Preparation #34 (The Hidden Manna)
Sunday,
August1 22, 1999
Brian Kocourek
DEUTERONOMY 29:29 The secret
[things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed
[belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words
of this law.
PSALMS 25:14 The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear
him; and he will shew them his covenant.
LUKE 18:8 I tell you
that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh,
shall he find faith on the earth?
Let's Pray……..
This morning I
would like to continue with studying the Message preparation, and we will
subtitle this message, "The Hidden Manna" ,
Now, we have read for our text that God has certain
things which He has kept secret, "those things which belong to Him He has
kept secret. But we also read that those things which He has given to us, are
no longer secret, but they are ours, for He has given them to us and they are
revealed.
Now, what does the word revealed mean? The particular
word that is used here is a Hebrew word which means to remove from hiding.
Therefore, when God removes it from it's hiding place, it is no longer hidden,
but is revealed. It is no longer hidden but has been removed from hiding, and
is openly declared.
PREPARATION 53-1111 037 Jesus never asked this, "Will I find
righteousness? Will I find people that's living good?" Goodness and
righteousness is what-what... Jesus said, "Will I find faith when I
return?
And what is Faith? It is Revelation.
ANOINTED ONES AT END TIME 65-0725M 038 You said, "It wasn't a revelation."
What is faith? Faith is something that's revealed to you, that is not yet, but
you believe it will be. Faith is a revelation of the will of God. So by
revelation... And the churches today don't even believe in spiritual
revelation. They believe in a dogmatic teaching of some system. "By
revelation Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than that of Cain,
which God testified he was righteous." Amen. I hope you see that. See
where we're living, see the hour?
And since it is revealed, then at one time it had to
be hidden. That is the essence of revelation.
Now in order to understand this, we must ask ourselves this
question. Since, Faith is something that
is revealed, and to be revealed it had to be hidden, then how is this
possible? Can anyone tell me what has to
happen in order for something that God has hidden to be revealed?
There can be only One of two things that could happen,
#1) Either God takes this thing out from it's hiding
place and reveals it openly to all, or
#2) He takes us into this hiding place where He has it
hidden.
Now, I believe that the second answer is the correct
answer .
I 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. 15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things,
yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind
of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
ISAIAH 55:8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts,
neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For
[as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
PSALMS 103:7 He made known his ways unto
Moses, his acts unto the children of
God reveals His
mind to His Prophets, and then to the people.. AMOS 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Now, we all know that the Lord has descended from
Heaven with a Shout, which is the Message. We were told that in the Rapture
message by brother Branham. And Brother
Branham used Psalm 27 as His text for this Message. So let's read what He had
to say about this Great Shout.
PSALMS 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me
in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set
me up upon a rock.
And where is this Hiding place?
PSALMS 31:20 Thou shalt hide
them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them
secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
PSALMS 91:1 ¶ He that dwelleth in
the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty.
Now, those things which are no longer hidden and have
been given to us is His Word. But while they were hidden they were in essence a
mystery.
Pauk said, EPHESIANS 3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me
the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Now, God does not unveail
and reveal these great deep hidden secrets to just anyone. You have to be in an
Elect group, in order for Him to do this for you.
MATTHEW
MARK 4:11 And he said
unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but
unto them that are without, all [these] things are done in parables: 12
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins
should be forgiven them. 13And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and
how then will ye know all parables? 14
The sower soweth the word.
MATTHEW 13:34 All these
things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake
he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things
which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. 36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his
disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of
the field.
MARK
LUKE
But once they have been given to us, what are we to do
with them? After all, these are those things which God has kept secret from age
to age, but has now made them known to us by allowing us to enter into His
presence, where they had been kept hidden since before the world began.
COLOSSIANS 1:26 [Even] the
mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made
manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God
would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
COLOSSIANS 2:2 That their
hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of
the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of
God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Once we have received the Hidden things of God we then
become stewards of those things. Because this is a great sacred trust which God
has placed in our keeping.
I CORINTHIANS 4:1 ¶ Let a man so account of us, as of the
ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
EPHESIANS 3:9 And to make
all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning
of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly
[places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with
confidence by the faith of him.
