Unveiling of God no 49
The Frequency of God's Word part 9
The works of God
August 12, 2018
Brian Kocourek
This
morning I was planning to speak on the Character of Christ part 4 but I noticed
that I never did give you the Frequency of God part 9 which speaks of the
works of God, so Wednesday night we will wrap up the mini-series
called the character of Christ part 4 and this morning we will speak on The Frequency of God's Word part 9 The Works of
Christ. which I should have spoken to you back on August 12th.
Now just to refresh our mind, we have been studying the Unveiling of God
That brother Branham's preached June 14, 1964. And in that sermon he said, The Unveiling of God. we will pick up reading at paragraph 69 where
he said, "Moses had the Word. Now remember, after the Word was made
manifest, Moses was Moses again. See? But while that Word was in him
to be give out, he was God.
Now we must be careful
in listening to how he said here, because later on we are going to hear him
say, it is not the natural part, but the Spiritual part that he is referring to
and we must never look at the natural part, only the Spiritual part. As br.
Vayle always warned us to get our eyes off the vessel, and on the God who is
using the vessel. That is the problem I think people are having today when they
say there is one voice and it was the man William Branham's voice. And they are
even saying that God is echoing William Branham's voice up in heaven, I hate to
pop your bubble but brother and sister it is just the opposite of what they are
teaching.
William Branham
as a true son of God echoed what God said, not God echoing what he said. Remember, he taught us that just like the son
of God, he could not say his own thoughts but he could say what God said first.
And that was the way with Jesus Christ, and he is our example.
John 5:19 The son can of himself do nothing
John 5: 30 The son can of himself do nothing
John 8: 29 I do always those things that please him.
John 10:18 This
commandment received I of my Father
John 12:49
Father gave me commandment what to
say and do
John 12:50 as my Father said to me so I
speak
John
7:16 My doctrine is not mine,
but His that sent me.
So to get things
straight, the doctrine comes from God, not man. The doctrine of Father and son
is not Lee Vayle's doctrine no more than it was Br. Branham's doctrine. It was
God's doctrine and Jesus happened to be the first one to teach it for which he
was crucified. Don't think they won't try to kill you or your influence just
like they tried to kill him and his influence for declaring God's doctrine of
Father and son.
I means who said
it first? God said it first.
Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up
straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am pleased to dwell
in.
Then
we see John the Baptist who was to forerun the Lamb of God taught it. John 32 And John
bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a
dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to
baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy
Ghost. 34 And I
saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Then many others
bare record of God's doctrine of Father and son.
In John 1:49 Nathanael
answered
and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art
the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
We see the man
who was blind from birth confessed God's doctrine of being Father to Jesus. John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him,
he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Then we see
Jesus speaking it, and being vilified by the Pharisees for speaking God's doctrine.
John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the
world, Thou blasphemest; because I
said, I am the Son of God?
He
was only saying what God had already said. So in essence he was called a
blasphemer for speaking what the Lord had thus said which is "Thus Saith the Lord".
Then we see
that Martha echoed this same doctrine of Father and son which God had spoken at
Jesus Baptism. John 11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
And then we
see it is this doctrine that the religious leaders hate so much as we see in John 19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to
die, because he made himself the Son of
God. Now
remember, the voice spoke out from heaven and said the doctrine first.
Now, getting
back to what William Branham was saying, "Moses had the Word. Now remember, after
the Word was made manifest, Moses was Moses again. See? But while that
Word was in him to be give out, he was God.
"For
he wasn't Moses no more; he had the Word of the Lord for that
age. Nothing could touch him till that was over, had that Word
with him. So therefore, when he come, the people turned their heads; they
couldn't understand. He'd been changed; he was a different fellow. He
come with that Word. And he put a veil, the Bible said, over his face, for he
had The Word. And he was The Word to them.
Now,
brother Branham is not telling us here that the man Moses was God, but God Who
is the Word used his vessel. Keep that clear in your minds or you will have
other Gods and God said thou shalt not have
any other God beside Me.
70 Now, look, if Moses... Oh, brother, here's going to be an insult. But if Moses...
As Paul said here in II Corinthians the 3rd chapter, if
Moses had to veil his face with that type of glory upon him... See, because that was
natural glory; that was a natural law. And
if Moses... Knowing that that law had to perish... But the glory
was so great that it blinded the people, so they had to put a
veil over his face, how
much more will It be?
(Spiritual blinded people...
Uh-huh.) That glory was to fade away, but this glory won't fade away. See? Moses had the carnal law, the
condemnation, no grace, no nothing; it just condemned you. But this we're speaking about...
That had no pardon; that just told you what you was. This gives you
a way out. And when that Word is unveiled, oh, my, what kind of
a face will It be? It'll have to be veiled. It's got to be veiled. Now, notice, so the Spirit is veiled in a human temple
(See?); he to speak the natural words
with a natural veil...
