Promise and Grace to Jew and Gentile 

 March 23, 1983

	

	Shall we pray, Heavenly Father, we thank You again for Your goodness
and mercy to us, that You granted us the strength and the ability to
come to services, plus the fact which is far greater You've granted us
the freedom of this hour we can still come together, err there comes
pressures which one day will deny our meeting together, Lord. We pray,
my God, that at this time You'll teach us to still sow practice, how to
behave ourselves and so walk in the Spirit. No matter what comes, we
will have that assurance that we've been abiding and walking in the will
of Almighty God. Lord, we need Your help at this time, so we pray that
You'll be with us in the study of Your Word, ministered grace, Lord,
minister understanding to it. 

	Help us, O God, we call upon You, O Lord, in a way that deep within
ourselves that only by the Spirit can we call upon You. You know us,
Lord, You know our uprising our down sittings, our going out, our
comings in, all these things You know, Lord, and we would be motivated
by You in them. So, teach us Thy way, Lord, teach us Your great
sovereign grace, the ways of God in Jesus' Name we pray. Amen. You may
be seated.

1.	Now, I just want to read a little bit out of the Book of Romans 11:
Paul speaking and he says:

		(1) 	I say then, (if) God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also
						am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

		(2)	 (Jehovah) hath not cast away his people which he foreknew…

	Now, you'll notice in there the title is literally 'Jehovah', and go
back to Psalm 94:14, and It says:

		(14) 	For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he
forsake 						his inheritance.

	And there again now, I look at that word to be more of less the word
'possession'. When you think of inheritance, you think of something
passed down on that you become heir to through the efforts of somebody's
goodness. They having procured the benefits that you have acquired to
their diligence and work. And this here though, I believe is where the
Lord is speaking of His Own possession. "For the Lord will not cast off
His people, neither will take His possession." 

2.	Now, also, you notice there Jehovah. You go back to where God spoke
to Moses as I brought to your attention I suppose in Exodus about
chapter 6. He said:  

		(3) 	…but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known...

	And we showed you over there in the Book of Genesis the Name Jehovah
was known when Abraham was going to offer up his son, and the Lord gave
him a ram to slay, Jehovah having provided.

	Also, back further in the Book of Genesis, (I just can't remember right
at this point) the word 'Jehovah' comes up again. So, He's not saying
that His Name Jehovah was not known as though It was not known. But, as
Elohim is the One Who always was, the Self-existed One, and the One Who
becomes. He takes on Himself another title, the Name Jehovah so, that He
can get many more associations out of It in relationship to the people.
And we fine Jehovah as He revealed Himself to Moses what in the
collective name. He revealed Himself individually, but now He's taking
on as it were the entire nation of people.

	And so, He's saying the same thing here. He said concerning Israel:
[Romans 11:]

		 (2)	(Jehovah) has not cast away his people which he foreknew. (Now, 	
				It said, Know) ye not what the scripture (says) of (Elijah?) how he 
					maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

		(3) 	Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine
altars; 						and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

	Now, here again you'll notice that this… a prophet Elijah (now he's
not a Word prophet) he's a great prophet, but you won't find him
bringing the Word, you find him standing in a place of  bringing the
people back to the Word, which has already been given. And he evidently
has not too thoroughly conversant with the doctrine of predestination,
election and foreknowledge. And if he is, he's finally come to the place
where he believes that he's the only person left that lies within the
election. And so he says, "I'm left alone, and these people seek my
life."

3.	What is the answer of God unto him? Now you see, this is to correct
the unbelief, or the doctrine that God forsook Israel and has entirely
put them to one side, has nothing more to do with them as though His
promises have been negated through the death of Jesus Christ, which
death they were engaged in. So he said:

		(4) 	…what saith (is) the answer of God? I have reserved to myself 	
				seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image 					
of Baal.

		(5) 	(So) even at this present time also there is a remnant according
to 						the election of grace.

		(6) 	And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is
no 						more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace:
otherwise 					work(s) is no more work(s).

	Now, you'll see here that in speaking concerning Israel Paul is
actually including Israel under a measure of grace. Because, the purpose
of God is a purpose of grace, rather than one of works. So, he's already
telling you here, giving you an acquaintance with the Fifth Seal. Which
Fifth Seal is the Israel…

4.	Let's go back to the Fifth Seal. And that would be chapter 6 of the
Book of Revelation.

		(9) 	And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the 
					souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the 				
	testimony which they held:

	Now, you hold your finger there, and you go over to Revelation  20:4,
It says:

		(4) 	And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
					unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the 	
				witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, which had not 						
worshipped the beast…  

	Now, go back again over here to chapter 6, and you'll notice It says:

		(9) 	…(they) were slain…for the testimony (the witness) which they
held:

	And It doesn't say a thing about Jesus Christ. But, they were slain for
the Word of God , which Word that they had, and which Word that they
held to without the revelation of the Word which came to the Gentiles.
Okay?

5.	That's Ephesians 2:  Paul saying:

		(11) 	Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the 	
				flesh, called Uncircumcision…(now it's) called the Circumcision 		
			in the flesh made by hands;

		(12) 	That at that time without Christ, being aliens from the 				
commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenants of promise, 					
having no hope, and without God in the world:

		(13) 	But now in Christ Jesus (you were) sometimes were far off are
made 					nigh by the blood of Christ.

	And then in verse 19.

		(19) 	Now therefore (you're) no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellow-					citizens with the saints, of the household of God;

		(20) 	And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus 					Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

		(21) 	In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an
holy 					temple in the Lord:

		(22) 	In whom (you) also are builded together for an habitation of God
						through the Spirit.

6.	[Ephesians 3:]

		(1) 	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
Gentiles,

		(2) 	If (you) have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which
is 					given me to you-ward:

		(3) 	How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I 	
				wrote afore in few words,

		(4) 	Whereby, when (you) read, (you) may understand my knowledge 					
in the mystery of Christ.)

