Spoken Word no. 219
“Manifested to destroy the works of the
devil part 3”
“Remitting sins”
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
January 16th, 2011
For the past week we have been looking at the words of
Brother Branham’s from paragraphs 141 through 144 of The
Spoken Word is the original Seed and we have spoken on
the thoughts of his where he quotes from
1 John
3:8 where he says, “Now, Christ was manifested to destroy the works of the devil. You believe that? Now, I can't explain all this; I'm just
going to go through it just quickly now, hit the high place so you won't stay
too long. Christ was manifested to destroy the works of the devil. Is that right? You all believe that? What was He? God's Word, which destroys the works of the
hybrid, the devil. Is that right? He was done to do that; He was born to be
that, to destroy the works of the devil.
Now, we showed you in part one of this mini series how
that Jesus Christ was manifested to destroy the works of the devil, and we
showed you that the works of the devil were to try to get you to not believe
the one in Whom God sends. In other words, the works of the devil is unbelief
and his job is to get you to disbelieve the Word of God. So as he did with Eve
and others, he got them to focus on other things and not on the word for their
hour.
In part 2 we showed you that even as Jesus Christ was
the Original Seed of God, and that according to the law of life or the law of
reproduction in Genesis
1:11 we see that every seed must bring forth after its kind or
nature. Therefore if the Original seed was manifested to destroy the works of
the devil, then the other seed of God, the sons of God we see in Romans 8 that
are ordained to be conformed to the Image of the First born Son, or original
seed, will also them have to be manifested to destroy the works of the devil.
So when the God-Life in this other seed begins to
manifest it will also be conformed to do what the original seed did, and that
is to become manifested to destroy the works of the devil.
Now, as I mentioned before that the works of the devil
is sin. And we know that sin is unbelief.
Psalms 78:
32 For all this they sinned still,
and believed not for his wondrous works.
Yet it is not just a lack of believing what God has to say, but it is the
act of not believing in God Himself.
John 16:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
John 8: 24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth
me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The
Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou
bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear
record of myself, yet
my record is true: for I know whence I came,
and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye
judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I
and the Father that sent me. 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that
sent me beareth witness of me.
You can not get around
it here that Jesus is speaking of two men, or two individual beings here. He is
speaking of himself, that’s one being, and then he is speaking of His Father as
the other individual being. And it is not the Father here that they wish to
deny. It was Jesus Christ the Son of God that they were denying,
and they do so still even to this day.
The Trinitarians deny
that Jesus was a man, and so they try to make Him a second god in a Plethora of
three gods which is polytheism. And the
Unitarians, or Oneness which are sometimes referred to as Jesus only, they deny
the son of God altogether, and try to make Jesus just like a mask or badger
skin. And in doing so they make Jesus and His Father (who is God), they try to
make him and God one like your finger is one, or just one person altogether,
and that is just as far wrong to the opposite side of the spectrum and the Trinitarians
are wrong at the other end of the spectrum.
The truth of the
matter is what Jesus is telling the Pharisees here that there are two beings
involved here, and that one of them is God who is his Father, and the other one
is himself that they are dealing with, and he is the son of God.
Now, remember, Jesus
just told them that there are two who are bearing witness of him, and he is one
witness and the other witness is his Father who is bearing witness to him.
Now, notice the reply of
the Pharisees in verse 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: Now, let me give you a little grammar lesson here concerning the use of
this word nor that Jesus just used: The traditional rule requires that nor be used following neither in expressions in which
the negation is carried over to the second element: as you see Jesus
speaking here saying, Ye neither know me, nor my
Father. Therefore the
grammatical usage of the word nor speaks of two. You do not use the word nor
concerning one person, you use it concerning a
comparison between two persons. And notice then he says, “if ye had known me, (that is one person) ye should have known my Father also. (My Father is the
other person.) But the Oneness try to say Jesus is His own Father which is pure
nonsense. How can a man be his own Father. In John 16: 3 we
hear Jesus says the same thing again…And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor
me. Notice the word “nor” is again used in comparing how
they do not know God (the
Father) and neither
do they know Him, nor do they know him.
Verse 20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he
taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. 21 Then
said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye
cannot come. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And
he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world;
I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you,
that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said
they unto him, Who art thou?
Now, notice how this dialogue started with their
wanting to know the question, “where is Your Father,” and now it has
digressed to “Who are you?” I guess that is
because they neither knew Him nor His Father as he stated himself.
And
Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 26 I
have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I
speak to the world those things which I
have heard of him.
So what Jesus is doing
is he is saying that basically he is just a mouth piece for his Father.
