24-0216A_THE IDENTIFIED CHRIST OF ALL AGES PT-14 (HIS IDENTIFIED MASTERPIECE)

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

Mal 3:6  For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 

Eph 3:16  That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 

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. 

*THE WORD FOR THAT DAY, THE BRIDE BECOMES PART OF THAT WORD, FOR IT'S CHRIST.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

  138      Now we notice that God begin to make Him a--a Bride for Christ. So... And the Bride must be identified with Him and in Him, because it is part of Him. Now, the Bride is part of Him. She is part of Him. The Word for that day, the Bride becomes part of that Word, for it's Christ. Now, you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] We have to be in Christ. In Christ, we have to be of Christ, in Christ, part of Christ.

139    What is a woman, when she takes a man, or a man takes a woman? That woman has to be part of him. They're no longer two. They're one.

140    And when God and Christ became one, they were One. Cause, God was the Word, and the Word was made flesh. The flesh and the Word became One. And when the church becomes Christ's Bride, She and the Gospels are the same.
 
*AND THE WORD THAT REFLECTED GOD THROUGH CHRIST, REFLECTS THE SAME GOD THROUGH YOU.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

146    …..But when you stick, because you say, "I'm a Christian because I belong to certain-certain church," that doesn't mean anything. You've got to be of Christ, and Christ is the Word. And many times those denominations is as far away from the Word as East is from West.

147    You've got to stay with that Word, to be the Bride. If you're in the Bride, you're in the Word, and the Word is in you. And the Word that reflected God through Christ, reflects the same God through you. Amen. Amen means "so be it." So, so be it. I believe it to be the Truth. You have to be identified with Him.
 
 
*THAT'S WHAT GOD'S PULLING FOR, CHARACTER FOR THAT BRIDE THAT WILL BE TAKEN OUT.

A.TESTIMONY.ON.THE.SEA_  SALEM.OR  FRIDAY_  62-0720

E-28    God have mercy upon us. If we are the sons and daughters of God, yet we're an alien in this life... God's looking for character from men and women who can conduct themselves as sons and daughters of the King. God have mercy on us, that we will do it.

That's what I'm after friends: character. That's what God's pulling for, character for that Bride that will be taken out. And as sons and daughters of God, let's act like it; be sons and daughters. God help us.
 
 
*YOU ARE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR LIFE, BY YOUR SACRIFICE. THAT MAKES YOU WHAT YOU ARE.

TOKEN_  JEFF.IN  V-2 N-19  SUNDAY_  63-0901M

  67      And now this was the perfect Lamb, Christ was. And then through the shed of this lamb, the natural lamb in Egypt, the blood was applied, and, when it was, it stood for a token, then what would the Blood of this Lamb stand for? See? The Token that we are dead to ourselves and identified with our Sacrifice. See? Then, the Lamb and the--and the--the Blood and the person becomes identified together, the Sacrifice and the believer. See, you are identified in your life, by your Sacrifice. That makes you what you are.

70    Christianity has to display its Token, see, publicly, in public life, at the office, on the street, when trouble is around, anything, in church, everywhere else. The Blood is the Token, and the Token must be applied, see, or (it's not) even the covenant is not in effect.
 

*TO BE PART OF HIM, I HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED WITH HIM. 

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

  173      I am identified with Him in His death. I died with Him when He died at Calvary, and I rose again on Easter morning with Him, in the power of His resurrection. I'm a witness of it tonight. I died with Him at Calvary, raised with Him on Easter. Hallelujah! To be part of Him, I have to be identified with Him. I was identified with Him in His death. I was identified with Him in His suffering. I was identified with Him when the denominations turned Him down. I was identified with Him when they run Him out of the temple, when they tried to throw, get rid of Him. I was with Him there. I was with Him in His death, raised with Him in resurrection.

