The Token no 3
It must be applied
Brian
Kocourek,
Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt
this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and
beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a
token upon
the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood,
I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the
Galatians
Let us pray
This evening we will pick up where we left off reading
Sunday morning from Brother Branham's sermon on the Token, so let's turn to Paragraph 21 and
we'll begin reading.
Token
Notice we read that
the blood had to be applied, and if it was applied then there was a benefit,
life. And if we apply the blood of Jesus today in our Lives, there is also a
real genuine benefit we receive as well, and that also is Life, Eternal Life. Notice
brother Branham said, After you've got It, don't take It and lay It on the shelf; It
is to be put into use.
But today too many Christians claim to be Christians
but have placed the Life of Christ on the shelf, and having a form of Godliness, they deny the power thereof. The
power of What? The Power of
godliness. You see they have put on a form but they have not put on
Christ.
Hebrews 7: 15 And it is yet far more evident: for
that after the similitude of Melchisedec there arises another priest, 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal
commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
So we see the Melchisedec priesthood spawned an order
of priests, Kings and Priests as it is declared in Revelations
1:6 and Revelation 5:10. And
the Scripture tells us we are that order, those who are the royal seed of
Abraham.
Revelations
1:5-65 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and
the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto
him that loved us,
and washed us
from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings
and priests unto God and his Father; to him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Notice by spilling His blood for us, He showed He
loved us, and He washed us, and he made us, ... Kings
and Priests after the order of Melchisedec.
And to be exact, this order of Melchisedec will live their
Lives by the power of an endless life, in other words, an eternal Life, which
is God-Life in them.
So brother Branham continues, 22 A token, "The blood
shall be to you
a token." Now, first what is a token? It is a word that's
commonly used among we English speaking people, especially here in
23 Now,
down here, that we're speaking of, where we're starting in,
is God saying to
In other words, if they had taken the blood of an ox,
or the blood of any other creature than the lamb, it would not have been
accepted by God. And as brother Branham said, it would not have worked.
See? It cannot be recognized. To the
world, it's a bunch of foolishness, but to God it's the only way; the
only thing that He requires is that token. It must
be there, and you cannot have the token until the fare is paid. Then you are a possessor
of the token which gives you the privilege of a free pass: "I'll see the Blood; I'll pass over you."
Notice this promise
from God is to His People, it was not just for Moses, for he said "you",
I will pass over "you" when I see the token displayed by "you" when
the blood is applied to "your" house, then I will pass over "you". So
what if "you"
do not have the blood, the Token, the Life of
Christ applied to your house, then what? Then the death angel
will not pass over "you".
So what does it mean to apply the token?
from
his sermon with the same title preached a couple months later, on
Now,
this statement is a paradox considering that the token is the Life of Christ in
this hour, the very life that was in His blood and that come back into the
believers by the baptism of the same Holy Spirit that indwelt Jesus is now
indwelling you. And the reason what he said is a paradox is because he said it
mattered not that they were covenant believers.
Now,
the covenant then was circumcision, and it was a cutting off of the excess
flesh from the man. And it represents the cutting off of the world for the
believer today. So you can live a life that is cut off from the world and the
things of the world, and yet without being born again, without being filled
with the same Spirit that dwelt in Jesus it will do you no good. And the flesh
represents self, being self absorbed. Self centered, or self
centric.
Romans 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the
things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
In other words, For they that
are after self do mind the things of self; but they that are after the Spirit mind
the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be self absorbed is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the self absorbed
mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject
to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are into
self cannot please God. 9 But ye are not into flesh,
but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And
if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if
the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that
raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his
Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore,
brethren, we are debtors, not to self, to live after self. 13 For if ye
live after self, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the
deeds of self, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by
the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
So
the Token which is the Life of Christ is no good if it is not projected from
you. If your life projects you, you are still in your sins. But if your life
projects the Life of Christ then the token has been applied to self, proving
you have died to self and have been raised up a new creation in Christ Jesus.
It shows you have put on Christ as Paul said we must do.
Token the 63-0901M P:92 Oh. Oh, it should make our hearts... Oh, apply
it, church. Don't fail. Will you not? Don't, don't,
don't let the sun set. Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't rest day or night. Don't
take no chance; it won't work, children. It won't
work. You must have the
Token. You say, "I believe, yes. Yeah, I believe the message." That's
all right, but... That's good. But you must have the Token. Do you hear,
Branham Tabernacle? You
must have the Token displayed. Without it, all your believing is in vain.
See? You'll live a good life; you listen to what the Word says; you go to
church; you try to live right; that's fine, but that's not it.