EPHESIANS 1:8 Wherein he
hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good
pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
PROVERBS 3:32-33 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is]
with the righteous.
DANIEL 2:20 Daniel
answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and
might are his: 21 And he changeth
the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth
wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 22
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he
knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth
with him. 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God
of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me
now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's
matter.
ROMANS 16:25 ¶ Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of
Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret
since the world began, 26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations
for the obedience of faith: 27 To God only wise, [be] glory through Jesus
Christ for ever. Amen.
ISAIAH 48:5 I have even
from the beginning declared [it] to thee; before it came to pass I shewed [it] thee: lest thou shouldest
say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath
commanded them. 6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not
ye declare [it]? I have shewed thee new things from
this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. 7
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day
when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
REVELATION 2:17 He that hath
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will
give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].
LUKE 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of
the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord [is]
upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20
And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat
down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in
your ears.
REVELATION 20:11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that
sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is
[the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their works.
SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL 61-080 67 036
It's laying back in that condition. And that only shows that this is
just a period of time. Can't you see? God don't have things out of cater. He's
just letting it run like that for a little time. And I truly believe that that
thing was done, and at this last days is when God is going to reveal these
secrets to the church. He hasn't done it before, and the reason He hasn't done
it is to keep the church a-watching and praying all the time, not knowing when
it was coming. But you remember in Daniel 12 He said, "The wise shall
understand in the last--in this last days"? It's been given to him. The
Spirit of wisdom comes into the church to make known to the church by the
revelation of the Holy Ghost--bringing the church in and revealing what day
that we're living in. Just the same as Gabriel come to--to Daniel, the Holy
Spirit comes to the church in the last days to reveal these great, deep, secret
things. Do you understand now?
HIDDEN LIFE
55-1006A 037 God said
"Moses, make you a golden pot." Hallelujah! And in there place this
manna. And remember, that a believer when he walked in there, that manna never
did run out. It was always fresh and new and sweet as the days went by as the
years went by. And any man who comes to Christ and hides away and the veil
falls behind him, he's in the Presence of Almighty God, eating the manna day
and night, from one hour to the other. It's always just as sweet as it was the
first day of telling to your soul. That's what we need today, is get in where
the things are at, not stand off and pretend, or not stand off and act, but
actually get in there. Amen. The man once...
E-38 038 Now remember, only believers, only the elect
comes into that, that God has chosen you. I believe that in Revelations 2 said,
"He that overcometh." So it's promised to overcomers. You said, "I overcome smoking." That ain't what He's talking about. There's a whole lot more
goes to Christianity besides not smoking cigarettes or drinking whiskey.
"He that overcometh shall inherit all things,
and he will be My son; I will be His God, and (listen) I will give him of the
hidden manna. (Amen.) I will hide him away, and I will give him the hidden
things the world on the outside of the curtain don't know nothing about
it." Hallelujah! Though they eat manna, but they don't know about this.
"I will give to him the hidden manna. I will give him a stone with his
name in it." You get what I mean: entering into the adoption or the hidden
place with God.
REVELATION 5:1 ¶ And I saw in the right hand of him that sat
on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven
seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a
loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to
open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no
man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to
open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 6
¶ And I beheld, and, lo, in the
midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And
he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the
throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four
beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one
of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which
are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain,
and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and
people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and
priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard
the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders:
and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and
honour, and glory, and blessing. 13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying,
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto
him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb
for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the
four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth
for ever and ever.
REVELATION 10:1 ¶ And I saw another mighty angel come down from
heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and his face
[was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot
upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth, 3
And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth:
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things
which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him
that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven,
and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein
are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time
no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as
he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
8 ¶ And the voice which I heard from heaven spake
unto me again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in the
hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and
upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto
him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up;
and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the
angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon
as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou
must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
THE FIRST SEAL 63-0318 157-1
{271} 121 Notice. Now, the Holy Spirit and the
revelation and Christ is... The Holy Spirit is Christ in another form. That's
right. Notice, it is a Lamb that opened the Book, and the Lamb is Christ; and
Christ is not seen anymore from then, but He is seen in the Book of Revelations
the 19th chapter, coming on a white horse. If you'd like to read it, let's turn
to Revelations 19:11 to 6.
