Proverbs 4:23-27 23**Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
- “If your heart is unhealthy, it threatens everything else: family, friends, career—everything!” - Michael Hyatt
Genesis 2:7–8 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. 8And the LORD God *PLANTED a garden eastward in *EDEN; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Planted: (H5193) to establish, to plant, fasten, fix
- Eden: (H5730) delight, pleasure: delicate
Genesis 2:15 15And the LORD God took the man, and PUT him into the garden of Eden to DRESS it and to KEEP it.
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Put: (H3240) to rest, to allow, to bestow, to settle down and remain
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Dress: (H5647) to till, serve, work, to do, to keep and to cultivate
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Keep: (H8104) to keep, guard, observe, give heed, preserve- to Watch (like a Watchman)
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Verse 15: The word used in Hebrew for “work” is the same one as is used for “manual labor” and is also used for “worshipping God.” The picture we get of the man’s work is that it was not backbreaking labor by which he hoped to eke out a living. That does happen later in the text.
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At this point, his “work” consists of “tending” the garden and delighting in God’s creation, which perhaps better fits a definition of “worship.”
Genesis 2:16-17 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Proverbs 4:23 [Keep thy heart] with all diligence; for [out of it are the issues of life.]
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Keep: (H5341) A verb meaning to guard, to keep, to watch, to observe, to preserve.
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VERY similar to the word used in Genesis 2:15.
Proverbs 4:23 (AMP) 23Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. 24Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. 25Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. 26Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. 27Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil.
- Vigilance is defined as the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties. That’s exactly what God calls us to do with our hearts.
Proverbs 4:23-27 (CJB) 24Above everything else, guard your heart; for it is the source of life’s consequences. 24Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips. 25Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze on what lies in front of you. 26Level the path for your feet, let all your ways be properly prepared; 27then deviate neither right nor left; and keep your foot far from evil.
- Verse 23: Completely focus your mind on this, because life will result from it.
- Verse 23: The word KEEP could be translated here for “focus your mind”
- Issues: (H8444) boundaries, farthest borders, extremity of borders, territory, the OUTGOINGS, the exits or the ways of ESCAPE.
By Faith, Moses
58-0720M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
134 If you’re a sinner, raise up your eyes and look now. If you’ve been indifferent, if you’ve had little squabbles and little things, what difference does it make? You’re going to die one of these days. What day? Maybe today! You don’t know. An hour from now, you may be in hell, or you may be in Heaven. But you’ve got to choose now. If there’s anything in your life that isn’t right, you choose now, by faith.
135 You say, “Well, if I can just get even with her! If I can get even with him!” No matter what they done, choose Life. Choose Life.
136 For, Jesus said, “If from your heart you don’t forgive every person their transgression, neither does your Heavenly Father forgive you.” So just get that close. If there’s one ought in your heart against any person, sinner or a saint, you’re in danger of hell fire.
The Word Became Flesh (India Trip Report)
54-1003M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
255 Do you love Him? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Listen, my Christian friend. If there is an ought in your heart against anyone, go to them now and be reconciled. Forget all the past. And if you’ve been having an up-and-down life, remember, something has come into that heart, something has moved into those thoughts. No matter who your enemy is, love him. Love him. No matter what’s happened, let it go. After all, you’re in a field with weeds, we realize that, but we must both grow together. We’ve got to come up together.
256 For, a good well cannot pour forth evil waters, neither can an evil well pour forth good waters. A tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit and good fruit at the same time. So let’s either make the whole well clean, or make the whole well dirty; one or the other, see. For, it is dirty to begin with, so let’s clean out the wells this morning, and say, “Lord, pour in Your Spirit, and lead me, O God, lead me.”