Now,
remember, "God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship him in
Spirit and in Truth." That's John 4:24 and it
was Jesus that said that because he was talking to a Gentile woman and he told
her that the Gentiles didn't know who they were worshipping.
John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh,
and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him. Notice
the hour he says is coming when the true believer will be able to distinguish
between the vessel and the God who uses that vessel. And then Jesus says, 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.
So Jesus is
saying here, the time is coming when the true worshipper will be able to distinguish
between God who is Spirit and the vessel that he uses which is natural. In
other words he is saying, get your eyes off the vessel, and get the eyes of
your heart on the God who uses the vessel.
Now, here is the
thing I am trying to tell you. As long as you are a respecter of persons, you
will never enter into the Word that God has come down to give us. As long as
you have your eyes on a vessel, any vessel, you are missing God, and you are
missing the Parousia presence of God who is Spirit and Truth. Which is the Word
for the hour.
Brother Branham said in his sermon Paradox a 65-0117 P:54 Now, friends, I
believe that He is the same yesterday, today,
and forever. I
believe He's just as able this afternoon to cause, in this building, a paradox,
because that He promised it would happen. And how much more has He promised,
how much more is it leaving in the Bible, to this very age that we're living, the
Ephesians again of the church ages. We got seven church ages, and we're
promised that at the Laodicea church age there would be another Ephesian.
That's right. And
we're here. I believe, with all my heart, that Jesus Christ Who made the promise...As
I said in my last message, standing over there against that wall, when I was
here a few weeks ago, every
time you move your finger, that goes around and around the world, never will
stop.
Now, listen
carefully, Brother Branham is about to tell us a principle that if you can
catch what he is saying it will revolutionize your walk of faith. He says,
"Every move you make, you'll see it
at the judgment. Television proves that it's here, the fourth
dimension. 'Cause the television doesn't manufacture that picture; it only channels that wave into
a tube, and you see a picture. Color, everything, every
moving object that's happening in the world is going right around through here
now, making a record. Someday your record's going to be closed,
and you're going to answer to that record. That's right. God, let
me so be planted, let me be so dead to myself and anything around me,
and be conscious of the Word of God living among us today. Let's pray.
Paradox a 65-0117 P:55 Lord Jesus,
Thou art a Paradox, when God was made flesh. I pray, heavenly Father, that You
will manifest Yourself this afternoon, proving to us here today. Not only
proving to us... There's, I suppose, ninety percent or more of the people
set here believe that, every Word. But that we might see You again, and let
know that this Word that You spoke, that's still traveling around and around
the world, just like a record, let us move into that record today, Lord. Let
us move in and not hear it just like it was coming secondly from a man's mouth;
but let that mouth, and person and people,
all setting here, become
Your Word. We're ready to die, Lord, of our own ideas just to
see You keep Your promise, "The things that I do shall
you do also. (that's John 14:12)" I pray that You'll grant this in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Now, this is
where I want to get to this morning, in his sermon Go Tell - 60-0417.2M brother
Branham said, "It's going to
be the attitude of the people towards the Message. See how she said it? She
said just the right thing. It's what you say, that does it. What you say!"
Now, we
will look at how important your attitude is this morning, but I also want to
tie this into something he said in his sermon Who is This Melchisedec
- 65-0221 2E where brother
Branham said, "You see, that little spark of life that you had in you from the
beginning when you started your journey ... Many of you can remember it.
You joined this church and joined that church, and try this and that; nothing
satisfied. That's right! But one day you just recognized it.
Right!"
And again in
his sermon Doing God A Service -
65-0718.1M brother Branham said, "And one day you'll see
that the One that you feeled in your heart and see His identification, will become personalized
before you. Then you and He are One. You've
united by the Word, and the Word was in the beginning will go back to the
beginning which is God.
Now, it
would seem like brother Branham is talking about a feeling you have here, and
we know that feelings can be deceptive, and so we must base everything, every
feeling, on the Word of God, because the Word of God is the only lasting thing.
But what I
would like for you to see this morning is that you can have the doctrine
correct and that just means you can read. Its more than just doctrine, because
Jesus said my Words are spirit and they are life. And so if you have just a
mental concept without the Life of that Word then you really do not have
anything.
In fact
Brother Branham even said Preparation 53-1111 P:31 I told you the other night that Cain
was a believer. And I'll give you a little stronger meat than that
tonight if you want to believe it. The devil is a believer. The
Bible says he is. He believes and trembles. The devil is a believer.
Now, if belief and faith in God is all you have to have to be saved, then
the devil's saved according to the Word of God. That's right. But,
brother, it's got to take the Holy Spirit, a new birth, a regeneration, a
new creature in Christ Jesus. When God comes down and puts His
Spirit into you, then you're no more your own, but you're God's.
