Token
no 15
The Witness
of The Spirit is The Life
August
26, 2015
Brian
Kocourek, Pastor
Tonight
we will continue our study of brother Branham's sermon, The Token, and we will begin
reading at paragraph 62.
62 Israel
was commanded to stay under that blood until marching orders come. Don't go out from under it. When once under that
token, they were sealed in there. Don't leave that. They stayed
right there until the midnight struck and the trumpets blow.
And when the trumpets blow, the old ram's horns begin to blow, each one marched out with his
provisions, going to the promised land. So does the man or woman who's
filled with the Holy Ghost. He's sealed away and secured from all harm
and danger. His whole life displays what he is. Wherever he walks, whatever business he does, whoever he talks with,
when he comes in contact with women, when he comes in contact with associates,
when he comes in contact with everything, that Token's laying there.
Amen. When he comes to death, "I'll
fear no evil; for Thou art with me," that Token lays there. When it comes to the resurrection, He will
be there, for God will raise him up at the last days. Jesus said so. "When I
see the Blood (the Token), I'll pass over you."
Oh.
Notice Brother Branham tells us "when a man has the Token and it is applied,
(I would like to add here that this is the key, not just having it
but applying it.)
He continues, His whole Life displays what he is.
(Whose whole life displays what he is? The One who applies the
token.) Wherever he walks, whatever business he
does, whoever he talks with, when he comes in contact with women,
when he comes in contact with associates, when he comes in contact with
everything, that Token's laying there.
In other words, that token is on display, because
it is His Life, His Nature, his attributes and characteristics of Christ living
in the person. do you realize what he is telling us here is John 14:12
exactly.
From
His sermon, We would see Jesus 57-0226 P:21 Brother
Branham tells us the John 14:12 is about
the very Life that was in Christ living itself out in you. He says, "But now, while He's here working with His Church in the form of the Spirit... Then
if His
Spirit is with us, He will act just exactly like He act when He was here on
earth. It'll make you act the same way,
because it's not your spirit anymore; it's His
Spirit in you, Christ's Spirit in you. "The
things that I do... He that believeth on Me (Saint John 14:12) the works
that I do, shall ye do also."
See? We'll do the same works, think the same thoughts,
live the same
type of life. If the Spirit of God is in you,
it makes you live like Christ, Christ-like.
Then you become a written epistle, read of all men, Christ in you, reflecting
His Light out of you, as God was in
Christ reconciling the world to Himself, and reflecting God from His own
body. No man has seen God at any time, but the only begotten of the Father has
declared Him. God was in Christ.
And what Christ's attitude was, was God's attitude, 'cause the two
work together, the Spirit and flesh united together.
From
his sermon It is I be not afraid 62-0726 P:93 brother
Branham said, "And if His same Life is in us, then we will do the works that he did or
it isn't the same spirit. "Now,
He had the Spirit without measure, like all that water out there in the
sea. That was what was in Him. But in us, it's just a spoonful out of
it. We got it by
measure. But remember, the same chemicals that's in the whole sea is
in the spoon, not as much of it, but the same kind. Amen. See? That's right. That's the reason He said, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do, shall he do
also."
Now, was Jesus prophesying that
only one man would live a Life worthy of the Gospel, and Live like He lived,
and talk like he talked and do what He did? No, I don't think so.
In Br. Branham's sermon, Spiritual Amnesia-64-0411
he said, "You can't forget it and be a
Christian. You must be identified with it. You must be identified with St. John the 14th chapter,
the 12th verse, "He that believeth with Me, the works that
I do shall he do also." Don't forget it. If you do, then you've got
spiritual amnesia. You've forgotten who you are. You've forgotten what your testimony
means.
Notice he said you must be identified with it or you have spiritual amnesia. The word "Identified" means to
cause to be, or become identical . b: to
conceive as united in spirit, outlook, or principle):
to be or become the same. Therefore it means more than to just agree with John14:12, it means you must become John 14:12 in your own life.
