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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart
Ephesians 3:3-4, “How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)”
We need to be enlarged and expanded in our understanding concerning the mystery of Christ, the church.
Paul wants us to perceive his understanding in this mystery.
A mystery in the Bible is not something we cannot know.
It is simply something we cannot know by our natural thought.
It cannot be known apart from divine revelation in our spirit.
That is why the church in the Bible is not in the category of our thought.
The church is in the category of God’s thought.
No one can create the church, no one can explain the church or understand the church.
The church is one hundred percent in the realm of mystery.
This means that no one knows the church until God reveals it (Matt. 16:16-18).
The church is not in the realm of man’s choice–my choice, your choice, his choice, their choice.
It is simply not in that realm.
This is just like salvation.
Salvation is not in the realm of our choice.
For example, there is no salvation in Buddha, there is no salvation in Confucius, and there is no salvation in the New Age movement.
We know that salvation is not a matter of our choice.
There is only one name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
And the church is no different.
It is also in the realm of God’s choice.
The choice has been made.
We simply see it.
Until Tomorrow
With A Shepherd’s Love,
Pastor Jackson
THURSDAY’S PRAYER REQUESTS
Jim Mabe
Paula Ferus
Marlon Cook
June Cronan
Amy Garner
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Ashely Burn’s Sisters
Brandon’s Dad
Charlene Palmer
Coly/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Dan Haines
Darlene Thaxton
Darlene Wiggins
David Burnette
David Harrison
Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’mother
Donnie Butler’s Dad
Doris Loyd
Dr. and Mrs. Davis
Easton Fielder
Eric Ward
Erik Magnusson
Freddie May’s Mom
George & Linda Alexander
James Burnette
James Garner’s Friend
Jillian Gray
Jodi Bateman
John Austin
John McClain
June Cronan
June Cronan’s Sister
Karen Slane
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lamar Knight
Larry Barker
Lee Cronan
Lillanna Magnusson’s Mom
Linda Alexander
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Lonzo Christin
Lori Blount’s Mother
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Maureen Brown
Michael Stanley
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Ricky Stubbs
Rose Fuller
Roseleigh Osborn
Sandra Graham
Scott Lanier
Soso Nzolo – 17 Yr. Old South African Pastor’s Daughter
Jayne Hammond
Tom Witcher