A Great Mystery

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"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." 1 Tim. 3:1616And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3:16).
Godliness is a mystery to everyone except to those who have been indwelt by the Spirit of God and have responded to His teaching.
"God was manifest in the flesh"-God was in the world in the person of His Son. Is that the center of the truth on which you stand, that God was manifest in the flesh in the person of Jesus?
'Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." Heb. 1:33Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (Hebrews 1:3).
"For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Col. 2:99For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9).
"Justified in the Spirit"-He was justified in the Spirit in the display of the power of the Spirit in His works here in this world. What He taught, His works justified, proving the justification in the Spirit. There was only one Man who ever walked through this world who could say, "If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin." He was the only One who could say, "Which of you convinceth Me of sin?" That was the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you hold that truth? If you rest your soul on anything else, you will be disappointed, because if the sacrifice which put away all of our sins was not made by the Son of God Himself, the Holy One, the perfect sacrifice, who was justified in the Spirit in all that He did, then you and I have no Savior.
"Seen of angels"-In Luke 2, we find the whole heavenly host coming down and worshipping their Creator as they saw Him for the first time, and that, as a babe in a manger.
"Preached unto the Gentiles"-He was known to Israel as Jehovah. Now, He has made Himself known to the Gentiles in the fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham. Many of the prophets, such as Isaiah, were used to foretell the coming testimony to the Gentiles. (See Isa. 49:66And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isaiah 49:6).)
"Believed on in the world"-Thank God, some have believed on Him. Others have made only an empty profession which carries an eternity of punishment from the One whom they have spurned in their hearts. Are you trusting in the precious blood of Christ? Can you say, "He is my Savior," from the heart? "Believed on in the world" because all those who believe on Him in this world will be caught away soon to the Father's house to be the companions of Christ forever.
"Received up into glory"-He has gone up and is seated at God's right hand. His place now is above all powers, and authorities, angels, or any other creature, yea, He has gone up higher than any created thing or being, so as to fill all things. (1 Peter 3:2222Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. (1 Peter 3:22); Eph. 4:1010He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) (Ephesians 4:10).)