		(5) 	Which in other (generations) was not made known (or to other 				
	generations was not made known) unto the sons of men, as it is now 				
revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

		(6) 	That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body,
and 						partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

7.	Now, going back to Revelation again, you notice It says:  [Revelation
6:]

		(9) 	…(they were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony
(that) 					they held: (And there's nothing mentioned concerning the
testimony 					the Jesus Christ.)

	Now, the Gospel had turned to the Gentiles. Now, where did that leave
Israel? Now, it left Israel according to what we're reading here in
Romans 11: Now, I'll get back again to chapter 6 or Revelation.

		(7) 	What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh…but 	
				the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

	All right, you can just swing back here now. Now, It says here:
[Revelation 6:]

		(9) 	…I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for
the word 					of God, and for the testimony which they held:

		(10) 	And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy
						and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that 		
			dwell on the earth?

		(11) 	And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was
said 					unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season,
until their 						fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be
killed as they 						were, should be fulfilled.

8.	Now, what I'm trying to show you here, is that Israel was blinded.
And because they were blinded in order to give the Gentiles the
opportunity to come in. And this revelation could only come at the time
and on the grounds that that entrance was made to the Gentiles with the
closing off of Israel. Now, you'll notice in here, as I say, there's not
one word said about the Blood of Jesus. There's not one word said
concerning the testimony of Jesus. All that's said is that they held to
the Word and they're under the altar, they're Jews and they're crying.

	Now, they're going to receive white robes. And they're told that they
rest a little season, "until their fellow servants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."
[verse 11 above]  

	That of course Bro. Branham said, and truthfully the 144,000 which the
Sixth Seal following Five, brings the sealing in of the 144,000 in
chapter 7.

9.	Now, [Revelation] chapter 7 says:

		(1) 	And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four
corners 					of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, the wind
should not 					blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

		(2) 	And I saw another (mighty messenger) ascending from the east, 			
		having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice 				
	to the four angels…

	Now, He's got the Seal of the Living God, which is the attributes of
the Holy Spirit. 

		(3) 	(Do not) hurt the (trees, or the sea of the) earth, till we have
sealed 						the servants of our God in their foreheads.

	Now, evidently the revelation of Christ and salvation to the 144,000
must come quite early in the three and a half years; perhaps right after
the Bride is taken up. And there sealed in 144,000 of those various
tribes that are named therein. And of course Dan and Ephraim is missing
because of their idolatry. 

10.	Okay, now, we go back here to Romans 11:5, and It says;

		(5) 	Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant
according 						to the election of grace.

	So, the word that signifies this concept is John 1:17.

		(17) 	For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by
Jesus 					Christ.

	Now, and if by grace, then it is no more works. Otherwise grace is no
more grace. But if it be of works then it is no more grace, otherwise
works is no more works. Now, the principle of grace therefore extended
to Israel. You follow me? The principle of grace extended and does
extend to Israel, so that you don't have to go to them and say, "You've
got to be born again." You don't go to any Jew and pester him. You don't
go to any Rabbi and try to sell him, because they're already under
grace. See?

	Now, there's a remnant, a small number, that are going to be saved
regardless, because they're already there and the Blood stands there.
Now you remember, that before the day of Pentecost the people were not
full of the Holy Ghost. Bro. Branham said, "The closest any Old
Testament saint, (I'm paraphrasing now) could come to what we've got is
a prophet." 

11.	So, you're looking at a covenant, which covenant was a Messianic
covenant of which step number one was death, the shedding of blood, and
the resurrection for justification. Now Israel stands under that. So
there is an election under the Fifth Seal that extends to the Sixth Seal
that goes to the place where Israel born as a nation and a day, a
144,000 will be full of the Holy Ghost. And they will make a part of the
First Resurrection, they will be a first-fruit under the Lamb, they will
come as eunuchs and take care of the Bride in the First Resurrection in
the Holy City, but they won't be a part of It.

	 "Well," you say, "how can they be in there and not be a part of it?"
Oh, simple as a-b-c, they're not Bride. Now, you see…I know where your
thinking still goes, because you see, it's very easy.

	 You say, "A city, is a city. Now city's got lots of nice…it's
terraced and it goes up like a pyramid, fifteen hundred miles high, and
fifteen hundred miles wide at the base, and everybody sitting, and
beautiful homes of gold." You get so carried away with that gold stuff,
and the home stuff, you forget that there's nothing. The Bride herself
is a City. The houses and the streets, and that's just a bunch of junk
compared to what a Bride is.

12.	So, you see you got to recognize when I say she's in the City, but
not a part of It, that's exactly true. Well, let's take a look at the
Scripture. Let's go over here to the Book of Revelation 21:9.

		(9) 	And there came unto me one of the seven angels (that) had the 			
		seven vials… (I'll show) thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

		(10) 	And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, 						and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out 						of heaven from God,

		(11) 	Having the glory of God:…

	Well look, there's only one group that's got the real glory of God
which is the perfect assessment of God Himself, which would be literally
the Bride sharing in every attribute that God has pronounced upon
concerning Himself. Now, I hope you caught that, because that's the way
we mention in the Greek that glory does that. It's an estimation. (We'll
get to the Hebrew sometime later on, if I ever get my anointing back.)

13.	All right, these Israelites are foreknown and predestinated. Now, he
says, "It's of grace, and works don’t have a thing to do with it."
Now, Sunday I'll be bringing in some more of what I brought last Sunday.
If you're bored, stay home. The beautiful part is that I don't have any
preacher come up behind me and say, "Well, enough is enough." Ha! Heh,
heh, heh, heh, try it and see what happens. [laughter] Terry will send
me down one of them ushers and throw you out so fast you won't know what
hit you. He's got a guy wears size thirteen shoes, about six foot four
weighs about five hundred pounds (I hope he does) doesn't know his own
strength.

	Now, I'm going to tell you about that. Well, I'll tell you a little bit
about in the fact that we're going to…we're just going to mention some
of those things down the line. But I'll leave it out here see?

