart. See? But I believe that I know
truly that I love you. And I--I wouldn't stand here as a deceiver, and you know
I wouldn't do that. And you know God would never bless a deceiver.
How is this message just goes the whole world over
now, when literally millions of healings... Even the jungles of
Why, up in the jungles they got the healing campaigns
going on amongst the natives, men who don't even know which is right and left
hand hardly. But they know Jesus Christ. They seen Him do it, and they believe
it, and they pray for their native friends, and they're healed. Preaching
Gospel, accepting Christ, breaking up their idols, forming big churches and
groups, praying all night, fasting for weeks at a time, no education or nothing...
They just believe God. Now, you do the same.
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Now, look, I don't think you could find fault with what I preached. I
don't get it out in the right way, maybe. But I--I give it the best way that I
know how, and I know it's the truth. I haven't got the scholarship and
education to present it, like a man that could do that. But I just have to
reach up, and grab it, and spit it out, and reach and grab it, is the only way
I can get it, just as it comes to me.
But look, brother, I know it's the truth. I've tested
it in death; I've tested it against demons. I've... All across the world. This
is my third trip around now, and this... I've seen witch-doctors, and devils,
and hypnotizers, and demons and everything, and--and critics, and everything
come up and say, "It's mental telepathy. It's somebody out in the audience
is--is looking up here, and I'm reading their mind; mental telepathy." And
all such things has been tried in every fiery furnace. And every time God slays
the adversary, drops them right to their feet.
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There's a man setting tonight, paralyzed in this world, because he tried
to hypnotize me in
And I said, "Why'd the devil put it in your heart
to do that?" And that settled it, they packed him out paralyzed. He's that
way yet tonight.
Many other things I could say, hundreds, but I've told
you the truth. God has confirmed it to be the truth.
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Now, listen to this truth. Each one of you standing here are sincere in
heart. I believe that. I don't believe you have come; I believe you're needy.
And I want that elderly lady lying there too, and
brother here from
I see some crutches laying along there on the floor.
Don't pay no attention to those things; just believe.
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Now, you're standing there right now accepting Jesus Christ like you did
when you come to be a Christian. Is that right? Now, don't look for any
physical thing, any thing--any results, just claim it.
Now, look, Hebrews 3:1 the Bible said, that He is the
High Priest of our confession. Is that right? Now, it's "profess" and
"confess" is the same word there. Now, He can't do one thing for us
till we accept it, and say that we have accepted it, and believe it, and
testify of it. Is that right? We... He can't do nothing, no matter what. You've
got to accept it first by faith, and believe it, and confess that it's right.
And He before God makes it right, in your stead as a High Priest. A High Priest
is to make intercessions. Is that right? He's touched by the feeling of our
infirmities. Now, that's as far as I know to be the truth, and God knows that.
And if you here tonight, every one of you, would
accept Jesus right now as your Healer, and say, "Lord, this settles it
right here. I don't care if I ache twice as bad, if I'm three times as sick,
five times as lame; I'm going to... If I can't do no more than wiggle my
finger, I'm going to wiggle my finger and give You praise, claiming You healed
me."
And as far as I know the Scriptures to be true, God's
under obligation if your heart's pure and clean, to make you well.
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103 I've seen Him cure sarcomas
cancer. If anybody'd like to have statements of that,
I got medical statements. That's right. Cancer...
Look at Congressman Upshaw. Sixty-six years an invalid
in a wheelchair, rolled him into a big place there in California. The Holy
Spirit moved and showed him just what was wrong with him, told him, "Rise
from his feet." And he hadn't been on his feet like that, there his
crutches and braces and beds, and things like that for sixty-six years; walked
to the platform, touched his feet, turn a hand spring, went everywhere, a
congressman of the United States.
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Everywhere, have faith. Now, bow your heads everywhere. Now, just like
you was coming for salvation, you come for healing.
Now, everybody in here, you out in the audience that's
well tonight, you should be happy that God has let you be well. Look at these
old mothers and dads, and little mothers with their babies in their arms, poor
little children leaning against the altar, crying. Gray headed mothers and
fathers standing around here, poor old things just slaved a long time in life,
good, sweet, kind; what if that was your mother? What if that was your dad?
You'd want somebody be awful sincere, wouldn't you, when they prayed? Well,
they do the same.
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Now, everybody sincere, everybody believe. Now, I'm going to ask God to
heal every one of you.
Now, while I'm in prayer and you feel that God has
healed you, I want you to raise your hand and say with a loud voice, "I
accept my healing." Or give God praise. And I want you to come now with
sincerity. If you're deaf, put your fingers in your ears. If you're sick in
your stomach, lay your hand on the stomach. If you're... Wherever you're sick,
place your hand. And then... or on your child, or on your parents, and let's
pray.
Now, heavenly Father, I--I am so happy to know that
You're here. And many of us, years ago, little old bashful boys and girls have
now received something that gives us boldness, great courage, courageous as a
lion, because the Lion of the tribe of Judah has rose in our hearts giving us
grace and power.
In this building tonight there's some, maybe two
thousand or better people seated here, and they're under expectations. And I
have tried to speak to them upon Your preparation: the preparation for healing,
the preparation for salvation, the preparation for victory.
