Spoken Word no 132
Predestined
sons and daughters
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
December 09, 2009
This evening
we’ll continue with paragraphs 106 – 109 of brother Branham’s sermon The Spoken Word is
the Original Seed.
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.
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.
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. . Now, what does he mean by this? Well the word absorb
means To occupy the full attention, interest, or time of; engross.
So what he is saying is that if you
are made to absorb it you just can’t get enough of the Message for the hour.
It not only holds your interest, but it holds your full
attention, and it occupies the full attention, the full interest, and the full
time that you have. You can’t get away from it. You are locked in hook, line
and sinker.
He then
continues, 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.
Therefore
if Jesus could not help but to manifest what he was ordained to manifest, then
you also can do no less.
God has
set forth a great drama that has unfolded in this hour just the same as he has
unfolded a great drama in the Alpha ministry of Jesus Christ.
So when Brother Branham says, And every one of the other sons will have the
same manifestation, and that's the ones that was predestinated. He
is not saying that we will all manifest as the slain lamb, but where there was
one to die, there were those he died for. And if you are the ones that were
ordained to the adoption of sons that God ordained so before the foundations of
the world, it was then at that same time he ordained a lamb to be slain for those
adopted sons. Do you get it.
From
paragraph 170
of THE SUPER SIGN 63-1129 brother Branham said, "Many people wanted to accept Jesus. They thought
they'd do it, "in some other convenient time," one said. They want to
accept Christ, but they put it off too long. Some of them tried to get Him off
their hands, and tried to wash it off with water, pass the buck on to somebody
else, but it backfired. It's on your hands tonight, thrown right back in your
lap. Hebrews 13:8, regardless of how many Council of Churches we have, still
remains as Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Then Br.
Branham quotes John 14:12 "The works that I
do...notice he says, "If His Life is in you, it'll manifest Jesus Christ. Amen.
And then he
makes clear what he is talking about concerning John 14:12 in paragraph 172 Now, you all can't
be that one, but you can be a part of that with your faith. All of them
couldn't be a Jesus, when they was on earth, but they could believe Him and accept the message. There was one Moses, one Elijah, one Noah, on
down, always been that, but the rest of
them could accept it. And they
would've had no ministry unless there'd been somebody believe it. Jesus would've had no ministry 'less
somebody believed it. Paul
would've had no ministry 'less somebody believed it. The Holy Ghost has got no ministry by
the Word today unless somebody's willing to get away from their creed
and come back to the Word again, no
matter how well it's here and how real it's here. It's here now. I know
it's here. I feel it. I know it's here. The Word says it's here. "Wherever two or three are gathered in My Name, I'm in the
midst of them." And I truly believe that
He's here, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
So you
see, God comes down in this hour as He did when Jesus was baptized in the river
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.
Notice there is a law of Life that Paul is talking about
here, he calls it the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.
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.
So we are looking here at the Law of Life, the Life that was
in Christ Jesus actually being fulfilled in us. And here is the key to
understanding that law…
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.
So we see that this the law of Life concerns the Spirit Life that was in Christ but of which
has come into us after it was released from that vessel of the first born son
on the day of Calvary. And that Life has come into other sons, namely us, that
it also might manifest Itself in our flesh.
6 For to
be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace.
To be spiritually minded is life and peace. So we do not
mind the things of the flesh but of the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of God
rests in our mortal flesh.
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.
Now, you see that is what makes us different from all other
men. We are born again of the spirit of God, the same Son of God Life that was
in the original Son of God seed, that manifested in His flesh, is now in our
flesh and is waiting to manifest that same life in us.
10 And if
Christ (the anointing) be in you, the body (your body) is dead because of
sin; but (and that is a
big but, but) the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (In other words, the spirit comes to Life because of
a Right-Word. Now, this next sentence is where Paul places it all.) 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.
And remember, if
it quickens your mortal bodies, the actual definition of mortal means that
which can die. The Greek word that was translated as mortal is “thnetos” which means is capable of dying. So Paul says,
that if the Spirit that was in Jesus Christ that raised Him from the dead is in
your bodies that are capable of death, or that are liable to die, it will
quicken those same bodies. In other words, he is not speaking of a quickening
of the body which is already dead, but that which is capable of dying.
That is why we
hear John say in 1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have
handled, of the Word of life; and
remember, this same John who wrote this epistle also wrote the Gospel of John
where he reported Jesus saying that The Word is Spirit and Life.