14.	All right, they are under grace so that people say, "Hey, (this I'm
talking about a minute ago looking down the line)  God is going to
restore law." Hogwash, He's going to restore law! We'll talk about that
and show you the fallacy of this fundamental thinking out here. These
Jews here are not under law! 

	Now, (see) God made a promise. Go back to Romans 4:13.

		(13) 	For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was
not to 						Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness 					of faith.

		(14) 	For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void,
and 						the promise made of none effect:

	Now, if you've got to work for it, don't bother praying or begging, or
stealing, because you ain't going to get it. You try to steal, they'll
cut your hands off, and then they cut your feet off so you can't run.
You see, you got to work for it. Then if it's a gift, there's nothing
you can do for it. Now, that's what It says here. One voids the other.

15.	Now, we're talking about the children of Abraham. Okay, John 8:33.

		(33) 	They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in 					
bondage to any man: how sayest thou, (We'll) be made free?

		(34) 	(…truly), I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is (not
free, 						he's) the servant (he's a servant) of sin. (He's got to obey
that 						impulse.)

		(35) 	…the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son
abideth 					ever.

	Now, He's telling you right there the Son is greater than the Son has
an influence, or a power is greater than sin is a power. The Son is a
nature is greater is greater than sin is a nature.

		(36) 	If the Son therefore shall make you free, (you'll) be free
indeed.

		(37) 	I know that (you're) Abraham's seed; but (you) seek to kill me, 
					because my word hath no place in you.

		(38) 	I speak that which I have seen with my Father: (you) do that
which 					(you) have seen with your father.

		(39) 	They said, Abraham is our father. Jesus (said) unto them, If
(you) 						were Abraham's children, (you'd) do the works of Abraham.

		(40) 	But now (you) seek to kill me, a man that told you the truth, 		
			which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

		(41) 	(You) do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be
not 					born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

	See, those old boys traced themselves right back to Adam. They didn't
trace themselves back to Cain, serpent seed. 

		(42) 	Jesus said, If God were your Father, (you'd) love me: for I
proceeded 					forth… (and so on. Now, they say, "We're Abraham's
children.")

16.	Back to [Romans] 4: Now, he says here:

		(14) 	For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void,
and 						the promise made of none effect:

		(15) 	Because the law worketh wrath…

	Now, how are you going to get blood out of a turnip? The law does not
work grace. There's nothing in there to give you a break, except a
broken neck. That's right. Thrown in the Lake of Fire. There's no grace
in there. Neither is there any wrath in grace. Now sit awhile and think
of that. And you'll realize you've been a bunch of legalists too long.
Of course I'm stand up here very smug, because I'm talking to you. I'm
not going to let you know I've been a legalist too long myself. Why
should I tell all my secrets to you, you just run and tell the
neighbors. [chuckling] Go start your own church for all I know. Okay, I
hope you're getting the point.

	Law has no grace. Grace has no law in the sense of mercy and wrath.
Grace has no wrath, law has no mercy. 

		(15) 	(…and law worketh wrath: (and) where (there is) no law, there 
					is no transgression. (Now, that sounds strange, but that's true.)

 	How can you be a transgressor if there's no law? Now listen:

		(16)	Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end
the						 promise might be sure to all the seed; not (only) to that
which is 						of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who 						is the father of us all,

17.	Now, going back here again to [Romans] chapter 11: (See?)

		(7) 	What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;
but 						the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

		(8) 	(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of
slumber, 					eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should
not hear;) unto 					this day.

		(9) 	And David (said), Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
and 						a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

		(10) 	Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down 
					their back alway.

		(11) 	I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God
forbid:…

	In other words, has this taken place and they have done it themselves,
and now they're in a complete fall where there's nothing can be done for
them at all. 

		(11)	… God forbid: but rather through their fall (not there's a
purpose 						in this, the eyes being blinded and turning down the
Messiah,) 						salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them
to 							jealousy.

		(12) 	Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the
diminishing					 of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their
fulness?

	In other words, if you're looking at a thing here and you're seeing
grace, and you're seeing what God has done so that He will lose nobody
at anytime, and anyway shape or form. 

18.	How marvelous that is; but how little wonderful it is in comparison
when God brings in all of the Gentiles, and all of the Israel's, and you
got one great marvelous manifestation of what we found over here,
reading too in Ephesians 2:

		(19) 	Now (you're) no more (foreigners and strangers) but
fellowcitizens 					with the saints, and of the household of God;

		(20) 	And  built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus 						Christ being (that) chief corner…(not stone, but that
stone would be 					admittedly part of that verse.)

	Now: [Romans 11:]

		(13) 	For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the
						Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

		(14) 	If by any means I may provoke to emulation (those) are my flesh,
						and might (be saved).

		(15) 	For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world,
(that 					would be the Gentiles, or the whole mankind system) what
shall the 					receiving of them ..., but life from the dead?

	Now as I told you before, as we say here, Israel is not dead. A blind
man is not dead. These people are not dead, they are blind. So, what
does receiving them from life from the dead mean? It means it's the time
of the Resurrection. So, when they're back to be received of the Lord,
then it is time for the Resurrection and they're already back in the
Promised Land waiting for the Resurrection.

		(16) 	For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and the
root (is) 						holy, (and) so are the branches.

19.	Now, talking about a people going back to Abraham. Going back to
inception. Abraham had to have a father, had to have a mother. He just
didn't come on the scene. He's not a creation, he's by birth. Taking it
all back, you go right back to Adam who was a son of God. It is not said
that Abraham was  a son of God, it is said that Adam is a son of God.
(At least I don't think it does, just take a look at the genealogy.)
There's a genealogy here in the Book of Matthew. Now in one place there
you may still…we're going to start and go backward. Okay, "these are
the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, Abraham begat Isaac."
It doesn't say that God begat Abraham. 

	The other genealogy in Luke said, Adam was the son of God. It doesn't
say that Abraham was. So when they said, "We are…that God is our
Father, we be not born of fornication," they're taking their genealogy
plumb back to Abraham, plumb back to the flood, plumb back to Adam,
plumb back to God.

