Spoken Word no 134
The
Faith Seed of Abraham
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
December
20, 2009
Romans 4;1 What
shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if
Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3 For
what saith the scripture? Abraham
believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the
reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to
him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his
faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David
also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are
they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed
is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9 Cometh
this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision
also? for we say that faith was reckoned
to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the
father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12 And
the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of
our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Notice what Paul is saying here is that Abraham
received his promise from God before he ever was circumcised, so in fact the
circumcision was just what Abraham did in respect to the promise but had
nothing to do with his receiving the promise.
The promise was unconditional, a promise from God
without conditions. Love does not place conditions on Love. And God who is Love
did not place conditions of His promise to Abraham and to His Seed after him.
13 For
the promise, that he should be the heir
of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, (It did not come through the law, and in fact the law
had nothing to do with the promise God made.) but
through the righteousness (the right-wise-ness) of faith. (and we know that Faith is a revelation, something
that has been revealed.)
14 For
if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made
of none effect:15 Because the law worketh wrath:
for where no law is, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be
by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that
only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;
who is the father of us all,
Notice he tells us that if it were not by promise, but
if it were by the law and what we do or do not do, then it would not be a sure
thing. But being that God promised it unconditionally, it is a sure thing for
God can not lie. 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Now, I want you to notice that God told him that he
would be a father of many nations, and the Jews are only one nation, and the
Arabs although they may have several countries, they are but one nation, and
two is not many. But God promised Abraham that he would be a Father of many
nations.
From Jehovah Jireh part 1 62-0705 P:20A brother
Branham said, Now,
we are Abraham's seed if we are in Christ. And then if you are Abraham's seed, you have the same faith that Abraham had,
'cause it was his faith that we're talking about. Especially in the church now,
it's the royal seed of Abraham. There was two seeds of Abraham. One of them
was the natural, Isaac; the other one was Christ, the promise.
I would like to add that is exactly what the Apostle
Paul said in Hebrews 2:16 For verily he took
not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Jehovah Jireh part 1 62-0705 P:20B So through
And then God tells us how he was to become the father
of many nations. 18 Who
against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations,
according to that which was spoken, So
shall thy seed be. (so it was not by the physical sexual act that he
was to be father of many nations, but by the spoken Word of promise. Notice
Paul says, “according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.”) 19 And being not weak
in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred
years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb
Then if he did not consider the deadness of his own
body, nor his wife Sara’s dead womb, then he was not considering the physical
act, but the act of Faith in which he received the Spoken word Promise and it
produced the seed in his flesh. And that is the way that each of the seed of
Abraham will have to receive the Spoken Word of God into their own flesh and in
their own flesh it will bring the same Life into manifestation.)
Now, I want you to
notice carefully that he did not say, so shall thy seeds
be, but God said, so shall Thy seed
(singular, one seed, so shall THY SEED) be. There is only one original Royal
Seed of Abraham, but like all apple trees that grow today, they all came off of
one little apple tree to begin with. Science has proven that. And so the
nations (plural) that were to come from Abraham’s loins, were not from his
physical loins but from the loins of his mind. The Faith Seed that he planted.
Brother Branham said from
his sermon, The Seed not heir with shuck 65-0218
P:24 Here
this seed, one, one Seed, not seeds, but one Seed. These others were not seed
of Abraham, because Abraham's Seed was
his faith Seed that God was speaking of, not his natural seed. Because
after Sarah died, Abraham married another woman and had seven sons besides
daughters. So it wouldn't be Abraham's
seeds; it was Abraham's Seed, one.
And that was Abraham's faith Seed,
pointing to the Royal Seed that was to come through Abraham's faith, not Abraham's natural life, but Abraham's
spiritual life, who took everything contrary to God's Word and called it as
though it was not, and believed God, against hope, believed in hope. That's the
real Seed that we're speaking of.
