Rising
of the Son no. 14
Seed
for every season no. 13
Attributes
of God Seed pt. 10
November 5, 2016
Brian
Kocourek, pastor
Tonight we will
look at an attribute of the God Seed that is very important for the safety and
security of God's Elect seed.
That is that God's Elect Seed Will know the two
spirits and will not be deceived.
Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christ's, and false
prophets, and shall show great signs
and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect.
Now, to
understand this Scripture, brother Branham preached a sermon call False
Anointed ones at the end time. In it he told us the key to understanding this
Scripture is that they are called FALSE Christ's and FALSE prophets.
The anointing is
genuine, and they are indeed anointed prophets (or preachers of the Word), but
what they are identified as is being false. In other words there is a genuine anointing
but they are false to the Word. They are lying prophets, they are lying
anointed ones. They are false to the Word of God. Brother Branham calls them
false teachers as false prophets.
Anointed ones at end time
65-0725M P:185 Anointed ones, christ's in the last days, but the
false teachers as
false prophets... Notice how striking. Now, I want you to compare
this (We haven't got time to read it out.), Matthew 24:24 with II Timothy 3:8. Matthew
24:24 said "in the last days (See?) there'll come
false christs, false anointed ones, false prophets, and
shall show signs and wonders exactly like the real real one and shall almost
deceive the very elected.
2
Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in 1) the last days 2) perilous times shall come.
Notice
this verse tells us a whole lot about the end-time.
1)
It tells us when this will happen and
2)
it will tell us what the atmosphere of this end time will be like. It will be perilous times.
Then
we read on, 2 For men shall be lovers of their own
selves, Notice the attributes called out: self serving, self
centered, self centric, and as such they will be covetous,
Now, the word
covetous means: inordinately desirous of wealth or possessions; In other words greedy.
And not only
greedy, but they will be boasters, ... That means they speaks with exaggeration and excessive
pride concerning themselves.
And of course
that leads us to the next attribute of the people at the end time. They
are proud, which means they have an overly high opinion
of themselves. Now, we know this is totally contrary to God Seed who have only
God's Opinion, and hold to God's values. In fact Scripture warns us that Pride
will lead to a fall.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a fall.
And because they
are proud, they become blasphemers, Notice that pride leads to
blasphemy. The word "blasphemy"
comes from two words "blepto"
and "pheme", which speaks of
irreverent speech towards God and the things of God.
And then we see
a whole lot of other attributes such as "disobedient to parents", "unthankful", "unholy", 3 "Without natural affection",
(there's your LGBT people) "trucebreakers", "false accusers", "incontinent",
(that means they can not contain themselves concerning sexual
activity) "fierce",
and look at this next attribute, they are "despisers of
those that are good",
Then
it tells us they are 4 " Traitors", and if we have
ever witnessed this attribute we see that our Government and the globalists
that run it show more of this attribute than at any time in history. Globalism
is proof enough that traitors among us.
The next
attribute is "heady",
And I think it is very interesting that the word means: clever; shrewd: and
the definition is followed with an example of the word used in a complete
sentence, "a heady scheme to win the election."
Next we see they
are: "
highminded," which means they
are so caught up into their own high principles, that they cannot many times
see the common sense approach to solving a problem.
Then we follow
up with "lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God;"
Easter
seal 65-0410 P:73 Notice, long have we.. We're losing our
identification. We come on Wednesday night, some of us. Others
stay home to watch "Who Loves Susie." Televisions, all
kinds of worldly things, all kinds of entertainments to keep you away
from church... Long have we lost it. Our seminaries, our schools,
are putting out a bunch of Rickies with a whole lot of theology, and
entertainment, and everything in the church to take the place of the prayer
meeting. We've took dress and tried to fulfill what the modernist try to do,
and bring them in. You'll never win them by that. They got more of that than
you have. You ain't got no business on their ground. Let them come over on
yours where the real baptism is shining, where the real power of the
Resurrection...
