It is one thing to talk about it at church. Let this be thy prayer, "Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths." And yet they are still beyond us, still challenging to the intellect. And it does not requi… But "commit thy way unto the Lord, and He shall bring it to pass." "Why should injustice prevail? Who hasn't asked, "Why did this happen to me? Answer, from the institution and end of prayer. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. There is no more encouraging secret in all the world than to understand this mystery of God's working in the future. If you want purpose in your life, you must begin by recognizing the fact of this mystery, of this secret kingdom, this rule of God in the midst of human affairs. He is behind creation. He is governing human affairs. What dark, rank pessimism! He was sent to teach and to preach. They are imparted to those who are filled with the Spirit. 15The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 16"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" The answer of Scripture is that there is a mystery of lawlessness. That is what God calls us to learn. “Open your mouth wide,” he says, as we empty our stomachs, “and I will fill it” (Psalm 81:10). 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" 29:29). Help us, Father. That is the mystery of godliness -- the greatest secret the world has ever heard of! Who is he that hath everything according to his will? The final right we have as human beings is to choose the authority we are going to obey. 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He hath many seekers of comfort, but few of tribulation. And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling; and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. The great (and often hidden) reward of fasting is God himself. It is the answer to guilt. But, glory be to God! "Well," somebody says, "that is fine for you Christians. Nature is what is produced, not what is producing. But when they get there they can't do it. The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. What a fantastic treasure of knowledge is here in these pages! 2. Jesus described the kind of experience he wants us to know:Paul, from prison, shared his experience of the secret with all who would listen:The secret to contentment is very simple. All our attempts after full obedience will be failures until we get access to His abiding fellowship. Let this be thy prayer, "Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths." Job xxxvi: 22. If you read a road map or refer to the owner's manual of a new appliance or even read a newspaper, you are constantly accepting statements on the authority of others. My challenge to you is to ask yourself how faithful a steward you are of these great secrets. We don't want anyone else to influence us. Lord, teach us, then to be faithful stewards of the mysteries of God. The second law of thermodynamics, which insists upon decay and loss, will be reversed, and things will get better and better, and greater and greater, and richer and richer, and higher and higher to an infinity beyond our comprehension. But, as it is written,   "What no eye has seen,     nor ear heard,   nor the heart of man conceived,   what God has prepared for those who love him," God has revealed to us through the Spirit. Christ was the One who existed in the form of God yet emptied Himself, and in His incarnation, took the form of a slave, humbled Himself, and became obedient even unto the death of the cross. No wonder Paul says, "The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men," (1 Corinthians 1:25). The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: Oh! The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: Oh! In preparation for a series of messages from Ephesians 1 through 3, it will be helpful to consider a subject which is always of prime interest to believers -- the authority of the Scriptures. Its connection with the subject of faith. In First Corinthians 2, the Apostle Paul is saying this very thing to the Corinthian believers: When I came to you, brethren, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words or wisdom. Many love Jesus so long as no, The question trembles from many a lip--If I get the blessing, may I lose it? But, nature is what is there. (1 Corinthians 4:1-2 RSV). 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. Who is he who hath the happiest lot? His book provides solid, real solutions to life's real problems, in a way that brings positive results. But "commit thy way unto the Lord, and He shall bring it to pass." Do you know how to handle the sense of feebleness you feel whenever you are challenged with something too big for you? There is no reason why we should fail; God has made ample provision against failure; we must not expect to fail; but in case we do fail, provision has been made. He will show them his covenant. 8None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. As we take up some of the more important of them, we need to realize that I can touch upon them only briefly in the time available. "The Word of God" we call it. "But," he says, "God has revealed these secrets to us, by his Spirit. We can't get away from that, although we might like to. And it was he who was in the Psalmist's mind when he spoke of the "good, and upright Lord" who would teach sinners, if they were meek, how to walk in his ways. There are many very legitimate approaches to answering that question. On the other hand, the Lord has revealed other things that are for us and our children forever (Deut. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. It would appear that Joseph had inherited some very basic, yet important, spiritual qualities from the great spiritual patriarchs before him… By keeping God’s commandments. You can be confronted with puzzling and baffling experiences you don't know the answers to. Paul calls them the "depths" or the "deep things" of God. And a steward is the male counterpart -- a dispenser of necessities, who gives out meals and tickets and information and all the other things necessary to any traveler. “I am the LORD,” he says, “and there is no other. Cloud's book, The Secret Things of God" however, sheds light on the real secret of the universe. 8. 1. It is in the secret place that we are most vulnerable with God and most deeply experience His intimate love. This was not unlike Plato's theory that maintained a higher truth existed. If so, we have the testimony of a man who had proved the secret of effective prayer in his life and practised what he preached. Psalm 31:20 says, “You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.” We haven't learned a thing more than they about how to solve them. 8, 9. This is what makes me know the Scriptures are the Word of God. In First Corinthians 15, Paul says to these men and women who are facing life and death, Lo! That's the point. You will never understand life, and you will never understand the conflicts you have in your home between yourself and your wife, or your children, or your parents, or with your neighbors, or anyone else, until you understand this secret, this mystery of lawlessness. This is the idea Paul conveys regarding Christians. But the approach I want to discuss this morning -- and what to me is the most remarkable and convincing evidence that the book I have in my hand is God's revelation of ultimate reality, of final truth -- is the fact that here in this book I find revealed about life certain truths which are essential to me, or to any person, in order to live life as it was intended to be lived, and which I cannot find anywhere else -- no other source gives them to me. If thou dost so, thou wilt be in danger often of following sight rather than faith,--choosing the evil, and refusing the good. Jesus spoke of “the mystery of the kingdom of God” (Mark 4:11, NAS) that He was at that point revealing to His disciples. This is what you have put us here for in this brief span of earthly life -- that we might learn these eternal truths which will flash in glory forever through the endless reaches of eternity. There is a book currently popular that explores the possibility that God used a kind of "Morse Code" that hides popular names and dates in the layout of the words of scripture. It is simply the fantastic, radical principle that God intends to live in man. Do you have any idea how dark this world would be, how completely hopeless life would be, without the slightest bit of relief, were it not for the dissemination of these secrets of God through the centuries already -- by Christian people? Why? 2. World English Bible The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. When you’re in close personal fellowship with God, you’re under His shadow, under His protection. Confirmation by example. lxix. The Sermon on the Mount is addressing the issue of authenticity. From what has been said, upon the foregoing heads, it is, A Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of God. Job xxxvi: 22. "The Holy Ghost whom God hath …John MacNeil—The Spirit-Filled Life, Lastly; they who Will Not, by the Arguments and Proofs Before Mentioned,be convinced of the truth and certainty of the Christian religion, and be persuaded to make it the rule and guide of all their actions, would not be convinced, (so far as to influence their practice and reform their lives,) by any other evidence whatsoever; no, not though one should rise on purpose from the dead to endeavour to convince them. Why do we accept the Scriptures as the Word of God and as the authority in our lives? 3. Psalms 91:1 Context. Therefore, what it says is final. Then things will begin to fall into place and make sense. The knowledge of these secrets doesn't remove us from conflict. Even he who is strong to suffer somewhat for God. I have been studying this Bible for more than thirty years, but I still often feel as though I have just opened the book and it is flashing its new insights, revelation, and knowledge into my mind which simply dazzle me and challenge me and make me pause in humility to give thanks to God for these marvelous, delivering truths. RayStedman.org/permissions. The Whisper of God: An Invitation to the Secret Place. Yea, he may be under such a decay, that little or no difference will be observed betwixt him and others that are yet in nature; and be not only unable to go actively and lively about commanded duties, yea, or to wrestle from under that deadness; but also be so dead, that he shall scarce, Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. The law of attraction assumes a pantheistic (God is everything) view of God. What is the doctrine of the secret rapture? Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. How much we need to give ourselves to it, Lord. And they know how to do it! And we have a responsibility to our own generation to be stewards of the mysteries of God. for, Thou art miserable wheresoever thou art, and whithersoever thou turnest, unless thou turn thee to God. Psalm 91:1: He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Where is the “secret place of the Most High”? 