Christ Revealed in His Own Word #61
Crystallized by
the Message Doctrine
Sunday,
December 15, 1996
Brian Kocourek,
Pastor Grace Fellowship
We have been looking at PP. 60 of [Christ Revealed in
His Own Word], where brother
Branham has been speaking about the fact that Medicine and Science seem to be
able to repent by not referring back to theories which they once held to be
true but have proven to be false. We have spent a good deal of time examining
this area of repentance and the difference between repentance and Faith, and
the difference between Faith and reality.
In summary I think we can all agree that since, “Faith
is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen,” Then
if we see it, it no longer requires
Faith. For if “Faith is the Substance of things hoped for,” and Paul
said in [Romans 8:24-25] “for we are saved by hope: but hope
that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But
if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”
I hope and trust that by now, we will be in a position of
passing beyond Faith, when it comes to the Revelation of Christ’s Appearing,
and the Order of His Coming, the Rapture of the saints, the gathering together
unto Him and all those events which pertain to The end-time Revealing of
Himself, and the going home of the Elect, because when we can see that these
things have already taken place, or that they are in the process of taking
place, and we are able to not only see them take place, but we are also able to
recognize what is happening and tie them back to the promise, this then brings
us to the place that we are no longer looking for them but we are in the
process of receiving as they come to pass, thus making you and that part of the
Word One, and thus making you an
integral part of these End-time manifestations of Christ.
Now as I said last week, to be part of this manifested
End-Time Revelation of Jesus Christ does not make you Him, as some people think
that they are either all of Him, or a female counterpart to Him, (His alter
Ego) I guess, as if He needs one. But the Real Bride (Elect Lady) in this hour
becomes part of this end-time revelation of Christ, in that She is the One TO Whom He is revealing
Himself. Now, last week I mentioned
that there is 3 things which must happen in order for God to manifest Himself
or His Word, seeing that He is the Word.
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#1) There must be the
One Who Reveals Himself.
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#2) There must be the
One IN whom He Reveals Himself.
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#3) There must be the
Ones TO Whom He reveals Himself.
And so we see that it takes all three parts to make up the
Revelation of Jesus Christ. And this is why they messed it up so badly back in
the Alpha Ministry of Christ to Man. As you well, remember, by what we were told
by the Apostle Paul, the Gospel writers themselves and even Ireneaeus and Brother Branham, that the
people did not understand Godhead. And because they did not understand what the
scripture told them pertaining to how God would reveal Himself, then, when
Jesus, His own Son was born and lived among them, they did not understand how
He fit in with the Fathers plans in this great Revealing of the mighty God
among us. And so Paul gave us the key when he explained the Jesus Factor in [Col 5:19] when he said, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto
Himself.”
So we see here, that just as there had to be God revealing
Himself, yet we find that he always uses a vessel. And as in the Alpha where He
used the body of His dear Son, so He had to use a vessel in the Omega. The God Who reveals, working through the one IN
Whom He reveals. And it is this One in whom He reveals, that is always so misunderstood. Because the
vessel is never seen to measure up to the expectations of the ones who are
doing the viewing of this revealing.
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[John 1: 11] “He came unto His Own, and His Own received Him not.” And why is this? Because we read in
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[Isa 53:2] “when we shall see Him, there is no beauty
that we should desire Him.”
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Cor 2: 8] “For
had they known who He was, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.”
And so we then began in our study to see the significance of
our being Elected and specially chosen by God Himself, even before He framed
the world, to become recipients of His Glory,
and therefore, we see the great significance of the Holy Spirit, the
Great Father of Glory Who has personally come down among us in this last hour,
and He is here with the purpose of giving us “The Spirit of Wisdom and
Revelation in the knowledge of Himself” which we see in [Eph 1:17]. We also see how important it
is to receive this Revelation and Wisdom and Knowledge, for only those who
receive it can in fact receive first the change in the inner man, which is needed
first before the we are to receive a body change that will allow for a Rapture
or catching away.
[Romans 12: 1-2]
& [2 Cor 4: 16]
and we see where this renewing takes place in [Eph
4:23]
and we see how it is renewed in [Col 3:10]
And so the fact remains, that there is a certain kind of
knowledge that we must have in order to receive a change in our bodies. And as
we see in [Col 3:10], this knowledge
is according to the knowledge of the One Who Created the inner man. And there
is only One Who can create and that is God, the Creator Himself.