And if you
are God's then you are no more your own. In fact the Apostle Paul said,
Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
And so from
his sermon The Spoken Word Is the
Original Seed - 62-0318.2E.) brother Branham said, "All right. Now, here is what
I'm trying to say to you: the law of reproduction bring forth of its kind (Genesis 1:11). These last days, true
Church-Bride comes to the Headstone. Will be the super Church; a
super Race as they near the great Headstone. They will be much like
- So much like Him,
even they will be in His very image, in the order to be united
with Him. They will be One. They will be the very
manifestation of the Word of the Living God.
And from
his sermon God's Only Provided Place
of Worship - 65-1128.1M. brother Branham said, "Notice Enoch, God's perfect reflector in
type. When God was through with him, He just translated him, took him up. The
mechanics that he had reflected become dynamics with the Spirit, and took
him up. Same in the days of Elijah. Elijah, even to his bones, where that
reflector of God in his body being made manifest the Word of God.
And from
his sermon God's Only Provided Place
of Worship - 65-1128 1M brother
Branham said, "It's the Word reflecting and sparking off the age that
you're living in. That's what He was, that's what Moses was, that's what Jacob
was, that's what the rest of them was, sparking off that Word of God, the
reflector that God was reflecting Himself. And come to that perfect
image of God, Jesus Christ, God's Masterpiece; was struck that He might
take the rest of them for a
Bride that's been reflecting Him. Moses was in Him. Joshua
was in Him. And if you are in Him, you was in Him before
the foundation of the world, the family of God; you suffered with
Him, you died with Him, you went to the cross with Him, you raised with Him;
and now you're still with Him, setting in Heavenly places, reflecting the
Message of the age to the world, the Light of the world. "Ye are the Light of the world," but if it's hid by a
denominational bushel basket, how are they going to see It? For your
traditions, you make the Light of no effect! By trying ... You denominationals,
trying to keep the Light away from your church; you won't go in, neither will
you let them. Amen.
Queen of Sheba 58-0503 P:65 How about up there when Paul and Silas was
doing the works of God, and that little fortuneteller run out and said... Why,
the preachers all said, "These men are awful men; they turn the world up-side-down." That was the religious men. But this
little old fortuneteller said, "They're men of God, who tell us the way of
Life." Who was right, the preachers or the devil? That's pretty flat, but
that's the truth. Who was right when they hollered, "Away with such a man,
away with such a man. He's nothing but a Beelzebub?" And the devil said,
"We know Who You
are, the Holy One of God, why do You come to torment us before our time comes?" Who knowed the most, Caiaphas or the
Satan? Satan. See, they just get so Word
bound, so church bound, till they can't accept the spiritual part of it. It
goes over their head.
Now, we are
still talking about the frequency of God here, so don't let your mind drift. He
spoken of feelings, right? You say we don't go by feelings, but a vindicated
prophet said, in his sermon Doing God A Service - 65-0718.1M "And one day you'll see
that the One that you feeled in your heart and see His identification, will become personalized
before you. Then you and He are One. You've
united by the Word, and the Word was in the beginning will go back to the
beginning which is God.
That's the
frequency of God
you are feeling. You get shocked when you come in line with an electric
current right? You can feel it but you can't see it? And that is the difference
from just being able to read and thus quote the doctrine and that is totally
different than "one
day you'll see that the One that you feeled in your heart and see His identification, will become personalized
before you. Then you and He are One. You've
united by the Word, and the Word was in the beginning will go back to the
beginning which is God.
His
identification before you and then you and He will untie to become one, united
by the Word.
Jesus Christ the same 55-0806
P:38 Now, notice why he did it. Listen. Why did he do it? Listen at him
when he addresses Him. "Rabbi
(Teacher. See?), Rabbi, we know..." We who? The
Pharisees, the religious world. "We know that Thou art a
teacher come from God." Why? Because You got a degree? No.
Because You speak so eloquent? No. Because that You are an educated man? Nope.
Because You belong to a certain deno... Nope. "We
know that Thou art a teacher come from God (Why?),
because no man can do the things that you do except God was with
him." There you are. Not, "No man could teach the
things that you do." Not, "No man could teach the theology you do."
Not, "No
man that could do these things, or teach the Bible like you do,"
but, "No man could do the works that You do."
There's one thing to teach something, there's another thing for God to
confirm it and say it's the truth. There's one thing to say something; it's
another thing to do something. It's not hearers; it's
doers. "Show me your faith without your works, and
I'll show you my faith," said Paul, "by my works."
If you believe it,
you'll act upon it.
