Spoken Word no 131
Predestinated
to Truth or Predestined to Blindness
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
December 06, 2009
This
morning I would like to review some things that we read last week from brother
Branham’s sermon The Spoken Word is the Original Seed.
In paragraph 103 Predestinated:
he said, “all sons and daughters of God are predestinated.” … (And
then he said..) He
being God, the infinite One, He foreknew everything that would be. He knew who
they were. And then to clarify that he said in the next
paragraph 104 Now, He didn't make Eve do that. He didn't make her do it, but He knew she
would do it.
So what he
is saying here is that although God knows your end from your beginning, he
doesn’t force you through a tube and then say blessed is he that overcomes. But
right after brother Branham explains that God did not make Eve to do what she
did, yet He knew that she would do it. Then he quote Scripture, (still in
paragraph 104)… "They got eyes but
they don't see. They got ears but they don't hear. Isaiah well spoke of you. Isaiah foresaw you.”
Now, we
find that in Matthew
13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why
speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 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, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 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, 17 For verily I say unto you, That
many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see,
and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not
heard them.
So you see,
these are not people who are physically blind or physically deaf. These are
people who are spiritually blind and spiritually deaf, because they are looking
right at what you are looking at and can not see what you see, and they are
hearing the same things that you are hearing and can not understand what it is
they are hearing, so they don’t hear what you hear even though with their
natural ears they do. But as Jesus summarized it all by saying, By
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
shall not perceive: 15 For this people's heart is
waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, 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 these
people have close their own eyes and stopped up their own ears so they can not
hear. And they do it to themselves. That’s where their fr4ee moral agency has
gotten them, blind and deaf to the Word of God and thus ignorant of God’s Will
which is His Word.
And in
every age after every revival, once the people move away from the Light God
sent to them, and move backwards into works programs, the Life leaves them and
God moves on with His Light. Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:17 that when they loose what
understanding they have of the Word the Life of God leaves them as well. Ephesians 4:18 Having the
understanding darkened, they become alienated from the life of God through the
ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
So because
their hearts are blind, and they are willfully ignorant as they move away from
what understanding they did have they actually are shutting off the Life of God
from themselves. In essence they are waling away from the fountain of Life.
There is never any reason to quit preaching the doctrine to revert to works,
for Christ is the doctrine. If you preach Christ the hearts of the people will
be filled with Life and there will be no need to preach a clothesline religion.
Fill a person with God life and God will live through them.
And it doesn’t
matter what you do to clean up your life, if you are not born again it is not
even acceptable to God any way. All that kind of righteousness is as filthy
rags. That is what He said.
Therefore
these people whop have willfully turned down the Light are what Jesus spoke of
in Revelations 3:14-20.
Revelations 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because
thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in
the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be
clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine
eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
So they are make-believers because they are make believing
that they see when they don’t, and they make believe that they are rich in the
things of God when they are actually miserable and naked. Yet in their pride
they will not admit they are wrong. That is why I love to preach in Africa,
because at least their there are honest and humble men of Go who will admit
that they didn’t have it right and are willing to just shut up and listen
instead of listening to refute like the Americans, Canadians and Europeans do.
And the attributes of the Make-believer are #1) They worship God according to their
own mind.
Psalm 10:4 The wicked through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God: for God is not in all of his thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways My ways, Saith the Lord.
Isaiah 65:2 I have spread out My hands all the day unto a rebellious
people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts.
Jeremiah 6:13-19 13 For from the least
of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and
from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 14 They
have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace,
peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they
shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be
cast down, saith the LORD. 16 Thus saith the LORD,
Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We
will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watchmen over
you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O
congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth:
behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts,
because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Now, notice the condition of the people even after when they
are told a way to escape, they refuse to listen. They think their way is better
than God’s way. Too much pride and we know that Pride goeth before a fall.
John 9:39-4139 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this
world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made
blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with
him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus
said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We
see; therefore your sin remaineth.
They become blind because they think they see. This is
exactly what Revelations 3 tells us, that they are Blind & don't know, and
we already read in Eph 4:17-18 that they are blind because of their own thoughts
are contrary to God's thoughts.
2 Peter 3:5 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the
water and in the water: 6 Whereby
the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: Notice Peter said these people were willfully ignorant,
therefore to turn down what God has brought down with a Shout is a willful act
of disrespect to God, and God says they are willfully ignorant. As the Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 14:38
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came
it unto you only? 37 If any man think himself to
be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write
unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But
if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
#2) In their own stupid zeal and in their own
strange piety, they are worse than the ungodly.
2 Tim 3:5 Having a form of Godliness, but denying the Word
thereof: from such turn away. These are the make-believers.