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Then said Jesus unto them,
When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as
my Father hath taught me, I speak
these things. 29 And he
that sent me is with me: the Father
hath not left me alone;
Now, notice again he is telling us when he uses the
word aloe, that there is more here than just Himself that they are looking at.
There is of course himself whom they see, and then he says, my father is with
me also, for he has not left me to be by my lonesome self. I am not alone, He
has not left me alone, same thing.
Now, here’s the key to this relationship between the
Son and His Father.
“for I do always those things that please him.” Now, if Jesus is the same person as His Father then this is one of
the most egotistical things a man ever said. Just look at these words with the
Jesus only doctrine in mind. “for I do always those
things that please myself,” Is that what he said? I always do those
things which please myself?
Come on, people, Jesus in his own words said, Luke 14: 11 For whosoever exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Is that what Jesus said? The how could he says, “for I do always
those things that please myself,”.
Now, let’s read, Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and
said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God
of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Now, notice verse 31. Him hath God
exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to
give repentance to
So did he exalt himself? How could he exalt himself, for God has a rule
to be obeyed, and that rule is that he that exalts
himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Now, let’s continue
with John 8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on
him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And
ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They
answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how
sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever commits sin is the servant of sin.
Now, we are getting to where I wanted to get this
morning, Jesus is telling us that by not believing on Him, we sin because we
disbelieve the Record that God has given of Him as His son. And then he adds
that he that sins or disbelieves the report must become the servant of his sin.
In other words, he that disbelieves becomes the servant of his own disbelief. In 1 John 5: 10 we
read, He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: (and Who is The Witness? It is the
Holy Ghost, the God-life itself.) he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave
of his Son.
Now, when the God-life that was in the Original Seed became
manifested on earth, it was manifested for the
purpose of destroying the works of the devil. That is so
important for us to know, and we know what those works of the devil was, for it
was to get people to disbelieve the record that God gave of His son. Then in destroying the works of the devil, it
not only will destroy the works of the devil in getting people to disbelieve
the record of God, but the effects of that unbelief as well. Now, in destroying the works of the devil, it did
something else in the ministry of the son of God. His giving of his on life,
brought forgiveness to us as well, because that was the God-Life that was being
manifested in the Son of God, and His blood has
completely annihilated our sins. Then what about the other son of God seeds?
Now, listen to what Brother Branham says next… Now, His body is to do the same, because
the Head and body is together. Is that right? If
Christ is the Head, was the Word, His body has to be the same thing as His Head
was (Is that right?), a church of the Word, born of the Word, virgin born from the Word, not denominational
now; virgin born from the Word.
Now, let me read a couple more paragraphs and we are
going to see something here that will make you weep for joy inside if there is
any Holy Spirit in you.
144
Now, the body carries) on the works and
does the works that the Head commands it to do. Tell me where He ever said,
"organize."
Tell me where the Head says it's
all right for woman to cut their hair. Huh. Mention it; it's not
there. Tell me where the Head ever said, "These works I do, but you shall not do them."
Tell me that. But the Head said this (if you want to put the Scripture down,
I'll give it to you: John
14:12), "The works that I do, shall you also."
That's His body. See? See now, why I have been so zealous of the
kind of seed that I have planted for the body? The rain's going to fall
pretty soon; I mean the real rain. And it's
got to have Seed to fall on. I hope I live to see it. Do you understand
now? It will be the living Word as it
was at the beginning, the spoken Word of God, have His power; for it is in Him in His own body, working His
own way. Look to the promises that God gave this body.
Now, before you get all hyped up into thinking of all
sorts of latter rain power and dynamics hitting the church, let me get your
mind focused back to reality of the living Word of God and the God-Life that
was in the original seed. To do so let’s read the next paragraph. Because you
see, that is where Paul Cain went off and the rest of the Pentecostals that
rejected the doctrine of the message. They wanted the miracle working power
they saw in William Branham and they wanted to make a show of the discernment,
but they all have to admit there has been nobody even close to what William
Branham had.
And let me tell you why no one has come close. Because
no one has been completely sold out in to the word of God like William Branham
was. No one has died to self like William Branham has. And they fail to
understand that God is sovereign and He doesn’t give gifts for men to show off
and get puffed up over. He gives gifts to glorify Himself, not for man to get
puffed up about and play with. Those men are like a bunch of little children
playing with the Power of God that they know not how to handle. Like children
playing with matches, and when they do, somethi8ng is going to burn. No, that
isn’t it at all. Let’s read the next verse and we will begin to see what it is
all about.
