What the Holy Ghost was Given for no 22
The Holy Ghost was given us for Power
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
Luke 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with
them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake,
and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him;
and he vanished out of their sight. 32 And
they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked
with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? 33 And they
rose up the same hour, and returned to
Now,
this word power that comes from on
High, was translated from the Greek word "Dunamis", and it literally and
figuratively means "force", the force from on High. And it specially
means or specifically means "miracle working power". Now, that's not my
definition, that is the bible definition of the Greek
Word "Dunamis".
50 And he led them out as far as to
Let
us pray...
Now, this morning we will continue in our study of
brother Branham's sermon, "What the Holy Ghost
was Given for" and this will be no 22 in our series and we will pick up at
paragraph 49 where brother Branham says...
49 "Therefore,
no other blood would sanctify people. I couldn't sanctify you, and you couldn't sanctify me,
'cause we're both born after sex. But Jesus was born without sex. That's
right. So His Blood was a Sanctifier. And God came down, made a body,
lived in it, shed that Blood for the sanctifying of this,
which absolutely expelled the guilt of sin and shame. Then through
faith, believing in that, God comes right down into that
human body by the sanctifying of that Blood, puts him Abraham's seed by
faith to believe that that Blood would come, that pure Blood that would be a
miracle like His Blood. Walked over there after he was as
good as dead, believed God for twenty-five years, him seventy-five years old,
and believed till he was a hundred. And Sarah, sixty-five, and believed
till she was ninety... And he was one as good as a dead... And God said, "So the people won't be sure to miss it, take
him up here on the hill and offer him up for a sacrifice."
50 He said to the
servants, "You
stand here with the mule and wait. The son and I will go yonder and worship,
and the son and I shall return." Oh, how is he going to do it? Abraham said, "I received him as one from the dead, and I
know that He that give him to me as one from the dead, is able to rise him up
from the dead if I only
keep His Word. Keep...
I keep His Word; He's able to raise him up from the dead," perfectly speaking of Christ.
There He is. And through
that Blood cell come forth the Holy Ghost, that had Itself bound up in a body called Jesus. That Blood
sanctified a way, by faith, to call the redeemed or the elected of God. And when
you've accepted, then the Holy Spirit has taken all the meanness out of you,
He moves right in, God Himself, to work His
will. Down here, where that mean boss is crabby, and this
other old So-and-so over here is doing so-and-so, and this old guy talking
about against it. A man
filled with the Holy Ghost will stand right in the face of it.
Amen.
51 And they took
heed. They was ignorant and unlearned, but they
took heed they'd been with Jesus. That's what the Holy Ghost come for. A little old fisherman couldn't sign his name. But
he stood there and said, "Who shall we believe, man or God? (Amen.) Let it be known to you, we'll still preach
in Jesus' Name."
Ah, what boldness. He knowed he "He had a home over yonder." That's
right. He was a pilgrim and a stranger here; he was seeking a City to come. What
did that hypocrite priest mean to him? He was under the domination of
the God of heaven that raised up His Son, Christ Jesus, and filled him with the
Spirit of the God that made the heavens and earth. There you are. He wasn't
scared of him. No, sir.
You know, I think I'm
just going to stop here for a minute or two and make a comment about what God's
prophet just told us. Notice what he is telling us about Peter and John. The
people could tell that they had been with Christ. Let me put it to you this way, the people could tell that these two had lived in the
presence of Christ.
And I would like to ask you the same thing. Can the
people tell by watching your life that you have lived in the presence of Jesus
Christ? Now, that's an important
question.
Because we read for our text this morning a promise
that Jesus gave us just before he left the earth. He said "I will send the promise of My Spirit upon you and you",
not me, not my prophet, but "YOU will be endued
with power from on high". "You
will be endued, Not I will be
endued, but you will be filled with a Force from on High.
"You will be endued with miracle working
power from on high".
So how did they know that these men had been with
Jesus? Because they saw the same works that Jesus did being done by them. So
how do people know that you are living in the presence of Jesus Christ? because they will see in you Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, today and
forever.
We had a brother years ago who went around asking
other brothers in church "do you see Christ in Me?"
"Do you see Christ in Me?", and it is sad, but true,
the brothers told him, "No, I do not see Christ in you".
