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Romans 16:25,26 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith
The correct revelation of the Mystery of Christ that was newly revealed to the Apostle Paul directly by the glorified Lord Christ Jesus. Romans 16:25 is entirely new truths spoke by the Lord to Paul, which the Lord never spoke to anyone before in time. The word 'stablish' is correctly translated to give the truth meaning to stabilize the new believer. This 'stablish' is the foundation stabilizer for the the initial doctrines that Paul and Christ manifest inside the book of Romans.
The mystery is a unique and distinctive message for the Body of Christ members today.
Abba Father - The Hope of Glory
It is a message that is absolutely different from anything that was preached before it and from anything that will be preached after it. The revelation of the mystery is in a class by itself, and certainly is not to be mixed with any other gospel or thought to be part of any other gospel.
Today, God desires each and every believer-saint to heed and understand the teaching of God to specifically “make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery” which Christ revealed to the apostle Paul in the epistles. A proper understanding of what it is that God is specifically doing today with His saints proceeds a effectual sanctification walk of faith. It must be recognized that today God is functioning predominately inside the spirit of man / woman in order to mature each believer in love and sanctification walk. In order to know God's will today each believer must know what the program of instruction is from God today. The book of Romans provides that introduction regarding the core sound Bible doctrines that pertain to the members of the Body of Christ today. A key revelation of the body of truths that were revealed in this book pertain to the revelation of the mystery.
The revelation of the mystery was given to Apostle Paul by the Risen and Glorified Lord Jesus Christ and is the most important message in the world today. Today's organized church and its many denominations would be much stronger if its members would take a stand for the truths revealed by Christ the Lord that are presented contained in Paul's writings. Christ revealed that today, after His resurrection, that believers are not to mix grace with law. I would ask each reader to prayerfully heed and seriously consider the message which Christ the LORD revealed to His apostle Paul.
Why is it called the Mystery?
1. Because it was kept secret. Romans 16:25 "---- the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began."
2. Because it was hid in God. Ephesians 3:9 "--- the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God ----"
3. Because it was hid from ages and from generations. Col.1:26 "even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations --"
Ephesians 3:5 "which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men --"
Here are three Biblical reasons why this revelation is called a mystery. It was kept secret, it was hid in God, and it was hid from ages and generations.
The word "mystery" means secret, and as it is used in the Bible, it means a "SACRED SECRET". But used with the article, it is called The Mystery or The Sacred Secret. This sets it apart from all other messages that God has revealed to mankind in the Bible.
Since it was kept secret, hid in God, This mystery cannot be found in the Old Testament. A phrase in Ephesians 3:8 "---- the unsearchable riches of Christ" also testifies to this fact. "Unseachable" means untraceable; that is, these riches of Christ that Paul talks about cannot be traced anywhere else in the Bible except in Paul's writings to the Body of Christ Church.
The mystery is mentioned at least six other verses which Christ revealed directly to Paul:
Ephesians 1:9 "Having made known unto us the Mystery of His will --"
Ephesians 3:3 "-- He made known unto me The Mystery --"
Ephesians 3:4 " -- ye may understand my knowledge in the Mystery of Christ"
Ephesians 6:19 " -- to make known The Mystery of the Gospel."
Colossians 4:3 " -- to speak the Mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds."
1 Timothy 3:9 " Holding The Mystery of the Faith in a pure conscience."
Why Did God Deal with A Secret?
In Romans chapter 9-11 God gives the realization and fact that the Nation of Israel would persist in rebellion. This was no surprise to God nor to His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. God know all along what Israel and the children of Israel would do, so He prepared another program of grace. Yes, God did in fact provide grace to the nation of Israel, but this grace was specifically intermixed with the Law of Moses. Now this new program of God's grace was setup with no intermixing with the Law of Moses. Christ Jesus established this new program with a new apostle for this grace. But God was gracious to Israel to ensure that this new apostle of this grace program would also first come out of the genealogy of Israel, not to insult Israel. But did it surprise Israel? Israel's prophets of old searched the scriptures for what God would do and when He would accomplish it. God's new program was planned before the foundation of the world, but no revelation by God was ever revealed to any of Israel's prophets, not even the greatest of them: Moses. This grace program was “kept secret”, Romans 16:25, and was “hid in God”, Ephesians 3:9, until the appointed time. Today this grace is God's program for all saints, Jew or Gentile.
