Romans 135
The
Attitude of Christ no. 2
What
the Right Attitude will Produce
Brian Kocourek
This Evening we will continue with our study of the
Book of Romans, and our study on the Attitude of Christ that we began last
week.
Therefore this evening we will focus on point number two of the five
points concerning the attitude of Christ. We began last Sunday examining point
number 1. the right mental attitude towards any divine
promise of God will bring it to pass. And we found that an attitude is not just
some mental thoughts you have about something, but the expression of those
thoughts. In other words, your attitude is an outward manifestation, or shall
we say an expression of your body as a true indicator or reflection of what is
going on in the recesses of your soul. Therefore there are five point we must consider when we think of our attitude and how
it either reflects the attitude of Christ or not.
1. I want to show what having the
right mental attitude is.
2. I want to show what the right
mental attitude will produce.
3. I want to show why we must have
the right mental attitude.
4. I want to show how our mental
attitude affects those around us.
5. I want to show how a wrong
attitude can cripple our walk, and the walk of those
we
have influence over.
Now, to begin with, we must first know what a right mental attitude is,
and in order to know what the right mental attitude is, we must first
understand what an attitude is.
I) What having
the right mental attitude is.
Remember, Webster’s
So we are looking at
the position or posture of the body, and those attributes that show when you are
thinking, felling or that express your mood.
Therefore, attitude
is not just a mental cognizance, or a mental understanding, or a mental
leaning, but rather attitude is an outward
expression of our disposition, it is an outward expression of our feelings,
it is an outward expression of our thoughts, it is the connection of the body
to those thoughts, and how the body expresses those thoughts. That’s what
attitude is.
And the key is that
it SHOWS how we feel, it SHOWS just what we think
about something, etc.
The Bible tells us
that God would send forth an angel, to mark those that would sigh and cry
because of the abominations done in the city. The sighing and crying is the bodies response to what was being done in the city, and that
is an outward expression of what their attitude was inside their soul.
Your attitude then
shows outwardly what you are thinking inwardly. You can not hide an attitude,
it shows, it manifests. You might be able to hide your thoughts but an attitude
goes beyond inner thoughts. Attitude speaks of the expression of your
disposition. The way you show it in your body language; in
your eyes, in your facial expression, in your tome of voice, and in your
posture.
Therefore attitude is
the expression of your opinion, and your disposition. Now the word disposition
comes from two words, “dis”, and position. Together they speak of
the putting in order and refers to the normal aspects
of ones nature. Therefore what we see in attitude is the disposition or the
setting in order or the outward reflection of ones true nature.
Now, last Sunday we
showed point #I) What is the right mental attitude is. Well, to have the right attitude means
you would first have to have the rights thoughts about whatever the object of
your thinking is. And that means you must have the right opinion, and there is
only one right opinion and that is God’s opinion. What does God think about it,
Because His thoughts are not our thoughts, for His
thoughts are higher than our thoughts, and if we are to have a right thinking
about anything, it must be what God thinks about it. And in order to know what
God’s thoughts are about anything, it must come through the instrument of His
Word, for out of the abundance of the mouth the heart speaketh.
Therefore if we are to have the
right attitude then we must have the attitude that was in Christ Jesus.
The Apostle Paul said, PHILIPPIANS 2:5 Let this mind be in
you, which was also in Christ Jesus: And
the word mind here has the same Greek word “Phroneo” that is used for the word likeminded. Let this mind that was in
Christ be in you. That’s the key that Paul is bringing
to us here, and it is a gift from God that only those whom God chooses can
receive that gift.
Notice Paul says, Now the God of patience
and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: (And
notice then that it is according to Christ Jesus, the Anointed Jesus. So we see
that God has given us a gift to be likeminded, and not only to be likeminded,
but likeminded towards one another and notice he tells us, ACCORDING to Christ
Jesus. Now, the only way we can be likeminded is if we have the same mind. So
he is telling us here the same thing he is telling us in PHILIPPIANS 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus.