That's it. And then your faith becomes works and God can go with you
then." We know that you're a teacher come from
God," we Pharisees. "Well, why don't you come and join with
me then. Why don't you believe me?" "Well, of course, we have
regulation. And our regulation is a tradition of the elders which says if you
don't belong to the Sanhedrin or the denomination here at Jerusalem, why, we'll
all be excommunicated. And therefore we can't accept it." And yet, was
willing to admit that no man could do the things that He did except God be with
Him. Why? God is proving His
Gospel. God's always did it.
See, there's
your frequency of God. Vindication, God in action, God interpreting His word by
bringing it to pass. The Frequency of
God is His dynamic upon His Word. The dynamics of God that electrifies,
and puts energy into God's Word to make it manifest.
Prophet like unto Moses 59-1120
P:34 Now, the reason that I believe in this Church, the Church of the
Holy Spirit, is because Jesus ought to know how to set up a church. And Jesus said that the works that
He did, the church that believed in Him would do the same works.
Paul said, "If there come one among you and you all speak with tongues and no
interpretation" said, "the unbeliever will say you're
mad. But if one speaks prophesying, and reveals the secret of the heart then
they'll all fall down and say God is with you."
The order of Christ's church, not religious ceremonies, but the living Presence of the resurrected Christ.
That's the church of the living God, God living in His church, living His
life, and doing through His Church, speaking Himself out through His
servants as He did when He was here on earth. We can just let our hearts be
so wrapped into Him, and our spirit so under control, that He can move in and take away our own thinking, and
just do our thinking, confirming His Word. Then we'll go away and say, "Truly,
God is with us."
I
stand at the door and knock 57-1208 P:56 And if a spirit of the devil is in you,
you'll do the works of the devil. If you're an outlaw, if John
Dillinger's spirit was in you, you'd pack guns and kill people. If the spirit
of anything was in you, it'll make it act like the person. If the Spirit of
Christ is in you, it'll act like Christ. It'll do the works of Christ.
"He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he also."
There you are.
Abraham's covenant confirmed
61-0318 P:83 Has not the Bible declared it? Has not God worked with the seed
of Abraham the same as He did with Abraham? Isn't the same Angel that
met Abraham at... just at the age of Sodom before it was destroyed, isn't that
the same works here, He's doing tonight? Is it the same? Is it? Do you
believe it? Are you Abraham seed? God said, "These
signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay their hands on the sick, they
shall recover." How many out there is sick? Raise your hand. How many
setting by them that's a believer? Put your hands over on one another.
That's all. Just lay your hands on. That's all he has to do. That's...Just
say... you say, "Well, Brother Branham, I want to be baptized." I'll
just baptize you, that's all. Then you're baptized. Is that right? Then you're
Christian. Oh, then, if you say, "Well, Brother Branham, repent and be
baptized." That's what the Bible says: "Go ye
into all the world, preach the Gospel... every creature... He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved." Is that right? Well
then, if you believe and are baptized, the Bible said you're saved. Is that
right? What's the order of baptism? Just, put them under the water, bring them
back up, baptized. What is the order then for sick? "These
signs shall follow them that believe. If they lay their hands on the sick, they
shall recover.""If Brother Branham lays his hands..."He never
said, "Brother Branham... "; He said, "whosoever." So
these signs shall follow them that believe. You're a believer,
same as I am. You have the same rights to lay your hand on anybody as I do.
Each one of you are ministers, these pastors, anybody else, they have the right
to do it. You believe that? Then I want you to lay hands on one another.
Bow your head. Don't pray for yourself now: you pray for the next person
that you got your hands on, 'cause they're praying for you. You believe
that with all your heart. I commit you to Jesus Christ, as I pray for these
clothes here and handkerchiefs.
Possessing the enemy's gates
59-1108 P:34 In the Church of the living God this
morning lays the power
to heal all sickness. In the Church of the living God
lays power to overcome all temptation. In the possession of the Church of the living God
this morning lays the power to change sin and throw it away, and receive
the baptism of the Holy Ghost. In the Church of Jesus Christ "Whatsoever
you desire, ask in My Name and it shall be given to you. A little while and the
world (the un... not seed, the unregenerated seed) will
see Me no more. Yet you'll see Me, for I'll be with you, even in you, to the
end of the world." What? The Royal Seed. "The works that I do, shall you
do also. I'll verify Myself that I'm with you, for these signs shall follow them
that believe." He shall possess the seed of his enemy. He shall possess... His
seed shall possess the gate of his enemy." No matter what
the gate is, if it's sickness, temptations, sin, whatever gate it is, it's
conquered. And the seed of Abraham possess it.
Spiritual food in due season
65-0718E P:40 That's why today that they do not believe in doing the works
of God, because they do
not accept the Message of God. They don't believe the Message. But
those who believe God's hour that we're living in, these things are hidden food.