Now, I do not know what this brother expected others to see in him, but they
certainly did not see John 14:12 in this brother
and I can tell you that if you are not humble, and completely surrendered to
the will of God your Father, no one will ever see Christ in you. Because you are not dead to yourself.
The Apostle Paul said, Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Therefore in order for your life to be hid with Christ
in God, you must be dead to uyour life. And as long
as you are not dead to your own self how could you ever expect others to see
Christ in you? For if you are dead to self, and your life is now hid with
Christ in God, then what Life is now living in you is the very life of Christ,
His Life. And that is what Paul tells us next.
4 "When Christ, who
is our life, (not was, that
is past tense, but when Christ is present tense your life, that is what he is
saying here. When Christ is present tense living your life for you, then when
He) shall appear, (when he shall phaneroo, when
he shall manifest in His true character) then shall
ye also appear with him in glory. Then shall you also manifest in
your true character along with him in the same glory, in the same doxa, in the
same values, opinion, and judgments. Why? because you
are dead and your life is now, present tense hid with Christ in God. And the
life you are now living in your flesh is the very life of the son of God,
making Him Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever.
And if this is so with your
life, then he says, 5 "Mortify therefore (that means, "kill off therefore") your members which are upon the
earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry: Why? Because a
dead man can't do those things.
And notice brother Branham says in the next paragraph,
52 Death, why, when
they took little old Stephen out there and said, "Take it back!" he
said, "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised
in the heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. Like
your fathers did, so do you!" They said, "We'll beat you to death." He said,
"You couldn't do that if you..." "We'll show you whether we'll
do it or not." And they grabbed big rocks and begin to pound him in the
head. He looked up, and said, "I see the
heavens open. I see the ladder coming down. I see Jesus standing at the right
hand of His Majesty." And the Bible
didn't say he died; he fell asleep. Oh, my. I can just see an Angel come
down, pick him up, and rock him like a baby, a mother, till he went to sleep.
Oh, my. Sure, that's the purpose of the Holy Ghost. And that's what God
sent the Holy Ghost for.
53 The Holy Ghost come to give you
power. I got some more Scriptures here just a minute. The Holy Ghost come to give you power (I ain't... You can find
this. I'm just too much of away tonight), give you power, power in prayer. (1) You take a person that's lived a good
life, but they're always defeated, "Oh, I tell you..." A good
person... "Oh, sure I love the Lord, Brother Branham." Always
defeated; they never get a prayer answered. You fill that little
woman with the Holy Ghost one time. Watch what takes place. When she
goes before God, she's not defeated. She comes boldly to the throne of God, believing. She has a
right, because she's a daughter of God by a birth. Take that little man, so
cowardly, the boss kick him all over the place. Say,
"Wait a minute here now." Something changed. See? He's got the
Holy Ghost. He gives you
power; your life is full of power.
54 He gives you power in speech.
(2) Why, my,
those people that was afraid standing out there... Peter, James, John, Luke,
and all the rest of them, they'd done got in the upper
room and said, "Oh, we can't stay no more. Them... Looky there. There's Dr.
So-and-so-and-so out there. There's Rabbi So-and-so-and-so. You know, he had
four degrees of college. How we ever stand against him?" Peter said,
"Oh, I remember selling that man fish one day. He spoke, and I didn't
even know what he was talking about. Oh, I could never stand against him.
But what can we do, brethren?" He said, "Wait." "But we've done been here four
days." "Just keep on waiting." "How
long?" "Until..." "Well, did He say it would
be on the fifth day?" "He never said how long? He said, 'Until...'" So they
just kept waiting, "How long?" "Until..." "Eight days passed."
"Until..."
"Nine days passed." "Until..."
55 And finally when the day of Pentecost
had fully come, they were all in one place in one accord. God had
been above them in a fiery cloud. God had walked with them on
earth. Now, something else is going to take place. Something's fixing
to happen. "They
were all in one place in one accord. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing
mighty wind, and it filled all the room where they were setting. Cloven tongues
set upon them. What is
cloven? "Parted," like stammering. Did you ever hear anybody
stammer? They go, "Ah-ah-ah [Brother Branham imitates someone
stammering--Ed.]." See? They can't say nothing, "Cloven,
parted," like a cloven hoof. Means something
that's "split, parted." They wasn't
talking; they wasn't jabbering; they wasn't doing nothing but just making a
noise. Cloven tongues set upon them as if it was fire. Oh, they couldn't
hold themselves. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Whew.
