CHRIST SPOKE IN PARABLES, IN PROVERBS; OF WORDS NOT EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY ANY CARNAL MAN:

As it is written, All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake He not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world (MAT 13:34-35).

So unto the multitude (or in public) the Lord Jesus spoke in parables; but privately unto His disciples He expounded the meaning thereof. And when asked by His disciples, saying, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered. Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given (MAT 13:10-11).

Thus, my brethren, the KNOWL­EDGE of the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God is not given to the multitude, or to many, but only to the chosen few who have been blessed with the grace to know through Faith. And because Jesus Christ testified unto the Truth in parables or proverbs, many could not receive His words because they could not understand them; as the Scriptures saith, They stumble at the Rock of Offense: Christ became unto them a Stumbling Block (ROMANS 9:32-33/1 PETER 2:6-8).

Yes, even the learned Jews, the scribes, the priests, and the teachers of the law, have all been confused and even of­fended by the Testimony of Jesus unto the Truth. As He said unto them, Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word . . .

And because I tell you the Truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the Truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God (JOHN 8:43-47).

Truly, beloved brethren, no man by himself (not you, not me) can hear and receive the hard sayings of Christ, except it were given unto him by God Himself. Thus the Lord Jesus declared, saying, No man can come to me, except The Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the Last Day (JOHN 6:44, 65).

And so, because of His hard sayings which could not easily be comprehended by the carnal mind many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with Jesus, save the chosen 12 apostles (JOHN 6:66-68). Hence, even the prophet John (the Baptist) testified of Christ, as saying, He that cometh from above is above all; He that is of the earth is earthly and speaketh of the earth: He that cometh from Heaven is above all. And what He hath seen and heard, that He testified; and no man receiveth His Testimony hath set to his seal that God is True (JOHN 3:32-33

FOR THE WISDOM OF GOD IS SPOKEN IN A MYS­TERY, AND THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD UNDERSTANDETH IT NOT:

As the apostle Paul wrote. That their hearts might be comforted, being knit in love, and unto all riches of the full understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of The Father, and of Christ; In Whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (COLOS-SIANS 2:2-3).

And again, Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the Wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory (1 COR 2:6-8).

For as it is written, God saith, 7 will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? For after that in the Wisdom of God the World by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believed (1 COR 1:19-21).

Therefore, by the wisdom of the world (by our human intellect and understanding), we can not know God; as God Himself testifieth, For My people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge (JEREMIAH 4:22).

So in the same manner, Jesus testified against the Jews, saying. If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is The Father that honoreth me; of whom ye say, that He is your God: Yet ye have not known Him: and if I say, I know Him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know Him, and keep His Sayings (JOHN 8:54-55). 0 Righteous Father, the world has not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent me (JOHN 17:25). And so, we now understand, dear brethren, that our Lord Jesus Christ testified not of himself, but of God, of The Father, Which is The TRUTH, not knownnor understood by a carnal man, a man of this world. For great is the Mystery of Godliness, and only unto those whom HE has called in Christ would HE be found and manifested.

THE GREAT AND DIVINE MYSTERY OF GOD: WHO HATH KNOWN HIM? OR HATH KNOWN HIS SON? WHAT IS HIS HOLY AND INEFFABLE NAME? OR THE DIVINE NAME OF HIS SON?

My dearly beloved of God, let us ponder for a while and meditate in our heart these pious thoughts:

The Lord God Almighty, The Creator of Heaven and Earth and all things therein, The Father of all spirits, The Most High that dwelleth in the Infinite Light that no man can see. The Only True and Living God - Who is He? What is He? Who hath seen and known Him? Or What is His Holy and Divine Name? Who really can know God except HE Himself by His own will manifest Himself unto him?

Thus, Solomon, the wise king, in the Spirit of The Lord spoke to us saying, Who hath ascended up into Heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His Fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, and What is His Son's Name, if thou canst tell? (PROVERBS 30:4).

