Faith no 29
Faith (Revelation) for Manifesting as sons of God
Sunday September 3, 2017
Brian
Kocourek, Pastor
Let us remain standing and
pen our Bibles to Romans 8:19 and read for our text.
Romans 8:19 "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
This morning we speak
concerning the Faith for the Bride of Christ to manifest as sons of God. Now, from his sermon Manifested sons of
God - 60-0518 12. Now, the first
thing Paul starts out here to tell the people, is to get all the... Remember, this is to the church,
not to the outsider. It's a mystery and riddles to him, never
able to understand it, goes over the top of his head; he does no more know
about it than nothing. But to the church it's honey in the rock; it's
joy unspeakable; it's the blessed assurance; it's the anchor of the soul; it's
our hope and stay; it's the Rock of Ages; oh, it's everything that is good. For heavens and earth will pass away, but God's Word shall
never pass away. 13. But the man
outside of Canaan knows nothing of it; he's still wandering. Not saying that
he's not a good man, I don't say that. I don't say the man even in Egypt's not
a good man, but until he has come over into this possession, and the possession
that...The promise that was given to the church is not a natural land,
but a spiritual land; for we are a
royal priesthood, a holy nation. Then in
this royal priesthood, holy nation, peculiar people, called out, elected,
chosen, set aside, then all the world is dead on the outside. And we are led by
the Spirit. Sons and daughters of God are
led by the Spirit of God, not by
man, but by the Spirit.
Romans 1:1 Paul, a
servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according
to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with
power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all
nations, for his name: 6 Among whom are ye also the called of
Jesus Christ: 7 To
all that be in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be saints: (called to be
sanctified ones) Grace
to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First,
I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith
is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Notice that the faith of
this group of sanctified people is spoken of throughout the whole world. That
is what the book of Romans is all about. It was not to the believers at Rome,
but to the sanctified believers throughout the entire world.
And Paul said he thanked
God that the Faith of these believers was sbeing spoken of throughout the whole
world. Then we see in Romans 8:19 Paul speaks of the sons of God being manifested
as Sons of God.
Romans 8:19 "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
Now, brother Branham
speaks of this Scripture in his sermon, Manifested
sons of God - 60-0518 pp. 16 Now,
we're going to get Romans 8, the 19th verse of the 8th chapter of Romans. "For the earnest
expectation... the creation waiteth for the manifestations of the sons of God." 16. With earnest
expectations, the whole creation is waiting for the manifestation (See?), the manifestation. What is the manifestation? Making known. The whole world.
The Mohammedans over yonder, they're looking for it. All around, everywhere,
they're looking for it. "Where is these people?" We've had the... We've had
a mighty rushing wind; we've had thunders and lightnings; we've had oil and
blood; we've had all kinds of things; but we failed to hear that
little still small Voice that attracted the prophet, that wrapped the
robe around him, and walked out, said, "Here am I, Lord." See?
17. Now, the whole creation is groaning and
waiting for the manifestations of the sons of God. Now, Paul is going to first place the church
exactly where it belongs. Now, just to get the background, let's read
again. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the will of God, to the saints... (That's the sainted ones.)... which are at Ephesus, and... the faithful in Christ
Jesus:
So this promise of God
that "the whole world", as
Paul said, "the entire world"
is longing to see, this promise is not for just anyone. It is not a promise to
the church, it is a promise for the Elect of God,
the ones Paul calls "the sanctified ones,
sainted ones, the faithful in Christ Jesus,"
Brother Branham also said
in pp 24 Manifested sons of God - 60-0518 And these mysteries has been hid now, remember, the Bible
said, "Since the foundation of the
world, waiting for the manifestations of the sons of God," to display them to the church. Oh, my. You get
it?
So we are not looking at some great super-duper thing where the bride
does great super duper works, but simply we are looking at the Bride to display
themselves as sons and daughters of God.
The word manifestation that
the Apostle Paul used here concerning what the
Sons of God are to do was translated from the Greek word Apokalupsis, and
it means: disclosure: or appearing,
to lighten, manifestation, to be revealed, revelation.
