Mystery of God

PROVERBS 3 32 For the froward (devious;

perverted) [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the

righteous.

I CORINTHIANS 2 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.

I CORINTHIANS 2 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.

I CORINTHIANS 2 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.

I CORINTHIANS 2 16 For who hath known the mind

of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of

Christ.

• AV -- mystery (27)

• 1) hidden thing, secret, mystery; generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the initiated and not to ordinary mortals

• 2) a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding

• 3) a hidden purpose or counsel; secret will: of men; of God: the secret counsels which govern God in dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly

PSALM 103 10 He hath not dealt with us

after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his

mercy toward them that fear him.

ROMANS 4 7 Saying, Blessed are they

whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

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92 Now, Branham Tabernacle, you bunch here, we don't have any

organization, don't have any--any sign cards, or so forth. The only thing

we have here is fellowship...And we expect every one of you to hold the true mystery of God in your heart, without wavering.

Come to the worship and come to the altar and so forth, and love one

another, and be in harmony with one another.

Psalms 25 (AMP)4 Show me Your ways, O Lord;

teach me Your paths.5 Guide me in Your truth and

faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait

[expectantly] all the day long.6 Remember, O Lord, Your tender

mercy and loving-kindness; for they have been ever from of old.

Psalms 25 (AMP)8 Good and upright is the Lord;

therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way.

9 He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He

teaches His way.10 All the paths of the Lord are

mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those

who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Psalms 25 (AMP)12 Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he

should choose.

Psalms 25 (AMP)14 The secret [of the sweet,

satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and

worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning.

• 1) council, counsel, assembly

• 1a) council (of familiar conversation)

• 1b) counsel

• 1b1) counsel (itself)

• 1b2) secret counsel

• 1b3) familiar converse, intimacy (with God)

JOHN 15 15 Henceforth I call you not

servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I

have made known unto you.

MATTHEW 13 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou

unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto

you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them

it is not given.

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292-28 Now, when Melchisedec was on earth, He was nothing in the

world but the--the Jehovah God made manifest by creation; He was here like a theophany. Abraham met Him once in his tent. And as we said this morning, Abraham recognized Him. And He told Abraham what He was going to do, because He was not going to leave the heir of the world blind to the things

that He was going to do.

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May I stop here for a minute to say God still has the same opinion about His Church. You're not children of darkness;

you're children of Light. And the... We who... "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." And would the

God Who acted to--to Abraham who was to inherit the earth... And He said, "I will

not keep these things back from the man that's going to inherit the earth." How much more will He reveal His secrets to His Church that's going

to inherit the earth.

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But the wicked will not know the God of heaven. They know Him in a form and in

a ritual like our first lesson said, but they don't know Him by the way of

perfection. And God can only work through perfection, because He's

perfect. Blessed be His Name. It has to be a perfect channel that God works

through, 'cause He can do nothing else but work through perfection. He can't

stain Himself in any way.

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293-31 And then, that's why Jesus came to take away our sins, that we might be perfected, that God could

work through His Church. There's where the secret lays. There's where

the world's blind. There's where they want to say that you've lost your mind. There's where they want to say, "You

don't know what you're talking about." Because the things of the Lord is foolish

to the wisdom of this world. But the things of the world is carnal to the

believer.

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So you're a different person; you're living in a different sphere. You're

not no more of this world; you've passed from this life into a new Life.

Therefore, God reveals, not to the world, not to the psychologist, not to the

educated ministers, but to the humble in heart. His people who is meek, He will

reveal the secrets of the great things of God to them. You see it?

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23-140 And He said, "I can't keep from Abraham, seeing that he's the heir of the earth. (Amen.) I reveal My secrets (other words) to those who are heir of the earth." That's where the Church

ought to be today. That's right. Get the secrets of God, know how to hold yourself, and act, and what to do, and how to walk, and how to live.

We're the heir of the earth. That's right. He reveals it to you, 'cause He won't keep nothing back. That's why we're watching these things come to pass.

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... they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they that are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

He makes His secrets known to them, reveals it to them, showing them

what to do and how to live, forsaking the things of the world, walking godly and living godly in this present world, walking along

with Him. Let the world say what they want to.

Like Esther, the hidden man in the heart, the hidden

man, the meekness and

gentleness of the Spirit of God in

the human heart, not the

glory and class of the world...

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16-2 Now, God's secret mystery He had before the world began... Now, back

in the back part of God's mind, there was something that He was trying and was going to achieve, and He

had a motive in doing it, in order to let Himself be expressed.

•God revealing Himself in Christ

•God having the preeminence in the Church

•Restoring the Kingdom

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God's great mystery of how... It's a secret. He kept it a secret. Nobody knowed nothing about it; even the

Angels didn't understand it. See? He didn't reveal it. That's the reason

under our seventh mystery, when the seventh seal was opened, there

was silence.

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That's one thing He hasn't revealed yet, of how He will come, and when He will come. It's a good thing that He doesn't. No. He has showed or revealed it in

every type that's in the Bible.