Verily, my beloved, I say to you, that God has a Divine and Secret Name, and so does His Son, the Christ who was manifested in the Man called Jesus, likewise bears a Divine and secret Name too, that no man can tell unless IT was given unto him of The Father through His Son - For IT is so sacred and holy, that cannot be uttered in the mouth of man. But allow me in The Lord to discuss this holy matter more vividly in the last part of this Gospel, for His Name is even The TRUTH and The MYSTERY of the King­dom of Heaven.

But now, out of His great love for Man, God manifested Himself to His people by the making of a New Covenant, established upon better promises and appointed His Christ as the Sole Mediator.

As it is written. Behold the days come, saith The Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house ofJudah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith The Lord.

For this is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith The Lord; I will put My Laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother saying. Know The Lord: for all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniqui­ties will I remember no more (HEBREWS 8:8-13).

And in the earlier part of this writings we have known how God accomplished this, His Will, by sending His Son into the world to be the Sacrificial Lamb of God for the propitiation and remission of our Sins; and equally so as to make him (The Son) that True Prophet that will speak all the words that God has put into his mouth (DEUT 18:18-19).

And moreover He has made him to be the Faithful Witness that will testify unto His Truth (JOHN 18:37). For as it is written, For the Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ (JOHN 1:17).

Now, as we have previously learned, Grace is the Gift of Remission and Redemption from Sins by the Precious Blood of Christ, which one can obtain when he has believed and received by Faith The Truth Which Jesus Christ came to Testify or Bear Witness of.

But first, What meaneth this?:

GOD CREATED ALL THINGS AND DID ALL HIS WORKS, FROM BEGINNING TO END, ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE IN CHRIST:

As the apostle Paul wrote, And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord (EPHESIANS 3:9-11).

For being the Firstborn Son, Christ was with God The Father in the Beginning, as again Paul wrote of him, In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the Forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the Invisible God, the Firstborn of every Creature: For by him were all things, that are in Heaven, and that are in Earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the Body, the Church: who is the beginning, the First­born from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased The Father that in him should all fulness dwell (COLOSSIANS 1:14-19).

It is now certain, brethren, that all the works of God that He has made according to his own counsel and pleasure; that is from the Creation of Heaven and Earth, and all things therein. The Trial and Fall of Man, the Destruction of the First world by Flood, the making of the First Covenant and the giving of the Laws, the Coming of the Messiah and the Redemption through the Death at the Cross, the Dispensation of Grace and Sanctification in the Holy Spirit, to the End of this world and the Return of the Son of Man, the Restoration of all things, The Final Judgement, the Glorification and Eternal Life; that is, from the Beginning to the End, from Everlasting to Everlast­ing, all these divine Plans and Works have He accomplished by and through and for Christ.

And thus Paul wrote of Christ, saying, But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a Stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks Foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the Power of God, and the Wisdom of God. And again, But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom,
and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption
(1 COR 1:23, 24, 30).

Being therefore the Image of God, the Wisdom and the Power of God, it now becomes very apparent, brethren, that whosoever hath known Christ would have known The Fa­ther also; as the Lord Jesus said. Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also (JOHN 8:19). And John also wrote, saying. No Man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of The Father, he hath declared Him (JOHN 1:18). And thus, when his disciple Philip requested him to show them The Father, Jesus said, Have I not been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen The Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us The Father? (JOHN 14:9).

But wait a minute, and open thy understanding, my brethren! What do you really think our Lord Jesus meant when he testified that whosoever hath known him hath known God; and he that hath seen him hath seen God also?

Would it mean only them who hath known or hath seen him personally in the flesh or physical being? Was Jesus speaking according to the flesh or in the Spirit? In the Spirit, of course, my beloved! This is always how the Messiah testified of God and His Word, according to the Spirit and in Truth; for The Spirit is Truth.

Thus when the Jews and even His disciples were startled and confused by His statement, saying, I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE; the Lord Jesus further said unto them, It is the spirit that quickeneth (or gives life); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life (JOHN 6:48-63).