And we know this can only come
as God has ordained it to come.
JOHN
1:12 But as many as received him, (Now the word received here is
the Greek word “Lambano” which means to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e. to
appropriate to one's self
3e) catch at, reach after, strive to
obtain) to them gave he power (Now this word power is not the Greek word Dunamis that we associate so often with miraculous power,
but it is the Greek word “exousia” which means
1)
power of choice, So we see God gives us a gift, and that gift is the
power to make a right decision. And that decision is to become a son, or act
like a son ought to act.) ) to them gave he power
to become the sons of God,(now
this word becomes comes from the Greek word
“ginomai”, and it does not mean that you were a
hog, and now you have power to become a lamb. It does not mean that you were a
seed of the devil and now you have been given power to become a or a seed of God. No, it means to become fulfilled. In
other words, God gives you the power to make the right decision to become what
you already are.
Now, that we know what the right mental attitude is,
that it is an expression of God’s opinion living itself and expressing itself
in your body.
The next thing we must look at is point number II). I want to show
what the right mental attitude will produce.
From the sermon, I am the resurrection and
life 52-0810A P:61 Brother Branham said,
It's
your attitude towards it. Your attitude
towards God's Divine gift, will get you just what ask for. Do you understand? Oh, how I'd like
to stop right here, Brother Boze, and punch that for
about a half hour, but I can't do it. Your attitude: God can send a gift,
and no matter what you... Depends on
what attitude you take towards it. Look at them who smote His face and spit
on Him, and everything, was no virtue there. But a
woman that believed the Word touched the hem of His garment,
was healed. Is that right? All right. It depends on what you think about it.
God sends it. It's your attitude towards
any Divine gift, determines what you get out of it. So
there...
Hebrews 11: Read all, show how that
our faith is a display of our attitude towards God’s Word.
Again, from the sermon Proving His word
65-0426 P:12 he said, But
before we pray for the sick, we've got to get the people in that attitude. It's the attitude that always brings the
results. It's the attitude that you take towards God. Here's a woman
touched His garment; she was healed with a blood issue. A soldier spit in His
face, and put a crown of thorns on His head, and felt no virtue. It's your approach. The attitude is what it
takes. And that's what it is tonight, dear friend; it takes the attitude. We are, and believe that we are in the
Presence of Jesus Christ, but it's your attitude that brings the results. The
mechanics is here and so is the dynamics. If you can just get started, God will
do the rest.
Hour is
come 51-0415E P:17 Now, the right mental
attitude... All you along here, do you understand what I mean when I say,
"The right mental attitude?" That's... Your right mental attitude
towards God's Divine promise will bring any promise to pass. Now, maybe you
don't believe that. You say, "Well, my faith is weak." I wouldn't confess it. See? Don't let
the devil know that. Always say, "I have good faith. I believe God with
all my heart." See? Don't testify nothing of the
devil. And when you accept Him as your Healer, don't never
act like you're sick or crippled any more. Believe that you're healed. Take Him
at His Word. Then it's all over on God then and not on you. See? You... As long
as you take God at His Word, then the Word will produce what It
promised to do. Is that right? Now, have faith, believe Him with all your
heart.
Remember, 1 Cor
1 Cor
Romans
8:24-25 if
you do not see it then you are still hoping, but when you have seen it shows
that your hope has become manifested.