REVELATION CH FOUR PT 1 551-584 60-1231 56 028
So John, we wouldn't have had a--a Book of Revelations if it hadn't have
been for John, and John hadn't went out on the Isle. That was God's way of
giving us the Book of Revelation. He was out there, I think, about three years,
and on the Book, wrote the Book of Revelations. Now, then we leave him at the
last of the invitation in the 22nd verse of the 3rd chapter, "He that has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." 58
029 Now, begin the 4th chapter.
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was open in heaven: and the first
voice which I heard was--was as it were... a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.
We're going to take It verse by verse. And I've got a lot of Scriptures wrote
down here, a--a book of them, and I don't know how far we get into It. May the
Lord lead us. Now, watch, the Word is: After these things... (after the church
age)...And all this from hereafter now, will be pertaining, will take place on
earth after the rapture of the church. See, after the rapture. This is going
back now to pick up Israel. After the church age, after the ages of the church,
and they... The church never appears again until Revelation the 19th chapter
when she returns with Her Bridegroom. Praise God for the wedding. 030
Let's just read that. Would you like to read these Scriptures as we go
through? All right. Let's turn to Revelations 19. All right, sir, Revelations
19. Let's begin at the 7th verse, Revelations 19. This is when the church
appears again, never appears again till over in the 19th chapter. Let us be
glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. Oh, I--I
could preach on that till midnight and not half tell it. Look, "His wife
has made Herself ready."
SIXFOLD PURPOSE GABRIEL VISIT DAN 61-0730E 133 080
Now, after this the Bride appears. After the seventy weeks, the Bride
appears in Revelations the 19th chapter, the 1st and the 16th verse. She
arrives with her Bridegroom, the mighty King. Oh, my. I don't know whether
we're going to get it all or not. Just got it so... Let's just read part of
this anyhow. Here's where the Bride will come, after this. See? After the
millennium sets in, then Christ comes back with the Bride. Right. One to
sixteen in the 19th chapter...
And after these things... (After this tribulation,
after the Woes, after the Seals, after the Plagues, after the casting out of
Satan, after the setting up of the Millennium. Watch.) ... after these things I
heard a... voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and
glory,... honour,... power, unto the Lord our God:
For true and righteous are thy judgments: for he had judged the great whore,
which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of
his servants at her hand. And again he--they--and again they said, Alleluia.
And her smoke rose up for ever and ever... (That's the old prostitute
church.)... her smoke rose up... And the four and twenty elders and the four
beasts fell down and worshipped God that set upon the throne, saying, Amen;
Hallelujah. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God--Praise
our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I
heard as it was the voice of a great multitude,... (Listen. Here you are,
church. After She went up in the 3rd chapter, here She comes. See?)... And I...
(The 6th verse.)... And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and
as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a mighty thundering, saying,
Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
(Hallelujah. Watch. The marriage of the Lamb comes now. Here She comes.) Let us
be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. (Here She
comes, both Bride and Bridegroom.) And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is... righteousness
of saints. And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto
the wedding supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me. These are... true sayings
of God. And I fell down at the feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See
thou doeth it not: I am of thy fellowservant,... thy
brethren and have the--thy brethren and have the testimony of Jesus: worship
God: for the testimony of Christ--of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And I saw
heaven opened, and... a white horse;... (Oh, my.)... and he that set thereon...
was called Faithful and True, and... righteousness does he judge and make war.
And his eyes was as flames of fire, and... his head was many crowns;... (He was
crowned what? King of kings.)... and he had a name written, that no man knowed, but... himself. And he was clothed with white
vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God... ("In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God; and the Word was made flesh
and dwelled among us." Who was It? Jesus.)... and His Name is called The
Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (Glory. Here He comes.) And out
of his mouth will go a sharp sword, that--and that... it... should smite the
nations: and... shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God. And he had on his
vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KING, AND LORD OF LORDS. 134
081 What was it? His people had
just crowned Him King of king and Lord of Lord, coming back to His holy Temple,
anointed with the Presence of God to live and to reign through the millennium
with His Church. Amen. The appearing with the mighty King to take Her place at
His side, the new royal anointed Temple...