145 Now, we're coming to something. We're coming to
146 Let's take John
20 to start with. All right, take John the 20th chapter
and let's see: John
the 20th chapter and we're going to begin at the, oh, I'd
say about the 19th
verse.
There you are brothers
and sisters. There’s your manifestation of the sons of God. There’s your
manifestation of the seed Life of God. And what is the attributes of the God
Life that was in God and He gave to His Son?
He is our Savior, He
is our Redeemer, He is our healer, He is our protector, he
is our shield, and our buckler, and our defense, and our justification, and our
sanctification, and our provider, for he is our all and all.
That is the image of
the first born son. That is the image brother Branham is speaking of here. You
looking to manifest John 14:12? Jesus said, he that believeth in me the works that I do shall
he do also.
But your focus has
been miracles, your focus perhaps has been a “word of
knowledge”. Wishing to have visions or pretending to have them, when they are
sovereignly given. No, you’ve had it all wrong, because your focus has been all
wrong.
So what were the works
that Jesus came to do? He was manifested to
destroy the works of the devil. To was manifested to destroy the
effects of sin. He was manifested to destroy the effects of unbelief in the
individual.
The Apostle
Paul said in Romans 7: 5 For
when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins (or
unbelief), which
were by the law, did work in our members to
bring forth fruit unto death.
And what are those effects
which manifest themselves in the works of unbelievers?
Even James said, in James 2:9 we
read, But if ye have respect
to persons, ye commit sin (you enter into unbelief), and are convinced
of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep
the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Notice the results of sin as James tells us in James 1:15 Then
when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death. Now, what is
this lust that results in unbelief and when that unbelief manifests itself
results in death? That word lust is
translated from a Greek word epithumia, and it
means misguided or mis focused thoughts and
desires. The word epithumia was translated from two words, the first word epi
which means to superimpose or to place above and the other word thumos
which means your passions. So your natural passions become your focus and
superimpose themselves in everything you do. There
That is why the Apostle Paul tells us in Galatians
5: 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified
the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we
live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Now, remember Galatians 5 is the
next chapter after Galatians 4 where Paul
tells us about the nature of the adopted son and how he is to be subject to his
tutor, the Holy Ghost so that he will be ready for the adoption of sons.
But notice how in Galatians 5 Paul tells us how to be subject to the Father in
all things, and how to crucify our flesh and the lusts or fleshly passions that
would try to superimpose themselves upon us. Galatians
5:13 For,
brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Look, there it
is right there. For God so loved us He gave His only begotten
son to die for us.)
5:14 For
all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There’s your manifested sons, right there. There’s
the thing that Jesus taught us to do right there. And it was Love that
crucified a rose, and pressed out the blood from the lamb of God to make a
sweet smelling perfume.
Love thy neighbor as Thy self. 15 But
if ye bite and devour one another, take
heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16 This
I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye
shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For
the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, (the flesh tries to superimpose its own fleshly
desires against the desires of the Holy Ghost in you. ) and the
Spirit against the flesh: and these
are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if
ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
In other words, if you are led by the Spirit of God instead
of your own stinking flesh, you won’t even have to work at obeying from the
heart those things which God has given us to guide and lead us, because you
will long to do what pleases your father even as the original Seed did.
Martin Luther in His
Preface to the Book of Romans said, "God judges according to what is at the bottom of the
heart, and for this reason, His law makes its demands on the inmost heart and
cannot be satisfied with works, but rather punishes works that are done
otherwise than from the bottom of the heart, as hypocrisy and lies. "The law is
spiritual," For if the law were made
for the body, it could be satisfied with works; but since it is spiritual, no
one can satisfy it, unless all that you
do is done from the bottom of the heart. But such a heart is given only by God's Spirit, who makes a man equal
to the law, so that he acquires a desire
for the law in his heart, and henceforth does nothing out of fear and
compulsion, but everything out of a willing heart. That law then is
spiritual which will be loved and fulfilled with such a spiritual heart, and
requires such a spirit. Where that
spirit is not in the heart, there sin remains, and displeasure with the law,
and enmity toward it, though the law is good and jut and holy.
20 Sin, in the
scripture, means not only the outward works of the body, but all the activities
that move men to outward works, namely the inmost heart, with all its powers. Faith on the other hand is a living, daring
confidence in God's Grace, so sure and certain that a man would stake his life
on it a thousand times. Faith is not
that human notion and dream that some hold for faith. Faith, however, is a
divine work in us. It changes us and makes altogether different men, in heart
and spirit and mind and powers, and it brings with it the Holy Ghost.
