Rising
of the son no 7
Seed
for Every Season no 6
Attributes
of God Seed pt3
October 9, 2016
Brian
Kocourek, Pastor
1Samuel 12:16 Now therefore stand and
see this great thing, which the LORD
will do before your eyes.
This
morning we will continue with our thoughts on the attributes and
characteristics of God Seed, for according to Genesis 1:11 "every seed will bring forth after its
kind," and therefore if we are children of God then we
are the seed of God. And if we are the seed of God then we will be conformed to
the image of the original Seed, which is the eldest brother in a vast family of
brothers.
Let
me remind you what the Apostle Paul said in Romans 8:29 For whom he (God) did foreknow, he (God)
also did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his (God's) Son, that he (The
Son of God) might
be the firstborn among many brethren. (In other words he is not the
only son, but the eldest in a vast family of brothers.) 30 Moreover whom he (God)
did predestinate,
them he (God) also called: and whom he (God) called, them he (God) also justified: and
whom he (God) justified, them he (God) also glorified.
Now,
notice all of what Paul tells us God does here. Do you see anywhere that he
said you did anything? Do you see where Paul said we have anything to do with
what God has done? I mean it is all about Him. It is not how good you are, it
is not how well you have controlled your tongue so no one could secretly record
your words and play them back for all the world to see.
You
want to go through the white throne judgment? Look at what Mr. Trump is going
through and Hillary for all its worth. everything they have said in secret
throughout their past is being broadcast for all the world to se just what kind
of sick people they are? But just wait until the White throne judgment comes
and not only your speech and your actions will be broadcast for all the world
to see, but the very secrets of your heart, because you will be standing before
the white throne judgment and the only thing that will protect you from your
own self is the blood of Jesus Christ.
Romans
2:16 In the day when God
shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Luke 8:17
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest;
neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come
abroad.
What
we are seeing today in this presidential race is just a sampling of what the White
throne judgment will be like. We can look at that picture on the wall and know
the White Whig on the head of Christ represents The Judge of all the earth is
here. He has come down as a Judge for one purpose, and that is a Judge judges.
Did not brother
Branham say in his sermon, Perfect faith 63-0825E
P:82 I'm your brother,
standing as your brother, an intercessor, trying my best to hold you
before God. And I'm standing here right before the white throne now, and
is taking that pointing my finger at that bloody Sacrifice there, and speaking
through His Name that it's done. It has to happen, and it has to happen. You
know it's happened. I know it's happened, so do you know it's happened, and
it's so. That's right.
So God's prophet told us we are now standing before
the white thrnone, and to do that the Judge must be here.
And we see in James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren,
lest ye be condemned: "behold",
(Look and see) the judge standeth before the door.
Another time in Scripture we see those same words
said by Jesus, when he describes for us the condition at the midnight hour, "behold", he
says, Look and see "behold" the Bride Groom, go
ye out to meet Him."
James
tells us to quit
our grudges with one another, for behold the Judge is standing at the door,
And so we must ask ourselves, what door
is he speaking of here, and we find in Revelations
3:20 Jesus
Christ is standing as Judge before the door to this age.
So you cannot have judgment without a Judge, and the
evidence of Judgment is that there must be the presence of a Judge who can
bring sentence to the ones judged. And just before brother Branham explain that
we are now standing before the white throne, he says, ...
80 Let's just stand still a minute. Let's
just worship Him in our heart. Think of it: God, He's here. He's here.
Who? Who identified Himself as being the Word? "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us,
the same yesterday, today, and forever. The
Word is sharper than a two-edged sword, even a Discerner of the thoughts and
the intents (what you've
come here for, what your purpose of being here, who you are)"; identified
Jesus Christ to be Messiah, and today It identifies Him of being the
same Messiah, yesterday,
today, and forever.
The sign of Messiah is the sign of the Word, and the Word is to judge
when? In the last days. right?
Jesus said in John 12:46 I am come a light into the
world, that whosoever believeth on
me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words,
and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but I
came to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Now, when is the Word to come and Judge? In the last days? So when is He
standing before the door as Judge? In the last days, right? And listen, the
Bible tells us that judgment begins in the house of God, right?
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin
at the house of God: and if it first
begin at us, what shall the end be
of them that obey not the gospel of God?
When people came
before God's prophet and he could look into their soul by a vision of God, they
did not look at the vessel they stood before, because they knew they had come
into the presence of God. And if the Judge began the judgment of His Church
back in those days, that same Judge is here, only now he is judging those who
did not obey the Gospel of God.
