The Mystery of Godliness

[Thompson, Darryl]

The Mystery of Godliness 

     He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?. Rom. 8:32.  

     Before this wonderful, priceless gift was bestowed, the whole
heavenly universe was mightily stirred in an effort to understand God's
unfathomable love, stirred to awaken in human hearts a gratitude
proportionate to the value of the gift. Shall we for whom Christ has
given His life, halt between two opinions? Shall we give God only a mite
of the powers of our nature? Shall we return only a part of the
capabilities and powers lent us by God? Can we do this while we know
that He who was Commander of all heaven . . . , realizing the
helplessness of the human race, came to this earth in human nature to
make it possible for us to unite our humanity to His divinity?  

     He became poor that we might come into possession of the heavenly
treasure, a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. To rescue
the fallen race, He descended from one humiliation to another, until He,
the divine-human suffering Christ, was uplifted on the cross, to draw
all men unto Him. The Son of God could not have shown greater
condescension than He did; He could not have stooped lower.  

     This is the mystery of godliness, the mystery which has inspired
heavenly agencies so to minister through fallen humanity that in the
world an interest will be aroused in the plan of salvation. This is the
mystery that has stirred all heaven to unite with man in carrying out
God's great plan for the salvation of a ruined world, that men and women
may be led, by the signs in the heavens and in the earth, to prepare for
the second coming of our Lord. . . .  

     As the Head of the church Christ is authoritatively calling upon
every person who claims to believe on Him to follow His example of
self-denial and self-sacrifice. . . . They are called upon to rally
without delay under the blood-stained banner of Christ Jesus.
Withholding nothing, they are to make an entire offering for the
attainment of eternal, measureless results--the salvation of souls.  

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