Now,
Paul continues in Galatians 519 by saying, “Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which
I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit
the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law. 24 And
they that are Christ's have crucified
the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also
walk in the Spirit. 26 Let
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking
one another, envying one another.
Now, we can not stop because it is the end of a
chapter. When the Bible was written it was written as a letter, not as chapters
and verses. How many of you write letters using chapters and verses? It doesn’t
even make sense. It wasn’t Paul that did that, it was a Catholic Archbishop of
But before we continue to read, just remember, Paul
was teaching on the spirit of Adoption in Chapter 4 then in Chapter 5 hr showed
us how to submit to that spirit of adoption in crucifying the lusts of our
flesh, and in verse 6 he tells us where it will lead to the very image of
Christ manifesting in our very bodies.
Galatians 6:1 Brethren,
if a man be overtaken in a fault, (If someone falls into sin,) ye which
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering your
own self, lest thou also be tempted. ( in
other words, forgivingly restore him and save your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the
day's out.) 2 Bear ye one another's
burdens, (Share
their burdens, Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed.) and so fulfil the law
of Christ. (and so manifest Christ's law of life in your
own flesh. )
And what is this law of Christ that we are to fulfill?
It is the very law of life, the very law of reproduction where the very nature
and actions that were manifested in the body of the Original Seed might be
manifested in you and me as well.
Now, listen, he said restore one that has been
overtaken in a fault. Don’t kick him when he is down, restore him, be a savior,
be a healer, be a redeemer, be his protector, his shield, his comforter.
Be that reflection of Christ
and thus fulfill the law of Christ. The word fulfill
means To bring into actuality, To bring into effect the law of Christ.
And that is what God life has manifested all down through
the pages of this Bible. Adulterers and fornicators and murders? Forgiven.
Who? David. He committed
adultery with another man’s wife, and then when he found out he got her
pregnant he had that man sent to the front lines of battle so he would be killed,
so he could have her for himself and have his child.
God’s Word said, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors
wife, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not murder, and yet he did all these evil
things and many other things that were just as displeasing to God. But when he
repented, what did God do? Did God say, not this time David, your sins are too
grievous for me? No sir! God forgave him. And if that is what God-Life did through the
Father, and if that is what God-Life did in His Son on the cross too, when he
said, “Father
forgive them for they know not what they do.” Then is that not what
God life is to be doing in you and me as well?
And what About poor Peter? He denied Jesus three times when Jesus
needed him the most, and yet Jesus forgave him.
And what about Saul, he
contracted a witch which is the fruits of the flesh, he tried to kill God’s
anointed? He stole, he lied, he coveted his neighbors goods, when God told him
to burn everything that they had captured in the cities, He disobeyed God’s
direct commands, he had become the enemy of the Lord, and yet the prophet said,
This day you will be with me in paradise. That’s what William Branham taught us
right from the bible.
Hebrews Chapter 6 57-0908E P:25 Samuel
said, "you've become an enemy to God, but tomorrow the battle goes the
other way, and you'll die tomorrow. And by this time tomorrow night, you'll be
with me." If Saul was lost, so was
Samuel; they was both together. Certainly.
The Bible said so.
Now, that’s what it says in 1 Samuel 28, that the Samuel said to
Saul, “you have become the this day you
will be with me… 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou
ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake
by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to
thy neighbour, even to David: 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst
his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD
done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover the LORD will
also deliver
Now, how many of you have taken another mans wife? How
many of you have killed a man to take his wife? How many of you have denied
Christ three times in one day? How many of you have stolen something that
belonged to another? How many of you have become the enemy of the Lord? Then if
you have asked God for forgiveness, in sincerity and in honor to God, then can
those of you who haven’t done so also ask God to forgive those who have?
James 5:20 Let him know, that
he which converteth the sinner from the error of his
way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be
forgiven him.
James
4:1-2 Where
do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they
just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and
fight for it deep inside yourselves. You lust for what you don't have and are
willing to kill to get it. You want what isn't yours and will risk violence to
get your hands on it. 2-3You
wouldn't think of just asking God for it, would you? And why
not? Because you know you'd be asking for what you have no right to.
You're spoiled children, each wanting your own way. 4-6 You're cheating on God. If
all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you
end up enemies of God and his way. And do you suppose God doesn't care? The
proverb has it that "he's a
fiercely jealous lover." And what he gives in love is far better than
anything else you'll find. It's common knowledge that "God will bring down the willfully proud but
God gives grace to those who are willingly humble."
