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Lord, Thou hast shown the mystery,
How on the Cross I died with Thee;
I need no other pow’r or way
That I may triumph day by day.
How on the Cross I died with Thee;
I need no other pow’r or way
That I may triumph day by day.
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That cross of Thine is also mine,
Into my life its light doth shine;
When I believe I’m dead with Thee,
The world has lost its pow’r o’er me.
Into my life its light doth shine;
When I believe I’m dead with Thee,
The world has lost its pow’r o’er me.
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Since I am crucified with Thee,
From sin and self I am set free;
How can I still enjoy the world
Or seek its vanities unfurled?
From sin and self I am set free;
How can I still enjoy the world
Or seek its vanities unfurled?
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I take my place, dear Lord, with Thee
Upon the cross of Calvary.
Thy life and power then are mine,
Since Thou and I in oneness twine.
Upon the cross of Calvary.
Thy life and power then are mine,
Since Thou and I in oneness twine.
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Since Thou didst come to slay the foe,
His work and power to overthrow,
I too can overcome in Thee
And prove Thy mighty pow’r in me.
His work and power to overthrow,
I too can overcome in Thee
And prove Thy mighty pow’r in me.
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Yet, for the vict’ry we rely
Upon the death which Thou didst die;
We tread the path which Thou hast trod
Until we reach the goal in God.
Upon the death which Thou didst die;
We tread the path which Thou hast trod
Until we reach the goal in God.
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My death with Thee I now believe
And all its meaning would receive.
Thy death more deeply show to me,
That from my flesh I may be free.
And all its meaning would receive.
Thy death more deeply show to me,
That from my flesh I may be free.
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I long to win as Thou hast won,
To reign with Thee when Thou dost come.
If we the cross will gladly bear,
Then in Thy glory we will share.
To reign with Thee when Thou dost come.
If we the cross will gladly bear,
Then in Thy glory we will share.
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THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S WILL
Verses 3 through 14 of Ephesians chapter one are actually one long sentence. Therefore, we should not isolate any verse, clause, or phrase from the whole sentence. Verse 5 says that God has predestinated us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. The praise of the glory of God’s grace spoken of in verse 6 is the issue of the sonship in verse 5 . Sonship is altogether a matter of grace. God’s grace makes us sons of God. The Spirit of the Son, the life of the Son, the position of the Son, the image of the Son, the completion of sonship, and the inheritance of all that God is in the sonship are all matters of grace. As we have pointed out, grace is God Himself. God Himself has come to accomplish everything for us that we may be His sons with the full sonship. With this grace God has graced us in the Beloved (v. 6).
I. THE MYSTERY HAVING BEEN HIDDEN
THROUGH THE AGES
In this message we come to the mystery of God’s will. God’s will has a mystery, a mystery that has been hidden through the ages (3:5 ; Col. 1:26). The universe is a mystery. Why is there a heaven, and why does the earth exist? Why are there so many millions of items in the universe? Why is man here on earth? All these questions are mysteries and have given rise to many different philosophies. The mystery, which is the will of God, has been made known to the church through the apostles. A will is an intention, and the will of God is God’s intention. God’s intention is intimately related to the desire of His heart. Thus, the mystery of the universe is a matter of God’s will, which is related to the desire of God’s heart. We need to know the mystery, the will of God, and the desire of God’s heart.
The mystery of the universe is the church, and the church is a group of people into whom God is working Himself. Eventually, the church will be fully saturated with God and will consummately become the holy city, the New Jerusalem. The church will not only be saturated with God but also mingled with Him. This does not mean, however, that we shall become the Godhead. No, this is neither what we say nor what we mean. Nevertheless, as those who are being saturated with God and mingled with Him, we shall become the very expression of God. The New Jerusalem will be the corporate expression of God. As we have pointed out a number of times, both God on the throne (Rev. 4:3) and the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:11) have the appearance of jasper. This means that the entire city has the appearance of God and is the expression of God. This is the mystery of the universe.
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Message 7 The Mystery of God's Will
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II. CLOSING THE AGE
At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, not only will the great tribulation be ended, but also this age will be closed. The mystery of God will be finished (10:7), and the kingdom of the world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (11:15). Then another age, the age of the kingdom, the millennium, will begin.
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Message 28 The Seventh Trumpet
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Fremont, California, United States
Praise the Lord! The Lord was willing and even glad to take up His cross, for He knew the joy set before Him. The cross is not a suffering: the cross is termination that we can now partake of His willingness to take up the cross, we will not complain, we will not murmur, and we will not speak about. We will simply bear it in our daily life for the building of the church. Hallelujah! 😀
San Diego, CA, United States
What a release! What a freedom! To finally die experientially in Him frees us to live Him to meet His goal! We are always looking for another way to be victorious rather than the releasing way of Christ marvelous death. We died in Him on Calvary but now, based on the fact of His death, we die daily through the power of His resurrection!