Sir we would see Jesus
63-1112 P:67 If we
do not do the works of God, then it isn't God. And
everywhere God is, supernatural takes place, because He is supernatural.
See, He is--He's a Spirit. God is a Spirit.
Explaining the ministry
62-0129 P:14 That wouldn't be an evidence. But when you can say that the
Spirit of God is in us, then the works of God will be manifested through your life.
Be not afraid 60-0609 P:39 Now,
you do that. Jesus said the same thing, "If it
does the works of God, then it is of God.
'Cause no man can do the works of God unless God's with him or in him."
You must be born again
61-1231M P:87 You follow that true Word, and you get a
true experience of the Word, because the Word is made flesh in you, and you become God's son, and the Word of God
is revolving right out of God into you, because you are of His Nature, His Spirit is in you,
and you'll do the works of God. Hallelujah.
The Bible said so. Oh, my.
It is I be not afraid 59-0811
P:48 If
the spirit of a gangster was in us, we'd do the work of a gangster. If the
spirit of a singer was in us, we'd sing. If the Spirit of Christ was in us, we'll do the works of
Christ.
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.
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."
Go wake Jesus 63-1103 P:70 If
Beethoven lived in you, wouldn't you be a composer of songs? the great composer
Beethoven? Say, "Beethoven lives in me." Then you'll do the works of
Beethoven. You'll write his music. Certainly. If it lived in you, you would
certainly do that, because the spirit of him lived in you. Then if Christ
lives in me... My. If Christ lives in me the works of Christ will be
done through me. Certainly. If Beethoven lives in you, the works of
Beethoven will be made known. If Christ lives in you, the works of Christ
will be made known, for He is the same: same. He can't change.
Remember what I said? He's eternal. He can't change He's the
same yesterday, today, and forever. Oh, then call Him on the
scene. A re you afraid to? Is men of this hour, is men of this day afraid to
call Jesus on the scene, to say, "Lord, You promised it. Now do it."
Be certain of God 59-0708E
P:49 If I had the Spirit of Christ,
I'll do the works of Christ. Jesus said, "If I
do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not."
And if the church
does not do the works of Christ, then don't believe that church.
Jesus said, "These signs shall follow them that believe."
And we've perverted it by works of man, doctrines of man. The Bibles said, "In the
last days, they'd be heady, high-minded, and lovers of pleasure more than of
God, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, and despisers of those that
are good." You say, "Them's communists." No, them's
Christians, so-called, and church members. "Having
the form of godliness, but denying the power thereof."
Saying, "Oh, God did that in another age, not this age." The Bible
said, "From such, turn away." We're living in that day.
I stand at the door and knock
57-1208 P:56 If the spirit of anything was in you,
it'll make it act like the person. If the Spirit of Christ is in you, it'll
act like Christ. It'll do the works of Christ.
"He that
believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he also."
There you are.
Faith once delivered to the
saints 57-0610 P:27 When Elijah's spirit come upon Elisha, Elisha was just
like Elijah. And when that same spirit come on John the Baptist at nine years old,
it even drove him into the wilderness. The spirit that was in you, controls you.
And if the Spirit of Christ is in us, the body of Christ will be
Christ-like in its feelings
in its actions.
Whatever it is, it'll
be Christ-like. It'll do the works of Christ. God
wants to work in the body of Christ as He did in the physical corporal body of
the Lord Jesus. He wants to work in this body of Christ, if He can only get
them to a place where they'll stand still long enough, that He can place
them on the foundation of His Word so He can work. God cannot work contrary to
His Word.
We would see Jesus sirs
60-0109 P:67 If we
profess to have the Spirit of Christ, we should do the works of Christ. He
said it Himself.
We would see Jesus 59-0422
P:15 You said, "The
works that I do shall you also. A little while and the world
will see Me no more. Yet, ye shall see Me for I (a
personal pronoun) will be with you to the end of the world."
Christ in us. Then if the Spirit of Christ is in the Church,
It should be doing
the works of Christ; ...
God's provided way 59-0415A
P:41 What is this robe? When you wear the robe of Christ, you should
have the Spirit of Christ in you. And the Spirit of Christ will act like
Christ. It will do the works of Christ. It will be gentle, long-suffering, goodness, mercy, meekness, patience, with the Holy
Spirit. Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, that's
the Spirit of God that comes when you're robed with His righteousness. His Spirit
lives within you.
