Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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E-25Jesus Christ is in the building tonight to
perform miracles, but he does it through His Church, His people. "They
shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover. In My Name they
shall cast out evil spirits." Is that right? The commission's given to the
Church. That's what's the matter with the Church today. It--it doesn't know its
position.
If you knowed positionally who
you was and what you are tonight, there wouldn't be a feeble person in here in
the next five minutes. That's right. The thing of it is, you're looking off
into a millennium for something to happen, when it's already here. "Now we
are the Sons of God." Not we will be, we are right now. When? This night.
Right now, this minute we're seated together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus, now. Oh, if you'd only recognize that. And the supreme authority that
Jesus Christ has given to every believer. Anything you have desire of, need of,
only thing you have to do is ask and receive it. "Whatsoever things you
desire, when you pray, believe you receive it, it'll be given unto you,"
St. Mark 11:24. And that's true. "Whatsoever things you desire, when you
pray, believe that you receive it. And you shall have it."
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1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
1Co 15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
1Co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Psa 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psa 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Heb 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Heb 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Heb 2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Heb 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
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79The perfect Image, the God-Man! God, in
en morphe, had changed from Supernatural to the vision, and the vision was
projected into the Image. And the Image was smitten so that the Supernatural
could taste the feeling of death, God's perfect Masterpiece.
-37 Well, she said, "In Saint John the
11th chapter when Jesus went down to the grave of Lazarus, the Bible said, 'He
wept.' And a immortal cannot weep. He wasn't God 'cause God can't cry."
And I said, "Lady, your
argument is thinner and weaker than the broth made out of the shadow of a
chicken that... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] to death. You just absolutely haven't
got nothing at all." I said, "That--that has nothing to do." I
said, "He was a man, but He was the God Man." I said, "It is the
truth when He went down to the grave of Lazarus He was weeping. He wept like a
man going to the grave of Lazarus, but when He stood there and said, 'Lazarus,
come forth,' that was more than a man." Yes, sir.
E-38 A man had been dead four
days and the skin worms crawling through his body, laying there in the grave
rottening... And a... the... Why, corruption knew its master; the soul knew its
Maker. And a man that had been dead four days stood on at the Voice of Him.
That was more than a man. Yes, sir.
He was a man when He was out on
this little boat we're going to talk about in a few minutes, out there stormed
about that night like a little old bottle stopper. Ten thousand devils of the
sea swore they'd drowned Him that night. Why, He was just a man, tired, laying
there in the boat and the waves bouncing Him around from place to place.
E-39 That was a man laying
there asleep till even the waves wouldn't wake Him. He was tired, physically
worn out. That was a man. But when He did wake up, walked over and put His foot
on the brail of the boat, looked up and said, "Peace, be still."...
And the mighty storms folded their wings and went to the bottom of the sea,
hushed it and rocked it to sleep there. That was more than a man. Yes sir. That
was more than a man.
He was a Man when He come off the
mountain that morning, looking around on that tree for something to eat and
like that. That was a man. He had a stomach like we have. He had an appetite
like we had. That was a man that was hungry, wanting something to eat, and
looking for something on a tree. That was a man. But when He took five biscuits
and fed five thousand, that was more than a man. Isn't that right? That was God
in His Son.
E-40 He was a man when He died
on Calvary for a sacrifice, bleeding, the blood running out of Him like a
mortal, spit hanging all over His beard. And He was a man disgraced, standing
there hanging in shame, taking our place. He was a man when the pains got so
great till He cried, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
That was a man there, but when He
rose up on Easter morning He proved He was more than a man. Yes, sir. That was
God that raised Him up on the Easter morning. Yes, sir. He was the God Man. He
sure was. Went about doing good, taking on Himself the form of a peasant.
24 And Heaven... or this place, wherever it
was, I don't know what to call it. He referred to it there as "souls under
the altar." But when it was, I have never... There's no way to explain how
great that is. There is... Now, you just have to take my word, I'm just a man.