 

24-0212P_TESTIMONY OF A TRUE WITNESS PT-2

Act 1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 

Act 1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 

Act 1:3  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 

Act 1:4  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 

Act 1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

Act 1:6  When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 

Act 1:7  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 

Act 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

Act 1:9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 

Act 1:10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 

Act 1:11  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

Joh 3:31  He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 
Joh 3:32  And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 
Joh 3:33  He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 
Joh 3:34  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 
Joh 3:35  The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 
Joh 3:36  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 

*EVERYTHING ON EARTH GIVES A TESTIMONY…

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  85    Everything on earth gives a testimony. The sun rises in the east to show the beginning of life; it goes over and sets in the evening. Of a morning the birds wake and sing, and they're happy; we feel fresh; the evening we're tired when the sun sets. It gives testimony that there is a life and a death; a day was born; a day is gone.

A tree lived, the leaves dropped off. God preserved in the roots of the tree, where this life origined, where it started at, down in the roots, the--went forth and made the leaves for shade, comes back again to where it come from, only to rest to come at another season.

Life in the little flower that drops out of the seed returns to somewhere that we know not where. But all the pulp might go out of the seed, and the seed rot in the ground, but yet there is a life in there that's hid for a resurrection again. Everything speaks of--gives testimony.
 
* GOD DID NOT HAVE TO MAKE TREES LIKE THAT… HE MADE ALL OF THAT FOR HIS PURPOSE TO GIVE WITNESS AND TO GIVE TESTIMONY.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  90    And it goes to show that it was made by a great, supreme Intelligence to serve a purpose. It's here for a purpose. God did not have to make trees like that. He made them like that, though they different one from another and so forth. He made all of that for His purpose to give witness and to give testimony. He could've made trees like something that would--would been something else, like rocks. He could've made trees any way He wanted to. He could've made flowers any way He wanted to. But He made them to bear witness, for they are God's witnesses. They are a true witness that all other religions is false and Jesus Christ is right. Death, burial, and resurrection gives witness that we are not dead eternally, but we live again: shows a supreme Intelligence.
 
*HOW WE OUGHT TO GET RID OF THAT SPIRIT AND GET THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  96    Oh, to the eternal God and to His testimonies, if we could only look around, you see God on every hand, watching Him testify daily. How do we willfully, ignorantly stumble over those things, that simplicity? Why, every tree preaches to us. Every flower preaches to us. Every garden preaches to us. The whole world is a-preaching to us. God is God, and we see His glory, and yet we so willfully stumble over it, and exchange these things, and cast our eyes from such things, and our imagination to vain things of the world to satisfy the lust that lives by the spirit that we let dominate our lives. How we ought to get rid of that spirit and get the Spirit of God.


*ANYTHING, ANY CREATION OF GOD GIVES TESTIMONY TO GOD AND FOR HIS PURPOSE: SHOWS THE GREAT SUPREME INTELLIGENCE.

All nature, all everywhere, testifies, the heavens, the skies. So many things, I--setting in my study yesterday I wrote down; I won't have time to go to it. But you can just look around to any thing that God created gives testimony to His glory. Anything, any creation of God gives testimony to God and for His purpose: shows the great supreme Intelligence.
 
 

*EACH ONE, A CELL AND A LIFE OF ITS OWN, SPEAKING OF ITS ENVIRONMENT AND WHERE IT LIVES, ONLY AN INTELLIGENT GOD COULD DO SUCH A THING. 

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  98    I have stood on top of the mountain and watched the pygmy spruce, just about so high, that the sheep eat, the wild sheep, and see that pygmy spruce up here. You go down a little farther, and then you hit into the hemlock, a different nature, different specie that lives in a different place; on down a little farther, and you hit the pine, on down a little farther into the quaking asp. Out of that you go into the buck-bush, the brush, on down to that into the grass, and on down into that, into the weeds. And on down into the desert, where nothing... Each one, a cell and a life of its own, speaking of its environment and where it lives, only an intelligent God could do such a thing. Each one, a individual life. See the palm tree in Florida, see the oak tree in--in central America, and the quaking asp on the mountains in the Rockies; each one, a separate life giving testimony to the glory of Almighty God.
 
