John 10:1-42 1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. 6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. 7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. 19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 21Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. 24Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. 26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. 30I and my Father are one. 31Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? 37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, 40And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. 41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. 42And many believed on him there.
John 10:22-23 22And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
Colossians 1:15-17 15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: **all things were created by him, and for him:17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Hebrews 1:1-3 1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the WORD of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- WORD: 4487 rhema {hray’-mah} that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, (a declaration of one’s mind made in words);
We also find in the Amplified version of **Hebrews 1:3 “*He is the sole expression of the glory of God, - the Light Being, - the out raying of the Divine. And He is the perfect imprint and very image of God’s Nature, upholding, and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His Mighty Word of Power.”
John 14:10-11 10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: **but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
Why It Had To Be Shepherd
64-1221 · Tucson, Arizona
98 He had started a new creation. What was it? A creation of Himself. God was made flesh and dwelt among us. That’s…The Bible said, “In the beginning of the creation of God.” God was created in human form; in Jesus Christ, His Son, God dwelt. He built His tabernacle of flesh and bones, and lived in that tabernacle; God, Emmanuel, “God with us.” He built Himself a house, to live in it, so He could reflect His Word to His subjects through that. You know what God is, when you see Christ.
Ezekiel 37:25-28 25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. 26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
The Unveiling of God
64-0614M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
295 The Word manifested, or revealed in that Revelation in there, then what does that puts me? If He is that Shekinah Glory, I’m part of It. Amen! Oh! Amen! That’s right. The Word Itself revealed, reveals Itself. Think! The mysteries of God made known to us in this day, by the same Heavenly Messenger that was made known to them in them days; notice, the same Pillar of Fire that sent Moses; the same Pillar of Fire that was on Moses that wrote the Bible; the same Pillar of Fire that Paul met on his road down to Damascus.
The Unveiling of God
64-0614M · Jeffersonville, Indiana
326 The Shekinah Light does not…Listen, ministers! Ministers, I want you to listen to This. When once inside…Now I’m going to take this real easy, so you’ll be sure to get It. Once inside the veil, under the Shekinah Glory, the Shekinah Light does not take the Word of God and reveal Jesus to be a “fortuneteller,” no, like the denominations do today, “mental telepathy, holy-roller, Beelzebub.” The Shekinah Glory doesn’t reveal Him of that.
327 But the Shekinah Glory ripens the Seed that’s promised for that hour, of the Word, showing Him to be still the Lily of the Valley. It brings forth that Seed, the Lily of the Valley, the Bread of Life, the Alpha and Omega, the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is the believers’ portion. The Shekinah Glory reveals, to the believer, He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
328 Not, “The days, He is past, and He died and it’s all over.” So friend, if you believe that, if you believe that, you’ve never struck the Shekinah Glory. How could the Shekinah Glory ever reveal Him in three persons? See? How could the Shekinah Glory ever reveal Him as being baptized, people, in the name of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” when there’s never a person in the Bible baptized that way? How could the Shekinah Glory limit Him to an apostle, when He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever? See?
329 The Shekinah Glory manifests Him. It brings forth the Word of promise, right out to you. That’s the reason that He had to veil Moses’ face, because in him was the Word. He veiled Jesus, as a humble little Man, to keep them from seeing Jehovah. And He veils Hisself today, in earthen vessels, with the Shekinah. The outside looks like a bunch of holy-rollers, old badger skins, but the inside hides the Shekinah Glory. And It ripens the Shewbread that we feast on, and drive across the country for, hundreds of miles, see. It’s the believers’ Food. It’s only for a believer. Remember, the Shewbread was only for the believer only, see, Shewbread Seed. Notice. What does it do? That Shekinah Glory, over the Shewbread, kept It from spoiling.
330 Remember, the manna that came from Heaven, it was stayed in the Shekinah Glory, from one generation to another. Outside, it got wiggle tails in it; overnight, it contaminated. Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
331 Outside of the Shekinah Glory, “The days of miracles is past. See, it’s all fanaticism.” But inside…
332 Look, they got some sunflower seed out of a garner in Egypt that was put in there in the days of Joseph, four thousand years, nearly, ago. Joseph put them in the garner. They planted them. They lived. Why? They had life.
333 What’s this Shekinah Glory today? To break beyond the veil, to see Who God is standing before you, see Who God is standing here before us, the—the Pillar of Fire. He is veiled in human flesh. But what does the Shek’nah, what did it do? The Shewbread Seed, the Word that we’re to live on in this day, by these promises, the Shekinah Glory ripens that Shewbread, brings It to pass, makes It Bread to the believer; that laid in the pages of the Bible, year after year, the Word for this age.
334 To the denominations, It’s a stumbling block. To the denominations, they stumble at It. Down through the years, Luther, Wesley, Martin Luther, and all, Sankey, Finney, John Smith, Knox, all stumbled at It.
335 But what’s it to be done in the last days? What is “to reveal”? “Bring forth!” What’s Malachi 4 to do? To turn back the people from that stumbling block, to break down the traditions, and to reveal the Bread with the Shekinah Glory. Watch It ripen and produce just exactly what It said It would do, oh, my, the Shewbread for this age. To the denomination, a stumbling block, “a bunch of fanatics.” But, we who believe!