See? But these visions that's always come to pass just as I have told you, and
you know they every one has been true, that is true also. Whatever you do, if
you miss everything else (health, strength, your eyesight, whatever it is),
don't miss That. There's nothing can compare with it. It's... There's
no--there's no word in the English language, that I know, that could express
it. If you'd say "perfect," it's beyond that; "superb,"
it--it's beyond that; "sublime,"... There's no--there's no words that
I know that could express it, because it was so... And then, to think, that
isn't the end of it yet. I thought, "Me be afraid to come to this?"
25 I said, "Do you eat?"
26 Said, "Not here. We don't eat here,
but when we go back to earth we'll receive a body to eat in."
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Gen 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Rom 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
1Co 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Mat 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
Luk 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Luk 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
36
…..Paul,
who--who, how he made mention of this, how, "You has He quickened, who
were once dead. You hath He quickened, who were once dead, dead in sin and
trespasses; walking after the things of the world, the desire of the flesh, and
fulfilling the desire of the mind. Has..."
37 What caused this change, you see? And what caused it,
"from one time being dead," to quicken? Quicken
means "made alive." There was a change, from death unto Life. There is no other, there is no other thing that could
happen to any person, so great, as to change him from death to Life. A
man, if he was dying, physically, and could be healed physically, that would be
a great thing, but nothing so great as when he is
spiritually dead and God has quickened him to Life.
*IF HE WAS JUST RICH IN MONEY, IF HE WAS JUST
RICH IN MATERIALS, WHICH HE IS, BUT YET THE GREATEST THING IS BEING RICH IN
MERCY.
38
"You once,
in times past, dead." You were dead. Even many here tonight, one time, can
look back and know that you were dead. But now why aren't you dead tonight, as
you were then? You deserve to be that way, because you was a sinner, "but
God Who is rich in mercy." That's the--that's
the thing, "God Who was rich." All these things that we were,
"but God"!That made the change right there, "God
Who is rich in mercy"!
39 Oh, I'm so glad for that, that He being rich in mercy. If He was just rich in money, if He was just rich in
materials, which He is, but yet the greatest thing is being rich in mercy.
Oh, what a great word that is, how that we were once dead.
*…IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN YOU
THAT CRIED OUT. THERE WAS GOD SOMEWHERE, YET YOU WERE A SINNER.
47
Many of you
can--can fellowship with me on this thought. When you was a little boy, or a
little girl, you would walk around and there would be certain things
that would just, where it wouldn't bother the other kids, it seemed like there
was something in you that cried out. There was God somewhere, yet you were a
sinner. You remember that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]
Certainly. Now what was that? That was that little
form of Life in you then.
48 And then after a while, you heard the Gospel. Maybe you
went to church, you picked out this and that, and went from denomination to
denomination. But one day, you being part of God, you had to be part of the
Word. And when you heard the Word, you know where you come from, you knowed
what was the Truth. You were always, the seed was in you always. The Word seen the Word that was in you, that was before
the foundation of the world, saw the Word and you come to It.
*THERE IS SOMETHING IN HIM, THAT, WHEN HE
MEETS GOD FACE TO FACE, HE COMES TO HIMSELF. THAT SEED IS IN HIM, AND IT'S
QUICKENED.
53 That's the same thing the believer is. There is
something in him, that, when he meets God face to face, he comes to himself.
That seed is in him, and it's quickened. My, that's right, and he flies away from the things of
the world. They become dead to him. My, I remember, we all had our life, in the
past, in those things of the world. But once we got
a hold of that real Thing, something that quickened us, a little seed that come
to Life, then all the things of the world rotted right there. We had no more
desire of it.
Psa 23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psa 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psa 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psa 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psa 36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Psa 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Psa 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Psa 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Psa 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psa 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Psa 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Psa 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Psa 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Psa 86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Psa 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Psa 86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Psa 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
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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:
Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
1Pe 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
1Pe 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Lev 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Lev 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him
2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2Ti 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2Ti 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
2Ti 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
*IT'S GOD IN YOU THAT MAKES IT PERFECT.