20.	Now, he's saying here then, if these people are the foreknown,
predestinated, or elected, and foreknown of Almighty God constituting
the holy people of God, he said, "Don't think for one moment it doesn't
continue."

	In other words, the whole group of Israel, "for all Israel is not
Israel." [Rom 9:6] Now, that's found over here:  [Romans 11:]

		(26) 	…all Israel shall be saved: (now, all Israel is not Israel,
but) There 						shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn
away ungodliness 					from Jacob:

		(27) 	For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their
sins.

		(28) 	As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your (sake): but
as 						touching the election, they are beloved for the father's
(sake).

		(29) 	For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

	Okay, he said, "The whole lump is holy." In other words, we're looking
at the fact of God has never cast away Israel which He has foreknown.
(See?) No way, shape and form.

21.	Now then, let us look here further. [Romans 11]

		(17) 	(Now) …some of the branches be broken off, and (you), being a 
					wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them
(partake) 					of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

		(18) 	Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest
not 						the root, but the root ...

 	In other words, if you open your mouth and you're trying to say
something, he said, "Remember, the election came down through them, it
didn't come down through you." In other words, God looking at the
Gentiles and what He's doing now was a part of His great plan and they
fit in, in their proper place in this great Tree of Life that God is
building here, a Bride Tree. Now:

		(19) 	Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might
be 						(grafted) in.

		(20) 	Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and (you stand) 
					by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

		(21) 	For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he
also 						spare not thee (also).

   	Now, you know you could trace Israel down quite simply tribe by
tribe and take it down. But, when you come to the Seed of God in the
Gentiles you can't do it. Now, you look at how that God allowed Rehab to
be a part of the election, because she really belonged to that line.
Because, in her lay that which God was going to use to make her a part
of the progenitors of David himself. Because, it comes right on down the
line she married a general, came on down, down, down. Then you come to
Ruth and Naomi. Ruth comes back a Moabitess. Now, she related through
the blood line of the nephew of Abraham descended down, a child of Lot
through the relationship of himself with his daughter. Which at that
time might not have been so bad, because the race was strong enough.

22.	Now, she comes in there signifying that there would be a place of
the Gentiles coming in as a Bride, elect of God, where God would be
bringing them down also through flesh. The same as He brought Israel,
because He's got to have them here by natural election, the same as
there is a spiritual election. Remember, Jesus is designated in a
natural election. He's called Elect of God. Just the same as we're
called Elect.

	So, now he's saying here, these ones that have been more or less broken
off. In other words, the tree hasn't been bearing surface wise producing
as in the Gentiles. Suddenly, it comes to a stop. Gentiles are finished.
Then watch: right back to the same production; a genealogy, twelve
tribes, 144,000 all coming on down.

23.	Now:  [Romans 11:]

		(22) 	Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which
					fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his 
					goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

		(23) 	And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
graffed in: 					for God is able to graff them in again.

	Now, when did they get grafted back in again? Under the two witnesses,
the 144,000. They're going to be grafted back in again.  

	[1 Thessalonians 4:] 

		(13) 	(For) I would not (brethren) have you  ignorant…

Now: [Romans 11:]

		(25) 	…this mystery, lest (you) should be wise in your own conceits;
that 					blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of
the Gentiles 					be come in.

	In other words, there's a group in there that are predestinated to
salvation. (See?) They are not full of the Holy Ghost. No way shape and
form are they part of the Bride. But, they are going to come up. Some of
them as a 144,000 will come up as a part of the First Resurrection, the
rest will not come up until the Second Resurrection, and then they'll be
able to be brought in.

24.	All right, now, over here again back in the Book of Romans 9: Paul
says.

		(1) 	I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing
me 						witness in the Holy Ghost,

		(2) 	That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

		(3) 	For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my				
	brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

		(4) 	Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the
glory, 					and the covenants, and the giving of the law, the service of
God, 						and the promises;

		(5) 	(And) whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh 
					Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever..

	Now, if Christ came for them and paid the price, then the price has
been paid. Now, I know someone said, "Well, you've got to accept that
price paid." That's not true. Because, the fact remains that the true
price paid, and you will see that God will bring the baptism with the
Holy Ghost. But It's not bringing the baptism with the Holy Ghost here.
The price has been paid and under grace they are going to receive the
fullness of that promise. They are going to be there.

25.	Now listen, he said:

		(6) 	Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they
are 					not all Israel, which are of Israel:

	And that is true. They had a remnant of five thousand amongst, maybe
three to five million people. And out of the three to five million
people only seven thousand had not bowed the knee. And everyone could
come under the covenant of by virtue of the fact of saying, "I am a
Child of Abraham." But, "all Israel is not Israel." (See?) No way near.
Just like all Gentiles are not going to be saved. There's a seed, and
God's going to get that Seed out.

	Now, that's why people…this seven hundred fifty or eight hundred
million Christians. How many are going to believe this Message? Well, I
don't know. Bro. Branham said, "Maybe eight hundred." Maybe less than
that by the time the Rapture takes place the rest will be dead.

	People look around and they say, "Well, maybe we're going to miss It."
Well, I can tell you one thing: if the Bride doesn't come out of the
group, the group that believe this Message, then we're just a bunch of
idiots. We've missed It. Because, Bro. Branham said, "Only this Word has
Life in It, and only this Message will come to Life."

26.	Now,

		(7) 	Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all
children: 					but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. (And that's true.
See?)

	Because, the whole world no longer has a pure genealogy. It's got
everyone that's filled up with the flesh of Adam and flesh of the beast.
In fact, there's more beast flesh then there is flesh of Adam right
today, that's all is to it. Because, those dominant traits are there
more than anything else. And you can tell by the way sin is. If the
dominant traits weren't there wouldn't be the sin we're having. Because
you see, an animal doesn't have a conscience. And you know as Bro.
Branham said, "These people don't have no more conscience then snakes
got hips." And that's exactly true. That's why the women and the men are
in such a mess today. Now:

		(8) 	That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not
the 						children of God: but the children of the promise are counted
for seed.

