26-0626A_TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD PT-10 (THE LIVING WORD IN YOU)

Mat 4:23  And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 

Mat 4:24  And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 

2Co 3:3  Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 

2Co 3:4  And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 

2Co 3:5  Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 

Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 

*... LET THE LIVING WORD DWELL IN US AND ABIDE IN US, THAT WE MIGHT BE SHAPED AND FORMED, NOT TO THE WORLD

A.DECEIVED.CHURCH.BY.THE.WORLD_  JEFF.IN  CH 67  SUNDAY_  59-0628M

  2    Now, let us lay aside, Lord, every toil of the day, every care of this life, all the way from the janitor to the pastor, that there would be nothing in our minds now, but be waiting, listening reverently for the Holy Spirit to speak to us, that we might accomplish something good, to know more of Thee, by our gathering together. For, Lord, truly that's why we come on this hot day. Speak to us through Thy living Word, and let the living Word dwell in us and abide in us, that we might be shaped and formed, not to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of our spirit into the form of the Son of God.

Oh, our hearts tremble when we think, and the joy floods our souls to know that we can be called sons and daughters of God. And we stand on the very brim of His second coming, and all nations and kingdoms quivering under our feet, all things of the world is vanishing, but knowing that someday He shall come and shall take us to a Kingdom where there shall never be an end, or, it'll never be moved. And to think that we are now the--the subjects of that Kingdom O God, circumcise our heart and ears today by--by the Holy Spirit, through the washing of the water of the Word. For we ask it in His Name and for His glory. Amen.

 

*AND LIFE IS IN THE WORD, BECAUSE IT'S THE WORD OF GOD. LIFE LAYS IN ITS WORD.

THE.INVASION.OF.THE.UNITED.STATES_  JEFF.IN  V-26 N-1  SUNDAY_  54-0509

  23    I wish now to call our attention to the Word. And I just love the Word, the living Word of God. It's... Inside the Word is the Life. Now, the Word, letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life. And Life is in the Word, because it's the Word of God. Life lays in Its Word.

Like if I told you, "I give you..."

You say, "I'm hungry, this morning, Brother Branham. Would you give me five dollars?"

I'd say, "I will." Now, there's just as much life in that as there is in my promise.

That's the same way it is by God. When God promises anything, then what God is, His... He's got to be in His Word. See? This Word is worth no... This Word is just the same as God. It is God.

Your word is what you are. It's your bond; we used to call it. Your bond is your word. If we can't take your word, then I--I can't have confidence. But if I can take your word for anything, then it's a man of honor.

And the Bible said, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." See? See? "And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us."

 

THE.INVASION.OF.THE.UNITED.STATES_  JEFF.IN  V-26 N-1  SUNDAY_  54-0509

  29    If we would think, this is the very earth that we're living on, this morning, is the Word of God. That tree is the Word of God. And you, your body, is the Word of God. God spoke it into existence like that, made it from nothing, which had nothing...

Did you ever notice the human life, where it come from? One little cell so small that a human eye couldn't see it, only through a great, powerful glass. And out of there come a hundred-and-fifty, two-hundred-pound man. Where did it come from? See? God just spoke it, and it just started by nature, growing, and there it produced just exactly. He spoke every tree, everything into existence. And it's such a wonderful, wonderful thing this morning to view the Word of God.

 

*YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE LIVING WORD IN YOU TO HAVE THE LIVING GOD IN YOU, BECAUSE THE WORD HERE IS GOD WHEN IT'S MADE FLESH IN YOU, MADE SPIRIT AND LIFE IN YOU.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

 171    You--you've got to get the living Word in you to have the living God in you, because the Word here is God when It's made flesh in you, made Spirit and Life in you. When It goes into your flesh and your faith, and becomes Life, then you are a living example. You're an epistle of God, read of all men. You won't have It like Christ, not the Fullness, because It's divided up on the day of Pentecost.