Therefore the whole world is waiting for the sons of God to display,
reveal or manifest that they have entered into this revelation, which Faith is
a revelation, something that is revealed. That means there is a revelation or
revealing that we are ordained to concerning our being placed positionally in
the body of Christ, and this revelation of our rightful position in the body of Christ is
said by the apostle Paul that the entire world is earnestly expecting for this
to happen.
From his
sermon The Masterpiece 64-0705 108 brother Branham said, "Now, for nearly two thousand years God
has been again making Him a Masterpiece, because
He struck Adam to get a piece off of him (part of him), a rib to make a wife
for him. And now, that perfect Masterpiece that He struck at Calvary, He got a
piece off of Him. It's just the New Testament; that's all. He fulfilled the Old
Testament.
So what Brother Branham is
telling us is that Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of the
Old Testament. and then he
says, "Now,
it's the New Testament, another piece to
be fulfilled."
Notice his words, here. He says, “Now,
it’s the New Testament, Another piece to be fulfilled” See, the New and Old is
husband and wife (See?); and it taken the Old to foreshow the New.
Notice then that he said the
Old was the Husband and the New is the Wife which is the Bride. And then he
says, that Jesus fulfilled the Old and the Bride will fulfill the New, and then
adds, that it took the Old to foreshow the New.
In other words if the
fulfillment of the old which was Christ was needed to fulfill the new, and
Christ was the fulfillment of the Old, so the Bride will be the fulfillment of
the New, then we are looking at Christ Jesus as the very pattern to fulfill the
new.
Then what we are looking at
in this sermon here is how the Bride of Christ is to come into the very image
of Christ. And how that as Jesus was God’s Masterpiece fulfilling the Old
Testament, so too the Bride of Christ will be the Masterpiece of God that will
fulfill the new Testament.
Then he adds... Christ
come the Masterpiece to fulfill that.
Now His Bride will fulfill everything that's in the New Testament. Another Masterpiece
is in making.
Notice, that the "Bride
will fulfill everything that's in the New Testament."
That's quite a statement to think about.
Now, most people who read this statement from the Apostle Paul think in
terms of the sons of God manifesting as sons of God will be some great display
of power but that is not what he is telling us at all.
Even Jesus denied that he
had all power, for he said in John
5:19 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do
nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he
doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 20 For the Father
loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew
him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
And again we see in John 5:30 I can of mine own self do
nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father
which hath sent me. Then Jesus
explains this when he says...
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is
not true.
In other words, Jesus
tells us "if I could do these things of myself then how would you know it is from
God?" And "if I point
to myself, then I would surely be lying because no man can do these things
except God does them, because these things are not humanly possible, for only
God can do them. Therefore if I said, "Look at me, see what I am doing", I would be a liar, because
it is not me that is doing, but God that is doing, and I am just acting out the part he wants me
to play in this that you see being done."
But
watch what Jesus says next, and you will see that is exactly what I've
described to you. 32 There is another that
beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is
true.
Now, that is exactly what
the Apostle Paul says concerning the sons of God in Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
See, that is
exactly what Jesus was saying, I can of mine own self do nothing: and I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
And The Son can do nothing of
himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth,
these also doeth the Son likewise.
You see, that is
the same thing as he says in verse 14 For as many as are led
by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
So we are
looking at this being led which is an act of obedience to the father.
And then the
Apostle Paul says next, ... 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; (Being a son of
God is not something to fear, but rather this obedient spirit is evidence that
you are a genuine son of God.) but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Them the Apostle
Paul tells us as obedient children God will identify His Spirit working in our
Spirit, Notice he says, 16 The Spirit (God's Spirit) Itself will bear
witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Now, remember Paul had just
said that sons of God are led by the Spirit of God, and then he says this, that
God's Spirit will bear witness with our Spirit that we are indeed sons of God.
So our actions then will be confirmed by God that indeed our actions are being
guided by His Spirit.
