The mystery of His will

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, - Ephesians 1.7-9

Redeemed through His blood. The forgiveness of sins. The riches of His grace abounding in His wisdom.

Made known to us the mystery of His – according to His please which He planned.

Indeed there is a mystery of God’s will. There is a truth which is there but it is not always easily seen I like a good mystery. At one point I was on an Agatha Christie kick and read dozens of her novels. I like the classical 19th century mysteries. I like some of Arthur Conan Doyle. I even like ‘Murder She Wrote.’ In fact TG4 are showing them now and Mary and I watch an episode most evenings. It is fun to try to see the truth before it is revealed.

Salvation is like that. It is a great mystery. In the Old Testament the clues are there. The gospel can be seen. There are little things and even great things, enough in fact that many people were saved before Jesus came by faith in God’s plan.

We though are blessed to have the whole mystery revealed to us. God will is for us to be saved and conformed to His image. The riches of His grace have revealed the great mystery to us and we see the simple plan of salvation through faith in His Son.

Now it is our job to show that mystery to others.