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Christ is the Mystery Revealed
COLOSSIANS 1:15-20
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
63-0728 CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY.OF.GOD.REVEALED_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN V-3 N-7 SUNDAY_
225 Now watch. He said, "Who do you say I am?" He is asking the Church, His twelve. Out of the millions of that day, He asked twelve, His Church.
In the millions in the days of Noah, He asked eight. Uh-huh. See?
226 And He said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man, see, where eight souls were saved."
227 I don't say there going to be eight saved now. Now don't get that all wrong. I never said that. I don't know how many is be, going to be saved in that, that that's the... that last moment to--to Rapture that little group. It'll be a small group, I'll tell you that. "For strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, but few there'll be that'll find it."
228 But when the great ransomed Body through all ages comes up, then that's going to be a great throne there! Revelation 7 express it, "Great number, which no man could number," through all the ages has come up, them that's walked in the Light of the Bible as far as It was revealed to them. And now we know that Wesley had more Light then Luther did. We know Pentecost outshined Wesley. See? Certainly, it does.
229 Because, it just gradually let loose, as it did down through the prophets, and so forth, till it was perfectly made known, "the Godhead bodily in Christ."
230 And now the Christ in the Church is just being made known. The whole thing is the revelation of God, to take Eve back to her right position again with her Husband. Notice, and God is the Husband of the Church, and the Church is His Bride.
GENESIS 15:9-10
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
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101 Now for a text I want to take out of there, this for a text, basing it upon the entire Bible, but I want us title this: Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed. Christ being the mystery of God revealed!................
NOW NOTICE WHAT IS THE BIBLE OR WHO IS THE MYSTERY TALKING ABOUT…………………
53-0512 SPEAK.TO.THE.ROCK_ JONESBORO.AR TUESDAY_
E-20 But when she writes me a letter, she might kind of hold a little back, refrain. And she'll say certain-certain things. But now, while she's talking, I--in the letter, I'm reading that letter, but I read between the lines too. I know what she's talking about. I can read between the lines.
Now, there's a whole lot of that so in this great love story of the Bible. Read between the lines. There's the--there's the structure work. The Bible is the structure, but the Holy Spirit's building the building now. Certainly. It's got to frame together and look like this, and like that, and like that, but the Holy Spirit's putting it together.
MATTHEW 11:25
25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
53-0606 AN.ENSIGN_ CONNERSVILLE.IN SATURDAY_
E-6 Say, there's a little between the line you have to read in the Bible. Do you believe that? See? It's a love letter, wrote to the church. There's no need of seminary trying to teach it, 'cause it's not known by minds of this world. "I've hid it from the eyes of the wise and re--prudent, and will reveal it to babes such as will learn." It's truth. So there's--that's the reason we got all these different forms and kinds of religions and churches………….
54-0509 THE.INVASION.OF.THE.UNITED.STATES_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN V-26 N-1 SUNDAY_
23 I wish now to call our attention to the Word. And I just love the Word, the living Word of God. It's... Inside the Word is the Life. Now, the Word, letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life. And Life is in the Word, because it's the Word of God. Life lays in Its Word.
Like if I told you, "I give you..."
You say, "I'm hungry, this morning, Brother Branham. Would you give me five dollars?"
I'd say, "I will." Now, there's just as much life in that as there is in my promise.
That's the same way it is by God. When God promises anything, then what God is, His... He's got to be in His Word. See? This Word is worth no... This Word is just the same as God. It is God.
Your word is what you are. It's your bond; we used to call it. Your bond is your word. If we can't take your word, then I--I can't have confidence. But if I can take your word for anything, then it's a man of honor……………..
JOHN 14:6-10
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
II PETER 3:8-9
8 ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 ¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
54-0814 THE.UNCONDITIONAL.COVENANT.THAT.GOD.MADE.WITH.THE.PEOPLE_ LOS.ANGELES.CA SATURDAY_
E-24 Now, I want to pass a little something here. This... Did you ever read... You know, the Bible's wrote and "hid from the eyes of the wise and prudent" (You believe that?), "and be--be revealed to babes, such as will learn." Now, you have to be in love with God, to know His Bible. You know, He writes between line.
My wife write me a letter, she'll say, "Dear Billy, I'm setting here, tonight. I love you very much. I'm very lonesome." That's what she's writing, but I read between the lines, and I know she means a whole lot more than that. See? Because I love her. And that's the reason, when you read God's Word, if you love Him, He reveals the in-between-the-lines.
54-1204 GOD.PERFECTING.HIS.CHURCH_ BINGHAMTON.NY SATURDAY_
E-55 You know, people reads the Bible... They... you don't... In reading the Bible, you don't want to just read It just bare like you was reading a newspaper. This Bible is hid from the wise and prudent. I don't care how great your school is, your seminary, you will never know nothing about God, until you get in love with God…………….
LUKE 10:17-23
17 ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
NOW WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM THEY WERE OBEYING AND SEEING MANIFESTATIONS OF THE WORDS OF THE LORD JESUS TO GIVE THEM POWER…BUT THEY WERE NOT IN LOVE WITH THE LORD JESUS………..
JOHN 6:63-68
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
NOW REMEMBER…NOT FALLING ON THEIR EARS MADE HIS WORDS SPIRIT AND LIFE TO THEM…BUT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE HIS WORDS…THIS WAS THE CHANNEL THEY HAD TO RECEIVE HIS WORDS IN…………..
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
JOHN 1:1-4
1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
NOW NOTICE HERE IS THE SAME THEME AS IN COLOSSIANS………
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
55-0501E THE.FAITH.THAT.WAS.ONCE.DELIVERED.TO.THE.SAINTS_ CHICAGO.IL SUNDAY_
E-14 Now, in the book of Jude, the 3rd verse, and we read for our little portion of God's eternal Word. I love the Word, don't you? They are the Words of Life, God's blessed Life. We love them, because they speak peace. They come from the Bible, the only Book that tells me who I am, where I come from, and where I'm going, the only Book in existence that tells us that. And it's only Book that's written of all the fine literature there is in the world, this is the only Book that is positive the Truth. No matter how much others... It'll be little things that's flaws and failures, and everything, but This can never fail. "Heavens and earth will pass away, but My Word shall never fail." God's Truth.......
55-0608 ABRAHAM_ MACON.GA WEDNESDAY_
E-48 ………..And if you want to really read the Bible with a spiritual understanding, get in love with the Writer. Amen. Then you can read between the lines, see where God pulls it out.
NOW NOTICE….THE WHOLE MYSTERY IS A LOVE AFFAIR WROTE IN A RECORD CALLED THE BIBLE……………..
55-1114 THE.DARKEST.HOUR.THEN.JESUS.COMES.ALONG_ SAN.FERNANDO.CA MONDAY_
E-38 …….You don't have to be smart to understand the Bible. You have to have a humble heart.
The Bible is God's love story to His Church, that's hid from all the scholarships in the world. It's only knowed by one scholarship; that's through kneeinology. If you ever had any of it... You know what I mean? Down on your knees……………
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E-39 Now, what she's saying in the letter is one thing. But I'm in love with her, so I know what she really means. You see? So that's because I'm in love with her. I understand her.Now, the Bible says one thing, but if you're really in love with the Author, you understand what He means. You see, He reveals it to His sweetheart. Don't you love to be His sweetheart? Sure. You just... You loved Him and He just... The Holy Spirit's right there, say, "Now, the--the wise and prudent would think it this way but just read right on, I'll show you what I mean." See? And the first thing you know, there's the whole picture. You just read it awhile and then set down and cry, and get up and walk around the floor, and cry. That's where you're really getting something from God. Amen.