Marriage
of the lamb 62-0121E P:52 But now, what if this woman gets married, and takes
all these vows and everything, and she becomes this man's husband, and she's
heir to all he's got, and so forth, and then she goes wild? she starts
off on a tantrum? she starts off running after other men? Not only that, but she's
sharing her love with others. A man with his wife, all the promises that
they've made, and then she goes out and starts sharing her life with others,
her love and her affection with others...That's what too many so-called Christians do, sharing
your love with the world: playing, dancing, gambling, staying home from prayer
meeting to watch television, all kinds of worldly things that's took the place
of the love of God in the church's heart. She's gone on a tantrum.
She's gone wild. She's gone out after other men. She's sharing her love. She'll
take her tithings that she should give to the church; she'll spend it on other
things out there in the world. Instead of loving God the way she should do, and living for God, and
loving to come to church, you almost have to persuade her to come.
And
the Paul states, 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such
turn away.
This
is the church he is speaking of, so-called Christians. 67% of Americans call
themselves Christians. I hate to pop their bubble but to use a word brother
Branham did, "they are more of a hain't than
they a saint."
ABC
NEWS stated in a survey "Eighty-three percent of Americans
identify themselves as Christians. Most of the rest, 13 percent, have no religion.
That leaves just 4 percent as adherents of all non-Christian
religions combined — Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and a smattering of individual
mentions."
This
nation would have been better off had they not claimed to be Christians, there
judgment would be less severe. "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
Then
Paul goes on to describe the kinds of activity these phony Christians adhere
to.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into
houses, (houses
of worship, churches) and lead captive silly women (church people,
because women in the bible is always a type of the church) laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning,
and never able to come to the knowledge
of the truth. (why? Church people! But without the Holy Ghost, these
are not God Seed, but fakers. They have just enough religion to know the
difference between a carnal person and a criminal, but they haven't God the power
of an endless Life.) 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, (ran opposition to Moses) so do these also resist the truth: (religious,
yet they oppose the Truth, they resists it, and it shows they have not been
renewed in the minds. In fact they are ) men of corrupt minds,
(This word corrupt was translated from a Greek word which means
their minds have wasted away, become deprived, Shriveled or withered away,
morally bankrupt.
And these church
members are) reprobate concerning The faith. (reprobate
concerning THE FAITH, The Faith, The Revelation of Jesus Christ. They are
reprobate, castaways, they are rejected altogether concerning the Revelation of
Jesus Christ.)
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
And I believe we
are seeing this today, what has been hidden is suddenly coming into view. They
don't want a Gospel with teethe, they want some something smoot, and easy to
listen to. They don't want the flaming fire of the Gospel to burn out of their
hearts anything contrary to God's Word. They want s a preacher that is smooth
and soft and non invasive to their comfort zone.
God's wrapped gift 60-1225
P:49 The churches didn't want Him, because He disagreed with their creed. He
told them that they were, said, "You generation of vipers, you whited
walls." He called them everything that could be taught of. Told old Herod,
said, "Go tell that fox." And what's dirtier than a fox?
What's more stinking and lowdown than a dirty old fox? Jesus said, "That's
what he is." So He called black "black," and white
"white." He called wrong "wrong," and right "right."
So they didn't want that. The churches today don't want a pastor filled with the
Holy Ghost that'll really boil out, and tell you what's right and wrong. They
don't want it. They'd fire him, right quick. Deacon board would
get together and turn him away, get another one will talk about their creeds.
God's wrapped gift 60-1225
P:44 They don't want It. It'll make women act different. It'll make men act
different. You'll have to bear the name of a fanatic. You'll have to take
the way with the Lord's despised few. You'll have to clean up your life. You'll
have to quit your meanness. You'll have to stop doing wrong, cheating,
stealing, lying, committing adultery. You'll have to stop these things. And the people don't want It.
Although they may know It's right, but they don't want It. It
brings too much Truth to them. It uncovers their sin, so therefore, they
don't want It, don't want nothing to do with It. "Keep away from
It."
In continuing
our study let's turn to 1John 4:1-6 Beloved, believe not
every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: (And how do you try the spirits to see
whether they be of God? You give them the word test.) because many false
prophets (preachers and teachers) are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus
Christ is
come in the flesh is of God:
Now, this little word is, is very important because this is not saying
that every sprit that confesses that Jesus Christ had come as though we are
looking back, but John is saying, Is come in the flesh, is - present tense- is come in the flesh.