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And now, You have give them in their heart faith enough to come to this
altar, and I called them here, and they're here believing that You're going to
make them well. They realize that they can't live very long unless You do it.
And You're the only One Who can do it. And as far as their healing, You've
already done it. You did it at Calvary. And You're trying to open their
understanding right now, that they might understand that You have did it.
And now, in this massive group, as we're standing here
gathered, pulled out, confessing our faith, coming to the altar believing that
You have come to heal us, Lord, I pray now. And knowing this, that the only
thing that's keeping any person in here from being healed if their heart is
right with You, is that shadow of the devil of doubt hanging over them: doubt,
unbelief. If they only had one speck of faith more, they could be healed; and
Satan is shadowing that little thing for them.
Now, Lord God, hear my prayer. Not knowing what hour I
have to come and meet You, or none of us does, and knowing that we have to
answer for our ministries before You, I pray Thee, Father, to give me favor
just now before You, that if I have found grace in Your sight that You'll
answer my prayer.
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And here's these dear people that's set here night after night. They're
trying to press into the prayer line to search out their souls and so forth.
God, may that take place just now, and may their souls be searched out.
And now, they're standing here wanting to be healed,
and Your Spirit is hovering over here, the very Spirit that can make a little
old timid person stand in the power of the resurrection. And now the devil's
hanging over them, trying to keep them from--just trying to keep them from
believing or accepting their healing. And I ask You, Lord, if I've got grace in
Your sight to give me power to make him leave from before these people, and
cast away that devil long enough that they can get a glimpse yonder of Calvary
to see that old wet coat of Blood going up there, dripping, smack, smack,
smack, against the back that was striped for our healing. O God, grant it.
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Now, you devil of doubt that's hanging over the people, come out of them
in the Name of Jesus Christ. I rebuke you, that you leave these people. Come
out of them and let them each one be healed.
Lord God, I pray that You'll cast away Satan and make
the power of God so real to them, that they'll look through that shadow yonder
and see the Son of God standing yonder with His striped back, saying, "By
My stripes, you were healed already." And may they accept it now, Lord, in
the Name of Jesus Christ.
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Throw up your hands every one of you. All that believe now, that believe
you're healed, raise your hands. Amen. Amen. Give God praise and glory. Looky here, audience. Every one of them's
healed. The power of God. Let's stand to our feet everywhere and give God
praise and glory. Hallelujah. Looky here, audience,
this whole group of people is healed.
What about them others down there on them stretcher
cases; stand to your feet. Get up. And have... Get up, God heal you. God will
do it if you'll raise and believe it.
What do you think, brother, the heart trouble gone
now? Going to be well?
What do you think, sister? Female trouble gone? You
going to be well?
What you think, brother, with your ear? Going to be
all right now? God bless you.
A little girl who had the cross-eyes, they're
uncrossed. They're all right now. You're well. You can go home.
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Everyone of you is happy. Let's stand and sing the praises to Him,
"I Will Praise Him." Everyone now, altogether, lift up your voices
and give God praise.
These people, if they are not healed, they are not
saved. They've come on the same basis. How many out there believes they're
healed? Raise your hand and say, "Praise the Lord." You're healed.
Now, let this audience, here at the altar, turn
towards them out there in the audience as you accept your healing just like you
did your Saviour. Well, turn around this way and face
the audience with your hands up to let them know that you believe Jesus Christ
has now healed you and made you well.
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All right, "I Will Praise Him. I will praise Him."...?... It's
all right...?...
I will praise
Him,
Praise the Lamb
for sinners slain, (everybody)
Give Him glory,
all ye people,
For His blood
can was away each stain.
(Let this audience lift that up and sing it loud now,
come on.)
I will praise
Him, I will praise Him,
Praise the Lamb
for sinners slain,
Give Him glory
all ye people,
For His blood
can wash away each stain.
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 19:11 to 6.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 Eden. Both the Tree Of Life and the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil stood in the midst of the garden and no doubt their
very branches intertwined each other. Thus in the Ephesian Church is that same
paradox. The church is made up of good and bad. Two vines make the church. They
are like the wheat and tares, growing up side by side. But one is the TRUE. The
other is the FALSE. Now God will speak TO each one and He will talk ABOUT each
one. He will call them the church. And only the elect will really know which is
the true Spirit. Only the elect will not be deceived. Matthew 24:24, "For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." So way back
there in the early church (a very short period after Pentecost) the false vine
got to intertwine itself around the True Vine and we find these deeds of the Nicolaitanes. And that spirit is going to be found fighting
the True Vine until it is destroyed by God. Now have you got it?
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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 Israel was bound by their Kings that they could not follow the
real King; and the real King, when He came, they didn't recognize Him. So is
it today, oh, Lord. The King of Glory has appeared in the form of the Holy
Ghost and Lord, They don't know it. They don't recognize it. They're so
organized so tight, that they do not understand it,
because It's not in their organization. Lord this is a work of the devil that's
done this to the people. May the Samson of God, may the True in heart, Those
who are longing and crying and pleading and holding on, may they stay with It,
Lord, until this new crop grows out. Until there comes forth a joy in Zion,
and there comes forth a group that can recognize and understand. That can see
the Messiah and the hidden power that's hid from the world, that they will not
understand now. Grant, Lord, that they'll see this, for we ask It in Jesus
name, a-man."
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.