Paul spoke
of them in Romans
10:2-3 For I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to
knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's right-wise-ness, and going about to
establish their own right-wise-ness, have not submitted themselves to the
right-wise-ness of God.
#3) For God's sake they become enemies of God, John 16:22
Jesus said, "the time cometh when they will kill you thinking they are doing God a
service"
#4) For the fear of God
they become scorners of God. To scorn is to show contempt and to despise And
how do the do it?
Malachi 1:6-10 6 A son
honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is
mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts
unto you, O priests that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised
thy name? (The word despise means
contempt,) 7 Ye offer
polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In
that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
(You see here is how they show their contempt for the Lord, the spiritual food
they are eating. It is not fresh, it is old and full of wiggle worms.) 8 And if
ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and
sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with
thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. 9 And now, I pray you, beseech
God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he
regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. 10 Who
is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye
kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD
of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. ...The NIV
translation, Who
is there among you that will shut the doors so that useless fires many not be
kindled upon mine altar.
Psalm 123:3-4 Have
mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our
soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and
with the contempt of the proud. At least David was aware of his actions and
how they showed contempt and he was man enough to ask God to forgive him and help
him in this area. But today the people are so blind to their own condition that
they do not know how miserable they really are. I know you have all met people
that never have anything good to say, and when they do speak it is all
negatives. Those people are miserable and do not know it. A person that is full
of joy doesn’t speak on the negative, and even if they do not like something
someone else does or says, they have no comment about it, but they just pray
for that person.
Proverbs 18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach. ignominy means stupidity. So this speaks of
their contempt is a stupid reproach, not against the one they are in contempt
with but their approach shows their own stupidity.
John 10:25-27 Jesus
answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my
Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye
believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.27 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
They just
could not get it, though He explained who He was by vindication.
Isa 29:9-13 Stay
yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with
wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For
the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed
your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a
book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And
the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray
thee: and he saith, I am not learned.13 Wherefore
the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with
their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their
fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Their own
thoughts blind them to the truth, as we see also in Isa 28:8-13 For all
tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he
make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from
the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there
a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another
tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he
said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is
the refreshing: yet they would not hear.13 But the
word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might
go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. And so the Word of the
Lord becomes unto them, do and do, rule upon rule that they might go backward,
stumble and be broken.
#5) Because of piety they
become impious; Piety means: devotion, worship and godliness. And
how do they become impious? By worshipping falsely.
Acts 13:48-50 Notice the contrast
between the two kinds of believers. The ordained to Life and those ordained to blindness.
And when the
Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as
many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49 And
the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.50 But
the Jews stirred up the devout (that means the pious) and honorable
women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and
Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Mark 7:7-16 Howbeit
in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the
tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like
things ye do.9 And he said unto them, Full well ye
reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. by their traditions they
make the Word of God of none effect
Proverbs 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like
clouds and wind without water.
Jeremiah 23:32 Behold,
I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them,
and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent
them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at
all, saith the LORD.
Those that God doesn't send but go forth anyway will not profit the people any.
Lightness, extravagance.
#6) For the sake of peace
they disturb the peace;
Romans 3:11-18 There
is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They
are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is
none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is
an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps
is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and
misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
So the way
the
manner of thinking or a course of conduct, the way of peace they have not known,
the manner of
thinking, the course of conduct towards peace they have not known Again
we see that it all comes down to a mind set.
Acts 16:19-23 19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their
gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace
unto the rulers, 20 And
brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly
trouble our city, 21 And teach customs, which are
not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. 22 And
the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their
clothes, and commanded to beat them. 23 And when
they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the
jailor to keep them safely: Money, money, money, the love of it is the
root of all evil.
#7) In the interest of humility they become proud. Such is the
fictitious piety of their stubborn mind and the hypocritical understanding of
confirmed obstinacy. So great is man's arrogance and his absolutely vain
delusion that he believes he is worshipping God when he is worshipping the
devil.
1 Timothy 6:3-5
3 If any
man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and
strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men
of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:
from such withdraw thyself. Again we see that those who are proud will not acknowledge
the Truth but look for gain.
Romans 11:7-10 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of
slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;)
unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table
be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not
see, and bow down their back always.
