MYSTERIES DISCLOSED
"The mystery of
God, even Christ" Col. 2:2
The
phrase occurs in the record of another of the Apostle's prayers. His desire for
all the saints was that they MIGHT KNOW "The mystery of God, even Christ."
That he desired this shows us that in the true Christian sense a MYSTERY is not
something which cannot be KNOWN. It is something which man is unable to discover or explain; but it is something which may
be DISCLOSED to him, and which therefore he may KNOW. And that is perhaps
Paul's ultimate word about Christ. The last word has never yet been spoken
about Him. There is nothing more wonderful than the persistence and
ever-increasing discussion of all sorts and conditions of thinking men
concerning the Person of our Lord. The subject is never exhausted; it never
becomes out of date. Again and again men feel that they have formulated a
Christology, only to find that some others have seen other facts not included
in their system. And so He moves on, the Enigma of the ages, the INCLUSIVE
WORD, WHOSE ULTIMATE SECRET IS NOT EXPRESSED, THE VERY MYSTERY OF GOD.
Nevertheless through all the intellectual processes, He finds the heart of man,
and gives Himself to it, so that in Him the heart finds rest, joy, satisfaction.
Multitudes of simple souls, who are unequal to any explanation, live in daily COMRADESHIP
with Him. They KNOW Him, and KNOW Him well. They are more intimate with Him
than with their dearest earthly friends. They tell Him all their griefs and
joys, their doubts and hopes, their successes and failures; and then they hear Him
speak to them positively, prevailingly because He is the most easily found and also having the ultimate power. He is indeed the Mystery of God,
profound in the wonder of His being, and yet so real that the tiniest child
talks of Him with sweet FAMILIARITY.
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