Abraham and his seed after him 61-0423 P:39
Now, I know Isaac was the seed
of Abraham potentially, it was the natural seed of Abraham, but not the real
Seed of Abraham. The real Seed of
Abraham was Christ, the Royal Seed. Isaac only was substitutionary until
Christ came, which was the Seed of
Abraham. Now, and then the real seed
of Abraham believes the promise, just like Abraham did, because it's to
Abraham and his seed after him. Now, watch what God did to the Royal Seed to
make the covenant confirmed. He took
Christ, which was the Seed of Abraham; on
Abraham and his seed 61-0416 P:36 So now, it's by grace that God called you,
not what you did, what you could do, what you will do. If you're the seed of Abraham, God spoke to you by His amazing grace,
just like He did Abraham in the 12th chapter of Genesis. Now, now and then
notice. As soon as Abraham believed God by justification (Believing on the
Lord, we're justified.), immediately God called Abraham to total separation
from all unbelief. That's the way He done you? Separate yourself from your
kindred, from all your associates; come out of the pool room, come out of the
dance hall; come away from the things of the world. God calls for a total separation
to Abraham's seed, 'cause that's what He called Abraham. Are you patterning it?
This instrument is Abraham. This instrument represents this seed after him. And
the covenant was made to both Abraham
and his seed after him. And as
Abraham was called by grace, by election, so was his seed called by grace and
election. See? They heard the voice
of God and believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness.
Romans 4:20 He
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith,
giving glory to God; Notice that we are told “he staggered not at the promise of God”.
It was not his body that he trusted in, nor what act he could perform to bring
about the children that he so desired, but it was the promise
of God that he held onto to regardless of the
condition of his own body.
21 And
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also
to perform.
Not what he could perform, but he was persuaded that
what God had promised God was also able to perform. And that is the hope of
every Royal seed son of Abraham. We are confident like Paul said in Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he
which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ:
Romans 4:22 And
therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 Now
it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also,
to whom it shall be imputed, if we
believe on him (who is this Him
that Paul is speaking of here? He’s the one) that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who
was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. (So
we are to believe the same one Abranham believed in, God, the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.)
So you see, Abraham
was not just the father of the Jewish people
or the Arab peoples, because two is not many. But the promise is that He
would be the Father of many nations) Acts 3:25 Ye are the children
of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto
Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the
kindreds of the earth be blessed.
In John 8:39 we
see Jesus telling the Jews that there natural birth lineage means nothing with
God, because they did not reflect the same attributes as Abraham in believing
God. “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.” Again in
Luke 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of
repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our
father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up
children unto Abraham.
And again in Matthew 3:9 And
think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say
unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
In fact that is exactly what the apostle Paul tells us also in Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the
seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Abraham had many sons and daughters yet there are only three seeds that
he had that seem to be in the news all the time throughout history, and even
more so in this hour. He had a natural seed Isaac through with the Jewish race
came. He had a natural son Ishmael in which the Arab world exists today. Then
He had a third Seed, which did not come by a natural seed, but by the Promise of
God. It was not Isaac, he died like the others. It was Christ. He is the
Original Spoken Word seed and the royal Seed of Abraham, and whose seed we are
in we are in Christ as the Apostle Paul speaks of in Romans 4 and Galatians 3.
In his sermon, Abraham's covenant confirmed
61-0210 P:28 brother Branham said, And we find that we being
dead in Christ, we are Abraham's seed
and are heirs with father Abraham to the promise. Then if we are Abraham's seed,
we find out that we have to have the faith of Abraham, or we are not Abraham's
seed. And what is the Seed of Abraham? The
Holy Spirit (amen), which comes through Christ Jesus. That makes us, as we receive the Holy Spirit then, we are not no longer
Gentiles, but we are Jews. And the
Jew, by birth, is not a Jew. Paul said, "That
which is Jew is not that outwardly, but that inwardly,"
that has the faith of father Abraham. And if
we are father Abraham's seed, then we take every promise God made, no matter
how ridiculous it looks like, how it could not happen; but if God said so, we
believe it anyhow.
This morning I would like to continue in our study of
brother Branham’s sermon, The Spoken Word is the Original Seed, and I want
you to see that Brother Branham is telling us here that if we are royal seed of
Abraham then we will come and fit the pattern just like Abraham did. So let’s
pick up at paragraph 107, and this will be number 134 in our series, And I want
you to see here how brother Branham ties what he is speaking on concerning the
Original Spoken Word Seed and what Paul tells us in the book of Romans
concerning the Seed of Abraham.
