Mystery

From: CareLines: Volume 6

By: Paul J. Pascoe

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

1TI 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)

Great is the mystery of godliness: God was . . . seen of angels.

1 Timothy 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)

Angels looking down from the sky could see the newborn baby lying in a manger. They told the shepherds on the hillside of His birth. They came down and fed Him after His forty days of testing in the wilderness. They strengthened Him in the garden of Gethsemane when He struggled with the impending trip to the cross. They sat by His empty tomb. They watched Him go back into heaven. Angels looked on their Creator - the man Christ Jesus.

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