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin
at the house of God: and if it first
begin at us, what shall the end be
of them that obey not the gospel of God?
So what we are seeing today is the judgment because
it began in the house of God to the church, but now it has began to those who
obey not the Gospel of God, and so the leaders are being judged by all, and for
all to see what things they had thought were secret are now being suddenly
revealed to all. This out to tell you that America has been judged and found
guilty. And the sentence for her guilt is her destruction by fire which is next
to come.
Yes, brothers and sisters we are looking at the
judging of America, first when God's prophet was here and the sign of Messiah
judged the secrets of the heart. That is where the judgment began in the house
of the Lord. But then it moves on to the people itself, and the people will be
judged by the leaders they have chosen to represent them.
Now, just before brother Branham said we are
standing now before the white throne judgment he said, 80 Let's just stand still a minute.
Let's just worship Him in our heart. Think of it: God, He's here. He's
here. Who? Who identified Himself as being the Word? "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us, the same
yesterday, today, and forever. The Word is sharper than a two-edged sword, even a Discerner
of the thoughts and the intents (what
you've come here for, what your purpose of being here, who you are)"; identified
Jesus Christ to be Messiah, and today It identifies Him of being the
same Messiah, yesterday, today, and forever. 81 The great Physician, Who is here,
Who said, "These signs shall follow them
that believe. If they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover. And if
you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but can
believe that He can create squirrels," who
has no way at all, or nothing there to believe; it's my own faith that goes
and does that, my faith in what He challenged me to ask. He challenged me to
ask it. And I
received His challenge; in obedience to His Word I asked it, and it appeared!
God in heaven knows that's true. Can't He also heal the sick? If He can lift me
with a faith up this a-way, even for the people, even if they can't climb to
that bracket... See? If they can't do it, He can use my faith. He can lift
me to that place, and I'm climbing for you. I'm believing for you. I'm
speaking for you.
Oh, that ought to run chills up and down
your spine, to knowThat in the day when God has come to judge the hearts of man
through Jesus Christ, that he has come in mercy to those who will receive His
Mercy, but the same God who has come in mercy for His elect, has come to bring
judgment to those who have turned down the truth.
Romans
2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men
by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. We
are living in that day, my brothers and sisters, and to have seen the sign of
Messiah, the sign of the Presence of the Word that has come to judge the hearts
of the people. It ought let you know that God has now left the court room, the
house of God, and has turned His judgment on this nation, and is now judging
its leaders. And nothing that is hidden shall remain hidden before Him.
Luke 8:17
For nothing is secret, that
shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Mark 4:22
For there is nothing hid,
which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that
it should come abroad.
Jeremiah
23:24 Can any hide himself in secret
places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD.
Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
But we find the promise of God for all of us who have come short of the
Glory of God in Psalms 19:12 Who
can understand his errors? cleanse thou
me from secret faults.
And the judgment of those who look to dig up fault will be greater than
he that shows mercy.
Proverbs
20:19 He that goeth about as a
talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with
his lips. And I have met
such people, and they are even in this Message, and I can say, I and my wife
and family and tghis church has been bitten by the flatterer's lips too many
times. we should take his admonishment to heart, when he says, meddle not with him
that flattereth with his lips. For we are living in the end
time, when judgment has already began in the house of God.
Again we read in Proverbs 11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth
the matter.
We
have all been guilty of that, and all I can say is God forgive me where I've
come up short. But the only thing that will keep yours and my secret sins of
our entire life from being exposed before all mankind at the white throne is
the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
Romans
8:31 What
shall we then say to these things? If
God be for us, who can be
against us? 32 He
that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen
again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it
is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am
persuaded, (can we all say this together) For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore, this
morning I would like to look at another attribute of the Elect of God, those
who are God-Seed. And that attribute is that "they come to the Light (Revealed
Word)" and do not walk in darkness.
Now, we are not
going through these attributes to be cute or smart and to show what we know,
but rather we are looking at these Scriptural proofs for the reason that we
might compare our own lives to what we are reading from God's Word, in order
that we might see them manifesting in our own lives. As brother Branham often
said, find your place in the Bible. So when we read of these attributes, if you
see them in your own life, claim them and underline them in your Bible and
never let them go from the testimony of your lips for they are the testimony of
who you are and whose blood line you come from.
Therefore let's
look at John 3:21
But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Now, the
word wrought 2was translated from the Greek word ergazomai, and this can be broken
down into three words, ergo
which is the same word Jesus used when speaking of the works that I do you shall
do also, It simply means labour.
The middle portion Zo comes from the Greek word Zoe which means life.