In the Church Age Book
Chapter 2 - The Patmos Vision P:32 Brother Branham said, and
I guess we would have to include brother Vayle also in this seeing he helped
brother Branham put this book and the doctrine into this Book. Anyway he said,
"That's the way the church is. The vine has been split and limbs
have been grafted in. They have grafted in Baptist limbs, Methodist limbs, Presbyterian
limbs, and Pentecostal limbs. And those limbs are bearing Baptist, Methodist,
Pentecostal, and Presbyterian fruit. (Denominational seeds from which they
produce their fruit.) But if the vine ever brings forth another branch of
itself, that branch will be exactly like the vine itself. It
will be the same kind of a branch that was brought forth at Pentecost.
It will speak in tongues, prophesy, and have the power and signs of the
resurrected Jesus Christ in it. Why? Because it's thriving on the natural resources of the vine itself.
You see, it wasn't
grafted into the vine; it was BORN in the vine. When those other branches were grafted in, all
they could do was bear their own fruit for they were not born of that vine.
They don't know
about that original life and original fruit. They cannot know for they were not born of it. But if they had been born of it, that same life that was in the original stem (Jesus) would
have come through THEM and manifested through THEM John 14:12,
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works
that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I
go unto My Father."
Oh my,
my...This is not only Brother Branham speaking here, but it's also Br. Vayle echoing
what brother Branham said, because he wrote the book based on what brother
Branham said. And notice they're telling us here that those who are born into
the Vine will manifest John 14:12. You
can't get around that.
Now, notice this promise of John 14:12 that brother Branham spoke so often
about is also echoed by brother Vayle in the Church age book and uses the word
"THEM"
(plural), and this is speaking about them (plural) doing the works of Christ. And they
also tell us this will only be those which are born from within the vine and
not those who have been grafted in, like the denominational or organization
minded people who call themselves Christians.
These words also speak volumes as
to why some cannot understand how John 14:12
is for all believers. Because these words tell us that only those who are truly
born into the vine can see it and because they see it, they will have the same
works performed through them as they are the only ones who have the same Life
as Jesus Who is the original Vine.
Again
in the Church Age Book Chapter 1 - Introduction - The Revelation of
Jesus Christ P:16 Brother Branham along with brother Vayle say,
"Now remember this. Christ in the True Church is a continuation of the Book of Acts.
But the Book of Revelation shows how that the antichrist spirit would come
into the church and defile it, making it lukewarm, formal and powerless. It
exposes Satan, revealing
his works (attempted destruction of God's people and the discrediting of God's word) right down
to the time he is cast into the lake of fire. He fights that. He cannot stand
it. He knows that if
the people get the TRUE REVELATION of the TRUE CHURCH and what she is, what she
stands for and that SHE CAN DO THE GREATER WORKS, she will be an
invincible army. If they get a true revelation of the two spirits
within the framework of the Christian church, and by God's Spirit discern and
withstand the antichrist spirit, Satan
will be powerless before her. He will be as definitely thwarted today as
when Christ withstood his every effort to gain power over Him in the desert.
Yes, Satan hates revelation. But we love it. With true revelation in our lives, the gates of hell cannot
prevail against us, but we will prevail over them.
Again we see this cooperation is
doctrine between brother Branham and Brother Vayle that shows when the TRUE REVELATION comes into the church,
she will understand that she can do the greater works. I did not write these
words, Brother Vayle penned them for br. Branham, but I believe this, and teach
it just as he spoke it.
I would
like to read just one more quote from the Church
Age Book because as I mentioned, brother Branham said it, and Br.
Vayle echoed it and put it into writing for us.
CAB Chapter
1 - Introduction - The Revelation of Jesus Christ P:76 "May
God begin by His Spirit to give us continuous Life-giving
and prevailing revelation. Oh, if the
church could only get a fresh revelation and become by it the living Word manifested, we would do the greater
works and glorify God our Father in heaven.
Letting off the pressure 62-0609E P:51 Jesus said in John
14, "I am the Vine;
ye are the branches." And the first branch that come forth out of that
Vine they wrote a Book of Acts behind it. That's right. And today, we have
denominations living on the name of Christianity, but only bearing
denominational fruit. That's right. But if that Vine ever puts forth another
branch, you'll write a Book of Acts
behind it, because it'll bear the
original life. If the Spirit of Christ is in the church, well, it'll do the
works of Christ. Jesus said so.
Now look, John 14:12 is a life-giving revelation. It shows us
that when you have received the Token and apply it, the very
same life giving works that Jesus did you will do also, because you can't help
it. You know why? Because it's the nature of His Spirit in you that does those
works. And if you claim to have the same Spirit in you, then you will have to
do the same things he did in the flesh, because it is the nature of the Spirit.
