Ephesians 1:9
9 Having made known [gnorizo] unto us [hemin] the mystery
[musterion] of his [autos] will, [thelema] according
to [kata] his [autos] good pleasure [eudokia]
which [hos] he hath purposed [protithemai] in [en] himself: [autos] KJV-Interlinear
9 He
made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which
He purposed in Him NASB
The word for mystery, ‘musterion,’
means something into which one must be taught, initiated into, instructed,
before the mystery can become known and understood. Prior to that revelation through instruction,
the mystery remains a mystery and its secrets cannot be known.
With doctrine, the
mysteries of God are impossible to understand unless God has revealed the
understanding. And that understanding is
only revealed through instruction.
You cannot self-teach
when it comes to doctrine. You cannot ‘feel
it’ into yourself, or sense it, or reason it into yourself.
Bible doctrine comes from
only one source and that is the scriptures as originally written and presented
to humanity by God.
To the unbeliever, all
things spiritual are as foolishness. They
lack the human spirit, and the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit, and the
fellowship sphere with which to learn and understand doctrine.
Furthermore, God can
withhold certain principles of truth until the right time in history.
In Jesus time, the whole
principle of the First Advent was missed by that generation.
In Daniels time, certain
doctrines were closed until the right time in history.
The Church Age was not
revealed in Old Testament times.
In the Tribulation, the
anti-christ will not be revealed until that period of history begins. Even the doctrine of the seven thunders will not
be made known to anyone but that last generation during those seven years.
In your everyday life,
the principles of doctrine, the meaning and purpose of your life, the
orientation and understanding of life, of God, of everything, will remain a
mystery to you, if you choose to not follow Gods procedure for learning
doctrine, and for growing up within your spiritual life.
In all of this and more,
doctrine remains a mystery, will be elusive to you, and your life will be
unfulfilled and miserable as long as you do not pursue your daily Bible study,
while in fellowship, and therefore in accordance with Gods plan and design.
To do it all on your own,
to remain indifferent toward Gods will, to ignore your personal obligations and
responsibilities in life, is a fools plan.
Those who do so, look at
life only for the ‘now’ and ignore the future.
And that is a huge mistake.
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