Notes used in the Message
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– How Are We To See? – Jimmy Harris
JOHN 14:11
11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
JOHN 14:12
12 ¶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
JOHN 14:13
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
JOHN 14:14
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].
JOHN 14:15
15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.
JOHN 14:16
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
JOHN 14:17
17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
JOHN 14:18
18 ¶ I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
JOHN 14:19
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
JOHN 14:20
20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and
ye in me, and I in you.
REVELATION 10:7
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
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80 Now, we see this great man. And, remember, Job had no Bible to read in his day. No. He only went by inspiration. He was a prophet to whom the Word of the Lord comes to. He had--he had only to be inspired, because he knowed his position that he was God's prophet. Now, the only thing had to happen, was for the inspiration to strike him. And then he knowed what he said would happen, because it was by inspiration.
That's what the church, if it's in order (set in order), it only... It's got the mechanics ready; it only needs then the dynamics. Tonight if we'll get the mechanics ready, get our hearts right, the things that we can do, follow every Word, follow Him in baptism, follow Him in every order that He told us to do, get every mechanic ready, and stand there; then we're ready for the dynamics to be let off, and only God can do that; and that's to drop into your heart that faith that says, "I am now healed." Then don't make any difference what circumstances is, you're healed anyhow; 'cause it's faith, by faith you're healed.
82 He had a channel of communication to God, that he'd got by inspiration. He had a way of moving himself out and letting God move in. And he knowed he was justified. It was a gift; it was a gift for the people; not for Job, but for the people. That's what all Divine gifts are, to serve God's people with. Everybody's not ordered to be a prophet. All of you not--is not ordered to be pray for the sick. All of them's not ordered to be pastors, and so forth. But it's a channel that God has opened to them. And as we had this morning in the lesson, that he... One man has no business deviating in the next man's channel, no matter how inspired, how much it seems, how well... How many was at the meeting this morning? Let's see your hand. So see? See, you cannot.
83 There's David, just as inspired as he could be, all the people shouting and glorifying God, for a reason that seemed exactly Scripture, but he was the wrong person. That inspiration should have come to Nathan, not David. See? He never even consulted Nathan. You see what happened? See? We have... God said He does nothing till He reveals It to His servants the prophets.
And Job was His prophet in this day. Now, only thing God had done to Job: What always give him wisdom and His Word and inspiration, he could get no inspiration. But he knowed all of his mechanics... He had offered the burnt-offering; he had done everything he knowed to do was right, but he couldn't get a word from God. But the Devil couldn't move him. There you are.
Now, there you are when you're prayed for. You don't have to run back through a line, or go let somebody else pray for you. When you know you've done exactly what God told you to do (See?), then wait for that channel of inspiration to open up to you and "Now, I'm healed." When it drops in there, then it's all over. Oh, you don't need no prayer lines, nothing else; it's over. It's been revealed to you. See?
86 Just like the old prophet at the coming of the Lord Jesus, we find out it was revealed to him, the old sage, that he would not see death until he seen the Lord's Christ. And he believed that, and he waited for it. And the people thought he was crazy, the old man had lost his mind. But he still believed it. Nothing could shake him from it; he knowed God had revealed it to him, for the Bible said it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost.
Simeon coming into the temple at that minute, walked over and give praise to God, and said, "Let Thy servant depart in peace," when he picked up the baby, "mine eyes have seen Thy salvation." See? he knowed he was going to see it. No matter how many babies he'd visit each day, he knew God had revealed to him that he was going to see the Christ before he died. Simeon believed that.
Now, when it's revealed to you, that you yourself has received God's promise... The inspiration, you being Christians, it struck you, you don't even need a prayer line. The thing... The only thing you need is a open heart when all the mechanics are ready, and let the inspiration drop in, and then nothing can change your mind; you've got it. Outside of that, it won't do no good.
89 Now, notice, Job needed a channel of inspiration; he had it open. He had a channel to communicate with God by His inspiration. He had a way of moving himself out and let the Word of God move in. Notice how they--how they come to consult him from the east and from the west, people looking for him because they know that what Job said was the truth. They knowed that man told the truth. Because what he prophesied, that's what happened. And so people come from the east and west.
He said he'd go over to the markets, the young princes from the east would bow before him just to hear one word of consolation from him, great and mighty wisdom, 'cause they knowed the man was honest. He didn't want to boast up himself; he had no axes to grind, no strings to pull; he was just a honest prophet before God. And they had confidence in him, and everybody come from the east and west just to speak to him in a moment. He's spoke of, in the Bible here. But, you see, he lacked inspiration to tell him what all this was about. God let it happen, and didn't tell him.
