Christ
is the Mystery no. 18
The
Image of the Invisible God part 2
August 8,
2012
Brian
Kocourek
Tonight I would like to continue on the thought we began on Sunday “the image of the
Invisible God”. We spoke on God being invisible which means not able
to be seen, and we showed how scientifically He lives in a much faster
dimension, and Scripturally One day with God is a thousand years with man. Thus
God lives in dimension that is much faster than ours, since the speed
of light travels at 186,282 miles per second whereas the speed of thought
travels at 24 billion miles per second. So the speed of thought travels at 354
thousand times faster than the speed of light. So can we see a being that can
travel like a thought is so much faster than we travel in our dimension, and
thus we can say scientifically the Dimension that God dwells in is much faster
than the dimension we live in. So the shutter speed of our eyes can not see
that kind of speed as even the hummingbird whose wings flap at up to 90 flaps
per second is only a blur to our vision and we can not even see the bumble bees
wings moving when they flap at 240 flaps per second.
But getting away from that thought now, let’s move on to how the image is
the manifestation of the invisible God-Life.
The apostle Paul told us it takes Light to manifest all life. We see this
in Ephesians 5:13 But
all things that are reproved are made manifest
by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
From his sermon MAN THAT CAN TURN
ON THE LIGHT - 63-1229 1M brother Branham said, There's nothing can give you Life but the Spoken Word of God. Life only comes by Light.
So we see that the manifesting of Himself to us, brings
revelation to us of Himself, for God
interprets His own Word by bringing it to pass. But even more importantly
than that, is the fact that we have this great promise that when He shall
manifest in His True character so shall we manifest in our true character. That
is why I believe that if the Word of God is being truly presented in an open
and unhidden manner, you can not hide if you tried. And when that Word is
presented in such a way you will manifest who you are and you will make known
the council of your heart, and you will not escape it for as surely as light
makes manifest in the natural, what life is in the seed. So too the light of
Glorious presence coming forth from a vessel that is perfectly reflecting that
Light, will most assuredly cause all that sit under that ministry or come in
contact with it, to become exposed as to just what they are. And those who do
not like what they see in themselves, will not stay around to receive more
exposing of themselves.
We also see in John 3:21 But
he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God.
And conversely we see in John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For
every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest
his deeds should be reproved.
So light upon the seed will always manifest the seed life no matter what
kind of seed it may be.
Now, with that in mind, let’s look to the Word of God
in John 8:32
to see what it tells us about every seed manifesting by the light. “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free. 33 They answered
him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest
thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus
answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin. 35 And the servant
abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed. 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to
kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I have
seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them,
If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that
hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said
they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even]
God. 42 Jesus said unto them, If God
were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God;
neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my
word. 44 Ye are of [your] father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
it. 45 And because I tell [you] the
truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of
you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe
me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's
words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him,
Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I
honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and
judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say unto
you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know
that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If
a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham,
which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my
honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he
is your God: 55 Yet ye have not known
him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar
like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my
day: and he saw [it], and was glad. 57
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou
seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before
Abraham was, I am.
Again we see in Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are
like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are
within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the
sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say,
If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers
with them in the blood of the prophets. 31Wherefore
ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed
the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the
measure of your fathers. 33 [Ye]
serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Jesus says, "Fill ye up the measure of your fathers",
and the Greek word pleroo, means;
to carry into effect, or bring forth into
realization or manifestation. What things Jesus is speaking of being
brought into realization? It is the measure of their fathers, which is a Greek
word metron, which means; the rule or standard of judgment. Therefore Jesus is
saying, "bring forth into realization and carry into effect the standard
of judgment that your fathers used."
2 Timothy
1: 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour
Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the conduit of the gospel:
How else could we
Manifest with Him. He is the Word. Then we must become a perfect reflection of
that same word in order to manifest as He Manifests. "IN HIM WAS LIFE AND
THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN". Notice that he said, "the Life is the Light
of men,” His Life is His Light or Word. If He then is our Life, our
Life must come from His Word. Then When His word shall manifest Itself, our
Life must also manifest the same thing. Then as Paul said, it is not really our
life but His Life in us that is manifesting. Jesus said, MY WORDS ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE.
Then what is manifesting? It can only be His Word.
Then where does fear fit in? Not at all. Fear has no place in the
Notice he has
abolished fear and death. He’s done away with it.
Jeremiah 23:1 Woe
be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the
LORD.2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel
against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven
them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of
your doings, saith the LORD.3 And I will gather the
remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will
bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.4 And
I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no
more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
Now notice the very
next thing Jesus tells us here. 43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither
doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his
own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble
bush gather they grapes. And we know that in the message "Anointed Ones at
the end Time", William Branham taught us that the fruit is the teaching
for the season., what they are teaching for the season. In other words, the
fruit is what they are teaching. The fruit of their ministry.
And he tells us that if you are a good
tree, then you can not teach error. Your teaching will be right smack on
target. For the word sin means to
miss the mark. But the word righteous means to be rightly wise. And how could you be a righteous man if you are
un-rightly-wise in your thinking. 45 A good man out of
the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good;
(now remember the heart represents the understanding,) 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.
Now in the light of
what Jesus is saying here he is saying if your understanding is good you will
bring forth good things, and if your understanding is evil then you will bring
forth evil things.
1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the
devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth
not his brother.
1 John 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from
the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:5And ye know that he was
manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
If you recall, Several
years ago I preached a series on the garden of
your mind and showed that the mind is like a garden, and in
it are planted many seeds, and the seed that are planted in your mind are those
things that become manifested in your life. Therefore whatsoever you sow, you will surely reap.
And therefore what things you are feeding your mind will become manifest in
your life. Now, this is the end time and people must manifest what seed they
are. And we know that whatsoever doth make manifest is manifested by the light.
That's Ephesians
5:13. So then, we must understanding that all seeds here on earth
must come to a manifestation of what they are and the nature of the seed that
they are will manifest itself openly once that Light strike the seed, because
that is the law of Life from genesis 1:11, “Every seed must come forth after or in the image of it’s kind.”
And so Jesus continues as we read from
verse 46 “And why
call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” And how
can you say you believe this message if you are not living it? How can you say
you have believe that token if you do not apply it in your life?
2
Corinthians 4:11 For we which live are always delivered unto
death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in
our mortal flesh.
The Life in the Seed
must move on". We showed that in nature the life that is in a seed, once
it is planted and the light strikes it, the life in a seed begins its journey
towards manifestation of itself. In other words, towards an expression of what
Life and Nature is intrinsically in that seed.
Now, we know that until the light strikes
the seed, the seed will not manifest the innate nature of the life that lays
within it. So it takes the Light to manifest the Life.
In fact the apostle
Paul said, in Ephesians
chapter 5, "what makes manifest is Light", and we know
that Christ is the Light of the world.
John 1:3 tells us, “All things were made
by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was
life; and the life was the light of men. 5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.”
So you can not expect those who abide in darkness to understand the
things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit
we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world,
nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: 7 But
we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the
hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the
world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of
this world knew: for had they known it, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as
it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them
unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things
of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we
have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that
we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which
the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned.
They are made manifest
by the light, but if you abide in darkness how then can you know the things of
God?
1 Timothy
5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand;
and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but
all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Galatians
5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is
no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have
crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be
desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
2
Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of
dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God
deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every
man's conscience in the sight of God.
2
Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made
manifest in your consciences.