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The Mystery of God.
You know there didn't have to be a mystery of Christ
Some of the people just didn't understand Him, Paul did a good job of explaining all this to them and helping them understand.
It is true that the first phase of this whole experience is to hear the gospel. Christ died for us, and we must accept that to be true. For faith to become real, we must obey the word as it comes to us. If Christ died for the sinner, and He did, He paid it all, The Christian is no longer his or her own. They have been bought with a price. The Christian now yields their will to Christ Jesus and obeys. There is more to it than agreement. What happens in the soul, When we accept Christ Jesus and we are born again, what happens in the soul? This is the very thing that Paul calls the mystery of Christ. Paul was given special strength and understanding to preach this to the whole world.
The word mystery of which Paul writes means the hidden truth. We can understand this if we consider an extension cord. The movement of the electric current through that extension cord is invisible. The power surging through it from the source of the appliance makes no bulge, yet it is there. It is real and significant, yet one cannot see it. This is what Paul is talking about with reference to the gospel, Bringing different people as one, in unity as is done in the gospel of each . it is not done by skillful tact, or clever diplomacy. It is done by recreation of each one into new creatures through the gospel, they become the children of God, therefore brothers and sisters one of another in whom one spirit prevails, that one spirit is the Holy Ghost. I need to stop here, will finish this topic next time.
Esther, sharing God's Word.
