Token no 13
The Token is what Lives in you
August 19, 2015
Brian Kocourek, pastor
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It's yourself gone. You're no more... You reckon
yourself dead, and the Token is what lives in you,
and it's not your life; it's Him. Paul said,
"The
life that I now live..."
He lived a different life from what he
once did. "It's not me, but Christ liveth
in me." There is the identified Token that God required. Identified
with our, identification with our sacrifice. The Life of our Savior in us, the Holy Spirit... Oh what a... A
positive Token. There can not be any more Token. Oh,
my, if you'd only could catch the thought of it. If I had the power this
morning with words to express and place into your soul that's not your ears,
but your soul. If you could see the guarantee of it.
It takes... It makes you so relaxed.
55 What if you had
committed a crime and you were going to be tried in a federal court, and you
knew that if they found you guilty, that you were going to die, you were going
to the electric chair, or the gas chamber, or whatever public execution they
were going to have for you: maybe hung or something, lynched, whatever the
penalty was, and you knew that you were guilty... You know you were guilty, and
you must die if you don't get some attorney to represent you who can get you
out of the thing. And now, you'd want the best attorney that you could have.
And then, getting an attorney that was a good, shrewd attorney, you'd feel that
your case was a little; you could relax a little bit, because you had an
attorney. But still there would be a
question whether this attorney could change the judge's idea or change the jury.
If this attorney with his shrewd speaking, and the knowing of the laws could
change that, and could plead your case, and prove that you should live...But
yet in all of his great authority and the great speech that he could make, and
the impression he could put upon the jury or have with the judge, maybe you might
get a relax for a few minutes; but still there'd be a question in your mind:
"Can he do it?"
56 But in this case, the Judge Himself has becomes
our Attorney. God became
Now, Jesus Christ in Whom the fullness of God dwelt in is called our
attorney or advocate by the Apostle John in 1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye
sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous:
And again he is called our mediator,
which is the function of an advocate or attorney. 1 Timothy 2:5 For
there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus; Therefore, we have two parties that need
mediation between them.
God and man, and the
mediator between God and man is the man Jesus, as stated by the Apostle Paul in
1 Timothy.
And we see in Galatians 3:20 Now
a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. So in essence he is saying, God is not our mediator, because
a mediator is not
a mediator of one, but God is one. So we see that God is the "one"
that the mediator is pleading our case with.
But we also see that This one Who is mediator (attorney) is also our
brother and as such he stands as our jury, and as the Incarnate God He stands as
Judge of all the earth.
57 When He becomes both
Judge, Jury, and Attorney, He pleaded our case. We, found guilty by His Own
law, and He come and took the guilty person's place
that was in the sanctuary. He took his sin. He took it upon Himself, and died, and paid the price, and shed His
Blood, and give back His Own Token: His Own Life. Why, we are perfectly...
The case is dismissed. There's no more sin to the believer. Oh, God, have mercy.
If the people can't see that, that there's no more case. "He that heareth My words, and
believeth on Him that sent Me, has Eternal Life, and shall not come to the
judgment, but is passed from death unto Life."
There's the case. Case dismissed; no more case to it. Amen. Then safely with
the Token applied, when Death begins to smite against the door out there, it
has no control.
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of
the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh
better things than that of Abel.
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called
might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 8:6 But
now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better
covenant, which was established upon better promises.
58 Yes, the Token is applied. Only
the Token's recognized now. See? He did that so that the Token could come.
The Token was God's Life, and when God made the first man, He made him a son.
And the son was so corrupt, that he listened to his wife instead of God, and
the woman listened to the devil instead of her husband. And when he did, it so
corrupted them together, that it brought a pollution. And He knew that when
they did that, they'd have to bring children into the world. The fruit in the
midst of the tree could not be touched. And then when it was, they brought this
sin upon themselves; and therefore, the whole human race that was born, was in
sin.
James 5:9 Grudge
not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Hebrews 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge
of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Hebrews 10:30
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth
unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And
again, The Lord shall judge his people.
2 Timothy
4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love
his appearing.
2 Timothy
4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Romans 2:16 In
the day when God shall judge the secrets
of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Acts 17:31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the
world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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.
I
John 2:28 " And now, little children, abide in Him; that
when He shall phaneroo, ( To manifest in His True Character) we may have parrhesia, and not be ashamed before Him at His parousia."
