I. EXORDIUM:
Are you a mystery?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To study the word "mystery" or "secret"
IV. TEXT:
1 Timothy 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory.
V. THESIS:
Mystery is a secret. Only known to GOD and the people He chooses to reveal them.
VI. TITLE:
Mystery
Word study: "Mystery" according to Greek Word: "musterion"
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Apostle Paul
B. Date written: To encourage Timothy
C. To whom written: Timothy, Paul's true son in the faith
1 Timothy 1:2 (Amplified Bible)
To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace (spiritual blessing and favor), mercy, and [heart] peace [be yours] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
D. Main themes: Advice and exhortation to a young pastor regarding his personal conduct and ministerial work.
E. Keyword: conduct
F. Key verse:
1 Timothy 3:15 (Amplified Bible)
If I am detained, you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and stay (the prop and support) of the Truth.
The word "mystery" or "secret" came from the Greek word: "musterion".
It's purpose is to shut the mouth.
1. Mystery - a profound secret. Something kept cautiously concealed. That which is beyond human comprehension until explained. Anything artfully made difficult
2. Secret - concealed from notice or knowledge. Unseen, private, secluded, removed from sight, private, affording privacy, known to GOD only and the people He chooses.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
1. Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven is for us but to the unbelieving, it's hidden to them.
Matthew 13:11 (Amplified Bible)
And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mark 4:11 (Amplified Bible)
And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [of our circle] everything becomes a parable,
Luke 8:10 (Amplified Bible)
He said to them, To you it has been given to [come progressively to] know (to recognize and understand more strongly and clearly) the mysteries and secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that, [though] looking, they may not see; and hearing, they may not comprehend.
2. Mystery: Hardness of Israel's heart is temporary, until exact number of Gentiles are all in.
Romans 11:25 (Amplified Bible)
Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in,
3. Gospel was hidden as a secret and mystery long time ago
Romans 16:25 (Amplified Bible)
Now to Him Who is able to strengthen you in the faith which is in accordance with my Gospel and the preaching of (concerning) Jesus Christ (the Messiah), according to the revelation (the unveiling) of the mystery of the plan of redemption which was kept in silence and secret for long ages,
Ephesians 6:19 (Amplified Bible)
And [pray] also for me, that [freedom of] utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news (the Gospel),
Colossians 1:26 (Amplified Bible)
The mystery of which was hidden for ages and generations [from angels and men], but is now revealed to His holy people (the saints),
4. GOD's wisdom is a mystery
1 Corinthians 2:7 (Amplified Bible)
But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God—[that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence].
5. Apostles are trustees or stewards of GOD's mysteries
1 Corinthians 4:1 (Amplified Bible)
SO THEN, let us [apostles] be looked upon as ministering servants of Christ and stewards (trustees) of the mysteries (the secret purposes) of God.
6. Love greater than all mysteries
1 Corinthians 13:2 (Amplified Bible)
And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God’s love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).
7. Speaking in tongues is a mystery
1 Corinthians 14:2 (Amplified Bible)
For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].
8. Rapture is a mystery
1 Corinthians 15:51 (Amplified Bible)
Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed)
Revelation 10:7 (Amplified Bible)
But that when the days come when the trumpet call of the seventh angel is about to be sounded, then God’s mystery (His secret design, His hidden purpose), as He had announced the glad tidings to His servants the prophets, should be fulfilled (accomplished, completed).
9. GOD's will is a mystery
Ephesians 1:9 (Amplified Bible)
Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him,
10. GOD made CHRIST's mystery known to Apostle Paul
Ephesians 3:3-4 (Amplified Bible)
[And] that the mystery (secret) was made known to me and I was allowed to comprehend it by direct revelation, as I already briefly wrote you.
When you read this you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ.
11. Salvation of the Gentiles is a mystery
Ephesians 3:9 (Amplified Bible)
Also to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan [regarding the Gentiles and providing for the salvation of all men] of the mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in [the mind of] God Who created all things by Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:27 (Amplified Bible)
To whom God was pleased to make known how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ within and among you, the Hope of [realizing the] glory.
Colossians 4:3 (Amplified Bible)
And at the same time pray for us also, that God may open a door to us for the Word (the Gospel), to proclaim the mystery concerning Christ (the Messiah) on account of which I am in prison;
12. CHRIST and the Church is a mystery
Ephesians 5:32 (Amplified Bible)
This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church.
Colossians 2:2 (Amplified Bible)
[For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One).
1 Timothy 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory.
13. Lawlessness is a mystery
2 Thessalonians 2:7 (Amplified Bible)
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way.
14. Faith is a mystery
1 Timothy 3:9 (Amplified Bible)
They must possess the mystic secret of the faith [Christian truth as hidden from ungodly men] with a clear conscience.
15. Seven angels assigned to seven churches is a mystery
Revelation 1:20 (Amplified Bible)
As to the hidden meaning (the mystery) of the seven stars which you saw on My right hand and the seven lampstands of gold: the seven stars are the seven angels (messengers) of the seven assemblies (churches) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
16. Babylon is a mystery
Revelation 17:5 (Amplified Bible)
And on her forehead there was inscribed a name of mystery [with a secret symbolic meaning]: Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes (idolatresses) and of the filth and atrocities and abominations of the earth.
Revelation 17:7 (Amplified Bible)
But the angel said to me, Why do you wonder? I will explain to you the [secret symbolic meaning of the] mystery of the woman, as well as of the beast having the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
IX. CONCLUSION:
1 Timothy 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory.
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