Manifested sons of God
60-0518 P:73 God by His election grace called you. God by His
election grace sanctified you. God by His election grace and His
power baptized you and put you into this land of rest. They which have
entered into this rest has ceased from their going astray. They ceased from their works
like God did from His. They have joy unspeakable and full of
glory. The Tree of Life is blooming in them. They have long-suffering,
gentle, goodness, patience, faith, meekness, gentleness, and so forth. The
Tree of Life is blooming in them because their hope is anchored in Christ
Jesus, the witness of the Holy Ghost bearing record with signs and
wonders following the believers. "These signs shall follow them that believe." As they go along, they heal
the sick; they cast out devils; they speak with tongues; they see visions. And they
walk with God; they talk with God. No devil can move them; they're
steadfast, looking for Eternal Life. Forgetting
those things that are in the past, they press towards the mark of the high
calling in Christ Jesus. There they are. There you are. That's that church.
So when the Apostle Paul tells us 16 The Spirit Itself will bear witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God:
We know that the Spirit that bears
witness with our Spirit is The Spirit of God, for we see
evidence of this in many others Scriptures.
The Apostle John
said the same thing in 1 John 5:6 And it is The Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
And in Hebrews 2:4 the Apostle Paul tells us that it is "God
also bearing them witness, And how does he
tell us God bears witness with us? both with signs
and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
Again in Hebrews 10:15 The Apostle Paul tells us "Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he
had said before,"
And in Romans 1:9 the Apostle Paul tells us that it Is
God that is our witness. "For God is my witness, whom I serve
with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of
you always in my prayers;"
And the
Apostle John also tells us that God who is the Father is the witness John 8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
And we see
that Jesus claimed that God was the witness of His son-ship as well in John 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any
time, nor seen his shape.
And not only
did God bear witness with the first born son, but with other sons as well as we
see in Acts 15:8 And God,
which knoweth the hearts, bare them
witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
And in 1 John 5:10 we are told, He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:...
And that
witness of God is expressed by the very life of God living itself out in our
vessels as we see in 1 John 1:2 (For the life was manifested,
and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life,
which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
In my daily routine here in
my office at Church I answer a lot of emails from all over the world. Many
brethren write to me and have questions concerning the Message, and one
question that seems to be on the mind of the people is “what about the
manifestation of the sons of God. What does that mean and how do
you think it will come?"
I've always tried to answer
any question I get with Scriptures or quotes as best I can. And this verse cannot be understood without
first reading the verse before it.
Romans 8: 18 For I
reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Then
Paul goes on to say in the next verse, For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons
of God.
So this manifestation of the
sons of God has to do with the glory of God which is the doxa of God that is to be
revealed in us. For the word manifestation
comes from the same root word that the word revealed in
us. Manifestataion from apokalupsis and
Revealed from Apokalupto.
Both are forms of the same word Apokalupsis
which means to reveal or manifest. And we know this
word doxa means the opinion Values or judgment of God. So we see the doxa
which is to be revealed in us is what is
to manifest in and through the sons of God.
Thus “the
manifestation of the sons of God” has to do with this “Glory”,
this "Doxa" which was in Christ first and then as we received the
Spirit that was taken from the body of Jesus and given to us, then coming into us
and thus being revealed in the Sons of God. In other words, the very mind of
God coming into the Sons of God.
As that was the prayer of
Jesus in John 17:20 Neither pray I for
these alone, but for them also which shall believe
on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou,
Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I
have given them; that they may be one, even as (or
in the same way)we
are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may
be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and
hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I
am; ...
Notice that Jesus said all
that He loved and that loved him He is asking the Father that they be with him.
That is the same thing was told to brother Branham when he was caught up to the
other side.
Having conferences 60-0608
P:71 And I said, "O God, what is this?"Just then, a voice spoke and
said, "All that you ever loved, and all that
ever loved you, God has given to you. We're all here together." Oh, my,
my heart just melted within me. "All that you ever loved, and
all that ever loved you, is gathered here with you to meet God."And I
said, "Oh, praise be to God!" And about that time, I felt myself
moving. I said, "I don't have to go back, do I?" And I kept... And in
just a minute, I was back there at the bed again.