And here he tells us of this Life, in that he says, 2 (For the life was manifested, Now, I want this to
soak in… the Life was manifested, In other words, that Son of God Seed Life
that in the first born Son came into manifestation, and as a result John
says, and we have seen it, and bear witness
to it, and do show unto you that eternal life, which was with the
Father, and was manifested unto us;) so if that Life was with the Father, and in the
Father, then when it came forth from the Father it came forth as the Original
Seed, which was jesus Christ God’s first born son. 3 That which we have seen and heard… In other words, that which we have seen is the
actions of the God Life in the vessel of the First born son, and that which we
have heard are those words which that first born spoke. John 5:26 For as the Father
hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
And remember, in
John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth
the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son
likewise.
And again in John 5:30
he said, I can of
mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because
I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
And again in John 14: 31 But that the world
may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even
so I do. Arise, let us go hence. Therefore, what I want to show
you in this verse is that I want you to see how the very Life that was in the
Son of God manifested itself. It manifested itself in complete obedience to the
Father’s commandments.
And again in John 12: 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.
50 And I know that his commandment is life
everlasting: whatsoever I speak
therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
So he did not
speak without knowing what to say, because he was dependent upon His Father to
know what to say, and that is exactly what he then said.
2 (For the
life was manifested, (in the chosen
vessel of the original Seed, Jesus Christ) and we have seen it, and bear witness to it, and do
show unto you that eternal life,
which was with the Father, and was manifested
unto us;)In other words the very purpose of the manifestation of
that Son of God seed Life is that they could witness how that Life manifested
itself in that body of flesh called Jesus Christ. And John goes on to say, that
which we have seen with our own eyes, and have handled with our own hands, declare we unto you,
that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
83 All of God's sons must be the same. Yes, sir. To be born of the Word and Spirit brings us back to the spoken
Word again like in John 3. See? To be born of the Water and the Spirit, what
does it do? Then it brings you right back again unto the
place of where you should've been at the beginning. See? That's the reason
of Christ's death: brings us right back again to where? Sons of God. If Eve would've brought forth that child... She
would've finally done it. Did not God tell her, "Multiply and replenish
the earth?" But she had to walk over here play the part of a whore.
Ephesians 1: 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 (that’s past tense, having) predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
So we see
that we have already been predestinated to the adoption of sons. Now, this word
predestinated comes from the Greek word, pro-orizo which again is made up of
two words, pro meaning before hand, or to go before, and the word horizon, which means to decree,
declare, ordain, appoint, or limit,. In other words, marked out before hand and
limited or constrained by the limiting factors. So in essence you could not run
from your predestined outcome if you tried. And many have tried to run away
from their responsibility and they role in the family, and God just slammed
them pretty good, or let them sit in some dessert until they came to their
senses and gave in to his will.
That was
the case with Moses, and Paul and William Branham. In fact Brother Branham told
us that Jesus tried to dodge Calvary when he said Father my will is that you
take this cup from me, … but then he gave over his will to the Father and said,
but not my will but thy will be done. So we are looking at three statements
that brother Branham made concerning who we are as sons of God and as brothers
of the eldest born son, Jesus.
1. All of God's sons must be the same.
2. All of Gods Sons must be born of
the Word and Spirit.
3. Then
it brings you right back again unto the
place of where you should've been at the beginning… Sons of God.
So you see
we are the same, for of one spirit we are all born into one
family.
Seed shall
not be heir 65-0429B P:24a That's what
the church is doing today, for Jesus is the Word, and He is the Bridegroom, and
the Bride is a part of the Groom. Therefore, the Word that's to be fulfilled this
day is the same part of the Word that was fulfilled in His day, and it's the
same Word, same experience, same Life. …
Seed shall not be heir 65-0429B P:24c Therefore, part of his spirit, part of his body:
flesh of his flesh, bone of his bone, Word of His Word, Life of His Life, and
that's the way the Bride is to Christ. That's why the rapture of the royal Seed
has to come first. And the rest of the dead live not for a thousand years, then
they were brought up at the white throne judgment. See, there is no judgment to the royal Seed, or the predestinated Seed
of Abraham.
So what
are we worried about. We should just live every day in expectation that very
soon He will finish that which he first began in us, and take us with Him when
He departs this earth.
Let us
pray…