Spoken
Word no. 61
He
is Here to Confirm His Promises
Brian Kocourek
Ephesians
1:3 Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath (past tense) blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as
he hath (past tense) chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before him (that means in His Presence), in love:5 Having (past tense) predestinated
(past tense) us
unto the adoption of children by
Jesus Christ to himself,(that is where it is all focused on right
there) according
to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath (past tense) made us accepted (past tense) in the beloved.
7 In whom we have (Now,
notice this is present tense, we have) redemption through his blood, (we have) the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath (past tense) abounded toward us
in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having (past tense) made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath (past tense) purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of
times he might gather together (so
Who will do the gathering? He will. How does he do it? He comes down with a Message.) in one all things
in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:11 In whom also we have (present tense) obtained (past tense) an inheritance,(Now
why present tense have and past tense obtained? Because what God planted or
sowed before the foundations of the world is what we are now in the process of
obtaining or securing for ourselves.) Being predestinated
(past tense) according to the
purpose of him who worketh (present
tense, so it is he that is working) all things after the counsel of his own will: So we see it all has to do with His
will not ours.
Now then, notice that all the promises of God have
already past tense been given to us. But he is here now, present tense working
in us something for the purpose of obtaining what He has already promised.
Therefore, Why did He, God, came down in this hour? Because the One who gave us
the promise is here to confirm those promise to us.
From his sermon, Presence of God unrecognized 64-0618 P:1 Brother Branham said, “working
for this one purpose, for you to recognize the Presence of Jesus Christ. See? If He is present, then, why, everything is
settled. He made the Word. He is here to confirm It. He proves that He'll
confirm It. "He is just the same yesterday, today, and forever."….
He's God. And if we would just recognize
that, take a-hold of it...”
So we see that the one
purpose of he Message if we can say there is one purpose, and we must say there
is one purpose because Brother Branham said he was working for one purpose, and
that is for you to recognize who is here, because if you do then you will
recognize that God is here to confirm what He has promised for this hour. “working for this
one purpose, for you to recognize the Presence of Jesus Christ. See? If He is present, then, why, everything is
settled. He made the Word. He is here to confirm it.
Then when we read from
Ephesians chapter 1 we can see that predestination, and more specifically, our
own predestination comes forth from God's own purpose. "being predestinated according to the purpose of him".
God's own purpose in which He worketh all
things after the counsel of his own will". And this word worketh is the Greek word “energeo”
or the energy of God. It means to show forth
(one's) self. And therefore, is the expression of the one Who is doing
the work. It is an effectual fervent effort on behalf of the one it is
directed towards. It is for your benefit and mine as we see in I Corinthians 12:6
And there are
diversities of operations, “energema”
or “energes”,
but it is the same God which “worketh”
all in all. And what is the purpose behind the energies
of God being utilized for you and me? Paul tells us in verse 7. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man
to profit withal.
So it is for our
profit that God has come down in this hour. He did not do this for Himself but
for us, that He might gather us and make us ready for the adoption of sons.
In GALATIANS 5:6
Paul said, “faith
which worketh by love”. And again this word “worketh”
is the Greek word energeo and it is by this that
we see that Faith, which is revelation, is energized
by love. Notice Paul tells us that our Faith worketh by Love. The word for worketh was translated from the Greek word energeo and it means to energize.
Our Faith is energized by Love, Paul says.
I THESSALONIANS
WISDOM VERSUS FAITH 62-0401 73-2
The disciples had It sowed into them, then the
Spirit come to energize the Word. See? "Not by power, not by might,
not by wisdom, not by understanding, not by this, not by that, but by My Spirit I will energize My Word.
By My Spirit, says the Lord." It's
the water of the Word of faith that energizes the Word of God and makes It
work,
Now, last week we spoke on how to sow the word into good ground, and then
water it, and I want to show you this week how that word is energized just as
when we sow a seed into the ground and water it, the sun warms the ground the
seed has been sown in and energizes the life that is in the seed.
Hear ye Him 62-0711 P:68 That's
the reason He could smile here. Jesus had carried out every Word of it. That's
it. He'd carried out just exactly to the Word, now, because He was that perfect
Son. And He is the same, and He died to become the Vine, that we might become
the branch, that He can energize us with
His Life to make the same Life that He had, living in us. Then we'll do the
same thing. Jesus said in Saint John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me, the
works that I do shall he do also."
