MYSTERY OF TRUTH

1. TRUTH is the MYSTERY of God’s IDENTITY hidden in Holy Scriptures until time appointed, “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” [Ephesians 3:4-5] While the TRUTH was yet subsumed in MYSTERY, ignorance and cunning deception gave room to false religions and crass idolatry. In due season, the MYSTERY was resolved by revelation in Jesus Christ, “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD. … And the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and DWELT AMONG US, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of GRACE and TRUTH” [John 1;1&14] The ever-living WORD is the pristine entity of God, the express IMAGE of His PERSONALITY and foundation of TRUTH [Hebrews 1:1-3] We are the “OFFSPRINGS” of God, who receive and keep the TRUTH in pure conscience, “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the GODHEAD is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this IGNORANCE God winked at; but now COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENT” [Acts 17:29-30]

2. TRUTH is not a doctrine, it is the prescribed WAY of returning to God, “For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God” [Romans 3:23] We inherited SIN from our parents and no man by any form of religious rituals known to man may purge himself of SIN or be reconciled to God outside of Jesus Christ. You see, only God can RECONCILE us to Himself and has chosen to do so in Jesus Christ, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING the WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the WORD OF RECONCILIATION” [2 Corinthians 5:19] The WAY of TRUTH is the MESSAGE of TRUTH preached in the name of Jesus Christ; who Himself is the WAY, the MESSAGE and the MESSENGER, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE: NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME” [John 14:6] Friend, this passage is not the boasting of a religious leader looking for relevance but God speaking to you in Jesus Christ, His SON, calling you into the WAY of TRUTH “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, …” [Hebrews 1:1-3] Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today and be  transformed into the IMAGE and LIKENESS of His PERSON, amen.

3. TRUTH is not a badge worn on the outside but the LIGHT and LIFE of God, radiating from within to fill the earth with GLORY of God, “LET YOU LIGHT SHINE before men, that they may see your GOOD WORKS, and GLORIFY YOUR FATHER which is in heaven” [Matthew 5:16] The FATHER was manifest in the SON for His LIGHT and LIFE to exercise dominion on earth, as He intended for us from the beginning “And God said, LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, after our LIKENESS: and let them have DOMINION …” [Genesis 1:26] Our “DOMINION”, doing the WORK of God and fulfilling His PURPOSE, is actualized when we are COMPLETE and PERFECT in total submission to God [Colossians 2:8-10] If we claim to know God, read the Bible from cover to cover and exercise neither the WORKS nor LIFE of Christ, we are worse than devils, “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE, and TREMBLE. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD?” [James 2:19-20] To this end, we are required to continuously subdue the FLESH, putting aside what we ever wanted to be that the LIFE of God might reign in us and His WILL fulfilled as in Jesus, “Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE” [Luke 22:42] Beloved, God has a PURPOSE for your LIFE, surrender totally to Him and He will WORK out His PURPOSE in you,  “For it is God which WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO of his good pleasure” [Philippians 2:13]

4. All men have two appointments to keep with God; one with TRUTH in this BODY and two, with JUDGMENT outside this BODY, “And as it is appointed unto men ONCE TO DIE, but after this the JUDGMENT” [Hebrews 9:27] Our first appointment is with the message of TRUTH preached in the name of Jesus Christ; if any keeps this appointment faithfully while he is alive, the same has overcome DEATH, “Jesus said unto her, I am the RESURRECTION, and the life: he that BELIEVETH in me, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. BELIEVEST THOU THIS?” [John 11:25-26] The second appointment comes after DEATH; GLORY for those who received the TRUTH and for those who rejected TRUTH, DAMNATION , “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” [Matthew 25:41] I have presented the TRUTH to you as best as I can; the Lord will grant you GRACE to see through the cloud of LIES in the world and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour TODAY. Finally, I commend to GRACE of Christ which is able to SAVE to the uttermost, “Beware lest any man spoil you through PHILOSOPHY and VAIN DECEIT, after the TRADITION of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the FULNESS OF THE GODHEAD bodily” [Colossians 2:8-9]