Romans 47
ROMANS.8:2 For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but
to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind [is]
enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can
be. 8 So then they that are in the
flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are
not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10
¶ And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the
Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in
you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after
the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through
the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with
Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified
together.
Now, sometimes I read the
scripture and if I am not careful it just kind of hums along without really
impacting my mind and then my soul. We should never just read the Word of God
as though it were just a bunch of words but we should look for the meaning
behind those words because Jesus told us His Words were both Spirit and Life,
and Peter tells us that it is God’s Word that quickens us to God Life. It’s like receiving an injection of God’s
Great serum of Eternal Life. God’s Word is likened to the Rivers of Life that
flow freely from His throne of Grace. But sometimes, you just have to dig down
to find that water.
In the Message, Humble Thyself, Brother Branham spoke of the time Israel and
Judah were gathered to do battle with Moab and the children of God had no
water, so they went to Elijah and asked
Him to ask God for water. II KINGS 3: 15 But now bring me a
minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the
LORD came upon him. 16 And he said,
Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley
full of ditches. 17 For thus
saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with
water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18 And this is [but] a light thing in
the sight of the LORD.
Brother Branham went on to
say in the Message, HUMBLE THYSELF 63-0714E
52 022 Just keep praying, keep digging. Yeah,
don't stop. Just like when Elijah told them, said, "Dig ditches out
there." When you get down and hear an old tin can say, I'm too
tired," throw it out of the way and keep digging. See? Just keep digging,
'cause we've got to dig. We've just got to dig; that's all. 'Cause if you expect to miss the tribulation, you
better start digging.
GENESIS 26:12 ¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he
became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and
possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied
him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of
Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go
from us; for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley
of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water,
which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines
had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after
the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants
digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with
Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the
well Esek; because they strove with him. 21
And they digged another well,
and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22
And he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it
Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be
fruitful in the land.
The other day I was talking
to a splunker (that’s a man who can find water with a stick) and he told me
that he was tested by Wright Patterson Airforce base engineers and his accuracy
is 95%. He said that well diggers as a group are basically dishonest. And many
times when he has spotted water, and told the people to have their well dug a
certain depth, the well diggers come behind and dig way down below where the
two stream cross in order to plug the channel where the waters are flowing.
They do this on purpose so they can get more money out of the people. They like
to come in and if your home looks like you have money they will try to dig two
or three holes and charge you for each hole. At 15-20 per foot they can rack up
a huge bill real quick and they do it, to. It was really sad to hear people who
have had to pay for as many as 5 holes 200 feet deep before they get water.
That’s as much as $20,000 for a well that should have cost $1,000. They are phillistines at heart I guess. But
that is the way the gentiles are. They are unbelievers in God and therefore,
they will do whatsoever they can to satisfy this flesh.
And that is the way of the
flesh. Men try to satisfy their consciences through works but they could never
do it. The Law was not written for the flesh for had it been written for the
flesh, then you could satisfy it with the flesh. But it was written for the
heart that through the intent of the heart it might be satisfied. And just like
in our bodies when we are thirsting for water, if we don’t dig that well we will
perish, just as within our Soul, if we aqre thirsting after God, and don’t dig,
we will perish as well.
JEREMIAH 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me
the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.
David said, in PSALMS
42:2 My soul thirsteth for God,
for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
PSALMS 63:1 ¶ A Psalm of David,
when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I
seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and
thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I
have seen thee in the sanctuary.
¶ Because thy lovingkindness
[is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless
thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5
My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise [thee] with joyful lips: 6
When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night]
watches. 7 ¶ Because thou hast
been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 8 My soul
followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
PSALMS 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse
on the work of thy hands. 6 I stretch
forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land.
Selah. 7 ¶ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face
from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the
morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should
walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou
[art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's
sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and
destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
PSALMS 42:1 ¶ To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the
hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and
appear before God?
HUMBLE THYSELF 63-0714E 52 022
Just keep praying, keep digging. Yeah, don't stop. Just like when Elijah
told them, said, "Dig ditches out there." When you get down and hear
an old tin can say, I'm too tired," throw it out of the way and keep
digging. See? Just keep digging, 'cause we've got to dig. We've just got to
dig; that's all. 'Cause if you expect to
miss the tribulation, you better start digging.
AMOS 8:11 ¶ Behold, the days
come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine
of bread, nor a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the
east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not
find [it]. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and
young men faint for thirst.
ISAIAH 41:17 [When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none,
[and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of
Israel will not forsake them.
JOHN 4: 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water
shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be
in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
REVELATION 7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters:
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Oneness of Unity 58-0128 2-5 006 The devil has messengers;
God has messengers. And we are at liberty to make our choice to whom we will
yield ourself to, that's whose servants we are. But if you notice, as I was
preaching last Sunday of the thirst that's in people, man... God made man to
thirst, but to thirst after Him. That's why thirst was placed in a man. But the
devil comes along, and perverts that, and causes the people to thirst after him
with the things of the world. The Bible
said, "If ye love the world or the things of the world, the love of the
Father is not in you." Then you see, the devil perverts. He can't create
anything, but he can pervert what God has already created. The devil is not a
creator; he's just a perverter of the original creation. What is sin? It is
righteousness perverted.
REVELATION 22:1 ¶ And he shewed me a
pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of
God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on
either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve
[manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the
tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more
curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants
shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name
[shall be] in their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no night there; and
they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them
light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 ¶ And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and
the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the
things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly:
blessed [is] he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.