Matthew 18:15 15 **Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Luke 17:3-4 3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
The Days of His Presence
Francis Frangipane
When we partner with the spirit of offense, it becomes a lens through which we see life. For example, if a husband says to his wife, “You look beautiful today”, what she might hear if she is under a spirit of offense is “You didn’t look beautiful yesterday”. We must be careful to guard our hearts from offense. If you have partnered with a spirit of offense, confess it to the Lord and be intentional to turn away from it. -Bill Johnson
As I spoke to you last weekend, one of the evils spirits that we will have to contend with in this “proving” time will be a seducing spirit. It is a strong spirit and we must be on guard - Pastor Steven L Shelley
In the last days, Jesus said there will also be a mysterious drowsiness that we must discern and overcome (Matt. 25:5). This phenomenon of spiritual slumber, of losing our God-seeking hunger, is something we must guard against. When this slumbering spirit approaches, it first dulls our perception. Soon, our zeal for the things of God diminishes. We still love the Lord, but our spiritual vision sits in the back seat as other less important endeavors set the course lives.
Witchcraft in the Church
Ann Shikuh
When the Word of God tells us to pursue love, one of the reasons is to guard our hearts from being available for the enemy to use as demonic portals.
Proverbs 4:23
Kenneth E. Hagin
No one can have an effective prayer life and have anything in his heart toward another. You can’t have revenge in your heart, and you can’t have hatred in your heart. You can’t have that old “get even” spirit and continue to prosper. And you’re not responsible for that other person’s life; you’re responsible for your life. In other words, another person’s heart and what is in it can’t hinder you, but what you have in your heart against another can and will hinder you. That means any grudge or ill will at all will hinder your faith. You have to guard your heart, You have to watch your inward man with all diligence (Prov. 4:23). Do not allow a root of bitterness, a bit of envy, or a bit of revenge to get into your heart. It will wreck your spiritual life. It will stall your prayer life. It will mar your faith. It will eventually shipwreck you.
**Ephesians 6:11-18 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
**AMP 14Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God,
Law Or Grace
54-1006 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
61 I tell you, it ought to make every Christian buckle up the armor. Over there It said, “Put on the full armor of God. And be sure to bring the breastplate, and the helmet, and the shield, and all those things.” Paul likening it to a soldier going to battle. And when the wiles of the enemy comes in, throw up your shield, go on out and meet it.
Redemption By Power
54-0329 · Louisville, Kentucky
80 And every man that’s born of the Spirit of God, comes into Christ, has everlasting Life; puts on his shield, his breastplate, standing ready, and forbidden to leave until orders to march.
The Angel Of The Lord
51-0502
*** ***14 … Help us to put on the full armor of God now tonight, get ready, buckle up, shod ourselves with the Gospel, put the helmet of righteousness, the breastplate, and the armor, and take the sword, and go forward now (Grant it, Lord), as full dressed warriors tonight of Christ. May every demon of darkness be driven back. May the power of the Holy Ghost come down in this building, the Angel of God appear visibly right here on the platform tonight, giving us such a shaking like we’ve never had before. Grant it, Lord. May many be healed tonight and saved. For we ask it in the Name of Thy Child, Jesus. Amen.
Only Believe
53-0217 · Tallahassee, Florida
4 Use our armor. We’ve got a armor. God works with us and gives us the armor. And the whole armor is on the supernatural. See, see? Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, meekness, gentleness, patience is all in the supernatural. And if you let your faith loose to God’s Spirit, it make—brings your body in subjection to God’s redemptive blessing to you. And anything that Jesus died for, He’s setting at the right hand of the Father, tonight, making intercessions upon your confession. Whatever you confess that He’s done, and believe it, it’s your personal property. Every believer, every person that’s born again, has the right to any of the redemptive blessings.
When you get saved, Jesus just takes and hands you a checkbook to last you all through life’s journey, and His Name’s signed at the bottom of every one of them. Whatever we have need of, “you ask the Father in My Name, it’ll be done.” Just sign a check and send it up there. Are you afraid to sign one tonight? No, fill her out; send it up; it’s recognized. Yes, sir, it’s recognized. He’ll certainly bring it to pass.