Jesus
Christ the same 58-0214 P:12 We could come
to the altar, and pray all night, go back and fast for ten days, and come back
and pray again... We might cry; I believe in all that. That's all, all right.
But we might do all that and still not be saved, until we in our heart can
believe that Christ died in
our stead, and reckon ourselves as sinners, and accept His righteousness.
When we do that and accept Him, He stands before the Father then, to make good
that confession. That's right. And the same thing by His stripes, we were
healed. And what does "confess" mean? "Confess" means "say
the same thing." Don't say nothing contrary,
but say what He said.
Then we'll be Abraham's children, which could call those things
that were not as though they were,
when God had said something.
Jehovah
Jireh 55-0817 P:18 It is only the
love of our Father, that loves us so much that He sends His Word. He sends His
ministers to preach the Word. Then He sends gifts into the church with His arms
spread out, trying to get you to believe it. He wants to heal you tonight,
a thousand times more than you want to be healed. But you're afraid. You go
by how you feel, because you've regarded that; you've lived by your feelings. That's...
Your whole life has been wrapped in that. But you must get away from that,
and act on God's Word, not what you feel, not what you see, what God said, and
act on that. Make a confession of that. "Confess" means "to say
the same thing." And
He's at the right hand of the Father with His Own Blood to
make intercessions on your confession. Now, He cannot do anything for you, until first you accept it and confess
it; and then He can act on it. For He's
the High Priest of what you confess that He is to you. Do you get what I mean?
Only one true living church 51-0727 P:12 And He's healed all the sick people, but it will
never help them, until they confess it by faith, and believe it, and act
upon their confession. "For
as the body is dead without the Spirit,"
says James, "so is faith
without works." You got to believe it and act
like it. When you
accept Him as your Savior, you've got to believe it and act like Him.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth (that
says the same things that Jesus said,) that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh
is of God:
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God, every
spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in their flesh acts like Him.
Attitude
and who is God? 50-0815 P:35 And when the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit is here to inspire you, remember, God will make your body come
into your confession. If you say you're a drunkard, and want a
drink. Don't worry, you'll soon be one. If you say you're a sinner, and want to
sin, you'll be right into it. If you say you're a Christian and believe it all along, God will
bring... Your testimony will bring you right into it. If you
believe in healing, and believe that God has healed you, confess it, and God
will make your body obey your confession, for
He's the High Priest of your confession; setting at the right-hand of the Father now with
His own Blood to make intercessions for any confession upon anything that He
died for. And He died to rid sin. And sickness is the result of sin. "He was wounded for our transgressions, with His
stripes we are healed."
Remember that. Have faith. Don't waiver. Stand on it.
Questions
and answers COD 59-1223 P:64 Now, the law of sin and death works in your flesh, but the law of
the Spirit of Life works in your heart. So your heart, your spirit in
your heart will make your body obey what it says do. That's
exactly right.
3 And every
spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh (and does not step
into that confession and Like him) is not of God: and this is that spirit
of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he that is in you,
than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the
world: therefore speak they
of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are
of God: he that knoweth God (he that ginosko God, he that has an
intimate experiential relationship with God) heareth
us;
he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and
the spirit of error.
...15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
1 Corinthians 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that
no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord,
but by the Holy Ghost.
Queen of Sheba 60-0710 P:40 The
Bible said that "No man
can call Jesus the Christ only by the Holy Ghost." If you've never
received the Holy Ghost, you don't know that He's the Christ yet. Remember that. You're
only walking towards that light. You can say, "My pastor said so."
That's true. "My Bible said so." That's true. "My mother said
so." That's truth. "My church believes it's the Holy Ghost." That's
true, but what about you? As an individual, you don't know until
you've received It. And when you receive the Holy Ghost,
then you are a witness that He's alive forever more. Now, the Holy Ghost is within you; now, and
then you watch Him as He works. If the Life of Christ is in you, it will produce His Life in you."
The works that I do shall you do also." The same works,
because it's the same life. If
the life in a watermelon vine produces a watermelon, well, The next branch that
comes out, it'll produce another watermelon; every time it'll be a watermelon.
And if the church is really anchored in Christ, every church will write a book of Acts behind it. That's exactly
right, because the first one wrote a book of Acts behind it. So, there we are.
