Christ is the Mystery of God Revealed Part 4 “The Head of All Things”
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3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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.
Introduction.
Introduction.
Welcome Mom
Praying for Emily, Bro. Danny, Bro. Harold
The Message teaches us that Christ made all things, is the head of all things, and in all things He has the preeminence.
132 Since, we think this, since He has been made the Head of “all things,” to us. The Colossians said so here. He is the Head of “all things,” to us. For He was made…for us, which we are considered “all things.”
You say, “What about the sinner?” He was made to be the Judge of the sinner if he don’t accept It. He was made the glory for the believer who does accept It. So there, thing, “all things was made by Him, and for Him.”
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
Example: Bro. Branham and the Pentecostals.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
There is always evil present. Leaven in the loaf.
We have been called to be an ensign (flag, standard)
126 We are God’s ensigns to the world. That’s the reason I’m always scolding the Pentecostal church, getting after them, their ways of living. That’s the reason the world can’t see Christ, is because we let down the bars. We get away from that.
127 When our women dress and act like the rest of the world; when our men go out, and dirty jokes, and smoke, and carry on like the rest of them; married four or five times, everything else; pulls, get them into church, and things like that. Why, no. The world don’t believe you’ve got It.
128 Let me tell you, brother, when you are dead, and your life is hid in Christ, through God, and sealed by the Holy Ghost, and God lifts you up in Heavenly places, you’ll be an ensign that a work of God has been committed in you. 62-0119 - "An Ensign"
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
133 And it takes the night, to express the glory of the day. It takes the vessel of dishonor, to express the love and care for the vessel of the honored. It takes an evil woman, that would wear immoral clothes and sell her morals, to express the virtue of a decent genuine lady.
It takes a crook and a thief, in a man, to express the genuineness of a real believer, a real Christian. It takes the hypocrite, to show up the believer, what he is.
134 So, “All things was made by Him.” And since He was made all things…made, for all of us, all things was made for, by Him. Then, since that is true, we should make our identification (should be) with Him.
We should be identified, ourselves, with Him, because He has identified Himselves with us. We should be identified with Him. How? By living for Him; not just a confession.
135 So many people take a confession, say…I say it’s got to this place now. Are you a Christian? “I’m Methodist.” Well, that’s a long ways from being, making yourself known as a Christian.
Well, look what the Methodists does. “I’m Baptist.” Well, look what the Baptists does. “I’m Catholic.” Look what they do.
(I’m a Message believer, etc.)
136 But the only way that you can actually be a Christian is for Christ to identify Himself in you. How we got some, a stinger there! I hope everybody on the tape gets that, too. You say, “I’m Pentecostal.” That don’t mean a thing.
137 It’s Christ identified in you. That’s when He has recognized you. Say, “I spoke with tongues.” Devils does, too.
138 “I shouted.” The Mohammedans, Buddhas, and everything shouts. The Indians scream at the snake dance. See? Sure. They all do. Cults, clans, and everything else, scream and holler. They holler and shout at a baseball game.
139 But when Christ is identified in you, identifying Hisself, then you are Christ-like. Which, the word Christian means to be “Christ-like.”
There is your identification. All right. Now, and since He is our identification, then we should be identified with Him, by living for Him.
God’s Threefold Purpose
God’s Threefold Purpose
140 Notice, God has had a threefold purpose in this great mystery secret. God, in His great mystery secret that He had before the world began, He has got a threefold purpose in it.
And now what we want to go upon, this morning, is, what is that threefold purpose? See? Now, I believe, by the help of God, Who is present, and He’ll show it to us. Now, if He had this threefold purpose, we want to find out what is this threefold purpose.
141 The first thing was, that, God wanted to reveal Himself to the people.
142 He couldn’t do it as a great Jehovah God Who covered all space, time, and Eternity. He could not. He is too great to ever be revealed to people, because it would be too mysterious.
How could that great Being that never did begin…that after you went beyond the cycle of a hundreds of billions and trillions and trillions of years of light space, and on out into the infinite, into the Eternity, and a great Creature that was all that, and still is.
143 But what He wanted to do, He loved fatherhood, for He was a Father. And the only way that He could express it was to become a Son, a Man. That’s the reason Jesus kept saying, “The Son of man.”
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
See, they didn’t know what He was talking about, many of them. But now you get it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] See? He wanted to express Hisself. That was His, one of His great threefold purposes, was to express Himself, identify Himself with human beings, to reveal Hisself in Christ.
144 Secondly, to have the preeminence in His Body of believers, that is, His Bride, that He might live in people.
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:
145 Now, He could do that in Adam and Eve, but sin separated them, so now there had to be some way to get it back again. Oh, my! Oh, when I…This, this is rich, to me, just to even think of it.
See what God’s purpose was? Now why didn’t He just keep Adam and Eve like that? Then He would never been able to express His fullness, His full attribute. Because, He could have been a Father there, that’s true, but also He’s a Saviour.
You say, “How do you know He was?” He is, ’cause I’ve had the experience. He is a Saviour, and He had to express that. And how could He do it? Only through Christ.
