24-0315A_PERFECTION (GOD PERFECTING HIS CHURCH)

Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

LAW.OR.GRACE_ JEFF.IN V-26 N-7 WEDNESDAY_ 54-1006

74... That was me, William Branham: no good, not fit to live, worthy to go to hell, born in a sinful family, raised a sinner; no good at all, not one sound part about me. That's right. But one day, I accepted. Hallelujah. When God looked down on Christ, and Christ took my place, then God don't see me; He sees the perfect One. Then as long as I'm in here--in Him, then I am perfected; not in myself--in Him; not my perfection, I don't have any; you don't have any. But it's His perfection.

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80 Therefore, Jesus didn't make a mistake when He said, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect." And how could a human being be perfect? He could be perfect by His perfect faith resting in Him, saying, "He paid the price for me."

*GOD PERFECTING HIS CHURCH, BRINGING THE CHURCH TO PERFECTION THROUGH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

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E-8 So, we give God praise tonight, to know that the Holy Spirit is in us. Last night, I was teaching of the--the perfection. God Perfecting His Church, bringing the Church to perfection through the Lord Jesus Christ. That how we being dead in Christ take on Abraham's seed, are heirs according to the promise. And we are perfected, not in our own self, not in our own holiness... My...

Someone said to me not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, do you believe in holiness?"
I said, "Yes, sir. Without such, no man can see God." I said, "But not my holiness, 'cause I have not any. I believe in His holiness (See?), something that He has done, and it's that I rest my hopes upon, not on my own merits; I have none. I rest upon His merits, having this assurance, as He loves me, I love Him. And the whole thing becomes a love affair. See? It's a...

*LOVE IS THE MOST PERFECT THING THERE IS IN THE BIBLE.

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E-9 All--all Christianity is wrapped up in big--one big love affair. Don't you believe that? See? Without love... Love is the most perfect thing there is in the Bible. "God is Love. And they that love, are of God," said John. See? Love...

Paul said, "Though I speak with tongue of men and Angels, though I understand all the mysteries of God, and I have faith to move mountains, give my body to burned as a sacrifice, give all my goods to feed the poor, without love I am nothing."

*IT'S WHAT GOD'S WORD TEACHES, WHAT MAKES IT TRUTH.

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E-12 If I prayed tonight in the healing line for a thousand people, and in the morning all thousand of them was dead, tomorrow night I'd be praying for the sick just the same. Never move my faith. Because this... It isn't what my results is; it isn't what... It's what God's Word teaches, what makes it truth. That's right. God said so, so that settled it.

Maybe the people didn't have faith. Maybe it was some fault in me. But it's no fault in God. God is truth always, always truth.

*GOD'S MANIFESTATION TO THE WORLD, OR SHOWING TO THE WORLD WHAT HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PEOPLE...

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E-13 Now, last night I was teaching on how that God was made among us, flesh. Strange that the brother sang that song; I never told him to. But it drops right in with the--with the thing--with the service tonight. That Christ being God's manifestation to the world, or showing to the world what His attitude towards the people...

He showed His attitude towards the sinner, when the woman who was in adultery, He forgave her for it. And when the sick was laying in need, He healed them: God expressing Hisself towards the people through Jesus Christ, His Son, in which He was tabernacled.

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E-15 Now, notice. Then that blood cell... How that God did to protect or to bless His people or to get to His people... How He has done it through the years. The first, He was great, holy and high. No man could touch Him. He dwelt with the children of Israel in a Pillar of Fire.

And when He settled on the mount that morning, even if a beast touched the mountain, it must be thrust through with a dart. No middle grounds, must be thrust through with a dart.

What a terrible thing it was. And when His voice spoke out and the thunders roared and the lightnings flashed, the people said, "Let Moses speak unto us and not God, lest we die." What a terrible sight it was. That was God, holy. But watch. He loved the people. He was trying to make His way.

*THE GERM OF LIFE OF GOD HIMSELF, WRAPPED IN THIS BLOOD CELL THAT BROUGHT FORTH THE SON, CHRIST JESUS… WHAT HE DID--DOES BY THAT, TO MAKE YOU PERFECT AND TO BRING YOU BACK INTO FELLOWSHIP, HE BRINGS YOU THROUGH THAT BLOOD CELL INTO HIMSELF.

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E-16 Then the next time God was manifested, was in His Son, Christ Jesus. Then He come through a virgin birth. Conceived by a virgin, overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. God Himself came down into a blood cell and wrapped the Blood around Him. The Blood cell, the germ of Life of God Himself, wrapped in this Blood cell that brought forth the Son, Christ Jesus.

Now, what He did--does by that, to make you perfect and to bring you back into fellowship, He brings you through that Blood cell into Himself. You get it? Through the Blood cell of the Lord Jesus that in-veiled the Life of Jehovah, and we, coming through the Blood cell, becomes a part of that Life.

So, Deity itself lays in the man that's received the Holy Spirit. You are a son. I'm a Branham by birth. And a part of Mr. and Mrs. Branham is in me. And if you become a son or a daughter of God, part of Deity lays in you.

*SEE HOW THE DEVIL ROBS YOU. SAY, "OH, YOU CAN'T DO THIS."… NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. YOU ARE A PART OF DEITY…

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E-17 See how the devil robs you. Say, "Oh, you can't do this." All things are possible to them that believe. No matter what it is. You are a part of Deity, a son or dau... not a servant, a son and a daughter.

Why, brother, it surpasses all Angels, Archangels and everything else. It comes right into the Presence of the Potter Himself. And how are we brought? Through the Blood. Amen. Then you come into Deity. You become a part. You're welded in.

Let's think of God folding around Him now. We're going to enlarge it billions of times from this Blood cell. And there God, in this Blood cell, folded Himself up, and wrapped Himself in this Blood cell, and come to redeem man to Life. Hallelujah.

There, when that Blood cell spread out, spread out, and brought the body Christ Jesus, Jehovah Himself was tabernacled in Him. That through the bursting of that Blood cell at Calvary might bring sons and daughters to Himself, in the Blood cell to the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, into Himself. And we become a part of God. Amen.

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Rom 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Rom 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

Rom 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Rom 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Rom 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Rom 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Rom 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Rom 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Rom 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Rom 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Rom 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Rom 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Rom 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Rom 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.