Spoken Word no. 257
“Vindication”
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
June 12th, 2011 p.m.
Now, this evening we will continue
with our study in brother Branham’s sermon, The Spoken Word is the Original Seed and we will pick up at paragraph 192
He will be correctly dedicated to the Word as they have always been; indicated by God's Word and “a-vindicated”.
Now, these terms brother Branham uses here, indicated and
a-vindicated mean two different things altogether. The first word “indicated”
means “pointed out or suggested”, so brother Branham is speaking of how that
person would have to be pointed out or suggested in the Scriptures. In other
words, you can see that person spoken of in the Word of God either directly or
indirectly. So we see that the ministry he is talking about will be seen
somewhere in Scripture, suggested by Scripture or Pointed out in the Scripture.
The other term “a-vindicated” is made up of two words,
the first which is the letter “a” used as a prefix and it means “something that
is ongoing” and then the word “vindicate” which has to do with “backing up”, or
in “defense of” and in the usage here, speaks of justification of the person or
ministry.
Then he continues, God will
vindicate what he preaches to be the Truth as He did Elijah; for it is Elijah
coming, making ready for the
Now, there are two
things that we will examine in this paragraph of Brother Branham: “vindication”
and “the
fact that this person will come straight with the Word of God, and everything
he tells us, you will be able to find right in the Bible”.
Now, what we are looking at in this statement is that
God vindicates His Servants with His Very Own Presence, and He vindicates His
Presence by the things which only He can do. His actions are what shows He is
Present.
I remember years ago, I believe it was at
the
The critics
criticize William Branham on his doctrine, but none of them have any
vindication to back up what they claim is truth. Therefore their truth is not
The Truth, but simply truth to them as they see it. Just because they think
something doesn’t make it truth. But when God Himself comes down and backs up a
man's words, then you know one thing for sure, you are not dealing with just a
man, you are now dealing with God Himself.
Therefore
what good does it do to even listen to what those men have to say. It's simply
their own opinion based on their own limited understanding. But when a man
comes with Thus Saith the Lord it is not his own opinion, it’s God's Opinion.
And God’s prophets will always come speaking God’s Word from the Scriptures.
Therefore it matters not what men think,
for it means nothing to God. Now, just because you have an opinion, doesn’t
mean that opinion is the right opinion. And that is where vindication comes into
play. Man has for the past 6,000 years diluted the Scripture so much that God had
to send a Prophet with "Thus saith the Lord", to turn
them back to that which is God’s truth. So it matters not what their opinion is
because the children of God are not interested in anyone's opinion except God's
opinion. Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice and another’s they will not follow”.
Critics
abound everywhere. And the rule of criticism is “those that are criticized the
most are those who are helping the people”, while those who do the most
criticizing are those who do the least to help others.
In 1 Thessalonians
5:21 Paul said, "Prove all thing, and hold fast to that which is good."
And so we see that God even arrives at
the place where people won't take Him at His Own Word. Therefore, He’s willing
to go the extra step, and He does things to vindicate His Word by bringing it
to pass. That's
how God actually interprets His Own word, is by bringing it to pass.
Look, even Jesus had trouble getting the people to believe God sent Him, and
was with Him, doing the great and mighty miracles he did.
John 14:10 Believe thou not
that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you
I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father, and
the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
So we find that even a man
of Moses caliber had difficulties
getting the people to believe His motives were pure. We find in Numbers 14: 2
And all the
children of
In
other words, the people will reap what they have sown, but thou O God are
mightier than their sin, and Thou alone can save, and Thou alone can heal their
soul of iniquity and transgressions, and Thou alone are full of mercy and
compassion for this people who are weak and needy. And so we see the same
conditions in the people today.
And that reminds me of a
question I received from
Now my question is this: Must we make an effort for our adoption?
Or, because we are sons, we must remain in rest and God Himself collects all
things for our adoption? God make a placement and we have nothing to do?
And I replied, our effort if you call it that, is that
we must be aware of what God is willing to do. The Scripture
tells us “it is
not him that willeth, nor him that runneth, but God that showeth mercy.”
And it also says, “it is God in us to will and to do”. And it also
says, “He which
began the good work in you will perform it.” So it comes down to
this, brother Branham said, “the right mental attitude toward any divine promise of God will
bring it to pass, and the right mental attitude is to say it is “Thus Saith the
Lord.”