The Greatest Battle Ever Fought
62-0311 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
149 The great hour of charge is at hand. Hallelujah! Soldier, with armors gleaming, colors streaming! Faith and doubt is setting yourself in array, in this tabernacle, this morning; doubt on one side, faith on the other. Soldiers, stand at your post of duty. Hallelujah! Our Captain, the Morning Star, leads on. He never goes back. He (never) don’t know the word retreat. He don’t have to retreat. Amen. Certainly.
150 The greatest battle ever fought, she is going on right in here now, yes, sir, between life and death, between sickness and health, between faith and doubt, oh, my, between liberty and bondage. The battle is on! Shine your spears, soldiers. Polish up the armor. God is getting His soldiers ready. Amen. God anoints His army.
151 America dresses their soldiers in the best that they can have to dress with: steel helmets, and armors, and whatever they got, armored tanks, whatever they go in.
152 God dresses His army. Hallelujah! What kind of equipment do we use? The Spirit of the Sword, the Word of God! Amen! “The Word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword,” Hebrews 4, “piercing even to the asunder the bone, even the—the marrow of the bone, even a Discerner of the thoughts of the mind.” The Word of God! To believe His Word, and that’s the way God armors.
153 That’s what He give Eve to arm herself with. And she broke her armor down. How’d she do it? By opening up her mind to reason. You don’t reason with God’s Word. It has no reason. You…It’s just God’s Word. There’s no—there’s no doubt about It. There’s no reasoning to It. It’s God’s Word. That settles it. That’s got it. That settles it forever.
The Greatest Battle Ever Fought
62-0311 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
296 You’re disarmed. You surrender, you jellyfish. Put on the full armor of God. Amen. We’re in a battle. What God said is true. “Every man’s word is a lie.” See? But as soon as you…gets you to listen to one thing, that’s his tactic, you’re disarmed.
297 How many things did Eve have to listen to? One. She was disarmed right then. What did the devil do? Swept right in through her mind, into her spirit, and there she was perverted. Is that right? She was perverted the very minute that she was disarmed, when she disbelieved God’s Word. All right. Here we see his tactics.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (CJB) 21God made this sinless man be a sin offering on our behalf, so that in union with him we might fully share in God’s righteousness.
1 Corinthians 1:30-31 30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1 Cornthians 1:30-31 (AMP) 30But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin]. 31So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD
Isaiah 61:10 10I will greatly rejoice in the L’ORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
- The BRIDE needs to become righteous conscious.
2 Cornthians 5:21 21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
Chapter 3 · The Ephesian Church Age
The true church of Jesus Christ, the bride, is likened to PURE gold. Her righteousness is HIS righteousness. Her attributes are HIS own glorious attributes. Her identity is found in Him. What He is, she is to reflect. What He has, she is to manifest. There is no fault in her. She is all glorious within and without. From beginning to ending she is the work of her Lord, and all His works are perfect. In fact in her is summed up and manifested the eternal wisdom and purpose of God. How can one fathom it? How can one understand it? Though we cannot do that, we can accept it by faith, for God hath spoken it.
The Ten Virgins, And The Hundred And Forty-Four Thousand Jews
60-1211M
282 He said, “He took your place, you were going there. He took your place, there He is.”
283 I said, “O Lamb of God! O Lamb of God, I come! I come! Nothing in my arms I bring, I have nothing to offer You, Lord, just simply to Thy cross I cling; that’s all I got.” And He took me in**. He clothed me like the father with the prodigal son, put a new garment upon me, the garment not of mine, His garment of His righteousness He put upon me; and a wedding ring upon my finger, that I’ll be with the Bride that day. Now the fatted calf has been killed,** and we’re rejoicing because I was once dead and now I’m alive, I was once lost and now I’m found…
Romans 3:19-24 19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Romans 3:19-24 (AMP) 19Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the murmurs and excuses of] every mouth may be hushed and all the world may be held accountable to God. 20For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin [not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character]. 21But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets, 22Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction, 23Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. 24[All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,
Romans 3:19 (CJB) Moreover, we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those living within the framework of the Torah; in order that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world be shown to deserve God’s adverse judgment. 20For in his sight no one alive will be considered** righteous on the ground of legalistic observance of Torah commands, because what Torah really does is show people how sinful they are.
