In today's blog I will look into the greater mystery that are designed to test the faith of man. And because this is so and many run as fast as they can the other way not knowing that this action carries a warning against such practice. Again we are looking at Romans 11:25-12:2 which Paul spoke of in chapters 8-10 but here speaks in plain language or so it would seem. Now I must say this, there are tons of people out there who believe that the KJV is the only authorized Bible as if it had GODS stamp of approval on it. Not so, the only thing that has His approval is the Holy Spirit, as it is Himself given to redeemed man to begin the process of bring us through the gate of His Salvation. As a receiver of Him by His faith we now carry within us His Life, Love, and Light because we are Now One. So all that being true I want to look at "the Great Mysteries, that test our faith."
The Great Mysteries, that test mans faith;
Of the Prosperity of the Wicked,
Jeremiah 12:1-4 "Righteous are You, O LORD, when I complain to You; yet I would plead my case before You. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; You are near in their mouth and far from their heart. But you, O LORD, know me; You see me, and test my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter. How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, "He will not see our latter end."
Of the New Birth,
John 3:4-8 "Nicodemus said to Jesus, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" To this Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. For that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is a new spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Of Providence,
Romans 11:33-12:2, 3 "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways! (Job 5:9, 11:7, 15:8) "For who has known the mind of the LORD, or who has been His counselor?" (Isaiah 40:13f) "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" (Job 35:7, 41:11) For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. The Amen. Therefore, I appeal to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will (plan and purposes) of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
For by His grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned."
Of the Future Life,
1Corinthians 15:50-57, 58 "I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [awaiting] the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. (In His Salvation the Lord of our old self has been mortified becoming the lord of death or spirit of sin now dead, and we are now under the LORD-ship of GOD in Christ. Through our identification of being in the likeness of His death we have become the imperishable and the immortality of GOD.) When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then will come to passing the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." (Isaiah 25:8) "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" (Hosea 13:14) The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that in the LORD your labor (of steadfast faith) is not in vain."
Of the Union of Christ with the Body, Church or Family of GOD,
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church (Genesis 1:26-30, 2:1-3, 6-7) and gave Himself up for her, (Ephesians 5:1-2, 3) that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the (universal law of the) word, so that He might present the church (us) to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she (we who receive Him) might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies (Genesis 2:24). He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated (Genesis 3) his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." (Genesis 2:24) This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
Of the Incarnation,
1Timothy 3:14-4:5 "I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household (family) of God, which is the church of the living GOD, a pillar and buttress of the truth. Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer."
Of Sufferings,
Hebrews 12:3-11 "Consider Him Who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the LORD, nor be weary when reproved by him. (Job 5:17, Proverbs 3:11) For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." (Proverbs 3:12, Psalm 119:75) It is for discipline that you have to endure. GOD is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it."
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