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E-31 …..Not as we are good. But my, there's none good but God. But God is in the people what makes them good, marks the perfect man. It's God in you that makes it perfect. See? "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect." See? "Be ye therefore perfect." How can you be perfect? Not in yourself, but in Him. God don't look at you then; He looks at Him. Well, you say, "I'm in Him."
How do you get in Him? By one Spirit we're all baptized into one Body, and then you're in Him, when you're baptized by the Holy Spirit into the Body: I Corinthians 12. Is that true? Then in Him...
*AND IF THE LIFE THAT'S IN CHRIST BE IN YOU, YOU'LL BEAR THE LIFE THAT CHRIST BORE.
49-3 Now, that is the house that God dwells in, not a building with a big bell on top of it and a high steeple (See?), but, "a body has Thou prepared Me," a body that God can dwell in, God can walk in, God can see in, God can talk in, God can work in (Amen.), living instrumentality of God. God walking on two feet in you. Glory. "The footsteps of the righteous is ordered of God," God walking in you, for ye are written epistles, read of all men. And if the Life that's in Christ be in you, you'll bear the Life that Christ bore.
49-4 Like I've always said: Take the sap out of a peach tree, and if you could transfer it by a transfusion into a apple tree, the apple tree would bear peaches. Sure, certainly would. No matter what the branches look like, it's got an apple tree sap in it (See?), or whatever tree it is. See? Takes the life out of the apple tree, take it all out, and give it a "sap transfusion," and drain from the peach tree over into the apple tree, what happens? It won't bear no more peaches. See? No, sir. It won't... If the peach tree life comes into the apple tree, rather, it won't bear no more apples. It'll bear peaches (See, see?), because it's got the life in it.
*AND THEN WHEN WE CAN GET SO TRANSFUSED BY HIS POWER, THAT WE DIE TO OUR OWN THINKING…THEN THE LIFE OF CHRIST IS TRANSFUSED INTO US.
49-5 Well, you take us, that's nothing but a wild gourd, a knothead (See?), and there's nothing to us, for we're all dead in sin and trespasses. We're all in these kind of conditions; and then we ourselves can prostrate ourselves, give ourselves up, until God takes His transfusion tube, the Name of Jesus Christ ('cause there's not another Name under heaven whereby man can be saved) and transfer the Life of Christ into us, then we have this kind of faith, the faith that Christ had. And Christ's faith was not based in those Pharisees or Sadducees, or in their pots, kettles, and pans, and their washings. It was based on the Word of God (Amen.), so much until Christ was the Word.
The Word was made flesh. And then when we can get so transfused by His power, that we die to our own thinking, and our faith becomes a genuine faith (Hallelujah.), then the Life of Christ is transfused into us; we become living creatures of God, a dwelling place where the Holy Spirit can send His radiant blessings down through there, and we're in the statue of Christ.
*…LIKE THOSE PROPHETS WHO LIVED SO CLOSE TO GOD, THAT GOD JUST TRANSFERRED HIMSELF RIGHT INTO THEM…
50-1 Jesus said, "Is not it written... You condemn Me, saying I'm the Son of God? Isn't it written that you are gods. Don't your own law say that?"Like Moses; like Elijah; like those prophets who lived so close to God, that God just transferred Himself right into them, and they spoke, not themselves, but God. "Take no thought what you should say 'cause it's not you that speaks, it's the Father that dwells in you; He doeth the speaking." His words was not his own, because his life--he's dead.
*THERE IS THE PERFECT MAN OF GOD WHEN HE POSSESSES THESE VIRTUES.