Sirs we would see Jesus
57-0804E P:34 That was Jesus yesterday, if He's the same today, He has to be the
same. He will do
the same; He will act
the same. And if His Church has got His Spirit, they'll be like
Christ. If I told you I had the spirit of some outlaw in me like John
Dillinger, you'd expect me to have big guns and be dangerous to be around me,
if his spirit was in me. If I told you I had the spirit of some famous artist,
you'd expect me to be able to catch the waves of the--or the sunset and so
forth, and paint like that artist, if his spirit is in me. Oh, I hope this goes
home. But if the Christian Church has got the Spirit of Christ, they'll do
the works of Christ; Christ said so. If the Spirit is in the Church. What faith
are you to contend for? We're just Christians by profession. We might be
Christians by cold formal profession; we might be Christians by radical,
enthusiastic, hysterical faith. But a real Christian, the Spirit of
Christ produces the Bible again, for it's His Spirit.
Ministry explained 50-0711
P:12 If we had the Spirit of Christ, then we do
the works of Christ.
Return and Jubilee 62-1122
P:39 But in order to be a son of God you've got to be born of the
Spirit of God, then you become Christ-like and do the works of Christ;
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.
End time evangelism 62-0603
P:36 If I tell you I am a Christian, and the Spirit of Christ is in me, or in you, then we do the works of Christ.
Jesus said, in St. John, "He
that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also."
Then He said here, "These signs shall follow them
that believe. "
Have faith in God 58-0510
P:50If I say, "The Spirit of Christ in me," then it
produces the works of Christ. He promised it.
Will church go before
tribulation 58-0309E P:48 Now, He said, "I am the Vine. Ye are the
branches." Now, the vine doesn't bear fruit. The branches bears fruit. Now,
if it's a pumpkin vine, it'll bear pumpkins. It it's a watermelon vine, it'll
bear watermelons. If it's a cantaloupe vine, it'll bear cantaloupes. If it's a
grapevine, it'll bear grapes. If it's a Christian vine, it'll bear Christ,
the life of
Christ, the works
of Christ. See? Then our spirits has to be energized by something. I'm so glad
to be in Him, tonight.
And that
energy or dynamics is the Spirit of Christ which is the frequency of God, for He is Spirit and He
is The Life.
Jesus Christ the same 58-0312
P:31 If a Christian church is the vine, or the branch that's
in Christ, they'll do the works of Christ and bear the Life of
Christ. "By their fruits you shall know them."
Now, then the way that He is today, He's here in the form of the Holy Spirit,
working through His Church, performing the same things that He did there. That
makes Him the same yesterday, today, and forever. His
Life, the Life that was in Christ, which was God, produced the kind of a life that He lived then,
that same Life comes into His churches, His church members,
since they have been purged by His Blood and given the Holy Spirit access
to work through them, bears the same fruit that He bore. So therefore, the
world can see then that Christ is the same yesterday, today, and
forever.
Hear ye Him 58-0209A P:37 And if
the new life that you think you've received doesn't pattern with God's Word,
you've got the wrong life in you. The life of Christ will produce the
works of Christ, will produce the faith
of Christ, will make you act as Christ, make you love Him. He will be first
in your life. Your objectives, your motives, and everything will
be all-together different. It'll be for the glory of God.
What shall I do with Jesus
63-1124M P:95 And when the Life of Christ is in you, you'll live like Christ. And
the works of Christ you
do. And that'll be... 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. See?
Blind Bartimaeus 59-0408 P:43
The Spirit of Christ is in the Church; It'll do the
works of Christ. It's got to; it's the
same Spirit.
Door to the heart 58-0316E
P:92 If it's a sinful vine you're hooked into, it'll bear sin. If it's a
church vine, it'll bear churchanity. If it's Christ, it'll bear the
works of Christ: got to. "I am
the Vine; ye are the branches." And now, He only has
hands, mine and yours, eyes, mine and yours. He is
the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jehovah Jireh 2 60-0802 P:29 Now,
that was God's promise that He give the confirmation to the our father,
Abraham, and us being dead in Christ take on Abraham's seed, and are heirs
according to the promise. Then if we are Abraham's seed, the Holy Spirit lives
in us doing
the works of Christ.
Now, I've read
you what br. Branham and the Scriptures have said about the works of Christ
being in you showing that the Word has been energized in you by God's Spirit
living in you. So let me take a few minutes now and show you what brother Vayle
taught concerning this.
Lee
Vayle Adoptions No 2. Macon Ga. 1972
Now,
reading from the 8th chapter of the Book of Romans. Just one verse at this
time, the 15th verse at this time. For ye have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Now
in the first message on this subject which was last night we showed from the
prophets teaching that there would be a word identified Bride who would be able
to manifest the very life of Christ at the end time, quoting brother Branham "there'll be a power come into the church and now is coming
in that the holy spirit will so anoint the people [plural] so that they'll [plural]
speak the Word and it the word will create itself like that or identical
to what was spoken."
You see
when God said let their be light, suddenly something didn't said I think I will
have a little fun, let it be - dark. No, - Light. See?