And now as for seeing the face of Jesus in the flesh, as man, are we led to think or assume that they who have seen him in the flesh (when he came on earth in his time) has seen The Face of God too?

And how about us, in this present modem time, who have not seen the Lord Jesus in the flesh (but are even made to acknowledge or believe the form of his face in the images or pictures created by man according to their designers who, are as supposed, to have known or seen the face of the Son of Man before) does it mean only they have seen the Face of God?

God forbid, but no, this is not the real meaning of Jesus 'testimonies! For have we forgotten what God saith that no man hath seen the Face of God and still liveth! As God said unto Moses, Thou canst not see My Face: for there shall no man see Me and live (EXODUS 33:20-23).

Therefore, being in the Image of God, Christ himself was not come in the flesh bearing the similitude of the Face of The Father; for so it cannot be, lest any man see His Face and die. For on the contrary, according to the unsearchable Wisdom of God that destroys the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent in this world. God sent His Son in the flesh not bearing the form of beauty or comeliness so as to test the wisdom and faith of men. As was spoken of Christ by the prophet Isaiah saying, Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the Arm of The Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form of comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and ac­quainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniqui­ties: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (ISAIAH 53:1-5).

Therefore God in his divine Wisdom sent not His Son on earth with the beauty according to the flesh, to see who would believe him, not because of a goodly look or appearance, but because of the righteousness and truth of his words. For God knows that man looks at the outward appearance and judgeth by the sight of his eyes.

For a natural or a carnal man can only believe in things that his eyes can see and is beholden by the beauty or ugliness that is judged by his fleshly heart. And this is not Faith at all, for Faith is for things that are not seen by the carnal eyes. As it is written, Now Faith is the SUB­STANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of thing not seen (HEBREWS 11:1).

And further the apostle Paul wrote, While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 CORINTHIANS 4:18). And again, For we walk by Faith not by sight (2 COR 5:7). And moreso, did not our Lord Jesus admonish his disciple Thomas for not fully believing that he was risen from the dead, until he can see him physically; saying, Thomas, because thou hast seem me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed (JOHN 20:29).

For consider this, brethren: When the prophet Samuel was commanded by God to go to the house ofJesse to choose David from among his eight (8) sons, he was admonished by God; for upon seeing Eliab, the eldest, Samuel said, surely the Lord's annointed is before Him. But The Lord said untoSamuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but The Lord looketh on the heart (1 SAMUEL 16:6-7).

And because God, in Truth, is a Spirit and the Son of God is likewise a Spirit, thus the Christ who came into the body of flesh and became the man Jesus, commanded us to worship God in spirit and in truth; as it is written, But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship The Father in spirit and in truth: for The Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (JOHN 4:23-24).

And so we must beware, my brethren, not to deceive ourselves as many have, by making a picture or an image of the face or stature of Jesus Christ according to our design, according to the imagination of our hearts, then beholding to worship or idolize the same, thinking that such kind of worship pleases Christ and God. For on the contrary, such will-worship dishonors the glory of God and of His Christ. As Paul in the spirit sayeth, But that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like unto corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things... who changed the Truth of God into a Lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Amen (ROMANS 1:21-25).

And as pertaining knowing Jesus Christ according to his stature or looks according to the flesh when he first came in the world, the apostle Paul further declared, as saying. Where­fore henceforth know we no man after the flesh; yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now hence­forth know we Him no more (2 CORINTHIANS 5:16); Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 CORINTHIANS 3:17).

And just to have an idea of the glory of the image of Christ, let us look into the book of Revelations how Christ appeared before the beloved apostle John, when he was in the isle of Patmos and in the spirit on the Lord's day:

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His Head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And He had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me. Fear not; I am the First and the Last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and death (REVELATIONS 1:13-18).

Yes, brethren, such is the glory of the image of Christ, which is the image of God; and unless we are in the spirit as John was and as blessed as he, no man can withstand to see such glory and still live; for John, even in the spirit, fell at this feet as dead too.