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COD
62-0527 720-164
065 Now, someone wrote me here
not long ago, and asked me, said, "If you do not believe that the church
goes through the tribulation period, how about Revelations 13, how they
overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and their testimony?" The person asked that
question. I wonder. Do you realize that the first three chapters of Revelation
deals with the church in the church age? That's the tribulation period, not the
church age; the church raptures and goes up at the 4th chapter of Revelation,
never comes again till the 19th chapter when it comes with Jesus. That's right.
That's in the tribulation period, not nothing to do with the church at all.
WHY AGAINST ORGANIZED RELIGION 62-1111E 220
119 Notice, the
19th chapter is the next, "After these things..." Did you notice here
in the 19th chapter, "After these things..."? Watch what? After what?
After the message of come out of her. After these things (Watch.) is the shout
of the Bride saints with the Bridegroom, going to the marriage of the Lamb. How
close are we then, brother? What's the last call? Come out of Babylon. Now, my
brethren, that's the reason I'm against it; it's unscriptural. It's unorthodox.
It's been proven to be false. God is not in it; He never was; He never will be.
Now, I ain't saying there's not people in these
organizations, that's where the church was made up of. But as long as you stay
into that system, you're a part of it.
THYATIREAN CHURCH AGE 60-1208 35 016
And now, we find out that He also got hidden manna. Now, hidden manna is
typed to the shewbread. The shewbread
was for priests alone. That is right. Shewbread was
just for the priest. And they... It was a special thing made for the priest,
that is, the leaders; and this man overcome. The whole congregation got manna,
but he got a hidden special manna, or special revelation, oh, of Who Jesus was,
and what about Him, all about Him. See, he got that revelation if he had
overcome. To the angel, "Hold fast, for he that..." He had
overcome... Addressed to the angel of the church... See?
Patmos vision hidden manna is not given to the whole church
Rising of the SON
65-0418 31-5
080 Oh, when He raised up Christ from the grave,
dwelling in you, is quickened your mortal bodies unto His Presence. You
recognize It; you are no longer a scavenger; you're a eagle. You don't want the
things of the world. You're a son and daughter of God. You're feasting at a
fountain that the world knows nothing about; you're drinking at--somebody
knows--the world knows nothing about. You're eating hidden Manna that the world
never even knowed nothing of It, for you're an eagle;
you're quickened up where you can get to It. You can't get to It down here; you
got to get up here. You got to be quickened, lifted up there, so It will
quicken.
FORSAKING ALL
62-0123
E-124
124 Heavenly Father, now I have
said what Your Word said, forsaking all to follow You. Those who forsook all
got to see You. And no matter what You would do, those who will not forsake sin
and follow will never be able to understand. Those who do forsake sin,
unbelief... We know that sin is unbelief. No matter how holy we live, what all
we do, if we still disbelieve, we are sinners. The Bible says, "He that
believeth not is condemned already." So we know that we must believe every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. That
should be our daily bread.
92-3 EPHESIAN.CHURCH.AGE -
CHURCH.AGE.BOOK.CPT.3
Now to get the real meaning of what we are about to go
into, I must caution you to ever keep in mind that religion (spiritual matters
if you like), is composed of two parts that intertwine but are as opposite as
black and white. Religion and the spiritual world are made of those two trees
which had their roots in Eden. Both the Tree Of Life and the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil stood in the midst of the garden and no doubt their
very branches intertwined each other. Thus in the Ephesian Church is that same
paradox. The church is made up of good and bad. Two vines make the church. They
are like the wheat and tares, growing up side by side. But one is the TRUE. The
other is the FALSE. Now God will speak TO each one and He will talk ABOUT each
one. He will call them the church. And only the elect will really know which is
the true Spirit. Only the elect will not be deceived. Matthew 24:24, "For
there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." So way back
there in the early church (a very short period after Pentecost) the false vine
got to intertwine itself around the True Vine and we find these deeds of the Nicolaitanes. And that spirit is going to be found fighting
the True Vine until it is destroyed by God. Now have you got it?
