<TITLE>12. Par 40-42</TITLE>L-40 Now notice. He said, "To those that are in Christ..." How do we get into Christ? By Holy Spirit baptism. God, by grace, through faith, according to the election, gives you the Holy Spirit. Do you see it?
Now, not because you say, "Well, Brother Branham, I--I did this and I did that." That don't mean a thing. See? First you've got to have the experience here in your heart of being born again of the tree, being planted, then the tree will bring forth its own fruit.
Say, you're here now, your great farm is here on this citrus farms, ranches, whatever you call them here.
All right. Did you know that a little orange tree about that big, about a half-inch high, has every orange in it that it'll ever have? Is that right? You take that little orange tree, and you plant it. And then the only thing you have to do is water it. And the little orange tree has to drink the water.
Now, the--the fruit is not in the water. The fruit is not in the ground. The fruit is in the tree. And the only thing the tree does is first be planted. And then it has to drink. And it has to drink more than its portion. If your dam ever gives way up here, this will be a ghost town in a few weeks. You've got to have water.
And that's what's the matter with our vineyards today, your church, speaking. We got more vineyards planted, but not enough water coming in.
And if you plant, and this little tree begins to draw, it just drinks till it can't drink no more; then it drinks a little bit more than that, then pushes out. Then it pushes out limbs. Then it pushes out leaves. Then it pushes out oranges. Bushels after bushels, and hundreds of bushels comes out of that tree.

L-41 And a man, when he comes to Christ... It isn't first go get your oranges; you get the tree. And the tree is planted in Christ Jesus, the inexhaustible Fountain of Life. And in everything that a believer has to do after he's placed in Christ Jesus... Everything he has need of in this earthly journey is given to him when he's placed in Christ. And all he has to do is drink and drink and push out, and drink till every fruit of the Spirit, every gift of the Spirit, everything that's in Christ Jesus that He--belongs to you will be in you for the entire journey.
Not supposed go get the tree first, go get the tree, dig it up somewhere. Get the smallest tree, that's a young babe in Christ, and set it by the fountain of water, the inexhaustible Life of Christ. Then you're positionally placed in Christ. And when you're in Christ, by the Holy Spirit, then all these qualities of the Holy Spirit lives in you.

L-42 Now, what if it would be called an orange tree, and the first thing you know, come up, it was a sycamore tree. I--I don't know I'll say a palm tree. 'Cause you might not know what a sycamore is, but--out here. But... I don't know. Do they have any sycamores out here? I don't think so. All right. If a orange--a orange tree you're looking for, but it's bearing figs. You got your trees mixed up. See? Oh, you're getting fruit, but not the right kind.
Now, that's what it is with a Christian. When we come into Christ, we must bear the fruits of Christ. Paul said when you wash, you eat meat together, beneath the sincere token of God. You get it? Get that first, friend. Come back down to the foundation. Then start from there, go up.


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