25-1219A_THE STATURE OF A PERFECT MAN PT-29 (MASTER'S LIFE IN YOU)
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:
Psa 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
*SET THE LORD BEFORE OUR FACE
SO WE'LL BE CONSCIOUS OF HIS PRESENCE... PUT HIM FIRST, BEFORE YOU.
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72 Psalms 16:8, David said, "I have set the Lord before me." That's a good thing to do. Psalms 16:8, "I've set the Lord before me." So he could not be confused about it. He wanted to be conscious of His Presence, so David said, "I have set the Lord always before my face. Now I, David, have set the Lord before my face, always to be conscious--conscious of God's Presence." Wouldn't that be a good lesson for all of us tonight? Set the Lord before our face so we'll be conscious of His Presence. Put Him first. Why? Put Him first, before you. Why? Then you won't sin when you are realizing that constantly you're in the Presence of God. When you realize God's around, you watch what you say.
*WHEN DAVID PUT GOD BEFORE
HIM, AND WAS CONSCIOUS THAT CONSTANTLY HE WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD...
"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
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74 After David did this, he said, "My heart shall rejoice." I wish you'd read it, Psalms 16. "My heart will rejoice, and my flesh shall rest in hope." Why? My heart shall rejoice because I've got God before me all the time. "And my flesh shall rest in hope; if I die, I'll be raised up again. For He'll not suffer His Holy One to see corruption, neither will He leave His soul in hell." See? When David put God before him, and was conscious that constantly he was in the Presence of God... "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God."
*THEN WHEN WE COME INTO HIS
PRESENCE, WHEN A MAN ONCE COMES INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, HE'S CHANGED
FOREVER...
42 ...So we're not ordained to do nothing but stay with that Word. And if a man is sent of God, he'll stay with the Word, because God can only stand by His Word. See? See, He must stay by His Word. Then when we come into His Presence, when a man once comes into the Presence of God, he's changed forever, if there's any changing to him. Now, there are those who could walk in the Presence of God and pay no attention to It. He wasn't ordained to Life. But if he was predestinated of God, as soon as that first move hits, he knows it. That catches fire.
*ANY MAN THAT COMES INTO THE
PRESENCE OF GOD IS RESPONSIBLE BEFORE GOD, FROM THAT MINUTE ON TO TELL SOMEBODY
ELSE.
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44 .....Any man that comes into the Presence of God is responsible before God, from that minute on to tell somebody else. Look at Abraham; look at Moses; look at Peter; look at Paul; the moment they come into the Presence of God, recognized themselves sinners, and sealed their testimony with their life. Look at the little lady, she couldn't stay no longer, she went to the city and told the men, "Come, see the Man that told me the things I've done. Isn't this the Messiah?" They could not deny It, because It was Scriptural. Certainly. Yes, they've got to do it, a man, when we got a responsibility of telling others as Moses did, as Peter did, as Paul did. After these things, you've seen It and come into His Presence, you're responsible for the message to get to somebody else. You just cannot set still with it. You must take it to someone else.
*...PUT THE LORD ALWAYS
BEFORE YOUR FACE. THEN YOUR HEART WILL REJOICE AND YOUR FLESH SHALL REST IN
HOPE, FOR HE PROMISED IT.
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75 Now listen, church, I love you. And I want you to listen to me now. As Brother McCulley used to say, I'm going to say something. Always put the Lord before you, and don't you do nothing that you wouldn't do in His Presence, because He's watching over you. See? The Lord is encamped about those who fear Him. He don't... He just stays right near you. And He knows everything you're doing, and you must recognize that. When you start to tell a lie, don't do it. Remember, God is listening at you. If you start to do a little cheat, don't you do it; God's looking at you. If you start to take His Name in vain, don't do it; God's listening at you. Start to smoke a cigarette, He's watching you.
*...PUT THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE YOUR FACE. THEN YOUR HEART WILL
REJOICE AND YOUR FLESH SHALL REST IN HOPE, FOR HE PROMISED IT.
.....Remember,
do like David, put the Lord always before your
face. Then your heart will rejoice and your flesh shall rest in hope, for He
promised it. Yes, sir. He knew that he'd
raise up because God had promised it. All right.
When we come into His Presence, we're changed, never to be the same. Look all down through the ages of every walk of life, at men. Look at Abraham. You say, "Well, the changed life is just for ministers." Oh, no. The changed life is for everybody. See?
*AND NOW WE PUT THE BLOOD OF
JESUS CHRIST IN.
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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.
*COME BACK TO THE FOUNTAIN.
COME BACK AND RECEIVE CHRIST.AS LONG AS YOU RECEIVE CHRIST AND THE LIFE IS
GOING WITH IT, THESE OTHER THINGS WILL FLOW FREELY.
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...Brother, don't
take a substitute. These things, shouting and speaking in tongues, that's all
right. But that's an attribute. Have you got Christ? That's it. Got Christ in your heart, brother, something that makes
you bear the fruits of Christ: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness,
goodness, meekness.
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Oh, I've seen
people shout, and dance in the Spirit, and speak with tongues, and enough
temper to fight a buzz saw, and go out, and live e--every day ungodly, and half
dress themselves, and--and do shady deals, and everything like that. Brother,
that's not the fruits of the Spirit.
Come on back to the Bible. Come back to the fountain. Come back and receive Christ. These other little things will take care of theirself. As long as you receive Christ and the life is going with it, these other things will flow freely. But don't try to get the other thing before you get Christ. He is the Fountain of Life, the only resource. And He's the inexhaustible Fountain of Life. You cannot exhaust His goodness, His mercy.
*WHATEVER IT IS, PUT THE LORD
BEFORE YOU. AND THEN YOUR HEART WILL REJOICE, AND YOUR FLESH SHALL REST IN
HOPE, FOR YOU KNOW THAT CHRIST PROMISED HE'D RAISE UP AGAIN IN THE LAST DAYS.
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97 He knows all things. He knows your heart. And you know
what you're thinking; He does too. If there's a little sin hanging on you
tonight, and you wouldn't want to go in the Presence of God with that on you,
would you once more raise up your hand and say, "Brother Branham, pray for
me; I want to be in His Presence at that day, guiltless." God bless you.
Many hands, God sees it. In His Presence. Now, I'll tell you what you do. Now, just listen closely. Do like David did; put the Lord
before you right now. Put the Lord between you and that sin, whatever that
little besetting sin is. It might be lying, might be stealing; it might be evil
thinking; it might be temper, might be drinking, might be smoking, might be
gambling. I don't know what. It might be lust; it might be anything. I don't
know what it is. Whatever it is, put the Lord before you. And then your heart
will rejoice, and your flesh shall rest in hope, for you know that Christ
promised He'd raise up again in the last days. When He comes forth, we'll come
in His likeness. Won't you do it now while we pray.
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