Bypassing the Word Brings Testing
Brian Kocourek
June 3rd, 2001
Who
is this Melchisedec 65-0221 64 Now, God at this stage of His creation later
formed into flesh Jesus. From what? From the great beginning Spirit, then came down
to be the Word, bringing Itself out. The Word doesn't yet make Itself; it's
just spoke out, "En morphe," later He becomes flesh, Jesus, mortal to
taste death for all of us sinners When Abraham met Him, He was Melchisedec. He
unfolds here what all the attributes will do in the final end, every son of
Abraham. Every son of the faith will absolutely do the same thing. But I want
to watch how we have to come Also we see
Him revealed here in Ruth and--and Boaz as a Kinsman Redeemer, how He had to
come to be flesh.
67 Now, we see the attribute sons of His
Spirit have not yet entered into the Word form body, a theophany. This body
is subject to the Word and earnest--waiting for the earnest change of the
body. Now, the different between Him and you as a son... See, He was at the
beginning the Word, an "En morphe" body. He came in and lived in
that in the Person of Melchisedec. Then later... We never heard no more of
Melchisedec, because He became Jesus Christ. (Now, do not forget the other things brother
Branham says about Who Melchisedec is. He said He is the Father of the Son,
then this One that He is speaking of is the Father Who came to live in the
Son). Melchisedec was the Priest, but He became
Jesus Christ. (Notice, he does not say that this One Who was Melchisedec
became Jesus the Son of God, but He became Jesus Christ, or Jesus the Anointed
One which is the Father in the Son). Now, you
bypassed that, because in that form He knowed all things. And you have
never been able to know that yet. You come like Adam, like me. You became
from the attribute to the flesh to be tempted.
Now, this morning, we are
going to look at this thought of bypassing our theophany to come into the flesh
for testing. But let's continue reading for the moment.
But
when this life is finished here... "If this earthly
tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already waiting."
Here Brother Branham is
quoting the Apostle Paul, letting us know that we will eventually be joined to
our theophany, but for now we have bypassed that word body.
I CORINTHIANS
15:35 ¶ But some [man] will say, How are the dead
raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 [Thou] fool, that which thou
sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37And that which thou sowest, thou
sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or
of some other [grain]: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and
to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there
is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes,
[and] another of birds. 40 [There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the
terrestrial [is] another. 41[There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory
of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from
[another] star in glory. 42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is
sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour;
it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was
made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that [was] not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from
heaven. 48 As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy: and as
[is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have
borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption
inherit incorruption. 51 ¶ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put
on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. 54 So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory. 55 O death,
where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? 56 The sting of death
[is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law. 57 But thanks [be] to God,
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
That's
where we go; that is the Word. Then we can look back and see what we done. Now,
we don't understand it. We have never become the Word; we've just become the
flesh-man, not the Word. But... And look clearly, makes it clear you will never
be the Word unless you was a thought at the beginning. That proves the
predestination of God. See? You can't be the Word 'less you're a thought. You
had to be in the thinking first. But you see, in order to stand temptation
you had to bypass the theophany; you had to come down here in flesh to be
tempted by sin. And then if you sin... "All the Father
hath given Me will come to Me, and I'll raise him up at the last days." See, you
had to be first. And then you see, He come right down the regular line, from
attribute to...
70 Before the foundation of the world his
Name's put on the Lamb's Book of Life. Then from that He become the Word, the
theophany, that could appear, disappear; and then He become flesh and returned
back again, resurrected that same body in a glorified condition. But you
bypassed the theophany and become flesh-man to be tempted by sin. And then
"if this earthly tabernacle is dissolved, we have one already
waiting." We have not yet the bodies. But look, when this
body receives the Spirit of God, the Immortal Life inside of you, it throws
this body in subjection to God. Hallelujah. "He that's born of
God doth not commit sin; he cannot sin." Romans 8:1. "There is
therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus; they walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit." There you are. See, that
throws your body subject. You don't have to say, "Oh, if I could just
quit drinking, if I could just..." Just get in Christ; it's all gone.
See, see?