50-2 If you die, you take the blood out of a man. You embalm him. Trouble of it is, a lot of them never got embalmed. See? You take the blood out of a man, he's gone. Then the only thing you can do is put another blood back in him if he's going to live again; you took his blood out. And now we put the Blood of Jesus Christ in. See? And that brings the faith of Jesus Christ, the virtue of Jesus Christ, the knowledge of Jesus Christ, the temperance of Jesus Christ, the patience of Jesus Christ, the godliness of Jesus Christ, the brotherly kindness of Jesus Christ, and the love of God which is Jesus Christ. He's the Head that controls you. And your feet is the foundation, faith. Amen. Controlled by the Head, takes the people...?... There you are. There is the perfect man of God when he possesses these virtues.
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Joh 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Joh 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Gen 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
25Now, you see,
you can be ever so sincere and yet be wrong. You can be wrong. "There is a
way that seemeth right, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
He blessed Israel right out there for forty years. What did
they do? Married wives, raised families, kissed the children, paid their
tithes, lived right out there. And the God blessed them in the wilderness, fed
them with the manna, on and on. And every one of them perished, 'cause they
never kept His original, permissive... His original will, His Word. They took
His permissive way.
And here we find an example of all of us. Every one of us,
we always are running from something. We run from trouble. We run from
responsibilities. We, we're all prone to do that. We, we are, we are more prone
to run than we are to stand and face it out. See, we just... We--we--we find
ourselves running.
Christianity is a everyday, rugged life, living for God in
the... this presence world. It's a constant burning of the Fire and love of
God, in the heart, that sets you afire and puts you out yonder with the people,
and making converts to Christ. Responsibilities.
Jon 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jon 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Rev 10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. Rev 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. Rev 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Rev 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
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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:
Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
1Pe 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
1Pe 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
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.
Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Joh 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
1Ti 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
1Ti 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
*IT'S GOD IN YOU THAT MAKES
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…..Not as we are good. But my, there's none good but God. But God is in
the people what makes them good, marks the perfect man. It's God in you that makes it perfect. See? "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in
heaven is perfect." See? "Be ye therefore
perfect." How
can you be perfect? Not in yourself, but
in Him. God
don't look at you then; He looks at Him.
Well, you say, "I'm in Him."
How do you get in Him? By
one Spirit we're all baptized into one Body, and then you're in Him, when
you're baptized by the Holy Spirit into the Body: I Corinthians 12. Is that true? Then in Him...
*FOR IT'S NOT MY HOLINESS,
IT'S HIS HOLINESS. GOD CAN'T ACCEPT MINE; I HAVE NONE.
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28God has already glorified His
church. Those who He justified, He also glorified inthe church, in Christ. If you're justified
in Christ, you're glorified in Christ already, as far as God is concerned.
Jesus said, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father in heaven is perfect." How could you ever be perfect? But
in the sight of Christ tonight, every born-again Christian is perfect. I'm just
as perfect in God as Christ was. You are too--every other believer. For it's not my holiness, it's His holiness. God
can't accept mine; I have none. But I come in
Christ, by faith. And by Christ I'm in Him, and perfect in the sight of God.
*…I ADD GODLINESS. YOU KNOW
WHAT THAT IS? LIKE GOD. THE WEDDING GARMENT'S BEEN PUT ON YOU. WHAT ARE YOU?
LIKE JESUS.
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Then to my
faith, I add virtue, godly virtue. Then to my virtue, I add knowledge of the
Word. To my knowledge I add temperance self-control. I like that, "My
country 'tis of thee... Crown my soul with self-control... From sea to shining
sea." Patience. Oh, my. Tested: don't you worry; Satan will try them for
you.
I'm climbing up the ladder now. See? I've added virtue, knowledge,
temperance; now I've got to add patience. I still ain't got the Holy Ghost. Then after I add patience, I add godliness. You know what that is? Like God. I add that. Don't misbehave
myself; go like a Christian gentleman ought to. Let that not be a put-on. Something in me, the love of God just boiling... See, see? Not say, "I--I--I...