Therefore, if we are to manifest as sons
of God it will be the Doxa of God being revealed in and through us.
We as sons of God can do no
differently than Jesus did as The Son of God. Therefore in order for us to understand
what it means to manifest as sons of God we must understand what it was that
Jesus manifested as The Son of God.
Therefore, in order to
understand what the manifestation of the sons of God is to be, we must ask the
question, “What was the manifestation of the Son of God?"
Did He manifest His Sonship
by doing miracles and supernatural exploits? Or did he manifest Himself to be
God’s Only begotten Son in another way? What did He do to manifest that He was
God’s Son?
Was it signs and wonders?
No, that can’t be it, because Jesus himself told us in
Matthew7:22 Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in
thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
So it is not the ability to
prophesy, nor is it the ability to do wonderful works which are miracles and
such, nor is it the ability to cast out devils. Then what did the Son of God do
to manifest Himself to be the Son of God?
The same
Apostle who wrote Romans is the same apostle who wrote the Book of Hebrews, and
he gives us our answer in Hebrews 5: 8 Though
he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
God required from His Son
obedience before he would adopt that son as His own
Son.
From the sermon Patriarch
Abraham the 64-0207 P:2 Brother Branham said, What
a promise because of obedience. Obedience
is what God wants. It was once said, "Obedience is better than sacrifice."
To obey the Lord is better than any sacrifice that you could do.
And what did God require
more than anything else in a son? Obedience. Jesus manifested complete
obedience to the Father.
John 5:19 Then
answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth
the Son likewise.
And that is
being led by the Spirit. And Romans 8 right before he speaks of the doxa which
shall be revealed in us and thus manifesting that doxa as sons of God, the
Apostle Paul prefaces that with "Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God."
Therefore in order to understand Romans 8:19 we have to begin with
Romans 8:14 and read up through 19. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God.
And then verse 15 tells us we will be led by God
because we have received the Same Spirit of God which is the Spirit of Sonship
that only that Spirit will make us ready for God to adopt. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry,
Abba, Father.
And then he tells us in the next verse 16 That
God's Spirit in us will bear witness with our own Spirit that we are indeed
sons. The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
And then in the
next verse 17 he
tells us that being sons we will be heirs of God And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
And then in the
very next verse 18
he says, " For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us.
And finally he
tells us in the next verse 19 That this doxa that is to be revealed in
us, which means it is to be expressed in us is what the whole creation is
waiting for to happen. "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God."
That is why Jesus
told us in John 5:30 I can
of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just;
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent
me. Because every true son will only do that which
pleases the Father, and that is the expression of the doxa of God. The
Opinions, values, and judgments of God expressed in us just like it was
expressed through him.
In fact Jesus tells us that
the very thing he lives for in John 4:34 is to express in his life the very will of his father. "Jesus
saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to
finish his work."
My meat. My
very nourishment, my very source of energy is to do the will of my Father.
Here is a man that lived to be obedient to his Father. That is the commandment of
all children, to obey their father and mother.
Colossians 3: 20 Children,
obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing
unto the Lord.
Ephesians 6: 1 Children,
obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour
thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
And what does it means
to honour thy Father and Mother? The Word honour
means to fix a high value.
Therefore what they tell you
to do should be regarded as very valuable to you. Most parents don’t tell their
children to do or not do things just because they like to give that Child a
hard time. That sort of person would be sick mentally. But most parents want
the best for their children even though the children think they know best. But
that parent has the best intentions for their children and give them advice
based on their years of experience, and accrued knowledge. And children are
promised that if they listen to their parents advice they will live long.
Deuteronomy 5:16 Honour
thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee; that thy
days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which
the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 20: 12 Honour
thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which
the LORD thy God giveth thee.
And if we honour our Father
who is eternal we shall live with Him eternally. Therefore I can say with
scriptural assurance that obedience is the only sure manifestation
that a child is truly a son of God. Just look at the evidence in the Son of
God. Look at what he said is evidence that he loved His Father.
John
14: 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; as the
Father gave me commandment, even so I do.
