The message taught during the ministries of John the Baptist, Jesus, and the
apostles of Jesus, was a "Kingdom Message". The apostles that walked with Jesus
were highly qualified to preach this message for they heard Jesus for three
years as He preached this message. The Kingdom Message was similar,
(not that much different) to that of John the Baptist. These apostles did not
know of the "Mystery message" that later came from Jesus to Paul.
Saul was called "by Jesus" to be Apostle
Paul, to preach the "mystery, secret wisdom of God" that had been hidden from the
beginning. The message of the mystery was a different message than the Kingdom message
in that one was to place believers into the Kingdom and the Mystery was Christ
coming into the believer. Paul’s mystery message was how God would come into
man at the Time of conversion to live forever.
(Col 1:27) The mystery message is
"Christ in you, the hope of Glory."
EPH 3:9 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:
1CO 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
1CO 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it,
they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1CO 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and
stewards of
the mysteries of God.
EPH 3:9 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:
COL 1:27 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:
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