From pp. 107 brother Branham says, 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? And
then he goes on to talk about the strain or trait in a family, and how if we
follow that strain or trait through a family, we will see it pop up from
generation to generation. It is like a
certain characteristic or attribute that is dominant in a family line and if we
are in the linage of that family, we will no doubt see that trait come forth in
our life as well. And if we are the Seed of Abraham then the Faith trait will
be there in our life as well as it was in his. We spoke on that last week, so I
do not wish to take any time on it this morning.
Well, there is a certain trait we find in Abraham that
all His royal Seed will possess.
In Hebrews 11:8 we read, “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go
out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
whither he went.” So Abraham was
obedient, showing as Jesus that though he were a son yet learned he obedience
to God His Father. And that is the main attribute of every son that cometh to
God.
Now let’s continue with pp. 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."(Now,
brother Branham is quoting from Romans 8:29-30 here, “29 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. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them
he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he
justified, them he also glorified.
Now, I am going to continue reading from PP 108
through PP 112 and we will see that brother Branham is saying these things to
bring us to the point in pp 112 where he begins to show is how that we are the
Seed of Abraham.
pp.
108 "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.
110 That
little group in every generation
will come up in the resurrection all the way from the beginning of the world.
And the reason they hold on to it... Even Paul spoke of it in Hebrews the 11th
chapter, said they wander about in sheepskins and goat skins, and was
destitute, and afflicted, and tormented; of whom this world is not worthy
of." Amen. Had nothing to eat, and run about, and dug out, and persecuted,
and sawed asunder like Isaiah was and many of the others... Paul's speaking of
them men. Who was, he said, spoke of, sawed asunder? Isaiah the prophet, predestinated even before the world begin. He
should've come through the womb of Eve. But then he come through the womb womb
of a woman; his spirit had to come here to be a witness. So Jesus was also came
for a witness of the death, burial, and resurrection that men will die, but
live again through Him. For He's the Seed that has to come up. Amen. Hope you
see it.
111
All right. Predestinated as He was,
makes the Word Seed flesh in you, His church. God's Word... You say, "Sure,
Brother Branham, every Word, I believe It." Then don't back up when you
get your tradition. See? Stay right with that Word, and stay with that; watch
what happens. Say, "Oh, Lord, I believe It. Send the Holy Spirit."
Then watch. Then if He goes to bearing record, then you know you got It, not by
some sensation; the devils do that; not by some miracles, the devils do that;
but by your constant belief in the Word
of God and the life that you live, never denying nothing. All right, that makes the Word becoming flesh
(See?), flesh and the same water, Spirit.
112 Now,
wait a minute. I can't pass this by. See, Jesus was the Seed of Abraham
(fleshly speaking... Is that right?), a predestinated Seed of Abraham. And when the Spirit fell on Him, what kind of a
Life did He bring? He brought a
faith life. What kind of a life?" You mean He was going to be a
sojourner like Abraham?" That's where people get so mixed up today. They
try to think that a man of God has to do this, and follow this, and do that. Oh
mercy, no. How was Christ the Seed of
Abraham? Not so much in His body, 'cause Isaac, that seed of Isaac, finally
fell and died. It backslid and hybrid too. We'll get to it directly. See? But the faith seed of Abraham that he believed
God's Word regardless of what the circumstances was... There you are. Whew.
You know, I feel like shouting. Look. See, look, the faith seed of Abraham... What was it? Not Abraham's body, but Abraham's faith. Abraham's faith in what? The Word of God. No matter what come, he called anything contrary to It as though
it wasn't even there. Oh, me, wouldn't that rip these denominations to
pieces? It sure would.
Now, in closing let’s turn to Galatians 3: and
begin reading verse 1 O
foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that
ye should not obey the truth,
(You see, the scriptures tells us that to Obey is better than sacrifice.) 1 O
foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that
ye should not obey the truth, before
whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the
law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so
many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that
ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by
the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 6 Even
as Abraham believed God, and it was
accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye
therefore that they which are of
faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing
that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel
unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So
then they which be of faith are blessed
with faithful Abraham. 10 For
as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written,
Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the
book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the
sight of God, it is evident: for, The
just shall live by faith. 12 And
the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that
hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak after the
manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no
man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith
not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the
covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four
hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the
promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God
gave it to Abraham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the
promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one,
but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the
promises of God? God forbid: for if
there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up
unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore
the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be
justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is
come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus. 27 For
as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male
nor female: for ye are all one in Christ
Jesus. 29 And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Let us pray…