Spoken Word no. 210
“Spiritually Revealed Word is manifested
Word”
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
December 15th, 2010
This evening I would
like to speak from a thought that brother Branham spoke in paragraph 97 It's spiritual revealed. If you catch It,
then It's the Word, and you see the Word made manifest.
This evening I would
like to examine this thought that brother Branham is laying out for us to
understand. Notice he says, When It's spiritually revealed, If you catch It, then It's the
Word, and you see the Word made manifest. Perhaps if you will permit
me to reword this without changing its meaning, Notice
Now, that’s not my own interpretation of what he is
saying here, because I can take and show you where else he says it that way,
and also where the Apostle Paul says the very same thing.
From his sermon Investments the 64-0314 P:24 Brother
Branham said, His
Word is interpreted unusual to what we sometimes have it interpreted.
But as I've said before, God needs
nobody to interpret His Word. He does His own interpretation by bringing to
pass the things that He said He would do. He interprets His own Word. He
doesn't need our interpretation. Our interpretation is our own manmade thoughts
that we put with It. When God said, "Let there be light," and there
was light, that needs no interpretation. God said, "A virgin shall
conceive," and she did. That doesn't need any interpretation. Jesus said,
"The Son of man goes up to
Now, we can also find
this in 2 Peter 1:16 For we have not
followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were
eyewitnesses of his majesty.17 For he received
from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from
the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard,
when we were with him in the holy mount.19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
So Peter tells us why we have a more sure word and
that more sure word needs no private interpretation. It is because as he says,
we heard His voice from Heaven, and we were eye witnesses of His majesty that
shown all around us. In other words, we saw and we heard with two of our
senses, and so we can be sure that this what we saw is the interpretation of
what God promised for us.
And Paul says that if it is to be revealed, it can
only come if we have the Spirit of God in us.
1
Corinthians 2: 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.
And the Apostle Paul also said in Ephesians 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made
manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
And speaking of light that manifests, the Apostle John
tells us the same thing in John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his
deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made “manifest”, that they are wrought in God.
Now this word “manifest”
is translated from the Greek word “phaneroo”
which means: to manifest in it’s true nature. To Appear. To become thoroughly
understood as to what and who one is. And this verse also says that our
deeds might be wrought in God which means that they are performed, as in Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he
which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ:
And then again in the book of Romans 4:21. And
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Now, the fact that it is light about the evening time, and brother
Branham coming forth with a gift of discernment, to cast light upon all, then
this ought to show us that God’s
interpretation of the coming of evening light shows that the Word is here to
manifest itself . It shall be Light about the evening time. The scripture says, and for God to
manifest that we saw the light manifesting and exposing those things which are
hidden. So God has interpreted that Scripture for us by bringing it to pass,
Now, we can take that now and compare it over with Malachi 4
because God promised that there would be Light come again in the evening time. (And
I would like to remind you what this light is for. To show you where you are at
and where you are going. So therefore, let’s read this next thought of Brother
Branham’s with these reasons in mind, as though he will be explaining these two
reasons to us. And the first reason for the Light is that you know where you
are at. Now, let’s read it again... God promised that there would be Light come
again in the evening time. "For behold, I will send to you Elijah the prophet, and he
will restore the children back to the fathers, and the fathers to the children
(Is that right?), lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” We
are in the midst of a work of restoration, where God is here working through an
Elijah ministry to bring restoration to His Children... Now, let's take [St. Luke 17:30] and watch what Jesus prophesied there, saying that, "As it was in
the days of
I hope you can see the significance of Spiritually
Revealed Word bringing forth manifested Word rather than just written word or
spoken word, because a spoken word is still in the promise stage, whereas
spiritually revealed word is in the manifesting stage.
In other words, a promised word is yet invisible, while
a revealed word is a manifested Word which is a visible Materialization of that
which had been hidden.
Therefore the Invisible God had to become visible in
order to show that His Word is real and not just invisible.
1
John 1: 1-4 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, (notice that is an audible sense, so it is no longer
hidden, and then he says, ) That also which we
have seen with our eyes, So again that becomes a sensate thing,
or a manifested thing if you can see it with the eyes. And then he says, which we have looked upon, and
our hands have handled, of the Word
of life; So this let’s you
know right here that the invisible has become visible, thus clarifying or
identifying what it is. Then he tells us what it is that we heard with our own
ears and saw with our own eyes, and felt with our own hands. 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness to it, and shew unto you that eternal life, which
was with the Father, and was manifested
unto us;) So here we see that
had it not been manifested we would still have had no clue as to the Life, and
the nature of that life. But… 3 That
which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may
have fellowship with us: and truly our
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son
Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you,
that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we
have heard of him, and declare declare unto you, that God is
light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have
fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But 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.
Therefore this makes the Invisible Word visible.
It makes that which can not be seen, able to be seen, and therefore a reality.
Therefore it was essential that God APPEAR in flesh before the SON of God appears
in flesh at the second coming. Now, I hope we can understand the correlation of
the Appearing to the Coming.