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17-4 Therefore, the entire Bible is the revelation of God's mystery in

Christ. Huh? The entire Bible is an expression of one goal that God had,

one purpose He wanted to achieve in the entire Bible, and all the acts of the--of the believers in the Bible has been in type and expressing what God's great goal is. And now in this last day He has revealed it and shows it. And God's help, we'll see it right here this morning: what the Lord has had in His mind all along and has expressed it.

REVELATION 10 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.

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58-1 Notice. Next--secondly, the manifested Christ in you, the hope of

glory. That great manifested God in Christ, now Christ manifested in

you.Look. What was once God's great secret, great mysterious secret in His mind, is now put in the hearts of the believer, that is the Body of Christ. What was

God's once great secret in His mind before the foundation of the world is now made manifest. Think of it,

friends.

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58-3 But God's great mystery, what the eternal God had as a mystery, has

now been unfolded in Jesus Christ, then was given out down to His Church.

What was once in God's mind is now in the Body of Christ, Jesus making

love to the Church, His Bride, whispering secrets to Her.

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68-2 When I think of it makes me shiver. Oh, to live with Him: going home with Him to live with Him, going home

with Him to live with Him forever, having Eternal Life...

This is God's great mystery of love expressed, that God and man became one. See? The whole thing is God

and man one. God and man was one there, and God and man is one

here. See? What is it?

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Being filled with His Spirit, Him having the preeminences. That was God's

achievement. That's God purpose to do that, that He might be in Christ and Christ in us, and all of us together one. The Holy Spirit, same thing that

revealed it to Christ reveals it here, the supernatural, creative power.

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The members of the virgin bride will love Him, and they will have His

potentials, for He is their head, and all power belongs to Him. They are

subject to Him as the members of our bodies are subject to our heads.

Notice the harmony of the Father and the Son. Jesus never did anything until it was first showed Him by the Father. John

5:19. This harmony is now to exist between the Groom and His bride.

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He shows her His Word of life. She receives it. She never doubts it.

Therefore, nothing can harm her, not even death. For if the seed be planted, the

water will raise it up again. Here is the secret of this. The Word is in the

bride (as it was in Mary). The bride has the mind of Christ for she knows what He wants done with the Word. She performs the command of the Word in His name for

she has "thus saith the Lord." Then the Word is quickened by the Spirit and it

comes to pass. Like a seed that is planted and watered, it comes to full harvest,

serving its purpose.

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Those in the bride do only His will. No one can make them do otherwise. They have

'thus saith the Lord' or they keep still. They know that it has to be God in them doing the works, fulfilling His own Word. He did not complete all His

work while in His earthly ministry so now He works in and through the bride.

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1114-249 So potentially it's in here, and what is it? The Word promised before the foundation of the world. And around

there, this only reflects the negative; that will reflect the positive, the Word. See?

And the same thing is--or the translation of the Bride will be the same thing. The

Word that's in you, the body will materialize around that Word, and

the same thing did by Sarah.

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35 God wants to be loved. God wants to love you. "God so loved the world, He

gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but to have Everlasting Life."

Blessed be the Lord. Then God, wanting to make love, He had to some--make

something lovable. He had to make something gentle like Himself. He had

to make something that could be loved. He had to make something of

His own nature.

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37 You couldn't love nothing that wasn't of your own nature. Loving

has to unite with love. A husband and wife has to love one another, if they ever make the grade. Family has to love one another, if they ever make the grade. Something to be loved... You search

everywhere, find a girl to be your wife that you love. She searches, finding a husband

that she could love.And God searches, trying to find a

soul that He can love.

COLOSSIANS 1 25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God

which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

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:

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He will try every thing that he can to save hisself, when it's so simple that even a fool couldn't fail to find it. That's right.

The Bible said so. E-21 Just simply, "By grace are you saved through faith." He will try to

mystify it, and have all kinds of a seeing lights, and hearing sounds, and

everything, and all kinds of mystifying things to get people to be saved. Maybe someone did see it, but that don't mean that all has to see it. You just believe it.

Creation; before the beginning; Elohim and His attributes; Eden and the fall; Serpent’s seed; Enoch and the rapture; the days of Noah; Babel and the

denominational life; Election in Abraham; Justification in Isaac; Grace in Jacob; Perfection in

Joseph; the Royal Seed; types of Christ; the Exodus in Moses; the deity of Jesus Christ; the Godhead; eternal security; the sudden secret going away of the church; the working of Christ as the Holy Spirit through seven ages of the church; the appearing of the Lord: shout, voice and trump; gathering at the

carcass; the end of time; the tribulation; the millennium; the judgment; the eighth day; the three pulls; the wedding supper; the opening of the seals

to vindicate the message of the end time; souls beyond the curtain of time; the Name of God; no eternal hell; agapo love; election, foreordination,

predestination; the end-time messenger; the Seal of God; the Mark of the Beast; the blinding and

restoration of Israel; the long-suffering of God