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Introduction
Many of us enjoy mystery stories - novels or television shows that tell a “who dunnit” story.
We watch the main characters as they solve a crime or figure out a secret.
But, this of course is all on a human level.
The mystery of our passage / the mystery of God / of the gospel goes beyond our human level.
The original word used refers to something beyond natural knowledge and understanding.
We would never figure this out on our own; it must be revealed to us.
It must
The mystery of the gospel had been revealed … and now the NT church was figuring what it all meant and how to now live it out.
The gospel includes everyone; it is sufficient for all and all are invited.
It is available to both genders, all races and backgrounds, those from within every kind of sin.
All people are called to Christ, and we are called to be the doorway by which they find Him.
This passage not only celebrates who we are in Christ.
It also calls us to the privilege and responsibility of carrying the gospel to all those it is for.
May the mystery of the gospel come ever more clear to us.
Let us embrace its reality in our lives but also the task it bears.
Let us welcome all to Christ, reaching out even to those we feel are unlikely to come.
A Mystery Made Known ~ the Gospel Is For All (1-6)
Read vv.1-6.
Sometimes it can be challenging to figure out that final step or ingredient to make something work.
When you are cooking something new, or fixing your car, or building something.
Tackling a new project sometimes requires learning a “trick of the trade” (I often ask others with more experience for tips or watch how-to videos).
That final detail can bring completion.
The OT can leave us feeling unfinished … there must be something more.
Now, in the NT, it is revealed.
That “something more” is Christ … and that He is available to all.
The Gospel Is For All.
Not only Jews, not only those raised in Christian homes, not only those who are like us.
The Gospel Is For All.
Consider the magnitude of this reality.
Since creation it had only been for the Jews.
Everything had focused around the nation of Israel as the people of God.
God very clearly focused on Israel.
The 1st c.
Jews had lost true sight of God, missing Christ as their Messiah, making religion instead of relationship.
They were harsh and judgmental to others.
They treated the Gentiles as unsavable and unlovable.
But God turned this on its head.
Christ opened the door to the Gentiles.
Non-Jews were coming to Christ.
How would you have responded?
I often observe 2nd generation immigrants feeling so at home that they judge and criticize 1st gen.
immigrants.
How quickly we forget our own coming in story.
How quickly we judge instead of welcome.
We are now like the Jews, having been Christians and a church for quite some time.
We have established norms and patterns and preferences.
Who are the Gentiles to us? Visitors?
Those who have left our church?
Those we have disagreed with?
Mormans?
Homosexuals?
Transgender people?
Too often we push people away from Christ instead of inviting them to Him.
The mystery is that the most unlikely person is just as welcome as we are.
The mystery of the gospel is that it is offered to all - one only needs to receive it.
ONE Person (1-3)
The reality is revealed to each of us as we respond to Christ’s invitation.
Think of your journey to Christ … what are the specific details that helped you realize the call of Christ?
For me, there was a consistent call during my teen years … I knew I needed Him but I did not want to commit to Him.
It was at 16 I committed myself to Christ and baptized at 17.
My baptism represents my salvation and commitment to me.
For Paul, it took a blinding experience / the voice of God on the road to Damascus (in ).
The gospel was revealed / given / offered even to Paul.
What a change in Paul!
What is your journey with Christ?
We each encounter the mystery of the gospel personally.
Each of us as Gentiles are invited and welcomed in.
None of us measure up.
None of us are deserving.
None of us are automatic.
What is our response to the gospel and its mystery?
Do we invite others in as we were invited?
How do we view ourselves now?
Are we deserving?
Are we welcoming others to Christ … or do we tend to hold ourselves apart?
Paul often reminds his readers of his personal conversion experience / of who he used to be.
His humility is clear.
His recognition of the voice of God and the miracle of his salvation is clear.
He speaks clearly to each of us … listen for His voice, heed His word, allow Him in.
ONE Spirit (4-5)
A part of the gospel we cannot deny is the corporate aspect.
It is very personal but also very corporate.
It is for each of us but also us together as families and churches.
Ephesians is very clear on this.
We are ONE with Christ but also ONE with One Another.
We come to faith individually but live it out corporately.
EE-Taow, Transformations
The gospel mystery is revealed to communities just the same as individuals.
The Spirit is at the centre of this revelation being the agent of communication.
OT followers of God had prophetic glimpses of the Messiah, but it is the age of the Holy Spirit that has revealed a much fuller reality of the gospel.
More is to come in eternity future.
But the Spirit reveals and guides us in this NT era … bringing deeper understanding and holding us together.
Too often we ignore or minimize the Spirit of God.
But He is the One who reveals truth to us.
He is the One who instills knowledge and wisdom.
He is the One who guides us to truth.
ONE Family (6)
“that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
(, ESV)
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