Romans
15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ
was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the
promises made unto the fathers:
Notice, the very purpose of Jesus coming in the flesh
was to establish the Word, make it live. So in the seen back in Genesis when Abraham
met God we can see, One God come down and stand before a man who represented a Group or a
seed line, and in this one man that stood before this Royal Seed, was
the Eternal God who had made the Promise of
Son, and this same God came in
the Royal Seed Body of Jesus and again has come back to visit this seed lineage
in this hour veiled in a human flesh to point us to the soon arrival of the
Promised Royal seed, Son, Jesus. That’s why when they asked brother Branham the
same words that they asked Jesus, when they said, “Show us the Father, He said,
“You’re looking at me aren’t you.” Now, that doesn’t make William
Branham God, and yet it was God that stepped into Him and spoke forth from Him.
That is what God said He would do back in Numbers.
Numbers 12:6-8
6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be
a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision,
and will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant
Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 8 With
him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and
the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?
Now, notice how God told us strait without beating around
a bush. How much more plain can he get.
That is why brother Branham could tell us in his
sermon Christ Revealed in His Own Word, “And there will be
no further advancement than what you are seeing right now. This is the all of
it.” Therefore if he said, “We’ve seen it all, then
we’ve
seen all of it.” Now, in my understanding of our language, “a.l.l.” means
“ALL”, it means “everything”. And there is nothing outside of it, period. That
is why I can not understand why so many who claim to believe in this Message,
are looking for some great thing to come forth from the Bride. They are saying,
“God is in His Church!” and yet Brother Branham said, so often, “God is not in His Church, God is in His Word.”
God said, "Let every
man's word be a lie and My
Word be the truth."
So we brother Branham telling us, “And
there will be no further advancement than what you are seeing right now.
This is the all of it.” So,
when He says we have seen it all, then when we have seen God, The fullness
of God, The all of God, come down
and manifest Himself in Flesh, and we
saw Him doing the same things that He did when He appeared to Abraham.
[PP. 142
The Rapture 65-1204] “When you see God come from the heaven,
stand before groups of men, and stand there, declare Himself just as He ever
did... And that's the Truth, and this Bible open. See? That's right. We're
here. And the denominational system
is dead. It's gone. It'll never rise again. It'll be burned. That's what you do
with the husk on the field. Flee from it. Get into Christ. Don't say, "I
belong to the Methodist."; "I belong to the Baptists."; "I
belong to the Pentecostal." You get into Christ. And if you're in Christ, there's not a word written in here but what
you believe it. I don't care what anybody else says. And then God makes that thing manifested,
'cause you... When He pours the Spirit
upon the Word, what happens? Just like putting water on any other seed. It'll
live, and it'll bring forth of its kind.
Then, we have seen it all. And says, So, there will be no further advancement than what you are
seeing right now,...” Then we will see no further advancement,
period. That is why before he died, he told us that all that is left is for the
Bride to lay in the presence of what is already here, the Presence of the Son,
and we will ripen.
In Christ Revealed in His Word brother Branham said,
[156] A
fine minister said awhile ago, said, "Brother Branham, if I could just
have the joy of the Lord in my heart..."
I said, "Son, the revival's
over." See? Now, the stabilizers is been put on the ship. Great
fearful waves are out here before us, but we know just beyond that wave yonder
we're nearing the shore. See? We're nearing the shore. Just stay stable.
Now, I would like to ask the question, “how can I just
stay stable with so much falsehood being preached amongst the churches in this
message? Well, brother Branham goes on to tell us how we can stay stable.
Brother Branham continued “Just
stay in the Word; stay with God.
No matter how you feel, what anything else, stay right with the Word. Let it stay stable. When you see all
these great big old clouds around us, and storms a-coming, and atomic bombs,
and everything else they're talking about; but our stabilizer is right straight in the Word. God said it would be
here; we'll crest every one of them. Yeah. We'll go right over the top of them.
Yes, indeed. They can't sink us; they can't drown us. You put us in the grave;
we'll come out again. That's just all there is to it. There ain't no way in the
world to keep it down there. We'll caress every one of them, 'cause our great
Chief Captain is calling at the other side.
We're anchored in Jesus, The storms of life I'll brave; I've anchored in Jesus, I'll fear no wind or wave;
So we see then that this evening Light which is a
light which has been manifested among us is what causes us to become stabilized
and settled.
Mark
16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord
working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
This word confirmed here is the Greek word, {bebaioo=beb ah yo o} which means: to confirm, establish and stabilize. And that
is why we see that there must come forth this evening light manifested word to
bring forth what is needed for the people to be stabilized. And it must come at
the Revelation of Christ because it is the Revelation of Christ, the
manifestation or Appearing of Christ that brings stability. And that is what
Paul tells us in...
1
Corinthians 1:4-10 4 I thank my God always on your
behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5 That
in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even
as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come
behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you
unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 10 Now
I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all
speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be
perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
And the apostle Peter confirms this in
1
Pet 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope (earnestly expect) to the end for the
grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
John 14:
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that
loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 3:
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds
may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Luke 8:
17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest;
neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Mark 4:
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Let us pray…