The Mystery of Godliness

 

1 TIMOTHY 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

MANIFEST IN THE FLESH
Luke 2:11, 12
Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

John 1:14

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 4:25, 26
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”  Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

JUSTIFIED IN THE  SPIRIT

Matthew 3:16, 17

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

John 1:32

Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him."

Romans 4:25

He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

SEEN OF ANGELS 

Luke 2:13, 14

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”  

Hebrews 1:6

And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

PREACHED TO THE GENTILES

{The word "Gentile" means nations distinct from Israel, races of people} [the root word of Gentile is "ethnos" from which we get the word "ethnic or ethnicity", the customs/cultures]

Isaiah 49:6

He says: "It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth."

Acts 13:46, 47

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

BELIEVED ON IN THE WORLD

John 4:39, 41-42

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 

And many more believed because of His message. They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

John 20:29

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Acts 8:12

But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 13:48

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

--Status in Life Not A Distinction--

Galatians 3:28

There is [now no distinction in regard to salvation] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you [who believe] are all one in Christ Jesus [no one can claim a spiritual superiority].

RECEIVED UP INTO GLORY

Mark 16:19

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 24:51

While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

Acts 1:9

After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.