Abraham, Father of Faith Part 13 “Declaring Himself to be Elohim”
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9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Introduction
Introduction
When Elohim spoke to Abraham and Sarah, he did not call her by her old name Sarai, or Abram, He called them by the names He gave them.
So this Man, after He got through eating, He said, “Abraham,” watch, called him by name, “Abraham, where is your wife?” How did He know he was married? “Where is your wife, Sarah?”
Listen to that, her name actually wasn’t Sarah, Sarai, first, then was called Sarah, because she was a princess, He called her by her princess name. 60-0720 - "It Is I"
He put part of His name in their name.
By this sign Abraham would know which one of these angels was the messenger to the elect group.
He would come as a prophet, a son of man, revealing the Son of Man.
The One that stayed with Abraham identified Himself. He was setting with His back to the tent. And remember, he had been “Abram” till just a day or two before that, and Sarah been S-a-r-a-i.
Now she is S-a-r-a-h, and he is A-b-r-a-h-a-m, Abraham. And notice Him, He called him (not his first name) his given name, a day or two before. “Abraham, where is your wife, Sarah?” S-a-r-a-h, princess. 63-0604 - "Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever"
He identified Himself by this sign, calling their names, and knowing the secrets of the hearts.
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And the Man, looking at Abraham, Sarah in the tent behind Him, said, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying these, ‘How can these things be?’” He identified Himself.
(This setting was to be repeated at the end time.)
Look at the world today. If it ain’t a common Sodom and Gomorrah, I never seen one. Sodom and Gomorrah! Look at the church, like Lot sitting there and just grieving his righteous soul as he seen the sins of Sodom.
(Ministers afraid to speak out)
Lot didn’t have the audacity to stand up for That which was right, so is the modern Sodom and Gomorrah today.
But there are some of those who are outside of Sodom, that’s borned out there, not by the will of man, but by the will of God and the Seed of God.
Watch the identification there, not just the preaching, but the sign identified the Word of God made flesh in a man. 64-0311 - "God Is Identified By His Characteristics"
There are multiple examples of The Son of Man revealing the secrets of the hearts, to show that He was the Messiah.
Peter
John 1:40
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Nathanael
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
They had been taught that Messiah would be a prophet, so it was a sign that this was Him.
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
He talks to her about the water, and then says something strange:
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
These three witnesses, among many others, tell us He is the Messiah.
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
The sign of the resurrection.
Listen to this one service:
The first thing that I say—see to the woman. She’s got sinus trouble. It’s a bothering her. It’s exactly right. It’s a headaches like in across through here—sinus. It bothers her, and I see you…?…kneeling, praying. It’s in a room. I hear you, what you’re saying.
You’re asking a worthy thing. You’re asking God to give you a child, a baby. You’re barren and asking God to give you a baby. That’s right. God bless you. I have never seen Him fail on one yet. A woman in Chicago fifty something years old come and asked for a baby. She got a fine boy. May God grant it to you.
Seems me like I see like swamps or something. I don’t know whether it’s this country, lot of cedar. Look like swamp willow, and it’s kinda passing. It looks like Arkansas to me. Was you ever in Arkansas? It seems to me like it was Arkansas. It is Arkansas. It’s Jonesboro, Arkansas, the blessed old Bible Hour Tabernacle where you’re from.
You’re down there, and you’re trying to contact…They’s somebody else in here that’s trying to make a contact. It’s an aged woman that’s standing. And you’re from a rolling country, maybe Missouri, and that’s your mother. Here He goes…
There she sets right there, and she’s got hardening of the arteries. That’s right exactly the truth. Amen. Go believing, and may the God of heaven give you the desire of your heart, my sister, through Jesus Christ’s Name.
Little lady, setting on the end of the seat there, you’re bothered with a nervous condition, isn’t it? Got real weary spells comes on you. Don’t fear. It’s gone from you.
What about you setting there with prostate trouble, setting right up here, the man looking down across the balcony right up here, the elderly man? Prostate trouble, getting up at nights, do you believe, sir? Raise up your hand standing right up here.
That’s it. You believe, sir? White shirt on setting…All right. It’s finished. You’re healed. Have you got a prayer card? You don’t have a prayer…You don’t need one.
(This is proof that the critics of this Message are liars)
You’re healed, sir. It won’t bother you any more. Your faith made you whole. Amen.
You have a different type of nervousness. The lady setting there with the little paper in her hand. You got a nervous condition too, but yours is a weary type of nervousness.
You’re mentally upset all time, and just seems like that you get gloomy and weary feeling, isn’t it? That’s right, and many times you get real weak before your day’s work is done. You have to set down. Your strength is depleted. Isn’t that right?
Sometimes you get so weary you walk over to the window. I see you pull back the window and walk back and forth. The sun shining down on the side. Makes you have a real gloomy, weary feeling. Isn’t that right? If that’s right, raise up your hand? That’s right.
I’m not reading your mind, but sister, it’s over. Your faith has touched Him now. Now, you go. Be real happy.
This lady, Satan lied to you. I seen a dark shadow come to you said you’s going to lose your mind (You see?), go crazy. He said that to you. That’s right. Right. Suggested suicide and everything else, but it didn’t do a bit of good.
He…God’s healed you. That’s right. You’re going home now to be well. Have faith in God. Don’t doubt. Believe.
It’s the lady with glasses on. Here she stands right here before me. There she is. Amen. Viruses, isn’t it, sister? Right there. That’s right. Got a virus. Isn’t that right? They don’t even know what to call it.
That’s just an excuse the doctor give you. That’s all, but it don’t do no good now. It’s over. You can go ahead and be well. Your faith made you well.