Door to the heart 60-0312 P:49
He's the vine. He has no lips but ours, no eyes but ours to operate here on
earth. His Holy Spirit is here to
energize His branches to do the same work.
Jesus Christ the same 58-0312 P:30
Jesus Christ the same 58-0214 P:53 Lord
God, I'm just so thankful to have the opportunity to say to hundreds of
believers here tonight, that Your great presence has never left us. You're
still the Spirit that moves through our bodies, and performs Your works, and
the church is moving on. I pray, God, tonight, that You'll energize every person here with Your presence; that You will
come into our midst Lord Jesus, and do that, just what You did before Your
death, burial, and resurrection.
Faith 56-0815 P:94 Jesus
said, "These things that I do, shall you also."
Then is God's sworn covenant true. Is His sworn covenant true? Then what we got
to be worried about? Jesus is here. His
Spirit is here. We're in a... What happened just now? I went into another
world. It's an unseen world. We become so conscious of looking at one another
like this. But there's a unseen world;
and you it's greater than anything...?... And here's Christ. In this world, in this building here are evil
spirits and war. And Christians anointed, and the Angels of God encamped about
them trying to energize them with faith.
And here I am standing here just yielding myself, and the Holy Spirit's a
moving, and this is what you call heavenly places in Christ Jesus. But
remember, Satan always...?... at the sons of God. You know, he always does
that. Someone with a skeptic idea, when they do that, just he's trying to
interfere. But Christians always overcome.
Arrow of God's deliverance 56-0801 P:19 Why,
the reason Moses failed in the first place... Here's what was the matter. It
was the lack of having what the burning bush had. That's right. And what's our
failure today, is lack having what the Holy Spirit has. And the Holy Spirit has
all good things for us. And if we
receive the Holy Spirit, then all things are possible; and not only possible,
but promised to us. Jesus said, "Ask the Father anything in My
Name, I'll do it. If ye abide in me and My word's in you, ask what you will,
it'll be given to you." See? When we step into the Light of God's Word, with the unction of the Holy
Spirit to shine the Light on It, brother, the impossible becomes little
things then. God asks us to believe His Word. He sends the Holy Spirit to energize that Word when He falls into It.
When the Word's being preached and the Holy Spirit brings the Word, He energizes that and flashes the same
Light of God's blessed promise. God said, "I have remembered My promise to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I'm sending you down there to do it." See? Then when God's Word, His promise becomes
enlightened by the Presence of the Angel of the Lord, stop Moses now; he's on
his road. And God always keeps His promise.
Fundamental foundation for faith 55-0113
P:56 Oh, we pray, Father, that You'll energize us tonight with Your holy
Presence and send forth Thy Son, the Lord Jesus that gave this promise,
that the world wouldn't see Him no more, yet we should see Him, for He'd be
with us, even in us to the end of the world, and believe Him tonight. By
these... This lovely audience of people sets here in the room, believing that
the Lord Jesus Himself is standing near, knowing that not even a sparrow could
fall to the street without Him knowing that. Knowing that He's here to perform
it, that which He has promised; therefore, Father, I commit myself to You as an
unworthy vessel, this frail being of mine, Lord. I pray that You'll open every
valve of my being tonight, not only mine, but every person that's in this
building tonight. May their hearts spring open. May the Holy Spirit rush in
like wave after wave of His glory. And may the people awaken to the fact that
Jesus has raised from the dead and is standing here among us tonight.
Fundamental foundation for faith 55-0113
P:54 Many of you ministers here, you wouldn't want
to say that you just spit out a sermon and stood, popped it off. You'd want to
say it come from inspiration. I believe it. Certainly. Well, it has to come
from the Holy Spirit that energizes you
to speak that message. If it isn't, you'll never be successful. This is
Charles Finney, and so forth, and man who copied their sermons out and when he
got up there and preached with the inspiration, the Holy Ghost... The same
sermon he preached the night before, hundreds brought to the altar. See? There's
such a difference. It's got to be by inspired. The Holy Spirit's got to unctionize in that thing. So is it with
healing. There's got to be something
take place through a Divine gift that'll energize the people with the Holy
Spirit to believe.