7-10 Be subject to
God, and let
Him work his will in you. Resist
the Devil, just say no to his disbelief , and he will
flee. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you, Yield your spirit to
God and His presence will be happy to make His home in you. Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Quit dabbling around with
unbelief. quit
wavering back and forth and recognize you are His son or daughter, and then act
like it. Quit dividing your interests, and step into your election, and your
role in the family. Then purify your hearts of that vacillating spirit. Purify your soul and make uit clean. Quit playing the field. Get right with God and cry
your eyes out. Get serious, really serious. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Get down on
your knees before your
maker and humble yourself in the presence of God that hhe may exalt you at the right time. For the only way up is
down.
11-12 Speak
not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and
judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou
judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. So Don't bad-mouth
one other. It's God's Word, his Message, that
takes the beating with that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the
Message, not writing graffiti all over it. 12 There is
one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? God is in charge of deciding our destiny.
Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others?
Now, let me ask you
wives, I am calling on you now, because women have memories like elephants, and
they don’t want to ever forget. Wives remember things 20 and 30 years ago, and
if you make the same mistake 30 years later, they say… Ahah!
You did it again…
But sisters, can you
say to your husband the next time he ticks you off, “PEACE BE UNTO YOU!!
Or can you pray like Jesus prayed, “Father forgive him for he knows not what he has just done?”
And let’s face it sisters, what he does that upsets you, but it doesn’t upset
him or he wouldn’t do it. If the brother
wishes to eat peas with his knife, so what? Is it worth it to upset the whole
house if he eats like a slob?
And what about you
brothers, can you say that then next time your wife makes a mistake and does
something you think is just stupid? Can you say, “father forgive her,
for she knows not shat she just did? And brothers, what if your co worker pulls a
fast one on you because he was looking out for himself and not for you? Can you
say, PEACE BE UNTO YOU? Or father forgive him
for he knows not what he has done?
And for those who think
your sins are less than others with apparently bigger sins, does not the Word
of God teach us that he that is guilty in the least is guilt in the whole?
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in just one point, he will be judged guilty of breaking all
the law. 11 For
He that said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill.
And brother Branham taught us that you can
kill with more than a bullet or knife, you can kill a man’s influence and be
guilty of murder. The same way with adultery, you don’t have to do the act to
be guilty, all you
have to do is just look to lust and it is done in your heart, and
you will be held guilty. So if you do not kill, yet you look at a woman to lust
after her, or a guy to lust after him, you are guilty of breaking the entire
law.
12 So the way you speak you need to also do. And
make sure the way you speak is with mercy, for he that speaks without mercy
will also be judged without mercy. 13 So rejoice in Mercy and hand it out where
ever you see the need, and when you will need it yourself it will be there for
you.
Now, in closing, fix
your thoughts on what brother Branham has taught us this morning, and notice he
said, (Oh, are you
ready?)... as my Father hath sent me,...
(He's the Word, the Seed, Word Seed)...
so send I you. (You believe it? Don't stop; there's more of it.) And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: (receive ye the God-Life,
and notice that Jesus didn’t stop there. He said when you’ve got this God-life I
am breathing into you, then) Whosoever sins you remit, to
them they are remitted unto them; and whosoever
sins you retain, they are retained.
Can you do that my
brothers and sisters? Can you look at someone who did something to that you
didn’t like, and say, “I forgive you”.
And then mean it? Now, listen, if you
forgive then you must forget it. Don’t bring it up again. Let it die, and you
need to die yourself to it also.
And the Apostle Paul goes on to say, 3 For if a man think himself to be something,
when he is nothing, he deceives only himself. 4 But let every man examine his own work, and
then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. (in other words, test your own actions then you can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to others. Make a careful
exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then apply yourself into
that. Don't be impressed with yourself,
and Don't compare yourself with others. Each of
you must take responsibility for doing the best you can with your own life.)
5 For every man shall carry his own
load. 6 Let him that is taught in
the word communicate back unto him that teaches in all good things. The five fold ministry is to train you up to the place
of maturity, to a place of being self-sufficient, so that you come behind in
now understanding and knowledge and if you have attained a level of maturity
that you can look and see where you are in Christ, then don’t be hesitant to share
what you have learned with those who
have taught you,..
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: You can’t make a fool out of God…for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap. 8 For
he that soweth
to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to The Spirit shall of The Spirit reap life everlasting.
The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others,
ignoring God, will harvest a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life
are weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do
the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.
9 And let us not be weary and fatigued in well
doing: for in due season At the right time, we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, that means every
time we get the chance, let us do good unto all men, and
especially unto them who are of the household of faith, those who belong
to this vast family of brothers of whom Jesus is our eldest brother.
Let us bow our head and our hearts in a word of
prayer.