CALLING IN THE MYSTERY OF GOD
Dearly beloved, if you have been walking in the Light of this hour, you should by now have realised the depth of God's love for us when he sent a Prophet-Messenger to turn us back to His Full Word which our Apostolic Fathers (the Church's first Apostles) had laid down in the Holy Scriptures.
In so doing, He is separating the God's few chosen ones, from the many so-called Christians, to be prepared as a Bride for His glorious coming.
From as early as the First Century A.D., the Church of God has been in spiritual darkness under the leadership of wicked and evil men, and many truths have either been watered down or distorted.
But the hour has come for God to perfect His Endtime Church by His Word under the “Ascension Gifts” Ministry of Ephesians 4:11-16.
{Ephesians 4:11-16; King James Version;¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
¹³ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
¹⁵ But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
¹⁶ From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.}
We are to adorn ourselves with the Revelation of the Word which God has so graciously bestowed upon us at this present time.
Let us not forget that it is the very Love of God which is shed upon us by the Spirit that opens our spiritual eyes to see His Precious Word of Truth, and to understand the Mystery of His Will, even the Truth of our calling in the Gospel of His Son.
Apostle Paul prayed: “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe,…”– Ephesians 1:17-19a
In one way or another, all Bible lovers understand the Gospel of God, how that God sent His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into this world to save us from our sins (John 3:16-21).
We know that He came through the nation of the Jews unto whom the Gospel was first given (Rom.1:16). But because they rejected their Messiah, God blinded them temporarily and turned to the other nations until the full number of the Gentiles is complete (Rom.11:25). Of course, all these were foreknown and predestinated of God as evidenced in the various prophecies of the Old Testament prophets even before they happened. This is the MYSTERY which the Apostle Paul received from the Lord and which he later disclosed in his letters to his converts (Eph.2:8-3:12 and Rom.16:25-26). This “MYSTERY OF GOD” — the grafting in of the Gentiles to the Gospel of God that was ordained for the children of Israel (and which was declared unto His servants, the prophets [of the Old Testament]) — will be brought to a close at the sounding of the Voice of the Seventh Star-Messenger to the Laodicean Church Age (Rev.10:7).
All those who are called into this Gospel of Christ have the same hope for there is only one Body of Christ as there is only one Spirit (Eph.4:4). However, not all who claim to be called are truly called by the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many are called into a social gospel. There are those who follow the religious traditions and philosophy of men. Paul said that there is only “ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD and FATHER of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in you all” (Eph.4:5-6). But what do we have today? There are no less than 30,000 different sects and divisions among the 300-odd denominations in Christendom!
In the little text of Ephesians 4:4-6, apostle Paul used the word “ONE” seven times to help us understand that the Gospel CALLING is related to the ONE (not two or three) PERSONALITY OF GOD.
It is not (One) God in (another) God, or (One) God in three persons, but (One) God in the Man, Christ Jesus, reconciling the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19; 1 Timothy 3:16).
Because there is only ONE BODY, there is only ONE SPIRIT of God, not Three Spirits (or 3 Persons) of God. The ONE and the SELFSAME SPIRIT (the Father – Jhn.14:10) that dwelled in Christ Jesus and raised Him up from the dead is the ONE that baptizes the believers into the ONE BODY of Christ. This is the essential ONE BAPTISM that puts a believer into the ONE BODY (1 Cor.12:13). There is only ONE LORD (not Three Lords); ONE GOD (not Three Gods), and FATHER of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all the saints.
Yes, all the “ONE” that Paul mentioned cannot be divided. Read Ephesians 1:10.
HIS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS
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