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100 Just like faith with works, as we spoke on last night, Abraham, no--had no Bible to read either, but he was a prophet, his vision and his faith... And it seemed wrong to others that he should think that way, that he should think they was going to have a baby. But they did have the baby, because his vision of the baby was what he was talking about; "I'm going to have it. I'm going to have it." But when the baby was born, then the other people could see with the eye what he saw in a vision. And when you go to acting upon what you believe in your heart, then the people know God, and know what's happening to you by the way you act. That's how you see God with the eye. But to him, all that he had done that was good, all that he had done for others, he needed somebody to intercede for him. When the birth of the baby come, Isaac, the--the inspiration that had led him to this had vindicated his vision to where the people could see that what he had saw in a vision was actually the truth.
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122 But as immediately after he spoke it, God told him how to do it, said, "Moses, don't cry to Me, take your staff in your hand, and stretch it out over the sea, and tell the children of Israel to walk." Amen.
The inspiration, that's the way it strikes you if you're sick. That's the way it strikes you if you're afflicted. Something's revealed to you, and you see that it's been revealed, you speak up, "I'm healed."
Then God tells you what to do, "Rise up and start walking." Amen. Then it's all over, when you can do it that way. That's the way God does it, then you see God manifested through yourself.
It was God that told him to do it. Now, then, all that was present, all of Israel that was present saw the inspiration that struck Moses. They seen God with their own eyes blow that water back from one side to the other. And that Pillar of Fire led them right across the--the sea. He heard of God, then they seen God.
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126 Joshua was in a hour of crisis when the armies was routed, and the sun was going down. Joshua was a prophet, and he knew that if them armies ever had a chance to unite again and come against him, he would lose more men; so in that hour of crisis when something had to be done... There's only one thing, if he could keep them running, he'd rout them every one down. But there wasn't enough light to do it, so Joshua stood, raised his hands, and said, "Sun, stand still. And moon, hang over Ajalon till I get through with this battle." And the sun stood still. They heard Joshua speak, and then they seen God with their own eyes in action. True.
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127 See? of course, it was a paradox to see something that seems to be impossible, yet it's true. But, "The sun stood still," says the Bible. I don't know what you people think that thinks the world was run now; but anyhow, the sun stood still. Perhaps Joshua never had tried to figure out how he was going to--to do it, how God was going to do it; the only thing that he said was, "Sun stand still." He said it, perhaps not knowing what he was saying, because it was God that give it to him, and He worked.
Same thing in Mark 11:23, "If you say to this mountain, 'Be moved,' and don't doubt in your heart, but believe that what you said will come to pass, you can have what you said." But you can't stand there fumble in your mind and say it; you've got to be inspired to say it. Amen.
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149 I thought, "Somehow I've broke into that channel, and I know He's here because I'm almost beside myself." I thought, "I'll make this one ridiculous, sure enough."
I said, "They'd be a red squirrel come down off that hill, come right down this a-way, and right by me, and go out, and set on that limb, and look down there at that farmer." Here he come down the hill, went right out, and sat, looked at the farmer. And I shot him.
Satan said to me, "You know what? The woods is just full of them now." And I set there till twelve o'clock, and not another thing happened. It goes to show that when God... He's the very Creator of heavens and earth.
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155 And little old Hattie setting back there, said, "Brother Branham, that's nothing but the Truth."
She said the right thing. When she said that, the Holy Spirit dropped over into that channel again, every one of them felt It. I raised up; I said, "Sister Hattie, THUS SAITH THE LORD, you said the right word like the Syrophenician woman said. The Holy Spirit's speaking to me now, and said for me to give you the desire of your heart." I said, "Now, if I be God's servant, if it is, it'll happen. If I ain't God's servant, then I'm a liar, and it won't happen, I'm a deceiver." I said, "Now, try and see it's the Spirit of God or not."
She said, "Brother Branham," (everybody was crying), said, "what shall I ask?"
I said, "You got a crippled sister setting there."
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169 St. Mark 14, we see a woman believed on Him, she had had need and seen He had need for His feet to be washed, she had only to be inspired to go into action. Now, listen close as--'fore we close. She only had to be inspired to go into action, because she'd already heard about Him. She heard that He forgive a woman of her sins, a harlot. And said, "Which one of you is without sin, cast the first stone." She'd heard about Him, but now she seen Him. She was inspired to serve Him. That's the only thing you have to be.
Let the Holy Spirit tell you that you're a sinner. Let the Holy Spirit tell you you're wrong. Let the Holy Spirit prove to you by the Scriptures that you're Scripturally wrong. And what... 'Cause It'll only stir through one straight channel of every Scripture of God; It won't bypass for nothing. If you do, It'll never do you any good. Because the Holy Spirit can inspire It to you, but if the soul isn't right with God, as we've been through this week, it's no good anyhow. Remember, false anointed-ones will rise in the last days; not false Jesuses: false christs (anointed ones), and will deceive the very Elected if it were possible.