	Now, let's watch this very carefully. Somebody said, "Well, I'll tell
you what, those children of God they're the ones that get born again."
But that meaning of  "they're the ones that get born again," isn't the
meaning we have of those that get born again. Our meaning of those that
get born again is because you are Seed you receive the Holy Ghost. And
they say, "You become seed."    

	Now, you've got the people right in the Message right today don't know
the difference. One of the funniest things in all the world is a fellow
quoting back the Church Ages to me as though I didn't know what I wrote.
[laughter] He didn't know what I wrote, that's the trouble. He couldn't
figure what I wrote. I wrote under pure inspiration as soon as I caught
from Bro. Branham with the Baptism with the Holy Ghost was my whole
theology, and (phfft!) like this, and I began writing and he began
preaching it down the road about a year later. Not that he didn't preach
it all the time, but I mean, he'd be coming out very, very strong what
Seed was, and how It was, you see?  

27.	Now, these are not the children of the promise.  [Romans 9:]

		(9) 	For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and
Sarah 					shall have a son.

	Now, you see, what you're looking at is here, that when you're looking
at election and predestination, you're looking at God bringing about a
human birth, as Bro. Branham said, "The virgin birth is literally
nothing compared to human birth that God brings forth in His
foreknowledge, election and predestination."

	Now:

		(9) 	For this is the word of promise, At this time…Sarah shall have
a son.

		(10) 	And not only this; but when Rebecca also conceived by one, even 
					by our father Isaac;

		(11) 	(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any
good or 					evil, that the purpose of God might stand (in election),
not of works…

	So therefore, the law can't have a thing to do with the elect. There's
no way. You say, "What about Israel?" Ho, David a man after God's Own
heart, committing adultery, then killing the man to get her? There's no
way he qualifies. I don't care if he was the son of Abraham, by the son
of Abraham, by the son of Abraham. I don't care if Abraham had married
his twin sister, or his clone, if that could have been possible. That
isn't going to do it. It's election!

28.	See, the purpose of God stands in election. Israel's elect nation.
He brought it down. Now He's bringing it all over the whole world, but
it doesn't make a bit of difference to God, He works it just perfect.

		(11) 	…the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of
works, 					but of him that calleth;)

	It doesn't matter how hard a person works, or how hard he calls on God.
It's whether God is called on Him.

		(12) 	It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

	And there again, you're looking at Jew and Gentile. (See?) The Jew put
to one side, the Gentile brought in.

		(13) 	As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

	Now, a lot of people want to read that according to the Greek. They
say, "Well, Esau have I loved less." Bro. Branham used the term 'hated'.
I like the term 'hated'. People think that God can't hate. God can hate.
"He's angry with the wicked all day long." [Ps 7:11] In fact David said,
he said, "I hate the enemies of God with a perfect hatred." [Ps 139:22]

	"Well," I said, "I haven't got mine perfect yet but I'm getting there."
[laughter] I can't stand this nonsense, where people out Bible the
Bible, out God, God, out Spirit the Spirit, out Jesus, Jesus. I don't
believe to be wicked and mean, and vulgar and everything else, I'm not
saying that. I'm not a champion of that kind of junk. But, I am a
champion of the fact that this is the Word of God. And if I go to hell,
I'll go to hell, this is the Word of God. And if I'm going to go to
heaven, because it's the Word of God. It hasn't got a thing to do with
me.

29.	Now, It says here, what does those children have to do with it?
Nothing! I suppose Jacob came out saying, "Boys, I want to tell you,
hallelujah, I'm sure of the election, bless God. Notice, how I got the
heel of that guy that got there ahead of me, huh, huh, I'm the great one
glory to God. Hallelujah, look what I did for myself. What have you guys
done for yourself?"  Fap!

	I bet right now somebody could take a carving knife and change your
parent's face and get a little better face out of it if you could.
[laughter] That wasn't a nice thing to say, might as well cut it where
it belongs. (Phfft! Fap!) I got a pretty wife and the kids all look more
too much like me. [Bro. Vayle chuckles] I thought marrying her I had the
thing by the tail. I sure did, but wrong end. [laughter] Oh brother,
maybe that's what David thought too. He's going to get some pretty kids
out of Bathsheba. He got one son that (you know) was pretty good boy,
but we'll just stop the conservation there.

30.	Okay,

		(13) 	…Jacob have I loved…    

	The weren't even born because they were already chosen. Bro. Branham
said, "He doesn't come here and say, 'I chose this and leave that, and
chose that and leave that'." Certainly not, it was already done. It's
not a matter of choosing, the choosing has been done, now, through
foreknowledge it's a matter of the physical choosing, (in other words,
the stamp) on the predestinated. Now: [Romans 9:]

		(14) 	What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God 	
				forbid.

		(15) 	For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have
mercy, 					and (compassionate) on whom I will have (compassionate).

		(16) 	So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,
but God 					that (shows) mercy.

	Now, where's your law? See, the whole thing comes down to grace. And if
a person really understood grace, he would worship and serve God a
hundred times better then the illegitimate condition of mixing grace and
law. That's what's wrong today. We're trying to get away from it.

31.	About two years ago, when I began really preaching on the Presence
of God. I came right upon the fact that troubled people were legalists.
I was a legalist. My friends were legalists. I preached legalist. If I
preached, their friends were legalists. Soon as I let the preachers
around the country, the little secret I got, they said, "That's exactly
right." They said, "That's what's wrong with my congregation, they're
legalists." That's what's wrong with everybody. They're legalists.
They're trying do something that can't be done. That's how you enter
into a rest. Cease from labors when you understand this.   

		(16) 	So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,
but God 					that (shows) mercy.

		(17) 	(Where) the scripture (said, even) unto Pharaoh, for this
(cause) same 					have I raised thee up…

	What could Pharaoh do about it? Oh, Moses came down, he said, "Hey,
hey, hey, hey, (he said) wonderful, I just met the Pillar of Fire." And
he said, "Boy, if I got It, if I've got an entrance like that, to talk
right to God and a Pillar of Fire, I'll tell you what we're going to do,
hallelujah, there's hope for Pharaoh, we're going to pray him into the
kingdom."