1John 3:7 Little children, let no
man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as (or in the same
way as) He (God) is righteous.
He that doeth
what is right, is right, for by their fruits you shall know them.
Proverbs 11:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the
counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Now. let's turn
in our Bibles to the book of Malachi and we will read from Malachi 3:16-18 Then they that feared the LORD
(there's your key to understanding this Scripture right there.) Then they that feared the LORD spake often
one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it,
and a book of remembrance was written before him (in His Presence) for them that feared
the LORD, and that thought upon his name. 17 And
they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my
jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son
that serveth him. 18 Then
shall ye return, and discern between
the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth
him not.
Notice the
attribute of God Seed here, they will discern between the righteous and the wicked, between
him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
And while we are
looking at this, let me just add, there is a big difference between a man who
is simply a sinner, and them who are called "wicked"
A sinner is one
who has just missed the mark, but the wicked are those who actively are bad
people.
Ezekiel 44:23-24 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.
Trying to do God a service
65-1127B P:144 Let us pray. O church, here and across the nation,
listen to your humble servant this morning, will you? Look where you were at
a few years ago when this first started. Now look what impersonations has
capitalized on it, and great millions and billions of dollars has flowed into
the organizations. See? Still away from the Word of God... Buildings and
organizations is not the way God stirs His Spirit. He stirs It right into
His Word to make It live. And if you were ordained from the beginning of the earth to
that Word, every Word will come right on top of the Word. Like a
human cell will not have one human cell, and the next the cell of a dog, and
the next the cell of a cat; it'll be human cells. But it's got to have a cell
first to start with. Is that right? say, "Amen." Well, if it is the
Word cell to start with, the other Word cells are ordained to make it a full
body. Don't be children, only in love, but be men in Spirit and in judgment. Judge ye whether I've told you
the Truth or not. Judge ye whether It's the Word of God or not.
Judge ye whether it's
the hour we're talking about or not. Judge ye whether these things are promised.
Now, are they vindicated? By things that there's not a human being in the world
could do it. But it's become so common to us till we're letting it flow right
on a-past us. Wait, church, wait.
Luke 12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not
discern this time?
Hebrews 5:14 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.
In closing let
me read from brother Branham's sermon, "Oneness of Unity".
Oneness of unity 58-0128 P:27
Just
recently I could feel the spirit in the meeting. And you all who are sending
your letters in as an apology for the first night or two to believed that it
was some kind of a mental setup, and now you're convinced, sure, I forgive you.
God does too, and the Lord bless you. Certainly. Now, when the meeting going
on, a evil spirit is in the meeting, that spirit is almost harmless until it
can catch somebody that it can work through. Then when it can work
through, it'll certainly do damage, because it is a evil spirit. And the
Holy Spirit is here, trying to find somebody to work through, and when It finds
somebody to work through, It can do good. See, the two spirits, their motives, objectives?
Watch how it is. Watch their works. Watch their fruits. Then you can see what spirit is
on you.
Oneness of unity 58-0128 P:28
You are motivated by spirit. If you
have no spirit, you're dead. And if you have a spirit, it motivates your life.
And if your life bears
the fruit of a Christian, it's a Christian Spirit. Now, you may be
filled. Now, watch this evil spirit. When he goes out, he walks in dry places
hunting a place to find rest. The Bible said he could not find it. So he says, "I will return
back to where I come out of." He goes back to this person that he was once
in, and he finds the house all swept, cleaned up, sanctified, all condemnation
gone, oh, just a real happy believer. But it's empty, and he says, "Come here," seven
other spirits, worse than he was... Will you please try to get this. The Bible
said that's the truth, Jesus said it's the truth. And he comes back to this
house. A man who has confessed Christ to be his Saviour, got rid of his
wickedness, has quit his drinking, quit his smoking, his lying, his stealing,
he has become sanctified, cleaned out. His house is all swept; He feels free.
So he comes back, and he finds that house. Then he goes and gets seven other
spirits worse than he was and comes into this person. And the Bible said
that the last estate of a man is seven times
worse than it was at the beginning.
Matthew 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,
he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return
into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh
with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in
and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than
the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Let us pray...