56 Then what happened?
Out into the streets they went. "Where is that Rabbi Jones? Where is that
fellow at? Where is that intellectual giant? God was over us with Moses in the
burning bush. He fed us with manna on high. He walked with us for three
years--or three years and six months here on earth. But now He's in me. It's not me that speaketh; it's Him. I know Who He is; I know who I am. I ain't no
more, and He is. Bring him up here." "Ye men of
Look what happened. These 120 that were in the upper
room were there hiding. They were afraid. They were all a bunch of cowardly
Christians with no back bone to stand in the face of adversity. They hid
themselves in that room, but when God came into that room, and into their
hearts, and filled them with His won Spirit, they weren't cowards any more.
They went out of that room Glorifying God and testifying of the power of God.
And brother Branham said, they had power of speech.
I wonder sometimes if we Christians don't do the same
thing. we hide in our Churches, and that is the only
place where we will show any excitement about the Word of God. Some backslidden preacher or laity call you foolish virgin, or some nasty spirited person say
you listen to William Branham and you will get confused and then lost? And that
bothers you?
Listen, brother Branham said,
they hid in that room because they were afraid of what people would say to
them. "oh,
you're the people who followed that so called prophet Jesus, but now he's dead
and now they are going to get you too!"
They still do it today, they say "Oh, you pure deluded confused person, if you continue to
listen to William Branham you will be confused and lost."
Well, if
you got the Holy Ghost you wont be afraid to answer
that person with power.
You'll
do like Jesus did after Satan accused him, Jesus said, "Depart from me Satan, for it is written, thou shall worship
the Lord God and Him only shalt thou worship."
Don't
you people realize that every time you are confronted by Satan, God has already
Given you His Word to arm yourself with? YOu fear now, but one day you will know what a puny
pip-squeak this Satan character really is. All he is,
is a bluff. His stinger was already pulled out at
Isaiah
Now, listen! everyone will
look at this pip squeak and say is this the one who did all this damage?
Oh, I love the way the Message Bible says it: You said to yourself, “I’ll
climb to heaven. I’ll set my
throne over the stars of God. I’ll run the assembly of angels that meets on
sacred
Listen brothers and sisters, the Holy Ghost was Given to give you power in prayer and power in speech.
That's what Jesus promised, he said, "If you
say to this mountain "be moved' and don't doubt in your heart you can have
what you have said."
Brothers, when God makes you a promise of giving you
His power from on high, I would rather err in believing that John 14:12 is God's answer to that promise,
than err in disbelieving John 14:12 is
promise of God for me. You understand what I am telling you. when
God told me to take charge of that meeting, and I thought how can I take charge
of this meeting when I can't even hear myself preach. But I was not disobedient
to the heavenly vision, and in obedience I began to walk back to the pulpit and
it was then after taking my first step, I saw how Jesus took charge by sitting
up in the boat and speaking to the wind and waves and said "peace be still". By the time I took my second step, I saw
William Branham having spoken to the storm in
And that is what we are talking about. Listen to the devils
lie, and you are listening to this little twerp that Isaiah points out is
nothing but one big flop who thought he could get away by bluffing himself into
being worshipped by mankind. And the
people looked upon him and said is this the guy who did all this? This
pip-squeak is him? This puny twerp did all that? How could it be?
I'll tell you how he could do it. Because
people believed his lies, his bluffs, instead of believing the Word of God.
Now, did he promise us power from on High?
Did he not promise us the things he did we will do also? Then if he
promised it why do you not step into it. I'll tell you why. because
you have listened to the bluff of the devil who said you will be an
embarrassment if you do it. You will flop and you will make a fool of yourself.
Well, seems to me that Peter saw what Jesus did and he stepped into the promise
and walked on water until he took his eyes off of Christ and onto the bluff
Satan put before him. Yes, Peter, a common man, just a fisherman who couldn't
even read or write, and he walked on water until he
fell for the bluff of Satan.
Now,
you can continue to do nothing by listening to Satan's bluff, or you can do
what Jesus did. You can walk where he walked, and how he walked, and you can
talk like he talked, and live like he lived, and do the works that he did, and
show that you are a believer. Or you can show you are not a believer and put
that promise off to some one else.