From his
sermon, Identification
63-0123 P:51 brother Branham said, "We've got to take the entire full Gospel.
We must, and now, being that we have identified ourselves as full Gospel people, let's mold our character. We're invited to be molded in His Image, that we might reflect His Presence. "And the works that I do,
shall you do also. The Life that I live, so shall you." We're invited by God to take Him as an Example, and let our character be molded like His. What a thing.
My. Then when we let His character be in us, then we have become sons by having the mind of
Christ: mind, which is His character. Your mind makes your
character.
"Let the mind," Paul said, "of Christ, this mind that
was in Christ be in you." Let that mind of Christ be in you. It molds the character of a son of
God.
Adoption or placing 60-0522E P:23
The church has got to be so perfectly like Christ, until Christ and the
church can unite together, the same Spirit. And if the Spirit of Christ
is in you, It makes you live
the life of Christ, act
the life of Christ, do
the works of Christ. "He that believeth on Me, the works that I
do shall he do also." Jesus said that.
Notice again in this next
quote from brother Branham that he identifies the works of Christ as the Life
of Christ. Life and works are inseparable.
God's gifts always find place
63-1222 P:36 Notice
now, we find that if He identified... The works that He did identified that
He was Deity, showed that He was. For He said, "If I do not the works of My
Father, then don't believe Me." And could not the Christian
say today, "If I do not the works
of my Saviour, believe me not"? See? "As the Father sent Me, so send I
you."
And if you did the works, creation works of the Father that sent Him, then it's
a creation... The Christ the Creator that sends us, does the works of Christ
the Creator. See? "As the Father sent Me, so send I you. And if I do not the works of My
Father, believe me not." Then the
Christian today has got to do the Life that Christ did or we have a right to say, "It's not so."
In his
sermon, The Countdown
62-1125E pp. 54 he said, "His first
decision is a perfect decision, and has to ever remain the same, and we know
it, Father. Now, He said, "He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he also." He cannot change that decision. He said,
"These signs shall follow them that
believe." If the Life of Christ be in you,
if the mind of
Christ, then we're concerned and do the things of
Christ. He said these signs that He
done will follow every believer
that believes in Him."
Then it goes to reason that if the Life of Christ
is not in you. Then you will look for every reason under the sun to justify you
not doing the works of Christ. Like some who say, "we don't need to do
any works, brother Branham did and we are riding on that." They do not
understand that the works are not what you do, but what His Spirit in you does.
It's not about you, it's about whether you have been born again or not. If His
Spirit is living in you, then it must act the same as it did in Him, or it's
not "the same yesterday, today and forever."
From his sermon, About Jesus - 55-0612 p64 brother
Branham said, "Now, look. When Jesus left the
earth, here's what He said. "These things that I do shall you do also. Even
more than this shall you do." "Greater," which really
is "more." He couldn't do anything greater. But you could do more
of it. "More than
this shall you do, for I go unto My Father." He said, "A little while and the world (that's the unbeliever) will see Me no more. That'll be finished for the
world when I leave here in this physical form. I'll be gone, and that's all
they'll ever see Me. But yet, ye, ye shall see Me." Now, watch what He
promised. He said, "I'll be with you even to the end of the
world."
Notice he's telling us the reason we will see Him is because He will be
in us. And if you have never seen Christ working in you yet, I invite you to
this altar tonight to die to yourself and let Him come in and take over your
life.
Now, let's continue with the next paragraph... 65. Now,
who is the "ye"?
And Who's the
unbeliever? There's unbelievers in every generation. And there's
"ye's" in every generation. "Yet,
ye, shall see Me." He promised to return into His Church and do the same things
that He did when He was here on earth. And the Bible said that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. And hasn't He done all things well this week? Has He? The
blind, seen. The cripples walked. The spastics raised up. Sin has been rebuked.