 

*HE WAS EXPRESSING, IN WORD THE THOUGHT OF ALMIGHTY GOD. AND WHEN WE BY FAITH CAN ACCEPT THAT WORD, IT'S GOT TO BECOME MATERIAL. THE.WORD.BECAME.FLESH.INDIA.TRIP.REPORT_  JEFF.IN  V-26 N-5  SUNDAY_  54-1003M

  232    There you are. Hallelujah. O God. "Upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against It." Oh, my. When the world is no more, "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never pass away." Why? He was expressing, in Word the thought of Almighty God. And when we by faith can accept that Word, it's got to become material. Oh, how it thrills my heart to think, "Thy Word, forever, in heaven, Lord, is confirmed." What God's thoughts is, He expresses them in Words, and here is the living Word of God.

Jesus said, "He that heareth My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath Everlasting Life, and shall not come into condemnation; but has passed from death unto Life." Hallelujah!

 

*...LET THAT FAITH ANCHOR ONE TIME IN THAT HEART, TILL THEM WORDS WILL BE TRUE BEFORE GOD.

THE.WORD.BECAME.FLESH.INDIA.TRIP.REPORT_  JEFF.IN  V-26 N-5  SUNDAY_  54-1003M

  234    Not "he that goes to church." Not "he that puts his name on the book." Not "he that professes." Not "he that shouts." Not "he that heals the sick." Not "he that opens the blinded eyes." Not "he that speaketh with tongues." Not "he that prophesies." "But he that heareth My Words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath Everlasting Life, and shall never come into condemnation, but has already passed from death unto Life." Oh, brother, let that faith anchor one time in that heart, till them Words will be true before God. Then heavens and earth will shake and go away, but that eternal Word, that thought within your heart, that's expressed by God, can no more fail than Isaiah's words could fail.

There has been thousands looking at them miracles was done, and yet could not believe, because Isaiah had expressed it and said, "They will not believe It."

Col 1:26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 

Col 1:28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 

Col 1:29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. 

2Sa 22:29  For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 

2Sa 22:30  For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 

2Sa 22:31  As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 

2Sa 22:32  For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 

2Sa 22:33  God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 

 

26-0622P_PERSEVERANCE PT-2

Mat 15:21  Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 

Mat 15:22  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 

Mat 15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 

Mat 15:24  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

Mat 15:25  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 

Mat 15:26  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 

Mat 15:27  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 

Mat 15:28  Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 

*THEN IF GOD KEEPS HIS WORD, ONE WORD, YOU CAN BE PERSEVERANT THEN. YOU CAN HOLD ONTO YOUR PROMISE AND KEEP IT.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

253    Listen friends, I want to ask you this question before I say this. What do we go to church for? What's it all about? If there is no resurrection of the dead, if--if there is no resurrection, then let's eat, drink, and be merry, for we're nothing but logs, dogs, and so forth anyhow. We don't believe that. We know that there's a living God. Certainly. Well, if He's a living God, I want to ask you something. Then these Words that I said... You might agree with me; you might not agree with me. But if you do agree with me, then yet, you--you could question that until you see it manifested. That's right. If it's God's Word, God has to keep His Word. If He doesn't keep It, well, then it isn't God, then I--I've been a false, I been a... I made a false manifestation; I--I've been a false prophet. But if God said so, God keeps His Word. Then if God keeps His Word, one Word, you can be perseverant then. You can hold onto your promise and keep it. Is that right?

 

*THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH CHRISTIANS TODAY. WE SO SOFT-SOAPED THEM...

GOD'S.PROVIDED.WAY.FOR.THIS.DAY_  BAKF.CA  V-22 N-6  THURSDAY_  64-0206E

28    That's what's the matter with Christians today. We so soft-soaped them, and we shook their hands and brought them in by secret, and joined them into the church. What they need is an old-fashion prayer altar where they pray through, until using themselves, come in God's provided way, till they free themselves from the world. The trouble of it, today, they put their name on the book and join church, and that's all there is to it. But God's way, provided way, is to stay there and work your way through, until God gives you the new Birth. That's exactly right. Pick him out, it'll kill him.

 

*FOR TRULY, WE PROFESS THAT WE ARE PILGRIMS AND STRANGERS. THIS IS NOT OUR HOME.

CONVINCED.THEN.CONCERNED_  TEMPE.AZ  THURSDAY_  62-0118

  E-5    I see some of my friends from up around Jeffersonville, or visit us. We got people sitting out here before us tonight, I notice, that drive all the way from Macon, Georgia, every Sunday to have... That's about 714... That's about 1500 miles a round trip to come to church on Sunday. And they don't do that just one time. Every day in the year that we have service up at the Tabernacle, they drive from way down in Macon, Georgia.

I see Brother and Sister Dauch here from Ohio. Brother Dauch is well-stricken in age, but just he and his wife together, and the Lord has been good to them. And they--they drive every Sunday, this aged couple, from way up in Ohio, down from the--over icy roads. And she, a woman, drove all the way from Ohio here to get to be in the meetings. (1890MI.)

CONVINCED.THEN.CONCERNED_  TEMPE.AZ  THURSDAY_  62-0118

  E-6    And here the people are from Macon, and different places, that's gathered in here for the service. We're glad to have friends like that. So happy to share our privileges together, our fellowship together. For truly, we profess that we are pilgrims and strangers. This is not our home.

 

* THE SPIRIT OF GOD WILL RUN YOU RIGHT STRAIGHT TO THE CHURCH EVERY TIME THE DOOR OPENS FOR FELLOWSHIP.

CONVINCED.THEN.CONCERNED_  TEMPE.AZ  THURSDAY_  62-0118

  E-36    Now, there's so many people say if you quiver, hold your eyes shut, and do all kinds of things and get sensations. You get spirits, friends, but if your life don't tally up to what you're professing, then there's something wrong with the spirit you got. See? It's--it's true. See? You--you must be sure. The Holy Spirit will bring forth a holy life. That is right. And if the desire's in your heart... If you have to force yourself constantly to try to press, and do what's right, and the world's still hungering in you, then there's something wrong. See, the Holy Spirit in you will not hunger for the world; It'll hunger for God. If it's hard for you to go to church, and press yourself to come when the church is open, there's something wrong with that spirit. It's trying to keep you away from God. The Spirit of God will run you right straight to the church every time the door opens for fellowship. Yes, sir. See? So you've got to be sure of this now. The time is at hand.

 

*YOU'VE GOT TO SURRENDER YOURSELF, GOT TO GIVE YOURSELF COMPLETELY TO GOD.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  33    You've got to have faith in what you're doing. "And if your heart condemns us not..." If we know the Bible teaches us something and we fail to do that, then there's something we can't have faith in. See, you--you can't get yourself together, because you know there's certain things there that God teaches, that you will not cope with. And when you do that, then where you at? You see, you--you can't have faith on what you're coming to. You can't come up here and say, "I--I--I, last night I was out drunk, and, Lord, I want You to heal me this morning. I--I--I'll--I'll won't drink too much more." You've got to surrender yourself, got to give yourself completely to God. You've got to obey every bit of the Word, sell out completely and then take the Word. That Word is in the church. It's a living Word.

 

*YOUNG MEN'S HEARTS BURNING WITH ZEAL TO TAKE THE GOSPEL IS WHAT WE NEED.

THE.UNCHANGEABLE.GOD.WORKING.IN.AN.UNEXPECTABLE.WAY_  PHOENIX.AZ  SATURDAY_  62-0120

  E-16    You notice most of the women today has wash machines, and electric ironers, and push button dishwashers, and everything like that; and yet they got less time to pray than they ever had. You know, Susanna Wesley had seventeen children. And she--with them seventeen children, packing the water from a spring, and washing on her hands, and yet she could find two or three hours a day to pray with her children, with seventeen little fellows. And out of there come a John and a Charles.

That's what's the matter today, reason our schools are letting down, no ministers coming in, young men interested. We have... need some more praying fathers and mothers is what we need to make our schools fill up. Young men's hearts burning with zeal to take the Gospel is what we need. But things are changing.

 

*THAT'S IT, PERSISTENCE, PERSEVERANCE, STAY RIGHT WITH THE WORD OF GOD.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  142    Oh, brother, fight till every symptom's gone. Hallelujah. Fight till every--every doubt is gone.

Say, "Well, my case is different." Take that jawbone and knock it out of there.

This one said, "But, you know, I'm just a little different; I'm getting too old." Knock it out. Abraham was a hundred. Go on.

"Well, but my case is very bad." Jonah was in the belly of the whale, hands tied behind him, laying down in the whale's vomit. Everywhere he looked was whale's belly. He had plenty of symptoms, but he turned over and said, "Once more will I look to Your holy temple, Lord." Can't hide Him. That's it, persistence, perseverance, stay right with the Word of God.

 

*THEN BE PERSEVERANCE WHEN YOU--PERSEVERANT WHEN YOU GET THE WORD. HOLD ONTO IT, THE PROMISE; IT'S YOURS.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  107    A man or a woman that takes God's Word, you got ahold of something. Your anchor holds within the veil. The storms and gales may press and shake in every way, but you're anchored. She's coming right on up to the place. You're persevering. You're going to believe it.

Noah believed it, sure, and he achieved God's purpose for his life. Do you want to achieve God's purpose in your life? Then be perseverance when you--perseverant when you get the Word. Hold onto It, the promise; it's yours.

 

*ASK HIM. STAY RIGHT WITH IT. YES, SIR, HOLD ON TO IT IF YOU KNOW IT'S REAL.

THE.UNCHANGEABLE.GOD.WORKING.IN.AN.UNEXPECTABLE.WAY_  PHOENIX.AZ  SATURDAY_  62-0120

  E-38    He knows your needs. He knows how to bring it to you. But the trouble of it is, because it don't come the way you think it ought to come, then you're all discouraged, and you hand it back to Him. Let's ask Him, and believe that He will send it just the way He wants to send it, and accept it upon the basis. That's right. See?

If you ask Him, don't make Him a liar. He can't lie. He promised, "Ask the Father anything in My Name, I'll do it." Now, God can't lie. Ask Him and it shall be done. "Seek, ye shall find; knock, it'll be opened." We believe that. Certainly we do.

  E-39    They got a manger. So what did they do? Had this little Babe in a manger, was that the mighty King? They refused Him. Yes, sir. Why? He didn't come the way they expected Him to come. And friends, you might think that was a horrible thing. It was. But you know, we're guilty of the same thing. We are guilty of the same thing. We ask God for things, and then we walk around and... And if He don't just pour something on us and give us something that we think we ought to have, then we just hand it back. See? Don't do that. Ask Him. Stay right with it. Yes, sir, hold on to it if you know it's real.

 

* AND NOW CHRIST SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND HE IS GOD IN SPIRIT. SO THEN, HOLD ON TO IT.

THE.UNCHANGEABLE.GOD.WORKING.IN.AN.UNEXPECTABLE.WAY_  PHOENIX.AZ  SATURDAY_  62-0120

  E-40    And what's more real than the Word of God? And the Word of God is made flesh, and dwelt among us: Christ. And now Christ sent the Holy Spirit, and He is God in Spirit. So then, hold on to it. If the Holy Spirit's here and give us that promise, stay with it. What's the matter with us Pentecostal people who profess to have the Holy Ghost and afraid to trust God anywhere nearly? What's the matter? We're expecting it in a--some other way.

 

*BUT IF IT'S GOD'S WORD, IT'S GOT TO COME TO PASS. BE PERSEVERANT, SEE GOD MAKE IT COME TO PASS.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  110    Oh, he run like a coward with all of his education. All of his theology, he failed. All of his great things, he failed. But one day in a burning bush God met him. When God come to him in this burning bush, watch him, with a stick in his hand, his wife on a mule, with little Gershom setting on her hip, on his road to Egypt. What was he? Going down to take over. He was--had perseverance; he was very persistent.

"Moses, do you think you at eighty years old, and with a crooked stick in your hand, dry as it can be..." A crooked stick, a one man invasion, going down to Egypt like one man going over to Russia to take over... We only need... God only needs one man. That's only... He only needs one man completely in His hand. One man, that's all He needs. He can shake Russia to pieces with that one man.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  112    He took Noah, or Moses, pardon me... He took Moses while he was running this a-way, settled down to a nice life, lovely young girl, married her, had a baby, falling heir to his father-in-law's sheep, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He had everything made, had a nice home, place, comfortable living out there, and hunt every once in a while with his crossbow, maybe, and kill a deer, and plenty of berries, and plenty of sheep, and wool and trade, the caravans come through. Why, he had it made, nothing he had to worry about. But one day, one day the burden of the people of... His people that was burdened was done left his mind. They were down in Egypt. He had failed, so God can do something else about it. But one day when God met him in a burning bush, you talk about perseverance, here he goes.

"Where's your army?"

"I don't need any. My army is an unseen army." Like it was at Dothan one morning with the prophet... "My army is an unseen army." Here he goes; the only thing you can see is an old crooked stick, leading this mule behind, and the whiskers a-blowing. "Praise God." His eyes set towards heaven, going down to take over.

Sometimes faith makes you act ridiculous to the carnal mind. But if it's God's Word, it's got to come to pass. Be perseverant, see God make it come to pass.

Psa 119:57  CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. 

Psa 119:58  I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. 

Psa 119:59  I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 

Psa 119:60  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. 

Psa 119:61  The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. 

Psa 119:62  At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. 

Psa 119:63  I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 

Psa 119:64  The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. 

Psa 119:65  TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. 

Psa 119:66  Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 

Psa 119:67  Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 

Psa 119:68  Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 

Psa 119:69  The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 

Psa 119:70  Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. 

Psa 119:71  It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 

Psa 119:72  The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 

Psa 119:73  JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 

Psa 119:74  They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 

Psa 119:75  I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Psa 119:76  Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. 

Psa 119:77  Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. 

Psa 119:78  Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 

Psa 119:79  Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. 

Psa 119:80  Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. 

Psa 119:81  CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 

 

26-0619A_THE SEASON OF CHANGE

Ecc 3:1  To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 

Ecc 3:2  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 

Ecc 3:3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 

Ecc 3:4  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 

Ecc 3:5  A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 

Ecc 3:6  A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 

Ecc 3:7  A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 

Ecc 3:8  A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 

Hab 2:3  For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 

Jer 8:7  Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 

HUMBLE.THYSELF_  JEFF.IN  V-21 N-1  SUNDAY_  63-0714E

56      And then we got on the subject, "If the Lord said, 'I'm going to allot you twenty-five years. You're not going to get feeble. You'll be able to go, and I'm going to allot you twenty-five years on earth,' would you take from--from birth to twenty-five, or from twenty-five to fifty, fifty to seventy-five, or seventy-five to a hundred?"

57    Now, any man that's allotted any time on earth, would certainly be a most rashel thing if he don't spend that time in service of God. I don't care what he does.

HUMBLE.THYSELF_  JEFF.IN  V-21 N-1  SUNDAY_  63-0714E

  60      Then I was thinking about, "What about me? Where will I take?" I'd take the seventy-five to a hundred. I'd be smarter, wiser. I'd be more settled. I'd know more about what I'm doing. I'm ten, eight or ten, years older than the last time I was overseas. I won't jump in like I'm killing snakes. I'll know more about it, see. I know how.

THE.RESTORATION.OF.THE.BRIDE.TREE_  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-15  SUNDAY_  62-0422

20-2    All that the winter killed, then the sun restores. Returning of the sun, what does it do? It forces (Listen.), it forces death... When the sun, the spring sun, comes back in line of the earth again, it actually forces death to give up its dead (Amen.) to a resurrection. For what? A restoration--a restore again.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

83    And today that gives us a great testimony, as a witness of the God of creation. Because that when we are in the season of mortal life, raising our children, marrying and bringing forth families, this is a life or the season of mortal life. But when we have been borned of above, the body returns to the dust from where it come, and the spirit goes down to where it come from, or goes up, rather, to where it come from, to the God Who gave it, and there will come another season. And that season that will come will be the immortal season. And when the Son of God rises with healing in His wings, it'd be totally impossible to hold those bodies in the ground any longer. They'll come forth in the brightness of the Son of God. Very nature itself testifies of that.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  84    So if we are a Christian, and we are borned of the Spirit, death can hold nothing but victory for us, because this old corruptible body that Satan still has power over will drop into the dust of the earth. But when that season... This is the wrong season now; this is mortal season. But immortal season is coming. When the immortal One comes He will bring with Him the immortal spirits that has returned to Him from the earth, and they shall come forth again in the resurrection for the great millennium, and shall shine in His glory.

1Co 15:51  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 

Psa 102:4  My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 
Psa 102:5  By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 
Psa 102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 
Psa 102:7  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 
Psa 102:8  Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. 
Psa 102:9  For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 
Psa 102:10  Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. 
Psa 102:11  My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 
Psa 102:12  But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 
Psa 102:13  Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 

26-0615P_PERSEVERANCE_Message of the Hour Believers Tabernacle

 

26-0615P_PERSEVERANCE

Mat 15:21  Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 

Mat 15:22  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 

Mat 15:23  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 

Mat 15:24  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 

Mat 15:25  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 

Mat 15:26  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 

Mat 15:27  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 

Mat 15:28  Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 

Mar 7:24  And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 

Mar 7:25  For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 

Mar 7:26  The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 

Mar 7:27  But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 

Mar 7:28  And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 

Mar 7:29  And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 

Mar 7:30  And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Rev 3:13  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 

Rev 3:14  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 

Rev 3:15  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 

Rev 3:16  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 

Rev 3:17  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 

Rev 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 

2Pe 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

*AND I THINK THAT'S THE ATTITUDE THAT ALL CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE IN AT ALL TIMES. BE PERSEVERANT.

PERSEVERANCE_  CHICAGO.IL  SUNDAY_  62-0520

  E-11    "Perseverance," according to Webster's dictionary, I was--I was just looking, it means to be "persistent, to--in making a goal." You must be fully persuaded and be persistent. Then you're perseverant. And--and now, it's--it's a good word. I like it. I'm very fond of that fine word: perseverant. And I think that's the attitude that all Christians should be in at all times. Be perseverant.

And men through all ages that has faith in what they are trying to achieve, has always been perseverant. All down through the history of time, men that's ever done anything has been men trying to achieve something. And they have to have faith in what they're trying to achieve, and when they do, then they are perseverant.

PERSEVERANCE_  CHICAGO.IL  SUNDAY_  62-0520

  E-13    Then I got to thinking on perseverance. And I thought, "Yes, many men is perseverant." Before you can be perseverant, you have to have faith in what you're trying to achieve. You've--you've got to first have faith before you can be perseverant. So faith and perseverance works hand in hand together. They are brothers. You must believe, or you'll have no--you have no confidence. You--you won't--you won't know whether you're right or wrong. But when you have reached that place that you have faith in what you're trying to do, then you can be perseverant.

*"PERSEVERANCE" MEANS "TO--TO BE PERSISTENT, TO MAKE A GOAL."

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  23    Now, this morning we want to talk on faith. Now, my subject this morning is: "Perseverance." "Perseverance" means "to--to be persistent, to make a goal." Now, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

*YOU'VE GOT YOUR MIND SET ON SOMETHING, AND YOU'RE--YOU'RE PERSISTENT IN IT, BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT'S THE THING THAT YOU WANT, AND YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN GET IT.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  27    Now, perseverance, to be persistent, to try to make a goal, trying to... You've got your mind set on something, and you're--you're persistent in it, because you believe it's the thing that you want, and you believe you can get it. Now, pardon me. To be persistent, you've got your mind made up now that what you're going to do. Now, you cannot have faith in God without knowing the Word of God or knowing something about God.

*IT'S, YOU'RE BASED ON FREE MORAL AGENCY, AND WHATEVER SPIRIT THAT YOU LET DOMINATE YOU WILL BRING FORTH THE FRUITS, YOUR LIFE WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE INSIDE.

We have our body, and our being here is like a seed. And a seed on the outside has a shell; inside the shell has a crust, or a pulp, pardon me; and inside the pulp has a germ. That's the way we are: body, soul, spirit. Now, to the body there's five senses: see, taste, feel, smell, and hear. To the soul there's conscience, and so forth: five avenues to it.

The inside is one, one avenue. And that avenue is the same place that God set every man from Adam and Eve: self-will. You will to live or you will to die, either one you want to. It's, you're based on free moral agency, and whatever spirit that you let dominate you will bring forth the fruits, your life will be dominated by the inside. And faith...

*AND IF YOU GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOU, YOU'VE GOT FAITH, AND YOU'LL BELIEVE EVERY WORD THAT GOD WROTE.

So many people rely upon these five senses on the outside. They're fine, nothing against them, if they agree with this sixth sense. This soul... This spirit only can be of two kinds, one of them is the Spirit of God, the other is the spirit of the devil. You can't serve two masters at the same time. You're wholly given to one or wholly given to the other. And if you got the Spirit of God in you, you've got faith, and you'll believe every Word that God wrote. And if you haven't, you might be...

*BUT WHEN YOU DISAGREE WITH THE WORD, THAT SHOWS THAT IT ISN'T THE SPIRIT OF GOD, 'CAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT WROTE THE BIBLE.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  26    Now, the devil is not like some people think; he's mean and everything, but he's deceitful. The devil makes you think that you're right. But when you disagree with the Word, that shows that it isn't the Spirit of God, 'cause the Holy Spirit wrote the Bible. And then it's got to be agreeable with the Word. And remember last Sunday, just one little disbelief in God's Word... Eve, Satan told her the truth, and he never denied the Word being true, but that one little part of the Word caused all this trouble. The woman disbelieved It because she was hunting for wisdom instead of staying with the Word. When God says anything, heavens and earth will pass, but His Word shall never pass away. God's Word must be fulfilled to the dot. Just to the very tittle and jot, It must be fulfilled.

*BUT WHEN YOU THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, WHAT YOU'RE AFTER, AND ARE SATISFIED YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, THEN YOU CAN BE PERSISTENT

PERSEVERANT_  SOUTH.GATE.CA  SATURDAY_  62-0623

  E-23    And men through all ages that's ever tried to achieve something has been persistent. Man, in order to be persistent (I might quote again), is to know what you are after. And if you do not know, you're not certain of your standing. But when you thoroughly understand what it is, what you're after, and are satisfied you're going to do it, then you can be persistent, get really persistent, holding on.

I like the--the approach. I like people that's persistent when they are... Realize, no matter if the man is--is wrong, but yet he believes that he's right. But now, when he gets to a place he's proven wrong, then to try to be per... He cannot be persistent then, because he's done proven wrong. But when he is right, and then will hold onto it...

*YOU'VE GOT YOUR MIND SET ON SOMETHING, AND YOU'RE--YOU'RE PERSISTENT IN IT, BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IT'S THE THING THAT YOU WANT, AND YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN GET IT.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  27    Now, perseverance, to be persistent, to try to make a goal, trying to... You've got your mind set on something, and you're--you're persistent in it, because you believe it's the thing that you want, and you believe you can get it. Now, pardon me. To be persistent, you've got your mind made up now that what you're going to do. Now, you cannot have faith in God without knowing the Word of God or knowing something about God.

...I believe the virtue is in Christ, and Christ is the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us." Now, the Word Itself comes back in the form of the Holy Spirit, into us, and It's Word in you: God in you. So many wants to point God to some mystical something way away, or so far away they overreach it. God is in you. The hope of Glory, Christ, the mind that was in Christ in you. You're reaching plumb away from it, trying to get what's been given to you. God, in the human being. All, God...

*YOU'VE GOT TO SURRENDER YOURSELF, GOT TO GIVE YOURSELF COMPLETELY TO GOD.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  33    You've got to have faith in what you're doing. "And if your heart condemns us not..." If we know the Bible teaches us something and we fail to do that, then there's something we can't have faith in. See, you--you can't get yourself together, because you know there's certain things there that God teaches, that you will not cope with. And when you do that, then where you at? You see, you--you can't have faith on what you're coming to. You can't come up here and say, "I--I--I, last night I was out drunk, and, Lord, I want You to heal me this morning. I--I--I'll--I'll won't drink too much more." You've got to surrender yourself, got to give yourself completely to God. You've got to obey every bit of the Word, sell out completely and then take the Word. That Word is in the church. It's a living Word.

*THAT'S IT, PERSISTENCE, PERSEVERANCE, STAY RIGHT WITH THE WORD OF GOD.

PERSEVERANCE_  JEFF.IN  V-10 N-3  SUNDAY_  62-0218

  142    Oh, brother, fight till every symptom's gone. Hallelujah. Fight till every--every doubt is gone.

Say, "Well, my case is different." Take that jawbone and knock it out of there.

This one said, "But, you know, I'm just a little different; I'm getting too old." Knock it out. Abraham was a hundred. Go on.

"Well, but my case is very bad." Jonah was in the belly of the whale, hands tied behind him, laying down in the whale's vomit. Everywhere he looked was whale's belly. He had plenty of symptoms, but he turned over and said, "Once more will I look to Your holy temple, Lord." Can't hide Him. That's it, persistence, perseverance, stay right with the Word of God.