175-4 PERGANEAN CHURCH AGE - CH
5 But what do we
have in this our day? Multitudes are working signs until we have a generation
of sign seekers that know little or nothing about the Word, or a true move of
the Spirit of God. If they see blood, oil and fire they are happy; it matters
not what is in the Word. They will support any sign, even unscriptural ones.
But God has warned us about that. He said in Matthew 24 that in the last days
the two spirits would be so close together that only the very elect could tell
them apart, for they alone would not be deceived.
'A DECEIVED CHURCH' "But as Israel was bound by
their Kings that they could not follow the real King; and the real King,
when He came, they didn't recognize Him. So is it today, oh, Lord. The King of
Glory has appeared in the form of the Holy Ghost and Lord, They don't know it.
They don't recognize it. They're so organized so tight, that they do not understand it, because It's not in
their organization. Lord this is a work of the devil that's done this to the
people. May the Samson of God, may the True in heart, Those who are longing and
crying and pleading and holding on, may they stay with It, Lord, until this
new crop grows out. Until there comes forth a joy in Zion, and there comes
forth a group that can recognize and understand. That can see the Messiah and
the hidden power that's hid from the world, that they will not understand now.
Grant, Lord, that they'll see this, for we ask It in Jesus name, a-man."
MY REDEEMER LIVETH
55-0410S 161
043 Don't you love Him? We sing
that little song because we believe that the Holy Ghost Gospel is still
dripping with blood. It's a way of persecution. It's a way of misunderstanding.
That's right. The world don't know it. The world never knew it. The world will
hate you. "But be of a good cheer, I've overcome the world." They
don't understand it. "The preaching of the cross is foolishness to them
that perish." But there's something down in the believer's heart, says,
"I know my Redeemer liveth. I know it, beyond a
doubt."
WHO IS THIS
59-1004M Then, if that is true, a supernatural God
cannot change His nature to fit people's nature. People has to change their
nature to fit God's supernatural plan. And that's why people cry, "Who is
this?" It's God in the midst of His people. They don't understand it. God
will never come to your level; you'll have to come to His. God will not come to
your requirement; you have to come to God's. And then when that requirement is
met upon a promise that God made to redeem the people. If that requirement has
met, your entire being changes; your thinking changes. Your habits change.
Everything about you changes. Your desires change. Your living changes. Your
habits change. You change. Everything about you changes, 'cause there's a new
life in you.
ISAIAH 54:13 And all thy children [shall be] taught of the LORD;
and great [shall be] the peace of thy children.
Ephesians 1: 17 The Spirit of Wisdom & Revelations in the
knowledge of him
1 Cor 13: 9-13 we no longer
think as children, but we are to grow up and think right We will know as we are
known.
2 Thess 1: 10 the mind of
the Father in us.
1 Peter 1: 13 Speaks
of the revealing of Christ and having our minds ready to receive it.
Matthew 13: 10-17 This speaks of God withholding from everyone except
the elect.
1 Cor 1: 4-10 Speaks
of the Spirit of God coming to anoint an understanding
PROVERBS 9:6 Forsake the
foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He
that reproveth a scorner getteth
to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest
he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9
Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a
just [man], and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge
of the holy [is] understanding.
PSALMS 32:7 ¶ Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt
preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of
deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the
way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
PSALMS 25:12 What man [is]
he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the
way [that] he shall choose.
ISAIAH 2:3 And many
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the
LORD from Jerusalem.
2 Cor 2: 1-14
JEREMIAH 31:34 And they
shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
My ways are not your ways, and my thoughts
are not your thoughts.
EZEKIEL 44:23
And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in
controversy they shall stand in judgment; [and] they shall judge it according
to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine
assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Secret things belong to us
I SAMUEL 12:23
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in
ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: 24
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consider how great [things] he hath done for you.
DEUTERONOMY 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
EXODUS 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be
with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the
causes unto God. 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and
laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must
walk, and the work that they must do.
DEUTERONOMY 6:6
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto
thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest
in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon
thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of
thy house, and on thy gates.
DEUTERONOMY 11:18
¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these
my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your
hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest
by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door
posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
JOHN 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they
shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath
learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
PSALMS 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in
a plain path, because of mine enemies.