The visions has come. Everything that's been said had been perfect, just
exactly. Is that right? Sinners has been saved. People received the Holy
Spirit, been born again, bore witness of the Spirit; signs and wonders has
happened everywhere. What is it? It's Jesus Christ the Son of God, not with just Brother Branham,
but with His Church, everywhere. You're just as much into it, or
more into it than I am. This just happens to be a gift. That don't mean
it makes me any more than you, probably not as much. See? If the
resurrection would come tonight you, old-timers that's fought to win the prize
and sailed through bloody seas, would go before me, and you would deserve to
go. I'm just following the road that you paved; that's all. It's just a
gift. God sent it, placed it; I had nothing to do with it coming. I was
born that way, and it's just a gift to glorify Jesus Christ, or not glorify,
but to magnify Him, bring Him out, let the people see that He's here.
God does that through preaching the Word, through signs and wonders. He's the
same Lord Jesus. Do you believe it?
Notice William
Branham himself said, "not just with brother Branham but with His Church, everywhere.
You're just as much into it, or more into it than I am."
60-0911E Five Identifications of the True Church of the
Living God pp.
90 "John 14:12, He gives the teaching what
the church should do. In John the 14th chapter,
and the 12th verse, we'll see what that says. John 14:12, so we read it, make it
official. All right, John 14 and the 12th verse.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father." That's the message of
the church: "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever," living in the church, King of the church,
raised from the dead, same yesterday, today, and forever, performing the same works, doing
the same things
that Jesus did. That's the message of the church. If the church isn't teaching
That, it's teaching some false theology. That's what Jesus
commanded them to preach.
Let me emphasize again he said, If the church isn't
teaching That, it's teaching some false theology.
Letting off the pressure 62-0609E
P:64 If I told you I had the spirit of John
Dillinger, you'd expect me to have guns, and be an outlaw. If I told you the
spirit of an artist was in me, you'd expect me to paint some pictures. If I
told you the spirit of some great soldier, you'd expect me to know all the arms
and everything, 'cause his spirit is in me. If I tell you the Spirit of Christ is in me, then I
should do the works of Christ, live the kind of Life that He lived, a
sacrificed Life for the people. That is right.
John 14:12 concerns those who are born
again, filled with the spirit and thus have the very same nature that was in
Christ in them. And if the very same nature is in them that was in Christ then
it will produce the very same actions and life that Christ did, in the
believer. It is about fulfilling Genesis 1:11 every seed after its kind.
Therefore, St. John 14:12 speaks of the believer(s) who will
manifest the
same life, the same nature, the same character, the same fruits and therefore the same works
that Jesus did, because that is what the law of reproduction in Genesis 1:11 is all about. Otherwise the Life and nature is not the
same yesterday, today and forever, and the Law of Life as spoken of in Genesis 1:11 means absolutely nothing. Therefore
the determination of who that individual is depends entirely upon the
supporting evidence which in this verse is either the works or the greater works.
Again
in his sermon, Jesus Christ the same 58-0214
P:47 where
he defines these three categories in defining the works of Christ. Flesh
cannot do those things.
What is it? The vine, the branches, the
same life that was in the vine comes through His branches. He feeds the
branch through His vine. That's how He declares Himself to be the same
yesterday, and forever, for He said, "I'm the Vine." The Holy Spirit
now, Christ in Spirit form in you, energizing you
with His Spirit to believe God, and He's everything that He does, He
manifests Himself just like He did in the Bible times. "The works that I do, shall you also. A little while, and the world won't see
Me no more (How many knows He said that? That's the unbeliever.), yet ye shall
Me (the believer), for I ('I,'
personal pronoun), I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the
world." Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. "The works that I do, shall you do also." Now, the word there in King James
says, "Greater works than this will you do." But if you'll run that
back to the Greek Lexicon, you'll find out that it doesn't mean,
"greater," it means "more." You couldn't do greater. (1) He
stopped nature; (2) He healed the sick; (3)
He raised the
dead; He
done things. Well, there could be no more done.
Brother Branham said in The Spoken Word
is the Original Seed, if Son of
God seed is in us, we
will produce Son of God life for brother Branham said in that
same sermon, that Jesus was the example seed or "the pattern seed. And since he
was the Original Seed and the law of reproduction
says every seed must come forth
after its kind, or life in the seed,
then if Son of God
Seed produced an obedient Son in the original seed it will
also produce obedient sons in other seeds that came forth from the original
seed
or the law of reproduction in Genesis 1:11 means absolutely nothing.