This lets you know that God's Children are to come to
a condition of Parrhesia or an absence of fear when
Christ's great presence and disclosure takes place. This is His manifesting
Himself in His True Character, when it takes place as we see in Colossians 3:4.
Colossians
3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Notice
both scriptures tells us the same thing about the time of His Appearing, as
well as we will be like Him for we shall
see Him as He truly is. 1 John 3: 2-3 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
So there is to be a purifying of ourselves at this
time of His Parousia presence, which we call the
Appearing of Christ.
And remember brother
Branham said in his sermon, From that time 62-0713 P:102 How many knows
there's a difference between the appearing of Christ and the coming of Christ?
It's two different words. Now's the
appearing, the coming will soon be. He's
appearing in the midst of us, doing the works that He once did, in His church.
Now, you're a part of that church, and by grace you believe. I am a member of
that church. Now, I'm not a preacher. You know I'm not. I have not the
education to do it. Sometimes I feel reluctant standing here by men of God,
who's called to that office. There are apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors,
and evangelists. Not all are apostles, not all are prophets, not all are
teachers, not all evangelists. I'm standing here...But my ministry is a different ministry from a pastor or teacher. I'm
not. And if I say things wrong, brethren, forgive me. I don't mean it. But this is my ministry (See?) to declare Him, that He's here.
It is
I be not afraid 62-0611 P:81 You know, there's a difference between the appearing of Christ and the coming of
Christ. That's two different words
altogether. He's appearing
now in His church. We see Him; we know it's Him. It's the Holy Spirit. See? We know it is. Now. We believe that the Holy Spirit is God. All of us know that.
Jehovah
Jireh part 2 62-0706 P:74 This
is the close of the royal Seed's waiting. He's
here, the appearing of Christ. Did you ever try to divide... There's a
place in the Bible, you know, I ain't got time to go
into it, says, the appearing of Christ,
and then the coming of Christ. That's two different things altogether, the appearing and the coming. He's appearing now, working with us in the form of the Holy Spirit,
making it just perfect, the Church; It has to.
At this time of His Appearing the Church is supposed
to come into a condition of uninhibited assurance and open confidence. Why?
because as He appears so she also appears with Him in the same Glory, the same Doxa, the same opinions, and values. Why? because it is the
same Life. He said, When Christ who is our Life shall Appear, we shall appear
with Him in glory.
This condition of our being as he is, is a result of
the unveiling of Christ. but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in
him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
And at this time He comes not only as Husband, but as
our Advocate and Judge. As Husband He does not have to testify against us, and
as our advocate He is our defense attorney, and as our Judge the case is closed.
We are predestined not to fall. "He that has begun the good work in you shall perform it".
"He is the
Author and finisher of our faith".
Therefore at this time we come into a condition of
uninhibited assurance and open confidence. This condition is a result of the
unveiling of Christ. He comes not only as Husband, but as our Advocate and
Judge. As Husband He does not have to testify against us, and as our advocate
He is our defense attorney, and as our Judge the case is sowed
up. We are predestined not to fall. He that has begun the good work in you
shall perform it. He is the Author and finisher of our faith. As Paul said in Galatians 2,
"we live by the faith of the Son of God." It is His faith we live by,
not our own. Therefore, "whom the Son shall make free is free indeed."
What else could we ask for. This brings confidence as never known before, when,
"He which gave the Word is here to confirm it."
Now God is the righteous Judge and remember He is
Judge and Priest both as the Son of Man because the Bible tells us
that. Jesus said, “As the Son of Man judgment is committed unto me.”
But remember He is also the King in the order of Melchisedec.
So therefore He was King-Priest- Judge. And so we find, God the righteous judge, and He’s King-
Priest and judge, but it's the same person all the time, declaring us justified
and the very righteousness of Himself, through the blood of His son. Therefore
we are the sinless, Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ. On what grounds? On the
grounds of accepting a vindicated Word, walking in the light as he is in the
light, and having fellowship first with Him and with each other.1 John 1:7.
Romans
1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith
to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Now, Paul is not saying from Faith to Faith as though
God is revealed a little differently from one faith to another. But what He is
telling us here that the very righteousness, or the right-wise-ness of God is revealed from revelation to revelation. In
other words, we do not just stop once we have first received the revealed word.