And thus was given the command­ment by God, saying, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I The Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments (EXODUS 20:4-6).

And since Christ is the mystery of God, and the power and wisdom of God, no one can just know and understand Him, except they who are truly called of God. For when he said that whosoever hath known him and hath seen him, he meant by faith, and not by sight, in the spirit, not in the flesh!

THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO THE TRUTH (IN PARABLES OR PROVERBS):

And Christ be­gan his Testimony unto the Truth, saying, I AND MY FA­THER ARE ONE (JOHN 10:30). Now, this is a hard saying which Jesus spoke, which impulsively out of misunderstand­ing, the Jews were about to stone him, saying. For a goodwork we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makes thyself God (JOHN 10:33)

(Of a truth, if we use our carnal mind or understanding, what Christ was testifying can not be a fact, because he was a man, and in the form of a mortal flesh (like us) that dieth, while God is an eternal Spirit. How then can the truth be in what Jesus Christ said?).

But the Lord gave them an answer which the more baffled and confused even the teachers of the Law, when Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, I said. Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scriptures cannot be broken (JOHN 10:34-35).

This second declaration of our Lord Jesus, my brethren, has become harder and more difficult to accept; because not only did he testify of himself as having onensss with God, but also reminded the Jews who were contending with him that they were gods too as already spoken by God, even in the old time. But then again, it is crucial to remember that Godliness is a great Mystery, and His Truth is also the Mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And for this Cause, The Father sent His Begotten and Firstborn Son into the world — that he may teach and make known the mystery of the Truth, unto them who have the pure heart and open mind to know the true and living God.

And this Mystery, being in itself sacred, was revealed by the Son of God only unto them who are called of God according to their Faith, thus to reverend its holiness. Verily, the knowledge of the mystery of the Testimony of Jesus Christ was not declared to all or to many, but to a chosen few as the Lord Jesus saith, For many are called, but few are chosen (MATTHEW 22:14).

Understandably therefore, this is the reason why our Lord Jesus preached unto the multitudes in parables, by words not easily understood. However, unto them that The Father has given him, like the chosen apostles and disciples, hast he expounded and revealed all things.

Yes, dear breth­ren, only unto them who are given the right to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, chosen by the will of God, not of men, is the Grace and Truth bestowed through faith in Christ Jesus. For whosoever hath, shall be given more, that is to say, whosoever hath the holy fear of God, hathfaith, a contrite heart, an open understanding shall be given more knowledge and wisdom of The Lord; But he who hath not, meaning, who hath none of these attributes, even the very life that he has shall be taken away from him by God, Who is the Owner of Life.

For sadly to say, many people, even the religious ones, have hardened their hearts and become stubborn in their own beliefs, philosophies, and vain imaginations according to the wisdom and right­eousness of this world - thus the Light of Christ, which is the Mystery of God did not shine upon them; and Christ became unto them a stumbling block and a rock of offense.

But unto you, my beloved brethren, I pray you be not counted as among those who are reprobates or destined to perdition; but as among them who have the faith and the knowledge of the Truth.

And I pray more that God may number you among the chosen few who have been given the right to know of the mystery of Christ, as it was also granted unto me, His lowly servant, that I may share with you likewise in all clarity of understanding according to the measure of grace given me in Christ Jesus our Lord.

THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO THE TRUTH OF GOD, AS REVEALED AND EXPLAINED PLAINLY THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT:

Beloved, when the Lord Jesus Christ sent His disciples to preach. He com­manded them, saying, What I tell you in darkness, that ye speak in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops (MATTHEW 10:27).

This means that what he has spoken in parables, they must now speak plainly; and what he has said in proverbs, they now must explain clearly; which meaneth further that the time for parables is now passed, for by means of these (parables and proverbs), has he already declared the hidden things or mysteries kept secret from the foundation of the world (MAT 13:34-35).