From the Spoken Word is the original Seed 89 Brother Branham said, The works that Jesus did, if (and
this is a big "if") "if a man has
the Seed of God in him with the Spirit of God watering that Seed, the same works that was manifested
in Jesus, Him being the original Seed of God, His death brings you
back to the original Seed of God, and if
the same Spirit that was within Him is in you, then the same works will be manifested. You
don't believe that? All right, let's turn over to Saint John 14:12. You say, "I'm a believer, Brother Branham. I
sure am a believer." All
right, I'm going to see if Jesus would call you one, see if the Word of God calls you one...
Verily, verily,... (absolutely, absolutely)... I
say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father. ...91 Then the works will be manifested in Him are the same, for it is the same Seed Word of
God. God's Son was His example Seed.
And what His Life was when the Spirit poured upon Him
after His baptism and the Holy Ghost come upon Him, the very Life
that He produced with that same watering Spirit of the Holy Ghost will bring forth the same kind of a Life, doing the same thing that He did; if it's the same Seed.
Son of God Seed will bring forth a
Son of God Seed.
Darkest
hour Jesus comes 55-1114 P:22 Now, God gave Him the Spirit without
measure. He gives it to you and I by measure. He measured me out a spoonful. But when He measured it out to His
Son, He measured the whole oceans. See what I mean? But notice, the same
chemicals that's in this spoon is in the whole ocean. And all the chemicals in
the ocean is in the or a measure of them is in this spoon. It's the same kind.
See, it'll do the same thing. It'll do
the same works. It'll
produce the same Life. Don't you believe that? That's what makes us
Christians.
New ministry 59-1115 P:85 When
he was here on earth, He told Peter, "On the revelation of the Word of
God," He said, "upon this rock, I will build
My Church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against It."
Isn't that right? All right. When He was... 'Fore He left, in Mark 16, He
said, "These signs shall follow
them that believe." Did He say it? "In My
Name they shall cast out devils, speak with new tongues, take up serpents,
drink deadly things." He also said, "The
works that I do, shall you do also." Is that right? That's
the signs that's to follow His Church. It's not a denomination.
It's a ordained of God, Holy Ghost filled, heaven born Church that comes out of
all denominations, a real believing bunch of people. Don't
you see what the greater thing is? That's the
greatest thing that could ever happen was to impart Eternal Life to people. 56 What is Eternal Life? The
Life that He lived, the Life that was in Him: impart that to others. Can a man
do that? A Son of God can.
There's
the greater works.
That
day on Calvary 60-0925 P:53 Now, watch, Jesus said... Watch how He stated it. "The works that I do (He's doing them right now.) the
works that I'm doing now, healing the sick, raising the dead, opening the
eyes of the blind, these works shall you do also. You'll do these if you believe in Me. You do these works, and then a greater than this shall you do, for I go to My Father.
Notice he speaks of works and then the greater works making a
distinction between the two.
"A little while and the world won't see Me
no more. Yet you'll see Me. I'll be with you, even in you to the end of the
world. I will not leave you comfortless. I'll pray the Father. He'll send you another Comforter, which
is the Holy Ghost, Whom the world cannot receive, yet you can receive Him." 54 Now, notice, the greater works was to have
the power in the church, not only to heal the sick by prayer, cast out devils
by prayer, but to impart
Eternal Life to believers. The Holy Ghost was coming and given into the hands of the church to impart life. Oh, that's what Calvary meant. It took stooped, degraded men and women and lifted them into a place to be sons and
daughters of God to heal the sick and to impart Eternal Life. By giving the Holy Ghost to obedient
believers, men
who were once unbelievers be made believers and impart spiritual
Eternal Life. 55 How much greater is it to say to this sick woman
laying here, "I can pray a prayer of faith," and she'll be healed. That's a great
thing. That's what He was doing then, but said, "Greater than
this shall you do". I'm going to
give you power, not only to raise him up for a while, but to give him Eternal
Life, which will be
eternal forever."
Poor, blind, wretched people, how
do you miss that?
Queen of Sheba 60-0710 P:40 The Bible said that "No man can call Jesus the Christ only by the Holy Ghost." If you've never received the Holy Ghost, you don't know that He's the
Christ yet. Remember that. You're only walking towards that light. You can
say, "My pastor said so." That's true. "My Bible said so."