Going beyond the camp 64-0719E P:43 Now,
we find out that He dwelt then among His prophets. He then became a Stranger to
them, for He dwells only in His Word to
confirm It. The Bible said that He
watches over His Word to confirm It. He's trying to find someone... If He
can just get a halfhearted man like Samson... Samson surrendered his strength
to God, but he gave his heart to Delilah. That's the way that many times we do
today: just give something to God, but not all. But God wants all of us.
Perseverant 64-0305 P:78 Come,
Lord, and a-vindicate this, that I've told the truth. You are the same
yesterday, today, and forever. You are the Word. You was the Word that was in
Noah. You're the Word that was in Moses. You was the Word that was in Elijah.
You was the Word that was in David. You are the Word made flesh and is among us
tonight. You're here to vindicate every promise that You made for this hour.
"As it was in the days of
So you see it is by
the knowledge of Him that we are given Life to live out the very nature of the
Father and in fact are given access to the father as well. And so we can see
how the word transforms the individual from a lifeless zombie like creature
with no hope of any future to one that is moved and motivated by the very
nature of God Himself in their own being. ACTS 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain
also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. And that tells
you that because you are His Seed or His Offspring you therefore live and move.
For he is he one that energizes you.
ROMANS 7:5 For when we were in the flesh,
the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work (the Greek word is energeo or energize) in our members to
bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that
being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and
not [in] the oldness of the letter.
Now, this word work
here was translated from the Greek word energeo which is energy. The fact is
that unless God place His Own Word into our souls, we will remain lifeless and
without hope. Thus then the Word is an energy that feeds our soul with strength
and Life itself.
I THESSALONIANS
CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH 55-06203
He is the same Lord Jesus. You notice in His ministry, He only raised three
from the dead in His ministry here on earth. He raised up Jairus' daughter, and
the woman's son that was buried, and Lazarus. Three is a confirmation. He
could've done more, if the Father would've showed Him. Now, let us be reverent,
and let us take the right attitude towards the Lord Jesus. For be it assured
that your attitude towards any Divine gift will determine what results you get
from it.
JAMES 5:16 Confess [your] faults one to
another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
(energized) fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. And what then energizes your prayer for one another?
Love is the energeo of God. And it is by Love that your prayers are energized
with the power of God behind them,.
EXPECTATION 55-1001 84 I
just want to talk to the lady just a moment. And then, that's going to be up to
you, whatever you think about it. Now, you'll have to know it's supernatural. I'm sad to say; some of you don't believe
it, but it's so anyhow. See? Now, you can't hide yourself now. See? He's
done anointed me now. See? But that's right. But you'll see then it's your attitude towards It will
determine your destination. That's right.
EPHESIANS 3:20
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us, energeo en-erg-eh'-o to display one's activity, --
effectually work (1) -- effectual fervent (1) -- work effectually in
ROMANS 7:5 For when we were in the flesh,
the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring
forth fruit unto death.
I CORINTHIANS 12:6 And
there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all
in all.
GALATIANS 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither
circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by
love.
EPHESIANS 1:11 In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
From WHO
IS THIS MELCHISEDEC 70 brother Branham
said, " See,
that throws your body subject. You don't have to say, "Oh, if I could just
quit drinking, if I could just..." Just get in Christ; it's all gone. See,
see? Because your body is subject to the Spirit, it's no more subject to the
things of the world; they're dead. They are dead; your sins are buried in
baptism; and you are a new creation in Christ. And your body becoming subject
to the Spirit, try to live a right kind of life...
Now, last week we spoke on knowing the
Will of God for our lives, by Seeing and recognizing His Will in His Word. And
when we pray once knowing and understanding the Will of God for us, then our
prayers become energized. There has to be certain energies behind our prayer, and
we know according to 1 Thessalonians 1 that the thing that energizes our prayer
and our faith is Love.
There's nothing
like Love to build up energy within a young man or woman. Just look at what it
will do for them. They could be as lazy and as discourteous as you had ever
met, but let them fall in love and they begin to do things they never even
thought they would do. They'll clean themselves up, they'll exercise to lose
the fat, and they will even tone their body to look better. If the one they are
in love with goes to church and they've never gone to church before, they will start
going to church with their girlfriend of boyfriend. That's how the Lord got a
hold of brother Branham, was through Hope, his girlfriend and eventual wife.
God had spoken to him several times before, through visions, and even face to
face through the whirlwind in the tree, but did that get his attention? Not as
much as when he tried to impress his girl.