 
IT GIVES TESTIMONY THAT THE GOD OF GENESIS, THE GOD OF THE BIBLE REMAINS GOD. IT'S A TESTIMONY THAT HE IS.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  99    Watch the great sea when you stand by it. And its angry billows breaking the bank, with such anger, till it dashes and jumps like an angry dog at the end of a chain. It would drown the world if it could; it would be tired of its sin. But God set a watchman up yonder in the skies called the moon, and He set the boundaries of the sea, that they could not pass any more. And that watchman watches it day and night. When He turns His back, to look around towards God, to see what God looks like, here comes the tide sneaking in; but when He turns His face again, away goes the tide. He's watching that boundaries, and he cannot go. When he turns his back, the tide would slip in; but when He turns His face again, the tide runs back. God's put a watchman. What does it do? It gives testimony that the God of Genesis, the God of the Bible remains God. It's a testimony that He is.
 
 
*TALK ABOUT TESTIMONY OF A SUPREME BEING, A LIVING GOD.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  102    What struck those prophets? What inspired them, that perfect accuracy? Not only that, but the prophets told what He would do. The prophets even saw Him born, where He'd be born, how He'd be born, not an ordinary baby, just a baby born to some woman; It said He would be born a mysterious way: He would be borned of a virgin, "A virgin shall conceive." What would strike a mortal man to make him see that hundreds of years before it happened, perfectly accurate, exactly on the line? Talk about testimony of a supreme Being, a living God. Not only that, but told where He'd be born, and how he would be born. Told what the world would say about Him. Told the very signs and things that would follow Him to prove He was Messiah. Proved that He'd be rejected, and even in the Spirit, groaned His Words from the cross hundreds of years before He was born.
 
 
*IT'S A TESTIMONY THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  104    David in the Spirit, as I like to refer it to it, as Jesus said there, "Why did David in the Spirit call Him Lord?" David, not David, but David in the Spirit, there's a lot of difference between David, and David in the Spirit. There's a lot of difference between church, and church in the Spirit. "Why did David in the Spirit call Him Lord, if He was his Son, saying, 'The Lord said to My Lord, Set Thou on My right hand'?" They could ask--answer Him no more, ask Him no more questions after that.

But David in the 22nd Psalm fell into a Spirit, the Spirit, and when he did, he even gave the Words that He groaned at the cross. "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? All My bones, they stare at Me. And how they pierced My hands and My feet."

Yet, "He was wounded for our transgression," here comes the other prophet, "bruised for our iniquity; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we were healed."

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  107    The accuracy, the perfection of those prophets, not one Word did they speak about Him but what come to pass. The last seven prophesies give of Him was answered in the last seven hours on the cross. How that every Word was fulfilled, not one thing was left undone.

What does it speak of? A supreme Intelligence. It wasn't those men. Those men were just men like you and I. But they were inspired by a supreme Being which was giving testimony that we in this generation, and in the generations to come, and all the generations between them and here, could look upon His Word and know that they are true. It's a testimony that the Word of God is Truth.
 
*WHEN JESUS OF NAZARETH CAME TO THE EARTH, ALL OF HIS MIGHTY WORKS TESTIFIED OF HIS CLAIMS.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  114    When Jesus of Nazareth came to the earth, all of His mighty works testified of His claims. No one should've never doubted Him. He said, "If you don't believe Me, believe the works; if you can't see Him to be God."
"Thou makest thyself... Being a man, you make yourself God."

He said, "If you can't believe Me, then believe the works; for they are the testimonies of God, bearing record that I am what I spoke I was. If you can't believe Me, believe the signs that was to follow Me. Was not Messiah supposed to do these things?" What was He? Testimony. They bore record of every claim He made.
 
 
GOD HAS ALWAYS HAD HIS WITNESS.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  124    The testimony of the prophets, the testimony of nature, the witness of the nature, the witness of the prophets, the witness of Jesus...

And He never left Himself without a witness. God has always had His witness. And when He was here on earth, He said, "It's expedient for Me that I go away; for if I go not away, I can't send this Witness, this immortal eternal Witness."
 
 
*HE'S A WITNESS THAT CHRIST LIVES.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  126    He was borned of a woman, therefore He had to corrupt... He had to die, rather. God wouldn't suffer His body to see corruption. But He had to die like a mortal to take away our sins. But before He went away He left us a Witness, the Holy Ghost. Most all the prophets, all down through the age, way back in the early beginning spoke of this great Witness that would be in the last days to the church: our great Witness, the Holy Ghost.