I JOHN 3:2 Beloved, now are
we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he
is. 3 And every man that hath this hope
in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.(having this hope purifies himself, a process
of purification, or sanctification takes place because of the hope we have
within) 4
¶ Whosoever committeth sin
transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (The
Wuest Translation says, Whosoever habitually commits sin, also habitually
commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness)
1 John 3:5 And ye know that
he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not (Whosoever habitually is
abiding in Him, cannot be sinning as a matter of habit) whosoever sinneth hath
not seen him, neither known him. (Whosoever continues to sin as a
matter of habit, hath not seen Him, and
neither do they Know Him) 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he
that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.(He
that habitually doeth that which is right, is right, even as Christ is Right) He that
committeth sin is of the devil;(He that habitually continues in 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 3:9 Whosoever is born
of God doth not commit sin; (does not initiate sin, does not sin out of habit) for His (God's) seed
remaineth in him: and he cannot sin (He cannot habitually sin or
disbelieve), because he is born of God. 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.
Now, brother Branham
continues by saying, Because your body is
subject to the Spirit, it's no more subject to the things of the world; they're
dead. They are dead; your sins are buried in baptism; and you are a new
creation in Christ. And your body becoming subject to the Spirit, try to
live a right kind of life...
Notice the key here is that
you try to live a right kind of Life. You are no longer a creature of habit. You
no longer wander into sin habitually like a dog running after its old nature in
heat. But you are a willful person, and you live with a sense of God's ever
abiding presence in your life. You know that something has happened and you are
aware of the fleshly desires in the body, and yet you are no longer constrained
to follow those fleshly lusts. Therefore, although you may occasionally fall,
yet you try never to fall.
You see, we must balance out
1 John 3 with 1 John
1.
I JOHN 1:6 If we say that we
have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we
have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Notice in 1 John 1 it seems
as though John is telling us that we can not get away from the fact that we
have sin living in these mortal bodies and if we try to deny it, we are
throwing away the very purpose of God sending His Son to die on our behalf. And
yet as we read the King James version in 1 John 3 it sounds as though we know
longer have sin living in this body after the Spirit of God has come into us by
the new birth. But by showing the literal translation in the Wuest translation
you can see that it is not that we no longer have any sin living in us, but
that we have died to our habitual sinning. We no longer disbelieve as a matter
of habit, but we are now made conscious of another Life that is coming forth
within us. A God life.
That is why Paul could say
in GALATIANS 4:19 ¶ My little children,
of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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Notice, how wonderful, we love Him. Now, this body is subject to the
Spirit. Have not yet entered into the Word form, but we are still in the
flesh form, but subject to the Word. Death in the flesh will take us
there. Just the same thing. Think of a
little baby. You can take a woman, no matter how evil she is, when she is
pregnant and fixing to be mother, watch before that baby's born; I don't care
how cruel the woman is, she gets real kind. There's something about her
sound--seems godly, to see a little mother fixing to become mother by the baby.
Why is it? That little body... Now, it's not alive yet. See the only thing it is,
is just flesh and muscles. That little jumping, that's just muscles jerking.
But when it comes forth from the womb, God breathes the breath of life into it,
and then he screams out. See, just as sure as there is a natural body being
formed, there is a spiritual body to receive it as soon as it gets here.
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Then when a man is born again from heaven, he becomes a spirit babe in
Christ. And then when this robe of flesh is dropped, there is a natural
body, theophany, a body not made with hands, neither born of a woman, that we
go to. Then that body returns back and picks up the glorified body. That's
the reason Jesus went to hell when he died and preached to the souls that were
in prison. Turned back into that theophany... Oh, marvelous. Thank God. II Corinthians 5:1 "If this
earthly body be dissolved (this earthly tabernacle), we have another one." See, we
have bypassed that to come straight from God, the attribute, to be flesh to be
tempted and tested by sin like Adam did. But when testing of His Word is
over, then we are taken up to this body that was prepared for us before the
foundation of the world. It is the Word there that we skipped to come
right around down here to be tempted and tested. If we'd have come
through that, there'd have been no temptation; we'd knowed all things.
