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Title - “Mystery of Christ”
Scripture Intro:
Last week in the Colossians Series.
First week of Advent.
Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”)
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Pray...
Sermon Intro:
How many occurences of the letter “F” do you see?
Raise your hand if you see at least 1.
Raise you hand if you see at least 2.
What about 3?
4? (If you just let out an audible gasp, you are not alone.)
5? (Some faces are starting to scrunch up.)
Who got 6? (Now disbelief…)
Anybody get 7? Ok.
That’s incorrect,
but the others are all there.
There are 6 F’s.
Here are the 3 that most people find.
Here are all 6.
They were there the entire time,
but you couldn’t “see” them.
You looked right past them.
They were hidden.
They had to be “revealed” to you.
“made known” to you.
Two words in Colossians which are somewhat surprising.
Mystery
Hidden
Used a few ways in the book (“mystery”):
“to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.”
(1:25-26)
“this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
(1:28)
“God’s mystery, which is Christ.”
(2:2)
“to declare the mystery of Christ” (4:3)
“Hidden” used in the book:
“the mystery hidden for ages and generations” (1:26)
“Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
(2:3)
“your life is hidden with Christ in God” (3:3)
He was hidden for ages and generations,
and now, our life is hidden with Christ in God.
In order to rightly understand this idea of “mystery”,
we must not feel what one commentator calls,
“any compulsion to come up with a single specific referent for Paul’s “mystery.”
He… applies it to a number of different… aspects of God’s climactic work in Christ.
Colossians and Philemon (C.
The Mystery of Christ in Paul’s Ministry and Christian Experience (1:24–2:5))
And in speaking about “mystery”,
Paul is NOT talking about some secret knowledge that only a select few possess.
He is writing about the plan of God that God has unfolded...
Unknown to mankind.
Yet, very much in the mind of God.
About Jesus Christ...
Substance belongs to Christ
All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
Christ is all, and in all
Head of all rule and authority
Mystery - How is God going to save the world?
How is God going to deal with the effects of the Fall of man?
How is God gong to deal with the reality of human sin and rebellion?
The Answer: In Christ.
The Mystery of God’s Unfolding Plan
Colossians 1:25–26 (ESV)
… to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
We gain some perspective of what Paul is referring to in Ephesians 3 (parallel passage).
“not made known to other generations”
“now been revealed”
During the life of this generation...
Jesus was born as a baby (God in Flesh).
Jesus lived in perfect obedience to his Father.
Jesus was betrayed and crucified for the sins of his people
Jesus rose from the dead and conquered the grave.
*** And yet, God’s people still missed it.
It had to be revealed to them!
Ex.
The men on the road to Emmaus (after the resurrection).
Jesus joins them on the walk,
and asks what they are talking about.
Stunned, they tell Jesus (who they don’t recognize)...
about Jesus being crucified.
They told him that some have said he is alive.
Jesus made himself known.
Jesus revealed the Unfolding Plan of God.
*** Jesus declares the “Mystery of Christ”.
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This is the eternal plan of God...
hidden for thousands of years...
Unfolding over time...
but fulfilled in the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus...
And promises us a future in glory with Christ.
So, at Christmas,
we celebrate the first stage of the revealing of what God had kept hidden for ages.
Incarnation (“carne” - flesh)
Now, that’s a “mystery”.
“Mystery” - It is the unfolding of God’s sovereign plan.
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ILL.
The Movie, “King Richard”
About Venus and Serena Williams (tennis players)...
and the drive of their father to have them achieve what they have.
SPOILER ALERT: Venus and Serena ended up being really good at tennis.
The movie depicts how Richard Williams mapped out a plan for the girls...
to be pro tennis players.
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