The Holy Ghost is our Witness. He is the proof. He is the seal. He's the bonafide Rights. He's the Abstract Deed to every Word God spoke. Amen. He's a witness that Christ lives. And because He lives, we live also. He's the bonafide statement.

With such a Person to come in the last days to guide the Church, it was behooving to God to tell His people that He would be here. All the prophets, nearly, give witness to His coming, of the Holy Ghost.

 

Rev 3:14  And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 
Rev 3:15  I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 
Rev 3:16  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 
Rev 3:17  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 
Rev 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 
Rev 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 
Rev 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 

Jer 42:5  Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. 
Jer 42:6  Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. 

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. 

 

24-0209A_THE IDENTIFIED CHRIST OF ALL AGES PT-13 (HIS IDENTIFIED MASTERPIECE)

Mar 11:11  And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 

Mar 11:12  And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 

Mar 11:13  And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 

Mar 11:14  And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. 

Mar 11:15  And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; 

Mar 11:16  And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. 

Mar 11:17  And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. 

Mar 11:18  And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. 

Mar 11:19  And when even was come, he went out of the city. 

Mar 11:20  And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 

*NOW, FOR NEARLY TWO THOUSAND YEARS, GOD HAS BEEN TRYING TO CUT HIM A MASTERPIECE BRIDE, CALLED A CHURCH.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

  131      Now, for nearly two thousand years, God has been trying to cut Him a masterpiece Bride, called a Church. That's right. How does God do it? He does it by His never-changing method, the Word. God never changes His method. Anybody, you can. You change. I change. Time changes. The world changes. But God doesn't change, He's perfect. He doesn't change. And the way He does anything the first time, He does it every time the same way.

132    He saved man one time because he repented. That's the way he will save man again. He healed one man because he had faith. He will heal the next one on the same basis. He never changes His way, because, see, He is sovereign and He's Eternal. He's infinite, omnipresent, omniscient. He's God. And therefore He don't have to ask anybody for wisdom. He don't have to wait till He learns more. He don't need a new degree. He's perfect. And whatever degree, and whatever thing He makes first, His first decision remains the same forever. It can never be changed. Oh, how glad I am!

*THE WORD FOR THAT DAY, THE BRIDE BECOMES PART OF THAT WORD, FOR IT'S CHRIST.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

  138      Now we notice that God begin to make Him a--a Bride for Christ. So... And the Bride must be identified with Him and in Him, because it is part of Him. Now, the Bride is part of Him. She is part of Him. The Word for that day, the Bride becomes part of that Word, for it's Christ. Now, you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] We have to be in Christ. In Christ, we have to be of Christ, in Christ, part of Christ.

139    What is a woman, when she takes a man, or a man takes a woman? That woman has to be part of him. They're no longer two. They're one.

140    And when God and Christ became one, they were One. Cause, God was the Word, and the Word was made flesh. The flesh and the Word became One. And when the church becomes Christ's Bride, She and the Gospels are the same.

*YOU BETTER HAVE CHRIST IN YOU, 'CAUSE THAT WORD IS ETERNAL, AND THAT WORD IS WHAT WILL RAISE YOU UP AGAIN.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

  143      How we going to come to Heaven, then, to say, "Well, I believe this, but I don't believe That"? You've got to be the full Word, for you are part of Him. That's how God is trying to make His Church today, not by a creed.    And they're trying to force us into that, folks. You can see it coming. The handwriting is on the wall. Won't be too long till we're going to be a world Church. And every church is going to have to fall right into that, or stand the circumstances. Well, are you ready to stand that? You better not do it just because you think it's the right thing.

144    You better have Christ in you, 'cause that Word is Eternal, and that Word is what will raise you up again. You become part of that Word. You're identified with the Word.