That's true. "My mother said so." That's truth. "My church
believes it's the Holy Ghost." That's true, but what about you? As an individual, you don't know until you've received It. And when you receive the Holy Ghost, then you
are a witness
that He's alive forever more. Now, the
Holy Ghost is within you; now, and then you watch Him as He works.
Notice, you can't
watch Him unless you watch him in you. The only ones who will be able to watch
him, and thus see him in action, are those who have him inside them. And when
the Holy Ghost goes into action you see it, because you are involved in that
action. You are involved in what he is doing.
Brother Branham continues, "If the Life of Christ is in you, it will produce His
Life in you." (now, notice, then he tells us what that
Life in you will produce in you.) "The works that I do
shall you do also." The same works, because
it's the same life. If
the life in a watermelon vine produces a watermelon, well, The next branch that
comes out, it'll produce another watermelon; every time it'll be a watermelon.
And if the church is really anchored in Christ, every church
will write a book of Acts behind it. That's exactly right, because the
first one wrote a book of Acts behind it. So, there we are.
Now, listen... He said if the church is really anchored in Christ, every church
will write a book of Acts behind it.
OK,
so where's it at? How many churches then are anchored in Christ if there is no
Book of acts being written? Now, I know first hand of several churches around
the world, mostly in Africa, where the Book of Acts is being written again.
I've seen it is in this church over the years. Many signs and wonders.
Faithful Abraham 61-0312 P:53 Now, the church that professes to be a
Christian church, will have to have that
same Spirit that was in Jesus Christ. For at the resurrection of the
church, Christ and His Bride will come
together and dovetail. The writings and promises of God will be made
fulfilled there. So it cannot come
together unless the same Spirit was in Christ is in you and me. And then if that same Spirit is in there, It'll do the same works, and live the same kind of a separated life, and
do the works that He did. The Bible said so,
Awakening Jesus 63-0117 P:70 You
say, "How can this be, Brother Branham?" St.
John the 14th chapter, 12th verse, said that He'd prove it. See, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I
do shall he do also."
You say, "I wish you could prove and show me that He is just as He always
was. If you could prove it to me..." Well, here's where He challenged the
proof. "He
that believeth on me, the things that I do..." In other words, you will be an amateur Messiah, Messiahette. That's exactly right. For if His life be in you; it ain't you; it's Him.
See? And you are ordained to carry His
work on. "He
that believeth on Me, I'll prove that I am Messiah. And He that believeth on me
will do the same thing."
Now, He can't lie and be what you think He is, and what I know He is, and you
believe He is too.
It is
I be not afraid 62-0726 P:89 The fruit
is in the life, of course. And that's the same thing here. If you put the
Life of Christ, and take the life of a sinner out, he has to die first. And
then when the Life of Christ comes into
him, then he will produce the Life
of Christ because that's what's
living in him. See? If... "He that believeth on Me, the
works that I do shall he do also," 'cause His Life is
in him.
Be
not afraid 63-0607 P:42 And Jesus said, "Who can accuse Me of unbelief?" And, "If I don't do the works of My Father, then
don't believe Me. But if I do the works, and yet you can't believe Me,
believe the works that I do."
So, you see, here He was doing the same
thing that God did. Now, I want to ask you brethren, if the life of Jesus Christ is in the church, then surely the church
would do the same thing He did, because the same life is in it. If here
stands a peach tree, and I take all the peach life out of it, and put apple
life in it, what kind of a fruit will it bear? Apples. That's the kind of life
that's in it. Well then, if the life
that was in Christ is in us, it'll bear the fruits that He bore. It's got
to.
Man that can turn on light 63-1229M P:91 Oh,
God, if we can only understand that we are the reflection of Jesus Christ, His
Word made manifest. You are the reflection of His Word. See?
"Where is the Welch revival held? What building is it in?" He said,
"Sir, it's in my heart." He was the Welch revival. That's right. And today the church ought to be Jesus Christ in action upon
the earth. "Because
I live, you live also; and My life will be in you.
The works that I do, you'll
do also." See? The church has got to get to that place to... And He promised it would do
it and it will. It's got to come that way.
God's
provided place of worship 65-0425 P:75 Jesus said in Saint John
14:12,
"He that believeth,
while he is in Me..."
No wonder people say the days of miracles is passed, no wonder they say these
things. "He that believeth in Me (not believe on Me, but believe in Me), the
works that I do shall he do also."