PSALMS 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in
thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
PSALMS 119:33
¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way
of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end. 34 Give me understanding,
and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
JOB 6:24 Teach
me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
ISAIAH 28:9
¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the
milk, [and] drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept [must be] upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
[and] there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue
will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This [is] the rest
[wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet
they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
[and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and
snared, and taken.
PHILIPPIANS 3:15 ¶
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any
thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
I TIMOTHY 6:3
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, [even]
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to
godliness; 4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting
about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh
envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings
of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is
godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
II JOHN 1:9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He
that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both
the Father and the Son. 10 ¶
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not
into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is
partaker of his evil deeds.
ISAIAH 29:9 ¶ Stay
yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with
wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For the LORD hath poured out
upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and
your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11 And the vision of all is
become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to
one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot;
for it [is] sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is
not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not
learned. 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this
people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and
their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
[men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to
hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they
say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 16 Surely your
turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall
the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say
of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
ISAIAH 50:4
¶ The Lord GOD hath given me the
tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him
that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away back. 6 I gave my back to
the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off
the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed. 8 [He is] near that justifieth
me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who [is] mine adversary?
let him come near to me. 9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is]
he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth
shall eat them up. 10 ¶
Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that
obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in]
darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay
upon his God. 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass [yourselves]
about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks [that] ye
have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
ROMANS 16:17
¶ Now I beseech you, brethren,
mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye
have learned; and avoid them. 18 For
they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by
good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
EPHESIANS 4:8
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity
captive, and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what
is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14
That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things,
which is the head, [even] Christ:
16 From whom the whole body
fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the
measure of every part, maketh increase of the body
unto the edifying of itself in love. 17 ¶
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk
not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given
themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20
But ye have not so learned Christ;
21 If so be that ye have heard
him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
HEBREWS 5:8
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he
suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the
author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10
¶ Called of God an high priest
after the order of Melchisedec. 11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye
are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the
time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be]
the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of
milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For
every one that useth milk [is] unskilful
in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of
full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
ISAIAH 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy
judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness.
MATTHEW 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the
Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he]
to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].28
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
DEUTERONOMY 4:10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them
hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live
upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.
DEUTERONOMY 5:1 ¶
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn
them, and keep, and do them.
PSALMS 119:73 ¶
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,
that I may learn thy commandments.
ISAIAH 30:1 ¶
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but
not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may
add sin to sin:
JEREMIAH 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way
of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are
dismayed at them.
I JOHN 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth
in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
HEBREWS 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God,
and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach
every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
LAW OR GRACE
54-1006 026 Now, if you're believing right... If you
just confess it with your lips, it don't do much good. But from your heart, if
you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, you can't live the same life you once
lived. You can't, if you ever get a true view of Calvary.
Now, if you're just taking just a haphazard way, you're just--you're just
fooling yourself. But when you really get a view of what Jesus was... Oh, my,
how I like to preach the Deity, the supreme Deity of Jesus Christ. If you could
ever realize Who He was, and what He did for you men and women, your hearts
would rend within you, and you'd be willing to throw away the trash of the
world to live for Him. Oh, how marvelous, and what a Person He was. If you
realize the condescending of God Himself, unfolding Himself, coming down till
He could get into your heart... 67 027
When God the Father, in a form of a big Cloud, hung over the children of
Israel, and when He settled on the mountain that morning to write the law, why,
even if an animal touched the mountain, he must be thrust through with a dart.
Only through sanctification did He bring Moses up. Set Aaron way down at the
bottom of the hill to watch and to keep guard that nothing... And when that
Pillar of Fire settled on that mountain, the lightning bursted
forth, and the thunders roared, the blackness settled. When Jehovah God, the
Creator of all eternity settled on top of a mountain that He created Himself,
the thickness of the clouds a bursting forth of the lightning, the shaking of
the earth, till, them Israelites standing out yonder in camp, with a bleeding
sacrifice around them, said, "Let Moses speak, and not God, 'less we
die."... Think of that.
COLOSSIANS 4:2 ¶ Continue in prayer, and watch in the same
with thanksgiving; 3 Withal praying also for us, that God would
open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I
am also in bonds: 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to
speak. 5 ¶
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6
Let your speech [be] alway with grace,
seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.