Expectations
50-0405 P:13 Just for a little text, if I
should call it that, I want to speak for a moment or two on the word of "Expectation. "We always get what
we expect. When people expect anything, well then they usually get what you
look for. It's the mental attitude that you have. Remember this, and never
forget it. The right mental attitude towards any promise of God will bring it
to pass, the right mental attitude towards any promise of God. It doesn't take
gifts of healing to heal sick people, any person in
here has a right to meet Satan anywhere, if you're a Christian, and defeat him
on any grounds that he could stand on. When Jesus Christ was here on earth, and
in Him dwelled the fullness of the Godhead bodily, all the great powers of God
was in His Son, Christ Jesus. For the Scripture tells us that God was in Christ
reconciling the world to Himself. All things was delivered unto Him, though He spoke nothing but what the
Father told Him. He healed no one but what He first saw being healed. For He
said, "Verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what
He sees the Father doing." That was
1 John
3: 1-3 Every one that has this hope does something
1 Peter
1:3 a
living hope or a hope that has been made alive
We
would see Jesus 58-0523 P:12 Now,
if Mohammedan a living, let him speak. If Jesus is a living, let Him speak, and
you decide. Don't ever be afraid to put any Divine promise of God to action.
And remember, don't ever forget this quotation: "That the right mental
attitude towards any Divine promise in this Bible will bring it to pass."
Just remember that. The right mental attitude toward any Divine promise that's
written in this Bible will bring it to pass. So now, just keep that on your
mind. If God made a promise, and you'll take the right attitude towards that
promise, God will fulfill everything that He's promised. I know that to be
true. And I've seen--saw a sarcomas cancer healed with
that, because people believe that it was the Truth.
1 Thess 1: 1-3
2 Thess 1: 1-3
Roman nobleman 55-0621 P:3
I want you to notice his attitude. He didn't approach feeling
that he had it coming to him; he approached, said he was unworthy. I want you
to take that attitude also, that you cannot come with a predominating attitude
and get anything from God. You must come reverent, humble, and then God will
deal with you. And then you will get what you ask for. And that's the attitude
that this Roman taken. Look at his a--approach to the Lord Jesus. He said,
"I am not worthy for You to come under my roof.
So I sent... I felt, myself, I wasn't worthy to come to You."
Said, "Just speak the Word." He said,
"I am a man under authority." And said, "I say
to this man 'go,' and to this man 'come,' and they go and come."
Said, "You just speak the Word, and my servant will live." I want you
to notice that. That Roman, being under authority, that
knew that whatever was under him had to obey him. On his testimony, he
witnessed that Jesus Christ was over all sickness. He could make sickness obey
Him, just the same as he could make his soldiers obey him. If one of the
soldiers failed to obey him, it was a death penalty. And he recognized that
same authority in Jesus, over evil spirits or sickness. That's why he said,
"Just speak the Word."
Elijah 55-0301 P:32
Her attitude towards Elisha brought
her the victory. If she'd have went up to Elisha and
said, "Now, you looky here you hypocrite. My
pastor was right after all." See, if she'd have went away with that kind
of an attitude, she'd have never got nothing from him.
But her attitude towards the man of God, produced
exactly what she got, her victory, because she believed. That's the only way
that's you'll ever do. If you believe that Jesus Christ, some mythical story,
some Santa Claus affair that they tell children, or something like that, you'll
never get nothing, until truly in your heart that you believe He's the Son of
God, died, rose again, ascended on high, and is living with us right here
tonight, and will do anything that He promise He would do in His Bible. When
you get like that, something's fixing to happen. Then she picked up the baby, and
bowed before him, and recognized him to be a servant of God, and bowed her
head, and went out, went out with her heart full of love. All
the great crisis... What if she just set still, and said, "Well,
all hope's is gone. The doctor just left and said there was nothing could be
done. And now my baby's dead, so I suppose that's all can be done." Said,
"Set helpless." The story would've never been told. If no faith had
ever come into her heart, it would've been that way. But God in His mercy
placed something in that mother's heart, that she knew there was something
could be done. You may be setting like that tonight in your family. Maybe every
hope that you've ever had, that you've had, of ever getting well, the doctors
discourage you. The man has done all he can do, and said, "It's passed
medical science. There's nothing can be done." But if something can just
happen down here in this heart, that tells you, "Yes it is. Yes it
is." Then stay right with it.
Romans
4: 18 Who against Hope believed in Hope
Titus
1 Thess
Gal 5:5 The hope of right-wise-ness
Romans
5:5 hope
maketh not ashamed