Why? It's
His Life. It's His dynamics in His mechanics that's in you that fires
it off, makes it go and do the works that
it promised do. Or, my life in Him, has quickened me by His Spirit, to make His
Word, which is the Mechanics, work by
His Dynamics. Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
God's gifts always find place 63-1222 P:36 Notice now, we find that if He identified... The works that He did identified that He was Deity, showed that He
was. For He said, "If I
do not the works of My Father, then don't believe Me." And could not the
Christian say today, "If I do not the works of my
Saviour, believe me not"?
See?" As the
Father sent Me, so send I you."
And if you did the works, creation works
of the Father that sent Him, then it's a creation... The Christ the Creator
that sends us, does the works of Christ the Creator. See? "As the Father sent Me, so send I you. " And "if I do not the works of My Father,
believe me not."
Then the Christian today has got to do the Life that Christ
did or we have a right to say, "It's not so."
Let's just put this statement to the test. Because
it's a very powerful thing he just said. "If
you do not see the Life of Christ in me, living itself in me, and if you do not
see the works of Christ following my ministry, then you have a right to
disbelieve everything I tell you". Isn't that what he is saying
here? Then in essence he is saying, "if you
do see the life of Christ in me and you see God backing up my ministry with
signs and wonders, then you had better know that I'm telling you the Truth".
I'm thoroughly convinced if more people lived the
Life of Christ, that we would see more of the works of Christ among us. But
you've got to live like he lived first. And that is what brother Vayle taught
right at the Branham tabernacle in 1963 before brother Branham preached
"Humble Thyself". Br. Vayle spoke on why you do not see the works of
God so much in the church, and he said "God
would never place His Holy Spirit in an unholy vessel." And
brother Branham even quoted him on that. And the title of brother Vayle's
sermon was "why we do not see Mark 16 in
the churches today."
What shall I do with Jesus 63-1124M P:95 As I said, if the life of Beethoven was in you, you'd live like
Beethoven. If the life of Hitler was in you, you'd live like Hitler. And when the Life of Christ is in you, you'll live like Christ. And the works of Christ you do.
If Christ lived today He'd do exactly what the Word said He'd do today. And if
the Word said that, "He is
the same yesterday, today, and forever," why can't this blind ecclesiastical world see the time that they're
living.
He
that is in you 63-1110E P:99 But He that is in you is Christ. And if Christ is in you, the works of Christ
you'll do, if Christ
lives in you. He said so, St. John 14:12, "He that believeth in Me, the works that I do shall he do also." If
Christ lived in you... Then Christ is the Word. Is that right? And the Word
come to His prophets. See? And if Christ lived in you, the
works of Christ would be done through you, the Life of Christ would be lived
through you. The works He did, the life He lived, and everything, it would live
in you, just like if Shakespeare, Beethoven, or whoever it was,
lived in you. If His Life, But if you
still living your own life, then your own works you'll do. See?
And that is the problem we face
in the Message today. We have many who say they are Christians, and many who
even say they are preachers. Some say they are pastors, while others say they
are teachers, and yet some even claim to
be evangelists, or prophets and even apostles. Yet show me men where the power
of God is alive not only in their life, but is also backing up their ministry
with signs and wonders.
Now, we all have heard brother
Branham's sermon on Anointed ones at the end time. And so many fear anyone who
comes along with an anointing, because they got it in their head that all
anointing is false except the one on God's vindicated prophet. And that is not
what brother Branham taught at all. He said, what makes them a false prophet or
false teacher is what they teach. So the key is the teaching, whether it's true
or false.
I'm not talking about everyone
being vindicated as God vindicates His prophets. A prophet of God is vindicated
when he comes with "Thus Saith the Lord". The signs and wonders
are not vindication. They are signs and wonders. But when a man comes with
"thus saith
the Lord" and the thing comes to pass, that is the man you fear
whether there are any signs and wonders or not. You don't have to fear any
other man.
But we have been listening to
quite a few quotes here where brother Branham is telling us that if God does
not back up the man then we don't have to believe that man.
So we are talking about the Life
of Christ being so alive in the individual that you can't help but to see
Christ in them. And God backing up that life in them with signs and wonders
following. That is what we are talking about.
Let us pray