Romans 3:21-24 (CJB) 21But now, quite apart from Torah, God’s way of making people righteous in his sight has been made clear — although the Torah and the Prophets give their witness to it as well — 22and it is a righteousness that comes from God, through the faithfulness of Yeshua the Messiah, to all who continue trusting. For it makes no difference whether one is a Jew or a Gentile, 23since all have sinned and come short of earning God’s praise. 24By God’s grace, without earning it, all are granted the status of being considered righteous before him, through the act redeeming us from our enslavement to sin that was accomplished by the Messiah Yeshua.
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:7 (AMP) For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost].
- One translation of Proverbs 3 verse 27 says, As a man thinks in his heart, so he becomes.
- (H8167) A verb possibly meaning to cleave, to divide, but it took on the meaning of to calculate, to estimate, to set a price on. doorkeeper, porter.
Luke 6:45 45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Luke 6:45 (AMP) 45The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.
Romans 10:10 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
James 1:26 (AMP) 26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious [scrupulously observant of the rituals of his faith], and does not control his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person’s religion is worthless (futile, barren).
Divine Healing
54-1219M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
174 Not you just got wider shoulders; that don’t mean nothing about it. But you’re wider in here, see, not across here. In here, here is where you’re supposed to spread out, get bigger, in your heart, on the inside. When Christ comes into the heart, then He comes into the mouth, then He comes into the eyes. He comes into the mind.
175 He comes into the mouth. He makes you talk different. You don’t talk like you used to. Christ got in your mouth. Done growed now from your heart, your love you had for Him, till you can bridle your tongue. Brother, that’s a great thing.
176 Then, the next thing you know, it grows into your eyes. The next thing you know, you find out, that old lustful things you used to look at, you’ll turn your head. You’re growing.
177 Then, the first thing you know, you still turn your head, but you’re thinking. See? After a while, it grows into your mind; you don’t even think about it no more. Then you’re just a great big boy then. You’re coming into a full, matured man, living for the Lord. So, then, you are in Christ then, a new creature.
Proverbs 21:23 (AMP) 23He who guards his mouth and his tongue Guards himself from troubles.
Proverbs 13:3 (AMP) 3The one who guards his mouth [thinking before he speaks] protects his life; The one who opens his lips wide [and chatters without thinking] comes to ruin.
Hebrews, Chapter Seven #2
57-0922E · Jeffersonville, Indiana
349 And you people with these saw-blade tempers, that’s always spouting off in the mouth at somebody, can’t put up, and things like that. Be careful. You’re guilty if you speak a word against your brother that’s not right, not just, go around and tear down it. You don’t have to stick a knife in a man’s back to kill him. You can break his character and kill him, kill his influence. Speak against your pastor here, say something bad about him, you just might as well as shot him. Told something that wasn’t right about him, well, it’ll kill his influence with the people and things like that, and you’re guilty of it. What Jesus said.
- Verse 25: Eyes—with this steady aim, minor decisions are governed by the ultimate goal.
- Verse 25: Look with your eyes on what is present; and (with) your eyelids**
- straight in front of you.
Psalm 119:37 (CJB) 37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.
Psalm 119:37 (Dake) …“preserve my life according to your Word.”
Proverbs 4:23 (Dake) Keep thy heart with all diligence Above all, guard the heart from going astray, for out of it are the issues of life. [The reference is not only to the arteries which carry the blood to all parts of the body, but also to the evil and good deeds that come from the heart (center) of man.]