32.	Moses came down, he plumb forgot. He just about was that stupid. He
came right down and he forgot that God said, "I'm not going to let you
go, no, not with a strong hand." He said, "I'm going to let Pharaoh
plague you, and I'm going to plague Pharaoh back, until he knows I'm
getting you out of here with a high hand." And they went down there and
they threw the sticks on the ground, they turned into snakes, they
brought water into blood, the blood into water and everything else. 

	And old Pharaoh said, he said, "These bunch of bums (he said) with
their cheap magician tricks (he said) trying to get away from work, (he
said) they'll do anything to get away from work."  Reminds you of people
today. [laughter] These old Pharaoh back on the job. Got time for
everything but work. The country going bankrupt.

	"Well," he said," I'll just make them get the straw now (he said) and
make all those bricks." 

	And Moses, he went a crying and a sobbing with the elders back to God
and said, "Oh Lord," he said, "I went down and You didn't only not get
us out of here, he made it worse than ever."

	And God said, "What do you think I told you, stupid?" Dummy, God raised
Pharaoh up!

	You say, "Oh, I don't believe that." (Fap!) You don't believe the
Bible. People aren't believers anyway. They're make believers, or non
believers. Yeah, sure it's the truth, let's face it.

33.	For this purpose:

		(17)	…that I might (show) my power in thee, and that my name might 	
				be declared throughout all the earth.

	Bro. Branham said, "It takes a bad woman to show up a good woman."
Rotten man, to show up a good man. So here's old Pharaoh so he can make
Moses look good. He sure did too, boy. As soon as God said, "Why, I told
you what I was going to do, why are you bellyaching about?" 

	Moses went on down very softly and stood before Pharaoh, he said,
"Okay, (he said) give you one more chance."

	And Pharaoh said, "Well, I'll give you one more chance."

	After ten chances, he kicked Moses out. God showed who was boss. Raises
up Pharaoh for that very thing.

34.	 Now:

 

		(18) 	(…he'll have) mercy on whom he (has) mercy, and (harden) whom 
				he will (harden,)

	He'll send delusion on whom He'll send delusion. He'll send the Message
to whom He'll sent the Message. He'll send the Resurrection to whom
He'll send the Resurrection. (Huh?) Oh, don't tell me that's not part of
election. Ha, if that's not part of the election, (hey) when are we
going to call class here, begin all over again? (Huh?) I hope you get
the point.

		(19) 	(You) wilt say then, Why (does) he yet find fault? For who hath 
					resisted his will?

		(20) 	Nay but, O man, who (are you) that repliest against God?...
(Shut your 					mouth.)

	Are you going to try to tell God something? How you got a better plan,
and how to do it better, more justice, more righteous, more everything?
That's legalist. Oh yeah, legalist, he can't go for this. 

35.	Like a sweet little friend of mine, she said, "Oh Bro. Vayle, if I
believe that, I just have to forsake God." 

	"Well," I thought, "fap, you may have forsaken Him already."   

	How sweet can you get? How nice can you get? "My, what a mean dirty old
God we got here. I think we better build us some calves and go back to
Egypt. At least we can milk them when they get old enough." Heh, heh.
And remember, it never says, "moo." [Bro. Vayle chuckles] I tell you
what, people are funny. I mean peculiar. 

		(20) 	…who (are you) that (replys) against God? Shall the thing
formed say 					to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?... 

	Now listen:

		(21) 	(Does) not the potter (have) power over the clay, of the same
lump…

	Put them under a microscope, analyze them. Watch them. I don't care
which way you turn, they're perfectly the same individual. But, one's
called  of God and one isn't.   

		(22) 	What if God, willing to (show) his wrath, and to make his power 
					known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted 
				to destruction:

	Now, the man that get's it, "Well," he said, "these vessels fitted
themselves." I won't argue that. But, read a little further. Oh how they
love to shut up on the next verse.

		(23) 	…that he might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels 						of mercy, which he (God) had afore prepared…(they can't
change 						that one.)

36.	Listen to this one: [Acts 13:]     

		(48) 	And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified
the 					word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life 
					believed. (The rest didn't.)

	No, they don't want to believe in It. [Romans 9:]

		(23) 	…that he might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels 						of mercy…(God is going to pour His Glory on it. That's
in this hour 					when we learned about the Father of Glory. 

	See, this is a part of the revelation under the Seven Seals. Which is
the revelation of the kind of God that He is. That His purpose stands in
election, not of works, but of a calling. And He calls the shots. See,
somebody says, "Well, God knew that person would be that kind of a
person." Sure He did! How did He? He saw to it.

	Well, you don't believe it, It says right here, "Hath not the potter
power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, one
to dishonor?" [Rom 9:21] 

	Same sperm, same egg of the same two people brought forth two kids.
"One I love, one I hate." Poor old Esau. You know, he wasn't too bright,
spiritually speaking. You know, Jacob goes down to a strange country, he
gets a wife out of the right group. Old Esau says, "You know, (he said)
bless God, my brother went down and pleased ma and pa, but didn't…a
wife down there among strange people. I'll go down among strange people
and get a wife too." He went down amongst the wrong people. Yeah, he
did. Kind of a Mortimer Snerd [ famous ventriloquist's dummy]
spiritually speaking. Sure same lump. Children weren't even born.

37.	Now, okay, (going to let you go in a few minutes.) I'm going to take
you now to what I had in mind. (But, I'm going to close off in a hurry
though, don't think I'm going to do that.) All right, here It is:
Ephesians 1.

		(1) 	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, (by the same
						will of God) to the saints which are at Ephesus, to the faithful
in 						Christ…   

	Okay, Galatians 1:15. 

		(15) 	But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb,
					and called me by his grace,

		(16) 	To reveal his Son in me…  

38.	Okay, 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

		(12) 	For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the
members 					of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is
Christ.