Now, I think that it
is interesting to note that in everything God has for us, there is always a
twin to that thing. [Deut 28] tells
us that for every Blessing, there is also a cursing, but it all depends on our
approach with God’s Word, and whether we want to receive it. For in receiving
It, we receive the blessings, but in rejecting His Word, we receive the curse
of God. And since Life is the fruit of the blessing and suffering and death are
the fruits of the cursing, then why would anyone in their right mind, want to
reject what blesses. And if you will
notice in [Col 3:10] the word “after”
that is spoken of here, is the manner in which God will bring forth the image
of our inner man. This Word “after”
is a Greek word, “Kata” and is pronounce the same as the Japanese word “Kata”. Now in the Japanese culture which
is founded in Buddhism, the Kata is a
form or an exercise that one does to make the harmony between the body and
spirit perfect. It is also used to bring forth purification of the inner man,
but it has been utilized in the martial arts to teach a discipline of the mind
and body. Paul said, “Bodily
exercise profiteth little” and so we can see that to link that which
the body does to that which is edifying for the spirit is a pagan practice
itself. For in considering the Spirit and Soul, bodily exercise has little good
it will produce. The only positive effect is that if your body is in good shape
your mind will stay focused better while you pray, but we are even given help
in that matter, for Paul told us in [Romans
8] that “when we know not what to pray for, that the Holy Spirit will give us
utterance and will make intercession on our behalf.” And so you can see
that True Christianity is full of Grace all the way, whereas that which is not
True Christianity, must then have it’s source in paganism and if so then must
lean to the flesh to satisfy it’s religious desire.
It is also interesting that Buddha, they say, was a
philosopher, yet like so many philosophers, it has become a religion. Many will
argue that it is not a religion, yet it most certainly is because it speaks of
salvation. I know because I have the books and teachings of Buddha and I read
them while I was in Japan. In fact many things I read in the books were direct
quotes from Jesus Himself, and yet when I tried to ascertain when he lived, it
is believed to have been close to 500 years before Christ. And so this made me
curious. “Why are so many things Jesus Said, quoted almost verbatim in the book
of Buddha.
During my research I found that because many Buddhists were
turning to Christ during the middle ages, around 1400 or 1500, the Buddhist
Priests rewrote Buddha’s teachings and incorporated many of Jesus teachings so that
the people would not leave. They then re-wrote history as we see being done
even today in our public schools until the public school kids do not even know
that it was because of Religious persecution that our forefathers left Europe
to seek Freedom to Worship God after the Dictates of their own heart. Listen to
this passage from “The Gospel of Buddha” supposedly written in 500 BC. and you
will see, what I mean.
Buddha His Life
and Teachings
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Enhanced Text (c) Copyright 1991 World Library, Incorporated
REJOICE at the glad
tidings! The Buddha our Lord has found the >root of all evil; he has shown
us the way of salvation. The Buddha
dispels the illusions of our mind and redeems us from the terror of
death.
The Buddha, our Lord, brings comfort to the
weary and sorrow-laden; he restores
peace to those who are broken down under the burden of life. He gives courage
to the weak when they would fain give up self-reliance and hope. You who suffer
from the tribulations of life, you who
have to struggle and endure, you who yearn for a life of truth, rejoice at the glad tidings! There is
balm for the wounded, and there is
bread for the hungry. There is water for the thirsty, and there is hope for the
despairing. There is light for those in
darkness, and there is inexhaustible blessing for the upright. Heal your
wounds, you wounded, and eat your fill, you hungry. Rest, you weary, and you
who are thirsty quench your thirst. Look up to the light, you who sit in
darkness; be full of good cheer, you
who are forlorn. Trust in truth, You who love the truth, for the kingdom
of righteousness is founded upon earth. The darkness of error is dispelled by
the light of truth. We can see our way and take firm and certain steps. The
Buddha, our Lord, has revealed the truth. The truth cures our diseases and
redeems us from perdition; the truth strengthens us in life and in death; the
truth alone can conquer the evils of error. Rejoice at the glad tidings!
But such are the history books in the schools today as well,
full of rewritten history until the people are trained in such deception, that
no one is sure of “what is Truth? Then, what does this produce? A pathological
liar named Bill Clinton as President, controlling the government of this Country.
The people have become so desensitized to Truth, that it really doesn’t matter
to them any more that a man can not tell it straight. In fact if you are
straight, you are considered to be weird. We have raised up a generation of
pathological liars who wouldn’t know the Truth from error if their own life
depended upon it. And I am here to tell you this morning that your life does
depend upon it, your Eternal Life with God depends upon knowing Truth from
error.
