3RD NOVEMBER, 2024

PASTOR OLUBI JOHNSON

THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS

1Timothy 3:16 KJV
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

The Greek word for “mystery” means “mysterious hidden secret,” as seen in the amplified translation.

What then is the mystery of godliness?
The infinite, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God becomes finite, and limited in knowledge and power, and is placed in the womb of a virgin to be born as a man (Phil. 2:5-7)!

The Lord Jesus Christ allowed Himself to be stripped of His divine attributes to take on a limited human form.

His divine attributes were entrusted to the care of the other two Persons of the Godhead: the Father and the Holy Spirit for the 33 years He was here on the earth.

After the resurrection, His full divine attributes were given back to Him, and He is honoured and glorified again as God (Phil. 2:9-11; Ps. 45:6-7).

What then was the purpose of God becoming limited like man and being made manifest as a man?

  • To save man from the nature and punishment of sin (Heb. 2:9-15).
  • To make men see what God is really like: His true character of love, righteousness and justice (Jer. 9:24), in stark contrast to Satan (Jn. 10:10) and so destroy the works (sin, sickness, poverty, natural disasters etc.) of the devil (1 Jn. 3:8).
  • To make men become like God, using the Lord Jesus as a prototype (Rom. 8:29)

For these purposes to be fulfilled in us, we need to:

  • Be born-again: a spiritual birth that imparts to us God’s life: the divine nature (Jn. 3:3-6; 2Pet. 1:4).
  • Develop the character of God by using the blood (Heb. 13:20-21), the Word (1Jn. 2:5) and the Spirit (1Jn. 4:13-14).
  • Do the works the Lord Jesus did and greater (Jn. 14:12) by inheriting the Spirit without measure!

Great indeed is the mystery of godliness!

Philippians 2:9-11 AMP: Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, And every tongue [frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father

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