And the final portion mai
means to consider it, to reckon, or to take into account, or to pass to ones
account like money being transferred into your account. Therefore what John is
saying is he that doeth
truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest, that they
are wrought in God, that
they are reckoned, and taken into account that they have been transferred to us
by God. In other words, that they have their source in God.
Now, it never
said he that talks it, but he that doeth truth
is the one who comes to the light.
In Isaiah 50:4-10 we read, "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 (God) wakeneth me morning
by morning, He (God) 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 (God) 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.
That is Romans 8:33
that we read earlier, Who shall lay any
thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God
that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
And the reason
we can be so confident is because we are told in 1John 1:7 But if
we walk in the light, as
he is in the light, (then we are walking in the light of
His glorius presence, and therefore) we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
So as we saw
Wednesday night we are born of an incorruptible seed, and therefore we cannot
perish, because an incorruptible seed means it cannot corrupt. And Peter said,
"Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever."
Therefore we are
made in such a way as to be able to know and to understand the word of God. We
come to the light and light separates away darkness which is ignorance.
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him,
Why speakest thou unto them in
parables? He answered and said unto
them, Because it is
given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, (whosoever
echoes) to him
shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: (why? because he
is echoing, and an echo by nature is more of the same over and over again.
Therefore,) he
shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath
not, (echoes not) from him shall be
taken away even that he thinks he hath.( echoes) 13 Therefore speak I to
them in parables: because they seeing
see not; and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand. 14 And in them is
fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not
perceive: 15 For this people's heart
(understanding) is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing,(understanding) and their eyes they have closed; lest at any
time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear
So we see an
attribute of the elect Seed of God is that they have an ability to hear and to
understand, to see and to perceive what it is they are seeing. Now, that is not
as mental capability or human trait, but is a result of the Holy Ghost in them
by the new birth.
John 1:12 But
as many as received him, to them
gave he power (exusia, the
ability to make a right decision) to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God.
So it is those who are born of the will
of God, filled with God's Spirit, God's own life, these are they who have an
ability to know and understand the Word.
Because we hear Jesus say, John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
And we hear
the Apostle Paul tell us in 1
Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that
love him. 10 But God hath revealed them
unto us by his Spirit: for The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the
deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God knows. 12 Now we have
received, not the spirit of the world, but the
spirit which is of God; that
we might know the things that are freely given to
us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of
God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he
know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.15 But he that is spiritual (spirit-filled) judgeth all things,
yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind
of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
And Jesus said
in John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know
him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
So you see this
ability to know and understand does not come by human ability, it comes by a
God filled Life. And this is an atribute and characteristic of God seed in you.
Church Age Book Chapter 5 -
The Pergamean Church Age P:25 Now comes this very good question I know
that you are all anxious to ask. Why isn't the manifestation an evidence of
being baptized with the Holy Ghost, because you surely could not manifest the
Holy Ghost unless you truly were Spirit-filled? Now I wish I could say that is
right, because I don't like to hurt people or walk on their doctrine; but I
wouldn't be a true servant of God if I didn't tell you the whole counsel of
God. That is right, is it not? Just let us take a little look at Balaam.
He was religious, he worshipped God. He understood the proper
method of sacrificing and approaching unto God, but he was not a True Seed prophet
for he took the wages of unrighteousness, and worst of all he led the people
of God into sins of fornication and idolatry. Yet who would dare to deny
that the Spirit of God manifested through him in one of the most beautiful
portions of absolutely accurate prophecy the world has ever seen? But he never had the Holy Ghost.
Now then, what do you think of Caiaphas, the high priest? The Bible says that
he prophesied the kind of death the Lord should die. We all know there is no
record of him being a Spirit-filled and Spirit-led man like dear old Simeon
or that sweet saint called Anna. Yet he had a genuine manifestation of the
Holy Ghost. We can't deny that. So where is manifestation as an evidence?
It isn't there.
If you are truly filled with the Spirit of God you will have the evidence of
the WORD in your life.
Church Age Book Chapter 4 - The Smyrnaean Church Age P:138 Now we have
been constantly saying that the true evidence of being baptized with the Holy
Ghost is for the believer to receive the Word for the age in which he lives.
Let me show you most clearly.
Church Age Book Chapter 5 - The Pergamean Church Age P:20 Remember now,
John the Baptist was both the prophet and the messenger of his day. He was
filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb. When he was baptizing in
Jordan the Word of God (Jesus) came to him. The Word always comes to the truly Spirit-filled.