*AND THE WORD THAT REFLECTED GOD THROUGH CHRIST, REFLECTS THE SAME GOD THROUGH YOU.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

146    It's all right to have denominations. I ain't against that. But, see, that, that's what the people are. Many people say I tear down denominations, I kick them. I do not. No, sir. The denominations, they're all right. That's just like working agreements, or anything like that. But when you stick, because you say, "I'm a Christian because I belong to certain-certain church," that doesn't mean anything. You've got to be of Christ, and Christ is the Word. And many times those denominations is as far away from the Word as East is from West.

147    You've got to stay with that Word, to be the Bride. If you're in the Bride, you're in the Word, and the Word is in you. And the Word that reflected God through Christ, reflects the same God through you. Amen. Amen means "so be it." So, so be it. I believe it to be the Truth. You have to be identified with Him.

*I'M IDENTIFIED WITH HIM, BY GOD'S WORD.

THE.IDENTIFIED.MASTERPIECE.OF.GOD_  YUMA.AZ  SATURDAY_  64-1205

179    No matter what the world may say, they may call us "crazy, hysterical, or Beelzebubs, or heretics," whatever they want to be. I still want to be identified with that group. I'm still there. I'm remain there. I was born there. I want to stay there. I'll always be there, 'cause God placed me there. I am. I left my church, to come identify myself with a bunch of holy-rollers. I'm one of them. I'm identified with them.

They say, "Billy, you lost your mind."

  180      Maybe I did, but I found the mind of Christ. I found His Word, found His Presence, found that He's the same yesterday, today, and forever!... care what anybody else thinks about it. This is me. I'm the one that has to make my identification. I'm identified with Him, by God's Word. He said, "These signs shall follow them that believe." I'm glad I'm identified in that. Yes, sir.

*YOUR LIFE HAS GOT TO BE THIS. YOU AND THIS HAS TO BECOME ONE, SEE, AND THEN THIS MANIFESTS ITSELF.

HE.THAT.IS.IN.YOU_  JEFF.IN  V-6 N-12  SUNDAY_  63-1110E

  184      Listen, wish we had time to go further on this. But I'd like to ask the question, that I heard remarked the other day, about, "Christ in you."

Now, don't--don't let it rest upon something that you've done; say, "I felt a little shiver. I--I--I spoke in tongues. I--I danced in the spirit." Nothing against that, now. That's all right, see, that's, but don't rest upon that. See?

Your life has got to be This. [Brother Branham pats his Bible--Ed.] This is It. You and This has to become one, see, and then This manifests Itself. See?

*AND IF, YOU, CHRIST LIVED IN YOU, THE WORKS OF CHRIST WOULD BE DONE THROUGH YOU, THE LIFE OF CHRIST WOULD BE LIVED THROUGH YOU.

HE.THAT.IS.IN.YOU_  JEFF.IN  V-6 N-12  SUNDAY_  63-1110E

  187      But He that is in you is Christ! And if Christ is in you, the works of Christ you will do, if Christ lives in you. He said so. Saint John 14:12, "He that believeth in Me, the works that I do shall he do also," if you was in Christ, or if Christ lived in you. Then, Christ is the Word. Is that right? And the Word come to His prophets. See? And if, you, Christ lived in you, the works of Christ would be done through you, the Life of Christ would be lived through you. The works He did, the life He lived, and everything, it would live in you; just like if Shakespeare, Beethoven, or--or whoever it was lived in you.

*BUT IF THE LIFE, IF CHRIST IS LIVING IN YOU, HIS WORD HE WILL RECOGNIZE AND HIS PROMISE HE'LL DO.

HE.THAT.IS.IN.YOU_  JEFF.IN  V-6 N-12  SUNDAY_  63-1110E

188    If His Life! But if you're still living your own life, then your own works you'll do. See? But if you're living the Life of Christ, if Christ is in you, "He that's in you is greater than he that's in the world." If your doubts and flusterations about God's promise is in you, then Christ isn't there; see, you're only worked up. But if the Life, if Christ is living in you, His Word He will recognize and His promise He'll do. See? He'll do.