6:4 ). Darby Bible Translation The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them. This is what explains what happens to us in our lives. All this points to that great theme which, Paul tells us in Ephesians, is behind all of God's work (see Ephesians 1:10) -- that in the fullness of time he may gather together all things in Christ, and harmony and unity will be restored to the universe. 6. --PSALM xxv. And they are essential to life. Many follow Jesus that they may eat of His loaves, but few that they may drink of the cup of His passion. A general summary of what is contained in the previous part of the work. Now, let me say something out of the depths of my pastoral heart: You will never be a faithful steward of the mysteries of God that way. Who is he who hath the happiest lot? And, "The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us," (Romans 8:18 RSV). For man, condemned today to lose his dearest, tomorrow himself to pass through the gate of darkness, it remains only to cherish, ere yet the blow falls, the lofty thoughts that ennoble his little day. The phrase “shadow of the Almighty” symbolizes God’s protection. The core message of “The Secret” is that we are in control of our own destiny. Safe Walking. Message transcript and recording © 1972 by Ray Stedman Ministries, owner of sole copyright by assignment from the author. They are constantly making mistakes -- terrible, ghastly, costly mistakes which injure and damage thousands and millions of people. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. Imagine the sheer delight of it even now. For what person knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man which is in him? And all our ignorance brings us nearer to death. I am brought into so great trouble and misery: that I go mourning all the day long.--Ps. They are given to us in order that we might understand them, and begin to live on them ourselves, and then by that demonstration to impart them to others around us, so that all of life begins to be changed. And it was he who was in the Psalmist's mind when he spoke of the "good, and upright Lord" who would teach sinners, if they were meek, how to walk in his ways. Objection, that prayer seems useless, because God already knows our wants. Our Father, we ask you to forgive us for the neglect of your Word. That is why I have chosen to bring this message -- in order that we might understand these secrets, and give ourselves to this matter of becoming faithful stewards of the mysteries, the secrets, the hidden wisdom, of God. It is also called "the mystery of the gospel" (Ephesians 6:19), and in another place "the mystery of Christ and his church," Ephesians 3:4). Its connection with the subject of faith. But nearer to death, no nearer to God. Young's Literal Translation There is a malevolent being called Satan, prince of a great kingdom of darkness and evil, a kingdom of millions of beings like himself who are in headlong stampede against the government of God, in revolt and rebellion against him, and who are intent on wrecking and smashing and mangling all the love-born plans of God for the human race. 7 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. There is no reason why we should fail; God has made ample provision against failure; we must not expect to fail; but in case we do fail, provision has been made. Without it, life is mere existential despair. I share with you something which has been troubling me: I am disturbed at how few of our people really have habits of personal Bible study. Yet without this knowledge of the kingdom of God, and God's control of human events and human lives, including yours and mine, even to their most intimate details, life becomes meaningless, empty, and devoid of purpose. All desire to rejoice with Him, few are willing to undergo anything for His sake. That is all. My soul! All rights reserved. "For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" Read The Secret to Loving God Much (Luke 7:41-50) - Your Daily Bible Verse - August 14 from today's daily devotional. The Bible says: For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. Do you know how to avail yourself of God's power to meet that challenge? I have discovered that you can fall through the roof even though you are a pastor of a church! What a ministry God has committed to us! 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. From what has been said, upon the foregoing heads, it is …Samuel Clarke—A Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of God, Of Prayer --A Perpetual Exercise of Faith. Paul’s point wasn’t for believers to imitate Christ outwardly. It takes purposeful intention to lean into a whisper. I don't mean to condemn; God does not condemn. And he is the Redeemer, of whom the prophet Isaiah was telling when he said--He …Richard Newton—The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Out of the Deep of Suffering and Sorrow. You don't strike back, you don't get even. We must obey some authority. xxv. In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. But now we must move on to another mystery. The {m} secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. This is the answer -- this secret of God. One of the best kept secrets of our faith is the blessedness