It's No Mystery

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory 1^st Timothy 3:16 (NKJV)

With the number of mysteries on TV it seems many people love a good who dunnit. I suppose it helps that the mystery gets solved in an hour or two. But what if a show goes on for years? What if you died before knowing the answer?

Consider all the Old Testament believers. In the years previous to Christ’s first Advent, the full story of redemption was shrouded in mystery. That mystery was that God Himself would take on a human body to become the perfect sacrifice to restore the fellowship broken in Eden (Genesis 3:6-7).

Many saints breathed their last wishing to have seen that mystery revealed. They died with their faith in the God of Abraham firm with the hope of a resurrection to a better place in His presence (2^nd Corinthians 5:8, John 14:3). Today, we have the privilege of seeing that mystery resolved and solved.

Christ grants all people salvation by His blood and the forgiveness of our sins. These things were a debt we could never pay, but was paid by the God of creation by the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7), offered in all wisdom and intellectual insight to bring us peace with Him. All this was done in agreement with His good pleasure, which He planned with perfect purpose. He does so that in the fulfillment of His ages of matchless grace to all mankind that He might redeem together all things in Christ (Ep. 1:10).

We have in Him an inheritance, predestined, in the purpose and plan of God who works in accordance to His own will and counsel, presenting those of us who have trusted in Christ to exalt His praise and glory.

It is your hope. If you have believed and trusted in Him who is the word of truth you are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. With Him we have the guarantee of our inheritance, a holy heritage. Christ is the answer to the mystery of the ages that we can know right now. Salvation exists in no other (Acts 4:12). Surely, we can rest assured in the fullest acceptance and forgiveness in Christ. No wondering who dunnit.  He’s told us.  Mystery solved.

Ken