Jehovah Jireh 2 60-0802 P:91 Is everybody in here, got the baptism of
the Holy Spirit? Raise your hands. All that has it,
raise your hands. That's fine. God bless you. That's wonderful. All right. Is there still sick and afflicted in here, while
they're in the room? Raise up your hands? If you want
expect your healing now. I believe He will make everyone of you well. Don't you
believe it? All right, now let's as we do each night, lay
your hands on one another. If you feel... If you're... Everyone in here raised their hands they had
the Holy Ghost. You couldn't have the Holy Ghost without being a believer.
If you say you got the Holy Ghost and deny the power of God, you have a form
of God and just by denying the power thereof. See? So you're not a child
of God; you have anti-christ spirit. The Word of God will say, every
time, it's the truth. God's Word...Aren't you glad tonight, that God
promise...
Speak to this mountain 59-1123 P:15
Now, then on this Scripture I could not justify myself to preach on
it. How... Did you notice Jesus said here, "Verily,
I say unto you, 'If ye shall say to this mountain, "Be plucked up, and
cast into the sea"'; and don't doubt, but believe in your heart that what
you have said shall come to pass; you can have what you said.'" Now, I
could not justify that, because I could not understand it. How then could it be
that I would say something, as a man, and then how... What if I said something
that wasn't according to His Word and asked something wasn't according to His
Word, then it would have to come to pass. Because Jesus
said, "If you say..." not, "If I say..." but, "If you
say..." placing it upon His apostles, upon the believers.
"Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'Be moved'; and don't
doubt in their heart, but believe that what they have said shall come to pass;
they can have what you said." Not what He said, what you say.
Speak to this mountain 59-1123 P:15 Now, then on this Scripture I could not
justify myself to preach on it. Did you notice Jesus said here, "Verily, I say unto you, 'If ye shall say to
this mountain, "Be plucked up, and cast into the sea"'; and don't
doubt, but believe in your heart that what you have said shall come to pass;
you can have what you said.'" Now, I could not justify that, because I could not
understand it. How then could it be that I would say something, as a man, and
then how... What if I said something that wasn't according to His Word and
asked something wasn't according to His Word, then it
would have to come to pass. Because Jesus said, "If you say..." not, "If I say..." but, "If you say..." placing it upon His apostles,
upon the believers. "Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'Be
moved'; and don't doubt in their heart, but believe that what they have said
shall come to pass; they can have what you said." Not what He said, what you say.
Uncertain sound 61-0415E P:72 Oh, "Destroy this body, I'll raise it
up in three days." Jesus said, "If you be in Me and My Word in you,
you can ask what you will, and it'll be done to you." "It maybe it'll be done to
you"? No, no, there's no uncertainty about that. "I will. It will be done. It shall be done." Is that right? When He looked at
that fig tree and cursed it, and twenty-four hours later He come by, and it was
withered, Peter said, "Look, the tree is already withering."
Jesus said, "Have
faith in God. For verily, verily, I say unto you, if you (Not me, but you... Amen,
brethren.)--if you say to this mountain... (Not if I say, but if you say to this mountain), 'Be moved and plucked up and cast into the sea;' and won't
doubt, but believe that what you have said shall come to pass, you shall have
what you say."
Amen. Not maybe you will, not maybe you will; but you will.
Attitude and who is God? 50-0815 P:35 And when the inspiration of the Holy Spirit
is here to inspire you, remember, God will make your body come into your confession. If you
say you're a drunkard, and want a drink. Don't worry, you'll soon be one. If
you say you're a sinner, and want to sin, you'll be right into it. If you say
you're a Christian and believe it all along, God will bring... Your
testimony will bring you right into it. If you believe in healing, and
believe that God has healed you, confess it, and God will make your body
obey your confession, for He's the High Priest of your confession; setting
at the right-hand of the Father now with His own Blood to make intercessions
for any confession upon anything that He died for. And He died to rid sin. And
sickness is the result of sin. "He was wounded for our transgressions,
with His stripes we are healed." Remember that. Have faith. Don't waiver. Stand on it.