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith
Throughout the Gospels of the Lord's earthly ministry, Peter was never revealed this mystery. God did reveal kingdom mystery truths inside many of His parables to teach Israel about kingdom living and kingdom values which He was bringing to this nation. Peter and the twelve Jewish disciples & apostles preached only to the nation of Israel; Jesus the Lord only preached to the nation of Israel. The program of grace and Moses Law that Jesus preached was fully know inside the Old Testament Scriptures: even “God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began”, Acts 3:21. But that which the apostle Paul speaks was “kept secret since the world began”, Romans 16:24. It is also true that the Lord spoke of things “which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world”, but the Lord said that these secrets were revealed “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet”. Spoken by the prophets! The mystery program that God revealed to Paul was NEVER spoken by the prophets!!! That IS the difference in these two programs of grace.
Matthew 13:34,35 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world
Look at what God reveals to Paul to write in Ephesians:
Ephesians 3:2-5 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you- ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit
This mystery was made know not for the salvation of the Gentiles, Romans 15:12, but for the Body of Christ in which both Gentiles and Jews would have equal standing with God.
To whom was this mystery revealed?
This mystery was revealed to the apostle Paul. He was the ONLY apostle to be taught the mystery which was personally revealed to him by the Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel of the Kingdom had twelve disciples and apostles, but the revelation of the mystery had only one apostle, whom Christ choose after His resurrection, in like manner as how Jesus choose His twelve Jewish disciples. The choice by the Lord Jesus Christ is clear in multiple scriptures, including Galatians 1, 2, Colossians 1, Ephesians 2, 3, Acts 20:
Galatians 2:7, ".. the gospel of the uncircumcision was COMMITTED UNTO ME .."
Ephesians 3:2, ".. which is given me to you-ward"
Colossians 1:25, ".. which is given to me for you..",
Galatians 1:11,"..the gospel which was preached of me.."
Acts 20:24 "--so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God."
Eph.3:7 "Whereof I was made a minister --"
Col.1:23,25 "-- the hope of the gospel which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister --- Whereof I am made a minister --"
The Lord Jesus Christ made a important and unique revelation to Paul regarding His mystery. A very important rule should be seen, which is when Paul writes about RECEIVING this message from Christ he writes in the SINGULAR, and when he writes in the PLURAL, for others labored with him.
Paul's APOSTLESHIP did not come from men nor from the twelve Jewish disciples, on the contrary, God sent His Son the Lord Jesus Christ to reveal it to His chosen apostle of the Gentiles:
Galatians 1:15, 16, " But when it pleased God, who SEPARATED me from my mother's womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might PREACH Him among the heathen".
Galatians 2:8, "For He that wrought effectually in Peter to the Apostleship of the Circumcision, THE SAME was MIGHTY IN ME toward the Gentiles."
Acts 9:15, "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he (Saul-Paul) is a CHOSEN vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel."
Paul was called to be THE Apostle to the Gentiles. He says he was a teacher, an Apostle, a preacher, and a minister to the Gentiles.
Did any of the twelve claim that they had a ministry to the Gentiles?
1 Tim.2:7, "Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an Apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and lie not), a TEACHER of the GENTILES in faith and verity."
2 Tim.1:11, "Whereunto I am appointed a PREACHER, and an Apostle, and a TEACHER of the GENTILES."
Acts 26:16,17 "... to make thee a MINISTER and a witness ... delivering thee from the people and from the GENTILES, unto WHOM now I send thee."
Romans 11:13, "For I speak to you GENTILES, inasmuch as I am The Apostle of the GENTILES, I MAGNIFY mine office."
Romans 15:16, "That I should be the MINISTER of Jesus Christ to the GENTILES..."
These scriptures reveal some amazing truths. The twelve Jewish disciples were to go to the Gentiles AFTER the Nation of Israel had repented (Acts 1:8 with Isaiah 48:20). BUT ISRAEL DID NOT REPENT !! Therefore, the Gentiles are now being saved through their FALL (Israel) (see Romans 11:11,12), and this, by the Gospel of the Grace of God revealed to the Apostle Paul.