How could He be a Son? Only through Christ. How could He be a Healer? Only through Christ. See, all things are wound up in that one Person, Jesus Christ. Oh, my!
146 When I think of it, I just see denominations pass off the scene, and everything else just going, see, when I see God’s great purpose. Revealing Himself, and having, first, to reveal Hisself in Christ, “the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
And, then, to bring that “fullness of Godhead bodily” into a people, that He could have the preeminences, the oversight, the leading.
The Prisoner of Jesus Christ
The Prisoner of Jesus Christ
147 Another one, the night, if you didn’t get the tape, I preached here one night, on “A prisoner of Jesus Christ.” Paul, a prisoner! See? When God gets you to be His prisoner, then you can’t do nothing but what the Spirit says do.
Paul, with all of his great intellects, he was taught by Gamaliel to be a great priest or rabbi, someday. And he had high ambitions. He was intellectually a great man, great authority, great man in the nation. But he had to sacrifice every bit of it, see, to become part of the Word, to express Jesus Christ.
148 He had a notion to go over some place, some brethren had called him, but he was forbidden by the Spirit to do his own will.
4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
Just being busy is not always the will of God.
7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
If the Spirit forbids something, its because there is something else you should be doing.
8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
Oh, if people half spiritual can pick that up! See? He was forbidden to do his own will. He only could do…“The Spirit forbid me.” See? He was a prisoner to Christ.
149 Then, this little fortuneteller one day, who he knowed, Paul knowed he had power to cast that devil out, but he could only do it as God willed it.
Day after day she followed him, crying out after him, but one day the Spirit give him permission. Then he rebuked her, the spirit that was in her. See? He knowed what it was to be a prisoner.
150 Moses, his intellectuals, he had to lose them in order to find Christ, to be a prisoner. Then when God got all the world beat out of him, and all of his mighty man that he was, and stand in the Presence of that Pillar of Fire that day, he was found just speechless.
He didn’t even, couldn’t even talk, he said. God had a prisoner then. See? You won’t try after your own searching. Then God had to endue this man, or, endow him with power enough that he could go down there.
151 And he said, “Lord, I told Pharaoh what You said, and he wouldn’t do it.”
152 He said, “Then take this, thy rod,” God speaking, that’s God’s Word, “go out there and point it towards the East, and call for flies.” And flies come into creation, because He had a prisoner that Pharaoh couldn’t pay off with nothing.
Nobody else could turn him no way. He was a complete prisoner in the chains of God’s Word, bound up only to THUS SAITH THE LORD.
153 Oh, if God can get Him prisoners like that! Now, that’s when He can express the preeminences, you see. He, He’s got the man, or the person, so that he knows nothing but Christ. You get what I mean? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] All right. That’s secondly.
154 First, to express Hisself completely, God in Christ.
155 Second, to have the preeminences, by this, in His Church, which is His Body, the Bride, till He could have the preeminence to express Himself through them. All right.
156 And, thirdly, to restore the Kingdom to its rightly position, that fell by sin by the first Adam, back to where He walked in the cool of the evening, with His people, talked with them, fellowshipped with them.
157 And now sin and death had separated them from His Presence and His entire expression. Do you read it? Before the foundation of the world, to express all of His attributes, what He was.
158 Therefore, if any Trinitarian here would just let yourself loose a minute, you can see that Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is not three Gods. It’s three attributes of the same God. See, it’s expression.
Father, He was, wanted to be a Father, He was a Father. He was a Son. And He is the Holy Ghost. And the Father and the Holy Ghost is the same Spirit. Don’t you see? You get it? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.]
Not three Gods. The devil has told you them things, to make an idolater out of you. See? It’s one God expressed in three attributes. To be Father, to be Saviour, to be Son, to be Healer, see, is His expressions.
(Each subject could take all day, but he wanted to make this clear)
160 God, expressed in Jesus Christ, Who was both Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, “the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
161 Now “the complete fullness of the Godhead bodily” dwells in His Church, the preeminences. All that God was, He poured into Christ; and all Christ was, was poured into the Church, the believers. 63-0728 - "Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed"
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Same word “morphe”. A change of mask.
12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
74 Then God, all that God was, He poured into Jesus; and all that Jesus was, He poured into His Church, divided Hisself on the Day of Pentecost.
That Pillar of Fire come down and busted Itself up, the Shekinah Glory, and put It in different ones. Tongues of Fire was seen upon each one; the Holy Spirit, God, identifying Himself in human beings. Amen.
75 Talk about amazing grace, how sweet the sound? What a secure it is! How secure we feel, to know that when we’re driving on the highways, whatever we are doing, that Jesus lays in the ship. Amen.
The One Who can perform any miracle, can do anything that He wants done, doing it again, perfectly identify Himself. He is in our little boat as we’re sailing life’s solemn main. Same as He was then, so is He now. What a feeling of security, while sailing the troubled waters of life. 63-0804E - "Calling Jesus On The Scene"
Conclusion
Conclusion
If he has the preeminence, He has jurisdiction. What a feeling of security, that the great God of the Universe lives in our bodies, and we are prisoners of love to do only Hs will.
Blessed Assurance