That is the evidence
of being filled with the Holy Ghost. That is what Jesus said
would be that evidence. He said, "And I will pray the Father and He will send you another Comforter
that He may abide with you forever. Even the Spirit of truth, Whom the world
cannot receive." Now we know what Truth is. "Thy Word is Truth." John 17:17b. Again in John 8:43, "Why do ye not understand My speech? even
because ye cannot hear My Word." Did you notice that Jesus said
that the world could
not receive the Holy Ghost? Well, in this verse I just read, neither could they receive the
Word. Why? Because the Spirit and the Word are one, and if
you have the Holy Spirit as the prophets, the Word would come to you. You would
receive it. In John
14:26, "But the Comforter, Which is the Holy
Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My name, He shall TEACH you all things, and
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Here
again we find the Word coming because of the Spirit of God. Again in John 16:13 "Howbeit when He
the Spirit of Truth (Word) is come, He will guide you into all truth, (Thy Word is
truth), and He shall not speak of Himself: but whatsoever He
shall hear (Word of God), that shall He speak (Word): and He will show
you things to come." (Spirit bringing the Word of Prophecy). I want you
to note very carefully that Jesus did not say that the evidence of being
baptized with the Holy Ghost was speaking in tongues, interpreting,
prophesying, or shouting and dancing. He said the evidence would be that you would be in the
TRUTH; you
would be in the Word of God for your age. Evidence has to do with receiving
that Word.
Church Age Book Chapter 5 - The Pergamean Church Age P:34 The evidence of
receiving the Holy Ghost today is just the same as it was back in the day of
our Lord. It is
receiving the Word of truth for the day in which you live. Jesus
never did stress the importance of the Works as He did the Word. He knew that if the people got the WORD the
works would follow. That is Bible.
Token the 63-1128E P:59 And if the Life of Jesus Christ lives
in the person, they become identified with Him. It's Christ in you, not a church
member, not a system, but a resurrected power. It's the Holy Ghost is a Token upon
you, that your life says "amen" to every Scripture. The
promise is written in there. And you're not yourself no more. You are
Christ's. You don't think your thoughts. You don't think your
thoughts. You say, "I think." You have no thought coming.
The Life that was in Christ is in you. The mind that was in Christ is in you. The works that was in Christ is in you, and Christ Himself is in you. You are dead;
your life is hid in God through Christ, sealed in there by the Holy Ghost. You're not your own.
Investments 63-1116B P:28 And that Word in you produces the Life of Christ.
If I could take the life out of a peach tree and put it in a pear, it wouldn't
bear peaches no more; it would have pears on it because the life in the tree
would produce what it is. The life that's in you shows what you are. Your
life testifies so loud in you, until your testimony's not heard. They know what you are by the
life you live and the things that you do. If the Life of Christ is in you
then, therefore, the works and Life of Christ you live; because that's His Life living through
you. You're just in a vessel to carry on the work of
God.
What shall I do with Jesus
63-1124M P:95 As I said, if
the life of Beethoven was in you, you'd live like Beethoven. If the life of
Hitler was in you, you'd live like Hitler. And when the Life of Christ is in you, you'll live
like Christ. And the works of Christ you do. And that'll be... If Christ lived
today He'd do exactly what the Word said He'd do today. And if the Word
said that, "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever," why
can't this blind ecclesiastical world see the time that they're living. See?
Why so hard to live Christian
life 57-0303A P:34 It's not...
Paul said, "It's not me that liveth, but Christ that liveth in
me. The life that I now live, I live not of myself, but Christ that liveth in
me." He becomes dead to all the things of the world, that Christ, the
main spring in his life, was ticking off his life just exactly, exactly the way
God had laid it down here in the Bible. You get what I mean? That's the reason
we're fussing with one another today. That's the reason there's
quarreling and stewing among us.
How can I overcome 63-0825M
P:27 And then, now you take a Christian that's
supposed to be a Christian, let the Life of God go from him and the experience
the joy of serving Christ, and living in the church where such is going on, he
rottens twice as quick (See? Right.), living right under it. So if we are
trying to follow the Message of the hour, or at least this part of the Message,
we should live constantly in the Life of Christ. See? 'Cause if it
don't, you lay around, and know that these things that you're supposed to do
and don't do it, the Bible said, "He that knoweth to do good and doeth it
not, to him it's sin." And he becomes doty, rotten when you're
separated from the Life of God. So strive with all that's in you to stay in the Life of
Christ, that you'd be fruit-bearing.