Now
let’s continue reading from Numbers 14 and we will pick up at verse 19.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the
iniquity of this people according unto
the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from
Therefore if
there is a lesson to be learned from all this, it is that understanding
vindication is perhaps one of the most important things we can do as a Believer
in God and a believer in His Word. Today, in the Christian world, every man
does what he thinks is right in his own eyes just like they tried to do in the
wilderness, and in the days of the judges. So it doesn’t matter what
denomination they are, or even if they claim to believe this Message. The proof
of whether they truly believe is in their understanding of vindication.
So
then, what is vindication and why is it so important? Vindication is the Presence of
God on the scene backing up His Own Word. It’s just that simple.
Jesus said in John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to
come.
HARVEST TIME 64-1212 177 Watch now as we hurry up
through. "When the Spirit of Truth is come, He will teach you all things,
whatever I taught you," oh, my, "bearing all remembrance to you, what
I've said to you, bringing to you, all remembrance. And He will show you things
to come. He will vindicate every Word, confirming the Word with signs
following." Everything that He promised, that God promised in the Bible,
if you'll turn loose from every creed and everything else, and hold onto the
Word, God is obligated to take care of His Word. And so when they did this, the
Word vindicates Itself.
God vindicates
His Own Word, because he is not a man that he could Lie. God could not lie even
if He wanted to. For it is impossible for Him to Lie. For He is truth.
Hebrews 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew
unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an
oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold
upon the hope set before us: 19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul,
both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
THIS DAY THIS SCRIPTURE
65-0219 31-5 ...if you preach anything and it's the
Gospel Truth, then God's obligated to vindicate that.
EVENTS MADE CLEAR BY PROPHECY 65-0801E 101
when a man stands for what is Truth, then God's obligated to vindicate that man
the truth.
Brother Branham
used the term Vindication to explain: "God has a One man Message and He
deals with One man only". But men do not like this, for they seem to want
to have their own say as to how God is going to do things.
WHO DO YOU SAY THIS IS? 64-1227 128 That one-man message, they
didn't want it. No, they didn't want It. And God never did deal but with one
person at a time. It's always a one-man message. When did ever He deal with the
people, outside of just one person? It's an individual. It ain't a group.
Vindication is the real issue concerning
our faith and understanding vindication comes in the form of God's Personal
Presence with His prophet, and that this Presence is the verification of God's
vindication. Vindication simply means that God is on the scene and He is in
control. And when it comes to the program of God, we have absolutely no say in
how He is going to do it. Or what will happen. All God requires from you and I
is to get ourselves out of the way and allow for God to work through His Own
channel which according to Amos 3:7 is always a prophet.
Now, we have already read this morning
how God exacted punishment from those who doubted His Word through Moses. In
the Book of Deuteronomy, we find God spelling out the same rules.
Deuteronomy18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 According to all that thou desired of the
LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again
the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that
I die not. 17 And the LORD said unto me,
They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among
their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he
shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, [that]
whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I
will require [it] of him. 20 But the
prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not
commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou
say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not
spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in
the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that [is] the
thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it
presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Now, God set forth an order that has very
strict consequences for those who will not adhere to it. He said, I will
require it from you. You will pay for your unbelief. Notice the question came
forth from God's own mouth. He said, how will you know what is right and what
is not right? And then He tells us, the one that is not right will not be
vindicated. I will not bring his words to pass, because they are not my words.
And we know God
is very protective of His own Words. ISAIAH 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and
bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my
word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but
it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing]
whereto I sent it.
John 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's
porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost
thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 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: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall
never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father,
which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them]
out of my Father's hand. 30 I and [my] Father are one. 31 Then the Jews took up
stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I
shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews
answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and
because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34 Jesus answered them, Is
it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods,
unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye
of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou
blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of
my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe
the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father [is] in me, and I in
him. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their
hand,
PROOF OF HIS
RESURRECTION 136 There He stood, and made Himself known. He
said, "If
you can't believe Me, believe the works that I do. They testify the Father sent
Me." He said, "And My education..." In other
words, like this, "If My education doesn't satisfy your longings, if My
degree, which, I have none, but My degree, My diploma, is not from your
seminaries. My diploma is the works that I do, that the Father sent Me. They
are My diploma." That's the best diploma I know of. God, give us more of
those diplomas. "The works that I do are a vindication that the Father
sent Me. If that isn't sufficient, believe them then instead of Me.
