25-0411A_THE STATURE OF A PERFECT MAN PT-3 (PARTAKERS OF CHRIST'S DIVINE NATURE)
2Ti 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2Ti 1:2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2Ti 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
2Ti 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
2Ti 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
2Ti 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
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FAITH
*FAITH
IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR…THERE'S NOTHING GOING TO TURN YOU FROM IT;
IT'S A SETTLED THING.
THE.STATURE.OF.A.PERFECT.MAN_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-18 SUNDAY_ 62-1014M
18-4 Now, faith is what you must
believe. Faith is what? "Faith is
the substance of things hoped for." It's... You
already have it when you have faith, because it's revealed in faith.
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11.), the
evidence..." What kind of an evidence? A holy
evidence.
Therefore, when you say, "Brother Branham, I believe that God is a Healer." Well, if you believe that, and then accept Him as your Healer, and not lying, but actually believing that by His stripes you are healed, there's nothing going to turn you from it; it's a settled thing. Now, you might have hope, just keep dodging to this and dodging to that. But when you got faith, you know it, because it is the evidence you've already got it.
*FAITH
IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF IT…FOR WITHOUT FAITH IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD
THE.STATURE.OF.A.PERFECT.MAN_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-18 SUNDAY_ 62-1014M
18-2 Notice: you must be borned
again. And when you're born again, you can't be born
again without having faith. That's right. So, you see on my chart here,
I got the very foundation. Faith is the foundation of
all of it. For without faith it's impossible to please God: "He that cometh to God must believe
that He is, and a Rewarder of those that diligently seek Him." See? He
must be. And when you are a skeptic of the Bible, when you're skeptic of the
Word being right, you just might as well stay back
until first you believe it.
What is sin? Unbelief. There's only two elements that controls the human being. That's either doubt or faith, one or the other. You're possessed of one that dominates your life. Just depends on how much faith you have, how high you can rise. But first it's got to be faith. Now, let me stay on that foundation for a while.
*THAT FAITH RECOGNIZES ONLY THE WORD. NO
MATTER WHAT ANYTHING ELSE SAYS, IT ONLY RECOGNIZES THE WORD…
BLASPHEMOUS.NAMES_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-21 SUNDAY_ 62-1104M
22-1 …..And the biggest part of our faith is mental faith. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] By hearing the Word it brings us to a mental recognition of God. But if this coming from above, oh, brother, if it ever strikes this, there is a godly, spiritual faith. Then what does that faith do? That faith recognizes only the Word. No matter what anything else says, it only recognizes the Word, because "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (And the Word's still God.) And the Word was made flesh and dwelled among us."
*IT ANCHORS YOU IN A SETTLED FAITH OF CHRIST.
THE.WAY.BACK_ SHREVEPORT.LA FRIDAY_ 62-1123
E-62 …..There God was dividing Himself
among His church. Like a man and his wife being one, so is God and His
church One. There's one. "That day you'll know that I'm in the Father, the
Father in Me, I in you and you in Me." That's the inoculation. That's the
inoculation He had. That's the inoculation He received. "It's not Me that doeth the works. It's My Father that dwelleth in
Me, He doeth the works. Not Me that sees these visions, it's My Father. I can
do nothing... The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father
doing, that doeth the Son likewise."
That's the inoculation from
unbelief. It anchors you in a settled faith of Christ.
It anchors you.
There you know that you've passed from death unto Life. No man can talk you out of it. Nobody can explain it away from you. You was on those sacred sands with God alone, and you know you were borned again. Your whole life is changed and you're a new creature in Christ. There ain't enough devils in hell can take it away from you. You're a new creature, a new creation. You're inoculated with the power of God, the Toxin of God's Holy Spirit has wooed you. Amen.
*THE LIFE OF
CHRIST WILL
PRODUCE THE WORKS OF CHRIST, WILL PRODUCE THE FAITH OF CHRIST,
WILL MAKE YOU ACT AS CHRIST, MAKE YOU LOVE HIM.
HEAR.YE.HIM_ SOUTH.BEND.IN SUNDAY_ 58-0209A
E-37 …..When spring comes, you don't have to go pick off them old leaves to let new leaves come on. Just let new life come, and the old leaf drops off. You just need new life. And if the new life that you think you've received doesn't pattern with God's Word, you've got the wrong life in you. The life of Christ will produce the works of Christ, will produce the faith of Christ, will make you act as Christ, make you love Him. He will be first in your life. Your objectives, your motives, and everything will be altogether different. It'll be for the glory of God.
VIRTUE
*…AS THIS STRENGTH OF THE PULLING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT MAKING VIRTUE AND STRENGTH GO.
WHATEVER.HE.SAITH.UNTO.YOU.DO.IT_ CHICAGO.IL THURSDAY_ 54-0722
E-62 …O Lord, no disease, You said, that any time could stand before the prayer of faith. And I ask Thee, just now, as this strength of the pulling of the Holy Spirit making virtue and strength go, I ask that the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ now in the Names of Him Who gave the promise, I condemn every sickness in this building.
*I
PERCEIVE VIRTUE HAS GONE," NOT FROM THE GOD THAT WAS IN HIM, BUT FROM HIS
PHYSICAL BODY, THE SON OF GOD, WHO HE WAS.