I have heard but now I see 65-1127E P:67 And I looked around, I said, "God,
that was You." I said, "Thank You for this. I'll go out and..."He
said, "But you said. Do you doubt what you said? You said
you'd get three. Now, where will the next one come from?" I thought,
"Well, if I'm dreaming, I'm going to continue on." So I said... I
picked out an old post over there, of a tree that was all wrapped up with this
here poison ivy. You never get a squirrel in that. So I said, "The next
one will come right out of that poison ivy," and there set that young
red squirrel looking right at me. I set my gun down, and rubbed my eyes, and
turned around again, I thought... There he set, turned his head sideways. I
shot the squirrel, and then I started to go home. But said,
"You said three. Do you doubt what you said?" I said,
"No, Lord, I don't doubt what I said, for You're
confirming." This is one Scripture that stumped me: "Not if I say, but if you say."
Not if Jesus said it, but if you say it yourself.
Choosing of a bride 65-0429E P:8 If you say you've got the Holy Ghost and
won't cope with the Word, it's another spirit in you. God's Spirit is on His
Word. The Messiahic, the anointed Word... The Bride must be a Messiah-ette, the anointed Word.
In
Brother Branham's sermon a Paradox he talks on how Joshua just spoke the Word
and the sun stopped from going down. Now, scientifically that would take a pole
change to do that, but I'm not interested in the science behind it, i am only interested in the God behind it.
Paradox 64-0206B P:56 A paradox. Why? Oh, you say, "That was
a long time ago." That is today, the same God. Jesus said in St. Mark 11:22, "If
you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but
believe that what you've said will come to pass, you can have what you've said." That's defy
nature, but you have to
have a motive and objective to that, that's connected with it. Find
out in the Word if it's supposed to be done, and then God's calling you to do
it, and it'll do it. When you know that it's spoken in the Word to do
it, and then God's called you to do it, then it'll happen; if your motive and
objective is right to God. That's why visions take place, why things are
going the way... You have to know, and know God promised it this hour."
As it was in the days of
Mark 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from
Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree
afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and
when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said
unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
And his disciples heard it.
15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple,
and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
Now let's skip forward to verse 19
19 And
when even was come, he went out of the city. 20 And in
the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And
Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree
which thou cursed is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith
unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say
unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall
not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith
shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 And when
ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also
which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your
Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Show us the father 63-0606 P:51 Jesus said in St. Mark 11:22, "Verily I say unto you, if you say to this
mountain, 'Be moved,' don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you've said
will come to pass, you can have what you've said. I say, 'When you pray believe
that you receive what you ask for; it'll be given to you.'" How much more promise could be made
than that? You've got to believe it, because it is a seed. Now, If you ask me for an oak tree and I give you an acorn,
potentially you have an oak tree. It's in seed form. And when you want God in
your life, just accept Him as your Saviour. Potentially you are a full statued son of God. You'll grow into the statue of
God, just like the acorn does: grows into an oak tree.
Way back the 62-1123 P:43 If you say you believe God and deny His Word, why, you don't believe Him.
If you say, "I believe Brother Branham," say, "but he's wrong.
He's..." Well, how can you do that? You couldn't do it. I'd know you was wrong, 'cause you didn't believe me. And if you say
you believe God, and deny His Word, well then, you don't believe God, 'cause God is His Word. You just can't do
it. You've got to accept the Word.
Uncertain sound 61-0315 P:108 If you say, "The Holy Ghost is mine.
I've repented, confessed my sins, believed on Christ, been baptized, I'm ready
for the baptism of the Holy Ghost," the only reason you haven't got it, is
because that something's wrong up here. That's right. You're not thinking
right. If it was coming from down here, you'll get it right now. You
say, "Brother Branham, I believe in Divine
healing. I accept Him as my Healer. He was wounded for my transgressions; with
His stripes I am healed." Oh, brother. That settles it. That's all of it.
The only thing... If it's down here it's true. If it's up here, it's not true.
If it isn't, then God be found a liar. He made a promise that He can't keep.
He keeps it to others. What about you? Isn't that right? Just think of it.
Pergamean church age 60-1207 P:46
Now, if He is the
living Word, then this wrote on the Bible is part of Him; then if you can receive this into
Him, which is the Word, this Word comes into you by faith makes It alive,
because the... Oh, catch That. The Word comes into
you, if the Holy Spirit's in there, It's alive as soon
as It comes in, and every
promise is true.