Just like the movies today, and television, and all other
Media types. PBS (the Public Broadcasting Service) was a major financial
supporter of a movie that was being made within the last few years that had
depicted the suffering Negro soldiers who themselves had to go through many
hardships because of their color and so they thought that it would make a good
story if they tied this story of the Negro plight with that of the Jews in the Nazi death camps. And so, their version of the movie had the
Negro’s who themselves had suffered,
coming to the rescue of the Jews,
setting them free from the Concentration camps. And this was supposed to be a
documentary which means it was to be a depiction of what Truly happened. Such Rot and tripe! The Truth of it is, the
Negro soldiers never were sent to rescue the Jews and in fact never even came
any where near those Nazi death camps and the record shows that they had
nothing to do with the freeing of the death camp Jews.
But if you are Liberal, it’s OK to re-write History after
your own liking. And after all, liberalism springs forth from the Jesuit
liberation theology any way, and they have been trying to rewrite history for
hundreds of years, so why not? That is
why we are told by Jesus Himself in [John
8:32] “And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.” That is why he also said, “If ye
continue in my word, then are ye my disciple.” And we know that the greatest lie is one that
is 99% true. But if you continue in the Truth you will eventually come tot he
full truth, and if you are Catholic, all you have to do is to begin to read
your bible and you will see that most of what you believe is neither written in
God’s Word nor is it affirmed in His Word, but contrary, most of what they do
and teach is spoken against in God’s Word.
Jesus said, “Search the Scripture” and to search shows not only interest in
the thing you are looking for, but it shows a desire to get down to the Truth
of the matter. But that is where so many people seem to come up short. They
want the easy way out which is to take the word of another instead of getting
an answer from God Himself through this Holy Book which contains His Words and
every Divine Promise in which pertains
unto life and life’s issues. [2 Peter 1:
2-4]
Now in PP. 61 we
hear brother Branham say, Not
one prophet ever contradicted the other one. They was every one perfect, and
when one come in and did prophesy, that real prophet raised up and called him
down. Then it was made manifest.
See, see, see? So the Bible is the Word of God to all true believers.
And so we see here that he is speaking of words, whether true or false and how they
must actually manifest True or False. Because after all, if the Word is a seed,
it is a carrier of Life. Then it is a carrier of either God Life or other life. And therefore after it is sown, it
must begin to bring forth a life in the image of what was sown. And that is
exactly what we read in [Col 3:10].
But we also see this spoken of in [John
3: 18-21] Here you’ll notice that we are looking at two different types of
Life. One that hates the light and one that can’t help coming to the Light. And
we find that the ones who come to it come because they have their source in it
and that which they manifest because of it is exactly what the others who have
their source in it do as well. Because after all, “Birds of a Feather will flock
together.” And that is not just an old saying, it is a truism. [1 Peter 1: 23] Then those born of incorruptible seed must gather together with
like seed, and those born of corruptible seed will flock together with
corruptible seed as well. They can’t help it, their spirit’s call out to each
other. (Story of woman and man in restaurant) deep calls unto deep.
[Acts 19:14-20] I
think we could use another house cleaning again in this day. Only it would be
TV’s.
John told us in [1
John 2: 18-21] That we can not help but manifest what we are. And he
further tells us that if we are of God we will receive Gods Word, and we will
flock together. But if we are not of God we will no doubt have to leave those
who are. [2 Cor 6:14] (read)
Paul said that it takes Light to make anything manifest. [Eph 5:13], therefore, if there is no
light then we will never know what the seed really is. Then we should not be so
surprised when we see people we might have known for years and years become
different so quickly. I know quite a few people who had followed what they
thought was the Message for many years and then when they finally were exposed
as to what the Message Truly is, they high tailed it right out into the world.
They couldn’t stand the pressure and had to get away from it. Yet it is the
pressure that is essential to bringing forth the diamond out from a lump of
ugly black coal. But no one really wants pressure and yet without it we do not
stand a chance at becoming what the seed characteristics in us are ordained to
be.
The mighty Oak once began as a little nut. And acorn nut,
but when it was planted, it began to break out of it’s shell and one day as it popped
it’s little head above the ground the winds begin to blow. In order to survive,
it began then to stretch forth it’s roots and the more the wind would blow the
greater it’s roots would reach out, and that is exactly what happens with us in
our walk as well. The more we are challenged in our walk and belief in the
Truth, the more we begin to search the Scripture for answers, and the more
answers we find the more satan challenges our faith, the winds doubts blow and
then we dig deeper into the Word for more answers and thus the struggle goes
and yet as we grow more and more in the Knowledge of our Lord and Savior, we
also grow more and more in Grace and Peace. [2 Peter 1: 2]
And so we see how that this manifestation of the Word
Attributes and characteristics of God are formed into us. As we read in [2 Peter 2: 4] God’s very nature, His
Divine Nature comes into us by the Word.