For when the Lord Jesus finally met his crucifixion, and knowing that all things were now accomplished, he saith. It is finished (JOHN 19:28-30). Yes, truly Christ Jesus has faithfully and triumphantly accomplished his divine Mission, that is to do the Will of God - to redeem man from Sins, and to testify unto the Truth that we have to believe in.

Hence from thence His disciples began preaching the Gospel of Truth more plainly to the believers through the Spirit of Christ, which is the Holy Ghost that was given unto them (and to all who would be baptized in Christ according to the Truth); as the Lord Jesus told them, saying, I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will guide you into all Truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that he shall speak: and he will shew you things to come (JOHN 16:12-13).

Yes, dear brethren, it is only through the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost who is the Third Person in the Divine Personalities of GODLINESS) when he is come into a man, who can teach us all the Truth about Christ's Testimonies in parables. For it is the Holy Ghost that is promised to be given unto us if we have believed in the Son, and which Christ came to baptize us with, that would renew our old spirit and mind, that we may beget the holy personality of The Father and of The Son, and that ulti­mately we may become part of the Godhead Family.

As Jesus again saith, And I will pray The Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he (the Third Person) may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you (JOHN 14:16-17).

And again the Lord Jesus said, These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom The Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (JOHN 14:25-26).

Herein then is a divine wisdom, my brethren: God is a Divine and Eternal Spirit, and His Glorious Godliness, according to His own Wisdom and Will, is manifested through His Divine Personalities, Who are The Father (The Godhead Figure and the Creator), The Son (The Redeemer, Christ, The Son of Man and New Adam) and The Holy Ghost (The Sanctifier, The Bond be­tween The Father and The Son, The Bond between God and Man, That Spirit or Ghost that is from The Father and Part of the Son, That shall be given unto all them who have been baptized unto the Truth in Christ Jesus, Which will make us a new person in Crhist).

And Jesus, the Son of God, spoke moreover concerning the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit or The Spirit of Truth, saying, He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that The Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he (the Holy Ghost) shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you (JOHN 16:13-15).

And unless we have now received the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost when we believed in Jesus Christ by faith, we still cannot know the Truth and the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. As the apostle Paul wrote, saying. But as it is written. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; com­paring spiritual things with spiritual.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. But who hath known the Mind of The Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of'Christ (1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-16).

And now, my dearly beloved, by the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Ghost, let us continue our searching of the deep things of God spoken in a mystery or in parables through the Testimony of our Lord Jesus Christ unto the Truth of God. May the Lord open the eyes of your understanding: When Paul began to preach the Gospel, he wrote unto the brethren, saying, Withal praying for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds (COLOSSIANS 4:3).

But WHAT is this mystery of Christ, which is of a truth the mystery of God also? And Paul continued to declare, Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to this saints.

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory (COLOSSIANS 1:26-27). But what meaneth this, that the mystery is that Christ is in ms?

For again, Paul saith in the spirit. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

What further meaneth this, brethren, that if we truly examine and prove our own selves by Faith, we shall know that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is in every one of us, unless we are already castaways? And if the Son of God be in us now, what are we also to Him?

Why did the Lord Jesus say to the Jews contending with his being one with The Father, I said ye are gods? What is man? And Why did Christ come in the form of man? Brethren, we have now come to the core or the center­piece of the whole Gospel of God's Love for mankind or the world. Why did God so love the world (MANKIND) that He gave His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die for the sake of man?

What is the Truth in man that makes him real valu­able and so loved of God? Why did God create man in the Be­ginning? and How does man relate to God?
And so it is written, But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that Thou uisitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands (HEBREWS 2:6-7).

Now, isn't this a real inspiring mind-opener and a great spiritual upliftment to us, mankind? For man apparently is really precious to God, making him just a little lower than the angels of Heaven, but was crowned with glory and honor, and was set over or above the works of His hand; and God cares for him, is mindful of him, and visitest him.

Yet, the big question still remains, but Why?

THE TRUTH (OF GOD) IS IN MAN; THE LIFE IN MAN IS THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST: