23-0908A_GOD MAKING HIS PROMISE PT-3 (The Promise Of God Is The Seal OF God To Those Who Are Seed)
Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Joh 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Joh 1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
Joh 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
***IT'S GOD IN YOU, CHANGING YOUR NATURE AND DESIRE.
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E-36 And I've noticed in the dove,
the dove is one bird who has no gall, no bitterness about a dove. And there's no bitterness about God. It's a gentle,
meek, kind little fellow. And it cannot eat anything that's contaminated.
Now, an old crow, he's
the scavenger. And he could fly just as good as the dove can fly. And he could
set over here on a dead carcass and eat all he wants to, and fly right out in
the field and eat wheat and corn, too.
But a dove cannot eat
nothing but grain and seed, because it has no gall to digest this other stuff.
And if the dove would eat it, it would kill the dove. But the crow can stand
over here and eat dead things and come over and eat corn, too.
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E-37 Now, that's the difference... A--sometime you take an old crow-natured
man or woman, they'll go out into the roadhouses, and pool rooms, and all kinds
of places of devices, and hoop and holler and carry on, and come back to
church, and act the very same way. Right.
But a real, borned again Christian cannot tolerate the things of the world. If you love the world or the things of the world... Now, I mean not by a law, saying, "I know I shouldn't do that." That isn't it. It's God in you, changing your nature and desire. Certainly. There's the difference.
AND WHEN A CHRISTIAN IS BORNED INTO THE KINGDOM, HE TAKES THE NATURE OF
THE LAMB.
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E-39 Then notice and go back to the lamb. Now, he's so meek and so gentle. And the day that when a lamb comes
into the earth, he be--he's borned meek and gentle. He's a lamb to begin with. And when a Christian is borned into the Kingdom, he takes the
nature of the Lamb.
Now, the--the lamb is not, as I said, he can't take care
of himself. And a lamb cannot be--find his way around. A lamb has to be led by
the shepherd.
And how beautiful to see the dove leading the lamb to Calvary. Amen. God leading, just like Abraham led Isaac to the--his death that would have been at the sacrifice block, God led Christ to the sacrifice, being led.
A LAMB IS A FORFEITED
ANIMAL
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E-40 A lamb is the kind of an animal that won't get back. I just wonder. A lamb is not fussy. A lamb is a forfeited animal. A--you take a lamb, he has wool on him. And that's his God-given rights. God give him the wool. That's his. But he's willing to lay upon a shearing block and have every bit of it sheared off of him. And he won't kick and fuss about it. Just lay him up there, and put the loops around his legs, and he just lays there, and you take from him everything that he has, that he forfeits it without murmuring about it.
*THAT WAS THE GREATEST
EVENT THIS WORLD HAS EVER SEEN AND WILL SEE, UNTIL CHRIST AND THE CHURCH HAS
UNITED TOGETHER AGAIN.
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E-41 That was the greatest event this world has ever seen and will see, until Christ and the church has united together again. That is when God and Man became One. Heaven and earth embraced each other, and kissed each other, and settled the sin question forever is when the Dove and the Lamb united together. One of the greatest... That's when the price... When the greatest reconciliation that was ever made, is when God and Christ united as One. And friend, let me tell you something. We are God's lambs. He likened us unto His sheep.
REMEMBER, THE ONLY WAY THAT HE COULD KEEP THE PROMISE OF GOD, BECAUSE HE
BELIEVED THE PROMISE OF GOD
20 And He said it, now remember, He only made this promise to Abraham
after He had give him a test. The Seed of Abraham must first be tested, to see
if they really believe the Word. Remember, the only way
that he could keep the promise of God, because he believed the promise of God,
and was tested whether he believed It or not.
21 We are brought to that test. The Seed of
Abraham, today, is brought to that test. Will we take God's Word, or we
take what man said about It? Will we take what some organization has made up as
a creed, and accept that, or do we take what God said? If
God's Word is true, we believe God's Word, regardless of what anything else is.
We let every man's word be a lie, and God's be the Truth. The true Seed
of Abraham! But before you can become that true Seed, you've got to go through
the test, like Abraham did, himself. He promised not
only to Abraham, but his Seed would possess the enemies' gates. Oh, my!
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*THE PROMISE OF GOD IS THE SEAL, TO THOSE
WHO ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM.
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22 Just think, the patriarch was
fully persuaded in it, in his test of the promise of the Word of God, was
right. Regardless of what the circumstances was, he
still believed the Word was right. The Abraham, the great patriarch,
never wavered in faith, when he was brought to that testing time. He believed
that God was able to raise him up from the dead. He believed it, because God
made the promise. And when God made a promise that he would be "the father
of nations," and he believed that that was so. He didn't know how it would
be. When the baby come, after he had trusted,
twenty-five years, then asked to destroy the baby, he still knew that God's
promise was true, and he gave his son.
23 His Seed, the same thing! The promise of God is
the seal, to those who are the Seed of Abraham. The promise is a seal, a signed
witness. And when we believe every promised Word, then the seal is given to us,
to confirm the promise by. See, if we--if we, being the Seed of Abraham,
we go through the test whether we're going to believe the Bible, or not. The Bible is the Word of God, because It is God. And then
after you've went through the test, to believe.
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53 But to face up to responsibilities, sometimes it takes the very hide off of us, to do that. As a father, to face up the responsibility, to give your child a whipping. Them little fellows, you don't want to do that. But as a father or a mother, you've got to face the responsibility of raising that child, because the Bible said, "Spare the rod and you'll spoil your son." And that still stands good in the sight of every psychologist there is in the world. That still remains God's Truth. If there had been more of that practiced, we wouldn't have had so much juvenile delinquency and stuff, and the rot we got in the world today. But the old golden rule of the home has been broken, long time ago, and they let the kids do whatever they want to.
*BEING BROUGHT TO, INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AND SEE WHEN GOD MADE A PROMISE, AND GOD IS OBLIGATED TO THAT PROMISE.
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54 But even as I said, ministers, they'll come face to face with Truth,
and then walk away from It. See, they're--they're just have... There seems like
there is something that they--they don't want to face up to it.
55 Many times I've had people come,
say, "I know that's right, Brother Branham, but if I did that, they would
kick me out of the church." What of it? If you don't, they're going to
kick you out, up There. So you got to be kicked out, somewhere, see. So you
might as well face up to it, instead of running from it and say, "Well,
I'll go over here. I won't go back." Go back, sure, listen to some more of
It.
Search the Scriptures. Jesus
said, "Search the Scriptures, for in Them you think you have Eternal Life,
and They are They that testify of Me." But we find that people won't face
up with that.
56 Being brought to, into the Presence of God, and see when God made a promise, and God is obligated to that promise. And when He brings that promise to pass, then people are afraid to face up to the responsibility of coping with the Message of the hour. We find that everywhere.
*"BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES THAT CAN SEE, YOUR UNDERSTANDING…
12 And it's to anybody who will accept it. And now there is some who try
to accept it, and cannot. There is others who can accept it. And some get it
without half trying. Now, that, we have to preach the Gospel that "healing
is to all," yet we know it's not. It is to all if they can receive it, but
we know that they all cannot receive it. I just want to be as honest with you
as I know how to be.
13 We have to preach salvation the
same way, that "salvation is for all," but we know that all cannot
receive It. All man cannot see these things. Jesus said, "Blessed are your eyes that can see, your understanding,
for there is many that cannot understand It."
14 And Divine healing is for people who believe. But,
you cannot believe until Something is within you, to make you believe.
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*IF YOU CAN TAKE A PROMISE OF GOD, THAT'S GOD'S PROMISE TO YOU.
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17 Now, it's because that all men grasp for
it, all that is sick. But if they would just stop a minute, and try to consider
what the Word means.
18 Faith is by hearing the Word, the Word of promise. If you don't have a
promise, then you venture out upon your own faith. But, if you can take a
promise of God, that's God's promise to you.
19 The woman that touched His garment, had no promise of
that. But her faith, without a promise, got her healing.
20 Now, if she could get her healing, by her faith, without a promise in what she was doing, how much more ought we to get our healing, by faith in a promise that God is manifesting and vindicating before us, and has brought it to us by His Word, come around and confirmed His Word!
THERE IS ONLY ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO, IS TO APPROPRIATE THAT FAITH.
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21 Look at these little babies I've just
dedicated. Both of them, a miracle from God, passed medical understanding. See?
Just think of the things that's been done!
22 Now, is God a respect of person? Certainly not. If He heals one, He
will heal the other. There is only one thing you have
to do, is to appropriate that faith. And that faith is something that you know;
not something you plunder at, guess at. You know it! Something
happens. Now, through the ages, people has rested upon this.
23 The reason I took this text here for these few minutes, is because that
He said, "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Words shall not pass
away." And He had made a promise here, that that generation, they would...
Said, "This generation shall not pass until all these things be
fulfilled."
1Jn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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