The snare
is scripture itself, inasmuch as it is understood and handed down or taught in
a deceitful manner, so that under the show of pious instruction the souls of
the deceived and simple are craftily ensnared. From one and the same table, or
from one and the same Holy Scriptures, one draws for himself death while the other
life, the one honey and the other poison. Hence, nothing else should be treated
with such reverence and so altogether without arrogance as the Word of God. It
at once ensnares the proud and traps and offends them, though in a way that
they do not perceive: Indeed, in a fascinating and beautiful disguise. And this
is not the Words fault, but that of human pride, which arrogantly raises it's
head against it. The stumbling block consists of this, that they who are
ensnared by false teaching constantly take offense. For if they are ensnared it
is through that which they understand wrongly. To that they cleave and with it
they are pleased. So without realizing it, they permit themselves to be
ensnared willingly. But they take offense of what is pointed out to them as the
truth from which they turn away. If they can not avoid it, (the truth) they
distort it and deny that scripture must be so understood. At last their eyes
are darkened 11:10,
so that while others see, they themselves do not permit themselves to be
enlightened, and while all others are raised up, they remain perverted in their
mind.
Now in
getting back to what brother Branham was saying in paragraph 104 of The Spoken Word is the Original Seed, And there they are
setting there with eyes, ears, and everything else, but yet they can't see.
Why? They are a repellent to the Word of
God. Then Jesus said, "Oh, you
hypocrites. You are the children of the devil and his works you do. Then
condemn Me," He said, "refuse My ministry..."
When show me where your ministry's producing the full Word of God, as His was.
See, see?
John 8:38 I speak
that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with
your father.39 They answered and said unto him,
Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye
would do the works of Abraham.40 But now ye seek to
kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this
did not Abraham.41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not
born of fornication; (notice they are saying, we are not
serpent seed) we
have one Father, even God. 42 Jesus said unto them,
If God were your Father, ye would love
me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but
he sent me.43 Why
do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. (Now, I want you to
see what Jesus is saying to these make believers. He said The
reason you haven’t got a clue to what I am saying is because it is impossible
for you to understand what I am saying, because you are not ordained to know
and to understand what I am saying. That is what the Greek word ou tells us
here. He said, you cannot hear my word. And the word “cannot”
was translated from the Greek word “ou” which means: a double negative strengthening the denial; not at all:--any
more, at all, by any (no) means, neither, never, no (at all), in no case
(wise), nor ever, not (at all, in any wise).
How thankful, we ought to be for revelation, not
for the revelation sake, but for the implied meaning behind it. It is God that
reveals, and if he chose to not reveal to you, that means he has no interest or
relationship with you. So don’t be thankful for revelation sake, but for the
fact that you are His and that is why he reveals to you.
Notice what Jesus said to the Pharisees right
after telling them they could never understand, he tells them why…Then Jesus
says, 44 Ye are of your father the devil, (that’s why they can not understand) and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (Now,
this word no that Jesus says here, in speaking of the devil, he says there is
no truth in him, and the word no was translated from the same word “ou” which is
a double
negative strengthening the denial; not at all:--any more, at all, by any (no)
means, neither, never, no (at all), in no case (wise), nor ever, not (at all,
in any wise).
So you see they can not understand because of who they are, they are sons of
perdition, sons of the devil and thus incapable of understanding the Revealed
Word of God. And Jesus continues, When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he
is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I
tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of
sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?47 He
that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are
not of God.
Listen to the Translation called The Message John 8:42-47 "If God were your father," said Jesus,
"you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn't come on
my own. He sent me. Why can't you understand one word I say? Here's why: You
can't handle it. You're from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is
please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn't stand the truth
because there wasn't a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it
up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the
scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me.
Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act?
But if I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me? Anyone on God's side
listens to God's words. This is why you're not listening—because you're not on
God's side."
Brother Branham speaks of this condition that we see
the people in, in this Laodicean age in the Church
Age Book Chapter 9 - The Laodicean
Church Age P:78 "You are blind and naked."
Now this is really desperate. How can anyone be blind and naked and not know
it? Yet it says that they are blind and naked and can't perceive it. The answer
is, they are spiritually blind, and
spiritually naked. Do you remember when Elisha and Gehazi were surrounded
by the army of the Syrians? You recall that Elisha smote them blind by the
power of God. Yet their eyes were wide open and they could see where they were
going. The blindness was peculiar in that they could see certain things, but
other certain things such as Elisha and the servant and the camp of
That is why they can come in here and hear the same thing
you hear, and you sit and listen attentively and you eat that spiritual food in
due season, and they sit in their seat fighting sleep and then because they
can’t see it they think you are in bondage. In bondage to the word of God?
Perhaps a love slave, but not in bondage, no Jesus said the Word shall set you
free, and if you are free you are free indeed. You are free from the
organizational pulls and the politics that go along with the unregenerate
church member. You are free from all that and because you show interest, you
are in bondage? Oh that we might all be in bondage as love slaves to our Lord.