Jesus Christ the Same 55-0603 15 But Jesus come by not
preaching so forceful as John, but there were signs and wonders accompanying
Him. He said, "If you can't believe Me believe the works that I do. If you
can't believe Me believe the a vindication that the Father has given of Me, for
the works that I do, the same testify that the Father has sent Me." What a
statement. Think of it. "The works that I do testify that the Father has
sent Me." Man can make any kind of a statement, but if God don't back that
statement up, you've got a right to say it's wrong. But when God comes around
and confirms that statement to be the truth then it's sin to disbelieve it. For
what is sin? Sin is one thing: "unbelief." That's right. You couldn't
say how much of that is night. It's all night. And in the daytime you couldn't
say just this much is day. It's all day. Jesus said, "He that believeth
not is condemned already." Faith in God and unbelief that's the two things.
One is sin and the other one is salvation.
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. 20 For the Father loveth the Son,
and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater
works than these, that ye may marvel.
Be not Afraid 60-0609 71 You believe on the Lord
Jesus? Have faith in God. It's all over, brother. Just believe it now. We are
strangers to one another. Now, that ought to settle it for the whole group of
you. Does that confirm that I'm preaching the truth? How would God let me tell
something wrong, and stand up with my very message. These things are only to
indicate a Divine a vindication that my theology is right.
BLIND BARTIMAEUS 60-0713 24 And in Praying for the sick,
tonight as we pray for the sick, the Lord may come to us and give the visions.
And if He does, remember the vision does not heal people. The vision is only a
vindication that the Word is right. How many knows what the word
"prophet" means? Sure you do. A "prophet" means "a one
that foretells or forth tells." And it is a Divine sign from God that this
person that's speaking has the right interpretation of the Divine Word, because
the Word of the Lord came unto the prophets. And the prophet foretold and done
those signs, which is a vindication that he had the interpretation of the
divine Word.
JOHN 5:30 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. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another
that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of
me is true.
This let's us know that there will be a
showdown. God speaks of this in Deuteronomy chapter 13.
DEUTERONOMY 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a
dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the
wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other
gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken
unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your
God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him,
and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and
cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to
death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which
brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of
bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to
walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have
heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip. 2 For if the word spoken by
angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just
recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation;
which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by
them that heard [him]; 4 God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and
wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to
his own will?
SIGN OF HIS COMING 62-0407 36 A vindication of God's Word
being true, God bears record of His Word by His signs. God's Word is a Seed,
and that Seed has to bring forth of Its kind (Genesis 1:11), every seed of its
kind. And Jesus said that the Word of God was a Seed that a sower sowed. So
then, every promise in the Bible has to produce its kind. Amen.37 Now, the
signs are a vindication of the true Word. God in all ages has said that. Now,
some of you might want to take down some of these Scriptures. If you do, put
Hebrews 2:4 there. You see that--that God has vindicated, vindicated His
messengers. "God in sundry times and divers manners," Hebrews starts
out, "spoke unto the fathers by the prophets, in this last days through
His Son, Christ Jesus." See? And seeing that, them had the Gospel preached
to them way back long ago, and had signs and wonders to vindicate that; then
how much more should we hold on after God with divers signs and wonders and
gifts of the Holy Ghost? Oh, divers of signs, the signs that Jesus Christ
showed that He was here on earth, Who He was, and what He was, and the--and the
purpose He was here from.
Hebrews 1:1 God,
who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being
the brightness of [his] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding
all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
GUIDE A 62-1014E 41 It was a vindication there, that there was
a living God inside of Him. What He testified, "It's not Me that doeth the
works; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me. Verily I say unto you, the Son can
do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son
likewise. The Father worketh, and I worketh hitherto." In other words, God
showed Him what to do, and He went and just acted it out; He didn't do anything
until God told Him to do it. Amen. That's the real frank facts of it. If we'd
just move and wait till the Spirit moved us to do it... That's it. And then be
so completely lost in Christ that He don't have to shove you around like He
does me, but the first little nod of His head, you're ready and nothing's going
to stop you, because you know that it's the will of God
Why Cry Speak
63-0714M 23-5 Now, Moses' great eye, his eagle eye
looked beyond the glamour of
Desperation 63-0901E 23 The Token, Jesus Christ, the
Holy Spirit, is among us. We should reverence that. We can't humble ourselves
enough. Taking off your shoes or getting on your knees wouldn't expel it, it
wouldn't satisfy; it wouldn't suffice us, but a life that brings forth the
fruit of the Spirit... Now, what is the fruit of the Spirit? See? Love, joy,
peace... Remember this morning? Preparation, sent the messenger with the message.
Next thing He done after He sent the messenger with the message, He sent the
Pillar of Fire for a vindication. Next thing was after that, was consolation.
See? You knew that it was right; you was at peace. We have peace with God
through the Lord Jesus Christ. See?