Abba Father - The Hope of Glory
The correct revelation of the Mystery of Christ that was newly revealed to the Apostle Paul directly by the glorified Lord Christ Jesus. Romans 16:25 is entirely new truths spoke by the Lord to Paul, which the Lord never spoke to anyone before in time. The word 'stablish' is correctly translated to give the truth meaning to stabilize the new believer. This 'stablish' is the foundation stabilizer for the the initial doctrines that Paul and Christ manifest inside the book of Romans.
The mystery is a unique and distinctive message for the Body of Christ members today.
Abba Father - The Hope of Glory
It is a message that is absolutely different from anything that was preached before it and from anything that will be preached after it. The revelation of the mystery is in a class by itself, and certainly is not to be mixed with any other gospel or thought to be part of any other gospel.
Today, God desires each and every believer-saint to heed and understand the teaching of God to specifically “make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery” which Christ revealed to the apostle Paul in the epistles. A proper understanding of what it is that God is specifically doing today with His saints proceeds a effectual sanctification walk of faith. It must be recognized that today God is functioning predominately inside the spirit of man / woman in order to mature each believer in love and sanctification walk. In order to know God's will today each believer must know what the program of instruction is from God today. The book of Romans provides that introduction regarding the core sound Bible doctrines that pertain to the members of the Body of Christ today. A key revelation of the body of truths that were revealed in this book pertain to the revelation of the mystery.
The revelation of the mystery was given to Apostle Paul by the Risen and Glorified Lord Jesus Christ and is the most important message in the world today. Today's organized church and its many denominations would be much stronger if its members would take a stand for the truths revealed by Christ the Lord that are presented contained in Paul's writings. Christ revealed that today, after His resurrection, that believers are not to mix grace with law. I would ask each reader to prayerfully heed and seriously consider the message which Christ the LORD revealed to His apostle Paul.
Why is it called the Mystery?
1. Because it was kept secret. Romans 16:25 "---- the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began."
2. Because it was hid in God. Ephesians 3:9 "--- the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God ----"
3. Because it was hid from ages and from generations. Col.1:26 "even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations --"
Ephesians 3:5 "which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men --"
Here are three Biblical reasons why this revelation is called a mystery. It was kept secret, it was hid in God, and it was hid from ages and generations.
The word "mystery" means secret, and as it is used in the Bible, it means a "SACRED SECRET". But used with the article, it is called The Mystery or The Sacred Secret. This sets it apart from all other messages that God has revealed to mankind in the Bible.
Since it was kept secret, hid in God, This mystery cannot be found in the Old Testament. A phrase in Ephesians 3:8 "---- the unsearchable riches of Christ" also testifies to this fact. "Unseachable" means untraceable; that is, these riches of Christ that Paul talks about cannot be traced anywhere else in the Bible except in Paul's writings to the Body of Christ Church.
The mystery is mentioned at least six other verses which Christ revealed directly to Paul:
Ephesians 1:9 "Having made known unto us the Mystery of His will --"
Ephesians 3:3 "-- He made known unto me The Mystery --"
Ephesians 3:4 " -- ye may understand my knowledge in the Mystery of Christ"
Ephesians 6:19 " -- to make known The Mystery of the Gospel."
Colossians 4:3 " -- to speak the Mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds."
1 Timothy 3:9 " Holding The Mystery of the Faith in a pure conscience."
Why Did God Deal with A Secret?
In Romans chapter 9-11 God gives the realization and fact that the Nation of Israel would persist in rebellion. This was no surprise to God nor to His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. God know all along what Israel and the children of Israel would do, so He prepared another program of grace. Yes, God did in fact provide grace to the nation of Israel, but this grace was specifically intermixed with the Law of Moses. Now this new program of God's grace was setup with no intermixing with the Law of Moses. Christ Jesus established this new program with a new apostle for this grace. But God was gracious to Israel to ensure that this new apostle of this grace program would also first come out of the genealogy of Israel, not to insult Israel. But did it surprise Israel? Israel's prophets of old searched the scriptures for what God would do and when He would accomplish it. God's new program was planned before the foundation of the world, but no revelation by God was ever revealed to any of Israel's prophets, not even the greatest of them: Moses. This grace program was “kept secret”, Romans 16:25, and was “hid in God”, Ephesians 3:9, until the appointed time. Today this grace is God's program for all saints, Jew or Gentile.
