This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Eph 5:32 Who have to many church leaders who would tell you that you should not know something about God plans, or His mysteries... They will tell you that the book of revelation is a hidden book.. No! The book of revelation means revel to those who would seek it out.. There is only one reason that your church leaders do not know or have the time to find out.. You be the judge... Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 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: Col 1:26,27 The New Testament speaks of several different mysteries, there is one that stands out in greatness of importance. It is revealed to us by the apostle Paul, and contains the details of God’s grand redemptive plan . This mystery you speak of is that an entirely new creation, made up of a diverse assortment of people including both Jews and Gentiles, possessing incredible spiritual riches (Eph 3:8), would come into existence. This new creation is described as being in a living, organic union with the resurrected and glorified Lord Jesus Christ. It is called ‘the Body of Christ’, or the ‘Bride of Christ’, or ‘the Church’. It is not an organization, but an organism. Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body’. 1 Cor 12:27 "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." The New Testament says that members enter the Body by a supernatural operation by being baptized or immersed into it by the Holy Spirit. (The Greek ‘baptizo‘ means to immerse.) Gal 3:27 "‘For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.",Baptism is supernatural uniting of the believer with the glorified Christ and His body. It is the work of God ( the Holy Spirit) from start to finish, but accompanied by faith on our part. 11 Cor 12:13 ‘For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.’ This placing of the believer into the Body results in what the apostle Paul meant by the phrase ‘in Christ’. 150 times it is used in Paul epistles where he used that terminology to describe the exalted position belonging to Christians. There is another facet of the great mystery of redemption is this: the Lord Jesus Christ takes up permanent residence in the Christian the moment that he trusts the Savior. Col 1:27... ‘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:’ The union is complete: Christ in the believer, and the believer in Christ. This is the mystery, and it has be reveled to those who would seek Him, and still confusion and a mystery to those who are lost.. A whole lot of lost folk in leadership positions out there...
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:14:25 +0000
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