and joy of cultivating a secret life with God. Finally, we stand before the mystery of God himself, this mighty Being, this wonderful God -- three persons, yet one God -- whose ways are different than our ways, greater and higher, who teaches us to lose life in order that we might gain it, that if we are going to live, we have to die, that if we are going to reign, we must become a servant of others, that if we are going to become rich, we must accept poverty and loss, who constantly rules with undeviating justice, and yet with warm, heartfelt, absolutely unending love. The great secret of the Bible is God the Mother’ existence. The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. But, glory be to God! When he refers to the rulers of the age, he does not mean governmental authorities, necessarily. And our lives will be reckoned as worthwhile only as we have grasped them and understood them and begun to practice them. We must accept authority. In Chapter 4, Verses 1 and 2, there is a beautiful statement describing what a Christian is: This is how one should regard us [Christians], as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. This is what puts hope back into our discouraged lives. never follow thine own paths. The Secret Code of the Bible. Of the Fewness of those who Love the Cross of Jesus. There is no man in the world free from trouble or anguish, though he were King or Pope. Many are astonished at His Miracles, few follow after the shame of His Cross. The two examples here are men who were successful because they served the Lord wholeheartedly. Some are using them as they are intended to be used -- as guidelines to prompt your own study. In any issue we discuss, we finally must resolve it on the basis of authority. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who possess the Spirit. He hath many seekers of comfort, but few of tribulation. This is said to be a code that can only be deciphered using sophisticated computer generated computations. A general summary of what is contained in the previous part of the work. But many are only coming and drinking it all in, but never going beyond that -- merely listening -- perhaps a few changes apparent here and there, but nothing very much. We feel worthless, useless. A “mystery” in the New Testament is something that had at one time been hidden but is now revealed to God’s people. The Daily Benefits Derived from It. "All the Paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies." They are certain essential elements which I must know if I am going to handle life properly, and which I cannot learn anywhere else. vi. He does not want us to merely know about this secret — not to merely preach it, explain it, enjoy the idea of it, or wish for it — but to know it by experience. Now, even Christians struggle a great deal in their lives. It was to help them to experience Christ Himself as the pattern. Its necessity and use. We love to read the messages in printed form, and some are studying them. We accept your immediate forgiveness for our failure, but we want to go on from here, Lord. Man is to be the dwelling place of God. Psalm 27:5 says, “For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. But many, many Christians evidence the fact that they haven't yet learned the mystery of godliness, simply haven't really learned this secret. Do you see the kingdom of God there? You don't have to be defeated. Why is this? 'Show me Thy ways, O Lord,' he asks in a previous verse; where he means by 'Thy ways,' not God's dealings with men, but men's conduct as prescribed by God. xxxviii. There are secrets that belong to Him alone. But they are constantly falling apart at the seams because they have no meaning, no purpose, no reason to exist. Men deny the existence of this secret kingdom. Or we might invoke the authority of Jesus Christ -- and of course all final authority rests there. I am brought into so great trouble and misery: that I go mourning all the day long.--Ps. There are many foolish, Sometimes the believer is under such a distemper of weakness and deadness, that there is almost no commanded duty that he can go about; his heart and all is so dead, that he cannot so much as groan under that deadness. It is said that James had knees that were worn down by his constant habit of kneeling. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. Simply put, it is the teaching that Jesus Christ will return twice! And he says, "They do not know these secrets of God. A transition to the doctrine of prayer. They may know it intellectually, but they haven't committed their lives to it. And yet that is what changes life. The first is Joseph. Significantly, it was to Paul, not Peter, that "the secret of the gospel" was first revealed. On him and all his race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark. I hope you have learned already that a Christian resolves his puzzles and riddles and the difficult questions of life on the basis of the authority of the Word of God. ” ‘ Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from … The paths of the Lord? That the evidence which God has afforded us of the truth of our religion is abundantly sufficient. vi. The Daily Benefits Derived from It. They solve the problems of life, explain its puzzles. He says that among the mature we speak or impart a hidden, secret wisdom, which none of the rulers of this age know anything about. 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