Nothing... "Therefore,
if you say to this mountain 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart." Because what? You are Deity
speaking. You believe it? The Bible said so. And whatever you say shall
come to pass if you'll not doubt, if you can get all of the--the world bred
out of you, let the Holy Spirit make you a full son or daughter of God
(no world, no condemnation, no doubt). What is it then? It's no more you;
it's God in you. Then you take His Word; It's a
promise, and say, "Father, it's Your promise." "Satan..."
Something's got to move. See, see?
Questions and answers COD 59-1223 P:95 He's a-sinning. He is not borned
of the Spirit of God, because the Bible said, "He that is borned of the Spirit of God does
not disbelieve. He's a believer, and he cannot..." Why? Why? Oh, here it is. The
Dove is in him leading him. For the Spirit of God is in him, and he cannot deny
It; he cannot. If it's the Spirit of God, God
won't deny His own Word. If I deny my own word, then I become a liar. And if
you say you got the Spirit of God and deny the Word of God, it's either God a
liar or you're a liar, one or the other. And the Bible said, "Let every man's word be a lie and Mine be the Truth." And a man that's borned of the Spirit of God cannot
disagree with God's Word; he's got to say It's
right. He cannot do nothing else. This is it; this is
the Truth.
Spiritual amnesia 64-0411 P:40 You must be identified with
Jehovah Jireh 1 64-0402 P:80 Jesus said in St. Mark
Calling Jesus on the scene 63-0804E P:52 Now, This is what He said; This is His
Word. He and His Word are the same. Let His Word identify Him. That's the way
He said could prove He was God, because that the works that God give Him to do
was done by Him. "If I do not the works of My Father, then don't
believe Me." See? That's how it identified Him. That's how to identify you.
If you say you're a Christian, and the identification of a Christian, the
Bible Christian, is not worked in you, then there's something wrong. See,
"These signs shall
follow them that believe."
Yes, sir, Not maybe they will, they will.
Paul a prisoner of Christ 63-0717 P:79 "If ye abide in Me (not here and there)--abide in Me, and My Word in you, ask what you will (or say what you will), and it'll be done."
Absolute a 63-0304 P:54 Then Mark 11:22, when you prayed through He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, have faith
in God. I say unto you if you say to this mountain, 'Be moved'..." When that absolute is come to you, when
you're anointed with that Spirit that comes beyond all scientific control
out yonder... Before there was an atom or a molecule, that
One that spoke everything into existence... And when your soul is
anchored to that, there's nothing can stop it. That's right. "Say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't
doubt in your heart, but believe that what you've said will come to pass, you
can have what you've said." If that ain't an absolute to hold to... Certainly it is. That's right,
an absolute.
Marriage of the lamb 62-0121E P:49 when
his Word becomes prominent in you, then (You see?), it's you and Christ are one
then. "If ye
abide in Me, and My Word in you, you can ask what you
will..." because it's not you no more; it's the
Word of God: Christ in you. You become one. All
right.
Unchangeable God 62-0120 P:26 Now, when Jesus said, "If you ask the Father anything in My Name,
I'll do it," now
that's just right straight down off of the shoulder. "I will do it." And He was... Now, it's on
conditions: if you'll believe when you ask. Now, in Mark
Manifested sons of God 60-0518 P:99 And he said, "I want everyone to know
that this is my child, and I adopt my son. And I want anyone to know, from
henceforth, that his name... I dress him up, a special dress on him. And I want
you to know that his name is just as good on any check as my name is. He's my
child; I adopt him into my family, although he's been my son since he was born.
Since he received the Holy Ghost, he's been My son.
But now I'm going to place him positionally in authority. What he fires is
fired, what he hires is hired. "And verily, verily, I say unto you, if you say to this tree, if you
say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but believe
that what you've said will come to pass, you can have what you've said." See? There you are; there you are.
See? "He's my son." How many knows that the adoption, that they
adopted the son after he'd proved to be a... Everybody ever read the Bible,
placing a sons.
Escape hither come quickly 58-0202 P:54 Now, if your life tallies up to the life
of Jesus Christ, that is, He said in His Word there: "If you say to this mountain, Be moved, and
don't doubt, but believe that it's coming to pass; you can have what you say," what you say. The only way you could move that
mountain would have to be Deity speaking. When you're a son of God you
receive God, which is Zoe, God's own life, and you, become a part of God. Then
if your objective is right, and your motive is right...