From the 20th century
Prophet Book we read, " There are always
two men or two groups who demonstrate power, but one has a wrong source of
power. The spirit of Antichrist is here as well as the Spirit of Christ. The
spirit of Antichrist in Satan's prophets is so close to the real and true
Spirit of God that only the VERY ELECT will escape the deception. Matt. 24:22-24 "And except those days
should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is
Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and
false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it
were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." These true elect ones take the Word. When these true Elect
Ones see the prophet and his acts of power, and see that he is right with the
Word and never deviates, they know that he is of God and receive him. All that
prophet says and does leads them closer to Him Who is coming soon. They look
for no other vindication. This is the vindication".
Now, we are told in the New testament
that God will once again send forth another prophet and those who do not hear
him will be cut off. God does not play games with us. He says what He means and
He means what He says.
ACTS 3:19 Repent
ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the
times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 20 And he shall
send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must
receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by
the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 22 For Moses truly
said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of
your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he
shall say unto you. 23 And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul, which will
not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Notice
the requirement at the hands of an angry God, destruction. Destroyed from
amongst the people. This is exactly what we see in 2 Thessalonians 1: 8-9. This speaks
of those who are cut off from the presence of the Lord, and they will be left
for the burning.
TOKEN THE
64-0208 59 He sent a prophet to them, Moses, with a
message identifying God's Word. And to identify Moses, He sent a Pillar of Fire
that hung over him. Amen. Then to give him the perfect assurance, He required a
token. Amen. There's a messenger, the message, and the vindication, and the
token, the perfect assurance that they had nothing to worry about. No matter
how many plagues strike, what everybody else says they are sealed away.
Expectations 50-0405 16 Gifts
and callings are without repentance. There is spirits that's in the Church.
That's true, such as gifts of prophecy, healing, and so forth. But they're in
the entire body. They may fall upon one person tonight, a prophecy, and It
might not never fall on that person again; It might be somewhere else in the
body. And those spirits are supposed to be judged. "Let one speak and two
or three judge," said Paul. Now, those are the spirits of the gifts that's
in the Church. But the only person that has a right to say, THUS SAITH THE
LORD, is an a vindicated prophet. You never seen anybody judging Isaiah, or
Jeremiah, or those people. They were prophets, foreordained and borned in the
world to be prophets. And they foresaw the thing by a vision, and then said,
"THUS SAITH THE LORD," for the Lord had already said it. So what the
Church needs today, is a good old fashion teaching of the Gospel. That's right.
To know where they... I don't mean just educated teaching; I mean spiritual
teaching. Some people speaks about God, and--and knows nothing of Him.
Obey the Voice
of the Angel 50-0713 16 He's sent His Spirit to vindicate that His
Presence is with His Church.
Hour is Come 51-0415E 13 And I pray that Your Spirit,
the Angel of God, Whose servant I am, may come tonight and vindicate His great
Presence to be here and make it an outstanding time, that the people may never
fear no more; but to know that the supernatural great God of Heaven is here
among people, and is now working among His children, that they may...
Lord Just Once More 63-0628A 189 The denominations will not
take the a-vindication of the Word.
Indictment The 63-0707 37-1
And the Holy Ghost today is not no third person; It's God Himself manifested in
human flesh by the Blood of Jesus Christ to sanctify a life that He might
reflect Himself through. And they crucify that same Word made manifest. You
understand? The crucifixion of Christ today is the people who will deny the
vindicated and manifested Son of God among the people by His things that He
said would take place in this day by His Word. See? Now, the same vindication
would have to be the same if He's the same Son of God, 'cause He said in
FAITH ONCE
DELIVERED TO SAINTS 53-1129A 70 But we're not judged by fund--being how
fundamental we are, how orthodox we are to our belief. We're judged by God's
election and a vindication.
Have Faith in God 54-0900 5 But now in this way, it's no
more than just a sign to you people, that Jesus Christ is a vindicating that
what's been preached to you is the truth. See? God... Hebrews 11:2 says,
"God testifies of His gifts." God makes manifest. Now, what Brother
Baxter has told you tonight and other nights, in the afternoon services the
instructions and so forth, then the Holy Spirit comes into the meeting as
another demonstration or vindication that what's been preached to you is the
truth. There's no shadow at the judgment for us to have a way of escape at all,
because God in every way has combed everything to make us believe. The first
thing is His Word. Seeming it to me if some one wouldn't believe my word, well,
I wouldn't have much confidence in the person, but God is different. Though you
do not believe His Word, He's yet willing to come to you in some other way to manifest
His love to you. Isn't that wonderful? How unworthy we creatures are of such
love. Brother, sister, that's what the world needs today is some more love of
God. That's what the world's hungry for today is more love of God. If we'd show
a little more love to one another, little more love towards God, how much
better our churches and individuals and how much better we'd be if we'd just
love one another. If we love one another then we can love God, for God is Love.
Contending for
the Faith 55-0220E 44 The Pharisees, very fundamental and
orthodox, but failed to understand the spiritual things, so they said He was a
spiritualist, or a devil; that is a spiritualist. See? 'Cause they'd seen the
phenomenal, and they failed to recognize it; because they were just lettered
altogether: fundamental in doctrine, but nothing in a vindication. Amen. I hope
you see it.
Separation from Unbelief 55-0228 8 Well now, if you have never
seen It, here's a greater vindication of it being the truth, just to look at
the picture of It. And it's not my picture, brother, sister, His picture, isn't
mine. And He's with the church, not just with me; He's with all of the--every
Christian, everywhere. He knows It's Christ, same Pillar of Fire led the
children of
Junction of Time 56-0115 5 And I believe that the
church is now standing on the threshold of the greatest vindication of
omnipotence that the world has ever known.
Spiritual Inspiration 56-0128 56 And tonight the Holy Ghost
is the vindication that He's here, that His power is with the believer
It Becometh us
to fulfill 61-1001 207 We're at the end road, the Laodicean
church age; a message; the rejecting of the message; the vindication of the
message; and the Presence of Christ proving He's the same, yesterday in the
days of Lot, as in the days of His flesh, and in the days of today: yesterday,
today, and forever.
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN 61-1231M 187 When you're borned again, God
vindicates you. That's how God vindicates all of His nature. What? By their
fruits. That's the way He vindicates His ministry. That's right. All of His
servants are vindicated the same way He vindicates nature. How do you know it's
a peach tree? 'Cause it bring peaches. How do you know it's an apple tree?
Bearing apples. How do you know it's a Christian? Christian signs bear from it;
Christian life comes out of it. How do you know he's a teacher? The Word comes
from him. How do you know he's a prophet? The Word comes through him, bears
record, vindication. It proves itself. How does it become that? When it dies
and becomes one. That's right. When we die and become a new creature in Christ
Jesus, it gets us with our calling; we stay with our calling. The fruits of the
Spirit follow us when we are His servants. When we are borned again, the fruits
of Christ's Life follows us. That's right. How do you know it's a peach tree?
It's got peaches. How do you know he's a Christian? He acts like Christ; he
walks like Christ; he talks like Christ; he lives like Christ, above sin,
victorious. What does he do, say, "See what I done"? Christ didn't do
that. He gave all praise to the Father. That's right. That's how you know it.
By their fruits you shall know them. What must... "Verily, verily, I say
unto you, except a man be born again he cannot even understand the
IF GOD BE WITH
US 61-1231E 108 How can He be the same yesterday, today,
and forever, and still Divine healing gone? How can the power, how can... The
Bible set in order, "First apostles, prophets teachers, evangelists,
pastors, for a vindication that the Gospel still lives." And God sends
them right among us, and we turn our back on it. God doesn't fail, it's the
people's failed. "Where is the miracles then among us? Where are they
at?" God was talking to this man, getting him ready to go out. Move the
clouds out, the sun's always shining. That's right. When doubts are gone, and
things are made right, miracles will be there just as sure as the sun's there.
The sun, by the command of God, shines every day. It's there because God
commanded it there. And as long as there is day and night, the sun will hang
there. Sure. Not all the time you see it, because clouds has it covered up;
fog, clouds, low or high, covers it up. But it's always there.
Presuming 62-0117 71 Yes, that's it. You're not presuming then.
You know where you stand. That's right. Oh, don't presume about it. There's so
many different ways. Just don't presume. But God has give an a-vindication of
His promise. See? We don't have to presume about it. God's vindicated it.
All Things 1124E 64
It's a vindication that He's here. Oh, can't we come in sincerity now, after
His Word, after His Presence? That's the very God that'll judge you on the
judgment day.
Oneness 62-0211
204 Look what happened. Why? The same God that separated and
come to Abraham and showed him the vindication of his separation... Hm. O God.
How I wish I could just could do something to let you see it. God showed
Abraham, being that he had separated himself, He showed him the a-vindication
of it, that He was with him and right in his midst. And Jesus said the same
thing will take place in the last days. Not a nation was Abraham; he was in the
minority; but God was with him. He'd separated him then. We're supposed to
separate ourselves in this last days.
My commission 51-0505 P:16 But then when this came, and
He told me... This time He looked, He... It was a