Men who didn’t care less what their hair
looked liked like before will begin to cut it and wash it, and groom it, and
even take the time to brush their teeth, and comb their hair, and they will buy
new products like breath mints and you name it, trying new things to make their
appearance better. Let the love bug bite and those energies build, and build
and build, and begin to put into action that old dead weight.
So we see that
Love is a great energy force and in 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.
Paul says here that when it is all said
and done there remains three things, faith which is a revelation, hope which is
an earnest expectation, and Love which is an outward expression of that revelation
and expectation. Revelation begins the energy cycle. It's the flipping of the switch,
then the earnest expectation begins the building up of the energies, and
finally love is the outward expression of what that revelation is all about.
I PETER 3:8
Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one for another, LOVE as
brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
EXPLOITS OF FAITH 53-1213E 49 If we be in God then we're
energized by His Spirit. And my hand are His hands."
I JOHN
WORKS THAT I DO
BEAR WITNESS OF ME 51-0413 22 After all, I'd rather have the LOVE of God
sealed in my heart than all the gifts there is in the Bible. That's right.
WHERE I THINK PENTECOST FAILED 55-1111 65 When you've really been
sealed by the Holy Spirit, love Divine follows you. We saw last night in our
study that Jesus prophesied, "because iniquity would abound, the Love of
many would die out".
BELIEVEST THOU THIS? 50-0716
47 Used to be, a long time ago, when the
neighbor got sick or something, we went over and cut his corn, cut him some
wood if it was wintertime. And today the neighbor can die, and you don't know
it till you read it in the paper. That's right. No friendship among one another
anymore. That's awful. Love... "Because the iniquity shall abound, the
love of many shall wax cold," said Jesus in Matthew's the 24th . That's
true.
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 54-0103M 87-176 I
remember years ago. You always heard them talk about the sawdust trails and
things in the Tabernacle. That didn't make it any more, not a bit more. But
then it was fresh; God was calling His church. I've seen them sob and cry and
lay on the altar all night long. I've went to their houses, and you could hear
them when you come up, just in their--in their bedchamber, men and women,
crying, "O God..." You'd see them walk through the church, and I'd
see the piano start playing, "Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross," and the
tears flowing down there, you know. [Brother Branham sniffles--Ed.] Walk into
this church, then walk down to another church, and hear them there,
"There's a precious Fountain..." "O God, save my boy. Save my
daughter; she's lost, Lord. Please." You don't find that no more. What's
the matter? The Spirit of God is withdrew. Jesus said, predicted this, that the
love... because the love of many... the love would fail. "That because
iniquity would abound, the love of many would fail." See? See, grow cold,
go away... The love is dying away. And what they got into, just a form;
Now, we are talking about what energizes a person, and
we have shown that it is love. Love for a new car might energize a man to go to
work to pay for it. Love for things causes people to work all kinds of jobs and
hours in order to have those things. And what we just heard brother Branham
say, is that there used to be love for one another in our lives, but that love
is dying out. Our Love for one another has been replaced with a love for
things. That is the influence of
Notice he
said, there used to be such a Love for God that people would cry out to God day
and night for their loved ones. But we don't see that any more. He said, years ago, it was
fresh; God was calling His church. I've seen them sob and cry and lay on the
altar all night long. I've went to their houses, and you could hear them when
you come up, just in their--in their bedchamber, men and women, crying, "O
God..." You'd see them walk through the church, and I'd see the piano
start playing, "Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross," and the tears flowing
down there, you know. [Brother Branham sniffles--Ed.] Walk into this church,
then walk down to another church, and hear them there, "There's a precious
Fountain..." "O God, save my boy. Save my daughter; she's lost, Lord.
Please." You don't find that no more. What's the matter? The Spirit of God
is withdrawed.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 54-0103M You don't find that no more.
What's the matter? The Spirit of God is withdrawed. Jesus said, predicted this,
that the love... because the love of many... the love would fail. "That
because iniquity would abound, the love of many would fail." See? See,
grow cold, go away... The love is dying away. And what they got into, just a
form;
THIRSTING FOR
LIFE 60-0304 36 Oh God, if we have to take every miracle
out of the church, if we have to take all the pipe organs out, and the plush
pews, give us back to that godly love, brotherly love among the people and
fellowship. If we have to do all that, take it back to that again. Life, oh, life...
