The Spoken word
no 114
The Trail of Adoption no 3
Pastor brian Kocourek
September 2nd, 2009
This evening we will continue with our study on the
Trail of Adoption, but first I want to re-read a few things brother Branham
said from The
Spoken Word is the Original Seed, paragraph 87.
In paragraph 87 of the spoken Word is
the original Seed brother Branham said, See, the spoken Word... Then we are God's Word made manifest. That's how God wants His church: is to manifest Himself. How can He manifest Himself unless His Own
Seed is in that person? How can you
use your own thoughts and God manifest Himself through you? How can you
take your own belief and say, "Well, my pastor teaches... My creed says
that this... days of miracles..." How
you going to do that and then be a manifested son of God? How you going to
do it? The death of Jesus wasn't nothing to you. "Oh, I accept Him as my
Saviour." You don't. You say you do, but you don't. Your works proves what you are. Jesus said the same thing. "If
you think I am illegitimately born..."They said, "We're Abraham's son
and need nobody to teach us." Said, "If you was Abraham's children, you'd know Me." See? Said,
"Which one of you condemns Me of sin (unbelief)? Show Me one thing that God promised of Me that ain't fulfilled. Show Me one thing that the Father promised
that I haven't fulfilled. (Sin is unbelief.) Let's see you produce it
then." That de-horned them. See? Certainly. Said, "Who's accusing Me?
Who can condemn Me with sin (unbelief)?" See? "If I don't believe,
then why is the Father doing through Me
like He's doing, every Word that He promised? Now, let Me see where you got
it in yours."
Now, I want to look at this paragraph in light of paragraph
91 where he says, 89 …if the same Spirit that was
within Him is in you, then the same works will be manifested. and then in paragraph 90 he said,
90 What is it? Same seed. Now, let’s jump ahead a little where he said, If you want a Life
of God, start with the Word of God. Accept the Word of God in Its fullness,
every measure of It. And if that is the fullness of God in you, then the rain that's falling will produce
exactly what's in your garden. See? And then in paragraph, 91 Then the works will be manifested in Him are the
same, for it is the same Seed Word of God. God's Son was His example Seed.
And what His Life was when the Spirit poured upon Him after His baptism and the
Holy Ghost come upon Him, the very Life that He produced will, that same
watering Spirit of the Holy Ghost will
bring forth the same kind of a Life, doing the same thing that He did; if
it's the same Seed. Son of God Seed
will bring forth a Son of God Seed.
Now, looking at these thoughts all together what we
see is that Brother Branham is speaking on this Subject “The Spoken Word is the
original Seed” and the key here is original Seed, because that is where all the
other seeds come forth from.
Before Jesus died, he said,
John 12: 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn
of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit.
NIV 24 I tell you the truth, unless a
kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.
But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
Amplified 24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,
Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one
grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it
produces many others and yields a rich harvest.
Weymouth
12:24 In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of
wheat fallsinto the ground and dies, it remains what it was, a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields
a rich harvest.
What brother Branham is telling us here is that the
Law of Life which was spoken by God way back in Genesis 1:11 tells us that
every seed must bring forth after it’s kind, and what brother Branham is
showing us here is that the original seed is the pattern seed or as he puts it
the example seed.
Now, the word example according to the English
dictionary is: 1.
One that
is representative of a group as a whole: Now, that is not as good of a definition as
the second one which says, 2. One serving as a pattern of a specific kind: Because that is Genesis 1:11 which says, every seed must bring forth after it’s kind. So
you see the original seed is the pattern for each seed that comes forth after
it.
Therefore we are ordained to reflect the image of the
original seed, and that original Seed was Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen
us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of his will,
And Ephesians 1: 3 is Romans 8: 29…29 For whom he did
foreknow, (foreknow when? Before the foundations of the world,
that’s when,…And so those that He knew before the foundations of the world,
were those that were in Him, and as brother Branham said, if we did not have
representation back then, we never will have it. So if we were in Him, we are
those he foreknew, and For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might
be the firstborn among many brethren.