*HE SAID, "I WILL COME TO YOU, BE IN YOU. I," THE PERSON, CHRIST, IN THE FORM OF THE HOLY GHOST…

HE.THAT.IS.IN.YOU_  JEFF.IN  V-6 N-12  SUNDAY_  63-1110E

  190      He said, "I will not leave you comfortless." As I pray, asked a while ago, there in Matthew 24, see, or Matthew 28:20. See? He said, "I will come to you, be in you. I," the Person, Christ, in the form of the Holy Ghost, "will come and live in you. Then you won't be your--you won't be yourself no more. I'll be in you. And greater is He that's in you, than he that's in the world." See? Hebrews 13:8 says, "He is same, yesterday and forever."

*HE IS IN US, THAT'S, THE CHRIST…HE CONQUERED HELL, HE CONQUERED THE GRAVE, AND NOW HE LIVES IN US AS THE CONQUEROR!

HE.THAT.IS.IN.YOU_  JEFF.IN  V-6 N-12  SUNDAY_  63-1110E

195    He is in us, that's, the Christ. He was the conqueror of every enemy, for us. When He was here on earth, He conquered sin, He conquered sickness, He conquered death, He conquered hell, He conquered the grave, and now He lives in us as the Conqueror! He conquered sickness, hell, death, grave, and come to us to set us free from all those things. And greater is He that's in you, than he that can put these bluffs over on you. Yes! "Greater is He that's in you, than he that's in the world."

 

 Col 1:20  And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 

Col 1:21  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 

Col 1:22  In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 

Col 1:23  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; 

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: 

Col 1:25  Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; 

Col 1:26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 

Col 1:28  Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 

Col 1:29  Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. 

 

24-0205P_TESTIMONY OF A TRUE WITNESS

Act 1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 

Act 1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 

Act 1:3  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 

Act 1:4  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 

Act 1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

Act 1:6  When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 

Act 1:7  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 

Act 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

Act 1:9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 

Act 1:10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 

Joh 3:31  He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 

Joh 3:32  And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 

Joh 3:33  He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 

Ecc 12:1  Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 

Ecc 12:2  While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 

Ecc 12:3  In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 

Ecc 12:4  And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; 

Ecc 12:5  Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: 

Ecc 12:6  Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 

Ecc 12:7  Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

Ecc 12:8  Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 

Ecc 12:9  And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 

Ecc 12:10  The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. 

Ecc 12:11  The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. 

Ecc 12:12  And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 

Ecc 12:13  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 

Ecc 12:14  For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. 

A PERSON HAS TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY CAN TESTIFY. 

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  68    Now, a testimony... Before... A person has to have an experience before they can testify. If you were called in court, you'd have to--as a--give a testimony, you have to know something before you can testify. And a witness is a person who has seen something, that knows that it is the truth, and they're called to give witness. And then, a witness must know what he's talking about. He must be not, "Someone told me a certain-certain thing." He must be the witness himself. If not, he's speaking of someone else that could be a witness at the scene.

THAT LIFE IS SO FRAGILE, THEN THAT DEATH IS SO POSITIVE …WE NEED TO COME TO A PLACE THAT WE ARE POSITIVE SURE THAT THIS THAT WE SPEAK OF IS RIGHT.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  70    Now, I think that, being that we see out from our congregation, that life is so fragile, then that death is so positive, we need to come to a place that we are positive sure that this that we speak of is right. See? It is not nothing that you can just haphazardly, as we would say, accept it. You've got to be positive sure that it's right, because we do not know what kind of an end that we will come to.

*WHEN A MAN OR A WOMAN IS IN THEIR RIGHT MIND, THAT IS THE TIME TO ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS AND GET IT ALL SETTLED THEN

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  71    Now, the one reason that I am a Calvinistic thinker, of security of the believer, is because that I believe that when a man or a woman is in their right mind, that is the time to accept the Lord Jesus and get it all settled then, once for ever. Because when we come to the end of the road, we don't know just where and how we're going to be sick. We may be sick in our mind; there might be a fever that would really cook our very brain; and we might say anything or do anything at the end of the road. We don't know. But, you see, if we have already anchored in Christ, no matter what sickness takes us, or what condition we are when we go, it's already settled. We are sealed until the day of our redemption. Ephesians 4:30, says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed until the day (not of your death, but) of your redemption." See? After death's done over, you're still sealed.

