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Stewards of the Mysteries of God
By Jospeh Chambers
The mysteries of God are not known just by a casual reading of the Word of God.
His Spirit reveals his mysteries to the person that takes time to wait
unhurried in His presence. When our God and Christ becomes our passion, His
mysteries will be made known to us. "The secrets of the Lord is with them
that fear Him" (Psalm 25:14). The very word "mystery" or "mysteries"
is a unique word in Scripture. The word appears twenty-seven times and only in
the New Testament. Its meaning is beautiful because it implies something known
only by revelation. No one will ever know His mysteries except those
individuals that are devoted lovers of truth.
The Son of God, rightly so, was the first to speak of His mysteries. He
explained why He spoke in parables to show that His pearls of truth are not cast
before those that have no heart for truth. They are not given for debate and
human design but for the transformed heart. This is why putting Scripture in
street language is futile humanism. It only reduces Scripture, it never
elevates the readers. The disciples asked Jesus, "Why speakest thou unto them
in parables?" He answered, "Because it is given unto you to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever
hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever
hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to
them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand" (Matthew 13:10-13). He did not blind their eyes;
they had blinded their own eyes because they did not love truth.
Lovers of truth will never find the understanding of the Bible to be
impossible. It was never meant to be cheap, but it is one of the most
exhilarating experiences of human life. The true beginning point can never be
other than a "Born Again" experience. If you find the Bible to be
impossible for you or that it is creating in you a spirit of argument, then
cease your study and wait before Him for a transformed heart. I would suggest
reading the first chapter of John or at most the Book of John until you know
that He has changed your heart from an unrepentant one to a surrendered one.
The born-again life is a transformed life and then a deep hunger for truth takes
hold of your soul. Peter said, "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of
the word, that ye may grow thereby" (I Peter 2:2). Start with the milk
(simple truth) and grow naturally as His Spirit works in your life. The Holy
Spirit will wisely lead you into all truth. "But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you"
(John 14:26).
The church world is desperate for godly leaders that mine the deep and
life-changing truth of Holy Scripture. Apostle Paul saw ministers as
"Stewards of the Mysteries of God" (I Corinthians 4:1). If we encumber
ourselves with many things, then our true stewardship is going to suffer. A man
of God must not have an office, he must have a study. Our business is the
"mysteries of God," and if that becomes our life, then our life will become
mighty for God. Every believer is a priest, and all of His saints should have
"a love of truth" that fills their waking hours, even as they go about their
God-given profession.
Saving faith is a faith that "loves truth." The naked Bible will not save
you but the love of truth will. We read in II Thessalonians of a multitude that
will miss the rapture and be eternally damned. Strong delusion is prophesied of
those that do not love truth. The Prophet's words warn of an Antichrist
spirit that is so deceiving that many will be swept away in his error. "And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the LOVE OF THE TRUTH, that they might be saved. And for this
cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness" (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12). Once the soul is open by Divine
Revelation, truth will be simple to understand. Isaiah stated, "And an
highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein" (Isaiah 35:8).
Any doctrine that is so intricate and different that it must be supported with
an endless study of words and great human design is most likely to be false.
Simple truth manifest by Divine revelation is the unfailing picture of the Holy
Bible. The Divine Scripture is indeed profound mysteries revealed by the Holy
Spirit in simple logic to save the eternal soul. (Reprinted from December
2007.)
Joseph R. Chambers
jrc@pawcreek.org
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