1Co 13:7  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

1Co 13:8  Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

1Co 13:9  For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

Jas 1:12  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

Jas 1:13  Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 

Jas 1:14  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 

Jas 1:15  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

Psa 136:1  O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Psa 136:2  O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Psa 136:3  O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Psa 86:15  But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

2Pe 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 

2Pe 3:10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 

2Pe 3:11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 

Mat 10:18  And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 

Mat 10:19  But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 

Mat 10:20  For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 

Mat 10:21  And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 

Mat 10:22  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

 

26-0612A_TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD PT-9 (TRUSTING & EXPECTING FROM THE WORD OF GOD)

Mat 25:26  His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 

Mat 25:27  Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 

Mat 4:23  And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 

Mat 4:24  And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 

Mat 4:25  And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. 

Psa 18:30  As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 

Psa 18:31  For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 

Psa 18:32  It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

Psa 20:7  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 

Psa 20:8  They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. 

Psa 20:9  Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. 

*YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH BEFORE YOU CAN EXPECT ANYTHING.

EXPECTATION_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205M

   E-3   .....Expectations usually is based upon a faith. You have to have faith before you can expect anything. And now, like many of the servants of God in the Old Testament... Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word.

EXPECTATION_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205M

  E-4   .....And He remains God, and His heart is just as anxious to give us what we ask for as we are to ask, and more so: because He "so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." And if He loved us while we were sinners, alienated from Him, the commonwealth of God, how much more is He willing this morning to give us exceedingly abundantly above all that we could do or think.

*GOD BEING INFINITE, AND CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE, AND HE'S PERFECT, THEREFORE, ALL OF HIS... ALL OF HIS PROMISES MUST BE PERFECT AS HE IS PERFECT.

EXPECTATION_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205M

  E-15    And I've often quoted this, that God is obligated to His Word. I like to read just a word or two of It, because what I say will fail, because I'm man, but His Word cannot fail because it's God. What... God is ever called on the scene at any time to make a decision... And the first decision God makes has to be the same decision every time.

Now, there's where you must solemnly base your faith, on THUS SAITH THE LORD. You must believe it, that it's God's Word. And that's the only hope that we have, the only substantial hope that we have, is on the Word of God. And now, God being infinite, and cannot make a mistake, and He's perfect, therefore, all of His... all of His promises must be perfect as He is perfect. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." the Word itself. So therefore, the Bible is the Word of God. It is God Himself placed upon paper.

*WHEN WE TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD, WE HAVE TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM ALL THINGS AROUND THAT'S CONTRARY TO THAT WORD.

EXPECTATION_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205M

  E-17    Now, we find out that Abraham of old, when he was seventy-five years old and his wife sixty-five (Sarah), how that God spoke to him and revealed to him that he was going to have a baby by Sarah, his wife. He was sterile and she was barren. And they'd been this way all their lives, but yet God told him that he was going to have a child by Sarah.

And He asked him to separate himself because of this promise. And that's the way we have to do. When we take God at His Word, we have to separate ourselves from all things around that's contrary to that Word. You can't go to people and say, "Now, do you think I got my healing? You think...?" Nothing what they think--that has nothing to do into it. It's what you think. It's up to you. So he was asked to separate himself, and he did so with great expectations of receiving the child.

*BUT INSTEAD OF GROWING WEAK BECAUSE IT NEVER HAPPENED THE FIRST MONTH, HE GREW STRONGER ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE HIS EXPECTATIONS WAS GREATER.

EXPECTATION_  TUCSON.AZ  SUNDAY_  61-0205M

  E-18    Now, we find out that that child never arrived until twenty-five years later. But instead of growing weak because it never happened the first month, he grew stronger all the time, because his expectations was greater. If Sarah was one month older, it'd be one month greater in the expectations, because God kept His Word. It would be a lot better for her to have the child at a hundred years old than it was at sixty years old. See what I mean? It was a greater miracle all the time. And he never grew weak, but grew stronger all the time.

Now, we are the children of Abraham. The Bible said so. We, being dead in Christ, take on Abraham's seed, and are heirs according to the promise. We are heirs of the promise with Abraham, because Abraham was given the promise. Now, if we are his heirs with Abraham, then we are Abraham's children. And the same faith that Abraham had we have ourselves, that when God makes a promise, just know it's going to happen. It can't do anything else.