Boy, I could do it, but maybe I'd better not." See? Huh uh; huh uh. It's
there anyhow. It's a birth. I've
been birthed into this, into this, into this, into this, into this, into this,
into this, and then the love of God, Christ, comes down and seals all that up
in me for service. See?...Add to your faith, virtue, and so
forth, all this in I Peter the 1st--or II Peter, I believe, the 1st chapter,
where it's all added to your faith, all these things, godliness, and purity, and holiness, and everything, and
then you're sealed by the Holy Ghost.
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Then what does
He do when He gives me the Holy Ghost? He sets you out in a separate place to yourself, marks
you. See? You're a
different person then. You're not of the
world no more (See?);
you're clothed different. You're dressed different. Not this
outside dress, no, no; you don't have to be odd and peculiar, and collar turned
around, and a long ceremony-like. No, no. You don't do that. You dress
physically like this. It's just this spiritual dress that counts. The wedding garment's been put on you. What are you? Like Jesus.
*ALL THAT GOD WAS, HE POURED
INTO CHRIST; ALL THAT CHRIST WAS, HE POURED INTO THE CHURCH.
24 And now that was God above us, could not be touched. Even
the mountain that would be touched, where He was on, they must be thrust
through with a dart, 'cause sin had not had an offering yet.
25 But then God come and was manifested among us, "We
handled Him with our hands," he said, "God!" First Timothy
3:16, "Without
controversy great is the mystery of godliness; for God was manifested in the
flesh, seen of Angels, and believed on in the world, received up into
Glory."See? See, now, that was God with us.
26 God over us, God with us, now God in us. All that God was, He poured into Christ; all that Christ
was, He poured into the Church. "At that day, you'll know that I am in
the Father, the Father in Me; I in you, and you in Me." So it's been God all along, you see,
His same works. The Church is ordained to
carry on His work, with the same Spirit. You couldn't carry on the same work without the same
Spirit. That's right. The same Spirit
carries on the work.
*AND OUR FAITH MAKES THAT
WORD LIVE, BECAUSE CHRIST IS IN US, THE QUICKENER TO THE WORD.
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"Without
controversy," said First Timothy 3:16, "great is the
mystery of godliness; for God was manifested in the flesh, seen of angels,
received up into glory."He
was God, come to take the sinners' place. Yes, sir. And when He, God, raised Him up the--on the
third day, was for our justification. Therefore,
exalted at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is an Intercessor, to make
intercessions upon our... for our weaknesses, as we confess it to Him, and die
out to ourself; placing His Word back in us, the promise. And our faith makes that Word live, because Christ is in us,
the quickener to the Word.
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How I wish the church could see that,
all arguments and strife would be over! That would be the Supreme
Court. That's the North Star. Hallelujah. That's the end of all strife. That's the end of all
questions. That's the end of
everything. "God said so," that's the Absolute. Tie yourself to It. Paul said, "There is nothing present, nothing future, death,
sickness, nakedness, peril, nothing can separate us from That." We've tied to an absolute. Said, "For me to live is--is Christ, and to die is
gain." Nothing
else holds but That there. That's the absolute.
*GOD IS IN MAN. AND HE'S
IDENTIFYING HIMSELF TODAY IN HIS CHURCH.
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8 First Timothy 3:16, "Without
controversy, that's argument, great is the mystery of godliness, for God was
manifested, or made known, in the flesh."Isn't that wonderful? God! And we could never understand God as He moved through a Pillar of Fire,
and so forth, as He did. But we
understood Him when He become one of us, see, when He become Man. Then He could talk to us, and we could
feel Him, handle Him, touch Him, and everything. And as the Scripture plainly
says that "we have handled God," see, with our hands, touched Him
with our hands.
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9 God is in man. And He's identifying Himself today in His church. In the born-again
Christian, God identifies. Himself, that He remains God. And the outside world
will only know God as they see God in you and I. That's the only way that they'll know God, is when we are
written epistles, epistle of the Scripture, we are read of all men. And the
life that we live reflects what's on the inside of us. A man is identified by the works that
he does. So our works should be
good, see, always good, because we are representing our Lord Jesus Christ.
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