26-0223P_HIS I HAVE RECEIVED HIS CHALLENGE IN OBEDIENCE TO WORD
Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
68 Now, the different between Him and you, as a son. See, He was, at the beginning, the Word, an en morphe body. He came in and lived in that, in the Person of Melchisedec. Then, later, we never heard no more of Melchisedec, because He became Jesus Christ. Melchisedec was the Priest, but He became Jesus Christ. Now, you by-passed that. Because, in that form, He knowed all things, and you have never been able to know that yet.
You come like Adam, like me, you became from the attribute to the flesh, to be tempted. But when this life is finished here, "If this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already waiting." That's where we go; that is the Word. Then we can look back and see what we done. Now we don't understand it. We have never become the Word; we've just become the flesh-man, not the Word.
69 But, and look, clearly makes it clear, you will never be the Word unless you was a thought at the beginning. That proves the predestination of God. See? You can't be the Word unless you're a thought. You had to be in the thinking, first.
But, you see, in order to stand temptation, you had to by-pass the theophany. You had to come down here in flesh, to be tempted by sin. And then, if you stand, "All the Father hath given Me will come to Me, and I'll raise him up at the last days." See, you had to be first.
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153 God vindicates It to be true. Sure, It is fulfilling this age, when the Seven Seals. Or, just proving the denominations has just been carriers, that's another one of Father's business, to prove. And the Father's business now is to show you that them denominations is not His. They're a man-made systems that deny the Word. Right.
CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD REVEALED_JEFFERSONVILLE IN_63-0728_239_V-3 N-7
448 Now notice, God making Hisself known. Not, we're not suppose to make converts to Christianity by a government; but by the revelation, the Christ in you, as God was in Christ. As God was in Christ, Christ in you! When, what God did in Christ, Christ does in you! What signs did God in Christ, Christ does in you! Oh, isn't that beautiful? Uh! Oh, my! I like that.
449 Jesus said, "At that day," that's this day. "At that day," when this revelation is made known, "you will know that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; I in you, and you in Me." When the revelation is made manifest, "At that day ye shall know that I and the Father are One; I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me." Then when the revelation comes forth, then it's, "I in you, and you in Me." There you are. See the manifold, threefold mani-... What for? To bring it back. We've got to be.
As Jesus was the Word of God. He vindicated the same, if He--if He wasn't Word.
CHRIST IS THE MYSTERY OF GOD REVEALED_JEFFERSONVILLE IN_63-0728_239_V-3 N-7
218 It's not expressions of some church that we should express something. It's a life that you don't live yourself, but He comes in you and lives by Hisself, and you become a prisoner; to any human intellectual being at all. You're led by the Spirit. And how do you know?
219 Now, you say, "I might know I was losing my mind. Maybe a man that loses his mind does that."
220 But if you have the mind of Christ, Christ expresses Himself through you, shows that it's Him and not... you've not lost your mind.
221 Some people, under illusions of things, goes out and becomes insane. Well, that, we know that's wrong. That's the devil trying to impersonate the real thing before it gets here. See? They're always a bogus. See?
222 But a real man, and to lose his own thoughts and his own thinking! Not come up blindly like that. No, sir. You come up with your right senses, and Christ takes you over and expresses Hisself. And now, to the world, you're an insane person.
223 Now, if you're insane, you're actually insane, then there's nothing, the devil can't take you in complete control. He'll make you do everything contrary to this Word.
THE FUTURE HOME OF THE HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM AND THE EARTHLY BRIDE JEFFERSONVILLE 64-0802 216_JEFFERSONVILLE IN_V-3 N-5
138 Now watch, He came to be a Redeemer. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] What does redeem mean? "Bring back." Why didn't He get the priest? He never was up there. See? See, he had no representation.
139 He came to redeem that which had fallen. In the fall, this got messed up, with that girl; but God had her in His thinking before the foundation of the world, and He come to cleanse her. See? Then He... She had Eternal Life. See?
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161 And notice, not only is the Bride washed, forgiven, but She is justified. See? Did you ever try the word justified, to see what it means?
Now, for instance, if Brother Green heard that I had been drinking, I been doing bad things, then he found out that I didn't do it. Then he come, say, "I forgive you, Brother Branham."
162 "You forgive me? I never done it. What you forgiving me about?" See? But if I'm guilty, then I can be forgiven; but I'm still not just, because I did it.
But the word justified is "though you never done it, at all." Justified! And then the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us so from sin, till it's put in the Book of God's forgetfulness. He's the only One can do it.
163 We can't. We can forgive but not forget. I could forgive you, but I always remember you done these evil things. Then, you're not just; you're forgiven.
But, in the sight of God, the Bride is justified. She never done it, in the first place. Amen. Standing there, married to the virtuous Son of God; never sinned, in the first place. Why? She was foreordained. She was trapped into this. And now when She heard the Truth and come forth, the Blood cleansed Her. And She stands there, virtuous. See? She, no sin on Her, at all.
IT BECOMETH US TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS JEFFERSONVILLE IN 61-1001M 114STAND FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS V-15 N-4
It's becoming to every Christian to stand by the Word. Exactly right. Stand by God's Word. Heavens and earth will pass away. You'll pass away. I'll pass away. Churches will pass away. Organizations will pass away. But God's Word shall never pass away. Be faithful, faithful pilgrim.
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167 But, in obedience, this little faith Woman, that lives by faith, the Bride; the person here, there; here, off somewhere else, some other church, some other denomination, whatever it is, in some not... Believes the Word of God, obedient, waiting in love, for the promise of the age to be confirmed. She is watching for it. She is part of that Word, and She is watching for Her life to manifest that Word.
Brethren, can't you see that? I hope that didn't go over you.
The Body is waiting for (which is the Word), waiting for the Life (which is the Spirit) to confirm or make It alive. That's what She is waiting for. No other life will work in Her. She can't come to life any other way. Yet, She feels it out there, and She knows it's going to happen; then here it happens, then She wakes up. God said, "Let there be," and She came forth like the first one come forth.
26-0220A_WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN LIFE
Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
THE IMPERSONATION OF CHRISTIANITYLIMA OH_57-0127A_94
E-19 Notice, now Ezekiel is speaking; he said how that He would put a new heart (same chapter), take away the old stony heart, and He'd give you a new spirit. And then He'd put His Spirit in you.
Now, the new heart does not mean work up the old one. It doesn't mean that the church needs a face-lifting. It means the church needs a birth. God's church don't need a polishing; it needs a conversion. That's right. Then just to take the old church and set, say, "Well, I tell you, we'll change the deacon board. We'll swap pastors."
That isn't what the church needs. It needs the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It needs the power of the living God.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN LIFE?CHICAGO IL_57-0113_70NEW WINE
E-37 When you get this Spirit in you, then the--the burdens of life becomes light. You don't notice them any more. The yoke is lined with feathers. They become so easy. And then the people pile things on you... You know what? You're like Samson at the gates of Gaza, who picked up the big brass gate and packed it up on the hill.
And when you get to a place that the Holy Spirit has you, not you the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit has you... You say, "I got the Holy Ghost." I don't think that should be said. You must say, "The Holy Ghost got me." And then when the Holy Ghost gets you, the burdens, the yoke is easy. Then you pick up the big gates of Gaza and pack them straight to Calvary. And there on Mount Calvary you lay them at the feet of Jesus and pray for your enemies, not with a grudge, "Lord if You'd bust him open." No, but with something within your heart that, "Dear God, that man is a man like I am." You see what's lacking in the church, friend? Now, what we need is a... We need to be--start all over.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN LIFE? CHICAGO IL_57-0113_70 NEW WINE
E-52 Today there is so much based upon intellectual. There's so much based in Pentecostal, upon fantastics, upon emotions. Now, don't take a substitute when Pentecostal skies are loaded with the real thing. Don't take some little emotions, some little work up, some little oil falling from your hands, or a bloody face, don't take these little emotions when the whole skies of God is full of real genuine Pentecostal blessings. He will give you a new heart, a new spirit, and put His Spirit in you.
AN EXPOSITION OF THE SEVEN CHURCH AGES - THE MESSENGER
I Timothy 4:1,
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils."
Now in every case you will notice that a false prophet is one who is outside the Word. Just as we showed you that 'antichrist' means 'anti-Word' so these false prophets come perverting the Word, giving it a meaning that fits their own devilish ends. Have you ever noticed how the people who lead others astray bind them closely to themselves by fear? They say that if the people don't do what they say, or if they leave, then destruction will follow. They are false prophets, for a true prophet will always lead one to the Word and bind the people to Jesus Christ and he won't tell the people to fear him or what he says, but to fear what the Word says. Notice how these people like Judas are out for money. They get you to sell all you have and give it to them and their schemes. They spend more time on offerings than the Word. Those who attempt to operate gifts will make use of a gift which has a margin of error in it and then ask for money, and neglect the Word and call it of God. And people will go to them, and bear with them, and support them, and believe them, not knowing it is the way of death.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN LIFE? CHICAGO IL_57-0113_70 NEW WINE
E-34 Now, when you receive the Holy Spirit It goes right in the middle of that new dispensa--disposition of yours. "Oh," you say, "I quit drinking; I quit smoking. You know, I--I--I just feel like a different person." Oops. Wait a minute. See, you just got a new spirit, but the Holy Spirit comes into the middle of that spirit and then He makes you every--every main motion, every intellectual, everything agreeing right into this middle of the wheel. What God says, that's... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] If the days of miracles,... If Jesus is the same yesterday and forever, the Holy Spirit would bear record with that, and every intellectual move of yours will say the same thing.
And when you have these little temper fits and you fly out, and you tell lies, and you proselyte, and you jump the fences, and you so selfish with your organization that you're so narrow minded you couldn't hear another minister, just remember, the Holy Spirit isn't ticking in the inside of you. Whew. I didn't know I was going to say that, but--but that's right. See?
E-35 The Holy Spirit will make every movement like Christ. It'll make you Christ-like. The fruits of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, meekness, gentleness, patience, faith. Those things are what the Holy Spirit controls, our emotions.
Our emotions is not so much as jumping up-and-down. You could do that. A shindig will bring that to you. But the Holy Spirit brings you into operation, or in control of God, that you walk in peace and in love and in joy with longsuffering, goodness, meekness, gentleness, patience. You see? It isn't something that you do. It's something the Holy Spirit does in you. You see, it's no longer an intellectual thought of your own; it's a subconscious moving of the Holy Spirit. Oh, I wish I could shout the praises of God around the world to that.
Church of the living God, there's where our Pentecostal move failed. We have some man-made musical, clap hands, jump up-and-down emotion. When if we go back out on the street and the Holy Spirit doesn't govern our lives to cooperate with that, we have not got the Holy Spirit. That's not skim milk. But, brother, that's what the church needs. Only life can come by the Holy Spirit.
WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY CHRISTIANS FIND IT SO HARD TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE?PHX 57-0303A 100A NEW HEART PHOENIX AZ
E-27 Now, many people's thought that to be the Holy Spirit. And they made a mistake. The Methodist thought surely they had it when they shouted. Said, "Brother, we got it." Anybody that shouts, but they found out, there was a lot shouted didn't have it. That's right.
Along come the Pentecostal and said, "When we speak with tongues we've got it." But they found out a lot spoke with tongues that didn't have it. That's right. You admit that.
Well, now we got all kinds of everything for coming, and you haven't got It, till you get it. But brother, you haven't got it until there is the Spirit of God comes from heaven and changes your life, that makes the fruits of your life a different person. "By their fruit you shall know them." That's the reason you have so much ups-and-downs.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Joh 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Joh 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Joh 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
Joh 1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Joh 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Joh 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Mar 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
GOD IS IDENTIFIED BY HIS CHARACTERISTICS BEAUMONT TX 64-0311 76 IDENTIFIED CHRIST OF ALL AGES V-13 N-1
6And now bring your Bible, bring a pencil,
set down the text. Go, seek them out, check them with the Word and see if
they're right or not. See? And then don't take your own theology, just take it
the way the Bible is written. See, many times we can say, "It mean this,
this is what It means." God don't need any interpreter, He interprets His
Own Word. See?
7God said, "Let there be light,"
and there was light. That didn't need--need any interpretation. He... It
happened just the way He said. He said, "A virgin shall conceive,"
and she did. That don't need any interpretation.
8God has promised certain things for this
age that's got to come to pass! He said it, it don't need interpretation then.
God said so, and He interprets, Himself, so therefore the Bible said It's not
without any private interpretation. God interprets His Own Word by vindicating
It.
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17Because, remember, one little misquoting of
the Word, one (not all it, just not all of one verse), just one little iota of
misbelieving the Word, caused every death, every sickness, every sorrow. That
was Eve, in the garden of Eden. Now if all this cost that, for just one lady
misunderstanding the Word... She, she didn't do it willfully, she was
"deceived," the Bible said. "Deceived," by the Word, caused
all this, then you and I are not going back with anything less than the entire
Word.
18Now, I believe, the Bible says that He
won't, I don't believe God will judge the world by the Pentecostal church, by
Methodist, Baptist, or Catholic. He'll judge it by Jesus Christ, He said so.
And Christ is the Word, "In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The
same yesterday, today, and forever."
19The whole thing is the great Eternal.
Eternity never did begin and never can end. Therefore, in this great Eternal
One was attributes, to be Father, to be Son, to be Saviour, to be Healer, and
all these things was in Him. And only thing that's happening now, is displaying
His attributes. That's all.
20Now, our names were put on the Lamb's Book
of Life before the foundation of the world. And when the Word strikes that, if
it's any light there that's been ordained to Life, Jesus said, "No man can
come to Me except My Father draws, and all that My Father has given Me will
come to Me." So, you see, it's the Word, constantly, the Word, the Word.
Now, He is the Word. He is this
Bible made living. And when you die to yourself with Christ like a corn of
wheat, then the Word lives in you, brings forth the same results as It did in
that living Corn of Wheat that had to drop into the earth. Amen. You're
partakers in His resurrection. You're partakers with Him in all of His
blessings, in all of His manifestations. You're partakers with Him in all that
He did.
18-2Now, He is the Word with
It's true interpretation. Now, you say, "Oh, we believe the Bible, sir; we
believe the Bible."
But now, if you believe the
Bible, Jesus said this in the Bible, St. John 14:12: "He that believeth on
Me, the works that I do shall he do also." That's the true interpretation
of the Bible, for God Himself is in you speaking back His own interpretation.
Glory. That's the true interpretation: God in you interpreting His own words.
Amen.
Didn't Jesus say, "These
signs shall follow them that believe"? God in you giving His own
interpretation. You don't have to look to somebody else. Say, "The Word
says this." Believe It, and It'll interpret Itself, because it's God using
you to interpret His own Word. Amen. Christ is the living interpretation of His
own Word.
28I might drop a little
something here. Jesus said, in Matthew, 24th chapter, that "In the last
days, the two spirits would be so close together till it would deceive the very
elected if it was possible."
29Now, that's just like looking at a right
hand and a left hand. They both got thumbs, fingers, nails, small fingers,
middle fingers, so forth, index, all are different fingers. They, both the
thumbprints, only one's just turned one way and one the other, both the same
print, made the same way, the thumbprints. Everything is identically alike, the
only difference is the characteristic of it. One is a left hand and one is a
right hand, that's the only difference.
30And that's just the way the spirits will be
in the last day, they will, just the characteristic of it will detect whether
it is of God or not. One of them will be right and the other one will be wrong,
you'll only know it by the characteristic of God. Just perfectly, it'll have to
be that way. But right hand, we'd say is "right," and the left hand
was "wrong," see, or vice versa, one of them. They're determined by
their characteristics. Only can you know it by its characteristic.
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The Bible said He was the Word.
We all agree with that, that He was the Word. Notice when He was twelve years
of age. Now, we have no record of Him going to school. But a little
twelve-year-old boy about so high, they, His parent, Mary and Joseph went up to
the temple to... up to the... to worship at the passover. And while they were
up there, they started back home after the passover, they had three-day's
journey, and they could not find Jesus anywhere. And finally they found Him,
after three days of looking for Him, in the temple, disputing the Word of God
with those elders.
TOKEN JEFFERSONVILLE IN 63-0901M 170 V-2 N-19
273You say, "I'm a scholar. I do this,
that, or the other." He don't care how much scholar you are. The devil is,
too, see.
274He only recognizes the--the Token. That's
the Message of the hour! That's the Message of this day! That's the Message of
this time! In the Name of Jesus Christ, receive It!
276God is your joy. God is your strength.
Knowing the Message, knowing the Truth, that's our sufficency now. He is my
all-sufficiency. In Him, all things I have need of is in Him. That's our
strength. "My help cometh from the Lord." You Christians, look to Him
for your joy, look to Him for your strength, look for Him for your happiness.
He is my peace. He is my joy. He is my love. He is my Life. That's a Covenant,
the Token upon the door!
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Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Mat 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, Mat 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luk 7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Luk 7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
Luk 7:5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
Luk 7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
Luk 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
Luk 7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Luk 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Mat 8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Mat 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Mat 8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
Mat 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
Mat 8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
GOD REVEALING HIMSELF TO HIS PEOPLE CLEVELAND OH_50-0813E 82
E-27 I knew that was the same Voice that spoke to me all along. That was the first time I'd ever seen It like that, but I knowed that Voice. He said, "Fear not. I am sent from the Presence of the Almighty God to tell you that your peculiar birth and peculiar life, been always misunderstood with men." Said, "Your peculiar life and peculiar birth has been to indicate that you're take a gift of Divine healing to the peoples of the world."
And I said, "Sir, I am uneducated. I could not go."
He said, "I'll be with you."
And I said, "Sir, I--I'm--I--I'm uneducated." I said, "I--I could not go. The people wouldn't believe me."
He said, "As the prophet Moses was given two signs, so will you be given two signs." Said, "First will be that you'll be able to detect diseases by your hand, taking the patient by the right hand to--in--in your left. And if you'll be sincere when you pray, get them to believe you and be sincere when you pray, nothing shall stand before your prayer, not even cancer." See, He spoke cancer. That's the only disease He said. And He said, "Then if you'll be sincere with that, it will come to pass that you will tell them the secrets of their heart." Said, "Them will be the two signs." And He said, "I'll..."
And I said, "I will go."
He said, "I will be with you."
WHO IS GOD? CLEVELAND OH 50-0815_64_ATTITUDE AND WHO IS GOD?
Dealing with one at a time, I--I with those prayer cards, I--I just have to take one at a time. And here It comes through the different diseases. That only tells what's wrong with the person. But it's the faith in God that heals us. Believe the authority. Believe God. Look and live.
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Joh 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Mar 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mar 13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mar 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mar 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mar 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mar 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Mar 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
26-0209P_PURPOSE OF OUR BEING HERE IS TO EXPRESS CHRIST
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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E-32Now, when Jesus was here on earth, He said
to them that did not believe Him... He was an ordinary man, and He called
Himself God. They said, "When You make Yourself equal with God we know
you're mad (And the word 'mad' there, of course, we understand means 'crazy.')
and you're crazy. You are a Samaritan. You've got a devil," and so forth.
But Jesus said, "Search the
Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life, and They are They that
testify of Me. They are They that bear witness of Me." "Testify"
is "to bear witness."
When you go to a trial to be a
witness, you're testifying for somebody. See? And Jesus said, "The
Scriptures are They that bear record of Me." Then He was God's Word
expressed in human flesh. You see it? God's promise made flesh to express
Itself, that's what Christ was, the Word of God expressed in human form. The Word
was made flesh and dwelt among us.
Again He said to them, "If I
do not the works of My Father, then believe Me not. But though you don't
believe Me, believe the works." See, that's God expressing Himself through
the flesh. He was God made flesh, the Word, living Word.
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103Look at Jesus, nothing but one bundle of
love. See? He was God manifested. He, God, expressed Himself through Him, no
wonder miracles and things happened. His humble life, and consecrated life; to
come from being God, to be a man here on earth, to express God through Himself.
That's what made Him what He was. I've always said, "What made Jesus God,
to me, was the way He humbled Himself. He was so great, and yet could be so
small." See? That's right.
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E-35It's too bad that the things of the world
has so captured the church in these days. And Satan had a rude way of doing it,
to bring in the televisions right into the homes, and things, and corrupting
the minds of the people, and till today that--that a great percent of the
church that call themselves Christians will stay home from prayer meeting on a
Wednesday night to get to see some favorite program of somebody from Hollywood,
or somewhere, that oughtn't to even be put out on the screen, maybe living with
three or four husbands, or wives, and carrying on, and living all kinds of
lives, go out on drunk parties, and smoking, and lying, and everything that can
be done that's wrong.
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33Now, if we are those attributes of God,
we cannot live by creeds. We cannot live by denominationalism. We must live by
the Word, because the Bride is a part of the Bridegroom, like any wife is a
part of her husband. Therefore, we must be that Word Bride. And what is that
Word Bride? The manifestation of this hour, the Bride, not a creed or a
denomination; but a living oracle of God, a living attribute of God, displaying
to the world the attributes of God, in the formation of the Bride that's to be
expressed in this hour that we're now living.
A TESTIMONY UPON THE SEA_PORT
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E-18Now, character... Always you... All you
people of the church of God, live good, live right. People's watching the way
you're living. And if there's anything that's a hindrance to Christianity
today, is the way that professed Christians live: dishonest, dishonorable, and
living any way. Don't do that. We are Christians.
Somebody's watching your life,
correctly. Be honest. Let everybody know. Let your dealings be fair and square,
and--and--and don't take nothing doesn't belong to you. Don't say nothing but
what's the truth. And you can always tell the truth every time, and God will
honor the truth. And always do what's right. Treat everybody right. If they
don't treat you right, you treat them right anyhow. See? Jesus treated us right
when we didn't treat Him right. And His Spirit in us...
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2Pe 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2Pe 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Jud 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jud 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jud 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: Jud 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jud 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
1Jn 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
*...THAT’S WHAT THE HOLY
GHOST IS FOR...IT’S TO UNITE US TOGETHER WITH POWER. IT’S TO UNITE US TOGETHER
WITH LOVE, BROTHERLY LOVE.
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111 ....The Holy Ghost will
follow God’s Word to the letter.
And a
preacher behind the pulpit, that ain’t got grace enough to preach It, I doubt
he’s got It. That’s just exactly! Well, that’s what
the Holy Ghost is for.
112It’s to give
unction to the preacher. It’s to give holiness to the group. It’s to set the
Church in order. It’s to bring a unity of Spirit. It’s to unite us together
with Power. It’s to unite us together with love, brotherly love.
*...BEING JOINED TOGETHER
WITH GODLY LOVE, FEAR OF GOD, REVERENCE IN OUR HEART TO ONE ANOTHER, DEEP
RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, BROTHERLY AND SISTERLY KINDNESS...
61-1Let's study it. Let's add to our faith these things then,
that we might come in the full statue of Christ, being
joined together with godly love, fear of God, reverence in our heart to one
another, deep respect to one another, brotherly and sisterly kindness, never
vulgarity, nothing but just the purity of Holy Ghost living. See? Live together, be a Christian; walk with faith; let the
virtue of God flow through you. Let the knowledge of God when it comes
to right and wrong... When the devil presents
something that's not exactly Scripture, walk away from it. That's right.
*THEN THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE HEADSTONE
WHICH IS LOVE; FOR GOD IS LOVE, AND HE CONTROLS, AND HE IS THE STRENGTH OF
EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS.
47-1Now, in building the virtue,
building this monument, building this statue (See?), it starts off and the
foundation that's on faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness,
brotherly kindness. Now, what's it do? Then they're
waiting for the Headstone which is love; for God is love, and He controls, and
He is the Strength of every one of these things. Yes, sir. Right in
here. Right in here. See, I got in between all these works in here, and here
there's little waves coming. What is that? The Holy
Ghost coming down through Christ (See?), Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit is above all this,
welding this together, building a what? A perfect
church for the capstone to cap it off. What's it been done again? It's manifested through seven church ages and seven church
messengers.
*“FAITH WORKETH BY LOVE.” AND
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE FAITH, IS HAVE LOVE FIRST.
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68Now the Word plainly states, if
you want to put this down, in Galatians 5:6, that, “Faith
worketh by love.” See? “Faith worketh by love.” And the only way that you can
have faith, is have love first. Because, after all, faith is love’s incentive. Incentive, that’s
exactly what—what faith is. It’s an incentive to love. Now, you, if you don’t have love, you can’t have faith. See?
69 How
can you have faith in your wife if you don’t love her? That’s in phileo. Now
how about in agapao, to God? How can it be if you don’t love God?