		(13) 	For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we
be 						Jews or Gentiles, whether bond (and) free…made to drink (of
the 						same) Spirit.

		(14) 	…the body is not one member, but many.  

		(15) 	If the foot shall say, Because (I'm) not the hand, (I'm) not the
body; 					is it therefore not of the body?  

	All right, what I'm looking at tonight here is very simply the will of
God. The will of God in His foreknowledge. The will of God in His
electing. The will of God in His predestinating. The will of God in His
final distribution, or fulfillment and whatever He wants to do with the
end product. God is doing it. God has a will, and that will we looked at
tonight is a will that is positively  one will. 

39. Let me read It for you. [Ephesians 1:]      

		(9) 	Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to 	
				his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: (that's by 				
		predestination, election.)  

		(10) 	That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
							together in one all things in Christ…  

	Now, what we see here and I'm looking at (if I can keep my thoughts
moving and collected) is that this great plan of God from before the
foundation of the earth had in mind every single member, bar none, so
that none could come in, or that none could miss forming a perfect body
unto Almighty God. So, when the fullness of the Gentiles came, there
would be 144,000 more come in to complete the perfect plan of God, so
that from that point on all the rest then would come in, in their due
season. Because, the foolish virgin are no different from the wise,
except one is filled with the Holy Ghost and the other is not.  

	So, we see a tremendous perfect plan of God that centers around a
people of which had their original headship from Adam where: "In Adam
all died, even so in Christ all should be made alive, but every man in
his own order." [1 Cor 15:22-23] And every man in the place of the
Resurrection where God places him in the First Resurrection, and in the
Second Resurrection. Now, all of that is a perfect detailed plan of
Almighty God.

40.	Now, there are those who would say:   

		"Okay I believe there is such a thing as a predestinated plan, a
predestinated person, 			I believe that's fine. But, they are there in a
limited capacity and the others are not 				in that position. Because,
these people are simply set on the scene, like the Seven 				Messengers
to the Seven Church Ages, and because these are there predestinated as 	
	was John the Baptist, and was as of Paul, and perhaps was a Jeremiah
and some 				others predestinated, then the rest will begin to fill in."


	Well, now let's just take a look at this, all right, we're going to
produce a body. Everybody knows to produce bodies through the egg and
the sperm. And anybody knows that the genetic coding in the sperm and
the egg, is what produces, or brings into physical attributes what
spiritual, or unseen (and they're spiritual, because spirit is life)
attributes that lie in that life.

	Now, if the genetic code is broken, there's something wrong with that
thing that's brought forth. How in the world could you have a God who
has a Word, and is the Word, and stands behind the Word to perform It
and have a genetic code that's broken? How could you have a God that
predestinated a head and didn't predestinate the body? Because, it's the
same life! Do you follow me?    

41.	All right, so my closing thought is this: that we’ve been going
into election and seeing these things here is how that nothing fails in
the plan of God in mankind. I want you to begin to see what we're
looking at here in a measure.

	In the Book of Ephesians 1: "The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened," [18] through this revelation of  "the spirit of wisdom and
knowledge of Him, [17] that we may know the hope of His calling, and the
riches of  the glory of His inheritance in the saints." [18] 

	In other words, we are beginning to understand some of the intrinsic
factors, attributes of the very Life that is here, that is that which is
called Word, Logos, those Attributes, they are in our midst, and that we
are heir to that very Life that is in our midst at this hour.

	So that, we are not considering anymore, He is Present as though we're
looking at that which is unique and as an object of attraction, yet
separate. We are looking at a Life of which we are the last vestiges
[small amounts] and remnants of His Body which are forming around
Headship. Which is a super, super race as Bro. Branham said approaching
unto the very physical Headship Itself.

42.	Now,  so therefore, in this predestination that God laid out, and we
find by the prophet, God bring in His attributes infinite and His
omniscience and in His omnipotence, He knew exactly how many fleas there
would be on earth, and how many times each flea would beat his…but
(you know) would blink its eye, and how many fleas it would…how much
tallow there was in each flea if there is, and how many fleas it would
take to make up a pound of tallow, and so on. Bringing it down to kind
of a hum-drum explanation to where you had to see the infinite God, in
His infinite ways, even saw you and me. And the infinite God then
knowing that we would be here at this end-time completely foreknown of
Him. (See?) And called by Him, and predestinated by Him would accept Him
as our Life.

	Now then, this life which is responsible for the body (humanly speaking
now) that God has ordained as a pattern, of what we are looking at in
the spiritual, we're looking at the natural, if that life with its
proper genetic coding will come together and thereby make one life there
will be that which produces the brain; with without which you can have
the finest heart, the finest liver, the finest kidneys, the strongest
muscles and you're worse than a vegetable. So put the mind as the
highest factor and faculty, factor a man has. Now, the same life that
produced that, and we'll put life right back on the Logos. "In the
beginning was the Word, this One, It was pre-existent with God." [Jn
1:1]  

43.	Okay, out of that, begins to come down and form and it forms in
through the heart, which is very, very necessary. It forms into the
kidneys which are terribly necessary, all the vital organs going through
the whole body. What we're seeing here that there is this: that Christ's
election is no different from ours. His coming into a human form is no
different than ours. There's nothing that is any different at all. So
therefore no big-shots. There are no little shots, that the whole thing
is the genuine plan of Almighty God that He has laid out and is coming
to pass in human form until It composes one tremendous wonderful body.
And in It will be, or It will be because of It, the receptacle of all
those divine attributes that God that God wishes to show forth as He
creates Himself in a human form.   

	Therefore, He's allowed us to come the way we are, to be the way we
are, to go to the ground, and take us out of the ground. And then,
wonder of wonders as time increases and the infamy of the human race
becomes worse and worse and everything is degenerated more and more till
there's nothing left. Suddenly, there's going to be a handful of people
standing here, they'll walk right into immortality. Right through the
election of Almighty God. The foreknowledge and the predestination.  