John
12:49 For I have not spoken of
myself; but the Father which sent me, he
gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I
know that his commandment is life
everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
So you see that Jesus did
nothing, and said nothing until God showed him what to do and what to say.
From his
sermon, Hear ye Him 57-0519A P:40 brother
Branham said, "Now, watch. God never did anything 'less He asked
man to do, but what He did Himself. His Son, when He was born
here on earth, He was an obedient Son. Every
step was for the Father. Everything He done was to glorify God.
And we seen God in Christ. Is that right? "No man has seen the Father at any time, but the only begotten of the
Son has declared Him." The very move, the very action, everything that Christ did
was God working in Him. You get it now? Now, watch what takes
place. Then God takes His Son after a long life, just before Calvary, and He
taken Him up on a high mountain in a public place. He brought the heavenly
witnesses down. He brought the earthly witnesses up. And there God took His Son, and when they looked
up, they saw a cloud that overshadowed them. And Jesus' raiment shined like the
sun in the midst of the day. What was it? God put a robe on Him, just
like the old adoption said. He robed Him in a glorified condition. No wonder He said,
"All
powers in heavens and earth is given to My hands."
He robed Him and He placed Him.
And then He said, "This
is My beloved Son; hear ye Him." Then He had the
powers of heavens and earth was given unto His hands.
Therefore the most important
attribute a son can manifest is his obedience to his Father.
From the
message Super sign 59-1227M P:49 brother
Branham said, "Someone, as I have said before, wants to make Him a little short
God. He was man; God was using a man.
God was using a flesh that He created Himself in order to create through Him
and to "Bring
through Him many sons," says the
Scripture, "through that obedient Son.
Through one son all fell; through an obedient Son all shall live that
believe." God with us, a sign, said that would be a sign. Jesus so
loved to refer to Himself as Son of
man, man Himself, just a man, I am nothing; "the
Son can do nothing in Himself." But it's the Father was in Him, the Immanuel,
that God, the baby, God, Jehovah God, that little baby cried, that was Jehovah.
Did you see it? God living in a baby. God living in a teenage. What type of a
teenager was He? He set the example.
When He was lost by His father and His mother, they looked about to find Him,
and they found Him in the temple, What did He say, as a teenager? "Know
you not? Wist thou not that I must be about My Father's business?"
Example for teenagers.
Therefore in the Old
Testament, in order to adopt or place your child as a true son and therefore
your heir, the only evidence necessary to the father in order to adopt his
child and place Him as a son was that the son was to be obedient and about his
father’s business. In the message Hear ye Him,
brother Branham talks about the Old Testament tradition of adoption and said, …
Hear ye Him 57-0807 P:25 Now,
if that boy is no good, yet he's a son; he's never
nothing but a son because
he's born a son. But if he is not obedient and the right kind of a son,
he just continues a son on out without any reward. But if that is an
obedient son according to the Scriptures, then there is an
adoption of that son, or the placing of that son.
And then after he gets a certain age, he's taken out into a public place. And
there there's the great ceremony made, out before the public. And this son is
set up on a high place and there is a ceremony of adoption. Think of it now. The father adopts his own son into his
family. And then after that, that son's name's just as good on a check
as his dad's. It's a public ceremony, and they're all out there, and they see this father positionally place that son.
And again from
Hear ye Him 59-0424E P:40 brother
Branham said, "But then what if the son still won't obey. That son,
though he is a son... We can't say that he's not a son, but he will never have any inheritance.
That father says that he won't listen: "He won't obey; I can't
put trust in him; I'll just have to let him go. He's always a son." Now,
if you're a born of the Spirit of God... I have to stay with that, because
you're a son of God. But if you... You lose all the glory.
Then what if this son is a good son, an obedient son. Oh, how he loves
the father. How the tutor would like to say, "Oh, dad, I'll tell you what.
You know that boy of yours, he's a chip off the old block. I'm telling you;
he's just about your business just as... Why, he take care of it as good as you
can right now." How the father swells up. "Oh, sure, that's my
boy." That's the way I want Him to think about us. That's the way We want to follow the instructions of
this Word, live by It,
preach by It, die by It. That's what God wants us to do.