Mark 7:18-21 18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Psalm 24:3-5 3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 24:4 (AMP) 4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted himself up to falsehood or to what is false, nor sworn deceitfully
Matthew 12:34 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:34 (AMP) 34You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.
Philippians 4:6-(7 AMP) Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. 7And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (CJB) 6 Don’t worry about anything; on the contrary, make your requests known to God by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving. 7 **Then God’s shalom, passing all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with the Messiah Yeshua
Adoption #4
60-0522E
209 So, little friends, let me tell you something right now. My darling precious people, you here in this land, and the others in tape lands which will be overseas and wherever you are, don’t be afraid. Everything’s all right. Father God, before the foundation of the world, knew everything that would happen. Everything works right along. You love Him? Keep your heart right.
Jehovah Of Miracles
59-1126 · San Jose, California
22 Oh, it’s too bad that the church today doesn’t walk in the Spirit like that more than we do. For it’s that kind of a time that when God comes to you. You know, it was on the road to Emmaus when Cleopas and his friend was speaking, and talking, and thinking about Jesus, that He walked out of the bushes by the side of them and walked with them. It’s while we are thinking upon Him…The trouble with the world today, we’re thinking about everything else but Him. Then we wonder why we don’t get blessings.
It was just a few weeks ago, about three weeks ago, when I set down by some sycamore trees, as I was telling you, and begin to think. It was there for the first time that He came and declared the new ministry to me. Think on Him. “Draw nigh unto Me, and I’ll draw nigh unto you,” saith the Lord. Think upon Him.
David spoke that he was—write His commandments upon the bed post and meditate on them day and night. That’s what the church ought to do, would keep your heart tuned in with God day and night, for it’s then’s when He appears.
Solomon said, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Begin to think that you’re one of His children, that He saved you, and He’s good to you, and you love Him, and He loves you. Don’t just wait till you go to church, or some convenient hour; just keep Him on your mind all the time.
Time-Tested Memorials of God
57-0818
67 And Mrs. Lot stands for a memorial. And when God give her her last message of grace, when He sent those Angels down there and told them that within a few hours that Sodom and Gomorrah was going to be burned, yet, she could not stand the thought of giving up her social life, to come out into a desert, and to live like Sarah had lived out there in the desert, and have to wear common, plain clothes of the woman of the plain. She wanted to be in luxury. Her husband had become a great man in the city. He sit in the gate, as a judge or as a mayor of the city. And she wanted these luxuries. And she couldn’t stand the thought of having to give those things up. And as she went with her husband, out of the city, she kept looking back, weeping and grieving because she had to give it up, to separate herself from that type of death.
68 Jesus said, “He that puts his hand to the plow, and even turns to look back, is not worthy of the plowing.” What type of people should we be? He that puts his hand to the plow, and even don’t—don’t turn back, but just turn to look back, is not even worthy of the plowing. Oh, we should keep our eyes and hearts single. No matter what the other people do, what the church does, what the neighbor does, what anyone else does, keep your heart centered on Calvary. Don’t even stop to look back. We’ve got no time to look back.
The Ark
55-0522
89 No matter what you got, here in this world, what you haven’t got, keep your heart right in tune with God. For it’s all…Everything, all your houses, lands, all your money, all your sickness, all your health, all your children, all, everything that you’ve got here on this earth, will everything leave you, and you’ll go right straight back to the beginning again. If that’s right with God, you’ll come forth again just as certain as there’s a God in Heaven. It’s not right with God, you got to take the other route. You’re here to make a choice. Make it, today, for Christ.
The Resurrection
53-1205
66 So, they sent for Him again. He just ignored it and went on, for He knew that God’s will had to be done. All things work together for good to them that love God. Isn’t that right? Keep your heart right with God and everything else come all right.