Therefore
the Word which will be in the bride will be a literal manifestation into
creation of that same Word by the Spirit that lies in the Word, there
will be literal creation. Now, that's what the prophet
said, do you agree with that he said it.
Alright, fine we believe it.
Now,
notice the language of the prophet. He said now, N.O.W. at this moment it is
coming into the church. That means only one thing, the potential is
already in the bride of this hour and it, the potential will produce the
manifestation in her of creation by spoken word. God is going to refill
the bride with the spirit,
Then see
what happens, Brother Branham said we've got a ministry coming that just excites
exactly like the life of Christ. Now that's what he told us and that's what
we believe.
I was preaching one time in
Chicago a couple a years ago or three
when Doctor Hoyer who in my estimation is the greatest authority in the Hebrew
and Greek living today because he can speak it with
the exact emphasis, the exact facial expressions and the exact demonstration by
the hand. He is a very brilliant scholar. At the end of the service he said,
brother Vayle, I trust you will not
think me to be a fanatic, but I would like to say something, and he sounded so
apologetic I wondered what in the world
he was going to say. He said, Please, please , please do not take this bad, he
said, I said what it is br. Hoyer, he
said, "Br. Vayle from
a study of the Word of God I believe the Bride will have the creative Word
within her before she goes in that rapture". I said, "brother that's
exactly what a vindicated prophet said by "thus saith the Lord".
Here
is a brilliant theologian who knows exactly the hour of the day, if you heard
him and you could meet him and talk with him, you would know that this is a
giant intellect anointed by the Holy Ghost who has studied the Word of God
until that's all he knows and all he's lived. You mention a scripture and he
will quote you the Hebrew or the Greek and then he'll raise his eyebrows, his
face will change, and an expression will come upon him and there he will
literally begin to preach in that language and tell you everything that it
means.
And
he said brother Vayle I know that it is coming.
So we
see according to the Word of God given to us by
a vindicated prophet that the creative Word will be
in the very bride at the end time. Now this great capstone ministry of the
bride it's called the manifestation of the sons of God or the adoption or placing of
the sons, and to me, and I emphasize to me, it is also the manifestation
of what brother Branham called the third pull in the bride.
Up
until 1963 brother Branham talked much of this manifestation, but after 62 and
3 he spoke of the pull of the various pulls, and he said there would be a third
pull in the bride which would come into manifestation. Now, we have no details
concerning it, but remember it will be the creative
word within that bride. Now let us just think of the potential or
the prime cause of this great manifestation. It is already in the bride but its is evidently
subdued, Now, It's in there but subdued. See ...
...
But, letting that power lie dormant, see, does not annul that the power is
there. So it is that the lack of the manifestation does not annul the
power, the power is there but the manifestation is not here because it is not
yet time for it.
Now
this is what you must understand. See, The bride is not
without the prime cause or the cause to bring about the effect, it is just
that God is not ready to produce the effect. See now, it is not time to
show it forth.
Notice
our text the 15th verse, For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear; but you have (already)received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, our, Father.
We already have the spirit of adoption,
the first age, the second age, the third age, the fourth age, the fifth age and
the sixth age. Every member in the body of Christ has already whether they've
gone to the dust or not they have already received the potential but not the
manifestation.
Now,
notice verse 19-23. For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the unveiling of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly,
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same
in hope, 21 Because
creation shall also itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption
into liberty of the glory.
The liberty of the glory of the children of
God. 22 For we
know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until
now. 23 And
not only they, but ourselves also, which already have the firstfruits of the Spirit, which will make us like unto Christ even to the very
members in which we (?) it says we are
groaning, even we groan within ourselves, we are waiting for the adoption,
Even
though you got the very spirit of it, tell you what, "haven't I got it
all, don't I possess it all", my brother and sisters you and I may possess
every thing from God in potential but into manifestation we do not yet possess
it.
See,
I'm so sorry for those who believe, and have said, listen I'll take this whole bible, and this whole
bible is mine, you are wrong. Only the part of the word what's in here is yours
if it is yours for your day.
Brother
Branham put is so beautifully, Moses could not come preaching Noah's message, he
couldn't do it and Christ could not come preaching Moses Message. The Law was
until John but see now we look forward to Grace and truth by Jesus Christ.
And the
Word for this day is the revelation of the manifestation of the sons of God.
Now, if we are not aware of the hour in which we live then we cannot say we
got the holy ghost because he is given to teach us those things which have
been given us of God. O how blind the church is today that calls itself filled
with the holy Ghost. ...
Then
he talks about Billy Graham's statement if the Holy Ghost were gone 90 % of the
activities would still go on in the church.
