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KEY SCRIPTURE:”1Ti 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.”

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This key scripture declares without any ambiguity the deity of Jesus. The verse never mentions the name of our Lord Jesus , yet it agrees perfectly with  what John wrote about Him. In John 1:1, he said in the beginning  was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In verse 14, he wrote,” and the word was made flesh. In John 1, we see Jesus, who was originally the Word of God,  becoming  flesh to live among men. This is where the mystery lies. How could God become flesh to live among men? Some have asked who was running the universe when he hung on the cross and even died ?

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The bible has revealed throughout the scriptures that God is one. Deu 6:4 KJV” Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:” This one God has revealed Himself as The Father, His word who took on flesh and became Jesus the Christ, and then His Spirit. Although  one God, each one of these entities, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is a unique person but one. God’s plan to save mankind made Him become a man for the redemption of humanity. 1Pe 1:2 KJV” Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” We see in this verse the tri-unity of God working together for the salvation  of men.

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1 Timothy 3:16  added that He was justified in the Spirit. This statement also reveals another mystery. How would the Holy God need to be justified? Please notice that on the cross He became sin 2nd Corinthians 5:21. When He rose again . He rose as a justified Spirit with no sting of sin on Him.

That justification was our justification. Rom 4:25 KJV Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. He was raised for our justification because in His justification, we were justified.Hallelujah.To be justified means to be made righteous. The scriptures also used another term that may appear as a paradox, which is why the scripture talks about being seen by angels. Before Jesus came to the earth to be born, He was not in the form of man. He was there as the word of God. When He became a man, some of the angels saw Him, but when He ascended into heaven for the first time, all of the angelic host encountered him as  The Man in heaven. This is the reason the word used the statement seen of angels. The Lord is preached to all men, and some have believed in Him. My question for you is, have you also believed in Him? All this mystery of God becoming a man was because of our salvation. Today, make Him the Lord of your life.

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THOUGHT:THE MYSTERY OF GOD BECOMING A MAN WAS FOR OUR  COMPLETE SALVATION

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FURTHER STUDIES

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Mat 28:19 KJV” Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”

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Gal 1:4 KJV” Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:”