I don’t know those people. I never seen them. I don’t know you, but I challenge you in Christ’s Name to believe the Bible is true and Jesus raised from the dead.
Do you believe that, lady, setting right there? Yes. Had more faith than you thought you had. See? Faith is a subconscious thing, lady. Faith is not a mental act. See? It’s something that you subconsciously do it.
People try to look to their intellects for faith, when faith doesn’t lay in here. Reasons lay here. Faith lays in the soul. Now, the trouble with your foot and leg…You believe that Jesus Christ make you well? You do? You accept it? Believe it?
Had a little arthritis too, but Jesus Christ make you well. You believe it? All right. Then you can have it. Amen. Amen. She just kinda had to come to herself, for the Angel of the Lord was standing over her. See? Jesus said, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible.”
You’re bothered, aren’t you, lady? You’re worried about something. It’s your side. You’re having numb spells like in it. That’s right, isn’t it? And you’re afraid it’s gallbladder trouble causing it. Yes’m, yes’m, but listen.
What it is really, you’ve got a growth on the spine. Isn’t that right? That’s what’s cutting the nerve off. It isn’t the gallbladder. He was mistaken on that. It’s that growth in your spine’s pinching the nerve. That’s what’s causing your numbness.
You have a gallbladder trouble, but that isn’t causing the numbness. That’s true, isn’t it? Now, go and be well. Jesus Christ…?…in the Name of Jesus.
You believe God will heal you of that rupture, mother, setting there with the little checked dress on? You were praying, saying, “Lord Jesus, let this be my night.” Isn’t that right, little mother setting right there?
Have faith in God. Believe Him. I wished you’d lay your hands on that lady next to you, ’cause she’s got phlebitis that’s bothering her bad, and she…Oh, Lord, I pray that the…Lord Jesus that You will heal her and make her well. Grant it, Lord. Amen.
Mother, being that you did that…The lady with her hands on the lady, turn your hand right back around and catch the lady setting right behind you. She’s got trouble in her side. She wants to be healed too. 56-0427 - "Faith"
One service.
This happened thousands of times in hundreds of places all over the world.
What was He doing? Declaring that the Messiah was here.
See, when I speak of this One Who has come down from heaven, a gift sent from God, and I just declare Him here. 50-0810 - "Expectations"
You just receive it. Only things this does, is just declare His Presence, a vindication of Him being here.
And I will declare this, that Jesus Christ, the same great Healer that walked the sea of Galilee is in this building now, fulfilling, that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken by Himself, saying, “I will be with you even in you to the end of the world. And the things that I do shall you also.” 53-0508 - "God Commissioning Moses"
I declare that Jesus Christ raised from the dead and living among us today. And the very things that He did then, He does tonight. In His resurrection He looked out upon His audience, He knew the secrets of their hearts. Is that right? He does tonight. 54-0620E - "Divine Healing"
Now, to the audience. Here is a stranger. I’ve never seen the man. I don’t know him, never seen him. God knows that. Far as I know, I never seen him, in my life.
But I declare that Jesus raised from the dead, that the same things that Jesus did when He was here in a body that you could see, is right here today doing the same thing.
He has raised from the dead, and alive for evermore. Blessed are your eyes who see these things and believe on the Lord Jesus! 55-0410M - "Proof Of His Resurrection"
Now, let Him speak from here, and declare whether He is alive or not. 59-0614 - "Balm In Gilead"
How many knows there’s a difference between the appearing of Christ and the Coming of Christ? It’s two different words. Now is the appearing, the Coming will soon be.
He is appearing in the midst of us, doing the works that He once did, in His Church. Now, you’re a part of that Church, and by grace you believe; I am a member of that Church.
Now, I’m not a preacher, you know I’m not, I have not the education to do it. Sometimes I feel reluctant standing here by men of God, who’s called to that office.
There are apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelists. Not all are apostles, not all are prophets, not all are teachers, not all evangelists.
When I’m standing here…But my ministry is a different ministry from a pastor or teacher, I’m not. And if I’m…say things wrong, brethren, forgive me, I don’t mean it. But this is my ministry, see, to declare Him, that He is here. 62-0713 - "From That Time"
He was not the only one to make a declaration.
Then when we are born of Him, we are filled with Him. See, your life, His Life is in you. Then, all our actions should declare Him.
(Like taking life out of one tree and putting it into another.)
We have His Name. Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] We should bear His Name.
And remember, we are now, as His Bride, pregnated with His Spirit. Oh, my! The Church, bearing children, see, pregnated by His Spirit with His Name; bearing His Name, bearing His Life; bringing forth the signs of His Life, evident with the preeminences, evidence of His resurrection; showing that He is not dead, but alive for evermore.
This is Eternal Life, and vindicated, vindicates to the world that we are alive in Him. Whew! 63-0728 - "Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed"
He is coming for it, a Word-vindicated Bride. Oh, she’ll be such a little bitty group. 64-1212 - "The Harvest Time"
Jesus was God in flesh. And if Jesus is in you, tonight, it’s still God manifest Himself in the last days, the Son of man revealing Himself in His Church, the human flesh, making Himself known. You get it? See?
God, down here in His Church, making Himself again the Word, the Son of man being revealed in the last days, as it was in the days of Sodom. 64-0318 - "Sir, We Would See Jesus"
I challenge you to believe that Jesus Christ is revealed in the form of Son of man, in human flesh, through the Bride’s Body. Accept His call. 64-0419 - "The Trial"
Conclusion
Conclusion
He has declared Himself through a prophet like He did to Abraham, with His back to the audience, now He declares Himself through His Bride.