<TITLE>07. Par 39-50</TITLE>L-39 Now, there had been two covenants. One of them was the Adam covenant. God made a covenant with the man, "If you will, I will." And he broke it. Then God made a covenant with Noah; that was the Noah covenant, and it was broke.
Now, He's making the Abrahamic covenant. And the Abrahamic covenant, according to Genesis the 12th chapter, it was given unconditionally; therefore, it's eternal, because it's unconditional. Not "if you will, I will." He said, "I have. I've already done it." Not "I will do it"; "I have done it." Oh, that--oh, that--that bases faith. See, not... God's determined to save man. He make a covenant, "If you will, I will," he'd break it. Another one, "You will, I will," he broke it. Man can't keep his covenant, so God saves man by His grace, under a covenant that's unconditional, unconditional covenant. Oh, my. Never ending, that was all of it; three, perfect. Noah, Abraham, and I mean... Adam, Noah, and Abraham. Now, that's the reason we are Abraham's children, that covenant cannot be end, never end, because it is unconditionally. They... It isn't because you do something; it's because God did something. Not because you chose God; God chose you. Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen!"--Ed.]

L-41 People say, "Oh, Brother Branham, I sought God and sought God!" And you did not. I hate to tell you that, but you didn't. God sought you. It was God seeking you.
Jesus said, "You haven't chose Me; I chose you. No man can come to Me except My Father draws him, and all the Father has given Me will come to Me." Now, see, it wasn't. No man can glory in anything. It's God! Oh, how marvelous to see the--the real grace of God, how it's...
And how people has took the Message of grace and made a disgrace out of It! Like my precious church and you precious Baptist people, when you mess up grace like that, you've really got it in a mess.

L-44 Someone said to me not long ago, said, "Brother Branham, now you know you was a good Baptist."
I said, "I still feel that, but I've just raised up a little higher."
He said, "Well, now look," said, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. How much more could Abraham do but believe?" And he said, "When we believe God, we receive the Holy Spirit."
I said, "How different from Saint Paul! Saint Paul said, in Acts 19, 'Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?' Not when you believed; 'since' you have believed!"
He said, "Well, Abraham believed God; that's all he could do."
I said, "True. But then God give him the order of circumcision, as a confirmation that He had received his faith."

L-49 And if He has never circumcised you yet by the Holy Ghost, He hasn't received your faith yet. That's right. That is the circumcision of the heart and spirit. God gives the Holy Ghost as a confirmation He's received your faith. Now, if you stop believing, and scrumbling around, and just believe God, God will circumcise that heart. And that cuts off all unbelief, circumcises the world and all unbelief away from you; and then you stand, the Word alone, Jesus said, "If ye abide in Me, and My Word in you; then ask what you will; it'll be given to you."

L-50 That's what's the matter with the church today. It's under emotion; it's under education; it's under creed. No wonder, it's smothered down. See? So we need a circumcision to cut the whole thing away. Come back to God and His Word, and believe It the way It's wrote there, and don't argue with It. Just stay with It. God made a promise; God keeps His promise. He can't do nothing else but keep His promise and remain God.


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