"Now,
we are waiting for the adoption. And this tells us when it will take place. It takes place in resurrection season. Now
what is the resurrection season? It takes place over here in the 11th chapter
of the book of Romans. Paul says here in the 15th verse. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be,
but life from the dead?16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also
holy: and if the root be
holy, so are the branches.
So,
layer by layer, in seven church ages the church is coming up to the capstone
itself until it fits so perfect in the last age, the seventh is literally
identified with Christ Himself. Now as
bride, accompanied, Paul saw this as many members. Ephesians the fourth
chapter.
But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in
all things which is the head even christ. We
are coming up into the very word itself, then brothers and sisters can't you
see if we are coming up into the very word itself, then creation must lie in
the bride.
But
speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is
the head, even Christ: 16 From whom the whole body
fitly joined together and compacted by that
which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working
in the measure of every part, it makes increase of the body unto the
edifying of itself in love.
... The
whole body is coming up. Every single one of the first six church ages had the
potential of adoption to the spirit of adoption, but only
the seventh church age has the potential plus the manifestation. ...
The church itself did not
have the holy spirit which would bring them into the manifestation because the
age was not yet. As God was bringing that word up, line
by line, building his church up, all the
way to the top, The life was moving on. The church building up.
Now,
here is what I am trying to show you. This is a mortal church we are talking
about, then this makes me understand
that the
manifestation of the sons of God will come before
the resurrection. We are not dealing with a church
that has gone on, but a church that is coming up. This is the same age as
brother Branham said the age of adoption is the age of restoration.
As
Paul said,
we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed.
That word did not apply to the first six ages, but to
the seventh only. And not to all in the seventh age, but to only those at the
end of the age.
"The
last days true church will be a super church a super raise they will be so much
like him they will be in his very image, they will be the very manifestation of
the living God."
"Then from a little group of the true Seed of
the Word, God will present Christ a beloved Bride, a Virgin, a Virgin of His
Word. And through them and by them will be fulfilled all that has been promised
for His Word in the Virgin, who knows no manmade creeds or dogmas. The Word of
promise in Himself like it was in Mary, God Himself made manifest... He will
act Himself by His own Word of promise so to fulfill all that has been written
of Him. As He did when He came from the virgin womb (type of the spirit womb
now), so will the Virgin now, accepting His Word: "Be it unto me as Thou
has said," though it was said by an Angel while it yet was the written
Word (Isaiah 9:6). They will love Him (love His--), and will have His potentials,
for He is their Head, and they are His subjects, subject to His Head. Headship
of Christ was His."
"Notice, what harmony. Jesus never
did anything until seen of the Father or the Father showed Him first: (Harmony
between God and Christ. See? John 5:19) So will the Bride, and He shows Her His
Word of Life (He shows Her), and she receives It. She never doubts it. Nothing
can harm Her, not even death; for if the Seed be planted, the water will raise
it up again. Amen. (Now, I got a great big "Hallelujah.") Here is the
secret: the Word is in the Bride and the mind of Christ to know what He
wants done with the Word, and She does it in His Name. She has THUS
SAITH THE LORD. Then it is germitized; so the Holy Spirit waters it until it is
grown and serves its purpose. They do only His will. (Amen. I'll believe
that.) No one can persuade them different. They have THUS SAITH
THE LORD, or they keep still. Then they will do the works of God.
For it is Himself in them, continuing His Word to fulfill as He did
complete in His day. All things when He was here, He did not complete all when
He was here, for it was not time yet."
Now,
how many can swallow that one? and not choke on it?
176
"Now, let us stand like Joshua and Caleb." (Now, watch close, this is going to have a
spiritual background.) "Now, let us stand like Joshua and Caleb as we see
the promised land coming in sight. It's nearing the time to be given.
"Joshua" in Hebrew means "Saviour" and represents the
promised end time leader to take the church over. Caleb represents the true
believer who stayed with Joshua. God started Israel as a virgin, with His Word,
but they wanted something different. So did the last day church."
177 " Notice how God did not move Israel until His own
appointed time. (Now, listen. This is going to mean something.) Joshua waited
for that time. No how--matter how much people might've said, "God gave us
the land, the promise; let us go now and take it." They might've said,
"Joshua, you lost your commission. You're all washed up. Why are you not
doing something? You used to do, know THUS SAITH THE LORD in a moment and what
was the will of God." But this wise God-sent prophet knew the promise of
God, but also knew to wait for that promise, a clear-cut decision from God for
his time.(These parables, now, watch.) And when the time come, God gave it to
Joshua, who had stayed with Him by the Word, for He could not trust others; He
could trust him. So will it repeat."
Now, brothers and sisters, That was brother Vayle echoing what a
vindicated prophet taught, and we have been teaching this for the past 11 years
and we have been mocked, ridiculed, and spoken evil for this, but what say you?
Let us pray...