Now, He went on just a little farther. And the first thing you know, Lazarus taken sick. He got sicker, sicker. The doctors come. They could do nothing with him. We’re taught in mythicals, perhaps, I wouldn’t say it would be correctly historical; he died with hemorrhages in his lungs. All right. When he died, anyhow, they taken him out, buried him. They embalmed his body, put him in the grave. In order then of burying him, like there is a lot in the Orients today, they dig a hole, and just lay a rock over the top of it where they bury their dead.
The Christian in Complete Armour
Pastor William Gurnall
“Spend your wrath on Satan, who is your chief enemy. Men are only his puppets. They may be won to Christ’s side and so become your friends at last. Anselm explains it in the following manner: “When the enemy comes riding up in battle, the valiant soldier is not angry with the horse, but with a horseman. He works to kill the rider so that he may possess the horse for his own use. Thus, must we do with the wicked. We are not to bend our wrath against them, but against satan who rides them and spurs them on. Let us pray fervently as Christ did on the cross, that the devil will be dismounted and these miserable souls delivered from him.
Genesis 2:16-17 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Good = Tov
- Evil = Ra
I Was Not Disobedient To The Heavenly Vision
49-0718 · Zion, Illinois
28 … Father, Who brought again the Lord Jesus to Life, though all the world seems to be so modernistic, and the—they’re going, Lord, to knowledge instead of just a simple faith in God. We realize that in the garden of Eden when they tasted the tree of knowledge, they broke off relationship with the Tree of Life. And since then man has went after knowledge and destroys himself every time he bites from the tree: gun powder, automobiles, and now an atomic bomb. Knowledge, knowledge…Truly the prophet Daniel said, “They’ll run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” But back tonight to a blackness of two thousand years past, to faith in the Lord Jesus, ministered by a gift of healing by an Angel.
Thou demon that’s bound this woman’s body, I adjure thee by the Son of God, that you leave the woman. Come out of her.
Faith In The Son of God
52-0715 · Hammond, Indiana
8 “Well,” I said, “Doctor, you excuse me for talking to you like this, for you’re a smart man.” But I said, “You know, when the trees, in the garden of Eden there were two of them, and one of them was the tree of knowledge, and the other One is the Tree of Life. And man left this Tree to bypass of this tree,” and I said, “when he took his first bite off the tree, let it be whatever it was…(I got my idea of that.) So whatever it was, when he tooken his first bite, he separated himself from his Maker. And ever since then, he’s been biting off that tree. And every time he bites off that tree, he destroys himself.” I said, “God destroys nothing. Man destroys himself by knowledge.”
… But I said, “Looky here. You know what’s the matter with you fellows?” I said, “You’re on this tree of knowledge.” He said, “Reverend Branham, look.” He said, “You said, a man bit off gun powder, that destroyed his friend?” “Yeah.” I said, “then a automobile.” “Yes.” “And then, now, atomic bomb.” He said, “Reverend Branham, if we had no automobiles, no gun powder, no atomic bombs,” said, “man would still die.”
I said, “Just a minute, Doctor. He wouldn’t have died, until he left this Tree. He had Life until he left this Tree. And leaving that Tree brought death.” See? I said, “Not—not they’re…That’s just the results of leaving the Tree. But as long as he stayed with this Tree of Life he lived forever. But when he left the Tree and refused this Tree, and eat off of this tree, disobeying God, then when the question mark come across God’s Word, then to me, death come in. And when the question mark comes across your heart to God’s Word, death sets in.”
Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever
53-0506 · Jonesboro, Arkansas
2 … We could never figure it out. You can’t figure God out; you’ve just got to believe God, isn’t that right? There was two trees in the garden of Eden, one of them was knowledge, and the other one was Life. And when a man went off the Tree of Life, to eat the tree of knowledge, he always tried to figure things out from then on. He never has got straightened out yet. So we might as well go back to the Tree of Life and just believe. Is that right?