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith
Throughout the Gospels of the Lord's earthly ministry, Peter was never revealed this mystery. God did reveal kingdom mystery truths inside many of His parables to teach Israel about kingdom living and kingdom values which He was bringing to this nation. Peter and the twelve Jewish disciples & apostles preached only to the nation of Israel; Jesus the Lord only preached to the nation of Israel. The program of grace and Moses Law that Jesus preached was fully know inside the Old Testament Scriptures: even “God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began”, Acts 3:21. But that which the apostle Paul speaks was “kept secret since the world began”, Romans 16:24. It is also true that the Lord spoke of things “which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world”, but the Lord said that these secrets were revealed “That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet”. Spoken by the prophets! The mystery program that God revealed to Paul was NEVER spoken by the prophets!!! That IS the difference in these two programs of grace.
Matthew 13:34,35 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world
Look at what God reveals to Paul to write in Ephesians:
Ephesians 3:2-5 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you- ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit
This mystery was made know not for the salvation of the Gentiles, Romans 15:12, but for the Body of Christ in which both Gentiles and Jews would have equal standing with God.
To whom was this mystery revealed?
This mystery was revealed to the apostle Paul. He was the ONLY apostle to be taught the mystery which was personally revealed to him by the Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel of the Kingdom had twelve disciples and apostles, but the revelation of the mystery had only one apostle, whom Christ choose after His resurrection, in like manner as how Jesus choose His twelve Jewish disciples. The choice by the Lord Jesus Christ is clear in multiple scriptures, including Galatians 1, 2, Colossians 1, Ephesians 2, 3, Acts 20:
Galatians 2:7, ".. the gospel of the uncircumcision was COMMITTED UNTO ME .."
Ephesians 3:2, ".. which is given me to you-ward"
Colossians 1:25, ".. which is given to me for you..",
Galatians 1:11,"..the gospel which was preached of me.."
Acts 20:24 "--so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God."
Eph.3:7 "Whereof I was made a minister --"
Col.1:23,25 "-- the hope of the gospel which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister --- Whereof I am made a minister --"
The Lord Jesus Christ made a important and unique revelation to Paul regarding His mystery. A very important rule should be seen, which is when Paul writes about RECEIVING this message from Christ he writes in the SINGULAR, and when he writes in the PLURAL, for others labored with him.
Paul's APOSTLESHIP did not come from men nor from the twelve Jewish disciples, on the contrary, God sent His Son the Lord Jesus Christ to reveal it to His chosen apostle of the Gentiles:
Galatians 1:15, 16, " But when it pleased God, who SEPARATED me from my mother's womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might PREACH Him among the heathen".
Galatians 2:8, "For He that wrought effectually in Peter to the Apostleship of the Circumcision, THE SAME was MIGHTY IN ME toward the Gentiles."
Acts 9:15, "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he (Saul-Paul) is a CHOSEN vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel."
Paul was called to be THE Apostle to the Gentiles. He says he was a teacher, an Apostle, a preacher, and a minister to the Gentiles.
Did any of the twelve claim that they had a ministry to the Gentiles?
1 Tim.2:7, "Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an Apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and lie not), a TEACHER of the GENTILES in faith and verity."
2 Tim.1:11, "Whereunto I am appointed a PREACHER, and an Apostle, and a TEACHER of the GENTILES."
Acts 26:16,17 "... to make thee a MINISTER and a witness ... delivering thee from the people and from the GENTILES, unto WHOM now I send thee."
Romans 11:13, "For I speak to you GENTILES, inasmuch as I am The Apostle of the GENTILES, I MAGNIFY mine office."
Romans 15:16, "That I should be the MINISTER of Jesus Christ to the GENTILES..."
These scriptures reveal some amazing truths. The twelve Jewish disciples were to go to the Gentiles AFTER the Nation of Israel had repented (Acts 1:8 with Isaiah 48:20). BUT ISRAEL DID NOT REPENT !! Therefore, the Gentiles are now being saved through their FALL (Israel) (see Romans 11:11,12), and this, by the Gospel of the Grace of God revealed to the Apostle Paul.
Abba Father - The Hope of Glory