*THE WORD IS THE TESTIMONY OF GOD.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  79    But I said, "What I did, mama, I went back and read the Bible. And I taught just exactly the way the--them apostles taught It. I never varied one bit. Where they said baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ, I said baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ. Where they said the baptism of the Holy Ghost, I said baptism of the Holy Ghost. And I taught it just the way they taught it. Mama, I got the same results that they got. And I seen the same God that come by their teaching, the same God that comes into our midst and does the same thing He did for them back there, He does for us today. Therefore, His promise is, 'He that eats My flesh and drinks My Blood has Everlasting Life, and I'll raise him up again at the last days.'" The Word is the testimony of God.

*THERE IS OTHER WITNESSES WE COULD CALL IN THIS MORNING. ONE OF THEM, LET'S THINK OF THE TREE.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  80    There is other witnesses we could call in this morning. One of them, let's think of the tree. It's fall of the year, and when the autumn time is here now. And we take a leaf; that's like a life. And we are, if we are borned again, we are a leaf on the Tree of Life.

And this tree that we see out here in the woods, the life finally leaves, pulls away from the leaf, because the season is over for the leaf. And that life leaves the leaf, and the leaf will drop off when the life leaves it. We're all real sure of that, as we look at it from our very windows now, that as soon as the life leaves the leaf, the leaf will drop off. And that's the body that we bury.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  82    But the life that was in that leaf goes back where it come from, down through the tree to the root, and there it remains in the root of the tree until another season. For this season the sun has rocked away, or the earth has rocked away from the sun, and it's following the--the orbit as it goes around; and it's way away, and cold weather is headed for the earth. Therefore, the root holds the life of that leaf until the earth rocks back around again, and then there is no way to ever hide that leaf from coming back again. It'll come back just as sure as the sun comes back. It'll come back. But it has to wait for another season before it comes back.

*AND TODAY THAT GIVES US A GREAT TESTIMONY, AS A WITNESS OF THE GOD OF CREATION. BECAUSE THAT WHEN WE ARE IN THE SEASON OF MORTAL LIFE…

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  83    And today that gives us a great testimony, as a witness of the God of creation. Because that when we are in the season of mortal life, raising our children, marrying and bringing forth families, this is a life or the season of mortal life. But when we have been borned of above, the body returns to the dust from where it come, and the spirit goes down to where it come from, or goes up, rather, to where it come from, to the God Who gave it, and there will come another season. And that season that will come will be the immortal season. And when the Son of God rises with healing in His wings, it'd be totally impossible to hold those bodies in the ground any longer. They'll come forth in the brightness of the Son of God. Very nature itself testifies of that.

*SO IF WE ARE A CHRISTIAN, AND WE ARE BORNED OF THE SPIRIT, DEATH CAN HOLD NOTHING BUT VICTORY FOR US…

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  84    So if we are a Christian, and we are borned of the Spirit, death can hold nothing but victory for us, because this old corruptible body that Satan still has power over will drop into the dust of the earth. But when that season... This is the wrong season now; this is mortal season. But immortal season is coming. When the immortal One comes He will bring with Him the immortal spirits that has returned to Him from the earth, and they shall come forth again in the resurrection for the great millennium, and shall shine in His glory.

*EVERYTHING ON EARTH GIVES A TESTIMONY…

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  85    Everything on earth gives a testimony. The sun rises in the east to show the beginning of life; it goes over and sets in the evening. Of a morning the birds wake and sing, and they're happy; we feel fresh; the evening we're tired when the sun sets. It gives testimony that there is a life and a death; a day was born; a day is gone.

A tree lived, the leaves dropped off. God preserved in the roots of the tree, where this life origined, where it started at, down in the roots, the--went forth and made the leaves for shade, comes back again to where it come from, only to rest to come at another season.

Life in the little flower that drops out of the seed returns to somewhere that we know not where. But all the pulp might go out of the seed, and the seed rot in the ground, but yet there is a life in there that's hid for a resurrection again. Everything speaks of--gives testimony.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  88    …..This Christian religion is the right religion: death, burial, and resurrection, all nature, heavens itself, and earth, testifies of it. It is God's witness to His people every day, that there is a death, burial, and resurrection. Each season passes over our heads; we see death, burial, and resurrection. So we know that this is Truth; Christianity basically is the truth. It gives its testimony.