If you said you loved
your wife, and never tell her about it, and never set down and make love to
her, expressed it to her, kiss her, hug her, and tell her she’s the best cook
in the country, all the things that you know, and how pretty she is, and how
much you love her; if you don’t do that, she’ll never know it. That’s the way.
If you do love her, you express it.
70 That’s
the way we do to God. When we love Him, we tell Him
about it. We set down and we adore Him, and worship Him. And, see, love drives
us to that.
*...BUT IF THOSE GIFTS ARE
NOT GOVERNED BY LOVE, THEN THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE.
16 And I
think if one thing is needed in the great, universal Church of God tonight is
love. We do not need other things as much as we think we do. And all these other things, our
emotions and our gifts, they are wonderful, and to God we give praise, but if those gifts are not governed by love, then they
are not effective.
*IF GOD IS IN YOU, THE TOKEN
INSIDE OF YOU, AND YOU SEE THE CONDITIONS OF TIMES, AND PEOPLE WADING IN SIN
THE WAY THEY ARE, IT’LL THROW YOU INTO DESPERATION.
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67 I believe that the reason we
don’t have desperation is because it’s a lack of love, God, the love of God. I think that the
love of God causes desperation. If God is in you, the Token inside of you, and
you see the conditions of times, and people wading in sin the way they are,
it’ll throw you into desperation. I believe it will.
E-14Love is a powerful force. It'll run a woman, a mother,
right into the flames of fire after her baby, if she knows she's plunging
herself to death. There's nothing more strong than
love. Love
will make you trust. You might go and know that you belong to the greatest
church in all the provinces of Canada. You might know that you're the charter
member of the greatest church in the nation. And then you would do things that
you would not do if you belonged to a little mission somewhere in some corner
and had the love of God in your heart.
Love has
no fear. Love casts out fear. And I notice in my
meetings, so much that when I come into the people... One
of the great things I find among them is fear. And what makes fear is lack of
confidence. If you lack confidence it'll make you fear.But if you love, it casts away that fear. And
that's the way God wants His Church, not so many as charter members; He wants members that's loyal, and loves, and believes,
and has confidence in Him.
*GODLY LOVE DOESN'T QUESTION. HUMAN LOVE REASONS, BUT GODLY
LOVE DOESN'T. IT'S PERFECT IN ITS TRUST.
E-6.....There's two different types of love. And I'm almost sure
that many of us has been deceived with having phileo love and thinking it's
Agapao love. Phileo love is intellectual; Agapao
love comes from the heart. That's human love, affectionately love, and
godly love. Godly love doesn't question. Human love
reasons, but godly love doesn't. It's perfect in its trust. It's
perfect... It just produces faith when you really
love.
*WHEN THE LOVE OF CHRIST
COMES INTO YOUR HEART, YOU WOULDN'T DO NOTHING TO HURT HIM.
E-17And I tell you, brother, when
the love of God comes into the human heart, it'll drive all these things; you
don't have to worry about smoking, drinking, and running to bioscopes. When the
love of Christ comes into your heart, you wouldn't do nothing to hurt Him. Not
walking around, saying, "They're narrow-minded, and they're this way and
that way." Just let the love of God strike you
once, those things die. Your whole affections is placed on Christ. You
got Eternal Life then, when you believe Him, when
you really believe Him, and get married to Him, and die out to the things of
the world.
*CHRIST IN THE PERSON OF THE HOLY GHOST
COMES UPON YOU IN THE TRUE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST, AND YOU GOT ALL THESE
VIRTUES SEALED IN YOU…
48-1See, these fellows wasn't
required, what these fellows was. This wasn't required what this was. See, but
He brought His church up the same way. He brought
His--His church up the same way he's bringing His people up. Then Peter
here says first (seven things) faith, virtue (See, coming up), knowledge,
temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly love, and brotherly kindness and
then the love of God, the Holy Ghost. Christ in the
Person of the Holy Ghost comes upon you in the true baptism of the Holy Ghost,
and you got all these virtues sealed in you, then God lives in a tabernacle
called the building, the living Tabernacle of the living God's dwelling place.
2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2Co 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
1Co 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1Co 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1Co 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
1Co 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Jdg 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
1Co 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1Co 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
1Co 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
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