There's
got to be people reading this and because they do not understand what he is
saying, they completely gloss over these most notable words. Listen again,
"You'll
live a good life"; and "you listen to what the Word says" and on top of that he says, "you go to church" and
you "you
try to live right" and he says, "that's fine, but that's not it."
Look,
it's not about what you can do. Many men who lived as priests lived a very
devout Life, but still were not born again. It's not your life that God will
accept, it's the Life of His own Son that he has already accepted, and if you
don't have that Life living your life for you, you have nothing that will ever
be accepted by God. Because it is not about you, it's about Him and what he has
done for you, and he has offered you the very same Life that was in His son, to
come into you and live your life for you. And that life is what has to be
displayed in your vessel, or your vessel will not be accepted like any other
vessel that does not have His Spirit in it.
That
is what Paul said in Romans 8.
Romans 8:9 But
ye are not in the flesh, (You are not
in self) but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if
any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
And
if you are none of His, why should he raise up your body, He has nothing to do
with it. But listen to what brother Branham says about your having God's Holy
Spirit living in you. he says, ...
24 What a time
that, what a privilege to know that you pack within you the pass. "When I see the Blood, I'll pass over you." It's the only thing that He'll recognize. Nothing
else that can take its place: no substitute, no denomination, no nothing
else; it takes that. God said, "That alone will I see." No matter how righteous they was, how good they
was, how much education they had, how they dressed, the Token was the only thing.
"When I see the token, I'll pass over you." The Blood was a Token that the requirement of Jehovah had
been met, that it had been done. The Blood stood for the Token. The Blood
was the Token. See?
And it had to be displayed. You couldn't hide it and
get by. You couldn't hide that light under a bushel, no! You had to let it
shine, shine, shine, as the children song goes. And we teach that song to our
children, yet are we letting that light shine in our own lives? If not then, shame
on you.
Again
brother Branham said, Token the 63-0901M P:35 Then the blood
was a token of our identification. The blood identified that
the worshipper had slain the lamb, and accepted the lamb, and applied
the token to himself, that he was not ashamed. He didn't care who saw it. He wanted everybody to see
it. And it was placed in such a position, that everybody
passing by could see that token. See, many people wants to be Christians,
and they like to do it secretly, so nobody would know that they were Christians.
Or the associates they run around with, some of them would think, "Well
now look, I want to be a Christian, but I don't want so-and-so to know about
it." See? Well now, you see, that's not Christianity. Christianity has to display its
Token (See?) publicly,
in public life, at the office, on the street, when trouble is around, anything,
in church, everywhere else. The Blood is the Token, and the Token must be applied
(See?), or even the covenant is not in effect. The blood was a token or an identification, identifying this person has been
redeemed.
Token the 63-0901M P:184 Don't let this message depart. Remember, never
let this message depart. The Blood shall be a Token that the Life has been
given. See? And when I
see the Blood, I'll pass over you. The Holy Spirit is a Token that the Blood has been applied to
your heart, and it's the Token that the Blood has been applied. If it
never has been applied, then the Token won't come. You understand, say,
"amen." The
Blood must be applied, and then the Token comes. It is the Token
that the Blood of redemption has been applied, and your fare is paid.
Look,
that is what the Apostle Paul tells us 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. And then the apostle says,
... 16 The Spirit (God's
very own Spirit) Itself will bear witness with our spirit, that we are the children
of God: And how does he do that?
As
Paul said in Galatians 2:20 "I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I am alive; yet it is not I that am alive, but Christ is alive in
me: and the life which I now live in this flesh, I am living by the revelation
of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Now,
here is the key to where it all comes down to right here. Brother Branham says
this in His sermon The Token preached in
So
what is he talking about? he's talking about having
confidence that when you pray, God will hear your prayers. And if you know that
your life is a written epistle, and that Christ has the preeminence in your
life, then when you pray, it is Christ Himself praying through your lips,
straight to God's ears. Then ask what you will and
it will be done for you. That's the promise.
1 John
And
how can your heart condemn you if he is truly living you life for you.
1 John
1 John
And
we are also told in Hebrews
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
And
also Paul said in Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
So
therefore our boldness and access comes by the fact that we are in Him and he
is in us. Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by
the faith of him.
So
we hear brother Branham tell us in yet another sermon he preached on the Token,
that the Token must be on display in our life.
Token the 64-0208 P:41Many people today... I say this through reverence and respect... Many
people today say, "I belong to the biggest church there is in the city. My
mother belonged to that church. It's one of the oldest churches." That don't have one thing to do with it. The Token has got to be applied.
They might've thought that big thing they lived in, that big system,
that was going to save them. But we find out every thing that didn't
show that token perished in the city. So will it be at the coming of the
Son of man. He's done said so.