*AND IT GOES TO SHOW THAT IT WAS MADE BY A GREAT, SUPREME INTELLIGENCE TO SERVE A PURPOSE. IT'S HERE FOR A PURPOSE.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  90    And it goes to show that it was made by a great, supreme Intelligence to serve a purpose. It's here for a purpose. God did not have to make trees like that. He made them like that, though they different one from another and so forth. He made all of that for His purpose to give witness and to give testimony. He could've made trees like something that would--would been something else, like rocks. He could've made trees any way He wanted to. He could've made flowers any way He wanted to. But He made them to bear witness, for they are God's witnesses. They are a true witness that all other religions is false and Jesus Christ is right. Death, burial, and resurrection gives witness that we are not dead eternally, but we live again: shows a supreme Intelligence.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

195    Becky, my daughter, was reading to me, "The Gladiators," the other night. Said, "Listen to this, daddy." And I cannot at this time, I'm sorry, I can't call the name. But a--a young Christian had been throwed out as a gladiator to fight at the Roman arena. I've stood in that arena, praying. The old walls are falling in.

And when they would set there, and they--they just loved to see them. They had to kill one another. God speaking... In the old days they--they just meet one another and kill one another, and that was it. God was against that.

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  197    And one of the very--one of the--one of the very first signs of Christianity, refused to kill a man. That's right. And you can kill him more ways than just sticking him with a knife; speak against his character, many ways you can do it.

But this gladiator, they turned a lion loose on him. And with the strength and power of God he killed that lion with his sword, a knife. The people clapped; it was gallant. They stood up. They turned another one loose, and he killed it with his sword. And then they turned a man loose, a big, great, tall, dark African pagan. And this Christian had to fight him, which he didn't want to do. But in the fight he knocked the--the African down, had his sword right up over him, of course. The African said, "Sir, kill me quickly, so I won't suffer. Don't torture me. Kill me quickly."

The Christian threw over his sword, took off his armor, walked out before the emperor, and said, "Emperor, I am a Christian and my Lord and Saviour forbids us to take one another's life. I'll take the life of a wild beast, but not of my brother. I refuse to kill a man."

THE.TESTIMONY.OF.A.TRUE.WITNESS_  JEFF.IN  V-15 N-6  SUNDAY_  61-1105

  200    All of the emperors of Rome, and so forth, stood up, and said, "You mean a gladiator, a slave will refuse to obey the voice of Rome?"

And they called the man, "Jump up, and take that sword and kill him." He jumped up, and took the Christian's sword. The Christian, unarmed, laid his arms out. And the man struck him through the heart with a sword; right through his heart with a sword. And when the gurgles, between the blood gushing out, and filling up of his lungs, when this big knife went through his lungs, the little Christian fell on his knees, and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." And we talk about suffering for Christ? What will our testimony be with men like that?

Oh, faith of our fathers! living still

In spite of dungeon, flame, and sword.

Psa 119:88  Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. 

Psa 119:89  LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 

2Ti 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 

2Ti 1:8  Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 

2Ti 1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, 

2Ti 1:10  But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: 

2Ti 1:11  Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 

2Ti 1:12  For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 

2Ti 1:13  Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

2Ti 1:14  That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

 

Psa 119:90  Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 

Psa 119:91  They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. 

Psa 119:92  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 

Psa 119:93  I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. 

Psa 119:94  I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. 

Psa 119:95  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. 

Psa 119:96  I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 

Psa 119:97  MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 

Psa 119:98  Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 

Psa 119:99  I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 

Psa 119:100  I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. 

Psa 119:101  I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 

Psa 119:102  I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. 

Psa 119:103  How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 

Psa 119:104  Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 

Psa 119:105  NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 

Psa 119:106  I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. 

Psa 119:107  I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. 

Psa 119:108  Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 

Psa 119:109  My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 

Psa 119:110  The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. 

Psa 119:111  Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 

Psa 119:112  I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. 

Psa 119:113  SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. 

Psa 119:114  Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.