So you see obedience is the
key to manifesting or revealing in us the doxa of God. The opinions, values and
judgments of our Father. And as a true
son, and an heir of the father we are ordained to do it. For what good does
being a son do for you if you are not adopted and acknowledged by the Father
that you are a son and given inheritance from the father. Oh, you might have
eternal life and live in the new earth, but you won't have inheritance and
residence in the New Jerusalem.
Therefore the apostle peter
said in 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not
fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
And in 2
Corinthians 10: 5 The Apostle Paul said, Casting down imaginations, and
every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
And again the Apostle Paul
said in, Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
And Romans 5:19 For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one
shall many be made righteous.
Now, in brother Branham sermon,
The Masterpiece 64-0705 pp. 109 he said, "As it taken Him four thousand
years to make this Masterpiece, (He’s talking about Jesus
here, who fulfilled the entire Old testmanet) now He's been for
nearly two thousand years making another Masterpiece: a Bride for Christ,
another Masterpiece. (So we can fulfill the new
testament. So we hear him speak of God taking four thousand years to bring
forth his first Masterpiece, and that was Jesus His first born Obedient Son,
and now it is taking God only two thousand years to bring forth another
Masterpiece which is being fashioned into the very image of the Eldest Son.
That is what Paul taught us in Hebrews first and then in Romans chapter 8.
Notice in Hebrews 1 Paul
tells us how that Christ came forth in the image of God.
Hebrews 1: 3 Who
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;
Now, notice that Jesus came
forth in the image of God but it took God four thousand years to bring Him
forth in His image. But now we see in Romans 8: 29 For
whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And
as Jesus was brought forth in the Image of the Father we are to conformed to
the image of The first born Son of God.
And then brother Branham
continues, The Masterpiece 64-0705 109 As
it taken Him four thousand years to make this Masterpiece, now He's been for
nearly two thousand years making another Masterpiece: a Bride for Christ, another Masterpiece. In so doing it, He
does it by His never-changing method, the same way He made the Masterpiece:
His Word. That's the way He makes His masterpieces. Because it
can only be a perfect masterpiece when it's the perfect Word.
And in closing we will
read one last quote from pp. 28 of brother
Branham's sermon Manifested sons of God - 60-0518 where
he said, "And these mysteries has been hid
now, remember, the Bible said, "Since the foundation of the world,
waiting for the manifestations of the sons of God," to display
them to the church. Oh, my. You get it?
To display what? to display The Doxa of God, the opinions, values
and judgments of God. For 2,000 years ago Jesus the first son to be adopted by
the Father prayed in John 17:21
John
17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent
me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given
them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I
in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the
world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved
me.
And
in John 14:20 Jesus said, At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in
me, and I in you.
Uniting time and sign 63-0818
P:69 Jesus said, At That day you know that all the Father is, I am; and all I
am, you are; and all you are, I am. "In that day you'll know that I'm in the Father, Father in
Me, I in you, and you in Me." See? At that day. What day? This day. We find
out the great hidden mysteries of God being revealed. Oh, how I
like that.
Position in Christ 60-0522M
P:85 Now, if you go out here and act like a bunch of these that...?... just
'cause you spoke in tongues. I seen devils speak with tongues. Yes, sir. I've
seen them dance in the Spirit and shout and froth at the mouth, and everything
else, and all that. I've seen that. I'm a...?... I ain't talking about that. I'm
talking about the Spirit of God. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are...
children of God: And if then children, heirs; heirs of God,...
joint-heirs with Christ; if so... that we suffer with him, that we may... also
glorified together.For I reckon that the suffering... (Just listen
to this. Oh, if this isn't beautiful.) For I reckon that the suffering of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us. (In us.)For the earnest expectations of the creature... (You got here,
got a little--got a little word there, a little marginal reading, "creation" is
right, in Greek.)... expectations of the creation, the creation is waiting for the
manifestations of the sons of God.
Let us pray….