Now, that word conformed
was translated from a Greek word summorphos which means jointly formed, i.e.
(figuratively) similarly formed,
fashioned like unto, and the word
summorphos was derived of two words, “sun” a primary preposition denoting union; with or together or process, or resemblance, or in addition to, and
the word, Morphe which means to shape or
form. So you see it is not just a shaping but together the shape comes forth.
In other words, it takes the original to shape the other, thus the original is
the pattern. And you know a pattern is what is needed to make exact copies.
So God wants children, sons and daughters that are
exact copies of the original seed Son of God. and that is what brother Branham
was saying in paragraph 90-91.
90 If you want a Life of God, start with
the Word of God. Accept the Word of God in Its fullness, every measure of It.
And if that is the fullness of God in
you, then the rain that's falling
will produce exactly what's in your garden. See?
91 Then the works will be manifested in Him are the
same, for it is the same Seed Word of God. God's Son was His example Seed.
(An example seed is a pattern
seed.) And
what His Life was when the Spirit poured upon Him after His baptism and the
Holy Ghost come upon Him, the very Life that He produced will, that same
watering Spirit of the Holy Ghost will
bring forth the same kind of a Life, doing the same thing that He did; if
it's the same Seed. Son of God Seed
will bring forth a Son of God Seed.
And that could not be possible unless we have the life
that was in the first born seed. For if we have the life, then we have the
nature, for the two are one in the sense the nature and life reflect attributes
or manifested characteristics of the life that is in the seed.
You
see, God is not coming for a people who think his Message is just a new creed
or something. And he’s certainly not coming for a people who think the Message
is “God sent a prophet”. He’s coming for son of God seeds who came off the
original son of God seed.
That is what the
Doctrine of Christ is all about, and that is why we should not view it as a
theology because it is life we are talking about.
You argue about
theology, but Life is not to be argued over, Life is to be lived, expressed,
manifested in our vessels. The Doctrine of Christ is a reality of your position
in the family of God. The Doctrine of
Christ, is to know Your Father and your eldest brother and to recognize your
brothers and sisters in the family and to thus treat them as such.
Ephesians 4:11
tells us the ministry of the five fold is top help the family to mature as sons
and daughters of God, and it tells us that we can not do that unless we come to
a knowledge of The Son of God, and an understanding of The Faith.
Ephesians 4:11 And
he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, (perfecting, that isn’t without blemish, the blood of
Jesus does that. No, God gave a five fold ministry to bring the church to
maturity.) for
the work of the ministry, for the edifying
(that means the building up) of the body of Christ: 13 Till we
all come in The unity of The faith, (Not just Faith, but The
Faith, and not just any unity will do, because when the tower of Babel was
built God looked down and saw that man was one and he said this is not good, I
will have to go down to confound their speech so they can not be one in this
way, yet in 1 Corinthians 1, Paul tells us that we are given the mind of Christ
that we might be one. Jesus said in
But in Ephesians 4 Paul tells us that the
five fold ministry will bring us to The Unity of The Faith, and since there is
but One Lord and One Faith, (Ephesians 4;5) and we know that Faith is a
Revelation, then that One Faith has to be the Faith of that one Lord, which is
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever. God Himself who is the God
and father of our Lord Jesus Christ.) and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
(Why knowledge of the Son of God? because if you do not know the Son of God
you do not know what a mature son, an Adoptable son is, because he is the
pattern for all sons.) unto a perfect
man, (that word perfect does not mean without blemish, it means
mature. The five fold ministry is for the perfecting of the church, the
maturing of the church) unto the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ: (no longer will a part be ok, but this same Paul said
in 1 Corinthians 13, When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in
part will be done away. And at that time we shall see him as he really is and
in seeing him as he really is we become what we really are. )
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: (see there we go
again, it’s all about coming to maturity, to harvest time.) 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.(and that is what the edifying will produce is
unfeigned love, genuine holy Ghost love for the family of God.) 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, (that’s moral depravity) 18 Having
their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart: (Now, look, there are
4 things here you must not miss. Their understanding becomes darkened, shutting
off the light of His glorious Gospel, His Glorious presence, and this alienates
them from the Light which is life, and all because of the blindness of their
hearts. They are blind and naked, and this is
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; 24 And that ye put on
the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. 25 Wherefore putting away
lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of
another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the
sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place
to the devil. 28 Let him that stole steal no more:
but rather let him labour, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29 Let no corrupt
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30 And grieve not the holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and
clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Then to know it
and understand it from your heart will bring with it the same Life that was in
the first born son, and you will see your own life become a reflection of His Life. Why? Because God wants to
live out your life for you, in your own set of circumstances.