The
Token is the Life of Christ in you.
And if you are to apply it to your children, they've got to see Christ in
you. You've got to put on Christ
as the Apostle Paul spoke in Galatians 3:27,
and you've got to wear it before your loved ones, and they must see
Christ in you and then they will want what you have. When your children
see your consecrated effort to let Christ live your life, they will see the
Token on display in your life before their very eyes. Then they will no longer
mock you. Then they will no longer doubt your profession. But they will see you
as a vessel dedicated to living as Christ lives, and dedicated to dying to self
and allowing Christ to live your life for you.
Now,
that doesn't mean you'll live a flawless life, and make no mistakes. It just
means that when you do make mistakes you will quickly make them right. and making them right is not always saying you are sorry, or
apologizing for them. That is a good start, but making them right is undoing
the damage you did. But an apology is always a good start.
And
notice the next thing I want for you to always remember is what brother Branham
says next about applying the token.
From
his sermon, The Token 63-0901M P:153
He says, "Apply
it, create that
atmosphere around you, that they'll just drop right into it. See? Oh,
you are, if you've got
the Token, you create a spirit around you of power, that when you
walk, people know that you're a Christian. They love for you to say
something to them. They believe your word; what you say, they hold on to it. See? That is it. Apply the Token; then walk with
it. Claim your household. You must do it now. This is
evening time. Now, you've been listening a long time; now this is evening time.
It's applying time now. The wrath will strike one of these days; it might be
too late then. See, see? Apply the Token with confidence.
Notice,
he says we've got to apply it and when we do, it will create an atmosphere
around you that your loved ones will just drop down into. Now, how can you
expect your children to live Holy and Godly if you don't live Holy and Godly. How can you expect your children to not gossip if you gossip. You live a consecrated life before your family
and you watch the effect it will have on them. You sisters compromise the length
of your dresses, and your daughters will want to do the same. You show them
that you can dress modestly and still look nice and they'll learn to do the
same. "train up your child in the way it will go and when it gets old it
will not depart."
That's
a promise from God, and "God is not a man that
he can lie".
Token the 63-1128E P:82 Some people said, "Well, I belong to
church. Mother went up there, and I was dedicated there as a baby." You
must display the Token. Yes, sir. Move out all the worldly trash, all the things
of the world, 'cause you can't love the things of the world. all your unbelief in God's Word... Remember,
He promised these things in the last days. Anything in your life that's
against That,...
He's
talking about anything that's against what God has promised in these last days.
And what are those promises? He's talking about anything that will keep you
from being conformed to the Image of the first born
son, anything that will keep you from manifesting
as a son of God should manifest, anything that will keep you from being the right kind of son so that you will be adopted)
move it out, and get ready, and bring the Token in. Then
apply the Token, in prayer with
consecration, and be convinced and concerned about it.
Token the 63-0901M P:146 Now, watch fully now. Fully obedience
to the whole Word of God entitles us to the Token. Then when we pray, we must have the
Token to present with our prayer. If you say, "I pray,
Lord, but really I haven't..." Well, there you go. You just might as well
stop. See? Go in first and get the Token (See?), 'cause that Token's what He will recognize. See? Yes, sir. When we pray, then we must
present the Token: and
how do we do that? He gives yo an example right here,
so use it.
"Lord,
I have obeyed You fully. I've repented of my sins. I
feel that You have forgiven me. I've been baptized
into the Name of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is upon me. Now, I have need of
certain thing for Your glory. Lord, I ask for it. It's
mine now." Then there's something anchors back there.
Whew-whew [Brother Branham makes whistling sound--Ed.]. It's yours. So
then it's all over; it's all over and settled. "I ask for this. I ask
for it. I must have it. (See, see?) I want it for Your
glory." See? Now, listen to it. Then He just gives it to you. Then you
know it's yours. That
is the way it is with our children, and so forth; we apply
the blood. Believe it. That's all.
Token the 63-0901M P:113 Notice, they were not just yet come together to talk about the
message. They
come together to apply the blood, to apply the token. That's what
you must do. Pastor Neville, and to this congregation, trustees, deacons, to
you brethren, it's time
that we laid aside all the foolishness of the world, time we laid aside
everything else.
We've seen enough now, that we're positive, sure, and the Token must be applied.
Without it, you're going to perish; you must perish. That is the only
thing. Oh, don't come together, say, "I
believe it." Get
beneath it. Get into it. How to do it? By one Spirit we're baptized into the Body
of Jesus Christ.
Everybody believe with all your heart. See? He was not
responsible for any out from beneath it.
Let
us pray...