HE CARES DO YOU CARE? 63-0721 56 You know, the Bible speaks that, that
there'd be no love in the last days but just amongst the elect people. That's
right. The Scripture speaks of that, that the husband would be against wife,
and wife against husband, children against parents. Just among the elected of
the Lord will there be any love left.
I Thessalonians 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of
faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in
the sight of God and our Father;
Now notice how Paul phrases his thoughts
here. He says, Works OF Faith, and Labour OF Love, and Patience OF Hope. Now,
we all know the word "OF" means OUT FROM, or having it's source from,
and therefore we can read these words of Paul as, your works which spring forth
or spring out from your faith (revelation), and your labor which comes forth as
a result of Love, etc. It is the Love which produces it. Love then is an
energizing power.
In GALATIANS 5:6
Paul said, …but
faith which worketh by love. Then we see that Faith (revelation itself) is
energized by love. Notrice Paul tells us again that our Faith
worketh by Love. The word for worketh is a Greek word energeo and it means
energizes. Our Faith is enrgized by Love, Paul says.
I THESSALONIANS
WISDOM VERSUS FAITH 62-0401 73-2 The disciples had It sowed into
them, then the Spirit come to energize the Word. See? "Not by power, not
by might, not by wisdom, not by understanding, not by this, not by that, but by
My Spirit I will energize My Word. By My Spirit, says the Lord." It's the
water of the Word of faith that energizes the Word of God and makes It work,
I
CORINTHIANS 12:1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren,
I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know
that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God
calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but
by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. It is for
yours and my benefit as we see in : 6 And there are diversities of operations, (energema or energes)
but it is the same God which worketh (energizes) all in all. And what is the
purpose behind the energies of God being utilized for you and me? 7 But the
manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. It is for
our benefit. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another
the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing
by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy;
to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers]
kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these
worketh (Are
energized) that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man
severally as he will.
PHILIPPIANS
JAMES 5:16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and
pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual (energized) fervent
prayer of a righteous man availeth much. And what then energizes your prayer for one another? Love is the
energeo of God. And it is by Love that your prayers are energized with the
power of God behind them,.
HEAR
YE HIM 58-0301E 112
Now, if Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then He can, if He
will come... And He knows you. And He can tell me, just like He showed the Son
of God. If He's the same, He has to... See, Jesus... We are the (what?)
branches; He's the Vine. Is that right? You Bible readers know that? Does the
vine bear fruit? Be careful. No, the branches bear fruit. The vine only
energizes the branches. So Jesus has no eyes tonight but mine and yours on
earth. He has no hands but mine and yours. He has no voice but mine and yours.
And He is the Spirit in us, and we are the branches to bear fruit as He energizes
us. Is that right? Now, that's the way you'd have to do here.
I
CORINTHIANS 12:5 And there are differences of
administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations,
but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
DEEP CALLETH TO THE DEEP
56-0415 54 Now, the vine only energizes the branch.
The vine doesn't bear fruit. The branch bears fruit. How many knows that? You
don't pick it off the vine; you pick it off of the branch. And who is the
branch? The Church, the branch.
WHY 61-0125 70 Oh, how the Son of God took His own Life
and inject it into my life, inject it into your life, and then comes down and
energizes it with His Presence. Oh, my.
EPHESIANS 1:11 In
whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the
purpose of him who worketh (energizes) all things after the counsel of his own
will:
SPOKEN WORD
ORIGINAL SEED 62-0318E 124-5 God never placed signs ahead of His Word.
(Amen. That's a scorcher.) God never placed signs ahead of His Word. They were
added for proof of the Word, but the Word is first. To prove it, Elijah said to
the woman, "Bake me a cake first." Then watch the miracle happen.
Come to the Word first and then watch the miracle. The Seed Word Itself is what
the Holy Spirit energizes. How can a messenger sent from God just believe some
of the Scriptures and not all the Word? deny part of It...
EPHESIANS 1:19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his
power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty
power, 20 Which he wrought (energized)
in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right
hand in the heavenly [places],
AS I THOUGHT ON
MY WAY 59-0814 70
He's the Vine, we are the branches. The vine doesn't bear fruit, the branch
bares fruit. Is that right? You don't get fruit off the vine, you get it off
the branch. Well, if we're the branches and He's the Vine, then He furnishes
the energy, which is the Holy Spirit. And if the Holy Spirit's from Him, It'll
act like Him.