Infallibility of God's word 56-0404 P:22
"Those who He has called, He hath already
justified: those who He had justified, He had already glorified." That's right. See? There's where we get grace and
works mixed up. Here's the whole thing in the Arminian
and Calvinistic belief. Grace is what God does for you; works is what you do
for God. See? It's grace that brings you to God; it's the works that you
do for God. See? Now, as Abraham was justified by faith, because he
believed in God. Paul justified him by faith; James turns over and justifies
him by works. But Paul was speaking what God saw, and James was
speaking what man saw. If you say you are a believer, and then act contrary to what you say,
then you're not a believer. See? If you tell God,
"Yes, I now solemnly believe." Brother, you can't do nothing
but act the same way you believe. That's right. You say, "Lord,
my hand's crippled, but something in my heart tells me
that You're the Lord that's healed me. Oh, I believe it, God, with all my
heart." You can't do nothing but watch that hand move a few inches every
day. See, that's it. You can't do nothing else. See?
And God's obligated to that Word to watch over It.
Faith in action 55-1003 P:34 So if you just only got a mental
conception of the Bible, if you say, "Well, I believe it because I
read it. God's got to reveal it to you by your heart. No man can call Jesus the Christ, only by
the Holy Spirit. The
Holy Spirit deals in the heart. So if a man really believes it from his heart, he's not
afraid to put it to a test. But if you're just mentally, you'll
reason it out, say, "Well, I couldn't do that. They might do
it; this one might've
done it. she might a got well, but I don't know about myself."
But if you've really based your faith on God's eternal Word and it's down in
your heart, all devils out of torment can't upset you. No, sir, you've got
to stay there.
Unpardonable sin 54-1024 P:47 But your life will tally to your
testimony. Your life testifies so loud, till... No matter what you say, people don't believe it if
you don't live it. They ain't going to believe you. And you don't
believe it yourself, and the public don't believe it; so you're just making
yourself miserable.
He that is in you 63-1110E P:100 "When thou prayest, believe that you
receive what you asked for, and it shall be given to you. If you say to this
mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you
say will come to pass, you can have what you say. The Father worketh, and I
worketh hitherto. Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself;
but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." See? And when the Father showed Him
what to do, walked out there without a failure of anything, and said, "Let it be," and it was. And that same Christ
lives in you and lives in us. Then His works we'll do, because Christ is the Word.
Token the 63-0901M P:51 When Peter and John passed through the gate
called Beautiful, there laid a man who had been crippled--lame from his
mother's wombs. And he said, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have, I give you. In the
Name of Jesus Christ of
Look 63-0428 P:33 We must focus our lives. Not what
somebody else says, but focus our lives to
Him, and He is the Word. See? If we get our lives lined with the Word,
then the Word and our life becomes the same. He said, "If ye abide in Me,
and My Word in you, then ask what you will; it'll be granted to you. Verily I
say unto you, If you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your
heart, but believe that that what you have said will come to pass; you can have
what you have said (Oh,
my.), not what I said, what you said." You can have, because you and He become the same, because the mind that
was in Christ is in you. And the mind that was in Christ was to
fulfill the Father's Word, which He was the Word. There you are. Then you and the Word are
focused in together. You become a living unit of God.
Perseverance 62-0608 P:131 Now, I prayed for each one of you. I prayed
for each one. Jesus said, "If you say to this mountain 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your
heart, but believe that what you have said will come to pass, you can have what
you say." Now,
I have said it; now let it be done. It's written to be spoken. I have
spoke it; let it be done. Now, let us pray, with our hands on each
other, as believing children of God. If you ever was
persistent... How can you keep from being persistent now?
Sign of His coming 62-0407 P:27 And do not learn the way of the
unbeliever. Now, if he's an unbeliever, let him be what he wants to be;
but you be a believer. "Heathen" means "unbeliever," somebody who does not believe
what? Oh, say, "I believe God." If you don't believe God's Word,
then you don't believe God. That's right." He that says he loves Me,
and keeps not My commandments is a liar, and the truth's not in him." So then, we got to believe God's
Word. That proves we love God, when we believe His Word.
John 15:16 Ye
have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go
and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever
ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. Notice, God is looking for your fruit first, then when you have it you can ask anything and he promised
to do it.
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye
shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Luke 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke 11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you.
Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto
you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they
shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you:
Let us pray.