Bible Study The Mystery

[Soul man]

The most important search a believer can give himself to is finding out what God’s ultimate intention is and how he fits into it. This should be a lifetime search, Eph. 1:4.

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love."

It is an ever expanding search, finding its way into every part of life’s incidents, and always coming to the same knowledge that God’s intention is indeed working, and working for our good and His glory.
Sometimes a believer lives most of his life before coming to this conclusion, but in time, God’s grace is sufficient to his coming to know this great truth.
It is wonderful to see that we are not just struggling to find the answers to life, God, in His divine providence, is arranging “converging powers” to bring this great understanding to us. It is an act of God’s love, one which will not suffer us to be ignorant of His plan and intention, Gal. 4:1-2.
1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.


The great hindrance to this is religion. Religion continually intervenes, subjecting the believer to a lesser understanding based on man’s evaluations rather than on God’s Word.
This is a very subtle work of
Satan, for his greatest desire is to keep us from seeing what God is doing in the world and for His children.
But, in all of this, love will triumph. His love for the believer is greater than any force, even our own misled, religious knowledge. It is most comforting to know, in these troubled days, that He is ever moving toward His ultimate intention.
That intention is simply to have children whom He has redeemed filling His house. Praise God, this is happening with a startling acceleration every day.

 

[for_his_glory]

Latin root word for religion is bondage, which is different then that of Gods pure religion of James 1:27, but that of following tradition and the doctrine of a mans church, not Gods true Church. The Latin root word is religare as re is a prefix that means return and ligare means to bind. Religion tells you what you can and cannot do and becomes socially acceptable by mans interpretations, traditions and doctrines. Religion is what nailed Christ to the cross because the Bible is not socially acceptable to society, if it were then Christ would have died in vain. God is not about mans religion, nor does he recognize organized religion. God is about a personal relationship with you and His son Jesus Christ.

John 1:1 in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 the same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 all things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:4 in him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:5 and the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.