3 And think! The first bite he took, he destroyed him…He destroyed his fellowship with God. …
…But every time he bites off the tree of knowledge, he separates himself from God, and from… And God isn’t known by knowledge; God’s known by faith. By faith we believe God. How wonderful…
The Seven Church Ages
54-0512 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
139 All right, just depends on what you want to do. You, you’re a free moral agent. You act on whatever you desire to act upon. Right. God has put before man, like the garden of Eden, the Tree of Life or the tree of death. You make your choice. See? Whatever your soul is charmed for, that’s what you’ll eat.
Revelation 2:7 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
The Future Home Of The Heavenly Bridegroom And The Earthly Bride
64-0802 Jeffersonville, Indiana
429 “Overcomers only, that overcome the beast, overcome his mark,” that’s Catholicism, Protestantism, denominationalism, “who overcome the beast, his mark, the letter of his name.” “He’ll have a right to the Tree of Life, to enter into the gates where nothing that defiles can ever go in.” See? Think of it. Now, just a minute now, as we go just a little bit farther. Tree of Life will be for the overcomers only.
Revelation 22:21-4 1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
The Future Home Of The Heavenly Bridegroom And The Earthly Bride
*64-0802 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
430 The leaves will be for the healing of the nations. That is, the kings that live in there, bringing their honor in, when they bring their honor in and lay it before the Throne of God. Just like the outside, the ten…the eleven tribes brought in, every one of them, a tenth to Levi, see. When they bring their honor into the…from the blessed land, in that, they’ll reach from the Tree of Life, break off a holly leaf…or a Tree of Life leaf, and they’ll walk out together. There is no more war. Everything is at peace**. The leaves are a memorial, for the healings of the nation.**
The Future Home Of The Heavenly Bridegroom And The Earthly Bride
*64-0802 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
398 On this Throne, on top of it, fifteen hundred miles high, the whole world will see the Light of the world, Jesus, setting on the Throne on top of the world, top of the Church, top of Mount Zion; which is fifteen hundred miles, half size of the United States, and raises plumb up till you can see Him the world over, fifteen hundred miles high.
399 And all up-and-down here, will be the Redeemed. There will be the houses of pure gold. There will be avenues, and parks, and gardens. And the River of Life coming, trickling out from the Throne, and running down through little chasms and, oh, over the terraces. And the Tree of Life will be blooming in every yard; and bear Its fruits, twelve times a year, a changed fruit every month.
400 And the kings of the earth shall come into it and bring their honor. “And the leaves are for the healing of the nations,” when the kings are living in peace out there. When they go out, they’ll pick a tree, a leaf off like that. Like the dove come back, that the wrath of God had been settled, and brought the holly leaf into the ark. So when the king leaves, by bringing his glory into the Bride’s chamber here into the City, he’ll hold a leaf to his neighbor king, and, “We’re in peace for evermore.” Amen! Healing of the nations! “It’s all settled. One time we fought for one another’s bloods, brother. And we’ve cherished, and hollered; and shot, and burnt children, everything. But now there is peace, the healing.” Not disease healing; it’s all done. Healing of the nation! Amen!
Adoption #2
60-0518 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
133 God, by His election grace, called you. God, by His election grace, sanctified you. God, by His election grace and His power, baptized you and put you into this land of Rest. They which have entered into this Rest has ceased from their going astray. They ceased from their works like God did from His. They have joy unspeakable, and full of glory! The Tree of Life is blooming in them. They have longsuffering, gentle, goodness, patience made faith, faith, meekness, gentleness, and so forth. The Tree of Life is blooming in them because their hope is anchored in Christ Jesus, the witness of the Holy Ghost bearing record with signs and wonders following the believers. “These signs shall follow them that believe.” As they go along, they heal the sick, they cast out devils, they speak with tongues, they see visions. They…And they walk with God, they talk with God. No devil can move them, they’re stedfast, looking for…?…Forgetting those things in the past, they press towards the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus. There they are. There they are. That’s that Church.