44.	Now listen, if God did that for Israel, (and He did it) and they're
there and they're going to come forth. What about you and me? Where is
this nonsense of not believing? Where is this nonsense of categorizing
ourselves in unbelief, and not taking a stand of absolute determined
faith which devolves upon us? Not from something within us, as though we
produced the works, but something that has inspired, that which is
within us to respond and reach out. Because, if it wasn't in there,
there'd be nothing in this hour touching us. Because this whole world is
gone legal, and it's gone to hell in doing it.  

	Because, if it's grace, it's election. (See?) And if it's election,
it's grace and it's not works. And more a person begins to understand,
the more he'll begin to get out of the way. And the more he begins to
get out of the way, the more God can use him. The more God will work in
the man and through him. But, that's the trouble. We've see legalism,
legalism, legalism, legalism. We've got to get  shuckeled once and for
all. Because the Scripture that thinks he said, if it's works, it's not 
grace. And then when you do that, you knock out what? Election, then you
knock out foreknowledge, and you knock out predestination. Knock your
whole Bible on the head. Build yourself a ladder. And while you climb
up, I've got news for you, you got off your sense of direction, because
nobody really knows what's up. Oh, we think science has proved that
north is up. But, I don't know if science can prove that or not. He lets
them get  away with it. And while we try to scale our ladder up, maybe
we're going down. Maybe we got the escalator down. See?

	It's by grace. The whole thing lies out here brother/sister, it's just
the same as the apostle Paul was foreknown of Almighty God. Just the
same as Jacob was foreknown,  same as Abraham was foreknown, these
others out here were also foreknown in their same way. They were
foreordained to condemnation. There isn't one thing that's remiss,
there's nothing that's outside, there's nothing that is under control.
That this Word is this Word in due season, and bless God, we have come
right to the Presence of the Holy Spirit Himself under the divine plan
of foreknowledge, election and predestination. And we are the
predestinated, which simply means we are God's plan materialized and in
focus.

	You say, "Why in focus?" Because, that which is perfect is come. We're
being brought back. When the hearts have been turned back it's in focus.
What's the focus on? The focus is on Him. Okay, let's rise and go home.
All right.

	Gracious Heavenly Father, we thank You again for Your kindness, Your
mercy, Your goodness, Lord, in that You have been so faithful to us in
all things. And here we are rejoicing again in Your goodness in the
predestination which you've laid before us. We know, Lord, that and we
believe that…and we believe absolutely these are not hollow words. In
fact these words are hollow in the sense they do not even begin to
manifest Thy great goodness, Lord, and talk about Thy wonder, and how
that all of these things are in Your infinite capacities, Lord. I wish
we did know more, but we're very grateful that we come. At least we can
say these things and stand here and know that we're saying them in
truth. Because, if it is a grace, it is not of works. If it's election
it's not of works, because nobody could call himself, and nobody could
bring himself to birth. We know that, Lord. We know the choosing is of
You. It is not of ourselves. Even as David said, "Blessed is the man
which Thou chooses and calls approaches unto Thy Throne.

	And we know that is the truth, and we understand that, Lord. We want to
understand it better, O God. Much, much, much better, day after day,
more and more, and more and more, Lord, right down the line, until we're
positively one with this, O God, oh Heavenly Father,  may the solemnity
of the Holy Spirit rest and abide upon us, O Lord. The seriousness of it
all, Lord, to get it across in a manner far more befitting the children
of the Kingdom. We pray, Lord, You'll help us in this respect.

	Forgive us of all our sins, Lord, cleanse us we pray of all
unrighteousness, put a guard upon our lips, upon our hearts, upon our
minds, O God, we may speak righteousness which is the only the only
thing we ought to speak, which is the true and revealed Word of Almighty
God.    

	Heal the sick amongst us, Lord, heal the minds, heal the hearts. Be
with us in a way that we recognize as never before, because we know that
You are with us in a way that You haven't been for two thousand years.
Here You are, Lord, maybe many, many years, four thousand years when You
led Israel out of Egypt four thousand years ago. You're here again in
that great way. What a blessed, blessed wonderful time waiting for the
consummation, Lord. We just simply know that to be the truth and we
praise You for it.  

	So Father, we commend ourselves unto You, to Your way in all those
things, Lord, which we love so dearly the things of God. The Word of God
coming forth in us, that's what we long, long for, Lord, it's nothing
else. Oh, to be like Thee blessed Redeemer. Lord, we know that many
people sing that and many, many ideas upon their hearts, and they sing
it, Lord, in a way which we could agree many ways.  But,  Lord, today we
believe that there's a way to sing it far beyond there was any other
time, because we've come to their fullness of the hour of the revelation
and manifestation this very hour.  

	So, Father, we give ourselves give ourselves to You. May we not use
this as empty words, Lord, we're tired of empty words, and we know that
You certainly are. For you said that people draw near with their lips,
their hearts far from Me. God, we don't want that, we try to stand on
the fact of Ephesians, "the eyes of the heart being illumined," Lord.
You know that, Father God, we have tried, we have wanted that. And if
we're not a part of It, and then of course we're not going to get It, we
understand that. But, it was nice that we did know these things to this
degree. But, Lord, we believe that You're here to do this to our hearts,
we can't do it for ourselves, Lord. No way. We just say, Lord, we're
here, by grace we stand, and we're in the election to be predestinated,
Lord, You will cause that Spirit to illuminate the eyes of our hearts.
Be turned right back, right back, and oh what that would do for us. 

	It certainly will, O God, and we just…if You could bring the people
of Israel out, without their clothes wearing out, without people getting
sick, then, Lord, we know the next thing beyond that has got to be a
Resurrection. It's got to be a change. And here we stand for It, Lord,
waiting for immortality. Lord, dusting off the covers of our minds that
have rejected immortality. Only, as never before the doors are wide open
with that invitation to It, and faith and understanding that we're part
of It.

	So, we just yield ourselves to You, Lord, and thank You for grace and
mercy shown to us, in the Name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

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