Conferences 60-0228 P:37 We could scream, and shout, and do
whatever we want to; it'll
never influence man until they see the life of Christ being projected in you,
someone who's tender,
and merciful,
and forgiving,
and ready to turn
the other side of the cheek, or give the second coat, or go the second mile:
Christianity in action, not just taught from the pulpit, but acted among the
members, among the pastors. That's when you see Christ living in the church,
decisions made. Jesus was brought Himself to a decision. And before going to
Calvary, the Father brought His own Son into conference in Gethsemane, while
Angels taking their positions, to see what the decision would be. Oh, it might
not have been this way, but let's think maybe it was. I can hear Him say,
"Son, do You desire to go on to Calvary? There's a band waiting for You;
there's persecution; there's death and murder laying in the way. There's
exposure of Your own body; they'll strip the clothes off of You; they'll beat
You into pulp. They'll pull a crown of thorns over your head, and You'll die
screaming for mercy. Should You go on?" 38 Look at the decision. And
sometimes when we setting in our seats and the Holy Spirit say, "You
must do this, or you must do that..." You got someone you won't
speak to you; you won't speak to them. You won't make it right. And you're
just ashamed to go up and say, if you are in the wrong or what, if you're not
in the wrong, to go up and say, "Brother, let's forget it and talk it
over."Jesus, when He looked up into the face of the Father, He said,
"It's not My will; it's Yours to be done." What a decision. That
decision anchored and swept the world, and still comes tonight to every
penitent soul. "Not My will, but Thine
be done."
That's the decision of...
Life 58-0512 P:8 Now, the Christian church should have
real character then. And if the Life of Christ is in the church of
Christ, then it's got to have the character of Christ. It'll produce the
Life of Christ. It's just a no more than just what we call in the south,
common sense. If the Life of the Spirit of Christ is in the church, it has
to produce that Life, because the life that's in you, makes your character. And
what kind of
characters ought we to be, who have solemnly promised that we
would serve the Lord Jesus as long as we live, and we have been baptized to His
death, burial, and resurrection, and have put our names upon the church rolls,
take out place in Sunday school, and then go out, and live something
different. Oh, it's more... It's more of an indebtiment to the cause
of Christ, than all the bootleg joints we have in America. God grant the
day, that when men will live just what they are. And you can always tell them
by their nature, their make-up.
Conferences 61-0410 P:78 Christians are borned again of the Spirit of
God. The Holy
Ghost comes into them, and they're filled with the Spirit. The life of Christ
lives through them. They go into all the world and preach the
gospel. How far? All the world. Just for this generation? All the world. "These signs
shall follow them that believe." How far? "All the world,
every creature that believes." "In My name they shall cast out devils,
speak with new tongues, take up serpents, or drink deadly things it wouldn't
harm them. If they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover."That's
what the orders was. ...(and then brother Branham added), How dare us to try to move one iota from that!
How dare we, as men, to add one thing or take one thing away from it? How can
we do it? That's the way the church is to be run: by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
Another
scripture that shows this attribute of God seed is found in Mark 4:11 And he said unto
them, Unto you
it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them
that are without, all these things are done in parables:
And again in Luke 8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to
know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that
seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
64-0311 God is Identified by His
Characteristics. John 14:12, "He
that believeth" Jesus said
"on Me, the works that I do
shall he do also." Now look,
"He that believeth on Me," a true believer,
"the works that I do shall he do also." Notice. In other words, like this,
"He that believeth on Me,
shall be identified by My characteristic,
the works." Now, that's what He did. He said,
"If I don't do the Father's
works, then don't believe Me." And the Father spoke to the prophets, and that was their characteristic,
identification. So was it with Jesus.
And promised it to him that believeth, "My characteristics shall do in him just as it did
in Me. And if I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe Me. But if I
do the works, and you can't believe Me, then believe the works, because it's
spoken of, it must be."
61-0117 The Messiah E-62
He likes to, because he knows that they are thoroughbred. They got his
flesh, they got his blood, they got his spirit. Amen. How proud he looks over
his eaglets, walking around. Amen. The little eaglets look at him and say, "How great thou
art, how great thou art." Look at myself, oh, my. "Going to take a
flight one of these days, ain't we, papa?" See? Oh, how he likes to look
at them. They look like him. They act like him. They
are his flesh, his blood, his spirit. Amen. That's the
way God's church is, His Eaglets, His Messiahettes. They look like Him; they act like Him; they preach like
Him; they do the works that He did. "The things that I do shall he also. More than this
shall he do, 'cause I go to the Father." Amen. "These signs shall follow My eaglets." Amen "They'll do just as I do. If My Spirit's in them,
then they'll do the works that I do. If they don't do the works I do,
it's because that My Spirit's not in them."
Let us pray...