As Paul said, “ I Paul a Prisoner of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in
whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift
up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A
bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he
shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall
not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the
isles shall wait for his law. …(now,
let’s skip up to verse) 19 Who is blind as my servant?
or deaf as my messenger that I sent? who is as blind as he that is perfect, and
as blind as the LORD'S servant?20 Seeing many
things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness'
sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Jesus was that Perfect servant who
was blind to everything except what God had for him to see, and deaf to every
voice but the Voice of His Father’s instruction. Is not that what Jesus said in
John 5:19
and 5:30?
“the son can of himself do nothing, whatsoever He sees the
Father do, that the son doeth likewise. And again in John 12: 47 And if any man hear
my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world,
but 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. 49 For
I have not spoken of myself; but the
Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I
should speak. (In other
words, My Father instructed me on what I should say and speak, so that is what I have done.) 50 And I know that his
commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever
I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
19 Who is blind as my servant? or deaf
as my messenger that I sent? who is as blind as he that is perfect, and as blind
as the LORD'S servant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest
not; (Like
Job who said, I have made a pact with my eyes that I might not allow them to
sin against me.) opening
his ears, but he heareth not.(and when you go into those restaurants
and they are playing that ungodly music, you are so tuned out of the world and
the things of the world that you don’t even hear it. And listen to what God
tells us about this kind of servant…) 21 The LORD is well pleased for his
righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable. 22 But this
is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they
are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a
spoil, and none saith, Restore. (And none among you says “restore”. What does that mean?
Restore what? Jesus said, “Father, Restore unto me the Glory, the Doxa, “the opinion, the values, the judgment”
that I had with thee from before the world was framed.) 23 Who
among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to
come? Well, the answer to this question
is found in Acts
13:48 that all
that were ordained to Life believe.
Contending for The Faith 55-0220E 66 Jesus said, "Except a
man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom." You
can't understand it. It's a
mystic, mythical thing until you're born again. There the very Life of
God comes in you. Everlasting, Eternal Life, Zoe, God's own Life comes in you,
and then you're a part of God. You're a
Son of God or a daughter of God. And then
you see as God sees. You believe as
God believes. Then you'll be a new creature in Christ Jesus....
P:24 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 59-1223491-99 Now,
Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man be
born again he cannot see the
And
from his sermon called CALLING OF ABRAHAM 55-1116 29 Brother Branham said, Jesus said to
Nicodemus, "Except the man be born again he
cannot see the Kingdom of God." See what
the right translation that is, "cannot understand the
IT SHALL BE EVEN AS IT WAS TOLD ME 50-0818 23 No
matter what it looks like here... We don't look at what we see; we look at what
we do not see. Is that right? Anyhow, "to see" doesn't mean "to
look at." The word "see"
means "to understand." Jesus said, "Except a
man be born of water and Spirit, he cannot see the
106 … Now, in this God foresaw and predestinated a world of
sons and daughters. He predestinated
them to be there.
107 Christ couldn't
help being what He was. He was the Son
of God. That's it. See what I mean now? See if you were intended, you see the Word of God, you believe It;
because why? There's something new. See? Why? Have you ever heard of strain in
a family? A one... A son will kind of impersonate his father, or the mother, or
the grandfather, or the grandmother. That's strain in the family. You've heard
of it, haven't you? Well, that's the same thing from predestination. You were supposed to be here in the right
way at the beginning, but being that you come the way you did, you're subject
to the fall. But being that you're predestinated you hear the Word and It
brings you right back where you were predestinated. Amen. Never saw that
before. Brings you right... And what makes you believe the Word of God and turn
down these other things? Is because you were... There's something in you. Way back yonder you was supposed... You
are made to live here forever.
108 "All
right, Scripture for that, preacher." Here it comes: "All that He
foreknew, He's called, all that He has called, He has justified, and all that
He has justified, He has already glorified."
"What's the use of preaching, Brother Branham?" There is a crop out
there; only thing I'm doing is seining. I'm just throwing it out there and see
where it goes. If the repellents, the grease of the muck of the world,
denominations throw it off, I can't help it; but if there's one out there that can absorb it, he will turn to be a son
and daughter of God just as sure as the world (Amen.), 'cause it's
predestinated.
109 That's the reason that God could work His
works through Jesus; He was a predestinated Son. He was the Lamb slain
before the foundation of the world. Before a hundred billion, trillion, million
years ago that we said Genesis 1:1 spoke of awhile ago, He was right then predestinated to take His place. Amen. That's the
reason the will of the Father He did. He was the Word made manifest. And every
one of the other sons will have the same manifestation, and that's the ones
that was predestinated.
Let us
pray…