Calling Jesus On The Scene
63-0804E · Chicago, Illinois
37 Remember, in flesh He was just a man, but in Spirit He was God. But, a man in flesh, therefore His body was a human being that was subject to temptations, subject to sicknesses, and just the same as ours; as He had to put on, be a–a Man, a human. And then He was God, in the Spirit. He said, “I and My Father are One. My Father dwelleth in Me.” 38 When John baptized Him on the river, Jordan, we see God descending from Heaven like a dove, and the Voice saying, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I am pleased to dwell.”… 39 He, God, dwelt in Christ, and in Him was the fulness of the Godhead, bodily. God expressing Hisself through Jesus, and Jesus was the vindication of God… 40 God, the Father, in the form of the Holy Spirit was in a Pillar of Fire, and, That, no one could touch around Him. He was holy. No sin offering was made; just a potential offering. 41 Now, that same Pillar of Fire, the Fatherhood, came down and was made God in Sonship. He dwelt in a Pillar of Fire, here He… in the Shekinah Glory. Here He dwelt in a body, which was His Son that He created and made in the form of a man, so that made Him the Son of God, Second Adam. Now, He had to come through the womb of a woman, not like Adam, because that that’s what He had to condemn, the birth of a human being by a woman. See, so He had to come that way. Now that’s God, the Son, the same God. And now He, through offering that body without sin, made a human offering.
Isaiah 9:6-7 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Matthew 3:16-17 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 17:5 5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Beloved: G27 agapetos {ag-ap-ay-tos’} dearly beloved, well beloved, dear, esteemed, favorite, worthy of love
Questions And Answers On Hebrews #2
57-1002 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
386 Or, as I have went through it, the Catholic call It, “the Eternal sonship of God.” Which, as I have said before, the word doesn’t even make sense. See, there cannot be an Eternal son, because a son had to have a beginning. And so Jesus had a beginning, God had no beginning. See? But the Son was the… not Eternal sonship, but the Son that was with the Father in the beginning was the Logos that went out of God.
387 And it was the theophany of God that went out. The human form that didn’t have eyes like you see; a better eye. It didn’t have ears like you hear, but a far more hearing. See, It was a theophany, that, all this rainbow condescended into a—a theophany. Moses saw It when It passed through the rock like that. He saw the back parts, said, “It looked like a man.”
The Maniac Of Gadara
54-0720A · Chicago, Illinois
32 …Jesus Christ was God manifested in flesh. Jehovah God, His Father, overshadowed the virgin Mary and formed in her a blood cell which made the Son, Christ Jesus.
And at the baptism**… He lived as a man until He was baptized by John**, at Jordan. And immediately after His baptism, John bare record seeing the Holy Ghost coming from heaven and descending in him, and going upon Him.
And before that time, John heard a Voice in the wilderness that told him, “Upon whom thou shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining, that’s the One that’ll baptize with the Holy Ghost and fire.”
And Jesus said, when He was here on earth, that, “I do nothing of Myself; it’s not Me; it’s My Father, and He dwelleth in Me.” See? Now, the Bible said that, “God the Father was in Christ the Son, reconciling the world to Himself.” See? So He was more than a Man. He was a God Man. He was not a God man, the God Man.
Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever
55-0806 · Campbellsville, Kentucky
30 … And when Jesus, a carpenter’s Son, physically speaking, when He come to the earth here that’s all He was known of, and the day that when John baptized Him, God a vindicated Him. God spoke from the heavens. John saw Him coming in the form a dove, and said, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I’m pleased to dwell.” The right translation there is, “In whom I am pleased to dwell in.” Jesus immediately anointed with God, He was just a man till that time, but now He becomes the God-man.
Someone telling me here not long ago, as I many times referred to it in this shiftless day, that He was just a prophet, He was a good man. He was more than that. He was the anointed God. The Bible said, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.” God in Christ. Amen.
31 Notice it. How beautiful. The Father, speaking from the heavens, when He was obedient to baptism, said, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I’m pleased to dwell in.” No wonder Jesus could say, “All the power in heavens and earth is given unto My hands.” …
Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed
63-0728 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
341 The God Himself, saying, “This is My beloved Son in Whom I’m pleased to dwell in.” God and man becoming One.
Micah 5:2 2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Micah 5:2 (AMP/AMPC): “His goings forth (appearances) are from long ago, from ancient days [eternity].”"
Micah 5:2 (CJB): “His goings forth are far in the past, back in ancient times.”
Perfection
56-0610 · Jeffersonville, Indiana
28 Time! Now, time is this little loop; it loops down. Jesus was from Eternity to Eternity, but He stepped into the time space and was made flesh, and came through here in order to sanctify, or put a streak of Blood all across this place, to redeem it and connect it back with God again, for all Eternity. You see it? That’s all time is.
Hear Ye Him
Tacoma, Washington
106 But, oh brother, that was a small thing. One day, when Adam’s race (They’d sent Moses, the law; God had sent the prophets and they had refused, they had failed.), and when Adam’s race was backed up against the backboard of eternity, there they was, standing there in doubt and fear and trembling. And Satan’s great army marching on; sickness and ignorance and superstitions and things was taking them from side to side. There was One stepped out in Heaven, screamed to the Angels: “I’m going down to earth. I’m going to save Adam’s race.” The Angels said, “What will you do?”
107 He came to the earth. He lived thirty-three-and-a-half years. Three-and-a-half years, He preached. He looked over the earth till He found the very midst of the deepest, dark of fear of man; that was death. And He went to Golgotha and plunged every spear of death into His Own heart. There He died, and He sent back the Holy Spirit, and He said to the church: “Take this and fight with it. Follow Me. You shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost is come upon you: you shall be witnesses of Me in Jerusalem, Judaea, and Samaria, unto the uttermost parts of the earth. And these signs shall follow them that believe; in My Name they shall cast out devils; and speak with new tongues; and take up serpents; or drink deadly things; if they lay their hands on the sick, they shall recover.”
108 The greatest weapon was ever put in the hands of man, is the Bible, to be backed up with the Holy Ghost, that Christ died at Calvary to free His church from superstitions and fear and doubt and trembling. He lives today; He rose from the dead, and He’s alive tonight. Hear ye Him.