The trials and
tests God gives to each of you are very unique to your own life circumstances,
and God wants your vessel to reflect Himself through your circumstances. And it matters not who you are. My
circumstances are different with my wife’s circumstances and hers are different
from our daughters. And each of my daughters have a set of circumstances that
are unique to them, And God wants to live out their lives and show Himself the
same yesterday, today and forever in each of our lives.
No matter who
you are, if you are a son or daughter of God, he wants to borrow your body, so
just loan it to him, or give it to Him, Just surrender your self to Him that he
might use your vessel to manifest His life through it. That is what Life is all
about. It’s not seeing what you can do with this vessel, but allowing God Himself
to use it, and to see what He will do with it.
From the Future
home 64-0802 P:76 brother
Branham said, Now, many of you wonder how that discernment comes? I'm
going to tell you. See, it's a word that I say, and it isn't my thinking,
'cause I don't know. I don't know of the thinking of it. How can I tell you who
you are and where you come from, when I don't know you? How can I tell you what
you done ten years ago, when I never seen you in my life? How can I tell you
where you do and what you'll do ten years from now? How do I know the future?
But it is Somebody Else's thought."
Let the mind that was in Christ be in you. Let
the mind that was in Christ be in you." See, then it isn't your thinking; it's His thinking through you, and you're not expressing your
own words; you're expressing His Words.
God's gifts always find
place 63-1222 P:44 God
works through human beings to redeem human beings. He can take you, work
through you to redeem humanity, if you'll completely dedicate everything you
are .If you're a young woman, dedicate your morals. You're a young man,
dedicate your morals, dedicate your mind, dedicate
your thinking, dedicate your heart, dedicate your soul, dedicate all you
are and let Christ work through that. What a glorious thing.
Who is this 59-1004M P:34 …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.
Can we see Jesus 58-0619E
P:14 You have to have God on the
inside before you can see Him on the outside. And there's many people that
doesn't seem to understand what God is. But He has to come in, and look through your eyes, use your eyes, and
your mind, your thinking, and your sight, your emotion, all has to be fully
controlled by God.
Door to the heart 58-0316E
P:42 Say, "Now, you can come in, but don't you dare open
that door. Don't you go to this one. But you can stand right here." Would
you feel very welcome? That's the way with some of you church members. You just
let Him come in. Oh, you want Him to be your Saviour, but He wants to be your
Lord. Lord is rulership. He wants to be your Ruler, not just your Saviour only.
You want Him as a Saviour, but what about being your Lord, that'll control you, control your emotions, control your thinking,
control your every fiber of you, that you could say like the man years ago
who let Him in, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Let
Him in, in that way to be Ruler and Lord over you.
Door inside door 58-0209E
P:31 You must let Him be the supreme Ruler. That is, He's over
all. He's over your opinions. He's over everything that you have. He's over
your emotions. He's over your ideas. He's controls every fiber of your
thinking. Everything that you are you should turn it over to Him, if He's going
to be your Saviour and your Lord.
So no matter what Son of God we look at, every seed
must come forth in the likeness of the original seed, and if we are Son of God
seed then we will produce son of God results.
Therefore we see the trail of Adoption, and the Life
of sons who God used to manifest Himself to the world throughout the ages. We
saw it in Moses, and in Joseph, and in David, and in Daniel, and in Isaiah, and
in Jesus and Paul and Luther and Wesley, and William Branham, and will it be in
you as well? God said he would have adopted sons, and he predestined us to the
adoption of children unto himself.
