MYSTERY REVEALED

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The Meaning for Mystery is  “ anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown”

 The Lord God whom we worship is a God who Reveals the Mystery(secret things) . Daniel 2:22 says “He reveals deep and secret things” & Daniel 2:28 says  “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God.”Deuteronomy 29:29 says “But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets”

Lets see how this Mystery was  made Known to Paul, the apostle of Gentiles.

Saul  was a Jewish man born in the city of Cilicia, Tarsus and was taught according to the perfect manner of law at the feet of Gamaliel. Gamaliel is a Pharisee who had good reputation among the people and he is the doctor of the law. On his way to Damascus Saul had an encounter with the Jesus and he received his sight back and Holy Spirit and was baptized too. He was with disciples for certain days and straightway he started to preach in the synagogues.

 Saul started to preach  the Jews that Jesus is the son of God. That means he didn’t started his ministry to Gentiles yet. Acts 9:22 says “But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus”.  And  after many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him, but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall .

    What happened next is in book of Galatians .Paul Instead of Going to Jerusalem he went to Arabia,we can read that in Galatians 1:15-18 “ 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; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.” Note from the above verses he didn’t conferred with the flesh and blood (Human beings) neither he didn’t went to the apostles who were in Jerusalem. He went and inquired God and then he went to Jerusalem. Instead he went to the one who separated him for this ministry that is the Ministry for Gentiles.

Paul returned again Damascus as he mentioned in Galatians. You can read about that in Acts 9:28-30 "So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him. 30 When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. "

Have you ever thought what Paul did three years in Arabia. He received a revelation of the gospel from the Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:11-12" But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."   Jesus said in Matthew7:8 “For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” This verse clearly says when we ask something to the one who created us we will receive it . It can be our financial blessing or Physical healing or spiritual blessings. But we have to ask according to the will of God.

 Few insights that I learned from the life of Paul . Are we depending on the Jesus for something  or on Human beings ?  Are we looking to the Lord for the Counsel  or taking counsel from friends and neighbors? Are we discussing our problems with Friends or we laying it down at the feet of Jesus? Are we waiting upon the Lord regarding our calling or are we  doing something in our own flesh?. Paul went to the lord and asked to Him about his calling. 

 When David faced a challenges, he went and asked to the lord. When Jehoshaphat wants to fight against Ramoth Gilead, he inquired to the lord. When the dream was shown to Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and his friends asked to the God and he received the dream that Nebuchadnezzar saw and also the revelation from God.The lord who we worship is much able to send a help for us when we are in need .

 1 Corinthians 2:10, Says "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. " The Gifts of the Holy Spirit is divided in to three categories (Revelation Gifts, Utterance Gifts and power Gifts). The reason why these are called revelation gifts are because these gifts reveal(unveil) something. The revelation gifts are A. Word of Wisdom B. Word of Knowledge C. Discerning of spirits. When we ask the God he will bless us with these Gifts of Holy Spirit so that we can understand the Word of God in a deeper way.

To know about the Mystery that is revealed to Paul check out this link  MYSTERY REVEALED PART 2









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