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You say, "Then it'd not be "The Mystery." Certainly not. Why after over 2,000
years should this divine truth still be mystery so far as ninety-nine per cent
of God's people are concerned? Can you answer this question? It is true the
devil does not want any one to comprehend or even analyze this divine truth. But
is not God's will to be desired by Christians more than Satan's? Does not God's
power surpass the demon's power? Satan is powerful. God is almighty. Genuine
spiritual Christians realize that God's power surpasses Satan's
power.
But let us take an inventory. As we take in the world wide
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he told the Lord Jesus that the kingdoms of the world were under his control.
The Lord was right when He called Satan "the prince of this world."
When
we consider the millions and countless individuals of the entire world
religiously, and see exactly what the devil has done to them, certainly we give
a hearty "Amen" to the statement of I John 5:19, "the entire world lieth in [the
evil one]." In his tricks to keep sinners from the saving gospel of Christ,
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into an angel of light and instructs his servants to feign that they are
missionaries of Christ (II Cor. 11:13-15).
Then let us consider exactly
what the devil has done with Church members that are actually members of the
Body of Christ, God's one and only Church now. Notice God's instructions in
Ephesians 4:3-6:
Meditate--"the unity of the Spirit." Where is it found?
One baptism, one faith, one hope of your calling. One Body. How many sects and
denominations? Several hundred. Just how many bodies? One Body. Note Ephesians
1:20-23:
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over all things to the Church, which is His Body, the fulness of Him that
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"denominationalism" is totally unscriptural. In Ephesians 3:6 that one Church is
called the "Joint-Body" (see the Greek).
2:6 and 1:3). One reason why God
desires all men to see "The Mystery" is expressed in Ephesians
3:10,11:
The Mystery then, is divine truth concerning "the heavenlies"
and "according to the eternal purpose which God purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord." By seeking the Scriptures we find that this divine message was not in
fulfillment of prophecy, but did God predestinates a system that is religious
before the basis of the whole world.
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And note Ephesians 6:19,20:
Why was Paul a
prisoner of Rome? Read this in Colossians 4:3,4 and hear his testimony in
Ephesians 3:1-3:
"For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for
you Gentiles.
Notice God's Word in Ephesians 3:9:
"And to make all
men see what is the [dispensation] of the Mystery, which from the start of the
world hath been hid in God."
Here we see "the dispensation of the grace
of God" along with the dispensation of the Mystery are linked together. This
glorious truth was made known by revelation. Do we appreciate what he suffered
for us? Let's try to understand the message that he endured and get to the
Novel.
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against flesh and blood; that his actual adversary was the demon as the ruler of
world darkness in the heavenlies.
Paul wrote in II Corinthians 4:3 and 4
that Satan blinded were. by heads But notice his request to get an incredibly
specific prayer in Ephesians 1:17,18:
Paul did not need thoughts blinded
to "The Mystery." He understood that it needed a special spirit of wisdom and
revelation to get that truth that was glorious that was specific.
Yes,
the devil succeeded in getting Paul in jail for "The Mystery," bound as an evil
doer unto chains. But from his prison cell he wrote: "The Word of God is not
bound."
God would like one to understand and also to make known this
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