But as brother Branham taught us in the church age book about revelation, He
said, it is like a roman candle that goes up and out from it comes another
flame and from that another and from that another and another and on into
eternity. And this is the key to understanding our day and it's message. If
Christ has truly come down in this hour, then the message goes way beyond God
sending a prophet. He said, "my ministry is to declare Him, that He is
here". Therefore if his ministry is to declare, then we must know what it
means to declare something.
Now, Webster tells us that to
declare means to reveal or show openly, to
make clearly known. And that again is why Paul felt that He himself had
to see the people face to face, because already during his time men were
arising who were speaking perverse things concerning the revelation of Jesus Christ.
And Paul wanted to go and declare the revelation of Jesus Christ himself
because he wanted to make it perfectly known, and clearly revealed.
Now, if the word declare means to make something perfectly or
clearly known, then why is there so much confusion still? I'll, tell
you why, because they are not saying it like the prophet of God said it.
And so Paul does declare the
righteousness of God as we see in the following Scriptures.
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God
[which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:
for there is no difference:
Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is
justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in
Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the
works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh
not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir
of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through
the righteousness of faith.
Jesus did not come into this world to make himself
known to the world? He came to manifest the Father. There were two beings, that
shared that body. Why is It the Scriptures tells us almost nothing of the
childhood and young adulthood of Jesus? Why is it that we wait until he is 30
years old to begin the daily encounter of this man? It is because there was
nothing to tell, well, hardly anything to tell until God also entered into that
body.
Yes, two beings sharing one
body. God indwelling His son. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto
Himself.
II Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after
the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ (the Anointer) after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him so no
more. 17 Therefore if any man be in
Christ (anointing), he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold,
all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us
to himself by Jesus Christ (the anointed One), and hath given to us the ministry of
reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was
in Christ (God the anointer was in the anointed one or the one whom
he anointed),
reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
Then if you have been given a Word to reconcile others
back to God, what does that make you? He answers, ...
20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we
pray you in Christ's stead, (or on
behalf of Christ, or for the sake of Christ) be ye reconciled to God. (Why?) 21 For He (God) hath made him (The
Son of God) to be
sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
That we might be made the righteousness of God? Yes,
that we might be made the right-wise-ness of Go,
being in Christ (the anointing). That we might know God in a right way, and act
in a right way, and live in a right way. You see it all comes down to John 14:12.
Reconciliation
through fellowship 56-0120 P:33 And let me give you a
little bit of scientific something. You can take a red, purely, genuine, red
glass, and look through it at a red object, and red through red looks white.
Figure it out. God, looking through the
Blood of Christ to a red sinner, is white as snow. "Though your sins be red
like crimson, they shall be white like snow."God knew what He was
doing when He looked through the Blood of the innocent to the guilty that's
bloody red, and He sees him white. Not because he's righteous, but because he's accepted the righteousness of
God through Christ, and become
reconciled back to fellowship again with God.
How? By walking in the Light as He
is in the Light. In other words walking as he walks.
"Not because something that you do, some good
deeds... That's all right. You do the good deeds because you are a believer,
but that doesn't do it by good deeds. Joining church is all right, but that
isn't what does it. It's when you recognize that you're a sinner, lost, and the only way that God can see you righteous
is through the Blood of Jesus Christ. Then when He sees you
through the Blood of Jesus, He sees you as innocent as His own Son, Christ
Jesus was. That's the Gospel story, friend. Believe that, accept
that, and worship through that, you can have what you ask for. God said, so.
Yes, sir.
Colossians
3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall
ye also appear with him in glory. For ye are dead and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
If we have the same spirit, the same Life, the same
seed as the first born son, then we will act and live and talk and do what the
first born son did. Why? Becauise we have the mind of
Christ.
Proverbs
12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right:
I
John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he (God) is righteous. So these people who talk the right doctrine
but do not live the doctrine, or manifest the right doctrine how can they be
the righteousness of God?
So we see it is righteousness comes
from the act of doing what is right. And you can not
do what is right if you do not think what is right. Then the actions only
manifests what is in the mind. Therefore, to have right-wise-ness is to do what is right. You act right because you
think right. You speak right things because you think right things. So we are
looking at being reconciled to God through Jesus Christ that we may think and
speak and do the right things. And what are the right things? Those things that
are of and for God. In other words if we have the mind of Christ we will do as
Christ did.
Jesus Himself said, The Son only wants to do that which is pleasing
to the Father. That's what righteousness is. And that is the Token,
the Life being displayed. In other Words John 14:12 is the displaying of the Token, the
Life of Christ in the individual believer.
Let us pray...