JEHOVAH.JIREH_ SAN.FERNANDO.CA THURSDAY_ 55-1117
E-80 Now, it's making me weak. Of course you could see it, and even the--this cold night, and the perspiration running from my hand. See? You're... it's--it's His Presence. Visions... Jesus said "I perceive virtue has gone," not from the God that was in Him, but from His physical body, the Son of God, Who He was. That's the same thing here. It just makes you real weak; it's visions. If you have faith and can believe with all your heart, why, you can receive what you ask for.
*SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD FILL EVERY
HEART WITH FAITH AND POWER, AND HEALING VIRTUE FROM THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
CHRIST…
EVENTS.MADE.CLEAR.BY.PROPHECY_ JEFF.IN V-12 N-3 SUNDAY_ 65-0801E
160 …..Let the Spirit of the living
God fill every heart with faith and power, and healing virtue from the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who is identified now by this great Light circling the church, in His Presence. In the Name of Jesus Christ, grant it
for the glory of God.
161 May these handkerchiefs that we pray over, may they go to the sick and the afflicted that they're intended to. May the same Holy Spirit that's here now identifying Himself, identify Himself on every patient that these is laid upon. May the Presence of God so fill their heart with faith until the sickness of their body will be healed. This we ask, for the glory of God, in the Presence of Jesus Christ and in the Name of Jesus Christ, as we the servants of Jesus Christ ask it. Amen.
*IT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF A TOUCH, A
TOUCH OF FAITH. VIRTUE IS STRENGTH.
JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER_ HOT.SPRINGS.AR V-20 N-9 THURSDAY_ 63-0627
232 But Jesus said, "I perceive
that virtue has gone from Me." It was a different kind of a touch, a touch of
faith. Virtue is strength. "I
perceive that My strength... I got weak. Somebody touched Me with a--a touch of
faith."
233 Now He could not have felt it,
physically. You might touch my coat, and there is much more between the border
of His garment and His body, than there is to my coat.
237 Now what did she do? She never touched Him, exactly. She touched God, through Him. Well, then that's... How many knows... These ministers, which, I know they know. But the Book of Hebrews says that, "Jesus Christ now is the High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities." Is that right? [The ministers say, "Amen."--Ed.]
*IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE HIM, WE MUST
HAVE VIRTUE THEN. WE MUST HAVE IT TO BE LIKE HIM.
THE.STATURE.OF.A.PERFECT.MAN_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-18 SUNDAY_ 62-1014M
23-4 Now, here's what we do. What's
the first thing? Have faith and be borned again; that's
laying the foundation. Then after we lay the foundation, secondly, you
add to your foundation. "Add to your faith," Peter said here. Add to
your... First you have faith, then you add virtue to
your faith. This is the next column. First pour
your foundation: faith. Then to your faith add virtue.
Now, right there knocks a lot of us down. Yes, sir. Yes, add virtue to your faith. That doesn't just mean living a virgin life, you know, like a woman or man, and so forth. That doesn't have nothing to do with that. The Bible said... We read over here in the Book of Luke where it said, "Virtue went out of Him." Is that right? If we're going to be like Him, we must have virtue then. We must have it to be like Him. If...
*VIRTUE MUST BE IN US, AND UNTIL WE GET
VIRTUE... THEN WHEN WE GET TRUE VIRTUE, WE CAN ADD IT TO OUR FAITH.
THE.STATURE.OF.A.PERFECT.MAN_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-18 SUNDAY_ 62-1014M
23-6 The first song that I ever loved
in--in the hymns, one of the greatest, was: "To Be Like Jesus." Well, if I'm going to be like Jesus, I've got to have virtue
and a pass that it can pass forward from me to the people, because virtue went
out of Him to the people: virtue. And before you can let it out, you've got to
have it first. If you haven't got it, it won't come out. There's nothing
for it to come out of.
What if someone tried to draw virtue out of us, the--the
check would return "insufficient funds." See? No, no, none there to
draw from: check bounced. Somebody looking at you as a Christian and tomorrow
see you out here carrying on like a sinner, not much virtue can be drawed from
that. See? That's right.
Virtue must be in us, and until we get virtue... Then when we get true virtue, we can add it to our faith. That's the next foundation wall.
*IF HE HAD VIRTUE TO GIVE TO THE PEOPLE,
HE EXPECTS US TO HAVE VIRTUE TO GIVE TO THE PEOPLE.
THE.STATURE.OF.A.PERFECT.MAN_ JEFF.IN V-2 N-18 SUNDAY_ 62-1014M
24-3 Now, first you must have faith. Faith alone won't do it. You've got... Peter said,
"Then add virtue to your faith." You must
have virtue in order to add it to your faith. Now, then... It might be
the reason you don't have it, because many churches of today teach you don't
have to have it, or the days of it's passed. They don't have to have it. Only
thing you have to do is just join church. "Yeah, days has passed." Virtue, anyone knows what the word "virtue" means
(See?), and we must have it.
If virtue went from Him to heal the woman that was
sick, He's expecting the same virtue in His church, because He was our Example.
And if He had virtue to give to the people, He expects us to have
virtue to give to the people. And what is virtue? "Virtue" is "strength, power." Some
of them don't even believe in power of God. They say, "That--that--that's
passed. Only thing you have to do is just put your name on the book. Be
sprinkled or poured, or baptized, or whatevermore, and that's all you have to
do."
But Peter said here, "Add virtue."
24-5 Now, Peter's
talking about building a House of God (See?), the Temple of God,
fixing it to a place. And after you have virtue you must have--after you
have faith, you must have virtue with it. That's right. Have virtue for the whole world.
Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Eph 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Eph 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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