That's the reason Jesus knowed all things, 'cause He was Word before He was
flesh. Then we become the Word. Here we are formed to the Word image to be a
partaker of the Word, feed on the Word, by being predestinated since the
beginning. You see, that little spark of life that you had in you from
the beginning when you started your journey... Many of you can remember it. You
joined this church and joined that church, and try this and that; nothing satisfied.
That's right. But one day you just recognized it. Right.
And again in COLOSSIANS 3:1 ¶ If ye
then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things
on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4
When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glory. And then in verse 5 Paul goes on to tell us, that
since we have died to ourselves, we must also kill the desires that lay within
the flesh, kill them immediately. And then he goes on to list those desires.
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Like you women claiming you got Holy Ghost and going out here and
wearing shorts and things, how could you do it? How could the Spirit of God
in you ever let you do such a thing as that? It just can't be so. Certainly
it can't be. He's not a filthy spirit; He's a holy Spirit And then when you
become subject to that Spirit, it throws your whole being subject to that Spirit.
And that Spirit is nothing in the world but this Seed Word made manifest, or
quickened (Hallelujah.), made alive. And when the Bible said,
"Don't do this," that body quickly turns to it; there's no question.
And what is it? It's the earnest of the resurrection. This
body will be raised up again, because it's already started. It was once
subject to sin, and mire, and corruption, but now it's got the earnest; it's
turned heavenly. Now, that's the earnest that you're going in the rapture. It's
the earnest. A sick person laying dying, nothing left but death, that's all
can happen. I've seen the shadows of people done eat up with cancer and
tuberculosis, and see them persons a little while after that perfectly normal
and strong. If there is no Divine healing then there's no resurrection, 'cause Divine
healing is the earnest of the resurrection. Amen. You know what the earnest
money is don't you? It's the down payment. "He was wounded for our
transgressions; with His stripes we're healed."
If we follow this thought
pattern we can also find the Apostle Paul explaining this same thing brother
Branham is talking about beginning in chapter 5 of the book of Romans.
ROMANS 5:1 ¶
Therefore, being justified by faith (Revelation), we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have
access by faith (Revelation) into this
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only
[so], but we glory in tribulations (the testing) also: knowing that tribulation (The testing) worketh patience; 4 And patience, Character; and Character, hope: 5 And hope(This earnest
expectation) maketh not ashamed; because the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 ¶
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for
a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only [so], but we
also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received
the atonement. 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 13
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is
no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that
had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure
of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift.
For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and
the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto
many. 16 And not as [it was] by one that
sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but
the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by
one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one
[judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of
one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by
one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall
many be made righteous. 20 Moreover
the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded,
grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even
so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ
our Lord.
ROMANS 6:1 ¶ What
shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God
forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus
Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in
the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his]
resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him],
that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with
Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ
being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he
liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin
therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts
thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness
unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,
and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall
not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid. 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? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of
sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was
delivered you.18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of
the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members
servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of
sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things
whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting
life. 23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
ROMANS 7:1 ¶ Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them
that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he
liveth? 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her]
husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from
the law of [her] husband. 3 So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be
married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband
be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be
married to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to
the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to
him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did
work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are delivered
from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in
newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
7 ¶ What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God
forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust,
except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin
[was] dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment
came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which [was ordained] to
life, I found [to be] unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me]. 12 Wherefore the law [is] holy,
and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good
made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death
in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding
sinful. 14 ¶ For we know that the law is spiritual: but I
am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that
which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that
do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I
consent unto the law that [it is] good. 17
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For
I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is
present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the
good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now
if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another
law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into
captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I
am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but
with the flesh the law of sin.
But
when testing of His Word is over, then we are taken up to this body that was
prepared for us before the foundation of the world. It is the Word there
that we skipped to come right around down here to be tempted and tested. If
we'd have come through that, there'd have been no temptation; we'd knowed all
things. That's the reason Jesus knowed all things, 'cause He was Word
before He was flesh. Then we become the Word. Here we are formed to the Word
image to be a partaker of the Word, feed on the Word, by being predestinated
since the beginning. You see, that little spark of life that you had in
you from the beginning when you started your journey... Many of you can
remember it. You joined this church and joined that church, and try this and
that; nothing satisfied. That's right. But one day you just recognized it.
Right.