So can you see your calling? Having you heard that
call? Has He revealed to you your role in the family? Have you stepped into
your role? Have you seen the rejection that must come to bring you into a
further defining of your role?
I hope that you can see that no matter who the son or
daughter was, there is the same pattern that took place in each of their lives
no matter what age they lived in and no matter what their life circumstance
were.
God called each of them, and they heard that calling,
and perhaps for a time they did not understand that calling, but in due season,
God revealed to them his plan for their lives, which was their role to perform
for their hour, and when they stepped
out in faith and obedience to that call, in every case their brothers didn’t
understand their role, and so they persecuted them and rejected them, because
they misunderstood them, but needless to say, they endured because they knew
who they were and they knew the role their Father had called for them in this
vast family of brothers. And so they were mocked, made fun of, and their life
was filled with a lonely trail that they had to bear by themselves, but once
God their Father saw that they were obedient to the heavenly vision, he crowned
their ministry, he crowned their son-ship, he crowned their role, by calling
them up even higher. And once God crowned their ministry, their obedience as
sons, he then took them off the scene, he called them home to rest.
In a seed all its attributes
and characteristics are already in it that it will ever need to become the
fully mature plant ready for harvest. All it needs is the water and Light to
bring it to maturity and ready for the harvest, and so is every son of God by
the new birth and the process of adoption made ready for the great day of
adoption of sons. The pattern is predestined in us, Ephesians 1;3 and the path
to that day which is Romans 8.
And since he was the
original Seed and the law of reproduction says every seed must come forth after
the life that is in the seed, then if Son of God Seed produced an obedient son
in the original seed it will also produce obedient sons in the other son of God
seeds that were in that seed to begin with and came froth from that original
seed.
Now, in looking at
this trail of the Adoption or the process that we go through to the adoption of
son, we found in Romans 8: 30 that there are 3 stages that we go through in this
process. 30 Moreover
whom he did predestinate, (remember Ephesians 1) them he also called: (that’s the
first part in our journey is the calling) and then whom he called, he also justified: (which is the second stage of our
journey. Then once we have received our call there comes justification which
comes by Faith. Faith is a revelation, then once called, God reveals to us what
our role is. You see first we must understand we are a son or daughter of God. because you can not be adopted as a son if you
are not a son, and you cannot fulfill your role in the family if you’re not in
the family. So the call is first, the revelation of what that call is all
about. Now, the revelation is where you get refinement in your role. The justification
is the faith or revelation of What it takes to become what we are, the
revelation which tells us what our calling is all about, what our position in
the family is, and then ) whom he justified, them
3) he also glorified.
And as I mentioned
last weekend that is when the role you are playing out actually becomes the
word for your season with skin on it. (That’s doxazo, which speaks of the opinion,
values and judgment actually becoming expressed or materialized. In other words,
you are called as a son to your role in the family, and through revelation of
that role and faith in God’s calling, you step into your role, and become the
expression of that part of God’s word for that season. You become that words
manifested to this age. Then Paul says,) 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?
Look, God has a Word
for every season, and in our case he has a Word that said there would be sons
predestined unto the adoption of sons. So if God has a Word for this season
that speaks of sons, then there has to be vessels to manifest that word for
this season. It’s just that simple, and the vessel that God uses to manifest
that portion of His Word for this season, steps into that promise for the hour,
it becomes the manifested Word for the season.
We saw it in William
Branham, in Wesley, in Luther, in martin, in Paul, in Jesus, and Moses, and
Joseph, and Daniel, and David, etc. All were thoughts of God before the
foundations of the world, and in their generation they became the Living Word
of God expressed out through the vessel that they lived in. Thus the manifested
word for their hour.
So as we see in verse 33 Paul
said, 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. So
the condemnation will come, but so what. The judgments of people who do not understand
what God has called you to will be there, but that’s their problem. You are
focused on what God has called you too. You are focused on what God has
revealed for you to do. You have stepped into your son-ship, so 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, 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.
Let us pray…